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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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US Marines advance down a street in Hue, South Vietnam near the city's citadel, February 1968 [2048x1359]

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US Marines advance down a street in Hue, South Vietnam near the city’s citadel, February 1968 [2048×1359]

by Smoke_Me_When_i_Die

US Marines advance down a street in Hue, South Vietnam near the city's citadel, February 1968

British doctors administer a blood transfusion to an injured soldier, Italy, 1944, original colour [1600x900]

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British doctors administer a blood transfusion to an injured soldier, Italy, 1944, original colour [1600×900]

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British doctors administer a blood transfusion to an injured soldier, Italy, 1944, original colour

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Tooth extraction taking place in a liquor store in 1872. An assistant is holding the person’s head in place with a towel while the “dentist” uses pliers to remove the tooth. 1872 [1116×1213]

by Lez2diz

Tooth extraction taking place in a liquor store in 1872. An assistant is holding the person's head in place with...

Mathematician Kurt Godel poses for portrait at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, New Jersey 1956) [1200x751]

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Mathematician Kurt Godel poses for portrait at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, New Jersey 1956) [1200×751]

by SteO153

Mathematician Kurt Godel poses for portrait at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, New Jersey 1956)

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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in exile in Saudi Arabia in the year following his overthrow, 1980. 9 years later he would briefly ruin his relationship with his Saudi hosts by leaving the country and attempting to reconquer Uganda. (2195×1926)

by Matewan1998

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in exile in Saudi Arabia in the year following his overthrow, 1980. 9 years later he...

Anti-apartheid demonstrators outside the South African Consulate in Wellington, New Zealand. 30 November 1977. [5040x3377]

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Anti-apartheid demonstrators outside the South African Consulate in Wellington, New Zealand. 30 November 1977. [5040×3377]

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Anti-apartheid demonstrators outside the South African Consulate in Wellington, New Zealand. 30 November 1977.

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Three notorious Central African dictators. Standing in front l-r: Rwanda’s Juvénal Habyarimana, Burundi’s Michel Micombero and Uganda’s Idi Amin. 1970s. [594 x 463]

by mgwngn1

Three notorious Central African dictators. Standing in front l-r: Rwanda's Juvénal Habyarimana, Burundi's Michel Micombero and Uganda's Idi Amin. 1970s.

American artillerymen and their peace sign flag in South Vietnam, 1971 [3600x2400]

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American artillerymen and their peace sign flag in South Vietnam, 1971 [3600×2400]

by Smoke_Me_When_i_Die

American artillerymen and their peace sign flag in South Vietnam, 1971

Ukraine. August, 1947. Families of a collective farm seated for a meal. © Robert Capa [2048x1777]

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by Adpadierk

Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki beached on Nggela Sule, Solomon Islands, circa 1944 [5750x4055]

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Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki beached on Nggela Sule, Solomon Islands, circa 1944 [5750×4055]

by RLoret

Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki beached on Nggela Sule, Solomon Islands, circa 1944

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24 Year-Old Orson Welles outside CBS’s Columbia Square studios at 6121 Sunset Boulevard on his first day in Hollywood, August 1939 [2000 x 1293]

by TheWallBreakers2017

24 Year-Old Orson Welles outside CBS's Columbia Square studios at 6121 Sunset Boulevard on his first day in Hollywood, August...

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1929 – Boarding of British Airship R101 – This would likely be the Airships last voyage as it crashed shortly after in France. (1170 x 847)

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