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My Dad, when he enlisted in the USCG, in 1968. He passed on 10/10/25.
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Launch of the James Caird lifeboat from Elephant Island on April 24th 1916. Ernest Shackleton and five others would journey over 800 miles to rescue the 22 trapped on the Antarctic island.
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Orson Welles signaling for silence inside CBS's radio studio while directing the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio show that numerous sources claimed lead to mass panic due to most listeners tuning in late and the show itself having no commercial breaks (October 30th, 1938)
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New York City was the scene of a massive celebration after the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945
Posted 24 days ago
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A menorah stands in the window of a Jewish family’s home in Kiel, Germany, during Hanukkah in 1931
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An Afghan communist revolutionary wearing traditional clothing and holding an AK-47 in Kabul, 1984.
Posted 25 days ago
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Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Beregovoy and Pavel Popovich present a hunting rifle as a gift to Neil Armstrong. June 1, 1970.
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