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Gerald Ford's calm reaction to watching the results of the 1976 election with a shocked Joe Garagiola, a former MLB player and Ford supporter. Ford lost to Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. November 2,1976. [600x395]
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Ukrainian archaeologist Borys Mozolevskyy with ~2400 y.o. golden Scythian pectoral he found in 1971 [383x522]
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Adolf Hitler's written authorization of Aktion T4 on September 1, 1939. Aktion T4 was Nazi Germany's campaign of mass murder via forced euthanasia against the physically and mentally disabled. Roughly 275,000 to 300,000 victims would be murdered as a result of this document [716 x 986].
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Palestinian poster, with what appears to be France under Islamic takeover (29 October 2020)
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Adrian Street, a Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner in 1974. Street later became known for ripping out chunks of Jimmy Savile's hair during a wrestling match after Savile had bragged about assaulting underage girls. (1227x1055)
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First dusting of November snow at Callanish Stone Circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
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Russian Space Station Mir, backdropped against Earth, taken from the Space Shuttle Atlantis following undocking from the station at the end of mission STS-71. 4 July 1995 [2391 × 1867]
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Gwen Stefani and Bradley Nowell at a house party (1993)
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A bear is still a bear (Bob Gorrell, 1989)
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1947: Babe Ruth at age 52.
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A French woman has her head shaved by civilians as a penalty for having consorted with German troops, 1944 [1024 × 612]
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The Château de la Motte was built in the 18th century. It has a large main building flanked by two wings with two huge towers on the eastern side. Originally, there were two châteaux: the "Château Haut" ('castle above'), now in ruins, and the "Château Bas" ('castle below')
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The Thoughtless Imbecile by M.C.
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Colombian police destroying cocaine after a major bust by dumping it at sea (Time magazine, 25 February 1985) [847 x 453]
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On July 19th, 2005, Lavena Johnson was found dead in her tent from a gunshot wound while stationed in Iraq. Despite bruising, chemical burns and evidence of sexual assault it was ruled a suicide. She was 19[880x495]
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Rebecca De Mornay and her boyfriend* , 1984
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Dr. Erich Salomon disguised a camera in a fake arm cast to secretly photograph the U.S. Supreme Court, 1932.
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Crime scene photo of the Heaven's Gate cult suicide (1997) showing members wearing their trademark Nike sneakers (634 × 925)
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Netanyahu being led to his first investigation at the police, 1999. Documents uncovered by investigators found handwritten notes from Netanyahu asking his aides to check the investigators' backgrounds if they are connected to the left. Netanyahu came back to power 10 years later. [719x1080]
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Debby Harry captured in a 1976 photo by Chris Stein
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London, 1901 [900x600]
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Charles Fields, 30, is taken into custody after his recapture. While serving a life term for rape, he was allowed to carry a pistol as a prison trusty. Fields used it to escape, steal 3 trucks, murder a farmer, and rape another woman, all in the span of just 90 minutes (Arkansas, 1962) [540 x 652].
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The youngest US Serviceman to serve and fight during WWII, Calvin Graham, who was serving in the United States Navy in 1942 at 12 years old as a gunner on the USS South Dakota. [960x1003]
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6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt watching Lincoln’s funeral procession going through Union Square, NYC, April 24 1865.[710 x 607]
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Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 1944 [1600x1090]
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Xena and Hercules on set in the 90’s
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Robert Di Nero and his wife at the time Diahnne Abbott (1976)
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US Marines use a flamethrower to clear a tunnel of Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima Island, 1945. [640x497]
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"—Dad, why are they beating that Black? —Because he is a Red!" (1979) by Viktor Travin
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Pfc George A. Guckenberger of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole during the siege of Bastogne, 1944. He was KIA on January 14, 1945 and now rests for eternity at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium, Plot E Row 16, Grave 3. He was only 22. [2048x1411]
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