This day in history is the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

According to the Islamic creed, Muhammad was the last prophet and Messenger of Allah to whom the Holy Scripture, the Quran, was revealed. It is difficult to underestimate the role of Muhammad in the formation of Islam and the Muslim community. But on June 8, 632, Muhammad died at the age of 62.

Women's basketball team, 1900. It is noteworthy that they played in dresses with long sleeves and wore corsets.

Meet Martha Gellhorn, the only girl who landed in Normandy with 150 thousand Allied soldiers.

Marta is a journalist. Her official request was rejected, but the girl hid in the toilet, disguised herself as a porter and still filmed the report.

Cindy Crawford and Shaquille O'Neal, 1990s.

Rome, Italy, 1960s

Eve Eden is a British actress of the 1960s.

1967. The last official duel in France. Marseille Mayor Gaston Deffer (facing us) and Socialist Party presidential candidate Rene Ribier met on swords. The reason for the duel was Deffer's remark during Ribiera's speech: Taisez-vous, abruti! (Shut up, you fool!) Deffer refused to apologize and then Ribier challenged him to a duel.

The next day, the presidential candidate was to have a wedding and the mayor of Marseille promised to spoil his wedding night. And so it happened. 57-year-old Deffer wounded Riviera twice with a sword, after which the duel was stopped.

Korean refugees leave North Korea, overcoming a bridge mangled as a result of an air strike, 1950.

During the Second World War, the ladies showed their best side.

They stood behind the machines, worked in three shifts and replaced the men who went to war. This photo shows female firefighters in Britain who saved many buildings during the bombing. But this is just one example.

Berlin residents are looking for food in the ruins, 1945

Chevrolet Corvette 1959.

The Hindenburg airship flies over Berlin during the Olympic Games, 1936

Horses as barricades. The Spanish Civil War. Barcelona, 1936

Vikki Dugan is an American model and Playboy star, born in 1957.

On December 24, 1865, the ultra-right organization Ku Klux Klan was created in the United States.

The Boeing 737 crash in Chicago. 45 people were killed — this is the very first Boeing 737 disaster.

December 8, 1972

Clothes made of money, hyperinflation in Germany, 1923.

Donna Michelle is an American model, actress and photographer, born in 1993.

Darwin, before the wedding, compiled lists of "pros" and "cons" of marriage.

The "for" list included "permanent companion" and "better than a dog." The list of "cons" included "I will have to visit relatives" and "less money to buy books."

Chaste advertising of the Victoria's Secret underwear brand in 1979

In 1976, the joker edited the famous inscription on the hill in honor of the fact that California allowed the relaxation of the law on marijuana, the new meaning of the inscription "Holy Grass".