A prisoner in a French prison, 1900s. The moustache was tattooed in protest against the administration.

Brooke Shields is an American film and television actress, model, born in 1965

A glass of beer?
Belgium, 1971.

In 1989, during a fight for the puck, goalkeeper Clint Malarchuk had his throat cut by an opponent's skate.

As a result, the jugular vein was damaged and blood flowed like a stream onto the ice. From this spectacle, 11 spectators lost consciousness, two had a heart attack, and three hockey players threw up right on the ice.

Malarchuk got up and left the site himself. "I knew my mom was watching the match on TV and I didn't want to die in front of her."

Thanks to the prompt help of a coach (a former military doctor who served in Vietnam), he remained alive and continued his sports career.

By the way, in 2008, he accidentally managed to shoot himself in the head with a gun and stayed alive again.

A girl from the Philippines at the New York Zoo. The year 1906.

In those days, human zoos were very popular.

Brigitte Bardot, Mexico, 1965.

The organizers are trying to stop Katrin Switzer, she is competing with men at the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the marathon, in 1967.

This day in history is the Suez crisis.

On July 26, 1956, the President of Egypt decided to nationalize the Suez Canal. Thereby causing huge damage to the trade of Israel and its European allies. The very next day, Great Britain and France decided on a military operation. As a result of which Egypt lost, but under pressure from the USSR and the United States seized control of the channel. However, the Sinai Peninsula came under the control of Israel.

Armenian women who fought against the government troops of the Ottoman Empire, 1895.

Hattie McDaniel - the first American black actress to win an Oscar, 1940

She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Gone With the Wind. There was a scandal during the award ceremony, then in the USA blacks had to sit separately, or rather, do many things separately from whites.

The director of the film stood up for the actress, threatening to boycott the award. Nevertheless, it was not without troubles, which is why she has such a sad look in the photo.

McDaniel starred in more than 300 films, but in most of them her name was not even mentioned in the credits.

Actress Madeleine Smith, 1970s.

Jimi Hendrix sets fire to a guitar at a festival in Monterey, USA, 1967.

Salvador Dali paints his canvas "The Face of War"

1941

Mugshot of Marilyn Monroe, who was arrested for driving without a driver's license, February 4, 1954.

Miss November 1957 of Playboy magazine.

Night New York, 1930s.

Peter Dinklage, 1987

This day in history - the First World War began.

On June 28, 1914, the heir of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was killed. This led to the July crisis and attempts to solve something peacefully. It didn't work out - on July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia has announced the protection of the country. And as a result, a complex system of alliances led to the most destructive conflict in history at that time.

This is Eugene Cernan, the man who was the last to walk on the moon. Exactly 45 years ago, on December 19, 1972, Cernan and two other crew members of Apollo 17 returned to Earth.

Sophia Loren on the beach in Cannes, 1955.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan hold a ceremony in Atlanta, USA

In the 1870s, the KKK was officially banned and went underground, but in 1915 the organization resumed its open activities. About 6 million people joined its ranks. Lynchings in the United States continued.