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German cavalry unit passing abandoned Polish tankette, Northern Poland, September 1939.
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Archaeological workers extract the mummified bodies of two adults and three children from Pompeii, May 1, 1961
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Notice of mail suspension with Central Powers, posted in the main post office in Cincinnati, Ohio; nine days after the official war declaration by the US. April 15, 1917. (photo by Felix J. Koch)
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Bobby Fischer (arguably the greatest chess player of all time) in 1971 when asked what he enjoys the most about chess: “I like the moment when I break a man's ego”
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Egyptian police arrested 52 men on charges of homosexuality, The case was known as “Queen Boat” which is the name of the floating gay nightclub & the name “Cairo 52” , Cairo, 2001
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British soldiers smile at a defaced 'Viva Il Duce' slogan on a wall in Reggio, Italy, 3 September 1943.
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78 years ago today, 9/2/1945, Japan's surrender delegation boards the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to end World War II.
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Toppled statue at Stanford University following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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In 1912, Floyd Allen, the patriarch of a family of wealthy landowners, was sentenced a year in prison after being convicted of assault. Rather than go to prison, Allen and his family pulled out guns in the court, killing the Judge, the sheriff, the prosecutor, and two others, Virginia .
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András Toma, the last WW2 POW, being released. Toma was captured in 1945, and locked up in insane asylum for speaking gibberish. In 2000, he was accidentally discovered by a Slovak, who recognized he's speaking hungarian. Toma was successfully identified and returned home. He died in 2004.
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