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Thanks! I didn't even see the other one yetWe're a few months away from voting on thread of the year just yet. But this and its sister page could be contenders.
Photos From History Thread
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We're a few months away from voting on thread of the year just yet. But this and its sister page could be contenders.
Both great threads, but is there a hint of self-promotion there?
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Germany 3-6 England
14th May, 1938
The England team join the hosts in giving a Nazi salute during the pre-match national anthems.
Germany 1-1 Ireland
23rd May 1939
The Ireland team do the same thing a year later. This game was also controversial due to how Irish partition affected the national team; the Free State's FAI and Northern Ireland's IFA were often in dispute about team selection.
14th May, 1938
The England team join the hosts in giving a Nazi salute during the pre-match national anthems.
Germany 1-1 Ireland
23rd May 1939
The Ireland team do the same thing a year later. This game was also controversial due to how Irish partition affected the national team; the Free State's FAI and Northern Ireland's IFA were often in dispute about team selection.
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Now that's awesome! 
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Earthrise, 24th December 1968
Taken by William Anders of the Apollo 8 mission; the first to orbit the moon.
The Blue Marble, 7th December 1972
Taken by the Apollo 17 crew from a distance of about 30,000mi / 45,000km. This is the original photograph, with the south pole at the top of the image. All future reproductions orientate it to show the south pole at the bottom, as is conventional for human society.
Pale Blue Dot, 14th February 1990
The famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away (6 billion kilometres). Also the source of a very famous Carl Sagan monologue:
"From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity – in all this vastness – there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known, so far, to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."
Taken by William Anders of the Apollo 8 mission; the first to orbit the moon.
The Blue Marble, 7th December 1972
Taken by the Apollo 17 crew from a distance of about 30,000mi / 45,000km. This is the original photograph, with the south pole at the top of the image. All future reproductions orientate it to show the south pole at the bottom, as is conventional for human society.
Pale Blue Dot, 14th February 1990
The famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away (6 billion kilometres). Also the source of a very famous Carl Sagan monologue:
"From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity – in all this vastness – there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known, so far, to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."
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After landing on Venus on 1 March 1982, Venera 13 beamed back the only colour images from a surface lander on Venus:
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Maurice Tillet
1903-1954
1930s and 1940s French professional wrestler on whom Shrek is physically based. His striking appearance was due to acromegaly, the same pituitary condition which would also affect his latterly more famous wrestling compatriot Andre The Giant.
1903-1954
1930s and 1940s French professional wrestler on whom Shrek is physically based. His striking appearance was due to acromegaly, the same pituitary condition which would also affect his latterly more famous wrestling compatriot Andre The Giant.
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More random photos from history:
One of (some sources say the first) soup kitchen in Chicago opened just after the Depression hit, owned by Al Capone, in an attempt to clean up his image:
When a plane landed on the wrong aircraft carrier, it was tradition to graffiti it before the plane was sent back:
Neil Armstrong at home:
Elvis in the U.S. Army:
Hitler's baby picture:
One of (some sources say the first) soup kitchen in Chicago opened just after the Depression hit, owned by Al Capone, in an attempt to clean up his image:
When a plane landed on the wrong aircraft carrier, it was tradition to graffiti it before the plane was sent back:
Neil Armstrong at home:
Elvis in the U.S. Army:
Hitler's baby picture:
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Neil's pizza looks great. Hmm...
Ok, I'm off to get a Screaming Sicilian.
Ok, I'm off to get a Screaming Sicilian.
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Adolf Hitler Visiting His Parents' Grave
Leonding, Greater Germany, 1938
The stone was later removed.
The Surviving Officers Of The RMS Titanic
Fifth Officer, Sub-Lieutenant Harold Lowe; Second Officer Sub-Lieutenant Charles Lightoller; Fourth Officer Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Boxhall; Third Officer Herbert Pitman (seated, not a member of the Royal Navy Reserve);
The most junior officer, Sixth Officer James Moody (not a member of the RNR), drowned along with the three most senior officers; First Officer Lieutenant William Murdoch; Chief Officer Lieutenant Henry Wilde; and the Captain, Commander Edward Smith.
They perished along with 1,510 others. In total, 123 first class passengers, 167 second class passengers, 528 third class passengers and 696 members of the crew died in the sinking.
Leonding, Greater Germany, 1938
The stone was later removed.
The Surviving Officers Of The RMS Titanic
Fifth Officer, Sub-Lieutenant Harold Lowe; Second Officer Sub-Lieutenant Charles Lightoller; Fourth Officer Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Boxhall; Third Officer Herbert Pitman (seated, not a member of the Royal Navy Reserve);
The most junior officer, Sixth Officer James Moody (not a member of the RNR), drowned along with the three most senior officers; First Officer Lieutenant William Murdoch; Chief Officer Lieutenant Henry Wilde; and the Captain, Commander Edward Smith.
They perished along with 1,510 others. In total, 123 first class passengers, 167 second class passengers, 528 third class passengers and 696 members of the crew died in the sinking.
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All a bit on the small side i'm afraid. Famous landmarks under construction:
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Nice selection of semi-erections you've got there 👍
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August 6, 1945 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Loading "Little Boy" into the bomb bay of the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"
The mushroom cloud from the air
Mushroom cloud approx 30 min after detonation, taken from approx. 10km from ground zero
Before
After
Loading "Little Boy" into the bomb bay of the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"
The mushroom cloud from the air
Mushroom cloud approx 30 min after detonation, taken from approx. 10km from ground zero
Before
After
