Historical images - Images that made history

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Last photo ever taken of Chairman Mao:

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If you hadn't given context to the photo, I would have assumed that was Mitch McConnell.

And here's a WWII-era war dog:

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

Churchill with his grandson:

 

[Meat Target]

June 4, 1974: the Cleveland Indians have a 10 Cent Beer Night.

Spoiler: The result

The Indians had to forfeit.

Now you know why booze is so expensive at public events.

 

[CIS White Droid]

Man and his dog with matching hats early 1930′s, Maine.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Not sure if it's real but Chinese Delegation at San Diego Zoo in the 1980's

 

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An old school photo of the late Pee-Wee Herman’s magazine clip out of his Pee-Wee Herman Show before he made the Playhouse what it is known today:

 

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Plenary meeting of the Landtag, the state parliament of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern at Bebenhausen Monastery.

After WWII, the Republic of Baden and the Free People's State of Württemberg were split into the short-lived states of Baden, Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. Those states existed from 1947 to 1952, when they were merged into the modern state of Baden-Württemberg.

 

[Weltraumfürst]

Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the German Republic.

On November 9th, 1918 and amidst heavy protests, the German chancellor Max von Baden declared that the Kaiser had abdicated (without the Kaiser's consent) and stepped down in favor of Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). During lunch that day, Scheidemann, also a member of the SPD and part of the government, learned that the communist leader Karl Liebknecht was planning to use the chaos to proclaim a Soviet Republic. To beat the socialists to it, Scheidemann rushed to the window and proclaimed the Kaiser's abdication and the formation of the German Republic to the crowd.

 

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[Meat Target]

Layton and Johnstone, a black musician duo from the 1920's and 1930's. They've regained some notoriety in recent years, when their work was sampled in Leyland Kirby's Everywhere at the End of Time album, which became a viral TikTok meme.

 

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[Weltraumfürst]

Last picture ever taken of Otto von Bismarck.

Otto von Bismarck, the infamous Iron Chancellor and the man chiefly responsible for the creation of the German Empire, died on July 30th, 1898. Human trash that they are, two journalists who got wind of the former chancellor's death, broke into his bedroom, adjusted the position of the pillow so his head was better visible, then took a photograph of the body.

The two photographers, Willy Wilcke and Max Christian Priester, were later arrested and sent to prison for trespassing.

Spoiler: A dead body

 

[Turk on the lurk]

Today is the 24th anniversary of 1999 Marmara Earthquake.

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

Churchill greeted by soldiers:

 

[Foltest]

Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the German Republic.

On November 9th, 1918 and amidst heavy protests, the German chancellor Max von Baden declared that the Kaiser had abdicated (without the Kaiser's consent) and stepped down in favor of Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). During lunch that day, Scheidemann, also a member of the SPD and part of the government, learned that the communist leader Karl Liebknecht was planning to use the chaos to proclaim a Soviet Republic. To beat the socialists to it, Scheidemann rushed to the window and proclaimed the Kaiser's abdication and the formation of the German Republic to the crowd.

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I remember reading that Ebert was fucking furious over it.
Ebert wanted to have the assembly to vote on what form of goverment they were going to have.
He said "You have no right to proclaim the Republic!" to him.

 

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Jack, a British Airedale Terrier who, during WW1, ran through half a mile of gunfire to deliver a message attached to his collar. Though he later succumbed to his wounds, he saved his entire battalion.

 

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Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the 1984 NBA Finals Game 5

The Johnson-Bird rivalry is considered to be the fiercest one in NBA history as the two men have been playing against each other since their college years, before they even went pro. Both players also dominated the 1980’s with almost every championship in the decade either going to the Celtics or the Lakers.

 

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St. Paisios completing his training before deploying as a radio operator in the Greek Civil War (Late 1940's)

 

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Jim Rice saving the life of a young boy that got hit in the head by a foul ball.


Jim Carrey meet Stephen Hawking.


Babe Ruth breaking segregation laws to pose with African American fans.

 

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I remember reading that Ebert was fucking furious over it.
Ebert wanted to have the assembly to vote on what form of goverment they were going to have.
He said "You have no right to proclaim the Republic!" to him.

If that's true I've never heard of it, I'd love a source.

Edit: I did some cursory reading and, apparently, Ebert first wanted to keep the Kaiser on the throne. If that's true I could see him being upset with Scheidemann.