Yukio Ozaki, 94-year-old Japanese politician, after learning of his first electoral defeat in his 26th election, 1953 [677×717]

Mar 29 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ #1953 #677 #717 #94

Iraqi prisoner of war comforting his 4-year-old son in Najaf, Iraq March 31, 2003 [861×593]

Mar 3 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2003 #593 #861 #31 #4

With smoke still billowing from the World Trade Center disaster site, President Bush en route from New York City to Washington. (2001) [1500×1000]

Mar 11 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1000 #1500 #2001

US Marine sliding down a marble handrail inside one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Tikrit, Iraq. (2003) [1320×970]

Mar 10 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1320 #2003 #970

Ota Benga, a Congolese Mbuti pygmy, exhibited in the monkey cage at the Bronx Zoo. He was forced to smile and show his sharpened teeth to thousands of visitors, 1906. [1600x2048]

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1600x2048 #1600 #1906 #2048

An ACT up protester holding a sign depicting Donald Trump as Freddie Krueger, 1989 [590 x 870]

Mar 23 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #590-x-870 #1989 #590 #870

First supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini while in exile in France in 1978 [628x1008]

Mar 6 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #628x1008 #1008 #1978 #628

A 1925 photograph that might show the last wild Barbary lion before its extinction. It was taken by the French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was aboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route [1200x900]

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x900 #1200 #1925 #900

Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945. [650x502]

Mar 8 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #650x502 #1945 #502 #650 #20

In 1920 in England, Mary Ann Bevan entered the “ Ugliest Woman in the World ” contest after developing acromegaly and losing her husband, doing it simply to put food on the table for her kids [720×927]

Mar 2 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1920 #720 #927

5-year-old after day’s work, was tired and refused to be photographed, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1911. Photo by Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee.[1054x784]

Mar 22 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1054x784 #1054 #1911 #784 #5

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie minutes before their assasination that would ingnite WW1, June 28,1914 [1280 x 960]

Mar 2 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1280-x-960 #1280 #1914 #960 #28

A mugshot of 11-year-old gangster Robert Sandifer. It is the only known photo of Sandifer, who killed a 14-year-old schoolgirl while shooting at rival gangsters, prior to his own murder by two teenage fellow gangsters. His short and violent life got national attention (Chicago, 1994) [1024 x 763].

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #Chicago #Chicago-1994 #1024-x-763 #1024 #1994 #763 #11 #14

The first photograph of Chernobyl was taken 14 hours after the explosion on April 26, 1986. It was taken from a helicopter assessing the radiation levels in the accident zone. [640x800]

Mar 1 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #640x800 #1986 #640 #800 #14 #26

Miner in his home in the city of Durham – after working 10 hours straight - photograph was taken by the British photographer Bill Brandt, c. 1937. [788 x 900]

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #788-x-900 #1937 #788 #900 #10

Aboriginal prisoners in neck chains guarded by a police officer, Western Australia, 1901. [2302x3444]

Mar 21 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2302x3444 #1901 #2302 #3444

French Renault FT-17 light tank which was captured by the Soviets during the Polish-Bolshevik War in 1920, afterwards donated by the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Afghanistan – photo shows U.S. soldiers with the tank, c. 2005. [598 x 498]

Mar 3 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #598-x-498 #1920 #2005 #498 #598 #17

Out of the 750,000 who fought for the Confedaracy in the Civil War, these were the last 3 alive in 1951, together. [720x1600]

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #720x1600 #750000 #1600 #1951 #720 #3

'Endurance' stuck in the ice 1915, Trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice, the crew of the Endurance survived nearly 500 days, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctica[1080 × 1492]

Mar 12 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1080 #1492 #1915 #500

IRA military funeral of Jim Lynagh, Monaghan Town, 1987. [1065x690]

Mar 30 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1065x690 #1065 #1987 #690

an Ottoman lady lay with her head resting on the tombstone of her daughter (Istanbul, 1880)[1024x1536]

