Blast from the past

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The crew of Apollo 1 rehearsing their water landing in 1966. Sadly, all three astronauts were killed on the launch pad in a fire.

 

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A crash on board an aircraft carrier sometime during World War II.

 

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This is believed to be the last picture taken of Titanic before her sinking.

 

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The ENIAC, the first computer ever built.

 

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The only photograph of a living Quagga from 1870. This species is now extinct

 

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1957 - Jayne Mansfield lounges on an inflatable raft in a swimming pool surrounded by bottles shaped like bikini-clad versions of herself, Los Angeles, California.

 

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Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975

 

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A Lone Man Refusing To Do The Nazi Salute, 1936

 

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The First Atomic Bomb, 1945

 

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Jewish Prisoners After Being Liberated From A Death Train, 1945

 

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An Exotic Dancer Demonstrates That Her Underwear Was Too Large To Have Exposed Herself, After Undercover Police Officers Arrested Her In Florida

 

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Evelyn Mchale Leapt To Her Death From The Empire State Building, 1947.

Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 ? May 1, 1947) was an American bookkeeper who committed suicide by jumping from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles subsequently gained iconic status, being referred to as "the most beautiful suicide"

 

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A World War II-era shop display promoting price controls.

 

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German Soldiers React To Footage Of Concentration Camps, 1945

 

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Loyal Citizens... Do Not Hoard....

 

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Vladimir Lenin's Last Photo. He Had Had Three Strokes At This Point And Was Completely Mute, 1923

 

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The Graves Of A Catholic Woman And Her Protestant Husband, Holland, 1888

 

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First Morning After Sweden Changed From Driving On The Left Side To Driving On The Right, 1967

 

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Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, 1934

 

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Woolworth building. Tallest in the world from 1913-1930