Winston Churchill leaving Westminster Abbey after the memorial service for former Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Clement Attlee can be seen in the background.
Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII, pictured in 1926
Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908) was an African American autistic savant and musical prodigy on the piano. He had numerous original compositions published and had a lengthy and largely successful performing career throughout the United States. During the 19th century, he was one of the most well-known American performing pianists.
Young Mother Teresa, by the world's standards she was a stunning beauty. Taking care of the poorest of the poor transformed her soul into the Eternal Beauty that shines brighter than the sun!!!!!!
Lots of ideas here to help you organize a Wax Museum. Awesome way to integrate social studies and reading and writing and the kids (and parents) really enjoy it too!
Louis Mountbatten who was a British aristocrat loved the Maria Nikolaevna who was his cousin. However, she was killed by Bolshevik.
This has got to be the coolest timeline of the American Revolution that I've ever seen.
Good King Henri IV - 10 Facial Reconstructions of Famous Historical Figures | Mental Floss
February 15, 1925: Sled Dogs bring diptheria serum to Nome. An outbreak of diptheria in Nome, Alaska, would have had dire consequences had it not been for the dog sled teams bringing the antitoxin. In all, 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs participated, but Balto -- seen here with musher Gunna Kaasen -- led the final lap and received most of the credit. He became the second most famous dog of the era. (In popularity, nobody could beat Rin Tin Tin.)
List of Epic Queens (part 1/3): Hatshepsut / Nefertiti/ Artemisia of Caria/ Cleopatra VII/ Livia Augusta/ Agrippina Minor/ Boudica
Sisters in Charity Mother Teresa and Diana – both active champions for human rights – met on June 18, 1997, at the Missionaries of Charity in the south Bronx. "Diana is my daughter," the nun often said.
George Junius Stinney, Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was, at age 14, the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.[
The Prince of Wales Crown. When King Edward VIII abdicated to marry divorcee and socialite Wallis Simpson in 1937, he took the Prince of Wales Crown with him. It returned to the jewel house at The Tower of London on his death in 1972
Early 1950s revival of Confederate flag hit roadblock at US Capitol t.co/JDrCX5coLn via @NYTArchives t.co/A0czxxD6lk
Dr. Reuben Samuel, step-father of Frank and Jesse James, was arrested and tortured in May of 1863 by Federal soldiers seeking to locate Frank, who had joined Quantrill's Raiders, a major guerrilla force in Missouri. Dr. Samuel was hung by his neck, resulting in permanent brain damage, and his 15 year old stepson Jesse was whipped - all in front of their family. Jesse would later join Frank in his guerrilla war and would co-found the James-Younger gang after Appomattox.
The crumbling Astor family's Rokeby mansion in Barrytown, NY - laundry day.
Traffic jams during the Woodstock festival, 1969. t.co/7pckrZ9TGu
The headstone of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, inside the boundaries of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Indiana.
Wyatt Erp, Teddy Roosevelt, Doc Holiday, Butch Cassidy, Judge Roy Bean.... 'The most unique picture ever taken'
The 1297 version of Magna Carta, one of four originals of the document. Owned by David Mark Rubenstein, on loan to the US National Archives and Records Administration. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Lillian Lorraine, 1909 (1892-1955). Best known for her beauty and for being perhaps the most famous Ziegfeld Girl in the Broadway revues Ziegfeld Follies during the 1910s. Became celebrated for introducing the song, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon".
Egyptian Turquoise Glass Inlay of Akhenaten, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1353-1336 BC
Boston, 1963, a woman wearing a long pin for protection against the Boston strangler.
place where King Richard III's remains were found. A car park behind the municipal health building.
THE LAST LOVE OF HENRY IV ~ Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency had got an amazing destiny. She was 14 years old when a 54-year old Henry fell in love with her.Henry made her Princess of Condé by her marriage to Henry de Bourbon who immediately escaped with her after the wedding. Henry tried to kidnap a girl and after the attempt failed decided to start a war against her husband. Only his death stopped the story but the most interesting part of Marguerite's life began.
Shrapnel damage to the Statue of Liberty after the Black Tom Island explosion.
February 16, 1967. Lady Bird Johnson and Mary Lasker accept on behalf of their beautification program a surprise donation of flower seeds to be used in Washington, DC school grounds, in a presentation at the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden of the White House. That’s one classy wheelbarrow!
Bob Hope and Betty Ford do a few steps to warm up during preparations for the State Dinner held in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on July 7, 1976. Hope was featured during the entertainment portion of the evening. -from the Ford Library
Arm Reliquary of Charlemagne - The bones of Charlemagne's right forearm are contained in this arresting reliquary made in 1481 AD. Aachen Cathedral treasury - Germany World Heritage site
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