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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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HM Christian X of Denmark enjoying a beer during a military field exercise, 1922, courtesy of the Royal Danish Library, unknown photographer

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Actress Elaine Stewart poses at home in Los Angeles, CA 1957. Photo by Earl Leaf. .

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The bombing of Naples USO by the Japanese Red Army. (1988)

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Alfred Hitchcock has dinner with MGM's Leo the Lion, 1958

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Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum was an outlaw that was sentenced to death in 1901. The hangman botched the execution by using a rope that was too long, causing Tom's head to snap off.

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A man sits on a rocky shore beside the Colorado River in Iceberg Canyon on the border of Mojave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada - Timothy O'Sullivan - 1871

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Frank Sinatra, pictured alongside the men hired to promote his concert, Bob and Harvey Weinstein. October 4th 1974

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Sammy Davis, Jr. embraces President Richard Nixon during Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign.

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American marines pose with the flag of Nicaraguan leader Augusto Sandino, who led a guerrilla war against the American occupation that had been going on since 1912. (1932)

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A British farmer paints stripes on her cow to increase its visibility at night and prevent car accidents if it wanders onto the road during blackout caused by intense bombing during WWII (1939)

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Betty Grable, 1943. This photo became the most requested for G.I's serving in WW2.

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Aleje Jerozolimskie in Warsaw, Poland in 1956. Photo by Zbyszko Siemaszko.

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