r/historicalcapsule #April-8th

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People observing the solar eclipse of 17 April 1912. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Aug 14 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ #1912 #17

She was liberated in Augsburg when the second largest Bavarian city fell to the Americans April 23, 1945

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April 12, 1912

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A woman takes an autograph from a survivor of the Titanic disaster, April 1912.

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April 13, 1985.

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Kodachrome slides of a couple at the hamptons, April of 1956

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Protester Guy Burmieux encounters his childhood friend, policeman Jean-Yvon Antignac, on April 6, 1972

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Photo by Mendel Grossman, killed on April 30, 1945, the same day Hitler died.

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Died when his train collided with a stalled train in Vaughan Mississippi April 30 1900

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The runaways at the beach for a shot, Los angeles, California, April of 1976.

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Pierce Brosnan with a cigar, 27 April 1998, Bora Bora (Tahiti).

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Of The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Taken Just Moments After The Meltdown And Explosion Of Unit 4 On April

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Ernie Pyle, travel journalist turned war correspondent, shares cigarettes with some Marines on Okinawa, April

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A pair of Polish POWs prepare to exact revenge against an SS camp guard, Liberation of Dachau (29 April

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April 1945.

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with drive-by shooters or snipers as he defended his grocery market during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, April

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12 yeard old girl prodigy April Atkins, carries her family on her back (over 425 lbs) in Santa Monica

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French sailors chat with a British policeman in Liverpool, April 1940.

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Liquidators responding to Chernobyl disaster in April 1986 improvised protective “armour” from lead sheets

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On April 28, 1988, the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet, but the plane still managed

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⋅ ⋅ #24000 #1988 #28

April 26, 1986, 1:23 AM — Reactor No. 4 at Chornobyl exploded.

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Dancer/Actress Brigitte Bardot hangs around Actor Kirk Douglas at the Cannes film Festival, 15-29 of April

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(Built in 8th century)

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April 14, 1972

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deck of the USS Liberty following a disastrous attack by lsraeli warplanes and torpedo boats on June 8th

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. | April 29th, 1984.

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April 30, 1945.

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On April 23, 1971, hundreds of Vietnam veterans, dressed in combat fatigues and well-worn uniforms, one

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wearing a hat with a sign saying Bread or revolution at a rally in Union Square, New York City, on the 11 April

⋅ ⋅ #Industrial-Workers-of-the-World #1914 #11

Fans of Elvis Presley react at the concert in the Philadelphia Arena. 6 of April 1957

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SWAT team questioned why they didn’t enter Columbine High School sooner during the April 20th, 1999 shooting

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At noon on 21 April (traditional date of birth of Rome), the sun’s ray through the oculus would strike

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Brigitte Bardot at the Cannes film Festival to promote her film Manina, la fille sans voiles, 15-29 of April

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April the 8th 1990. Ryan had caught the disease via a blood transfusion while still a baby.

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Germany, April 10, 1935

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The infamous two Korean men defending a grocery store during the L.A Riots April 30, 1992

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Allegedly the last picture of Adolf Hitler before he committed suicide on April 30, 1945.

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British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes en route to the Falkland Islands, 17 April 1982.

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Married... with Children premiered on the Fox TV network on April 5, 1987 (on this day).

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⋅ ⋅ #on-this-day #1987 #259 #11 #5

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Hardtack I-Fig, 0.02 kilotons.

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Hardtack I-Umbrella, 8 kilotons.
Hardtack I-Juniper, 65 kilotons.
Hardtack I-Olive, 202 kilotons.
Hardtack I-Oak, 8.9 megatons.
Hardtack I-Poplar, 9.3 megatons.

Portrait of US Army general George Patton (1885-1945) wearing a tanker's helmet and goggles, April 1943

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, Omar Bradley, and George Patton a mass grave in the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp on April

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of Patricia 'Patty' Hearst - during the robbery of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco, California on April

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April, 1974: Miner waiting to go to work on the 4 P.M. to Midnight Shift at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal

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surrendering military personnel photographed during the US 9th Armored Division advance into Germany, April

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