Historical Pics @VeryOldPics · Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 “Bébé” through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919.
Old Pics Archive @oldpicsarchive · Angela Davis and Toni Morrison taking a walk. March 28, 1974
1942, Norma Jean Baker, aged 16, marries James Dougherty. (She would soon become the actress Marilyn Monroe.)
A picture from History of Oregon by Joseph Gaston, showing the modern way of logging; the book was published in 1911.
Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio, September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was one of the most ruthless and feared Cosa Nostra mobsters in U. S. history. A founder of the American Mafia, Anastasia ran Murder, Inc. during the prewar era and was boss of the modern Gambino crime family during most of the 1950s.
Medgar Evers and Lena Horne at a desegregation rally in Jackson, Miss., 1963.
Wilhelm Gustloff, MV — Greatest ship disaster in recorded maritime history with an estimated 9,400 people were killed in the sinking
Suffragette Emmeline Pethick Lawrence on her release from Holloway Prison, London, 1908
The oldest door in Britain in Westminster Abbey -A 900-year-old door was put in place in the 1050s, during the reign of the Abbey's founder, Edward the Confessor. It makes it the only surviving Anglo Saxon door in Britain. The door, which measures 6.5ft by 4ft, was made from one tree which probably grew between AD 924 and 1030.
Nelson Mandela - This man that changed the world grew up in a tiny village and was the 1st member of his family to attend school. His father, who served as a royal counselor to tribal chiefs, died when he was 9. Mandela was adopted by the Thembu regent, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo. He was given a Christian name "Nelson" by his teacher - the name means "the son of the champion."
ClassicPics @History_Pics 1 November 1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
The Reagan Assassination Attempt~"The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on Monday, March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. "
A piece of history......Miracle on the Hudson... U.S. Airways pilot C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger became a household name overnight after he successfully landed a plane in the Hudson River. THE PLANE IS IN THE MUSEUM AT CHARLOTTE, NC...AT THE AIRPORT..WE HAVE SEEN IT AND IT STILL GIVES ME GOOSE BUMBS!!!
Aerial pictures, never seen before, of the September 11 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center - Telegraph
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