Historical images - Images that made history

[Rome's rightful successor]

Happy day after Halloween everybody!

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

The classic 1995 photo shot of the original cast of the famous TV sitcom, Friends

 

[Nicholas II of Russia]

The beloved Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II during a vacation in Crimea, May of 1914.

 

[shameful existence]

Albert Einstein's office on the day of his death. The photographer who took this photo allegedly bribed his way inside with a bottle of Scotch.
Some people on the Internet have tried to figure out what exactly is written on the board. It might or might not have been a part of the attempt of finding a unifying theory. It looks like he was rewriting his general relativity in a slightly different way - perhaps to explain it to a student, perhaps to check off another dead end, or for some other reason entirely.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Today marks officially 30 years since both the Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest would release their critically acclaimed and celebrated albums, Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers and Midnight Marauders, on the same day.

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

FDR and Churchill meeting for the first time:

 

[The Last Stand]

Three motorcycle officers sitting "side-saddle" in Los Angeles, circa 1927. Don't fuck with them.

 

[Road Work Ahead]

Today in 1917, the French ship, the SS Mont-Blanc collided with the Norwegian Ship, the SS Imo. The Mont-Blanc was heavily laden with mutations, the fire and subsequent explosion completely leveled a half mile radius, killing almost 2000 people.



Rail dispatcher Patrick Coleman saw the fire and set word via telegraph to stop all trains headed for Halifax. His last message was "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

US soldiers playing Xbox in Saddam Hussein's palace in 2004

 

[Monika H.]

Stalin, having just learned the Genrmans had invaded the Soviet Union.

 

[StanleyYelnats]

Here is 7 year old Drew Barrymore gifting Princess Di a plush E.T. at a screening in London. - 1982

From left : Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Steven Spielberg, and Lady Diana.

 

[The Last Stand]

US soldiers playing Xbox in Saddam Hussein's palace in 2004
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Counter Strike IRL.



Barbara Stanwyck accepting an honorary Oscar in 1982.

 

[The Last Stand]

Barbara Stanwyck being comforted by her best friend, Joan Crawford.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

A photo of a Native American woman with a headband of a swatsika on it

 

[The Last Stand]

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A photo of a Native American woman with a headband of a swatsika on it

Actress Clara Bow with an Indian swastika to wear off bad luck. 1920s.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

Going with the theme, there were several Canadian hockey teams called the swastikas.
Windsor Swastikas

Fernie Swastikas

 

[StanleyYelnats]

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The last moments of Diana, her companion, Dodi Al-Fayed, chauffeur Henri Paul, and sole survivor and bodyguard, Trevor-Reese Jones. On the left.
At 12:19 am after diner, plan was to go Dodi’s apartment and elude paparazzi, using a decoy car. But it didn’t work.
An ill fated attempt to ditch the paparazzi. They began, fleeing down through the Pont de I’Alma tunnel. At 65mph, their WI40 Mercedes Benz hit a Fiat, then proceeded into a concrete pillar.
Three photographers Jacques Langevin, Christian Martinez ,and Frabrice Chassery were convicted of invasion of privacy.
ETA clarity

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

King George V lighting a cigarette

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being awarded trophies by the Rabbi Jacob Rothschild

 

[Monika H.]

Nazi chief Reinhard Heydrich playing boxe with his son.
He even pretends he beat him. Difficult to think this goofy dad could be such a mean SOB.