History Snapshot

We love history in pictures ♦️❤️

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The young Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000) was played by 18-year-old actor Josh Ryan Evans, who had achondroplasia. Sadly, he died of heart failure just two years after the movie's release.

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16 year old William Leslie Arnold in 1958, handcuffed to a police officer while showing where he had buried his parents in their back garden. He had shot them two weeks earlier because they wouldn't let him borrow their car. He served 9 years in jail and then escaped and travelled to Australia.

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Sherri Rasmussen, a brilliant nurse, was murdered in 1986—a crime initially blamed on burglars. Decades later, DNA exposed the real killer: a jealous LAPD detective. A chilling tale of love, obsession, and long-awaited justice. #TrueCrime #ColdCase #JusticeServed

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In 1974, performance artist Marina Abramović began a 6 hour performance piece in a gallery in Naples. During that 6 hours she allowed anyone to select from a table of 72 objects and use them on her as they wished. The top image is from the end of the 6 hours, the rest from during this performance.

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Armenian Olympic swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan risked everything when a bus sank 80’ offshore. With unmatched courage, he dove repeatedly into the icy waters, saving 20 lives trapped below. His heroic act left him with severe injuries, ending his Olympic dreams and putting him in the hospital for 45 days.

A true hero, Shavarsh’s legacy lives on beyond medals! 🏅💙 #ShavarshKarapetyan #TrueHero #History #1976

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American infantrymen try to take out a German sniper during street fighting in Saint-Malo on August 8, 1944.

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Mordovian man and woman, 1926.

Photography from Saratov Oblast Museum of Local Lore.

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Dale Strong at the Latin Quarter nightclub

Lisa Larsen, “Prettiest Showgirl on Broadway,” Life, March 17, 1952

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Zen monks at Asakusa Temple, in Tokyo, perform air raid drills with gas masks in 1936

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A 22-year-old Ernesto Guevara setting out out on a solo motorbike trip through the northern rural provinces of Argentina, 1950.

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Public humiliation of Japanese prisoners of war aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944.

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Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek at one of Hollywood parties, Los Angeles, 1995

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Two teen girls helping to assemble submachine guns during the siege of Leningrad, 1943

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In 1945, a Marine shares his water canteen with a little girl on Okinawa. 🪖

The girl had been found inside a cave & was taken to a settlement that was setup to help the local civilian population.

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American officers observing what appears to be an unfinished Me-262. Frankfurt am Meinz. May 1945.

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A WWI Red Cross nurse with a rescue dog. The dog was trained to locate the wounded on the battlefield and bark to call attention to them.