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Piece of fuselage of United Airlines Flight 175 on the roof of 5 World Trade Center, New York City. 25 October, 2001.

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Wimbledon (1996). Richard Krajicek and MaliVai Washington stop to watch a 23-year-old London student streak during the men's final.

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German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.

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Unangax/Aleut hunter, Ivan Suvorov wearing a gut parka with a large harpoon, Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska in 1909

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Natal Native Contingent - Anglo Zulu War - 1879 (640 × 447)

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Phnom Penh, April 17, 1975: The day Cambodia fell under control of the communist Khmer Rouge Guerilla forces. (900x633)

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Woman relaxing on a hotel porch, overlooking the Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, c. 1973.

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The Empire State building from New Jersey after it was first completed on March 17, 1930.

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Flattening hills to build Seattle, 1905-1930.

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Norma Mc Corvey (L), known as "Jane Roe" of the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion, holds a pro-choice sign with her attorney, Gloria Allred (R) in front of the Supreme Court building (Washington DC, USA 1989)

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Portrait of an immigrant family from Scotland. Taken at Ellis Island in 1905. The family would later settle in Alabama.

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January 20, 1953. On this day 70 years ago President Dwight Eisenhower is lassoed by cowboy star Montie Montana while reviewing the inaugural parade. Secret Service was not happy.

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