"Thank God for IEDs" -- During the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Westboro Baptist Church gained infamy for protesting at the funerals of fallen service members. Here they are on Memorial Day, 2006, when roughly two American troops were being killed in action overseas every day.

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NYU students in their dorm room witness people jumping from the World Trade Center moments before the second plane hits on 9/11.

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The cover of TIME Magazine for September 14, 2001 -- published with a black border.

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Spain’s 9/11 -- On March 11, 2004, nearly 200 people were killed during Madrid’s morning rush hour when terrorists bombed several commuter trains in revenge against Spain’s support for the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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U.S. President Bill Clinton praises a 22-year-old Abdul El-Sayed after his University of Michigan commencement speech -- “I wish every person in the world who believes we are fated to have a clash of civilizations and cannot reach across the religious divides could have heard you speak today.”

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Zohran Says Abdul El-Sayed Is Not A 'Mini-Mamdani' -- "He Can Lift A Lot More Than I Can"

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People in Lansing, Michigan protesting in coordination with global protests against the Iraq War on February 15, 2003 (along with some counter-protesters in support of the war, too).

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An anti-Bicentennial protester holds up a poster of Che Guevara at the 200th anniversary commemoration for the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. April 19, 1975 [950x1450]

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Americans talking about what the country’s upcoming Bicentennial in 1976 means to them, interviewed by the U.S. National Park Service for a film called “The Birthday Party”.

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GOP nominee for N.Y. governor likens House candidate Brad Lander to Nazi camp guard -- Bruce Blakeman later said Lander would have been a “collaborator” with the Nazis.

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President George W. Bush discusses the debate over secret wiretapping and surveillance in 2006: “I can't explain to you how it works...without telling the enemy what we're doing”

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