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Harry Halvorsen, a diver in the Eastland disaster rescue efforts. Chicago, July 1915. Photo by Jun Fujita.
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Astronaut Dale Gardner advertises two satellites (partially seen in the lower right) that are to be returned to Earth via the Space Shuttle. November 14 1984.
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Kinkakuji in Kyoto burning after a dissatisfied monk set light to the temple. c1950 (383x518) FYI, the temple we see today is the 3rd one.
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Refugees from the Mexican revolution arriving in Marfa, Texas, in 1914. .
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Photograph of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who became well-known for living in an airport for 18 years. 2004.
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Negotiations for the surrender of Vichy French forces from the Diego-Suarez base. May 1942, beginning of the Allied invasion of Madagascar.
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1914. Sarajevo. Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Archduchess Sophie, just before their assassination by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip that catalyzed World War One.
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Cpt Clyde Smith and Lt Ben Moody preparing to launch their A-6 Intruder off the deck of the USS Coral Sea for a mission to Haiphong, North Vietnam in support of Operation Linebacker. 9th May 1972.
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