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My brother's sunny adorableness in the early 1950s. Even now, with mid-stage Alzheimer's, he remains cheerful and smiles like sunshine.
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Photograph taken during Leonid Kulik’s expedition (1928)to the site of the Tunguska Event, which occurred twenty years earlier on June 30th, 1908, likely an explosion caused by a mid-air burst of an asteroid, the most significant impact event in recorded history.
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"Please!" - Japanese leaflet intended for American soldiers, circa 1943.
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Mugshots of six defendants in the Mount Rennie rape case. Twenty men and teenage boys had gang raped a 16-year-old servant girl in New South Wales. These six were among the 10 to be found guilty. It was the only gang rape in the region at the time to result in any convictions, 1886 .
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Mass grave for the dead Lakota following the Wounded Knee Massacre. (January 1891, South Dakota)
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Serbian mobster, warlord, & paramilitary commander Željko Ražnatović, aka "Arkan" holding a baby tiger, 1991. Ražnatović's unit, the Serb Volunteer Guard, was notorious for its war crimes & he was one of the most feared men in Serbia. He escaped from jail twice & was assassinated in 2000 (3677x2500)
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my mom was one of 6 teens to win a NYC-wide contest in 1939. the prize was having lunch with judy garland and mickey rooney and then going to the premiere of "the wizard of oz". she's the one on the left. she was 14.
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Vietnam resistance fighter wearing mask to hide their identity in a private meeting of the VietCong 1972 (4444x4444)
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On this day in 1960, Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma was assassinated with a sword during a televised debate live on TV by 17-year old nationalist Otoya Yamaguchi
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