American Folklore
This winged creature was reportedly seen around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in the 1960s and later became tied to the Silver Bridge collapse
Mothman
Charles Manson interpreted this Beatles song as a prophecy for an apocalyptic race-war
Helter Skelter
Featuring acts like Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Janis Joplin, this legendary 1969 festival was held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York
Woodstock
This Cold War doctrine held that if either the United States or Soviet Union launched a nuclear attack, both sides would be destroyed by retaliation, making full-scale nuclear war irrational
Mutually Assured Destruction
This actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the Joker and was also Oscar-nominated for portraying Johnny Cash in Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix
Bigfoot is an example of this kind of creature, whose existence is claimed by eyewitness reports but not proven by science
Cryptids
This U.S. city is where D. B. Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 in 1971 before hijacking the plane
Portland, Oregon
This Alabama city was the starting point of the 1965 voting-rights marches to Montgomery
Selma
This Vietnamese revolutionary leader helped found the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and became the communist symbol of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
Running from March 2023 to December 2024, this Taylor Swift concert tour celebrated the different phases of her career
The Eras Tour
This cannibalistic spirit or monster from Algonquian folklore is often associated with winter and hunger
Wendigo
This Colorado city was the site of the 1996 murder of child pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey
Boulder, Colorado
This Palestinian-born man was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1968
Sirhan Sirhan
This campaign of anti-communist suspicion and blacklists was named after a Wisconsin senator who claimed communists had infiltrated the U.S. government
McCarthyism
Before Beyoncé became one of the biggest solo artists in pop history, she rose to fame as a member of this R&B girl group alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams
Destiny's Child
This small Westmoreland County town became known as “Pennsylvania’s Roswell” after a reported 1965 crash of an acorn-shaped UFO-like object
Kecksburg
This Italian-born mobster helped reshape American organized crime in the 1930s by creating the modern Mafia Commission
Lucky Luciano
This activist co-founded the Black Panther Party with Huey P. Newton in Oakland in 1966 and later became one of the Chicago Eight defendants
Bobby Seale
This policy of easing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union was associated with Richard Nixon during the 1970s
Détente
This 2016 coming-of-age drama follows Chiron through three stages of life and famously won Best Picture after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner
Moonlight
This legendary Black folk hero supposedly raced a steam-powered drill and won
This former schoolteacher and convicted child molester became one of the best-known suspects in the Zodiac Killer case, though he was never charged
Arthur Leigh Allen
This author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest became a counterculture icon after leading the Merry Pranksters and hosting the Acid Tests
Ken Kesey
John F. Kennedy declared this German phrase in a 1963 speech in West Berlin, showing American solidarity with the city during the Cold War
Ich bin ein Berliner
This beauty YouTuber, famous for his catchphrase “Hi sisters!,” faced major backlash in 2021 after allegations involving inappropriate messages to minors
James Charles