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A U. S. tank carrying the bodies of fallen Marines moves out, following hand-to-hand combat with North Vietnamese troops near Con Thien, July 1967
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In 1936, fire consumed Great Britain's massive Crystal Palace, a cast iron and plate glass structure built for the Great Exhibition of 1851
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Members of the Hells Angels, invited to provide stage security at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in 1969, beat several concertgoers with weighted pool cues.
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A ground-level angle of Tank Man, he is standing on the left. The Chang'an Avenue, Beijing, June 5th, 1989.
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Chiang Kai-shek pays respects at ancestors' shrine the final time before leaving mainland China for Taiwan - Zhejiang, 1949,
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin, dancing at a rock concert. Rostov, 1996.
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Japanese Ground Self Defense Force personnel (in olive-drab) and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers (in white) entering subway cars contaminated during the sarin gas attack carried out by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, March 20, 1993
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80 years ago today, on March 20, 1945, Adolf Hitler was photographed inspecting bomb damage to the Reich Chancellery dining room. This is believed to be one of the last images ever taken of Hitler.
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Teenager water skis as Mt St Helens erupts from behind. May 18, 1980 (555x680)
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President George W. Bush signs the "No Child Left Behind" Act in 2002, the last major overhaul to the federal Department of Education.
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Photo of Jews, accused of being involved with the NKVD, before being massacred by Lithuanian paramilitaries and German soldiers in Lietūkis garage, June 1941 (1771x1200)
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