Temple of the Tooth Relic, sacred relic casket containing the tooth of the Buddha: New York Buddhist Vihara; Princess Hemamala and Prince Danta: Ven. Dr. Kollupitiye Mahinde Nayaha Maha Thero of Kelani Raja Maha Vihara; Gold Larnax of King Philip II: Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Receipts Fund, Athens; Magna Carta: Lincolnshire County Council at Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, England; coronation chair with the Stone of Scone, Stone of Scone: the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Essex Ring: the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Galileo’s middle finger in its casket: Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence; Galileo in prison, Galileo reading a book: New York Public Library; “Rules of Civility” page from one of Washington’s schoolboy copy-books: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; illustration of George Washington as a youth: from Child’s History of the United States by John Dawson Gilmary Shea, McMenamy, New York: 1872/New York Public Library; John Harrison’s fourth marine timekeeper: National Maritime Museum, London; page from the Virginia Declaration of Rights: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; George Mason portrait: Magazine of American History, published by A. S. Barnes &c Co., New York, 1877-1893, continued by Magazine of American History, published in Mount Vernon, New York/New York Public Library; Thomas Jefferson portrait: New York Public Library; Rising Sun Chair—full shot of the chair, Rising Sun Chair—detailed shot of the “rising sun” crest, “Signing of the Constitution” by Thomas P. Rossiter: Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia; Louisiana Purchase Treaty—cover of French exchange copy, signature page: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; page from a Lewis and Clark journal: American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia; Beethoven’s ear trumpets: Beethoven House, Bonn, Germany; Beethoven playing piano: from History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year by Edwin Emerson, Jr., P. F. Collier, 1902/New York Public Library; Harrison’s Peace Pipes—the Shawnee peace pipe: Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, Missouri; William Henry Harrison portrait: U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Painting/New York Public Library; John Adams’s pigtail, countryside of Pitcairn Island: National Maritime Museum, London; Doubleday Ball: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y; nineteenth-century baseball field: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C./New York Public Library; Abner Doubleday: New York Public Library; Vendovi face illustration: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Najera’s sword: Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles; page from Dickens’s prompt-copy of A Christmas Carol: New York Public Library, New York, N. Y.; Dickens’s final farewell reading: Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd.; delivery of the president’s letter, document conveying the “Five Full Powers in Blank” to Matthew C. Perry granted by President Millard Fillmore, photo of the first American flag raised in Japan: U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis; first page of the Emancipation Proclamation: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; “Emancipation” scene: from the collection of Connie and James Malone/photo by Jim Strong; Tom Thumb’s wedding cake: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, New York, February 28, 1863; Tom Thumb, Lavinia, Commodore Nutt, and Minnie Warren greeting guests at the wedding while standing on a piano: Chris Coenen; Thomas Edison’s illustration of the original phonograph that he instructed one of his technicians to build, original tinfoil phonograph: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site; house in which Jesse James was killed, Jesse James in death with his stickpin in his cravat: Jesse James Home, St. Joseph, Missouri; Ulysses S. Grant’s face: Ulysses S. Grant Association, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Ulysses S. Grant’s smoking stand: U. S. Grant Home State Historic Site, Galena, Illinois; Jumbo—nineteenth century: Barnum, Bailey, and Hutchinson; Jumbo at Tufts University: Tufts University Archives; Freud’s couch: Freud Museum, London; Sigmund Freud—face: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Hoof of Fire Horse Number Twelve: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; original lyric sheet of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library and Archive, Cooperstown, N.Y.; Jack Norworth: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York, New York; Mark Twain’s orchestrelle, Mark Twain—face: Mark Twain Museum, Hannibal, Missouri; Zimmermann telegram: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; Fourteen Points—shorthand page: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; truce flag that ended World War I pinned to its accompanying letter to Clemenceau: Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, D.C.; Wyatt Earp’s Drawing of the O.K. Corral Gunfight: Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles; Maltese Falcon: Maltese Falcon © 1996 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved. The Maltese Falcon statue is from the collection of Dr. Gary Milan; Field Marshal Montgomery outside his caravan greeting other officers: The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London/photo by Sgt. Morris; caravan camouflaged and guarded by French troops: The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London/photo by Sgt. Palmer; Japanese delegation before the table on board the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, General MacArthur signing the surrender instrument: U.S. Army Signal Corps; ENIAC: University of Pennsylvania Archives; Marilyn Monroe’s Billowing Dress from The Seven Year Itch: Archive Photos, New York, N. Y; Elvis image—purple Cadillac: used by permission, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.; Able the Space Monkey—preflight, Able the Space Monkey—postflight: U.S. Army photos; Odyssey— liftoff of Apollo 13, recovery of Odyssey, command module (Odyssey) being set down on the USS Iwo Jima: NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston; gun that killed John Lennon: New York City Police Department.