History Tap No. 30: October 28, 2026

Round 1: pop culture

2022 Indianapolis 500

Happened in Indiana, on May 29, 2022.

• During the race, Dixon became the all-time lap leader in the history of the Indy 500.
• Dixon led the most laps (95), and dominated much of the race along with teammate Álex Palou.
• Dixon was issued a drive-through penalty, which took him out of contention and handed the lead to his teammate, Marcus Ericsson.

Round 2: historic event, world

Cuban Missile Crisis

Happened in Cuba, in 1962.

• The confrontation is widely considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into full-scale nuclear war.
• Starting in November of that year, the US government engaged in a violent campaign of terrorism and sabotage in Cuba, referred to as the Cuban Project, which continued throughout the first half of the 1960s.
• The US had also trained a paramilitary force of Cuban expatriates, for a CIA-led attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow its government in April 1961.

Round 3: landmark

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Founded in Bay Lake, Florida, on May 1, 1989.

• In 2001, the Sorcerer's Hat—a stylized version of the magical hat from Disney Animation's 1940 film Fantasia—was erected in the park's central hub and served as the icon until its removal in January 2015.
• Construction on the combined park and studio began in 1987, but was accelerated when the construction of the similarly themed Universal Studios Florida began a few miles away.
• To increase public interest and the variety of film representation within the park, Disney entered into a licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), from which the park's original name was partially derived.

Round 4: historic event, world

Operation Market Garden

Happened in Netherlands, on September 17, 1944.

• It was the largest airborne operation of the war up to that point.
• It failed in its most important objective: securing the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem.
• Its objective was to create a salient spanning 62 miles (100 km) into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany.

Round 5: landmark

Sutter's Mill

Founded in California, in 1848.

• A meteorite fell in 2012 and landed close to the mill; fragments were recovered and it was named the Sutter's Mill meteorite.
• The mill was later reconstructed in the original design and today forms part of Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma, California.