Remembering History: 2013

Periods and eras in English history

Jacqueline Kennedy stands in front of her husband's grave at Arlington National Cemetery on November 28, 1963. With Mrs. Kennedy are, John J. McNally, Jr., Larry O'Brien, Pierre Salinger and Kenneth O'Donnell, all of the White House staff, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill. Mrs. Kennedy kneels and makes the sign of the cross. The eternal flame she lit on the day of the funeral is seen in the foreground.

Jacqueline Kennedy stands in front of her husband's grave at Arlington National Cemetery on November 28, 1963. With Mrs. Kennedy are, John J. McNally, Jr., Larry O'Brien, Pierre Salinger and Kenneth O'Donnell, all of the White House staff, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill. Mrs. Kennedy kneels and makes the sign of the cross. The eternal flame she lit on the day of the funeral is seen in the foreground.

Arthur Rudolph was a German rocket engineer and member of the Nazi party who played a key role in the development of the V-2 rocket. After World War II he was brought to the United States, subsequently becoming a pioneer of the United States space program. He worked for the U.S. Army and NASA where he managed the development of the Pershing missile and the Saturn rocket. In 1984 he was investigated for possible war crimes, and he agreed to leave the United States and renounce his US citizenship.

Arthur Rudolph was a German rocket engineer and member of the Nazi party who played a key role in the development of the V-2 rocket. After World War II he was brought to the United States, subsequently becoming a pioneer of the United States space program. He worked for the U.S. Army and NASA where he managed the development of the Pershing missile and the Saturn rocket. In 1984 he was investigated for possible war crimes, and he agreed to leave the United States and renounce his US citizenship.

The Manhattan Project. K-25 West Leg, Gaseous Diffusion Plant for Hiroshima-Bomb Uranium Enrichment, Oak Ridge, TN 1945

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Boston, Beacon Street. Sleighing on the boulevard. Date: February 1901 Credit: BPL

Feb. 1, 1979: After President Carter commuted her seven-year sentence for armed robbery, Patricia Hearst was released from prison, having served 22 months. She and her bodyguard, Bernard Shaw, stand outside her mother’s home in Hillsborough, Calif. Hearst and Shaw were married two months later. Hearst was a captive-turned-comrade of a group of 1970s radicals, the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was kidnapped on Feb. 4, 1974, at age 19.

Feb. 1, 1979: After President Carter commuted her seven-year sentence for armed robbery, Patricia Hearst was released from prison, having served 22 months. She and her bodyguard, Bernard Shaw, stand outside her mother’s home in Hillsborough, Calif. Hearst and Shaw were married two months later. Hearst was a captive-turned-comrade of a group of 1970s radicals, the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was kidnapped on Feb. 4, 1974, at age 19.

Harvey Milk, 1974

René-Levasseur Island in Quebec, the second largest island in the world. The island is located in a lake formed by a crater from a meteorite collision--the 4th known largest impact in the history of the world--214 million years ago.

René-Levasseur Island in Quebec, the second largest island in the world. The island is located in a lake formed by a crater from a meteorite collision--the 4th known largest impact in the history of the world--214 million years ago.

The Flintstones was sponsored by a cigarette company during the show's first two seasons. The show was intended for adults, not kids, so few complained about the commercials that depicted the stone-age characters puffing away on Winstons.

The Flintstones was sponsored by a cigarette company during the show's first two seasons. The show was intended for adults, not kids, so few complained about the commercials that depicted the stone-age characters puffing away on Winstons.

John F Kennedy's coffin lies in state in the Capitol Building (Nov. 1963) - Imgur

harold fisk, 1944. mapping the mississippi.

Born in Boston in 1898, William James Sidis made the headlines as a child prodigy with an amazing intellect. His IQ was estimated to be 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's. He could read the New York Times before he was 2. At age 6, his language repertoire included English, Latin, French, German, Russian, Hebrew, Turkish and Armenian. At age 11, he entered Harvard University as one of the youngest students in the school's history.

