Construction of the skeleton of the left hand of the Statue of Liberty in 1875, Paris.

Designed by Frederic Bartholdi (2nd left), 🗽 was a gift to the U.S. from the people of France @facethenation

This Thomas Edison video of the Statue of Liberty was filmed on September 3, 1898 (12 years after the statue was built)

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Thomas Edison (right) demonstrating his movie camera to Kodak Сo. founder George Eastman on July, 1928 @facethenation

Thomas Edison built his first version of a motion picture camera 🎥 in 1886

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When Alan Shepard was on the moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it 2 400 feet, becoming the first - and only - person to play golf anywhere other than Earth, February 6, 1971 @facethenation

Alan Shepard hit several golf shots 🏌️⛳️ on the moon

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Apollo 14 👨‍🚀 Alan Shepard climbing down from the lunar lander

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Ruby Bridges at age 6, was the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans after Federal courts ordered the desegregation of public schools @facethenation

On the morning of November 14, 1960, federal marshals 👨‍✈️ drove Ruby five blocks to her new school

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In the days following the integration, riots led by staunch segregationists erupted throughout the city

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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. During her three-day mission, she performed various tests on herself to collect data on the female body's reaction to spaceflight @facethenation

Preparation of first female 👩‍🚀 astronaut to the space flight

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On June 16, 1963, the Vostok 6 launched 🚀 Valentina Tereshkova into space

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Valentina Tereshkova says hello 👋 from space

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On June 4, 1896, Henry Ford 1st rolled out his invention he called the Quadricycle. His first car was a simple frame with an ethanol-powered engine and four bicycle wheels mounted on it @facethenation

Henry Ford driving in his first car

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Robert Goddard is the father of American rocketry. He successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926 @facethenation

Robert Goddard performs the first flight test of a liquid-fueled rocket 🚀💥

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Fidel Castro's love for baseball is well known. He even created a team filled with revolutionaries that would play before exhibition games called Los Barbudos @facethenation

Fidel Castro ⚾️ pitched two innings in an exhibition game in 1959

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Apollo 16 astronaut 👨‍🚀 Charlie Duke trains for the Moon at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, November 30, 1971 @facethenation