Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream,” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963.
Robert Wadlow (b. 1918) is the tallest person in documented history. Due to an overactive pituitary gland, he was taller than his father at age 8 and continued to grow reaching 8 feet 11 inches at age 22. Pictured here with his family at age 21.
One of the first McDonald’s restaurants opened in 1948 and had 9 items. The staple of the menu was their 15-cent hamburger. They added their now world-famous fries to the menu in 1949.
In World War I, Emir Faisal (pictured front & center) helped the Allies win northern Syria and led the Arab delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference following the war. To the right is T.E. Lawrence, the namesake of the 1962 adventure film "Lawrence of Arabia".