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Jefferson school pie eating contest. 2 August 1923
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Aftermath of British Formula 1 driver Roger Williamson's fatal crash during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit. 29 July 1973.
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A B-24 Liberator flying over a burning oil refinery during a bombing raid on Ploiești, Romania during Operation Tidal Wave. 1 August 1943.
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First "High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina" and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, Sarajevo 1996 {850x598}
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Sailors of the Royal Navy being served with their rum ration (tot) at Portsmouth Barracks. It was establisted in 1655 at half pint per day, but drunkenness on board naval vessels became a problem so it was regularly reduced, until its abolition on 31 July 1970 (Portsmouth, UK 1933)
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An American Mechanic working on the Tail Fuse of an AN-M64 “Carpetbagger” General Purpose 500lb bomb in the forward bomb bay of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. c. 1945.
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Ans van Dijk stands trial in 1947. Pretending to be a member of the resistance, she offered to help Jews find hiding places and obtain false papers. She trapped at least 145 people, including her own brother and his family. It has also been suggested that she may have betrayed Anne Frank.
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Self-defense officers work to decontaminate the station immediately after the sarin gas attack on the subway.1995, Japan.
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After a bombing mission to Regensburg, Germany, the ball turret gunner of this 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress was killed when his plane was forced to the ground without landing gear. 1943.
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