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The remnants of Hurricane Camille (1969), which made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm and still packed a powerful punch by the time it reached Richmond, Va., where this photo was taken.

Category 5 hurricanes are rare in the U.S. There have only been 4 in its history

Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."

Lizzo plays President James Madison's crystal flute in the flute vault at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 26, 2022.

Lizzo played James Madison's crystal flute onstage in D.C., proving history rocks

The Library of Congress had invited Lizzo to check out its flute collection during her tour stop. On Tuesday, she played a few notes on the historic instrument, twerked and declared history cool.

California reparations task force discusses infrastructure's discriminatory history

The task force heard from experts about how the building of state highways and investment in certain forms of transportation have disproportionately hurt African Americans in California.

Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals points to the San Diego Padres dugout after hitting a single during the ninth inning of Tuesday night's game in San Diego. He ended the night with two singles, a walk and no home runs.

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols 'chases' baseball history: 700 home runs

The 42-year-old is in his final Major League season and is hoping to join three baseball legends in reaching 700 home runs. Only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds have done it. Pujols has 698.

On Aug. 1, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley's nomination, which will make him the first Black four-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps' 246-year history.

The Marines are set to have the first Black 4-star general in their 246-year history

The U.S. Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Michael Langley's nomination to be general and commander of the United States Africa Command for the U.S. Marine Corps.

"Stolpersteine," or "stumbling stones," a decades-long project to remember Holocaust victims, are seen here in on the streets of Berlin.

What the U.S. can learn from Germany about grappling with dark parts of its history

The Atlantic writer Clint Smith explored how sites across the U.S. grapple with their relationship to chattel slavery, then visited Holocaust memorials in Germany. Here are three of his takeaways.

Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?

The NY Times did an exhaustive survey of the Fox News host's broadcasts. Reporter Nicholas Confessore says Carlson's show is based on ideas that were once "caged in a dark corner of American life."

In January 1929, Dr. L.E. Bensom of Los Angeles used his vacation to mush to native villages in Alaska. At the close of a particularly hard day on the trail, he found himself with 70 patients on his hands, all suffering from smallpox. There were 100 people in the village with no medical facilities.

PHOTOS: Vaccine History Repeats Itself — Sometimes

From the first vaccine (for smallpox) the questions have been the same. How do we transport it? Who's next to get it? Why so much hesitancy? The answers can be similar — or dramatically different.

A video of Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel, is shown on a screen during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

The meeting that changed history and 3 other takeaways from the latest Jan. 6 hearing

Trump made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2020, days after the Electoral College voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

An oral history of the Nike Cortez, 50 years after its release

Or, how the Nike Cortez — named after a conquistador — became a staple of Chicano streetwear.

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