Soviet and US athletes at the opening ceremony of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, with Yugoslav athletes in between them (February 13, 1980)

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Chernobyl cleanup’Liquidators’ cleaning off debris from the roof of the Chernobyl Nuclear power station,1986. Note the streaks on the photo film due to radiation exposure.

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Lyndon B. Johnson yelling at the pilots of a nearby plane to cut their engines so that John F. Kennedy could speak as Kennedy is seen trying to calm him down. Taken during the 1960 presidential campaign in Amarillo, Texas.

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A 1934 Finnish police photo of Aarne Kauhanen. During the Continuation War, he was in charge of monitoring foreigners. Kauhanen used his position to torture refugees, especially Jews. He fled to Venezuela after the war, only to later be recognized and killed by one of his victims there .

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Crews working to remove Dale Earnhardt from his vehicle, following the fatal crash on the last turn of the 199th lap of the Daytona 500 – on February 18th, 2001. (660 x 473)

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