Mae Capone, wife of gangster Al Capone, was snapped on her way to visit her husband at Alcatraz on March 1, 1936.
A “false sense of security” helped childhood diseases like polio and measles return in 1978. t.co/KtgRy8Q9xB t.co/RA4roybY2E
Today in 1865: the House of Representatives passes an amendment to abolish slavery t.co/M547OHV1ip t.co/Mh8QUglVHP
Finnic peoples, Slavic peoples and Khazars in c. 9th century. Mordvins marked with grey.
Ekaterinburg, Russia- where the Romanov line ended. Church of the Blood, built 2003 where Ipatiev House once stood. The odd looking brick basement in foreground is the remains of the cellar where the Romanov family was gunned down.
Muhammad Ali is measured for a suit in Savile Row, 1966 • Thomas Hoepker t.co/zsDor5uWLo
Cathedral on the blood stands on the site of the Ipatiev House, where the Romanovs—the last royal family of Russia—were murdered
Mary Ward: British nun who was dragged before the Inquisition for her stand on woman's rights 300 years before suffragette's is to be placed on the road to sainthood.
Margaret Beaufort finally becomes mother to a king in the finale of #TheWhiteQueen.
“I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover,” Jeb Bush said t.co/Pn2IMtpT7V t.co/JaCSQBg7Z4
Four first ladies ~ Former First Ladies (from left to right) Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in 2004.
The 20 Oldest Houses in the United States. Parsonage in West Bridgewater MA
Jacqueline Kennedy with Caroline and John Jr put flowers on John F. Kennedy’s grave after the funeral, 1963.
Thomas Jefferson's gold pocket watch, approx. ca. 1782. The watch is dedicated to his wife and contains a lock of his wife's hair. The inscription reads: Martha W. Jefferson Born 19 Oct. 1748, Died 6 Sept. 1782.
This is the bullet which killed Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805. Although Nelson died, the Royal Navy won the Battle, devastating the French and Spanish fleets. This ended Napoleon’s hopes of invading Britain and, 10 years later, a British Army completed the final defeat of France at the Battle of Waterloo.
Mozart's face reconstructed on the basis of his supposed skull conserved in Salzburg
Winston Churchill II, grandson of Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, returns to bomb-free London for a visit with his mother. 1942.
President of the Board of Trade Winston Churchill (L) with Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George (R) - London - 1909
Women use compact mirrors to catch sight of the queen in London, June 1966 t.co/SsUE4hxhSn
Day 29: Beatrice Alice Hicks (1919–1979). Engineer and Super Nerd. Designed and patented a gas density switch later used in the U.S. space program. First female engineer employed by Western Electrics Company. Founding member and first President of the Society of Women Engineers. Earned graduate degrees in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and physics. Took over her father’s company and bought it out from her uncle.
Margaret of Anjou 1429 - 1482 - Queen consort to King Henry VI, and key player in the series of civil uprisings called the "War of the Roses". Having lost her only son Edward of Westminister, in the battle of Tewkesbury, the Lancastrians were defeated by the Yorkists. She lived out her last years penniless in France.
Scenes From the History of Snow Removal | Mental Floss
Historical Pics @VeryOldPics · Henry Ford's modified Model T, the “Universal Car”. 1918.
Historical Pics @VeryOldPics · Hundreds of boats sit abandoned in the port of San Francisco after gold rush, 1850.
Historical Pics @VeryOldPics · George Bush Jr. has a 'leg up' on his father, President George Bush
Historical Pics @VeryOldPics · Mahatma Gandhi spinning yearn.
A 17 year old Fidel Castro plays basketball at his High School in 1943. t.co/CxSP2FDfsG
On January 12, 1833, the first public asylum for the insane in Massachusetts was opened in the scenic hills of Worcester. It was called the Bloomingdale Asylum. 2008 Update: The wings of the Kirkbride building are being demolished, along with the two historic rotundas and employee residences. The only older structure that is to be saved seems to be the administration building and clock tower.
1910: Guards surround the coffin at the private lying in state of King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace, London
HIM Emperor Alexander III of Russia. Died: November 1,1894, aged 49. Alexander III became ill with nephritis in 1894, and died of this disease at the Livadia Palace. His remains were interred at the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg.
Diana takes Prince William on his first official engagement in Cardiff on 1st March, 1991 - New Zealand Womans Weekly
Michael Jackson and Brooke Shields on a date, 1981
On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear power accident in the history of the U.S. begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close.
Cartier Wave Tiara belonging to Maria Feodorovna (26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928) - a tiara that can be worn as a necklace. Born Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and later Princess Dagmar of Denmark, she was Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III. She was the second daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Cassel. Among her children was the last Russian monarch, Emperor Nicholas II, whom she outlived by ten years
How Boston has handled snow removal tri it's history
Cutting ermine for King George V and Queen Mary's coronation robes
Eve Arnold: US actress Marilyn Monroe, studio sessions. 1960
Franklin Roosevelts mom clothed him in dresses until he was five. | 21 Shocking Facts About U.S. Presidents
Jackie Robinson, former Brooklyn Dodgers infielder, now a New York restaurant chain executive, is followed by Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott, as they walk in Howard University's academic procession, June 7, 1957. Both men received honorary doctorates of law at commencement exercises Read more: www.beaumontenter...
Pope John Paul II Moments after being shot, May 13, 1981. t.co/Hvtp1tgIGA
The Harlem Riot of 1964 The Harlem Riot of 1964 (New York City Race Riot ) was a racial confrontation between residents in several city boroughs and the New York City Police after an African American teenager was shot dead by an off-duty police officer on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
June 3, 1994: Princess Diana at the Canadian War Memorial. The Queen unveiled a memorial to Canadian Army war dead in Green Park. Diana made only her second official appearance of 1994.
Princess Elizabeth Stuart (1635 - 1650). Daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria.
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