1945: The Nuremberg Trials began in Germany, where 24 prominent Nazi leaders were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during World War II.

Two girls sharing a stool in Hollywood at Lee Drugs, 1963.

People enjoying the rare sight of a frozen Niagara Falls, 1911.

A Buddha statue in Afghanistan before its destruction. 1992.

A mother helping her son through a tough level in Super Mario Land on the Game Boy, 1989.

This is one end of the Great Wall of China

In 1933, the largest Manta Ray ever was caught, weighing over 1000lbs

A farmer's daughter reading a book while lying on an iron bedstead in her bedroom, Oklahoma, 1942.

9 European Kings in 1 photo..taken during the funeral of King Edward VII (May 1910)

An Afghan communist revolutionary dressed in traditional clothing and holding an AK-47, in Kabul in 1984

Fidel Castro - circa 1955. The dictator had a sexual appetite, according to Castro insider. reports state Castro had sex with at least two women a day. His guards would recruit women in Havana.He loved to flirt. When asked he claimed to have slept with roughly 3,500 women.

A Ford convertible with a glass bubble top photographed in Los Angeles, California in 1948. The glass tops were made by a company that produced aircraft canopies for war planes. In this photograph the glass top is being shown off by a LA Ford dealership, attaching the bubble top to a convertible.

The original Ronald McDonald, 1963.

Before rising to fame, Jimi Hendrix served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. His military career was cut short after about two years when he was discharged due to an ankle injury.

Flying from Puerto Rico to New York, 1946.

Young Brigitte Bardot visits Pablo Picasso at his studio near Cannes, 1956

Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury photographed together backstage at The Los Angeles Forum on the 8 July 1980.

In 1919, a tank holding approximately 13,000 tons of molasses burst in Boston. The burst released a 25 foot tall wave of molasses that ripped through a Boston neighborhood at 35 mph (56km), destroying a number of buildings, injuring 150, and killing 21 people.

A photograph of General High Brady, captured in his 80s during the late 1840s. Born in 1768, when the American colonies were under British rule and King George III reigned, he is among the earliest-born individuals ever photographed.

Russia’s Great Imperial Crown, 1762 Made for Catherine the Great, with 5,000 diamonds and a giant spinel, it crowned tsars until 1917.

Michelle and Barack Obama on their wedding day, October 1992

Salvage crew uncovers $1M treasure from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck lost in a hurricane, coins untouched for 310 years

Victorian era wedding, 1897.

Silver figurine depicting either a dragon or a tiger, 18th century China. Written on the back is a the Chinese idiom that literally means "to flaunt military might" and is used to describe someone who is arrogant, boastful, or tries to intimidate others by showing off their strength or authority.

A 900-year-old medieval stone church, Glendalough village, Ireland.

Hillary Clinton listens intently as her husband denies having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, USA, 1998.

The Oseberg Ship (c. 820 AD), unearthed in 1904 near Tønsberg, Norway, is one of the most magnificent archaeological discoveries of the Viking Age.

A village in Italy that has remained unspoiled since the Middle Ages, dating from the 1300s.

Contrary to popular belief, few limb amputations during the American Civil War were done without anesthesia. A post-war review found that 99.6% of surgeries performed were done under some form of general anesthesia.

Leichester, England in 1950s when coal was main source of energy

A man standing on the first cables during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1935

On August 7, 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit performed a high-wire act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.

This is a 1916 propaganda map created by the Allies during World War 1, showing what would happen to the United States if the Central Powers won.

Boxer Muhammad Ali gets distracted by Puerto Rican dancer, singer, and entertainer, Iris Chacón in an exhibition match against local boxer Cholito, Puerto Rico, 1976.

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Coca Cola cans, from 1936.

U.S. Navy sailors take a break to swim off the side of an aircraft carrier, using torpedo nets as a barrier to keep sharks at bay.

Lioconcha hieroglyphica is a species of saltwater clam, it has brown angular markings, often with the appearance of cuneiform characters from ancient scripts, or hieroglyphs

John Truden, multiple heavyweight ski championship winner, early 70s.

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Princess Diana in Barbud a, 1997

Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg on the set of ‘Catch Me If You Can’, 2002

Frank Sinatra publicity photo for Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964

A living United States flag, formed by 10,000 Navy Sailors in Illinois, 1917.

Behind the scenes filming of the famous film Cleopatra in 1963.

Saddam Hussein captured by the United States military in December 2003

The Great Blizzard of 1888 is considered one of the worst blizzards ever recorded in American history

Two Boys in London, 1902.

Albert Einstein and his sister Maya Einstein. New York, 1939