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Burning Buddhist monk, 1963

By Andrew Piper
April 23, 2017
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This photo was not photoshopped and this is not a trick, either. In 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself…

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"Operation Babylift". Babies evacuated from Vietnam, 1975

By Carol Pearson
April 23, 2017
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1975, a plane full of orphaned babies being evacuated out of Vietnam during the war. Evacuation is more known as “Operation Babylift”….

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First public video phone. New York, 1964

By James Maurer
April 23, 2017
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Bell presented Picturephone at the New York World Fair and in Disneyland California. A commercial service started in June 1964 from three…

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First known photo (daguerreotype) of human. Boulevard du Temple, Paris, 1838

By Anna Ramirez
April 23, 2017
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Boulevard du Temple, Paris, 8 in the morning. This photo was made in 1838 and it`s for now the first known photo…

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Original poster “Keep Calm and Carry On” was produced in 1939

By Andrew Piper
April 23, 2017
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Preparing  for the Second World War, in 1939 British government produced several motivation posters. This one was from a “Home Publicity” series….

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Baby gas respirators in 1940

By Anna Ramirez
April 23, 2017
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1940. The photo is from the Imperial War Museum in London. Its original caption says: “Three nurses carry babies cocooned in baby…

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First ice-cream cones

By Carol Pearson
April 23, 2017
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Before July 23, 1904, ice-cream was served at special bowls. But at the World’s Fair at St. Louis, on an extremely hot…

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Remember the roar? Metro Goldwyn Mayer lion while recording in 1926

By Carol Pearson
April 19, 2017
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Since 1916 there have been seven different lions used for the Metro Goldwyn Mayer logo. But the first roar was Jackie’s. That`s…

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