40 Facinating Moments From Our Storied History

Nathan Johnson Published 12/30/2023 in wow

Take a trip back in time with this educational and entertaining collection of fascinating photos from history.

Don't worry, there won't be a test. But you are going to want to remember these, as history was never this exciting during school.

Some in color, some in black and white, all worth your time, especially if you consider yourself a history buff. Who knew history was so darn cool? We did. And so did you.

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1.
"Japanese Samurai, 1870's"
2.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer With Albert Einstein At The Institute For Advanced Study, 1947"
3.
"Iran, 1979 - Thousands Of Iranian Women Protesting On The Streets Against Prospects Of Mandating Hijab"
4.
"650 American Officers And Enlisted Men Paying Tribute To More Than 8 Million Horses, Mules And Donkeys That Died In Service In The World War I"
5.
"Shavarsh Karapetyan, An Armenian Finswimmer(10-Time World Record Holder), Who Saved Lives Of 20 Drowning Passengers In A Sinking Trolleybus Which Fell Of A Bridge Into The Yerevan Lake"
6.
"A Shepherd From The Village Of Kınalık With His Children, Azerbaijan, 1970's"
7.
"A 9000-Year Old Skeleton Was Found In A Cave Near Cheddar, England, And Nicknamed "Cheddar Man""
8.
"Polish Border Guard And His Horse Drinking Water From The Stream In The Bieszczady Mountains During A Patrol, 1980"
9.
"The Arkadiko Bridge, A Mycenaean Bridge Near The Modern Road From Tiryns To Epidauros On The Peloponnese, Greece. Dating To The Greek Bronze Age, It Is One Of The Oldest Arch Bridges Still In Existence And Use Today And The Oldest Preserved Bridge In Europe"
10.
"Remains Of An Ancient Roman City Of Timgad In The Aures Mountains Of Algeria"
11.
""Mother's Eyes" The Bedouin Mother; Photograph By Ilo Battigeli, 1948"
12.
"Princess Elizabeth At 19 Years Of Age Is Seen In The Auxiliary Territorial Service In The 1945, During World War II"
13.
"German And British Pilots Engaged In A Dogfight Above St Paul's Cathedral During The Battle Of Britain, London, 1940, World War II"
14.
"Paris, France, 1890"
15.
"Mugshot And Fingerprints Of Benito Mussolini, Bern, Switzerland, 1903"
16.
"Jordanian Brides Wearing Full-Face Veils Seen Waiting Patiently For Their Mass Wedding Ceremony"
17.
"A Lone Dog Sits In Snow Next To A Column Of Retreating Italian Soldiers Near Stalingrad, Soviet Union, December 1942, World War II"
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"Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires - A Woman Adjusts Her Stocking Using The Light Emitted By The Goodyear Tire On An October Night In 1961"
20.
"Actor Yul Brynner Arriving To The Premiere Of The Movie "The Ten Commandments" In His Mercedes 300 Sl Roadster, 1956"
21.
"The Coins That Saved A Soldier's Life- At The Beginning Of World War I"
22.
"111 Football Games Played At Hackney Marshes, London, United Kingdom In 1962"
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"A Soldier Of The French Foreign Legion Holding The Dog "Fritz", The Battalion Mascot, At Bir Hakeim. Fritz "Moved Over To The Other Side" And Joined The Battalion In Narvik In 1940, And Stayed With Them Ever Since"
24.
"Painter Marc Monnier Paints A Canvas On The Front During The Gulf War In October 1991, Kuwait"
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"Babies Left To Sleep Outside In The Freezing Cold, Enforcing Their Immune System, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1958"
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"A Fake Tree Used As An Observation Post And Sniper Nest On The Frontline By The British Army During World War I"
27.
"The Crew Of British Hm Submarine ‘Unison’ Display Their ‘Jolly Roger’ At Devonport, Plymouth, Having Returned From A Successful 16 Months In The Mediterranean. 1943, World War II"
28.
"Portus, Roman Empire's Imperial Port, As It Would Have Appeared In The Past Compared To Today. The Port Was Established By Emperor Claudius, And Enlarged By Emperor Trajan, To Supplement The Nearby Port Of Ostia"
29.
"Young Boy With Prepared Molotov Cocktails On A Rooftop Of A Building In Derry, During The Battle Of The Bogside, August 1969"
30.
"Drive-In Theater, Los Angeles, 1949"
31.
"Snowball Fight In Lyon, France, 1896"
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"The U.S. Pacific Fleet Seen Positioning For Battle During The Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944, World War II"
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"A 1960's Coca Cola Advertisment Made By Spreading Grain For Pigeons In St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy"
34.
"American Pilot Robert L. Brown Of Denver, Colorado, Poses In The Cockpit Of An F6f Hellcat Aboard The Uss Yorktown (Cv-10) Aircraft Carrier With “Scrappy,” The Ship’s Mascot, November-December 1943, In Pacific, World War II"
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"Germany, 1923: During Hyperinflation, Banknotes Had Lost So Much Value That They Were Used As Wallpaper, Being Much Cheaper Than Actual Wallpaper"
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"Members Of The Fat Men's Club Of New York, 1904. All Members Had To Be At Least 200 Pounds(91kg), Pay A One Dollar Fee And Learn A Secret Handshake And Password"
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"Pavlik Manukyan, Armenian War Hero During The First Nagorno-Karabakh War In The Early 1990's, Seen During A Visit To His Family Away From The Frontline. He Is Posing Armed With A Pkm Machine Gun, Standing Next To His Son"
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"World War I Us Army Helmet With Skull Trench Art On The Front"
39.
"Canadian Police Officer Guarding The Pharmacy In Waist-High Flood Waters In Galt, Ontario, 1974"
40.
"Digital Reconstruction Of Untouched Manhattan, New York, In Year 1609, In Comparison To Year 2021"

