1.
Boxing in Yankee stadium
(1923). ![]() 2.
A Russian spy laughing through his execution
(1939). ![]() 3.
The evacuation of Saigon, in which some 45 UH-1 Hueys and one CH-47 Chinook were
pushed overboard to make room for others to land
(1975). ![]() 4.
The first passengers on the brand new New York subway
(1904). ![]() 5.
Ernest Hemingway at a Havana bar (date
unknown). ![]() 6.
Princeton students after a Freshman/Sophomore snowball fight
(1893). ![]() 7.
Policemen inspect a “lumber truck” that smelled of alcohol during prohibition
(1926). ![]() 8.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with wife on the day they’re assassinated, which
contributed to the start of WWI
(1914). ![]() 9.
A native American watching the newly completed transcontinental railroad in
Nevada (1868). ![]() 10.
The oldest running car on the planet: the 1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou
Dos-à-Dos. ![]() 11.
A newly liberated French citizen happily lights Winston Churchill’s cigar
(1944). ![]() 12.
A US soldier offering his hand to a woman leaving a cave during
WWII. ![]() 13.
Queen Elizabeth during her WWII
service. ![]() 14.
The last picture of the Titanic before sinking
(1912). ![]() 15.
A pyramid of helmets from captured German soldiers on display in New York
(1918). ![]() 16.
Construction of Brasilia City, which would later become the capital of Brazil
(1960). ![]() 17.
Boeing 707 doing a barrel roll. When questioned about the stunt, the test pilot
said: “just selling airplanes.” ![]() 18.
Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein debating over quantum mechanics
(1925). ![]() 19.
Fidel Castro and Malcolm X
(1960). ![]() 20.
106-year-old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47
(1990). ![]() 21.
Star Wars set at lunchtime. ![]() 22.
A WWI submarine washed ashore on the beach in England
. ![]() ![]() 23.
William Harley and Arthur Davidson
(1914). ![]() 24.
Execution of a German communist in Munich
(1919). ![]() 25.
Muhammad Ali trying to talk down a suicidal man
(1981). ![]() 26.
Construction of Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
(1939). ![]() 27.
The assembly line of Porsche 911s at the Stuttgart factory
(1970) ![]() 28.
American soldiers discover Manet’s painting hidden in the salt mines of Merker,
Germany (1945). ![]() 29.
John Young and Charles Duke training for the Apollo 16 mission in the New Mexico
desert. ![]() 30.
A rebel soldier tosses a grenade into a loyalist position in Burgos, Spain
(1936). ![]() 31.
Anne Frank pokes her head out of her family’s flat in Amsterdam
(1942). ![]() 32.
Archaeologist Howard Carter examining the opened sarcophagus of King
Tut. ![]() 33.
Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm “Schwerer Gustav” railway gun – the
largest-caliber rifled weapon ever used in combat
(1942). ![]() 34.
Russian soldiers preparing for a gas attack against German positions
(1916). ![]() 35.
Eyes of hate: a photo of Goebbels after finding out his photographer is
Jewish. ![]() 36.
The first Wal-Mart store opened in 1962 by Sam Walton. It was called Walton’s
Five and Dime. ![]() 37.
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the nuclear bomb over
Hiroshima . ![]() 38.
Albert Einstein’s desk photographed the day after his
death. ![]() 39.
B-32 Bomber Factory in Fort Worth , Texas
(1944). ![]() 40.
The Cologne cathedral amidst the ruins
(1944). ![]() 41.
A rare photo of a young Winston Churchill
(1895). ![]() 42.
The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
(1937). ![]() 43.
Pre-Taliban days in Afghanistan when women enjoyed professional careers,
university education, etc… By mid-90s, the Taliban outlawed employment and
education of women over the age of
8. ![]() 44.
Gadget, the first atomic bomb. ![]() 45.
The night they ended Prohibition (December 5,
1933). ![]() 46.
German prisoners marching to Moscow after their defeat at Belarus
(1944). ![]() 47.
Testing a bulletproof vest
(1923). ![]() 48.
Gas masks for babies tested at an English hospital
(1940). ![]() 49.
Control room of the UB-110 German submarine
(1918). ![]() 50.
A V-1 flying bomb “buzzbomb” plunging toward London
(1945). ![]() 51.
Buzz Aldrin taking a selfie in space
(1966). ![]() 52.
Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France
(1920). ![]() 53.
USAAF B-25 sinks Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze off the coast of Xiamen, China
(1945). ![]() 54.
An assassin attacking the socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma in Tokyo, Japan
(1960). ![]() 55.
A woman who survived the Nagasaki bombing
(1945). ![]() 56.
The first car factory in the US for Ford
(1926). ![]() 57.
Allied forces mocking Hitler
(1945). ![]() 58.
A US soldier replacing “Adolf-Hitler-Str.” sign with “ Roosevelt Blvd ” in
Berlin , Germany (1945). ![]() 59.
The 2,800 years old kiss. ![]() 60.
Nine Kings in one photo (1910). ![]() 61.
Mark Twain pays a visit to Nikolai Tesla’s lab
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