Born in Boston in 1898, William James Sidis made the headlines as a child prodigy with an amazing intellect. His IQ was estimated to be 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's. He could read the New York Times before he was 2. At age 6, his language repertoire included English, Latin, French, German, Russian, Hebrew, Turkish and Armenian. At age 11, he entered Harvard University as one of the youngest students in the school's history.

You may not know it, but you love this woman. Mae Questel (1908-1998) was the voice of Betty Boop, Olive Oyl, Little Audrey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Minnie Mouse, and Felix the Cat. AND she played Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

You may not know it, but you love this woman. Mae Questel (1908-1998) was the voice of Betty Boop, Olive Oyl, Little Audrey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Minnie Mouse, and Felix the Cat. AND she played Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Katharine M.H. Hepburn. Alongside Margaret Sanger, Hepburn co-founded the organization that would become Planned Parenthood. She is also Katharine Hepburn's mother.

September 3rd, 1967, Stockholm, Sweden: The day Sweden changed from driving on the left to driving on the right. Well that looks like a fun day.

Berlin - 1989

Diary of a sailor who retrieved bodies of Titanic victims from the ocean. Fine weather started to pick up bodies at six a.m. and continued all day till five thirty P.M. Recovered fifty one bodies, forty six men four women and one baby. Burried twenty four men at sea at eight fifteen P.M. Rev Canon Hinds in attendance also Ships Company. Bodies in good state but badly bruised by being knocked about in the water.

Diary of a sailor who retrieved bodies of Titanic victims from the ocean. Fine weather started to pick up bodies at six a.m. and continued all day till five thirty P.M. Recovered fifty one bodies, forty six men four women and one baby. Burried twenty four men at sea at eight fifteen P.M. Rev Canon Hinds in attendance also Ships Company. Bodies in good state but badly bruised by being knocked about in the water.

Sir Ernest Shackelton's expedition to Antarctic is one of the most unbelievable survival stories ever recorded. Endurance drifted for months stuck in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea. The changing conditions of the Antarctic spring brought such pressure that Endurance was crushed on the morning of November 21, 1915, the Endurance's began to sink under the ice and she was abandoned. To Shackleton's credit he did not lose any of the 28 men of the crew.

Sir Ernest Shackelton's expedition to Antarctic is one of the most unbelievable survival stories ever recorded. Endurance drifted for months stuck in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea. The changing conditions of the Antarctic spring brought such pressure that Endurance was crushed on the morning of November 21, 1915, the Endurance's began to sink under the ice and she was abandoned. To Shackleton's credit he did not lose any of the 28 men of the crew.

Personnal seals, Shangai, China by Eric Lafforgue on Flickr.

Russian bear hunting armor from the 19th century

Mongol Empire Map

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Hitler after the fall of Paris - 1940

An East German soldier helping a boy cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961. The boy was found on the opposite side of the wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy through the barbwire.

An East German soldier helping a boy cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961. The boy was found on the opposite side of the wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy through the barbwire.

Frank Sinatra asking Lou Gehrig for an autograph during the 1939 World Series, 10/8/39 : imgur

Slave population, 1860, Southern States and United States. In the map, Abraham Lincoln saw testimony that the American south was not a uniform bloc. Areas of heavy slavery—the darkened banks along the Mississippi River, for example—tended to be secessionist, but the areas in between held the hope of pro-Union sympathy. The President called it his “slave map.” Today we would call it an infographic.

Slave population, 1860, Southern States and United States. In the map, Abraham Lincoln saw testimony that the American south was not a uniform bloc. Areas of heavy slavery—the darkened banks along the Mississippi River, for example—tended to be secessionist, but the areas in between held the hope of pro-Union sympathy. The President called it his “slave map.” Today we would call it an infographic.

