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NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 30: Katie Ledecky of Team United States competes in the Women’s 1500m Freestyle Heats on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 30, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

USA’s Katie Ledecky Makes History: Breaking Olympics Record And Securing 8th Gold Medal

American swimmer Katie Ledecky successfully swam her way into breaking an Olympics record in the 1,500-meter freestyle, while also receiving her eighth gold medal.

How NASA Was Founded

Learn more about why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded by 35th President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a race against the Soviet Union more than 60 years ago.

Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks Celebrating NCAA Championship Teams WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 22: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned his campaign for a second term after weeks of pressure from fellow Democrats to withdraw and just months ahead of the November election, throwing his support behind Harris. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Harris Secures Enough Delegate Support To Secure The Democrat Nomination

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democrat delegates to become the party’s nominee for president.

The symbols of the Democratic(L) (donkey) and Republican (elephant) parties are seen on display in Washington, DC on August 25, 2008. The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday in Denver Colorado followed by the Republican National Convention next week in St. Paul, Minnesota. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

The History Behind The Republican And Democrat Animal Political Symbols

Learn more on the colorful history behind the iconic symbols of the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey.

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE - JUNE 06: U.S. President Donald Trump tips the cap of a U.S. veteran of the Battle of Normandy as other veterans look on during the main ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy at Normandy American Cemetery on June 06, 2019 near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. Veterans, families, visitors, political leaders and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate D-Day, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory about 11 months later. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Trump Marks 80th Anniversary Of D-Day

45th President Donald J. Trump paid his respects to the tens of thousands of American troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy on this day 80 years ago.

Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft overfly a ceremony on "Pointe du Hoc" clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, northwestern France, on June 5, 2024, as part of the "D-Day" commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. The Pointe du Hoc was one of the strongholds in the German fortifications and was taken by force in a daring vertical assault by US Army Rangers on the morning of June 6, 1944 during the Normandy beach landings. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

WWII Veterans Visit Normandy After 80 Years For Historic D-Day Anniversary

As tears come down from their eyes and memories are shared, this year will be the largest D-Day commemoration in history as the last surviving American World War II veterans head back to the beaches of Normandy 80 years later to remember those who lost their lives giving the ultimate sacrifice.