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Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939 wait aboard the St. Louis before being turned away by Cuba and the USA

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Arab looting of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem after its inhabitants' expulsion (1948) 714 × 496

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William Hunter (14) and Emmett Jones (12) arrested with stolen guns. The boys had fun for three days, stealing 14 cars from suburban houses uninhabited in winter. Cornered by the police, they did not surrender immediately, but fired at the cops for several hours. NJ February 25, 1941

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Idaho winter, as experienced in 1952.

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Jewish survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp, some still in their camp clothing, stand on the deck of the refugee immigration ship at Haifa port, July 15 1945

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Russia's first McDonald's on its opening day, January 31, 1990.

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The body of Emiliano Zapata, one of the leading figures of the Mexican Revolution, surrounded by comrades after he was killed by government forces, 10 April 1919. .

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A woman moving to another village takes with her the bones of her dead son. Balkan Front, June 1916

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Attorneys watch Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certify the Florida vote on a TV screen. Harris announced Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush had won 2,912,790 votes to Democratic presidential rival Al Gore's 2,912,253 votes (West Palm Beach, Florida 2000)

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A crowd of spectators watch as the heavy cruiser HMS York is launched, 1928.

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A young flapper posing by a Ford Model T, 1920s

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A photo from the set of the movie "Ben Hur", 1959.

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