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The USS Shaw explodes in the background in this image of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941. (1240x1015)

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Snake handling at the Pentecostal Church of God. Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky. 15 September 1946

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A mass of dead and wounded Chinese civilians outside Great World Amusement Center following an accidental bombing by a Nationalist Chinese warplane during fighting in Shanghai between Chinese and Japanese troops. 14 August 1937.

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Nazi soldiers using a 'Schwellenpflug' to destroy railway tracks, whilst retreating from occupied Soviet territory, 1944-1945.

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Russian villages standing on their knees thank Americans for bringing them food, 1922

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What is now the fully developed Las Vegas strip, 1955.

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A Jewish mother tries to shield her child from the bullets of a Nazi death Squad (Einsatzgruppe) during the Kiev massacres. Never Forget. 1942

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Serbian troops tear down signs for Ottoman 'Uskub' during the First Balkan War, replace with Cyrillic 'Skoplje', 1912

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Gordie Howe, “Mr. Hockey”, admiring his 50th birthday cake before a New England Whalers game in 1978 .

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Man in pressure suit with a beaker of boiling water in a vacuum chamber simulating an altitude of 65,000 feet, Feb. 8, 1953

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The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition hits a snag in 1957.

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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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