Katherine de Roet Swynford (1350 - 1403) Mistress and ultimately wife of John of Gaunt, great-grandmother of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. Part of the art work for a recreation of Katherine Swynford's brass, based in part on a drawing published by Sir Willim Dugdale. Art work by Roger Joy of the Katherine Swynford Society. Burial: Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Lincolnshire, England Plot: Near high altar; Daughter Joan Beaufort is buried there as well.

Katherine de Roet Swynford (1350 - 1403) Mistress and ultimately wife of John of Gaunt, great-grandmother of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. Part of the art work for a recreation of Katherine Swynford's brass, based in part on a drawing published by Sir Willim Dugdale. Art work by Roger Joy of the Katherine Swynford Society. Burial: Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Lincolnshire, England Plot: Near high altar; Daughter Joan Beaufort is buried there as well.

Joan Perrers Skerne ( - 1431) Joan was the illegitimate daughter of Alice Perrers and King Edward III of England. Joan married Robert Skerne. The brasses are at All Saints Churchyard Kingston-Upon-Thames Greater London, England

Joan Perrers Skerne ( - 1431) Joan was the illegitimate daughter of Alice Perrers and King Edward III of England. Joan married Robert Skerne. The brasses are at All Saints Churchyard Kingston-Upon-Thames Greater London, England

Obstetric phantom, Italy, 1701-1800 Manipulating the cloth 'baby' in the womb of this almost life-size model of the female torso shows how birth takes place, shows how abnormal positions of the child affect the process. The wood and leather model was used to teach medical students, and possibly midwives, about childbirth. Using instruments to intervene in delivering a live child was still quite rare in the 1700s. Caesarean sections were rarely attempted.

Obstetric phantom, Italy, 1701-1800 Manipulating the cloth 'baby' in the womb of this almost life-size model of the female torso shows how birth takes place, shows how abnormal positions of the child affect the process. The wood and leather model was used to teach medical students, and possibly midwives, about childbirth. Using instruments to intervene in delivering a live child was still quite rare in the 1700s. Caesarean sections were rarely attempted.

Street child from Calcutta

Memories Remain (by That Rich Kid)...

> Blackfoot, Bow River, by Edward S. Curtis

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Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Lead Pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen and First African-American Air Force General.He earned his wings on March 7th 1942 #history

Cream and sugar set, 1940s

Colonial Williamsburg's Museum Collection Historic Threads Three Centuries of Clothing

Elenor of Aquitaine...The only woman to be a Queen of both England and a Queen of France

The car carrying Diana, Princess of Wales, after the accident in 1997.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a tour of the Third Army front, walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates of the German concentration camp at Gotha, Germany at the end of World War II, 12 April 1945.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a tour of the Third Army front, walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates of the German concentration camp at Gotha, Germany at the end of World War II, 12 April 1945.

1938 Katharine Hepburn on surviving the “Long Island Express” hurricane: “My God. It was something devastating—and unreal...

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A "student rag" in London. Kind of a proto flash-mob, university students meet to dance down the Strand as a prank. These rags stemmed from the long-standing rivalry between University College and King's College. 1920s

A "student rag" in London. Kind of a proto flash-mob, university students meet to dance down the Strand as a prank. These rags stemmed from the long-standing rivalry between University College and King's College. 1920s

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Miss Hodges of Salem 1850.

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"Girl with bound feet 1870-1890. The feet would then regularly be unbound, washed and kneaded, with additional pain often caused by beating the sole of the foot to keep the bones broken. The feet were then rebound – ever more tightly each time. Whenever the binding session was over, the girl was immediately forced to walk on her feet to crush them further. None of this was carried out with any anesthetic."

"Girl with bound feet 1870-1890. The feet would then regularly be unbound, washed and kneaded, with additional pain often caused by beating the sole of the foot to keep the bones broken. The feet were then rebound – ever more tightly each time. Whenever the binding session was over, the girl was immediately forced to walk on her feet to crush them further. None of this was carried out with any anesthetic."

Mrs. Caroline Roberts of 22 Lindfield street, Poplar, London seen here in November 1940 feeding cats made homeless by the Nazi bombing raids