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A young woman making adjustments on the lovely dress she has sewn with her singer sewing machine. 1920s

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Albert Dryden at the moment he shot Harry Collinson. The murder was captured on camera, 1991.

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American soldiers suffering from Shell Shock (PTSD) take up gardening to help them recover from the trauma they suffered on the front lines, Fort McPherson, Georgia, June 25, 1918 (1145x868)

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The Signal Hill oil well fire, Southern California, 1931. (1280x893)

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Fabio after getting hit by a goose on a ride at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1999.

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The first elected black woman of Brazil In 1934. Antonieta de Barros was a teacher, journalist and politician. A pioneer on the defense of Afro-Brazilians and woman rights, leaving a great legacy. In 05/01/2023 she officially entered by law into Brazil's Pantheon of National Heroes.

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The bodies of Sikh pilgrims lie on the ground after the Golden Temple massacre. Under Operation Blue Star, Indian soldiers raided the temple, the holiest site in the Sikh religion, and killed nearly 500 people. The troops executed hundreds of civilians after they came out hiding, 1984, .

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Marilyn Monroe performing on stage in front of thousands of troops during Korean War. Korea. 1954.

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British Police using a battering ram to forcibly evict a tenant (1888, Ireland) .

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Last public execution in the USA in 1936

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American aviation pioneer and writer, Amelia Earhart, during her visit to Chicago, Illinois: a month after having completed her first flight across the Atlantic from Newfoundland, Canada, to Wales, c. July 1928.

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Marilyn Monroe performing for thousands of American troops in Korea, 1954

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