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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]

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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 pilot with his heavily damaged P-51 Mustang, Korean War, ca 1951 [960x654]

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A pilot with his heavily damaged P-51 Mustang, Korean War, ca 1951 [960×654]

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A pilot with his heavily damaged P-51 Mustang, Korean War, ca 1951

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Éamon de Valera (left), O’Higgins (middle) and his best man, Rory O’Connor (right) at O’Higgins’ wedding. On 8 December 1922 O’Higgins would sign O’Connor’s execution order. O’Higgins would later be killed in a revenge attack 5 years later. October, 1921 (1104×853)

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Éamon de Valera (left), O'Higgins (middle) and his best man, Rory O'Connor (right) at O'Higgins' wedding. On 8 December 1922...

The tactical trick of soldiers during the Mexican Revolution, 1913.(800x613)

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The tactical trick of soldiers during the Mexican Revolution, 1913.(800×613)

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The tactical trick of soldiers during the Mexican Revolution, 1913.(800x613)

Portrait of a young man with facial scars (Africa c1900) [2095x2867]

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Portrait of a young man with facial scars (Africa c1900) [2095×2867]

by SteO153

Portrait of a young man with facial scars (Africa c1900)

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Princess Diana meets comedian Rowan Atkinson while greeting the cast of the ‘Royal Variety’ show, 1984. [2560 × 1888]

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Princess Diana meets comedian Rowan Atkinson while greeting the cast of the 'Royal Variety' show, 1984.

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The Battle of Broken Hill has been described as Australia’s first terrorist attack. Two Afghan camel drivers who supported the Ottoman Empire went on a shooting spree in New South Wales. They killed four people before being gunned down by the police. These were their rifles, 1915 [1200 x 748].

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The Battle of Broken Hill has been described as Australia's first terrorist attack. Two Afghan camel drivers who supported the...

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1913. Grace Shott mugshot, Grand Rapids, Mich. [1247 × 762]

by Conjuring1900

1913. Grace Shott mugshot, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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St. Katherine Drexel, the multi-millionaire American banking family heiress turned voluntarily poor nun, foundress of the HBCU Xavier University in Louisiana for which she became a target of the Klu Klux Klan (c. 1900) [1024 x 768]

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Born in 1858 to the Drexel banking family, which played a significant role in the rise of global finance after...

Lublin Union Square in Warsaw, Poland, 1950s. [735x767]

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Lublin Union Square in Warsaw, Poland, 1950s. [735×767]

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Lublin Union Square in Warsaw, Poland, 1950s.

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The uniform mob of smiling humanoid mice seen here were gathered for an early meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club in Ocean Park, California, circa 1930 (800×596)

by Behindthescenes10

The uniform mob of smiling humanoid mice seen here were gathered for an early meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club...

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A Muslim woman covers the yellow star of her Jewish neighbour with her veil to protect her, Sarajevo, 1941. [599×389]

by gelastIc_quInce84

A Muslim woman covers the yellow star of her Jewish neighbour with her veil to protect her, Sarajevo, 1941.

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100 years ago today, Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk permanently abolished the Ottoman Caliphate. Pictured is Abulmejid II, the final Caliph of the Ottoman Empire, being sent into exile in 1924. The empire had been dissolved over a year earlier (1080×720)

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