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Today in History—January 2: “I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight.”
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January 2, 1839: The Moon's first portrait that no one saw Pope John Paul II in red and white papal robes and mitre, holding a silver staff and raising his hand in blessing during a public event in Coventry, England. Cable suspension bridge Niagara Falls
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January 2, 1839: The Moon's first portrait that no one saw
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II holding a ferula during a papal visit to England in 1982.
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Cable suspension bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of the world's most recognized cable...
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Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is one of the most famous natural sites in North America. Thousands...
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