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    1# An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an unmistakable mark of black and red paint. It is believed that this is the iceberg that sake the Titanic.

     

     

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    2# Ham the chimp returns to Earth following his historic 16 minute space flight in 1961.

     

     

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    3# The fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator “Little Warrior†explode over Germany after being hit by anti-aircraft guns in 1944.

     

     

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    4# Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie "Schindler's List", on the balcony of his house overlooking Plaszow labor camp, Poland. 1943-44

     

     

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    5# Native American couple, Situwuka and Katkwachsnea in 1912.

     

     

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    6# The Kennedy family leave the funeral of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

     

     

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    7# June 1915, Gallipoli: a Turkish sniper/sharpshooter, dressed as a tree, is captured by two Anzacs.

     

     

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    9# The Golden Gate Bridge around 1935.

     

     

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    10# Mourners pay their respect to slain civil rights leader, Medgar Evars in 1963. His killer was finally convicted in 1994.

     

     

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    11# Stephen Hawking marries Jane Wilde in 1965.

     

     

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    12# Survivors of the Titanic are taken on board the Carpathia in 1912.

     

     

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    13# Two childhood friends unexpectedly reunite on opposite sides of a demonstration in 1972.

     

     

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    14# A burial at sea on board the USS Lexington in 1944.

     

     

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    15# The Statue of Liberty photographed during a power failure in 1942.

     

     

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    16# A lion rides in the sidecar during a performance of The Wall of Death carnival attraction at Revere Beach, Massachusetts in 1929.

     

     

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    17# The RMS Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, in wartime camouflage in 1915.

     

     

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    18# Anastasia shares a smoke with her father, Tsar Nicholas II two years before their assassination in 1916.

     

     

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    19# OJ Simpson carries the Olympic Torch in 1984. Nichole Brown can be seen on the left.

     

     

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    20# Harry Houdini exposes "spirit trickery" in 1925

     

     

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    21# Arnold Schwarzenegger shows off to some elderly women in the 1970's.

     

     

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    22# Coney Island in 1905.

     

     

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    23# Construction of Hoover Dam in 1934.

     

     

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    24# George W. Bush plays a little dirty rugby for Yale in 1966.

     

     

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    25# Sailors at Pearl Harbor watch as the USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack. December 7, 1941.

     

     

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    26# The Japanese "War Tuba" used to locate enemy aircraft before the invention of radar. Circa 1930.

     

     

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    27#font-family:'Open Sans'Washington-Hoover Airport which was demolished in 1941. This is where the Pentagon stands today.

     

     

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    28# The aftermath of the Great Hurricane of 1900 which killed an estimated 8,000 people in Galveston, Texas.

     

     

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    29# Marilyn Monroe with Ella Fitzgerald at the the Mocambo. A popular Hollywood night club at the time. That would not book Ella because of segregation. Marilyn told the manager that she would reserve a front row table every night Ella performed there. Ella performed a week later. 1955.

     

     

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    30# Sad clown Emmett Kelly, in his performer’s makeup, carrying a bucket of water in the aftermath of the Hartford circus fire of July 6, 1944, in which at least 167 people were killed. The tragedy is often called “the day the clown cried.

     

     

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    31# The White House hollowed out during its reconstruction. 1948-1952

     

     

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    32# A crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-E Day, May 8th, 1945.

     

     

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    33# Women protesting the forced Hijab in Iran days after the 1979 revolution.

     

     

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    34# Women boxing in the roof sometime in the 1930s.

     

     

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    35# A Worker on beam of building at 40 Wall Street, 1930.

     

     

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    36# Germans testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in 1935.

     

     

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    37# Pacific Southwest Airlines stewardesses in 1972.

     

     

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    38# General George S. Patton’s dog on the day of Patton’s death on December 21st, 1945.

     

     

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    39# Frank Sinatra asks Lou Gehrig for an autograph in 1939.

     

     

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    40# Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963, being transported to questioning before his murder trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

     

     

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    41# Helen Keller meeting comedian Charlie Chaplin in 1918

     

     

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    42# Big Jay McNeely, Olympic Auditorium, 1953

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  2. Welcome to Morocco :)

     

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco

     

    1 – Gorges de la vallée du Todgha

             

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    15 km from the center of Tinghir, the gateway to the High Atlas, is the colossal gorges in Toudgha. These high limestone cliffs rise 300 meters above the ground and rising to 2500 meters. Some of them have never been climbed.
    For millennia, the river Todgha sculpted the cliffs with rock dons multiple color according to the sun.
     

