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South Korean spy chief Kim Jae-Gyu and some of his collaborators reenacting his assassination of President Park Chung Hee, formerly one of his closest friends, as part of an investigation into the slaying, 1979. Kim and his co-conspirators would be executed the following year. (1200x779)
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Frank Halford, Frank Whittle, Geoffrey de Havilland, and Charles Clement Walker are standing next to Comet prototype, the only one with single main undercarriage wheels in 1949
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Early 1900's portrait of Mexican general, statesman & dictator Porfirio Diaz, who was president 3 times from 1876-1911, respectively, for 8 days, 46 months, & 26 years. Despite rising to power on promises of "no re-election," Diaz served 7 terms, later triggering the Mexican revolution (2274x1516)
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Brazilian imperial prince Dom Augusto in typical Japanese attire during a stopover of the cruiser Almirante Barroso in Japan, in 1889.
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Field group of Operation Tabarin surveying on Wiencke Island, 22 September 1944. The purpose of this British operation was to send 14 mens to Antarctica to prevent Chile and Argentina from exploiting the war in Europe to advance claims to Antarctica.
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Photo of a survivor of the Abercorn restaurant bombing which killed 2 and wounded 130. March 1972 (660x371)
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Famous rivals Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf sharing a few laughs circa 1970. Earlier in their careers, they often stole players from each other's bands and Wolf expressed the opinion that Muddy was unprofessional. Their relationship became more amiable near the end of the 1960s.
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Croatian terrorists Miro Barešić and Anđelko Brajković detained by Swedish police in Stockholm after shooting the Yugoslav ambassador. 7 April 1971
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Manchukuo Scouts exchange flags with Japanese Scouts. Hsinking now Changchun, Jilin Province. 6 May 1934
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Xi Jinping, aged 9, with his younger brother and their father in 1962. .
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Panzer IV medium tanks (with armoured side-skirts and additional turret armour) from the II SS Panzer Corps - in the early phase of the Battle of Kursk on the steppe, c. July 1943.
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