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Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship, 1983 (1080x966)

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Buffalo Calf Road Woman is a Native American warrior who is credited with helping kill U.S. Army Colonel George Custer during the American Indian Wars in 1876. Custer was responsible for massacring Native American civilians and allowing his men to commit rape indigenous women .

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Pol Pot, notorious dictator, with his daughter and some children of his deputies in 1986. (1199 X 800)

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Hermann Göring and Benito Mussolini at Carinhall with one of Göring's pet lions, Cäsar. September 28, 1937.

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US Marines on dawn patrol in Vietnam, 1969.

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Aftermath of the April 18, 1906 earthquake and fires in San Francisco CA USA

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Barber shop, Southern California, 1934. Photo Dick Whittington

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Col. Stauffenberg, Wilhelm Keitel, and Hitler days before the 20 July plot. 1944.

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Book smuggler (knygnešys), Vincas Juska. 1868 (638x1176) More info about Lithuanian book smugglers in the comments.

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Simone De Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre having a discussion with Ernesto “Che” Guevara - 1960 -

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Mugshot — Beverly Ball, April 18, 1943

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On this day in 1955, Albert Einstein died. This was his desk as he left it, photographed just hours after his death. Armed with his camera and a case of scotch (to open doors and loosen tongues), Life photographer Ralph Morse captured images that lay hidden away for 50 years. (1010x1000)

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