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A portrait of Dionne quintuplets. New York 1950.
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Future media tycoon and three-time Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi while working as a crooner on a cruise ship in the 1960s.
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DEA agents Javier Pena and Steve Murphy, made famous by their portrayal in the Netflix series "Narcos," in Colombia in the 1990s. Both men lead the agency's efforts to bring Pablo Escobar to justice (1500x1000)
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US President Richard Nixon and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. August 20, 1970.
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SAC’s underground command post display and closed circuit television relay, 1961. .
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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein feigns tears during his infamous 1979 purge of the Ba'ath party, in which 68 high-ranking members were publicly accused of treason & arrested on the spot. Saddam, who'd been de facto ruler of Iraq for years, replaced President Al-Bakr in a coup 6 days earlier (850x753)
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A young Osama Bin Laden (center) at a judo class in the early 1980's. Despite later becoming an islamist guerilla terrorist, Osama was born into one of the wealthiest & most powerful families in Saudi Arabia, & experienced a very happy, privileged childhood, even inheriting $25-30 million (1200x800)
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Vietnam war pilot leaves cockpit to photograph helicopter in the middle of the jungle during unauthorised hunt mission" 1970s
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Warlord Joshua Milton Blahyi, more commonly known by his nom de guerre "General Butt Naked," during a battle of the first Liberian civil war, 1992. Blahyi, who fought against rebel forces in the war, believed he was impervious to bullets & claims to have killed over 20,000 people (1920x1080)
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General Augusto Pinochet during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the coup d'état that deposed a democratically elected leftist government in Chile. 1983.
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