1.
"Japanese Samurai, 1870's"
2.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer With Albert Einstein At The Institute For Advanced Study, 1947"
3.
"Iran, 1979 - Thousands Of Iranian Women Protesting On The Streets Against Prospects Of Mandating Hijab"
4.
"650 American Officers And Enlisted Men Paying Tribute To More Than 8 Million Horses, Mules And Donkeys That Died In Service In The World War I"
5.
"Shavarsh Karapetyan, An Armenian Finswimmer(10-Time World Record Holder), Who Saved Lives Of 20 Drowning Passengers In A Sinking Trolleybus Which Fell Of A Bridge Into The Yerevan Lake"
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"A Shepherd From The Village Of Kınalık With His Children, Azerbaijan, 1970's"
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"A 9000-Year Old Skeleton Was Found In A Cave Near Cheddar, England, And Nicknamed "Cheddar Man""
8.
"Polish Border Guard And His Horse Drinking Water From The Stream In The Bieszczady Mountains During A Patrol, 1980"
9.
"The Arkadiko Bridge, A Mycenaean Bridge Near The Modern Road From Tiryns To Epidauros On The Peloponnese, Greece. Dating To The Greek Bronze Age, It Is One Of The Oldest Arch Bridges Still In Existence And Use Today And The Oldest Preserved Bridge In Europe"
10.
"Remains Of An Ancient Roman City Of Timgad In The Aures Mountains Of Algeria"
11.
""Mother's Eyes" The Bedouin Mother; Photograph By Ilo Battigeli, 1948"
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"Princess Elizabeth At 19 Years Of Age Is Seen In The Auxiliary Territorial Service In The 1945, During World War II"
13.
"German And British Pilots Engaged In A Dogfight Above St Paul's Cathedral During The Battle Of Britain, London, 1940, World War II"
14.
"Paris, France, 1890"
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"Mugshot And Fingerprints Of Benito Mussolini, Bern, Switzerland, 1903"
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"Jordanian Brides Wearing Full-Face Veils Seen Waiting Patiently For Their Mass Wedding Ceremony"
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"A Lone Dog Sits In Snow Next To A Column Of Retreating Italian Soldiers Near Stalingrad, Soviet Union, December 1942, World War II"
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"Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires - A Woman Adjusts Her Stocking Using The Light Emitted By The Goodyear Tire On An October Night In 1961"
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"Actor Yul Brynner Arriving To The Premiere Of The Movie "The Ten Commandments" In His Mercedes 300 Sl Roadster, 1956"
21.
"The Coins That Saved A Soldier's Life- At The Beginning Of World War I"
22.
"111 Football Games Played At Hackney Marshes, London, United Kingdom In 1962"
23.
"A Soldier Of The French Foreign Legion Holding The Dog "Fritz", The Battalion Mascot, At Bir Hakeim. Fritz "Moved Over To The Other Side" And Joined The Battalion In Narvik In 1940, And Stayed With Them Ever Since"
24.
"Painter Marc Monnier Paints A Canvas On The Front During The Gulf War In October 1991, Kuwait"
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"Babies Left To Sleep Outside In The Freezing Cold, Enforcing Their Immune System, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1958"
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"A Fake Tree Used As An Observation Post And Sniper Nest On The Frontline By The British Army During World War I"
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"The Crew Of British Hm Submarine ‘Unison’ Display Their ‘Jolly Roger’ At Devonport, Plymouth, Having Returned From A Successful 16 Months In The Mediterranean. 1943, World War II"
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"Portus, Roman Empire's Imperial Port, As It Would Have Appeared In The Past Compared To Today. The Port Was Established By Emperor Claudius, And Enlarged By Emperor Trajan, To Supplement The Nearby Port Of Ostia"
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"Young Boy With Prepared Molotov Cocktails On A Rooftop Of A Building In Derry, During The Battle Of The Bogside, August 1969"
30.
"Drive-In Theater, Los Angeles, 1949"
31.
"Snowball Fight In Lyon, France, 1896"
32.
"The U.S. Pacific Fleet Seen Positioning For Battle During The Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944, World War II"
33.
"A 1960's Coca Cola Advertisment Made By Spreading Grain For Pigeons In St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy"
34.
"American Pilot Robert L. Brown Of Denver, Colorado, Poses In The Cockpit Of An F6f Hellcat Aboard The Uss Yorktown (Cv-10) Aircraft Carrier With “Scrappy,” The Ship’s Mascot, November-December 1943, In Pacific, World War II"
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"Germany, 1923: During Hyperinflation, Banknotes Had Lost So Much Value That They Were Used As Wallpaper, Being Much Cheaper Than Actual Wallpaper"
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"Members Of The Fat Men's Club Of New York, 1904. All Members Had To Be At Least 200 Pounds(91kg), Pay A One Dollar Fee And Learn A Secret Handshake And Password"
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"Pavlik Manukyan, Armenian War Hero During The First Nagorno-Karabakh War In The Early 1990's, Seen During A Visit To His Family Away From The Frontline. He Is Posing Armed With A Pkm Machine Gun, Standing Next To His Son"
38.
"World War I Us Army Helmet With Skull Trench Art On The Front"
39.
"Canadian Police Officer Guarding The Pharmacy In Waist-High Flood Waters In Galt, Ontario, 1974"
40.
"Digital Reconstruction Of Untouched Manhattan, New York, In Year 1609, In Comparison To Year 2021"

