Caged African child in the Congo, 1955.
At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had began their invasion of the Soviet Union.It was taken by Komsomolskaya Pravda, editor in chief.He was ordered to destroy it, but instead saved it. June 22, 1941.
A scene from the Prague spring, 1968.
Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 1973.
German soldiers having a snowball fight in a train yard while awaiting deployment, France, 1944. (original color).
Statue of David by Michelangelo, encased in bricks to prevent damage from bombs, during WWII.
A woman alone among the devastation of the city of Dresden, Germany, 1945.
German soldier diving out of the way of an exploding shell on the western front of WW1 circa 1917.
Last public execution by guillotine, France 1939.
A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on a beach at Rimini, Italy, 1957.
Amy Winehouse in stripy sweatshirt at home as a youngster.
Amelia Earhart on the top of the roof of the Hyde Park Hotel in London, getting a view; 1928.
Alice Ramsey, a 22-year-old woman who made history by becoming the first woman to drive across America from coast to coast in 1909.
Alice Cooper with the family (1988).
Alfred Hitchcock meets Leo the Lion (1957).
On this day in 1876, the first discernible speech was transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summoned his assistant, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.” Bell had received a comprehensive telephone patent just three days before.
Albert Einstein at the age of three in 1882.
Alain Delon meets some curious pigeons in Venice (1962).
Here’s baby Al Pacino in a family photo from 1940.
Adam West dressed as Batman for the filming of a road safety ad for children, 1967.
