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DNA molecular model, kit made by Griffin & George, 1986. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all humans. The structure is a double helix, two long strands twisted like a ladder. The structure...

Double helix model of DNA, metal reconstruction by King's College after Francis Crick and James Watson, 1977. The Watson-Crick model of DNA was built by James Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Crick (1916-2004) in 1953. The reconstruction depicted...

Portrait of James Dewey Watson, 1969. Photographed here is American molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA's structure James Watson (1928-2025). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.

Portrait of Francis Harry Compton Crick, photograph by Godfrey Argent, 1970. Depicted here is English molecular biologist Francis Crick (1916-2004), whose work with American molecular biologist James Watson (1928-2025) led to the discovery...

David 'Davy' Crockett (1786-1836) was a soldier, frontiersman, politician, storyteller, and, long before his famous death at the Alamo on 6 March 1836, a celebrity. Scholar Michael Wallis writes: Perhaps more than anyone of his time, David...

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was a planter, soldier, and politician from Mississippi, who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War (1861-1865). A veteran of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848...

The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax imposed on the 13 American colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain. It required the colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials including newspapers, legal documents, magazines, and playing...

Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), better known by his nickname 'Mad Anthony', was a brigadier general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). After the war, he briefly served in Congress before resuming his military...

Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was an American statesman from South Carolina who played an important role in the politics of the American Revolution (1765-1789). He served as president of the Second Continental Congress from 1777-78 and presided...

The US presidential election of 1796 was the first contested presidential election in the history of the United States. John Adams, the candidate of the Federalist Party, won the presidency, defeating his rival, Thomas Jefferson, candidate...