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IRA members Patrick Moran and Thomas Whelan shaking hands in prison the day before they are to be executed for assassinating British Spies. March, 1921
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The crew of Apollo 1 pray for the structural integrity of their command module in a parody of their official crew photo. The trio would die locked inside the module in a launchpad fire a few months later. August 19, 1966.
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Official photograph of RAF celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Britain 1960.
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Javier Torres (Spain) sets off at the start of the 200m freestyle heats at the Paralympic Games. Torres, whose limbs have been amputated, went on to come sixth in the 200m finals (Athens, Greece 2004)
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Polish runner Ewa Kłobukowska was the first Olympian to have her achievements stripped for failing a gender test in 1967, although the test conducted in the USSR stirred controversy. Photo December 1964
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79 years ago today, September 2, 1945, Japan's surrender delegation boards the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to end World War II.
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The ruins of a Russian post used to defend Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Circa 1854-1856.
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RAF personnel inspect the wreckage of a downed Messerschmitt somewhere in southern England during the summer of 1940. (Colourised)
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