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Disneyland in 1955!
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A photo of Congressman William A. Hall. Originally from Portland, Maine, he gained notoriety for presiding at the 1855 trial of Celia, a 19-year-old slave who killed her master, who'd been raping her for years. Celia was executed after Hall ruled that she had no right to defend herself .
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Pakistani dictator Yahya Khan dying under house arrest, late 1970's. in 1971 Khan presided over the Bangladeshi genocide, in which the Pakistani military murdered & raped hundreds of thousands of its own citizens. After years of extremely heavy drinking, Khan had a stroke & died in 1980 (1300x852)
Posted 16 days ago
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A photo taken of Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger shortly before he was sent to a concentration camp for child molestation. Dirlewanger was later freed due to his Nazi Party connections and placed in charge of a Waffen-SS unit composed mainly of convicted murderers and rapists (Germany, 1934) .
Posted 16 days ago
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The serbian Black Hand terrorist group which later assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 1911-1915.
Posted 17 days ago
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Suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem being escorted by South Vietnamese soldiers, just moments before his infamous execution, which was caught on camera. Saigon during the Tet Offensive, February 1968.
Posted 17 days ago
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Soviet officials view the remains of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov after the Soyuz 1 crash, USSR, April 1967
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