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The Royal Navy sloop HMS Magpie (U82) returns to Liverpool after a successful escort patrol in the North Atlantic, 25 February 1944 [1772 × 2373]

by HeStoleMyBalloons

Cover of The New York Daily News, Sunday 03/18/1956 showing comedian Fred Allen having passed away of a heart attack in the street. Allen collapsed in front of 171 West 57th Street just before midnight. [2000 x 2579]

General Benedicto Lucas Garcia, Guatemalan army chief of staff, in a helicopter, 1980’s. Garcia was one of the most prominent perpetrators of the 36 year Guatemalan genocide, (1960-96) & is thought to be responsible for thousands of indigenous Mayan deaths & crimes against humanity (1928×1285)

The original waist gunners of the B-17 bomber ‘Memphis Belle’, left waist gunner Clarence Wichell and right waist gunner Casmir Nastral, at their battle stations, ca 1943 [1000×1024]

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A Soviet soldier smashes a poster depicting H*tler in liberated Gatchina, 26 January 1944. [861x1280]

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A Soviet soldier smashes a poster depicting H*tler in liberated Gatchina, 26 January 1944. [861×1280]

by Russkiy_Posylnyy

March 19, 2024

A Soviet soldier smashes a poster depicting H*tler in liberated Gatchina, 26 January 1944.

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Autochrome of King George V wearing the Admiral of the Fleet uniform. On the left the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, wearing the uniform of Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. (Buckingham Palace, March 1914) [1529×2000]

by afrodite11

Autochrome of King George V wearing the Admiral of the Fleet uniform. On the left the Prince of Wales, later...

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Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (related to Indira, not Mohandas) being attacked by a Sri Lankan sailor during a visit to the country in 1987. 4 years later he would be successfully assassinated by a suicide bomber. (3000×2000)

by Matewan1998

Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (related to Indira, not Mohandas) being attacked by a Sri Lankan sailor during a visit...

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Indian soldiers outside their bunker in Kargil, Kashmir (now Ladakh) in 1999. [2744 x 4096]

by RedSoviet1991

Indian soldiers outside their bunker in Kargil, Kashmir (now Ladakh) in 1999.

General view of the Brandenburg Gate as Germany hosts the XI Olympic Games in August 1936 (Nazi Germany 1936) [2867x2130]

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General view of the Brandenburg Gate as Germany hosts the XI Olympic Games in August 1936 (Nazi Germany 1936) [2867×2130]

by SteO153

General view of the Brandenburg Gate as Germany hosts the XI Olympic Games in August 1936 (Nazi Germany 1936)

Kevin Carter Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Starving Child and Vulture | 1993 (2560x1670)

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Kevin Carter Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Starving Child and Vulture | 1993 (2560×1670)

by Tyagi_rishu

Kevin Carter Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Starving Child and Vulture | 1993 (2560x1670)

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Auschwitz Camp Commandant, Rudolf Hoess walking to his gallows next to the crematorium in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz Stammlager, Poland, 1947 [1072 x 639]

by Objects_Food_Rooms

Auschwitz Camp Commandant, Rudolf Hoess walking to his gallows next to the crematorium in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz Stammlager,...

Dead Italian soldier holding a photograph of his child, north Africa, 1940, WWII [596x600]

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Dead Italian soldier holding a photograph of his child, north Africa, 1940, WWII [596×600]

by Fimlipe_

Dead Italian soldier holding a photograph of his child, north Africa, 1940, WWII

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An International Women’s Day March in New York, 1975, the year which the UN began celebrating the holiday. [1800 x 1200]

by WheatBerryPie

An International Women's Day March in New York, 1975, the year which the UN began celebrating the holiday.

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GIs of the 4th Infantry Division and members of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) heading towards Utah Beach, Normandy, June, 1944. [960×789]

by Quick_Presentation11

GIs of the 4th Infantry Division and members of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) heading towards Utah...

Promotional 1937 cinema photograph of actress Ina Benita (actually Ina Scudder, de domo Inna Florow-Bułhak), for the 1938 film "Ludzie Wisły". [3500x2673]

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Promotional 1937 cinema photograph of actress Ina Benita (actually Ina Scudder, de domo Inna Florow-Bułhak), for the 1938 film “Ludzie Wisły”. [3500×2673]

by TimmyShakespeare

Promotional 1937 cinema photograph of actress Ina Benita (actually Ina Scudder, de domo Inna Florow-Bułhak), for the 1938 film "Ludzie...

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Bus Captain of the Year 1994 Pun Chi Keung displaying his trophy at the Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited’s bus depot in Yuen Chau Kok (Hong Kong 1994) [2867×13934]

by SteO153