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British Royal Navy Type 21-class frigate, HMS Antelope, sinking in two pieces - following the explosion of an Argentine bomb dropped by a A-4B Skyhawk fighter bomber. It exploded due to unsuccessful defusing attempt, on May 24th, 1982.
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A lineup of British troops aim their rifles in the Orange River trenches during the Boer War (Cape Colony c1900)
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The Louvre's Cour Napoléon before construction of the Pyramid, when it was a parking lot, 1984
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Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, first women to earn a doctorate in computer science in the United States,1965.
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1940: Miss Iris Davis, a 19-year old from Clapham, London recovering cats with the aid of a 'lasso' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued 600 feline strays.
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Last image taken of the HMS Hood Before being engaged, and destroyed by BB Bismarck 82 Years ago today. May 24, 1941
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Kenneth Worrick (left), 14, and Frank Grell, 17, who sawed their way out of the Fort Dodge city jail and escaped, are photographed after their return to custody in Carroll, Iowa, their girlfriends smuggled hacksaws in angel food cake and watermelon. They escaped at August 8th 1945
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Notre Dame de Paris when there was a parking lot in front of it. Car exhaust fumes darkened the façade, 1950s
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A chimpanzee astronaut receives an apple after the first successful space flight, USA, 1961.
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Sign emblazoned with SAND posted near road cutting throught the desert (South West Africa 1977)
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