This historical clash of two militant subcultures of rockers and mods became legendary soon. They literally occupied the streets of London in…
The day Sweden switched to the right side, 1967
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Sweden was the last country in continental Europe to do the right side switch. It happened on September 3, 1967. History of…
Nine European kings in one photo, May 1910
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Ironically, these nine kings will be at war (WWI) less than five years after this photo was taken. Nonetheless, there was no…
The story of Rescue at Redding, 1953
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Newspaper editors called this picture ‘Rescue at Redding’. Virginia Shaw wasn’t a professional photographer, but her image won the Pulitzer prize next…
Two drillers meet in the Eurotunnel, 1990
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Some people say that Great Britain stopped being an island after these drillers in the Eurotunnel met on December 1, 1990. This…
In 1962, Jose Meiffre set a new bicycle speed record of 204 km/h (126.76 mph). No one will explain what is happening…
In this picture, Joseph Stalin is receiving the Sword of Stalingrad during the Tehran conference in 1943. The story of the Sword…
Photo of the iceberg that sank the Titanic
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To be precise, here we have two pictures of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Those are two different icebergs; both of…
This photo was taken on April 15, 1957, at Victoria Bus Station before the first trip on the longest ever bus route…
Fiat test track on the factory roof, the 1920s
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The Fiat test track on the factory roof definitely was the coolest place on Earth for every car lover in the 1920s….