Elvis Presley, December 1958

The murder of a Vietnamese by the chief of the Saigon police, 1968

A photograph taken by Emmy Adams in 1968, in which an officer shoots a handcuffed prisoner in the head, not only won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1969, but also changed the Americans' perception of the Vietnam War in a not very pleasant way.

The world saw the atrocities, but in fact the prisoner was the leader of the "avengers" squad, who killed several dozen civilians on that very day. But few people know about this, and the shooter, General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, became an odious villain who was insulted in every possible way, poisoned and eventually died in poverty.

The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, once sent his jacket to the dry cleaners, forgetting in his pocket a cheat sheet with the codes for launching nuclear weapons.

The girl returns from the Woodstock Festival in 1969.

The photo shows the first grade of a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland.

On March 13, 1996, these guys had a regular physical education lesson when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton broke in and opened fire on them with pistols, killing 16 children and one teacher.

After that, the man safely shot himself, going down in history as the first and only school shooter in the history of Great Britain.

This day in history is presented by Apple iPhone.

On June 29, 2007, the world was divided into "before" and "after". Steve Jobs has completely changed the mobile device market, which has been living according to the laws he created for all these 15 years.

Angelina Jolie's mother is Marcheline Bertrand, 1970s.

Selfies in the 1920s

May Musk as a young man (Elon Musk's mother), 1964

Victorian women who never cut their hair, 1885.

Someone wrote to me about my mistake, but for some reason deleted the message =) that's right, the iPhone was presented in January, and sales began in June.

Somewhere on the beaches of Iran before the Islamic Revolution.

A rally against the Vietnam War. USA, 1967

Ornella Muti, 1970-e. Italian film actress.

Checking the strength of the car, 1930

The elephant Tai was caught in Zimbabwe and transported to the United States to work in a circus. In 1994, after 20 years of captivity and torture, Tai's patience reached its limit in Honolulu, where she broke through the barriers of the ring and quickly headed for the exit. She chased clowns and trainers, overturned cars and then broke out into the streets to escape from slavery.

The police shot her 86 times before she died. She was dying for 2 hours.

The next time they tell you that animals like to work in circuses - remember this photo, how much panic, pain and impotence there is in those eyes.

One of the main myths about knights is their clumsiness.

The armor of the Late Middle Ages was really heavy. But 20-30 kilograms, and even distributed throughout the body, is a fluff that any modern soldier will confirm. Moreover, the armor was adjusted according to the anatomy and they bent perfectly wherever needed. In general, the knight could run safely. The exception is tournament armor. They were made harder so that no one, God forbid, would be killed. But they also jogged around calmly.

Salma Hayek is a Mexican-American actress, director, producer. She is the first Mexican woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The self-styled Reverend Father Yod with his wives, 1970s.

His Los Angeles commune of the 70s turned sex, drugs and rock and roll into a brilliant religious formation.

Cats prepare for a space flight at the Space Research Laboratory, Paris, 1963.

Execution of civilians by Japanese soldiers in the city of Nanjing. The War for Shanghai, 1937.

The violence continued for six weeks, starting on the day the Japanese took over the city. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army killed, according to various estimates, from 40 thousand to more than 500 thousand Chinese civilians and soldiers, and committed many rapes and acts of looting.