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US President Calvin Coolidge throwing out the first pitch for game 1 of the 1924 World Series. 4 October 1924

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Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, his Matra Djet sports car & the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in the background, (1965), Russian SFSR

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Test using 36 tons of conventional explosives before the first Swedish atomic bomb test. However, a real nuclear weapon was never built because Sweden abandoned the project despite having the knowledge and materials. 28 August 1957, Vidsel Test Site in Lapland

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Man looking at other posters looking for missing families with one of his own, in front of the KBS building before a historical 138 day long live family-seeking broadcast. Seoul, 1983.

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Chinese general Xu Shiyou (right) orders 80 tanks across the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge to test its strength a few days before its completion, 26 September, 1968.

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John Christie covers his face as he arrives at court in London in 1953, charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel. He was eventually revealed to have been a serial killer.

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The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, seen here under construction in 1964. It opened in November that year.

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The entrance to a refugee camp in Luxembourg for former Russian forced laborers. 1 October 1944

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Full female acrobat/aerealist cast of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1935.

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April 13 of 1932, Ivy Russell lifts a record of 369.5 pounds at a weight of 126 and 5ft 7 tall, against Tillie Tinmouth and witness by 2,000 people.

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Gustav Vasa, king of Sweden 1523-1560. Pictured during his exhumation in 1946. Uppsala, Sweden.

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Ba'athist Iraqi officials overlook damage in Belgrade after 1999 bombing of Serbia, 1999

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