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Prince stands victorious over Charlie Murphy during a game of basketball, 1985.

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On May 10th 1973 a man entered a bank in Kenora Ont. armed with a rifle and a "dead man's switch" connected to a bomb in his mouth. He was shot leaving the bank, activating the switch, detonating the bomb. His identity remains unknown.

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My sweet doctor father, Bill. It's his birthday today. He passed about five years ago. I'm on the right. Around 1974.

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"Now Where Are The Jobs?" TIME Magazine Cover - May 24, 1971

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Jeffrey Doucet is escorted through an airport in Baton Rouge to face trial for kidnapping and raped an 11-year-old boy. On his right is the boy's father, Gary Plauche. In one of the world's most infamous cases of vigilantism, Plauche shot Doucet on live TV moments later, Louisiana, 1984 .

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My folks (Frank and Estelle) Would’ve been 69 years in November. Lost them both in May.

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The inside of a cell where an inmate was killed during the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot. During the riot, inmates, who'd obtained blowtorches, went to the protective custody unit, where they began using them, first on the doors, then on inmates, who were seen as "snitches", 1980 .

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Seventeen-year-old Badí, in custody before his execution at the hands of Násiri’d-Dín Sháh’s guards. His crime was delivering a letter to the Shah. Qajar Iran, 1869.

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Fifty-three years ago today she became my wife!

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'No Entry' — Lebanese illustration (December 1969) showing Israeli soldiers blocking Mary, Jesus and Joseph from entering the stable.

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University of Florida 1999

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A Finnish anti tank squad after destroying 26 enemy tanks. 1944. 1080x1106 original photo by Sa kuvat. Colored by Iiro Rautiainen

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