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The Berlin Wall along Bermauerstrasse October 1962.

Berlin is partitioned

A photograph showing a traditional BBC microphone used for radio and TV broadcasts

BBC Broadcast first experimental TV programme

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Allies raid Dieppe

A tennis racket and tennis ball resting on the floor of a hard court

Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American on U.S. tennis tour

Night view of the King Hussein Bin Talal Mosque in Amman, Jordan

Hussein accedes to the Jordanian throne

A wide angle shot of the destruction of buildings as a result of a hurricane

Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

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New Zealand first in women’s vote

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Hawaii becomes the 50th State

Gold rush miners with gold in a pan

Gold is discovered in the Yukon

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Masset in 2010

First televised Major League Baseball game is broadcast

Ruins of Nagasaki after atomic bombing

Emperor Hirohito announces Japan’s unconditional surrender

Modern photo of Krakatau erupting

Krakatau erupts

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John Lennon sees a UFO

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It's Lighthouse Day

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Ian Botham 'just couldn‘t quite get his leg over' during test match

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Mt. Vesuvius erupts

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Michael Knighton tries to purchase Man United for £20 million

Roman Polanski

Manson cult kills five in Roman Polanski’s home

T-Rex skeleton in a museum

Skeleton of the largest ever Tyrannosaurus Rex is discovered

Sacco and Vanzetti

Sacco and Vanzetti are executed

Graffiti on the wall saying 'Peace in Vietnam now'

Protests and riots rock the Democratic National Convention in Chicago

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Princess Diana dies

Smithsonian Castle in Washington

The Smithsonian Institution is created

Super full moon with dark background. Madrid, Spain, Europe. Horizontal Photography.

The Great Moon Hoax begins

Bronze memorial statue of Thurgood Marshall

The first African American becomes a Supreme Court justice

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World War I

Washington, DC. USA, 1990 Former President Richard Milhous Nixon. Along with Congressman David Dreier

U.S. President Nixon resigns

Wrecked museum in Hiroshima

U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima