The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Six Flags’ iconic Kingda Ka roller coaster — once ranked the tallest and fastest in the world — has been reduced to mere rubble in a caught-on-camera implosion. Footage of the dramatic ...

The Joseon Dynasty was the longest Imperial Dynasty in Korea that dominated the peninsula for over 500 years. Its customs, traditions, and culture are a relic of the past and, although ...

Kingda Ka, once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, is now a pile of rubble after it was imploded at New Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure on Friday morning. The implosion ...

Kingda Ka previously operated as the world's tallest — and, for a past period, fastest — roller coaster, until Six Flags Great Adventure closed the ride with no warning. Entertainment Weekly's ...

It’s the end of an era for one of the tallest, fastest and most popular roller coasters in the U.S. Six Flags Great Adventure, located in Jackson Township, New Jersey, imploded its Kingda Ka ...

Six Flags Great Adventures announced the demolition of the world's tallest rollercoaster in 2024. It will be replaced by North America's "first super boomerang coaster" After a nearly 20-year run ...

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A gutsy crew of Joseon pirates and bandits battle stormy waters, puzzling clues and militant rivals in search of royal gold lost at sea.

At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag of Canada Day was ...

Cuts to the Department of Education are hitting national student assessments even as sirens blare on student test scores. The 17-year-old long-term National Assessment of Educational Progress ...