     2 – Merzouga

     

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     3 – Paradise Valley

     

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    On the Imouzzer road starting from Agadir, 25 km from Aourir, there is a small parking This is where the adventure begins towards the Paradise Valley. Mountains, forest and rivers surround this beautiful place. It consists of three large waterfalls with  their immense natural pools in the turquoise water.

     
    4 – Aït-ben-Haddou

         

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    Ait Ben Haddou is a Ksar from Morocco to the World Heritage of UNESCO, in the province of Ouerzazate. This is in the Ounila Valley, south of Tafilalt.

     

     5 – Flux du Ziz

     

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    The source of Ziz flow is in the eastern High Atlas. Although it is intermittent along its bed, its rivers has long been used to facilitate human transit through this mountainous area.

     

    6 – Gorges du Dadès

     

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    Dades gorges are located in the upper valley of Dades; it is a popular tourist destination.

     

     7 â€“ Akchour

     

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    Akchour is a small village in Morocco, 30 Km from Chefchaouen on the road to Oued Laou.

     

    8 – Cascades d’Ouzoud

     

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    The Ouzoud are waterfalls of about 110 m. They are arranged on three levels, on the Oued Ouzoud, to 1060 meters above sea level in the middle Atlas.

     

    9 – The dam of Bin el Ouidane

     

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    The dam of Bin el Ouidane is located in the province of Azilal, designed by engineer André Coyne.

     

    10 – Marrakech 100%

     

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    The view from my private terrace complete with outdoor jacuzzi, it’s a hard life.
     

     

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    Above and below: Suites and rooms are immaculately designed adhering to Feng Shui principles. The aligning of earth, fire and water in the interiors creates a contemporary, luxurious feeling of tranquility and calm. Being set in the 12 acre grounds means each suite boasts its own private terrace with pool. The room sizes are exceptionally spacious, all with walk in wardrobes, perfect for Style Travellers.

     

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    And night falls on Palais Namaskar in spectacular fashion, breathtaking sunset views envelop the hotel grounds.

     

     

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    Sunset drinks on the rooftop bar

     

     

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  3. The assassination of Anwar Sadat, 1981

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    The assassins’ bullets ended the life of a man who earned a reputation for making bold decisions in foreign affairs, a reputation based in large part on his decision in 1977 to journey to the camp of Egypt’s foe, Israel, to make peace.

     

    Jesse Owens wins gold in Nazi Germany, 1936

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    1936 Jesse Owens arrived in Berlin to compete for the United States in the Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany. Nazi propaganda promoted concepts of “Aryan racial superiority†and depicted ethnic Africans as inferior. Owens countered this by winning four gold medals.

     

    Berlin at the end of the War, 1945

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    Berlin as the capital and cultural center of the German Reich was bombed very heavily. With over 45,000 tons of bombs in two weeks the city was almost completely destroyed. The irreplaceable architectural gems of the Schlüter, Knobelsdorf, Schadow and Schinkel were annihilated. Palaces, museums, churches, monuments and cultural sites fell victim to the bombs.

     

     

    Smart, beautiful and deadly, 19 year old Russian sniper Roza Shanina had 54 confirmed kills

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    Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a marksman on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting moving enemy personnel and making doublets (two target hits by two rounds fired in quick succession). Allied newspapers described Shanina as “the unseen terror of East Prussiaâ€

     

     

    Reichserntedankfest rally (Thanksgiving Celebration of the Reich), 1934

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    This is the Reichserntedankfest of 1934 in Buckeberg. That year, 800,000 people participated. Even those who did not support Nazis were totally blown away and emotionally shaken. They had never experienced anything even remotely like this, there was no rock concerts back then. It created spiritual feeling of sublime and unity among people who were participating.

     

     

    Child laborers, newsboys smoking cigarettes, 1910

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    After the Civil War, the availability of natural resources, new inventions, and a receptive market combined to fuel an industrial boom. The demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries many children were drawn into the labor force.

     

     

    The Fat Man on transport carriage, Tinian Island, 1945

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    It’s so odd to see that an object roughly the same size as an SUV can destroy an entire city and leave radioactive damage for lifetimes afterwards. The Fat Man and Trinity were both implosion based plutonium devices, but they were very different weapons. Trinity’s “the gadget†was a massive unemployable bomb that would test the theories that Fat Man was based on.

