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It may be the last thing on your mind when you're seeing an artist, but sound pressure levels at a live show can seriously impact long-term hearing. Tiny Desk engineer Josh Rogosin is here to help.

Explosions rock Baghdad as a U.S. and British aerial attack gets under way with a heavy barrage. B-52 bombers leave their bases in Britain on their way to join the air assault on Iraq. Hear NPR's Neal Conan and NPR's Ivan Watson.

On this date in 1812, a war for the ages began, ending in a draw. And in 1873, Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for something unheard of in today's rules.

On this date in 1850 President Zachary Taylor died unexpectedly. And in 1953, a new way to get from Point A to Point B debuted.

It was on this date in 1945 that an American B-29 bomber aircraft dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately...

On this date in 1792, the Farmers' Almanac made its debut. And in 1971, the mystery of what happened to D.B. Cooper began.

It was on this date in 44 B.C. that Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by Brutus and several others from the Roman Senate. And it was on this date in 1892 that Jesse W. Reno received the first patent for the escalator.

It was on this date in 1877 that Frederick Douglas was appointed the U.S. Marshall of the District of Columbia by President Rutherford B. Hayes. And it was on this date in 1966 that the Scott Paper Company introduced clothing made out of paper.

In 1977, a recording of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was included on a golden disc sent to space with the Voyager mission. The mission continues today.

The X-37B, launched in September 2017, has returned to Earth. It was the fifth acknowledged mission for the vehicle since 2010, but details of its mission are being kept under wraps.