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Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1866. He was an Italian general considered one of the greatest generals of modern times and nicknamed The Hero of the Two Worlds because he fought both in Europe and South America. He married a Brazilian woman who would fight alongside him. (366x476).
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Three Jewish children on their way to Palestine after being liberated from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. The girl on the left is from Poland, the boy in the center from Latvia, and the girl on the right from Hungary, 1945 (535x649)
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On 18 March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov steps from the spacecraft Voskhod 2 to become the first man to walk in outer space. He was outside the spacecraft for 12 minutes and 9 seconds (Outer Space 1965)
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Italian General Giuseppe Castellano bewteen British General Kenneth Strong and American General Walter Bedell Smith after signing the Italian surrender to the Allies, 3 September 1943
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Duke of Caxias in 1878, nicknamed The Peacemaker and The Iron Duke, was the Supreme Comander of the Brazilian Army during the Paraguyan War. He is regarded as one the greatest minds in military affairs in South America history. (850x1155).
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This picture is from a G.C. Murphy store in 1968, where a finely outfitted family is about to drop some serious disposable income on a new RCA Color TV. (677x960)
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A world’s 384-pound Black Sea Bass caught by Franklin Schenck of Brooklyn with rod and reel off Catalina Island, California, on August 17, 1900. Photo by Charles Ironmonger.
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May 19, 1944: Heavy accident by bomb run over Berlin by American bombers (1,000 Ib bomb clashed other bomber, 11/11 crew mates died) (3000×2432)
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October 26th 1951: Chinese Troops March Through The Tibetan Capital Of Lhasa During The Chinese Invasion Of Tibet. {450x302}
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Portrait of Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould, taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh, 1957.
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A German child meets his father, a World War II soldier, for the first time 1956 .
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