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On this day in 1976, Israeli commandos freed 102 hostages at Entebbe in 90 minutes. The sole Israeli commando killed was Yonatan Netanyahu, shot by a Ugandan soldier during the withdrawal. His younger brother Benjamin later said it was the event that defined his entire political life.

Trujillo, the Dominican dictator responsible for 50,000 deaths, told his henchmen he had two problems left: the Catholic Church and the Mirabal Sisters. Three of the Mirabal sisters were strangled on a mountain road and pushed off a cliff in their car. Six months later, he was dead.

Patria, Minerva and María Teresa had already survived imprisonment and Trujillo's personal vendetta against Minerva after she rejected his advances. Their murders backfired spectacularly. The full story

u/GlitterDanger — 1 day ago

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"Aid from the Padre," was taken by Venezuelan photojournalist Héctor Rondón Lovera in 1962.It depicts Navy chaplain Luis María Padilla comforting a soldier who was fatally wounded by sniper fire during the "El Porteñazo" military uprising in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.

u/CarkWithaM — 3 days ago

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On this day in 1987, Klaus Barbie (the Gestapo chief who tortured the French Resistance) was finally sentenced to life in prison. By then he'd already spent years in Bolivia advising dictators, helping plan a cocaine coup, and cutting a deal with Pablo Escobar.

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u/dannydutch1 — 2 days ago

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A dead Italian soldier holding a photograph of his child, north Africa, WWII.

u/onwhatcharges — 3 days ago

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The Leipzig Burgomaster’s family, photographed by Margaret Bourke-White and Lee Miller.(1945). Bourke-White's pictures are on the left, and Miller's on the right.

u/onwhatcharges — 5 days ago

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This image is titled "Tony," taken in 2008 by photographer Claire Martin as part of her series on Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Tony was addicted to heroin for approximately 25 years and had contracted AIDS.

u/GlitterDanger — 5 days ago

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In 1973, J. Paul Getty's grandson was kidnapped and tortured for months while the world's richest man refused to pay. Only after his captors mailed the boy's severed ear did Getty agree to pay $2.2m (the amount his accountants said was tax-deductible) and lent the rest to his own son at 4% interest.

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u/dannydutch1 — 6 days ago

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Wild West train robber Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum on the gallows. He was the only person hanged in the history of Union County, New Mexico Territory, the executioners were inexperienced and used too long a rope, which caused his head to be ripped off when he dropped. 26 April 1901

u/dannydutch1 — 8 days ago

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On this day in 1916, British diplomat Sir Roger Casement was sentenced to death for his part in the Irish Easter Rising. Once knighted for exposing colonial atrocities in the Congo, he was hanged at Pentonville Prison on August 3. He said only one word before he died: "Ireland."

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u/dannydutch1 — 7 days ago

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Two 13-year-old boys exposed to smallpox from the same source on the same day, highlighting the dramatic real-world efficacy of early immunization. Taken in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner at the Leicester Isolation Hospital in the UK

The Unvaccinated Boy (Left): This child did not receive the vaccine. He is shown in the severe, fully pustular stage of classic smallpox, with dense, deep-seated, painful lesions covering his face and limbs.

The Vaccinated Boy (Right): This child was vaccinated in infancy. While he was exposed to the exact same viral load, his immune system rapidly neutralized the threat; he developed only a couple of minor spots that aborted and quickly scabbed over, leaving him entirely unscarred.

u/GlitterDanger — 12 days ago

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The ABC’s Monday Conference visited Mount Isa, Queensland in 1976 where locals were keen to have their say on the topic of gay liberation. Homosexuality was still illegal in most parts of Australia, and pioneering LGBTQ+ activist Lex Watson faced questions from both supporters and detractors.

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u/ExtremeInsert — 13 days ago

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Sharon Tate showing off the baby clothing she had bought during a visit to London in July 1969. She was murdered 20 days later. Photograph by Terry O'Neill

u/EaterofGrief — 14 days ago

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Marilyn Monroe smiling for fans as she leaves the hospital after having a miscarriage. According to her husband, as soon as the car pulled away she broke down in tears.

u/Big_Meal3910 — 12 days ago

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Alexei Makuha, a non-commissioned officer in the 148 th Infantry Regiment Caspian. He was captured and tortured by the Austrians. After Makuha refused to answer the questions of the Austrian officers, they mutilated his tongue. Alexei Makuha was awarded 4 Crosses of St. George

u/ExtremeInsert — 11 days ago

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This medical image shows a victim at the Hiroshima First Army Hospital around August 15, 1945, captured by Gonichi Kimura. The atomic bomb's intense thermal radiation permanently seared the dark patterns of her kimono directly into her skin, leaving an indelible record of the nuclear blast.

Dark fabric absorbed the millions-of-degrees thermal energy, burning her flesh, while lighter fabric reflected the heat rays. This occurred 4,160 meters from the hypocenter.

u/WithoutPrinciples — 12 days ago

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This 1930 photo shows Italian explorer Attilio Gatti with two Congolese guides and a mountain gorilla they shot in the Belgian Congo. Gatti secured a scientific permit for the hunt, using the specimen for academic study and this image as a promotional trophy for his safari books and lectures.

u/ExtremeInsert — 12 days ago