Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 28, 1914). These assassinations were a contributing factor to the start of World War I.
Bill (Clinton) & Hillary playing volleyball in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. 1975.
106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. 1990.
The first photo upon discovery of Machu Picchu, 1912.
A tornado that hit Carswell AFB on Sept 1, 1952 caused massive damage to most of the B-36 fleet.
Boing 707 doing a barrel roll. When the test pilot Tex Johnson was questioned about the stunt, he simply replied by saying – “Just selling airplanes”.
Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison. January 13, 1968.
Horten H. VII (Ho 254) flying over Göttingen, Germany. It was one of the first flying wing experiments. ~1945.
Star Wars set at lunchtime.
Howard Hughes inside of the H-4 Hercules, more widely known as the “Spruce Goose”. At the time, it was the largest airplane ever created. Photo: LIFE.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The North view of the missile launch pads. ~1960.
Times Square in New York, 1911.
Steamboats in the Mississippi river, 1907. Photo: shorpy.
Train Derailment at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France. 1895.
An old advertisement of 'twin tires'. Pretty interesting concept.
Release of Windows 95.
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Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 “Bébé” through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919.
Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960.
Construction of the Eiffel tower in July, 1888.
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named “Enola Gay” was the bomber that dropped the “Little Boy” (nuclear bomb) over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. It was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war.
Famous album cover art for The Beatles album Abbey Road, correct? Not exactly, this is them walking back in the opposite direction. See original iconic photo here.
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
Albert Einstein's matriculation certificate that he received at the age of 17, showing his final grades from the Aargau Kantonsschule (on a scale of 1-6).
Filming Star Wars inside of the iconic “Millennium Falcon” spacecraft.
The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first computer ever made. It combined, for the first time, the high speed of electronics with the ability to be programmed for many complex problems. It could add or subtract 5000 times a second, a thousand times faster than any other machine.
The unbroken seal on King Tut's Tomb.
The First Google Team in 1999.
The first Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by [a salesman] Sam Walton. It was called Walton's Five and Dime. [Source]
One of the first McDonald's restaurants open in 1948.
The moment George W. Bush was notified of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Henry Ford (the founder of Ford Motor Co.), Thomas Edison (inventor of the phonograph, motion picture camera and the practical light bulb), Warren G. Harding (29th president of USA) and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.) lounging together.
Mathias Rust's Cessna 172 that landed illegally in the Red Square on May 28, 1987. A German amateur pilot that flew from Finland to Moscow (while being tracked by the Soviet air defense as well as Soviet Jet Interceptors - which never received permission to fire).
One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler's bunker (Führerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.
Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out.
The Quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra. The only Quagga to have been photographed alive was this mare at the Zoological Society of London's Zoo in Ragent's Park in 1870.
The real boarding pass for RMS Titanic (Wiki'd link because of this).
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates chatting in 1991.
