Queen Elizabeth II met legendary actress Marilyn Monroe at a movie premier in London, 1956. Every attendee at the premier lined up to be greeted by the Queen @facethenation
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Marilyn Monroe meeting Queen Elizabeth II at The Empire Theatre in London. Two of the most widely recognized women of their times who couldn't be more different
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Charles Lindbergh flying over Paris after more than 33 hours in the air on May 21, 1927 @facethenation
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Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight ✈️ across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris
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On 1958, Brazil beat Sweden 5:2 and win their 1st ever World Cup. A 17 year old Pelé is overcome with emotion at the end @facethenation
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Pelé's fantastic goal in the 1958 World Cup final against Sweden. His goal was selected as one of the best goals in the history of the World Cup
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Early European coal miners. These are Italian immigrants working in a Belgium coal mine during the early 1900's @facethenation
On March 1, 1966 the Soviet probe Venera 3 🛰 successfully lands on the surface of Venus. It's the first time anything man-made object contact with an extraterrestrial surface beyond the Moon.
The 960 kg spacecraft was equipped with scientific instruments and a radio communication system. However, the communications system had failed before entry, so scientists did not receive any planetary data.
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The 960 kg spacecraft was equipped with scientific instruments and a radio communication system. However, the communications system had failed before entry, so scientists did not receive any planetary data.
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Al Capone with his son at a baseball game. Note the watchfulness of one of his bodyguards behind him. A pop-corn vendor touched his shoulder and he looks ready to protect his chief @facethenation
On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson shot his famous footage of a Bigfoot in California. Could Bigfoot be real, and was this finally the evidence that proved it? @facethenation
Ukrainian immigrants restaurant "1203" in Washington DC giving out free borsht in celebration of Stalin's death on March 6, 1953 @facethenation
1965 Monaco Grand Prix on lap 79, there was a dramatic incident 😱 when Paul Hawkins spun his private Lotus at the chicane and went into the harbor. He survived 🙌🙌🙌 @facethenation
A 14-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger at school in 1960. He began weight training at the age of 15 and won his first amateur title in 1967 @facethenation
Ernest Hemingway served in WWI in an ambulance unit. On the night of July 8, 1918 Hemingway was wounded. Before taking care of himself, he helped Italian soldiers more seriously wounded @facethenation
Joe Frazier knocks down 🥊 Muhammad Ali in "the Fight of the Century" on March 8, 1971 @facethenation