     

     

    Japanese soldiers surrendering to US Marines, Marshall Islands, 1944

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    He is naked because he was probably ordered to strip so he wasn’t concealing a weapon or explosive. It was very rare for Japanese soldiers to surrender as it was deemed dishonorable. Those huge steel doors, and thick walls, must be a bunker of some kind. Probably a bunker with an artillery gun inside, maybe a coastal battery.

     

     

    Margaret Thatcher in Falkland Islands after Argentina’s surrender, 1983

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    Thatcher is surrounded by troops on a visit to Goose Green in January 1983, where the Parachute Regiment had secured a crucial victory seven months earlier. The war was a turning point in her premiership. The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges called the Falkland War: “The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a combâ€.

     

     

    Preparing for an assault on a warehouse in Stalingrad, 1942

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    By September 1942, a brutal hand-to-hand battle was being waged inside Stalingrad. As they fought from house to house and street to street, the Germans found that all of the tactical advantages they had possessed in fighting across the steppes were lost in the close confines of the city.

     

     

    Residents of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961

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    The building of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 divided families and neighborhoods in what had been the capital of Germany. The Wall represents a uniquely squalid, violent, and ultimately futile, episode in the post-war world. Life was changed overnight in Berlin.

     

     

    Cathedral of Amiens

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    Inside of Cathedral of Amiens during WWII Amiens Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens) is the tallest Gothic church and largest cathedral in France.

     

     

    Edward Llewellen

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    Edward Llewellen with the World's Record Black Sea Bass, which he caught, (425 lbs.), at Catalina Island, Calif., Aug. 26, 1903

     

     

    Checkpoint Charlie

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    Standoff between US and Soviet forces at checkpoint charlie Oct. 1961.

     

     

    1993 Bishopgates Bombing

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    Wormwood Street when a truck bomb exploded outside the Baltic Exchange on St. Mary Axe in London

     

     

    Berlin Wall Rescue

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    This German soldier from the East knew he shouldn’t let this child across the Berlin Wall, but he was separated from his parents. So, the guard lifts him across the barbed wire anyway, on the lookout for anyone who may catch him.

     

     

    The Nagasaki Brothers

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    Shortly after the bombing of the city, this photo was taken. The younger child in the picture is dead and the older boy is his brother. He carried his brother to a crematorium, watching him burn but refusing to cry.

     

     

    Ruby Bridges, first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South (Nov. 14th, 1960)

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    The SAS storming the Iranian Embassy to free hostages taken by terrorists. London. 1980

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    Hiroshima - Before and After (1945)

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    Bombs dropped on Kobe, Japan (1945)

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    Hitler’s triumphant tour of Paris, 1940

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    One day after France signed the armistice with Germany in June 1940, Adolf Hitler celebrated the German victory over France with a triumphant tour of Paris. Hitler surveying his conquest with his various cronies and became one of the most iconic photos of the 1940s and World War 2. 

     

     

    An Afghan mujahideen aims a FIM-92 Stinger missile at passing Soviet aircraft, 1988

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    A guerrilla soldier aims a Stinger missile at passing aircraft near a remote rebel base in the Safed Koh Mountains February 10, 1988 in Afghanistan. The end of Soviet military occupation, which began in 1979, has left the Afghan Army more vulnerable to these guerrilla forces, who are fighting the Russian-installed Afghan government.

     

     

    A guard of honor passes out as Queen Elizabeth II rides past during the Trooping the Colour parade, 1970

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    the strict world of British military protocol, there are even rules on how to faint with dignity. There are two main reasons why the guards of honor pass out: it can get pretty hot and they’ll lock their knees. Usually it’s the combination of both that gets you.

     

     

    Testing football helmets, 1912

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    In professional football, the only line of defense against head injury is the helmet. But the earliest football helmet looked more like a padded aviator cap than the high-tech crash-tested helmet used by today’s players. It is not certain who invented the football helmet.

     

     

    1932 - Rebels playing golf on a skyscraper construction

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    During the Prague Spring in 1968, a Soviet soldier chases a young Czech man who was throwing rocks at a tank.

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    The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.

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    1898 - A child with artificial legs

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    Maori Battalion haka in Egypt, 1941

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    Underwater detonation of 15 kiloton nuclear weapon

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    The Cologne Cathedral stands tall amidst the ruins of the city after allied bombings, 1944

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    Gandhi in London

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    1939 - Mt Rushmore construction

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    1925 - Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona

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    Painting the Eiffel Tower, 1932.

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    Animals used to be involved in medical therapy as early as 1956.

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    Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975.

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    Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is returned to the Louvre after WWII.

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