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Groucho Marx with his brothers Zeppo, Chico and Harpo in a Paramount still from The Cocoanuts, 1929 [1000×764]

Groucho Marx died on August 19, 1977.

u/DANGEROUS-jim — 1 day ago
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Residents of Hlinsko didn't mess with the occupiers: "We'll drown you in beer" was written on the facade of the pub (During a soviet led invasion on Czechoslovakia). Source: Městské muzeum a galerie Hlinsko. Czechoslovakia - Pardubice Region, Hlinsko, 21 August 1968. Now Czech Republic ❤

u/Andrzej1963 — 1 day ago
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German air force officer allows a boy to take a drag of a cigarette, Italy, 1940-1943 [1230x905]

u/mellscastell — 1 day ago
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Jewish police in a displaced persons camp located in Germany detain an alleged Jewish concentration camp guard, otherwise known as a "kapo" circa 1945. [960 × 640]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 1 day ago
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Berlin streets decorated for the 1936 Olympics. Several countries considered boycotting the event, which was used by Nazi Germany as a major propaganda showcase; however, only Spain withdrew, planning a rival Olympics in Barcelona that was canceled after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. (1936)

u/StephenMcGannon — 1 day ago
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A soldier of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (4th Canadian Armoured Division) passing a destroyed Canadian Sherman tank in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, France. 19 August 1944 [3295 × 2480]

u/HeStoleMyBalloons — 1 day ago
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Michael Durant’s Black Hawk helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu - it was the second helicopter to be shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu, on October 3rd, 1993. [300 x 237]

u/BostonLesbian — 1 day ago
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Indonesian President Sukarno (centre, in sunglasses) being greeted by Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (centre-left) upon his arrival at Beijing Nanyuan Airport for a 14-day state visit to strengthen Sino-Indonesian diplomatic relations and attend China's National Day celebrations. (1956)

u/StephenMcGannon — 1 day ago
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Aztec Eagles 1942 [974x735]

In 1942 off the shore of Florida German subs sunk unescorted Mexican oil tankers supplying the US. Which resulted in Mexico creating Escuadron 201 also known as the “Aztec Eagles” to fight in the pacific theater. Utilizing the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers they flew over 90 combat missions.

u/user164900 — 1 day ago
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Photographer, Hugo Fisher-Ribarić captures the moment when over twenty captured German soldiers are executed by Yugoslav partisans on a hill near Rijeka, Croatia, April 20, 1945. [800 × 495]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 2 days ago
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U.S. presidential candidate and Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson giving a thumbs-up to the welcoming crowds alongside Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana. Jackson's visit to Cuba aimed to ease U.S.-Cuba relations and resulted in the release of 48 Cuban & American prisoners. (1984) [3000×2079]

u/StephenMcGannon — 1 day ago
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Australian soldiers of the 6th RAR return to base after the battle of Long Tan. August 19th, 1966 [627x422]

u/hoyarugby2 — 2 days ago
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From left to right: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, John Turner, Jean Chrétien and then Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in one photograph after a Cabinet shuffle, April 4, 1967. 3 of the 4 men in this photo would serve as the Prime Minister of Canada (All Liberals) in the future. [422x640]

u/MaroonCastle — 2 days ago
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The Leader of the later Solidarity movement Lech Wałęsa - during the strike at the Lenin (Gdańsk) Shipyard, Polish People’s Republic, on August 14th, 1980. [1920 x 1811]

u/_Tegan_Quin — 3 days ago
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Uday hussein son of iraqi president saddam hussein with his pet lions (date unknown maybe 90s(?) ) (735×572)

u/lisahanniganfan — 3 days ago