First Lady Florence Harding plants a southern magnolia tree northeast of the entrance to the original 1902 East Wing on March 29, 1922. The tree was replanted in 1947 and redesignated as a commemorative tree for President Harding. It was chopped down without notice sometime in Sept 2025. [1300x1042]
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Putin! Stop! Come back here or I’ll be forced to draft a strongly worded condemnation!, 2014.
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My parents 9 +/- months before I was born. (around) May 1981
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Winston Churchill perched on the remnants of Hitler's chair in 1945. [971 x 768]
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The moment Bill Clinton heard the news of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, 1995. [320 x 388]
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'Alcohol kills more men than war and kills them all dishonorably' — American anti-alcohol flyer, ca. 1932.
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The evolution of British postal uniforms, from 1840 (left) to 1940 (right) [1024 x 764]
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Castello di Montegiove was established in the 13th century in Umbria, Italy. It lies at 627 meters above sea-level, on the border between the old city states of Orvieto and Perugia. The castle, known as La Scarzuola, continues to operate privately as a family farm and tourist site.
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German troops showing American and British POWs a mass grave where Polish officers murdered by Soviets were buried in 1940 during Katyn Massacre, May 1943 (875×1266)
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Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944), Russian photographer who pioneered color photography.
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This day in 1994, Hamas committed what was then the most deadly suicide bombing in Israel's history. The Dizengoff Street bus bombing in Tel Aviv which has murdered 22 and injured 104 more. (1994)
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''WHY MUST WE FREE THE FALKLANDS?'' - anti-British cartoon (''The Ohio State Lantern'') made by American cartoonist John Backderf during the Falklands War, April 14, 1982
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Japanese soldiers waiting in line outside a "comfort station". Occupied China, late 1930s-early 1940s. [800x574]
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Left-wing Iranian students celebrate the victory of the Islamic Revolution with a picture of Ayatollah Khomenei. Iran, c.1979 [986 × 1034]
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In 1939, 18-year-old Philip met 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth at the Royal Navy College in Dartmouth. Philip, then a cadet, had been assigned to escort the Royal Family during their visit. It was the first time he and Elizabeth spent time together one-on-one. (1712x1716)
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Comet over Stonehenge last night. Pic by Nigel Bailey.
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"—Dad, why are they beating that Black? —Because he is a Red!" (1979). Artist: Viktor Anatolyevich Travin
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On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Navy Vice-Admiral Vasily Arkhipov, refused to agree to fire a nuclear torpedo at a U.S. Navy warship, avoiding certain nuclear warfare between the two superpowers.[764x1018]
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