Navy Vet Describes Line-Crossing Ceremony That Looks Like Torture in Vintage Photos: 'It Was Fun at the Time' A U.S. Navy spokesperson tells PEOPLE marking a ship’s passage across the equator ...

It was picture week at the White House. Harry Truman saw and heard himself in newsreels taken during his trip to Rio, re-enjoyed the horseplay of his Equator crossing. After lunch each day, the ...

At the equator are signs that say, "You are now crossing the equator. Jambo (hello in Swahili) to Kenya. Altitude 2,270 meters." ...