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Field group of Operation Tabarin surveying on Wiencke Island, 22 September 1944. The purpose of this British operation was to send 14 mens to Antarctica to prevent Chile and Argentina from exploiting the war in Europe to advance claims to Antarctica.

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Photo of a survivor of the Abercorn restaurant bombing which killed 2 and wounded 130. March 1972 (660x371)

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Famous rivals Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf sharing a few laughs circa 1970. Earlier in their careers, they often stole players from each other's bands and Wolf expressed the opinion that Muddy was unprofessional. Their relationship became more amiable near the end of the 1960s.

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Croatian terrorists Miro Barešić and Anđelko Brajković detained by Swedish police in Stockholm after shooting the Yugoslav ambassador. 7 April 1971

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Manchukuo Scouts exchange flags with Japanese Scouts. Hsinking now Changchun, Jilin Province. 6 May 1934

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Alma, Colorado in 1870

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Xi Jinping, aged 9, with his younger brother and their father in 1962. .

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Panzer IV medium tanks (with armoured side-skirts and additional turret armour) from the II SS Panzer Corps - in the early phase of the Battle of Kursk on the steppe, c. July 1943.

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Photo of a young woman found on the body of a kamikaze pilot that struck USS West Virginia (BB-48), April 1st 1945, off Okinawa.

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Gene Kelly in a CBS press photo for series, The Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players, 1946.

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Wilheim Wundt sitting on a chair of the first Psychology Lab in Leipzig Germany, 1879

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