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Metallica 1985.

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Metallica 1985.

British Royal Navy Type 21-class frigate, HMS Antelope, sinking in two pieces - following the explosion of an Argentine bomb dropped by a A-4B Skyhawk fighter bomber. It exploded due to unsuccessful defusing attempt, on May 24th, 1982.

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British Royal Navy Type 21-class frigate, HMS Antelope, sinking in two pieces - following the explosion of an Argentine bomb dropped by a A-4B Skyhawk fighter bomber. It exploded due to unsuccessful defusing attempt, on May 24th, 1982.

A lineup of British troops aim their rifles in the Orange River trenches during the Boer War (Cape Colony c1900)

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A lineup of British troops aim their rifles in the Orange River trenches during the Boer War (Cape Colony c1900)

The Louvre's Cour Napoléon before construction of the Pyramid, when it was a parking lot, 1984

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The Louvre's Cour Napoléon before construction of the Pyramid, when it was a parking lot, 1984

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, first women to earn a doctorate in computer science in the United States,1965.

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Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, first women to earn a doctorate in computer science in the United States,1965.

Miners in South West Africa taking a shower (South West Africa 1968)

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Miners in South West Africa taking a shower (South West Africa 1968)

1940: Miss Iris Davis, a 19-year old from Clapham, London recovering cats with the aid of a 'lasso' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued 600 feline strays.

Archive / 6147Added May 25, 2023

1940: Miss Iris Davis, a 19-year old from Clapham, London recovering cats with the aid of a 'lasso' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued 600 feline strays.

Last image taken of the HMS Hood Before being engaged, and destroyed by BB Bismarck 82 Years ago today. May 24, 1941

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Last image taken of the HMS Hood Before being engaged, and destroyed by BB Bismarck 82 Years ago today. May 24, 1941

Kenneth Worrick (left), 14, and Frank Grell, 17, who sawed their way out of the Fort Dodge city jail and escaped, are photographed after their return to custody in Carroll, Iowa, their girlfriends smuggled hacksaws in angel food cake and watermelon. They escaped at August 8th 1945

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Kenneth Worrick (left), 14, and Frank Grell, 17, who sawed their way out of the Fort Dodge city jail and escaped, are photographed after their return to custody in Carroll, Iowa, their girlfriends smuggled hacksaws in angel food cake and watermelon. They escaped at August 8th 1945

Yuma Man playing a flute - Arizona - c.1900

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Yuma Man playing a flute - Arizona - c.1900

Notre Dame de Paris when there was a parking lot in front of it. Car exhaust fumes darkened the façade, 1950s

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Notre Dame de Paris when there was a parking lot in front of it. Car exhaust fumes darkened the façade, 1950s

A chimpanzee astronaut receives an apple after the first successful space flight, USA, 1961.

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A chimpanzee astronaut receives an apple after the first successful space flight, USA, 1961.

Sign emblazoned with SAND posted near road cutting throught the desert (South West Africa 1977)

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Sign emblazoned with SAND posted near road cutting throught the desert (South West Africa 1977)

Armed with two .50 caliber machine guns, ball turret gunner Sgt Benedict Borostowski at his station on Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, circa 1943

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Armed with two .50 caliber machine guns, ball turret gunner Sgt Benedict Borostowski at his station on Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, circa 1943

Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali jog in the London morning fog, May 1966.

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Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali jog in the London morning fog, May 1966.

Launch of the U.S. Navy tank landing ship LST-32 at the Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 22 May 1943

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Launch of the U.S. Navy tank landing ship LST-32 at the Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 22 May 1943

1902 - 25-year-old Millard Lee, just before he shot and killed Lila May Suttles, who refused to let him walk her home (869x1079)

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1902 - 25-year-old Millard Lee, just before he shot and killed Lila May Suttles, who refused to let him walk her home (869x1079)

Richard Nixon in Lausanne, Switzerland, probably in 1963. Photo: Swiss National Museum

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Richard Nixon in Lausanne, Switzerland, probably in 1963. Photo: Swiss National Museum

Men of the 7th Cheshire Regiment in a captured German communications trench during the offensive at Anzio, Italy, 22 May 1944.

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Men of the 7th Cheshire Regiment in a captured German communications trench during the offensive at Anzio, Italy, 22 May 1944.

Clint Eastwood on the set of his directorial debut, Play Misty For Me (1971)

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Clint Eastwood on the set of his directorial debut, Play Misty For Me (1971)