These assassinations were a spark to the start of World War I, Europe had been boiling for a few years already and was just waiting for a reason to start a war. His last words after being shot in the neck were to his wife, who was hit in the stomach by a stray second shot. They were: “Sophie! Sophie! Don’t die! Live for our children!“. He was asked about his condition on the way to the hospital and kept saying “It’s nothing....

While most Christmas songs prior to 1930 were of a traditional religious character, the Great Depression era of the 1930s brought a stream of songs of American origin, most of which did not explicitly reference the Christian nature of the holiday, but rather the more secular traditional Western themes and customs associated with Christmas. These included songs aimed at children such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, as well as sentimental ballad-type songs performed by famous crooners of the era, such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “White Christmas”, the latter of which remains the best-selling single of all time....

Designed with elementary school students in mind, it was all about helping folks understand the ins and outs of those classic rotary dial phones. Ever wondered how to use one of those circular dial phones? Or how to start a call and respond when someone rings you up? This booklet had the answers! It covered everything you needed to know about these vintage phones, from the basics of making a call to handling emergency situations....

These pictures show the first public exhibition of wax bullet dueling in America. The duels in question took place at Carnegie Hall in New York, with participants drawn from the Carnegie Sword and Pistol Club. The men faced off 60 feet apart, outfitted in black robes and face masks. Their regulation .44 caliber French dueling pistols were loaded with French-imported wax bullets and the novel display enjoyed a small audience....

Both Fidel and Nikita shared the same beliefs, such as communism being the best type of government rather than capitalism. During the Cold War, Cuba relied on Soviet markets and military aid. On the 27th of April, 1963, the leader of the Cuban Revolution paid his first visit to the USSR, that journey lasted for forty days. He managed to see a lot of cities and visit numerous factories, secret military bases, a nuclear submarine, walk along with Moscow without security guards, talk to the authorities and ordinary people....

After the German army invaded Greece, List was forced to return to Germany and did many job trips on Eastern Front photographing the everyday life of the occupied territories. In 1944, though part-Jewish and known as a homosexual, he was drafted into the regular military. He served as a map designer in Norway. The pictures of this set were taken on what was called the Reichskommissariat Ukraine. This area excluded several parts of present-day Ukraine and included some territories outside of its modern borders....

The horrifying images, some of which were taken as recently as 1958, show how black and Asian people were cruelly treated as exhibits that attracted millions of tourists. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Western world was desperate to see the “savage,” “primitive” people described by explorers and adventurers scouting out new lands for colonial exploitation. To feed the frenzy, thousands of indigenous individuals from Africa, Asia, and the Americas were brought to the United States and Europe, often under dubious circumstances, to be put on display in a quasi-captive life in “human zoos....

Since its establishment in 1848, it has been important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants in North America. The area has a rich and complex history, marked by immigration, discrimination and resilience. The first Chinese immigrants to San Francisco arrived during the California Gold Rush of 1848. They came seeking economic opportunity and to escape poverty and political instability in China. Many of the early immigrants were men, and they worked in the mines, on the railroads, and in other manual labor jobs....

They give another perspective on the period between 1943 and 1945 when Nazi Germany carried out a sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain. Introduced as cinematic film in 1932 and roll film in 1935, Dufaycolor is an early French and British additive color photographic film process for motion pictures and stills photography. It was based on a four-color screen photographic process invented in 1908 by Frenchman Louis Dufay. Dufaycolor worked on the same principles as the Autochrome process, but achieved its result using a slightly different method....

In 1864, 14-year-old Robert McGee and his family decided to migrate west, as was the custom of many emigrants of the day, to seek a better life on the American Frontier. The family joined a wagon train heading to Leavenworth, Kansas. Somewhere on the trail, Robert’s parents died, and he became an orphan. Once in Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, Robert applied to join the army, but he was not accepted, because he was too young....

Initially, she found recognition as a model before taking her first steps into the world of acting through her debut role in the 1984 crime film “Once Upon a Time in America.” Transitioning from her modeling career, Connelly progressively shifted her focus towards acting, gracing the silver screen with her talent and versatility in a diverse array of films. When Connelly was young, an advertising executive friend of her father suggested she audition as a model....

Official propaganda images took a backseat to vibrant, candid moments of real life. Vladimir Lagrange, who had a passion for photography from a young age, captured friends, family, and random strangers through his lens. In 1959, at just 20 years old, he started his career as a photojournalist for TASS, the country’s main news agency. Lagrange documented an entire era of Soviet life with a lyrical touch, focusing on everyday moments and steering clear of staged photos....

This photo was taken by Ken Jarecke, his quote: “If I don’t photograph this, people like my mom will think war is what they see on TV”. Below is his account regarding this picture. The image shows a burned-beyond-recognition Iraqi soldier in the front window of a destroyed truck. The sun is coming in through the back of the truck and most of the surfaces in the image are burned and just torn up, so it’s almost a black and white image although it was made on color film....

There’s a passage from an autobiography of a Second World War British bomber crew member called “In for a Penny, in for a Pound” where he describes that if they were to survive a crash but find themselves completely stuck in a burning wreck, they were instructed to stick their face in the flames and breath in. Their lungs would be incinerated from the heat, making them pass out, allowing a quicker and less painful death than being burned alive....

Three African-American teenagers: Tom Shipp, Abe Smith, and James Cameron — huddled inside their cells, charged with the murder of a white man and the rape of a white woman. Some among the thousands of people in front of the jail formed a mob. They beat down the jail doors, pulled the three youths from their cells, brutally beat them, and dragged them to a tree on the courthouse square....

The Soviet Union supported the government while the rebels found support from a variety of sources including the United States (in the context of the Cold War) and Pakistan. The conflict was a proxy war between the two superpowers, who never actually met in direct confrontation. The actual reasons why the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan are far more complicated. The Soviet Union saw itself as being nearly entirely encircled by enemies....

Bob Landry, the photographer, took many photos of Hayworth, but his favorite was an accidental one – his flash was too bright and this is mirrored in the black silhouette reflected at Hayworth’s back. However, Landry thought this added more depth and mysterious allure to the picture and submitted it to the magazine. John G. Morris in his book “Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism” remembers: One day, a Columbia Pictures press agent named Magda Maskel suggested photographing Rita Hayworth in a black lace nightgown that Maskel’s mother had made....

He has won several titles from Mr. Universe to Mr. Olympia during his bodybuilding years. He enjoyed an even massive amount of fame as an action star in Hollywood. Schwarzenegger had starred in some of the most iconic action films globally, such as Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator films. After dominating the American show business, Schwarzenegger served as the Governor of California. Born in Austria on July 30, 1947, Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is the youngest child of Aurelia and Gustav....

Britannic was originally to be called Gigantic and was to be over 1,000 feet (300 m) long. They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line’s fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in 1912. The company sought an upgrade in their fleet primarily in response to the Cunard giants but also to replace their oldest pair of passenger ships still in service, being RMS Teutonic of 1889 and RMS Majestic of 1890....

Swastikas inscribed on the plane’s body represent the number of German planes shot down (so-called kill counts). Bombs represent the number of missions flown (so-called bombing run). Crews frequently got attached to their aircraft, as they are not only flying them but continually repairing and maintaining them. Additionally, it is one of the things they were allowed to personalize. More importantly, the plane was what carried them away from death and back to the safety of their airfield....