25 Dramatic Historical Moments That Spice Up History
Nathan Johnson
Published
02/06/2016
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Jaw-dropping moments from history.
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This ballsy Russian spy laughs as he prepares for his own death in Finland. -
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A German Communist holds his head high as he faces a firing squad in Munich, 1919. -
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German prisoners of war react to watching film footage from concentration camps, 1945. -
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The main entrance to the Auschwitz Birkenau death camp, which was built in 1944 and transported prisoners straight to their death. -
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This absurdly long punt gun could discharge a pound of shot each time it was fired. -
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The famous Red Baron, who was a feared fighter pilot in WWI is seen here with his dog in 1916. -
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This is the last photo that was taken of the Titanic, 1912. -
8.
Mark Twain fools around in the laboratory of Nikola Tesla, 1894. -
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Soviet soldiers are treated to a performance similar to the American USO shows in 1945. -
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Books are burned during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. -
11.
A bomber rains death and destruction on Kobe, Japan, 1945. -
12.
Lt. Custer is pictured in color having a bachelors’ picnic with Union troops, 1862. -
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You have to have balls of steel to voluntarily test a bulletproof vest, 1923. -
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Stalin clowns around with his bodyguard who he probably had murdered after this photo. -
15.
Joseph Goebbels on his wedding day, with best man and mass murderer Adolf Hitler in tow. -
16.
An SAS detachment is armed to the teeth in the North African desert, 1943. -
17.
Buddhist Monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself to death at a Saigon intersection protesting the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam. -
18.
Tsar Nicholas is seen rough housing with his friend/man servant/human carpet in 1899. -
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Things aren’t going to end well for socialist Japanese politician Asanuma as he is assassinated by a 17-year-old wielding a traditional Japanese blade. -
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A picture of goalie Terry Sawchuk before hockey masks were a thing, 1966. -
21.
The famous day in 1967 when Sweden switched from driving on the left hand side to the right. -
22.
Young British aristocrats stand near to some less privileged children in 1937. -
23.
The evil iceberg that sunk the Titanic in 1912. -
24.
Evelyn McHale put on her Sunday best and jumped from the Empire State Building, 1947. -
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Children are overcome by emotion during a puppet show in Paris, 1963.
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