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1. "Japanese Samurai, 1870's"

2. "J. Robert Oppenheimer With Albert Einstein At The Institute For Advanced Study, 1947"

3. "Iran, 1979 - Thousands Of Iranian Women Protesting On The Streets Against Prospects Of Mandating Hijab"

4. "650 American Officers And Enlisted Men Paying Tribute To More Than 8 Million Horses, Mules And Donkeys That Died In Service In The World War I"

5. "Shavarsh Karapetyan, An Armenian Finswimmer(10-Time World Record Holder), Who Saved Lives Of 20 Drowning Passengers In A Sinking Trolleybus Which Fell Of A Bridge Into The Yerevan Lake"

6. "A Shepherd From The Village Of Kınalık With His Children, Azerbaijan, 1970's"

7. "A 9000-Year Old Skeleton Was Found In A Cave Near Cheddar, England, And Nicknamed "Cheddar Man""

8. "Polish Border Guard And His Horse Drinking Water From The Stream In The Bieszczady Mountains During A Patrol, 1980"

9. "The Arkadiko Bridge, A Mycenaean Bridge Near The Modern Road From Tiryns To Epidauros On The Peloponnese, Greece. Dating To The Greek Bronze Age, It Is One Of The Oldest Arch Bridges Still In Existence And Use Today And The Oldest Preserved Bridge In Europe"

10. "Remains Of An Ancient Roman City Of Timgad In The Aures Mountains Of Algeria"

11. ""Mother's Eyes" The Bedouin Mother; Photograph By Ilo Battigeli, 1948"

12. "Princess Elizabeth At 19 Years Of Age Is Seen In The Auxiliary Territorial Service In The 1945, During World War II"

13. "German And British Pilots Engaged In A Dogfight Above St Paul's Cathedral During The Battle Of Britain, London, 1940, World War II"

14. "Paris, France, 1890"

15. "Mugshot And Fingerprints Of Benito Mussolini, Bern, Switzerland, 1903"

16. "Jordanian Brides Wearing Full-Face Veils Seen Waiting Patiently For Their Mass Wedding Ceremony"

17. "A Lone Dog Sits In Snow Next To A Column Of Retreating Italian Soldiers Near Stalingrad, Soviet Union, December 1942, World War II"

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19. "Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires - A Woman Adjusts Her Stocking Using The Light Emitted By The Goodyear Tire On An October Night In 1961"

