A sharecropper takes a lunch break at his farm, photographed by Dorothea Lange outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1937.
A sickly dentist who was a degenerate gambler and was classically educated in four languages, Doc Holliday became one of the most feared gunslingers of the Wild West. He died of tuberculosis at only 36 years old and would later be portrayed by Val Kilmer in the 1993 film Tombstone.
Marlon Brando's interview with Connie Chung in September 1989.
This is Port Authority police officer Christopher Amoroso on the morning of September 11th, 2001. After saving this pregnant woman, Chris decided to go back in to the Twin Towers for the 5th time to help others escape. He wouldn't make it out alive.
This is Officer Chris Amoroso of the NYNJ Port Authority Police. This photo is at 9/11 with the towers behind him, After saving this pregnant woman Chris decided to go back in for his 5th time. Despite having a wife and baby at home, and being only 29 yrs old, Chris never made it back out.
In 1958, 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate and her 18-year-old boyfriend killed her parents and strangled her two-year-old sister to death in their Nebraska home — then went on a multi-state rampage in which they murdered 8 people and killed at least 2 dogs with their bare hands
Roland the Farter was a jester in 12th-century England who, every Christmas, performed a simultaneous jump, whistle, and fart for the royal court. In return, King Henry II granted him a manor and 30 acres in Suffolk.
A Three-Year-Old Girl Just Discovered A 3,800-Year-Old Canaanite Amulet At The Biblical Site Where David Defeated Goliath
Houston 250 R2: (1) Tommy Paul def (WC) Cristian Garin 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)
Extremely rare 'firework jellyfish' filmed 4,000 feet underwater off the coast of Baja California.
Incredibly rare 'firework jellyfish' filmed 4,000 ft. underwater
Red Blanket, a Cheyenne Warrior photographed in the late 1800s.
Red Blanket, Cheyenne Warrior (c. 1880-1900)
In 1969 — when black Americans were often still barred from swimming alongside whites — Mr. Rogers invited Officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well-known color barrier.
A person walking along a wetland in Sweden noticed a rusty brown loop protruding out of the ground. After being analyzed by experts, it turned out to be a well-preserved Viking armband dating back at least 1,000 years.
A contestant waits to go onstage during the "Miss Soviet Union" beauty pageant held in Moscow in 1988 — the first pageant allowed after they were outlawed in the U.S.S.R. in 1959.
Simcha Felder, Longtime Orthodox Brooklyn Pol and Street Safety Foe, is M.I.A. After Speeding Driver Kills Three - Streetsblog New York City
As President, Lyndon B. Johnson hosted guests at his Texas ranch. While driving them around his property, he would yell that the brakes were out before barreling into a lake - then howl in laughter at their terror-stricken faces. He was the proud owner of an amphibious vehicle made in West Germany.
In November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland for what they thought would be a quick and decisive territory grab. Despite being vastly outnumbered, Finland shocked the world by holding off the Red Army for over 3 months - and inflicting over 125,000 deaths and 350,000 casualties in the process.
In 1745, Benjamin Franklin wrote "Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress," in which he advised a friend to court older women as mistresses, who Franklin believed were more agreeable and could be rendered indiscernible from younger counterparts if a basket was pulled over their head.
A protestor holds a sign that reads "Drop Acid Not Bombs" during the "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam" demonstrations on November 15, 1969, in San Francisco. 250,000 people marched through the city that day to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War.
Ryugyong Hotel, North Korea's 1,080-foot-tall "Hotel Of Doom" that has sat almost completely abandoned for the last 30 years
A long-lost Gustav Klimt portrait of an African prince has been rediscovered after disappearing in the 1940s. Estimated to be worth $16 million, the painting was done in 1896, when William Nii Nortey Dowuona — who once led the Osu tribe in Ghana — was held captive in a 'human zoo' in Vienna.
American soldiers during the Vietnam War use the barrel of a shotgun to smoke marijuana while stationed at a base camp 50 miles from Saigon in November 1970.
The last known picture of wrestling star Chris Benoit, who posed for a fan while at the office of Dr. Phil Astin in mid-June of 2007. Days later, he would murder his wife and 7-year-old son before hanging himself from a lat pulldown machine.
A woman protests against working conditions in North Carolina during the Great Depression.