Mar 24 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1024x1536 #1024 #1536 #1880

Syrian president Bashar al assad with Egyptian leader hosni mubarak during his trip to Egypt, both would be overthrown because of the Arab spring (though bashar would take much longer) March 20th 2002 (1024×711)

Mar 18 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #though-bashar-would-take-much-longer #1024 #2002 #711

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 29, 2003, photo. Confused front-line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards US positions [600x419]

Mar 4 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #600x419 #2003 #419 #600 #29

Two of the Wealthiest Merchants in 19th-Century Persia, Executed After Refusing to Renounce Their Faith. [640 × 460] circa 1875

Mar 23 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1875 #460 #640

British soldier at the grave of his friend. Gallipoli, 1915. [990x727]

Mar 5 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #990x727 #1915 #727 #990

The first ever underwater photograph taken in the South of France at a depth of 164 feet by Louis Boutan in 1899 [1200x900]

Mar 1 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x900 #1200 #1899 #164 #900

1945 Nuremberg Trials, Nazi officials, including Hermann Goring and Rudolf Hess, were seen laughing, famously captured in photos often captioned as a reaction to translation mistakes or witness testimony [547×365]

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1945 #365 #547

A US soldier rests in what used to be Saddam’s chair under a painting of Uday playing with a tiger, watched by his parents Saddam and Sajeda, April 2003.[1024x683]

Mar 1 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1024x683 #1024 #2003 #683

An estimated one million people filled the streets of New York City on June 10, 1991 to celebrate the return of 24,000 U.S. troops from Operation “Desert Storm”. Nearly 700,000 U.S. troops were deployed to the Persian Gulf region as part of a multinational force to free Kuwait from Iraq. [1000x1500]

Mar 21 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1000x1500 #700000 #24000 #1000 #1500 #1991 #10

South Korean anti-terrorist commandos sliding down ropes with guns drawn during a training exercise in the main Olympic Stadium ahead of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [2034×3072]

Mar 18 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1988 #2034 #3072

Members of the French Special Forces taking Iraqi soldiers prisoner during the 1991 Gulf War, better known as Operation Desert Storm. [1791x1080]

Mar 17 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1791x1080 #1080 #1791 #1991

1934 mugshot of infamous SS officer Oskar Dirlewanger after his conviction for the rape of a minor. High-ranking Nazi officials soon intervened on his behalf & had the charges dropped. Dirlewanger later gained a reputation as the most gruesome war criminal in the history of the 3rd Reich (1236x1080)

Mar 30 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1236x1080 #1080 #1236 #1934

To study the medical effects of weightlessness in space, scientists convinced Captain Druey P. Parks to toss a kitten in the air while cruising in his F-94C jet at an altitude of 25,000 feet. The following photo, taken in February 1958, captures the floating feline [2880 by 2356 pixels]

Mar 3 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2880-by-2356-pixels #25000 #1958

Egyptian president anwar sadat at the great pyramids in March 1979, if you look closely you'll notice he's sitting on a replica of one of the thrones of tutankhamun (1072×1500)

Mar 16 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1072 #1500 #1979

Israeli Haganah soldiers with detained Palestinians on 23 May 1948, after the village of Tantura surrendered. Haganah forces reportedly killed 200+ unarmed Palestinians and buried them in a mass grave under what is now a parking lot on Dor Beach. [954 x 650]

Mar 2 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #954-x-650 #1948 #200 #650 #954 #23

In the Finnish war of 1808-09, during the siege of Revolax, the attacking Finns were witnessed cheering in happiness as they stormed the last bits of the Russian occupied town. (1280x710)

Mar 27 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1280x710 #1280 #1808 #710 #09

Ali Khamenei visiting an American hostage 1980 [435x652]

Mar 1 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #435x652 #1980 #435 #652

1892, A family poses in front of 1341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed ‘Mark Twain’ that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters) and had a diameter of 16 feet (4.9 meters). [600 × 800]

