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Zhang Xueliang, the last surviving Chinese warlord, with his wife in Hawaii, 1990s. In 1936 he became notorious for kidnapping Chiang-Kai-Shek & forcing him to ally with the Chinese communists against the Japanese. He was later imprisoned by Chiang for over 50 years & died in 2001 at 100 (1349×1048)

Turkish comic mocking Italy – 1939

A prison guard holds an iced drink as he watches inmates pick cotton at the Cummins Unit prison farm, the site of a former slave plantation, in Grady, Arkansas. As of 2001, inmates there harvest corn, cotton, and rice from the fields and are supervised by prison guards on horses, 1975 .

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Exactly 50 years ago, Manson Family member Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Ford in Sacramento, CA (September 5, 1975). This Newsweek cover shows her moments after her gun failed to fire.

Interesting to now know what actually happened. LIFE, 1940.

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