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Georges Méliès, director director of the iconic A Trip to the Moon/Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902), standing next to his toy shop, at Gare Montparnasse, Paris 1925 (1200 × 861)
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President Lyndon B. Johnson watches television sets as elections returns are reported, November 3rd, 1964 (2000x1338)
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Zen monks at Asakusa Temple, in Tokyo, perform air raid drills with gas masks in 1936 .
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Sadeq Ghotbzadeh, Western-educated anti-Shah politician responsible for Islamification policies of Iranian state media, serving as personal aide to Ayatollah Khomeini and accompanying him on his AirFrance flight to Iran. 3 years later, Khomeini had him executed. France, 1979
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The original Drifter's Reef Bar, built near the harbor area at Wake Island, opened its doors to air crews, visitors and other "drifters" on November 8, 1949. Photo Waldo Fuller, 8 November 1950
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Two brothers from West Virginia who fought on opposite sides of the American Civil War in 1910
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Emperor Pedro II of Brazil in 1862. He ruled Brazil for over 50 years. He was an intellectual and once said that if he wasn't born Emperor he would rather be a teacher. His friend, the French writer Victor Hugo, once called him great-grandson of Marcus Aurellius. (627x974).
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Portraits of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini being mass-produced for export to Iran. United Kingdom, 1970s
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General George Marshall, 1946. As Army Chief of Staff, he was one of the half dozen people most responsible for defeating global Fascism. Later, as Secretary of State, he was one of the half dozen people most responsible for containing Stalinism in Europe.
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