Mar 25 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #m #100-meters #1341 #1892 #100 #331 #600 #800 #13 #16 #4 #9

French woman beating a captured German soldier, September 1944. (491x600)

Mar 26 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #491x600 #1944 #491 #600

Lieutenant General Huang Wei sat with his followers after being captured by Communist, December 15, 1948, Suxian, China.[474x321]

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #474x321 #1948 #321 #474 #15

FBI-deployed M1A1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) drives past the burning Branch Davidian compound - on the final day of the Waco siege, c. April 19th, 1993. [640 x 498]

Mar 4 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #MBT #640-x-498 #1993 #498 #640

Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer at Princeton University, 29 of December 1947.[2036x2560]

Mar 4 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2036x2560 #1947 #2036 #2560 #29

The Endurance ship stuck in the ice taken by crew photographer Frank Hurley in 1915 [1200x900]

Mar 27 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x900 #1200 #1915 #900

Stalin in Bailov Prison, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 1910, (1547x931)

Mar 29 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1547x931 #1547 #1910 #931

1912 photograph of “Jerome” of Sandy Cove, a mysterious man who washed ashore in Nova Scotia in 1863, both legs amputated, and whose identity and origins were never discovered[891X1301].

Mar 22 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #891X1301 #1301 #1863 #1912 #891

An australian soldier shooting a submachine gun at portraits of kim il-sung and stalin in 1950 [600 x 501]

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #600-x-501 #1950 #501 #600

Jacques Biederer, an erotic photography pioneer, hard at work in Paris, 1928. (648x481)

Mar 11 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #648x481 #1928 #481 #648

German sentry on guard on the roof of the Wawel Royal Castle. Panorama of Krakow in the background. Krakow, Occupied Poland, 1940 or 1941. [1440x1959]

Mar 31 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1440x1959 #1440 #1940 #1941 #1959

January 31, 1990: The first McDonald's in the USSR opened in Moscow. Its opening was a real sensation: to get in, you had to wait in line for several hours. [1200x809]

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x809 #1200 #1990 #809 #31

Kaiser Wilhelm II in the Netherlands, circa 1930s. [622 x 622]

Mar 3 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #622-x-622 #622

Nazi collaborator Feodor Fedorenko, 70, enters a federal court in Miami as he fights to keep his U.S. citizenship and avoid extradition to the USSR. Fedorenko, a Ukrainian conscript in the Red Army, defected to the Germans during the war and was a guard at Treblinka (Florida, 1978) [1280 x 720].

Mar 7 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #Florida #Florida-1978 #1280-x-720 #1280 #1978 #720 #70

(colorized) - Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia in the uniform of the Life-Hussars cavalry Regiment Nr.2 (Empress Friedrich) - on the occasion of the handover of command of the regiment to the princess, c. October 1909. [1319 x 1998]

Mar 21 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #Empress-Friedrich #colorized #1319-x-1998 #1319 #1909 #1998 #2

Giza Pyramids Area 1938, Before it turned into urban chaos [640 × 452]

Mar 28 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1938 #452 #640

A Sahrawi woman with her child and rifle during the Western Sahara War, December 1976. [828x1254]

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #828x1254 #1254 #1976 #828

Christa McAuliffe, the “Teacher in Space”, donning her Launch Entry Helmet during training circa 1986. [1600x2460]

Mar 5 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1600x2460 #1600 #1986 #2460

The immediate aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, March 30, 1981. Secret Service agents shield Press Secretary James Brady, shot in the head, while Officer Thomas Delahanty lies wounded[1284X826].

