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Looters mill in the parking lot of the ABC Market in South Central Los Angeles, April 30, 1992, as violence and looting ensued on the first day of riots following the verdicts in the Rodney King assault case.

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Robert F. Kennedy's wife, Ethel, attempts to comfort him as lay mortally wounded on floor of the kitchen in the Ambassador Hotel. June 6, 1968. RIP

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1869 oil painting from artist Jean-Léon Gérôme showing a modeled depiction of the infamous, brutal Bashi-Bazouk of the Ottoman Empire

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Koryak warriors in lamellar armor. The shield on the back was intended to protect against arrows during the retreat. The armor in the photo was purchased for the American Museum of Natural History. Photo by Vladimir Jochelson, 1901, Northern Kamchatka

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American troops fire on insurgents in the Philippine jungle during the Philippine-American War, circa 1899

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis steers the Staten Island Ferry, July 31, 1976

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Faisal I of Iraq giving the Independence speech after Iraq was admitted to the league of nations and granted independence, 1932

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Turkish troops on the Galician Front, circa 1916.

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Ground crew members wave to a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress as it taxis for take off on a strike mission in Afghanistan at the start of Operation Enduring Freedom. Diego Garcia, 7 October 2001

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Bunun people of the Laipunuk tribe, Taiwan, circa 1930.

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British athlete Ivy Russell (Born 1907, Surrey England) Trains for her first wrestling championship fight against Peggy Parnell on September 12, 1934 at Lane’s Club on Baker Street, London. P

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