Picture Of The Day
Picture of the Day
On June 6, 1944, 79 years ago to the day at 06:30 French time, soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy. The unique amphibious landing craft,…
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Picture Of The Day
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A German soldier rubs down massive shells for the 38 cm “Langer Max” rapid firing railroad gun, ca. 1918. The 38 cm SK L/45 “Max”, also…
Picture Of The Day
Picture of the Day
Before NASA sent a man to space, they decided to send a chimp first. And on January 31, 1961, a chimp named Ham received the dubious…
Picture Of The Day
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A crew member of a U.S. Navy PT boat, just off the New Guinea coast in July 1943, mans a Mark 17 manually operated scarf-ring turret…
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“Breaker boys,” most 8–12, who worked 60-hour weeks breaking coal when child labor was permitted A breaker boy was a young coal-mining worker in the 19th…
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Pubic wigs (called Merkins) were worn by prostitutes as early as the 1450s. The reason for this accessory was that pubic hair was considered popular and…
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The last image of Franz Reichelt, an Austrian-born French tailor who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable…
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Before days of modern medicine, many feared being buried alive. As a result, safety coffins were invented in case the living were mispronounced dead. A string…
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List of Jewish populations by country used at the Wannsee Conference attended by Nazi Party and government officials in January 1942 In preparation for the conference,…
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Oskar Schindler welcomed by hundreds of holocaust survivors in Jerusalem, 1962. Initially, Schindler was mostly interested in the money-making potential of the business and hired Jews…