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A man inspects from Japanese shelling in Bondi, Sydney, 1942

Archive / 3961Added Oct 8, 2024

A man inspects from Japanese shelling in Bondi, Sydney, 1942

The bullet-holed, blood stained shirt worn by the Emperor of Mexico, Maximilian I, during his execution, 1867. Originally an Austrian archduke, Maximilian was made ruler of the country by Napoleon III but was ousted and killed by Mexican republican forces. (2536x1760)

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The bullet-holed, blood stained shirt worn by the Emperor of Mexico, Maximilian I, during his execution, 1867. Originally an Austrian archduke, Maximilian was made ruler of the country by Napoleon III but was ousted and killed by Mexican republican forces. (2536x1760)

The Sino-American honeymoon period: Biden at the Great Wall in Beijing.China，2001

Archive / 3963Added Oct 8, 2024

The Sino-American honeymoon period: Biden at the Great Wall in Beijing.China，2001

Attack on German shipping by US Navy aircraft in Bodø Harbor, Norway. "Operation Leader" 4 October 1943

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Attack on German shipping by US Navy aircraft in Bodø Harbor, Norway. "Operation Leader" 4 October 1943

A naval warrant officer and his children. Japan, 1910

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A naval warrant officer and his children. Japan, 1910

The “Owls” were an African American women's softball team formed in the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first Washington State women’s Softball Championship in 1938, and then were renamed the “Brown Bombers” and won the state Championship again in 1939.

Archive / 3966Added Oct 7, 2024

The “Owls” were an African American women's softball team formed in the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first Washington State women’s Softball Championship in 1938, and then were renamed the “Brown Bombers” and won the state Championship again in 1939.

General Song Shilun (bottom left) in a group photo with his army staff in Korea, early 1951. He led the Chinese PVA 9th Army against American forces at the Battle of Lake Chosin, where he would win a victory in the winter despite heavy casualties and repel US forces from Northeastern Korea

Archive / 3967Added Oct 7, 2024

General Song Shilun (bottom left) in a group photo with his army staff in Korea, early 1951. He led the Chinese PVA 9th Army against American forces at the Battle of Lake Chosin, where he would win a victory in the winter despite heavy casualties and repel US forces from Northeastern Korea

Inside the control room of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1986.

Archive / 3968Added Oct 7, 2024

Inside the control room of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1986.

Fidel Castro and his first wife Mirta Diaz before the revolution (she died in 2024)

Archive / 3969Added Oct 6, 2024

Fidel Castro and his first wife Mirta Diaz before the revolution (she died in 2024)

Notorious Nazi judge Roland Freisler (center) presiding over the "People's Court" trial of the July 20th plotters, who had conspired to assassinate Hitler, 1944. Freisler verbally abused the defendants for hours & sentenced most of them to death, some dying only two hours after sentencing (1280x915)

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Notorious Nazi judge Roland Freisler (center) presiding over the "People's Court" trial of the July 20th plotters, who had conspired to assassinate Hitler, 1944. Freisler verbally abused the defendants for hours & sentenced most of them to death, some dying only two hours after sentencing (1280x915)

A mother and her two daughters at a refugee camp in Luxembourg for former Russian forced laborers. 1 October 1944

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A mother and her two daughters at a refugee camp in Luxembourg for former Russian forced laborers. 1 October 1944

Pedestrians viewing a Jewish-owned store in Berlin damaged during Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938

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Pedestrians viewing a Jewish-owned store in Berlin damaged during Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938

US President Calvin Coolidge throwing out the first pitch for game 1 of the 1924 World Series. 4 October 1924

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US President Calvin Coolidge throwing out the first pitch for game 1 of the 1924 World Series. 4 October 1924

Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, his Matra Djet sports car & the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in the background, (1965), Russian SFSR

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Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, his Matra Djet sports car & the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in the background, (1965), Russian SFSR

Test using 36 tons of conventional explosives before the first Swedish atomic bomb test. However, a real nuclear weapon was never built because Sweden abandoned the project despite having the knowledge and materials. 28 August 1957, Vidsel Test Site in Lapland

Archive / 3975Added Oct 5, 2024

Test using 36 tons of conventional explosives before the first Swedish atomic bomb test. However, a real nuclear weapon was never built because Sweden abandoned the project despite having the knowledge and materials. 28 August 1957, Vidsel Test Site in Lapland

Man looking at other posters looking for missing families with one of his own, in front of the KBS building before a historical 138 day long live family-seeking broadcast. Seoul, 1983.

Archive / 3976Added Oct 5, 2024

Man looking at other posters looking for missing families with one of his own, in front of the KBS building before a historical 138 day long live family-seeking broadcast. Seoul, 1983.

Chinese general Xu Shiyou (right) orders 80 tanks across the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge to test its strength a few days before its completion, 26 September, 1968.

Archive / 3977Added Oct 4, 2024

Chinese general Xu Shiyou (right) orders 80 tanks across the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge to test its strength a few days before its completion, 26 September, 1968.

John Christie covers his face as he arrives at court in London in 1953, charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel. He was eventually revealed to have been a serial killer.

Archive / 3978Added Oct 4, 2024

John Christie covers his face as he arrives at court in London in 1953, charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel. He was eventually revealed to have been a serial killer.

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, seen here under construction in 1964. It opened in November that year.

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The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, seen here under construction in 1964. It opened in November that year.

The entrance to a refugee camp in Luxembourg for former Russian forced laborers. 1 October 1944

Archive / 3980Added Oct 4, 2024

The entrance to a refugee camp in Luxembourg for former Russian forced laborers. 1 October 1944