Hurricane Michael ripping off the roof of a house
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.When the United States entered World War I, it created one of the most confident fighting machines in world history.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Protecting against natural disasters requires a multipronged approach.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay took off from the Mariana Islands on August 6, 1945, bound for Hiroshima, Japan, where, by dropping an atomic bomb, it heralded a new and terrible concept of warfare. From The Second World War: Allied Victory (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.After the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November 1979 by Iranian students aligned with Ruhollah Khomeini, more than 50 Americans were held hostage for 444 days.
