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Swedish bankrobber Clark Olofsson barricaded in a vault with hostages, from the event that coined the term Stockholm Syndrome. Norrmalmstorg, 26th August, 1973. .

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Swedish bankrobber Clark Olofsson barricaded in a vault with hostages, from the event that coined the term Stockholm Syndrome. Norrmalmstorg, 26th August, 1973. .

Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who risked his career and even his life by using his position as vice-consul in Lithuania to issue visas to Jews fleeing the from the Nazis, visiting Israel riding a camel with his son, 1969

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Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who risked his career and even his life by using his position as vice-consul in Lithuania to issue visas to Jews fleeing the from the Nazis, visiting Israel riding a camel with his son, 1969

Annie Edson Taylor poses with her cat and the barrel she rode over the fall, 1901.

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Annie Edson Taylor poses with her cat and the barrel she rode over the fall, 1901.

President John F. Kennedy and former president Dwight Eisenhower at Camp David discussing the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, April 22, 1961. The photo, taken at the moment photographers were told "no more photos", was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

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President John F. Kennedy and former president Dwight Eisenhower at Camp David discussing the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, April 22, 1961. The photo, taken at the moment photographers were told "no more photos", was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Gun safety being taught in an rural school, Indiana 1956.

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Gun safety being taught in an rural school, Indiana 1956.

Victims of the Zoot Suit Riots, where groups of U.S. servicemen scoured the streets in Los Angeles looking for, attacking and stripping Mexican-American teenagers wearing zoot suits. June, 1943

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Victims of the Zoot Suit Riots, where groups of U.S. servicemen scoured the streets in Los Angeles looking for, attacking and stripping Mexican-American teenagers wearing zoot suits. June, 1943

Photo taken the instant bullets from a French firing squad hit a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans. Rennes, France. November 21, 1944.

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Photo taken the instant bullets from a French firing squad hit a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans. Rennes, France. November 21, 1944.

Canadian soldiers in a Landing Craft Assault (LCA) going ashore from HMCS Prince Henry off the Normandy beachhead. France, June 6, 1944.

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Canadian soldiers in a Landing Craft Assault (LCA) going ashore from HMCS Prince Henry off the Normandy beachhead. France, June 6, 1944.

Jonathan (tortoise on the left) eating on a grass field in Plantation House, St. Helena (c. 1882 - 1886). Jonathan is still alive to this day.

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Jonathan (tortoise on the left) eating on a grass field in Plantation House, St. Helena (c. 1882 - 1886). Jonathan is still alive to this day.

Lamplighter in London - c.1935

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Lamplighter in London - c.1935

Diego Maradona vs the Belgium defense at the 1982 World Cup

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Diego Maradona vs the Belgium defense at the 1982 World Cup

Nelson Mandela sparring with professional boxer Jerry Moloi, Soweto, 1957.

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Nelson Mandela sparring with professional boxer Jerry Moloi, Soweto, 1957.

Soldiers of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment storm Juno Beach during the Allied landing. Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 1944.

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Soldiers of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment storm Juno Beach during the Allied landing. Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 1944.

Polish woman and her grandchildren shown in an American Red Cross evacuation camp as they await evacuation to new homes, Teheran, Iran 1943

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Polish woman and her grandchildren shown in an American Red Cross evacuation camp as they await evacuation to new homes, Teheran, Iran 1943

Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969

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Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969

Cannes, 1948

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Cannes, 1948

Boy Scouts during a morning flag raising cermony at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. 5 June 1943

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Boy Scouts during a morning flag raising cermony at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. 5 June 1943

Playing chess on Broadway, NY. This was the scene in August 1986 at the corner of Broadway and West 49th Street in Midtown Manhattan - Photo by Yvon Maurice -

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Playing chess on Broadway, NY. This was the scene in August 1986 at the corner of Broadway and West 49th Street in Midtown Manhattan - Photo by Yvon Maurice -

Mima Saïna poses with Alfred Münzer, a Jewish child who is living in hiding in the home of her employer, Tolé Madna, The Hague, The Netherlands between 1942 - 1943

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Mima Saïna poses with Alfred Münzer, a Jewish child who is living in hiding in the home of her employer, Tolé Madna, The Hague, The Netherlands between 1942 - 1943

Chinese People's Liberation Army Type 59 main battle tanks driving past a street in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, with a pile of killed Chinese civilians on the roadside, on June 4th, 1989.

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Chinese People's Liberation Army Type 59 main battle tanks driving past a street in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, with a pile of killed Chinese civilians on the roadside, on June 4th, 1989.