Mar 30 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1284X826 #1284 #1981 #826 #30

A man on the beach is fined for indecent clothing, Heemskerk, Netherlands, 1931 [1200x900]

Mar 17 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x900 #1200 #1931 #900

Canadians in Yukon territory celebrates the end of the 19th century with a Masquerade Ball at Pioneer Hall on December 31, 1899 [768 × 559]

Mar 15 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1899 #559 #768 #31

Soldier guarding confiscated grain from Ukrainian peasants, Kharkiv 1933.[1496x1155]

Mar 24 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1496x1155 #1155 #1496 #1933

In 1863 during the American Civil War in Virginia, Jacob Miller was shot in the head. Everyone thought he was dead, but he regained consciousness a few hours later and went on to live another 54 years [640×854]

Mar 2 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1863 #640 #854 #54

Children sit on a whites-only bench along the waterfront in Durban, South Africa. May 27, 1960. [1000 x 899]

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1000-x-899 #1000 #1960 #899 #27

Lieutenant George A. Custer with former West Point classmate, friend, and captured Confederate soldier, Lieutenant James Barroll Washington, an aide to General Johnston, at Fair Oaks, Virginia, 1862 [970x1120]

Mar 17 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #970x1120 #1120 #1862 #970

A West Berliner reaching over the border to kick an East German police officer. (1986) [1920×1270]

Mar 7 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1270 #1920 #1986

A crewman of an RAF Short Sunderland flying boat eating a meal while on anti-submarine patrol over the North Atlantic. 1940, photo by William Vandivert [1280x569]

Mar 18 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1280x569 #1280 #1940 #569

Colonel Sanders visiting his cousin Sim Reed. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1970s. [712 x 726]

Mar 11 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #712-x-726 #712 #726

Iranian Revolution (1979): Major General Taghi Latifi, a commander in the Shah’s secret police (SAVAK), is dragged from his Mercedes and attacked by a crowd in Tehran, January 29, 1979. Photo by Patrick Chauvel. [1396 × 967]

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #SAVAK #1396 #1979 #967 #29

Far Right Greek Golden Dawn rally in support of Saddam Hussein and Iraq, 2003 [4028 x 2580]

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #4028-x-2580 #2003 #2580 #4028

First Supreme leader of North korea kim il sung meets with soviet leader konstantin chernenko (1980s) this is one of the rare photos that shows the large calcium deposit that grew on the back of il sung's head which caused north Korea to only allow photos of him at a certain angle (582×758)

Mar 24 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1980s #582 #758

The pavilions of Nazi Germany (left) and the Soviet Union (right) stand opposite each other at the 1937 Paris World Exposition [6000x4405]

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #right #left #6000x4405 #1937 #4405 #6000

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet living in exile in London, 1998. Pinochet was arrested by British police just weeks after this was taken. Repeated legal efforts to bring him to justice were unsuccessful, and he died in his 90's without ever having been convicted of a crime (2560x2560)

Mar 30 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2560x2560 #1998 #2560 #90

Polish boy sitting in the ruins of Warsaw, September 1939 [790x590]

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #790x590 #1939 #590 #790

A number of young Palestinian refugees, fleeing the horrors of war, arrive in Beirut and are quarantined and subjected to various health treatments to prevent the spread of vermin, in Beirut, Lebanon, 1948. [1194x761]

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1194x761 #1194 #1948 #761

Chinese soldiers released after deciding to defect to Taiwan following the Korean War in 1954 [500 x 410]

Mar 31 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #500-x-410 #1954 #410 #500

This English bride is heading off to her wedding merely a few days after her home was bombed in the Blitz of 1940 [635×520]

Mar 2 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1940 #520 #635

Freshly excavated Terracotta Army soldiers with traces of their original paint, 1974 [1284X820].

