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John Adams: Portraits, a Birthplace and the Documents of PowerExplorePanama in 1903: The People, the Declaration and the Canal QuestionExploreElection Night 1964: Johnson’s Campaign in Six Archival PhotographsExploreObama’s Election Night: Six Views from the CrowdExploreNevada’s Wartime Statehood: The Telegram and the Mining TownExploreRussia’s October Manifesto: The Document and Its Unfinished PromiseExploreTruman’s 1948 Election: From the Ballot Box to the White HouseExploreLincoln’s Election of 1860: The Campaign in Six Archival ImagesExploreThe Balfour Declaration: A Letter, Its Drafts and the War Around ItExploreChe Guevara in Disguise: The Photographs Behind His Journey to BoliviaExploreOctober 25, 1971: The UN Vote That Changed China’s SeatExploreThe USA PATRIOT Act: What America Signed on October 26, 2001ExploreIsrael and Jordan Make Peace: The Treaty Signed on October 26, 1994ExploreThe Night Park Chung-hee Was Assassinated: October 26, 1979ExploreBlack Saturday: The Day the Cuban Missile Crisis Nearly Became WarExploreTree of Life Synagogue Shooting: Pittsburgh, October 27, 2018ExploreBeirut Barracks Bombing: The Morning 241 Americans Were KilledExploreThe Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Budapest Rises Against Soviet RuleExploreAlaska, 1867: The Flag Changed at SitkaExploreMata Hari: The Woman in the Police PhotographExploreNuremberg’s Last Night: October 16, 1946ExploreThirteen Days on the Edge: The Cuban Missile Crisis in PhotographsExplore