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First "High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina" and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, Sarajevo 1996 {850x598}

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First "High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina" and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, Sarajevo 1996 {850x598}

Vincent Van Gogh - Died on this day in 1890. (451x361)

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Vincent Van Gogh - Died on this day in 1890. (451x361)

Sailors of the Royal Navy being served with their rum ration (tot) at Portsmouth Barracks. It was establisted in 1655 at half pint per day, but drunkenness on board naval vessels became a problem so it was regularly reduced, until its abolition on 31 July 1970 (Portsmouth, UK 1933)

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Sailors of the Royal Navy being served with their rum ration (tot) at Portsmouth Barracks. It was establisted in 1655 at half pint per day, but drunkenness on board naval vessels became a problem so it was regularly reduced, until its abolition on 31 July 1970 (Portsmouth, UK 1933)

Hitler bids Mussolini farewell, April 1943

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Hitler bids Mussolini farewell, April 1943

A Turkish soldier reading comics with a Korean girl. 1952

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A Turkish soldier reading comics with a Korean girl. 1952

An American Mechanic working on the Tail Fuse of an AN-M64 “Carpetbagger” General Purpose 500lb bomb in the forward bomb bay of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. c. 1945.

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An American Mechanic working on the Tail Fuse of an AN-M64 “Carpetbagger” General Purpose 500lb bomb in the forward bomb bay of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. c. 1945.

Ans van Dijk stands trial in 1947. Pretending to be a member of the resistance, she offered to help Jews find hiding places and obtain false papers. She trapped at least 145 people, including her own brother and his family. It has also been suggested that she may have betrayed Anne Frank.

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Ans van Dijk stands trial in 1947. Pretending to be a member of the resistance, she offered to help Jews find hiding places and obtain false papers. She trapped at least 145 people, including her own brother and his family. It has also been suggested that she may have betrayed Anne Frank.

Self-defense officers work to decontaminate the station immediately after the sarin gas attack on the subway.1995, Japan.

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Self-defense officers work to decontaminate the station immediately after the sarin gas attack on the subway.1995, Japan.

After a bombing mission to Regensburg, Germany, the ball turret gunner of this 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress was killed when his plane was forced to the ground without landing gear. 1943.

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After a bombing mission to Regensburg, Germany, the ball turret gunner of this 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress was killed when his plane was forced to the ground without landing gear. 1943.

Sinéad O’Connor (RIP), performing on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 3, 1992, rips up a photo of Pope John Paul II in protest of the catholic church's history of child abuse

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Sinéad O’Connor (RIP), performing on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 3, 1992, rips up a photo of Pope John Paul II in protest of the catholic church's history of child abuse

The Doll by Hans Bellmer, Germany, 1936

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The Doll by Hans Bellmer, Germany, 1936

A group of Japanese prisoners of war read a newspaper announcing the impending surrender of Japan, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, September of 1945 (1140x1105)

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A group of Japanese prisoners of war read a newspaper announcing the impending surrender of Japan, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, September of 1945 (1140x1105)

French civilians and American troops converse over the body of a dead German soldier killed behind the church in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during the Invasion of France by Allied forces. 6 June 1944.

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French civilians and American troops converse over the body of a dead German soldier killed behind the church in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during the Invasion of France by Allied forces. 6 June 1944.

Joseph Stalin layed down, reading, with an unbuttoned coat, 03/07/1920.

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Joseph Stalin layed down, reading, with an unbuttoned coat, 03/07/1920.

Ah-del-stohne (Straight Shooter), Navajo, 1903. Photo by Adam Clark Vroman.

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Ah-del-stohne (Straight Shooter), Navajo, 1903. Photo by Adam Clark Vroman.

Fritz Loew, a 41-year-old German prisoner of war who was captured at Metz. Date unknown. Likely January, 1945.

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Fritz Loew, a 41-year-old German prisoner of war who was captured at Metz. Date unknown. Likely January, 1945.

American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1958. by Philippe Halsman

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American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1958. by Philippe Halsman

Pfc. Frank Vukasin, Great Falls, Mont., stops to load clip in his rifle while advancing through the snow-covered front-line sector at Houffalize, Belgium. Two dead Germans lay in the background. January 1945.

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Pfc. Frank Vukasin, Great Falls, Mont., stops to load clip in his rifle while advancing through the snow-covered front-line sector at Houffalize, Belgium. Two dead Germans lay in the background. January 1945.

A Bengali guerilla fighter bayonets two Pakistani collaborators to death following the end of the 1971 India Pakistan War, the fall of Dhaka and the surrender of Pakistan

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A Bengali guerilla fighter bayonets two Pakistani collaborators to death following the end of the 1971 India Pakistan War, the fall of Dhaka and the surrender of Pakistan

Bran Castle (Castelul) in the commune of (present-day) Brasov County, Transylvania: border with Wallachia — in the Kingdom of Romania, c. 1920s.

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Bran Castle (Castelul) in the commune of (present-day) Brasov County, Transylvania: border with Wallachia — in the Kingdom of Romania, c. 1920s.