Mar 29 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1284X820 #1284 #1974 #820

On August 28, 1945, Communist leader Mao Zedong toasted Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek[1200x1166]

Mar 25 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x1166 #1166 #1200 #1945 #28

Sahrawi Soldiers of the Polisario Front, Western Sahara, May 1976 🇪🇭 [750x958]

Mar 13 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #750x958 #1976 #750 #958

Saddam Hussein and his comrades during his wedding with his first wife Sajida Talfah 28 April 1963. [1079x698]

Mar 15 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1079x698 #1079 #1963 #698 #28

Rwandan man in the traditional Amasunzu hairstyle, circa 1920s [1080x1440]

Mar 18 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1080x1440 #1080 #1440

John Wayne Gacy celebrates the American bicentennial, July 4 1976. He was apprehended two years later and eventually charged with and convicted of 33 murders, a record at the time. [1800 x 1800]

Mar 10 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1800-x-1800 #1800 #1976 #33 #4

A portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Frank A. Barker, 34, taken while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He is believed to be the architect of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1968. Barker was the commander of Task Force Barker, the unit responsible for the massacre (North Carolina, 1962) [562 x 896].

Mar 17 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #North-Carolina #North-Carolina-1962 #562-x-896 #1962 #1968 #562 #896 #34

Military ID Card of Colonel Ernst Frey. An Austrian Jew in the ranks of the Vietnamese People's Army, 1949, [400x311].

Mar 15 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #400x311 #1949 #311 #400

In the early 1980s, the South Korean military constructed concrete defensive positions that closely resemble medieval castles. [850x530]

Mar 31 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #850x530 #530 #850

Polish woman carrying water in Lipnica Murowana, Poland, August 1932. [1439x1963]

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1439x1963 #1439 #1932 #1963

Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo, 1937 [1024x803]

Mar 28 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1024x803 #1024 #1937 #803

A picture taken of my German grandfather during WW1 - 1915 - posing with a British dud shell during the battle of loos (1131 x 1553)

Mar 12 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1131-x-1553 #1131 #1553 #1915

A General's Attire of the Joseon Dynasty - Korea, 1910~1945 [319x429]

Mar 13 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #319x429 #1910 #1945 #319 #429

Japan’s “Special Attack Unit” kamikaze pilots, who would intentionally crash planes into enemy ships in the pacific (1944) [600x406]

Mar 23 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #600x406 #1944 #406 #600

Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini and Ciano before signing the Munich agreement colorized (1938) [800x548]

Mar 21 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #800x548 #1938 #548 #800

Crowds of thousands in the North Korean capital Pyongyang watch the funeral motorcade of founder Kim il sung drive past 1994, his funeral was one of the biggest recorded in history (3028×2181)

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1994 #2181 #3028

SD-officers posing in front of the entrance gate of Auffganglager Breendonk, Belgium. Taken by Otto Kropf, 1941. [1250x647]

Mar 26 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1250x647 #1250 #1941 #647

Happy GI on his way to pass out candy rations to his buddies, ca 1944. [639x700]

Mar 22 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #639x700 #1944 #639 #700

Vietnamese women and children in My Lai photographed by U.S. Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle moments before they were killed during the My Lai Massacre, March 16, 1968 [1284X1914].

Mar 16 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1284X1914 #1284 #1914 #1968 #16

German soldier eating a fried egg off the hull of a Panzer medium tank - from the Deutsches Afrikakorps - in Libya - during the Western Desert Campaign, c. 1941 - 1942. [1170 x 941]

Mar 22 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1170-x-941 #1170 #1941 #1942 #941

Two Chinese soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the Lang Son Provincial Government building in Vietnam, March 4, 1979.[1198x1558]

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1198x1558 #1198 #1558 #1979 #4

The first rocket launch from Cape Canaveral on 24 July 1950. The Bumper 8 rocket ascends and will soon travel 320 km before splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. The Bumper 7 launch had been previously postponed and took place on 29 July. [3000×2310]

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1950 #2310 #3000 #320 #24 #29 #7 #8

U.S. Air Force lieutenant captured by a young North Vietnamese female soldier, Vietnam, 1967. [448x604]

Mar 6 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #448x604 #1967 #448 #604

20 years ago today, March 24, 2006. The Abu Dis Palestinian soccer league practices in the Al Quds University soccer field next to the Israeli separation wall in Abu Dis, West Bank. [1512 x 944]

