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Oslo, Norway (1884)
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The funeral of Adolf Wagner, Gauleiter of Upper Austria -Bavaria at Munich Ehrentempel (17 April 1944). Hitler attended the funeral. Notice the camouflage nets on the Buildings to protect it from Allied air raids. Original color picture taken by Hugo Jaeger.
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The remains of a cable car after a US Marine Corps aircraft, flying too low and against regulations, in order for the pilots to "have fun" and "take videos of the scenery", cut the cable that was supporting it to the aerial lift. 20 people were killed (Cavalese, Italy 1998)
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Yu Gwan-sun, 17-year-old Korean independence fighter when she was imprisoned by Japan in 1919. She was tortured and killed.
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In the 1970s, North Korea imported 1000 Volvo 144 Cars from Sweden, and then decided to ignore the $70 million invoice sent to them, thus making it the largest auto theft in history. The vehicles are often used to ferry journalists around the country
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Martial artists Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, and Bob Wall on the film set of “Way of the Dragon” in 1972 .
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New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt (1896). In his 2 year term, he established the entrance examination and mandatory firearms training. He was famous for his late night surprise visits to officers on the beat, reprimanding those who were sleeping, drunk, or not on the job.
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September 11 2001. A rare view of the WTC burning from the perspective of inside a passing plane
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A Union POW after being freed from Andersonville Prison. Although Civil War POW camps in the North and South generally had terrible conditions, Andersonville was particularly horrific. Nearly 13,000 Union POWs died there. This man died months after this photo was taken, Georgia, 1865 .
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In 1956, Malta voted to join the UK. The UK refused as they were worried it would set a precedent for other countries to join, and they would be too expensive to maintain
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A Woman Pins a Flower to a Marching Indian Soldier During World World 1. Circa 1918
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Mushroom cloud forms above what was once a city of 255,000 people. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay. Over 80,000 were killed instantly, an an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 died later of injuries and radiation exposure
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