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22 Historical Photos
Fidel Castro laying a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, 1959 1912 World Series Japanese plane shot down during the Battle of Saipan, near Saipan; circa June 15–July 9, 1944 British SAS back from a 3 month long patrol, North Africa, January 18, 1943 Fallout cloud above the Japanese city of Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945 Contrails above London after dogfight between British and German aircraft. September 1940 Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger, at Beaumaris Zoo in 1933 A shell shocked reindeer as World War II planes drop bombs, by Yevgeny Khaldei, Mourmansk, Russia, 1941 Earliest aerial photograph of an American city, titled "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It" – Taken from a hot air balloon Oct, 1860 Mount Rushmore before carving Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke’s family photo left behind on the moon - 1972 The mighty Titanic prepares to leave port, 1912 Brighton Swimming Club in their top hats and swim suits, 1863 Liberated Jewish man holds NAZI soldier at gunpoint during WWII, unknown date Colourized image of Osama Bin Laden (age 14, second from right) and family in Sweden, 1971 Photographer Lewis Hine shot images of young boys smoking cigarettes to emphasize the harmful effects of child labour. ca. 1880 Leo Tolstoy telling a story to his grandchildren, 1909 German air raid on Moscow, 1941 The Berlin Wall coming down, November 11, 1989 John McCain being captured by Vietnamese civilians in Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi - 1967 "Waiting for the gong", aboard the U.S.S. Oregon circa 1897 Men eating bread and soup in a breadline during the Great Depression |