Mar 24 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1512-x-944 #1512 #2006 #944 #20 #24

In Gaza during the early weeks of the Second Intifada in late October 2000, Fares faced an Israeli tank with just a stone before being killed days later. [400×280]

Mar 3 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2000 #280 #400

A 1965 Life Magazine cover depicting the impending violence that the voting rights marchers are about to face in Selma, Alabama. [1080 x 1369]

Mar 22 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1080-x-1369 #1080 #1369 #1965

Belgian troops on guard at a Rhine River bridgehead in their Ruhr District occupation zone as the German army fights the Red Ruhr army on the other side of the Rhine, 1920. [900 x 707]

Mar 4 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #900-x-707 #1920 #707 #900

Lineup of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbed' fighter-interceptor aircraft from the Air Forces of the National People's Army of East Germany - at Holzdorf Air Base, c. September 1990 – just weeks before German Reunification on October 3rd. [1080 x 1920]

Mar 10 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1080-x-1920 #1080 #1920 #1990 #21

A starving Irish family from Carraroe, County Galway, during the Famine (1845-1852). Source: National Library of Ireland [570X385].

Mar 10 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #570X385 #1845-1852 #385 #570

USAF Brigadier General Paul Tibbets (1915–2007) and Colonel Thomas Ferebee (1918–2000), in the cockpit of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Enola Gay' that they crewed to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Photo taken in 1981. [948x927]

Mar 10 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #948x927 #1915 #1918 #1945 #1981 #2000 #2007 #927 #948 #29

Gavrilo Princip in his prison cell at the Terezin fortress, 1914, (533x768)

Mar 30 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #533x768 #1914 #533 #768

Escorted by a priest and U.S. military police, Dr. Claus Schilling, 74, is led to the gallows. Convicted of causing the deaths of hundreds of prisoners via unethical experiments, he was of the oldest war criminals to be legally executed after World War II (Landsberg Prison, 1946) [774 x 1000].

Mar 14 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #Landsberg-Prison #Landsberg-Prison-1946 #774-x-1000 #1000 #1946 #774 #74

The torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 [637×470]

Mar 2 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2003 #470 #637

Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of President JFK, speaking to a rally for racial equality in Washington. (1963) [1344×2048]

Mar 8 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1344 #1963 #2048

Thousands of mourners flock to the statue of North Korean founder Kim il sung after his death was announced 1994 (6775×3777)

Mar 13 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1994 #3777 #6775

Ronald and Nancy Reagan stand among the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China, 1984 [1284X1607].

Mar 29 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1284X1607 #1284 #1607 #1984

Interior of a Siemens factory, Nuremberg 1910.[3507x2089]

Mar 13 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #3507x2089 #1910 #2089 #3507

GIs examine multiple frontal penetrating hits on a 14th Armored Division M4A3(76)W Sherman tank knocked out near Barr in Alsace in late 1944 [640x455]

Mar 31 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #640x455 #1944 #455 #640 #76

Members from the Isfahan Girls Volleyball Team, in the city of Isfahan - (Pahlavi era) Imperial State of Iran, c. October 2nd, 1971. [960 x 836]

Mar 11 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #Pahlavi-era #960-x-836 #1971 #836 #960

German refugees cross a destroyed bridge. Elbe River, Germany, May 1, 1945. [1060x700]

Mar 3 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1060x700 #1060 #1945 #700 #1

A Lebanese woman and her children sit among the rubble of their home in the port city of Sidon during the Israeli invasion of Southern Lebanon in June 1982. [1630 x 1074]

Mar 17 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1630-x-1074 #1074 #1630 #1982

In December 1983, Mr. T visited the White House dressed as Santa Claus to promote Nancy Reagan's Just Say No anti-drug campaign. [1160x1749]

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1160x1749 #1160 #1749 #1983

Kursk nuclear submarine’s wreck at the dry dock in the northern Russian port of Roslyakovo, October 29 2001.[600x449]

