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Lieut. John F. Kennedy (age 26) with his crew aboard Patrol Torpedo Boat 109 near the Solomon Islands. Sunk by a Japanese destroyer on August 2, 1943, 2 crewmen died. JFK and his crew swam for 5 hours to a deserted island. They were rescued 3 days later, after swimming to a larger island.
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City of Detroit back in its prime, Circa 1940s. Once the wealthiest city in the world, its decline was cemented when automobile companies began their exodus in favor of foreign manufacturing, that promised cheaper labor
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The first image of the Earth from lunar orbit, as it was received by NASA and presented to the public, 1966.
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Shackleton’s ship Endurance, Antarctica, August 27, 1915. Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, as it lay locked in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, where it finally sank. Photo by Frank Hurley -
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Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) resting on the desert with the Amour mountain range in the distance, French Algeria. (Small groups of those lions lived in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to the mid-1960s) Photograph c. 1893.
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Graves of Catholic Noble Woman & her Protestant Husband who were not allowed burial together due to Religious & Political Segregation - Holland, 1888 - c.1980s
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'The Last Spike' - one of the most famous photos from Canadian history, featuring Lord Strathcona driving in the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada. 9:22 AM, November 7, 1885.
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The first celebration of Estonian Independence Day during the Estonian War of Independence. Tallinn, Estonia. February 24, 1919
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Refugees during the Bangladesh genocide perpetrated by Pakistan. Up to 3,000,000 people were murdered and 10 million people fled to India. Hundreds of thousands rapes were recorded after Bangladeshi women were declared to be public property by Pakistani religious authorities. 1971
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