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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 πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ @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 πŸ₯Š Muhammad Ali in "the Fight of the Century" on March 8, 1971 @facethenation
A mountain pass during the 1925 Tour de France πŸ—» 🚴 Ottavio Bottecchia rides alone in the Pyrenees. He was the first Italian to win the Tour de France @facethenation
Winston Churchill on camel in front of the Sphinx in Egypt, February 15, 1921 @facethenation
Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla's laboratory, 1894. The current is being passed through the human body to bring the lamp to incandescence πŸ’‘. Tesla can be seen in the background on the left @facethenation
Australian troops, with a kangaroo mascot, onboard a ship bound for the South African War, 1900 @facethenation
It's the first big oil well in Iran and it sets off a wave of exploration, extraction and exploitation that will change the region's – and the world's – history, 1908 @facethenation
Policemen fire at a new metal bulletproof shield. 😱 The shield's inventor, Elliott Wisbrod, is the man holding it in February 1933 @facethenation
Boiler explosion on a steam locomotive. πŸš‚πŸ’₯ The explosion turned the flue pipes of the engine's superheater unit in this twisted mass on May 12, 1948 @facethenation
The first Iranian pilot, Ahmad Nakhjavan (2nd right), graduated from flight school in France in 1925. This paved the way for the beginnings of the Iranian air force @facethenation
This is not a dance. Atlanta Braves catcher Greg Olson goes head over heels after tagging Minnesota left fielder Dan Gladden out at home during Game 1 of the 1991 World Series @facethenation