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Red Cross nurses of the Mobile Unit at the Grovelands Hospital Grounds at Southgate keep fit in their spare time by organizing football games etc, World War II, UK, 1st November 1939 [461x594]

u/UrbanAchievers6371 — 14 hours ago
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Thathánka Hoksila (aka Buffalo Boy, aka Conrad Buffalo Boy), on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota & South Dakota- Hunkpapa Lakota, (1911)

u/Wooden_Coffee_9482 — 19 hours ago
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U.S Vice President Richard Nixon, alongside a Royal Afghan Air Force officer, reviews the Royal Afghan Army’s honour guard upon arrival in Kabul, 1951. (1134x716)

u/Dismal_Score_4648 — 2 days ago
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Christmas Island, operation grapple. Uk navy testing of h-bombs (1956)

A picture my grandad took while serving in the navy. He witnessed 3 h-bombs.

u/KomandrKoala — 1 day ago
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The Congo state (controlled by Belgian settlers) allowed the companies to maneuver almost entirely freely, which resulted in various atrocities, including the amputation of hands as punishment for those who refused to collect rubber. (1890)

u/Igennem — 3 days ago
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Christopher Columbus DNA study suggests explorer may have had spanish noble origins Instead of Italian. Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid recently carried out DNA analysis connected to people believed to be descendants of Columbus.

The idea that Columbus came from Genoa mainly comes from his 1498 will. In that document, Genoa is mentioned as his birthplace. For many historians, this became the strongest argument supporting the Italian origin theory.

Christopher Columbus has been connected with Genoa, Italy, for centuries. Most history books describe him as the son of a simple family from the Genoese Republic. Later, he became one of the most famous explorers in history.

But a new study from Spain is once again raising doubts about that story.

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u/ua-stena — 3 days ago
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Charles Alexander Eastman (born Hakadah later named Ohiyesa) (1897) was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs" in the early 20th century

u/Wooden_Coffee_9482 — 3 days ago
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Photograph of Lavrentiy Beria holding Stalin’s daughter in his arms, with Stalin and Lakoba in the background. Beria is known for having been a sexual predator while leading the NKVD, Caucasus (1931)

u/Visible-Safety2400 — 3 days ago