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #600x449 #2001 #449 #600 #29

May 20, 1948: Members of the newly elected Chinese government head to the assembly hall. This marked the first national general election held in China since 1912[1280x813]

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1280x813 #1280 #1912 #1948 #813 #20

An estimated 50,000 Jewish settlers from the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip demonstrate 16 November, 1992, against Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights following Yizhak Rabin's government announcement it was ready to discuss a potential pull-out with Damascus. [2216 x 1364]

Mar 21 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #2216-x-1364 #50000 #1364 #1992 #2216 #16

Columns of German POWs on the streets of Moscow, 1944. [984x1280]

Mar 17 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #984x1280 #1280 #1944 #984

A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 took off from Idlewild Airport in New York collided in midair with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 descending toward LaGuardia Airport. The TWA crashed on Staten Island and the DC-8 in Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard both aircraft & 6 people on the ground. (1960) [1300×1296]

Mar 18 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1049 #1296 #1300 #1960 #128 #6 #8

President Bush announces allied forces air strikes against Iraq, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1991.[1000x665]

Mar 10 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1000x665 #1000 #1991 #665 #17

A dead US Paratrooper of the 17th Airborne Division suspended from his parachute in a tree near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity - March 24, 1945 [1080x914]

Mar 25 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1080x914 #1080 #1945 #914 #24

Three American M46 Patton tanks and their crews surrendered to Chinese 59th Division, Ganggu-dong, Korea, April 24, 1951.[1080x762]

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1080x762 #1080 #1951 #762 #24

Colonel Andrei Vasilyevich Zheludov, who was wounded 3 times, awarded the Order of Glory 3rd class, the Order of the Red Star, the Medal for the Liberation of Sevastopol, and two medals for military merit lying on his deathbed in 2010. [623x760]

Mar 11 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #623x760 #2010 #623 #760 #3

Egyptian president hosni mubarak working out (1990s) he would rule Egypt for thirty years and eventually be overthrown in 2011 (620×398)

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1990s #2011 #398 #620

Bevin Boys going to work in Markham Colliery, Yorkshire, 1943.[1200x800]

Mar 12 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1200x800 #1200 #1943 #800

Barricade erected on March 18, 1871, by the Parisian National Guard during the uprising that led to the establishment of the revolutionary Commune [1284x951].

Mar 19 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1284x951 #1284 #1871 #951 #18

The Brandon brothers of Gallatin, Tennessee. These 3 brothers enlisted in Co. H of the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment in 1861. A 4th brother, not shown, was captured at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. [960x683]

Mar 22 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #960x683 #1861 #1863 #683 #960 #3

U.S. President Richard Nixon taking the Oath of Office during his Second Inauguration. Later presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan can be seen in the crowd. (1973) [2400×3011]

Mar 31 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1973 #2400 #3011

A Turkish official teases hungry Armenian children with bread during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. [1280x950]

Mar 30 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1280x950 #1280 #1915 #950

Future leader of North korea Kim Jong il inspecting high heels, (Kim himself was known for wearing shoes with a heel to increase his height) 1980s (4032×3024)

Mar 15 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #Kim-himself-was-known-for-wearing-shoes-with-a-heel-to-increase-his-height #3024 #4032

Photograph of a barricade during the Paris Commune, April 1871; the blurred figures are a result of the long exposure times required by early cameras[1920X2040].

Mar 21 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1920X2040 #1871 #1920 #2040

Soldier in an Italian home spraying a mixture of DDT and kerosene to control malaria, 1945.[1024x808]

Mar 11 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1024x808 #1024 #1945 #808

Children labouring in a forge during the Second French Empire, 1865 [1284X887].

Mar 20 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1284X887 #1284 #1865 #887

Anwar Sadat, leader of Egypt from 1970 to his assassination in 1981 having a walk with his friend in short shorts 1970s (408×612)

Mar 9 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #1970 #1981 #408 #612