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The three men who the Soviet government considered to be responsible for the Chernobyl Disaster, at their trial. circa July 1987.
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LBJ signing the Social Security Amendments (aka Medicare). On the right is former President Truman, who was the very first person enrolled in the health insurance program. July 1965
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An Essex farmer paints a herd of black cows with white stripes so they will be visible to the motorists during the blackout in London. 1939 (Colorized)
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Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested in front of the Buckingham Palace, London, England, 21 of May of 1914.
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SS soldiers behead a prisoner with an axe. Idrija, Slovenia. June 11, 1944. .
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German soldier hanged for desertion, 1945. Thousands of germans were executed for defeatism by rampaging Nazi fanatics in the last weeks of war
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A man poses for a photo in-front of Soyuz rocket, (1980s), Baikonur, Kazakh SSR.
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Six Polish men immediately before their deaths by German firing squad. Bydogszcz. September 9, 1939. .
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Lieutenant Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan toward the end of WWI. Donovan later went on to become regarded as the founding father of the CIA. Hazavant, France. September 6th 1918.
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American actress Jane Fonda in ‘FTA (Free The Army)’, an anti Vietnam War theatre production, April 1970.
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