American soldiers huddle inside a landing craft approaching Utah Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on D-Day. U.S. Army Photo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Moments in history A special series looking back at NPR's past coverage of major news stories.
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Moments in history
Looking back at NPR's past coverage of major news stories
Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants made its TV debut 25 years ago on May 1, 1999 before the official series launch in July 1999. Nickelodeon hide caption
New York Yankees' Babe Ruth hits a baseball in this undated photo. AP hide caption
In January 1964, American student Randy Gardner sits on a bed next to various household objects he will later have to identify by memory as part of a sleep deprivation experiment in San Diego, Calif. Gardner set the world record during the experiment, staying awake for over 264 hours. Don Cravens/Getty Images hide caption
Lessons from sleeplessness: The 60th anniversary of Randy Gardner's world record
Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela delivers a policy statement in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 8, 1994. Mandela called on all South Africans to pledge themselves to peace. Later that year, Mandela became South Africa's first Black president. Walter Dhladhla/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A legacy in speeches: Remembering Nelson Mandela 10 years after his death
A British Airways Concorde takes off from London's Heathrow Airport in 2001. David Parker/BWP Media/Getty Images hide caption
20 years ago, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time
Secret Service agent Clint Hill rides on the back of the presidential limousine moments after President John F. Kennedy was shot on Nov. 22, 1963. Justin Newman/AP hide caption
60 years after JFK's assassination, the agent who tried to save him opens up
A jungle gym in the 1970s — a staple of playgrounds all across the U.S. H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images hide caption
Inside the weird and delightful origins of the jungle gym, which just turned 100
Priests, played by Max von Sydow and Jason Miller, try to help a possessed child in The Exorcist, from 1973. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images hide caption
Costumed revellers dressed as characters from the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas" walk down Essex Street on Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. It's been 30 years since The Nightmare Before Christmas first hit theaters. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Syrian soldiers raise their hands in surrender on Oct. 10, 1973, in the Golan Heights, five days into the Yom Kippur War. Getty Images hide caption
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Five years on, there has been little accountability — and human rights groups say that has implications for free expression around the world. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
5 years after Khashoggi's murder, advocates say the lack of justice is dangerous
The Breeders Kevin Westenberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Breeders on World Cafe
Florence Griffith-Joyner celebrates with her gold medal after winning the Women's 100 meters final event during the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Tony Duffy/Allsport/Getty Images hide caption
Remembering Olympic gold medalist Florence 'Flo-Jo' Griffith Joyner
The cover of The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, originally published in 1998. American Girl hide caption
'The Care and Keeping of You,' American Girl's guide to puberty, turns 25
On Sept. 15, 1963, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. This week, the city is remembering one of the darkest chapters in civil rights history. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR hide caption
Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Nirvana in 1993 (from left): Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl. Anton Corbijn hide caption
Military jets bombed La Moneda presidential palace during the coup on Sept. 11, 1973, in Santiago, Chile. President Salvador Allende killed himself and Gen. Augusto Pinochet began a 17-year dictatorship. AP hide caption
The Google logo as seen on display at the company's headquarters in 2007 in Mountain View, California. The internet company turned 25 this week. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Looking back on Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, 60 years later
People participate in the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