20. "Actor Yul Brynner Arriving To The Premiere Of The Movie "The Ten Commandments" In His Mercedes 300 Sl Roadster, 1956"

21. "The Coins That Saved A Soldier's Life- At The Beginning Of World War I"

22. "111 Football Games Played At Hackney Marshes, London, United Kingdom In 1962"

23. "A Soldier Of The French Foreign Legion Holding The Dog "Fritz", The Battalion Mascot, At Bir Hakeim. Fritz "Moved Over To The Other Side" And Joined The Battalion In Narvik In 1940, And Stayed With Them Ever Since"

24. "Painter Marc Monnier Paints A Canvas On The Front During The Gulf War In October 1991, Kuwait"

25. "Babies Left To Sleep Outside In The Freezing Cold, Enforcing Their Immune System, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1958"

26. "A Fake Tree Used As An Observation Post And Sniper Nest On The Frontline By The British Army During World War I"

27. "The Crew Of British Hm Submarine ‘Unison’ Display Their ‘Jolly Roger’ At Devonport, Plymouth, Having Returned From A Successful 16 Months In The Mediterranean. 1943, World War II"

28. "Portus, Roman Empire's Imperial Port, As It Would Have Appeared In The Past Compared To Today. The Port Was Established By Emperor Claudius, And Enlarged By Emperor Trajan, To Supplement The Nearby Port Of Ostia"

29. "Young Boy With Prepared Molotov Cocktails On A Rooftop Of A Building In Derry, During The Battle Of The Bogside, August 1969"

30. "Drive-In Theater, Los Angeles, 1949"

31. "Snowball Fight In Lyon, France, 1896"

32. "The U.S. Pacific Fleet Seen Positioning For Battle During The Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944, World War II"

33. "A 1960's Coca Cola Advertisment Made By Spreading Grain For Pigeons In St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy"

34. "American Pilot Robert L. Brown Of Denver, Colorado, Poses In The Cockpit Of An F6f Hellcat Aboard The Uss Yorktown (Cv-10) Aircraft Carrier With “Scrappy,” The Ship’s Mascot, November-December 1943, In Pacific, World War II"

35. "Germany, 1923: During Hyperinflation, Banknotes Had Lost So Much Value That They Were Used As Wallpaper, Being Much Cheaper Than Actual Wallpaper"

36. "Members Of The Fat Men's Club Of New York, 1904. All Members Had To Be At Least 200 Pounds(91kg), Pay A One Dollar Fee And Learn A Secret Handshake And Password"

37. "Pavlik Manukyan, Armenian War Hero During The First Nagorno-Karabakh War In The Early 1990's, Seen During A Visit To His Family Away From The Frontline. He Is Posing Armed With A Pkm Machine Gun, Standing Next To His Son"

38. "World War I Us Army Helmet With Skull Trench Art On The Front"

39. "Canadian Police Officer Guarding The Pharmacy In Waist-High Flood Waters In Galt, Ontario, 1974"

40. "Digital Reconstruction Of Untouched Manhattan, New York, In Year 1609, In Comparison To Year 2021"

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1.
"Japanese Samurai, 1870's"

2.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer With Albert Einstein At The Institute For Advanced Study, 1947"

3.
"Iran, 1979 - Thousands Of Iranian Women Protesting On The Streets Against Prospects Of Mandating Hijab"

4.
"650 American Officers And Enlisted Men Paying Tribute To More Than 8 Million Horses, Mules And Donkeys That Died In Service In The World War I"

5.
"Shavarsh Karapetyan, An Armenian Finswimmer(10-Time World Record Holder), Who Saved Lives Of 20 Drowning Passengers In A Sinking Trolleybus Which Fell Of A Bridge Into The Yerevan Lake"

6.
"A Shepherd From The Village Of Kınalık With His Children, Azerbaijan, 1970's"

7.
"A 9000-Year Old Skeleton Was Found In A Cave Near Cheddar, England, And Nicknamed "Cheddar Man""

8.
"Polish Border Guard And His Horse Drinking Water From The Stream In The Bieszczady Mountains During A Patrol, 1980"

9.
"The Arkadiko Bridge, A Mycenaean Bridge Near The Modern Road From Tiryns To Epidauros On The Peloponnese, Greece. Dating To The Greek Bronze Age, It Is One Of The Oldest Arch Bridges Still In Existence And Use Today And The Oldest Preserved Bridge In Europe"

10.
"Remains Of An Ancient Roman City Of Timgad In The Aures Mountains Of Algeria"

11.
""Mother's Eyes" The Bedouin Mother; Photograph By Ilo Battigeli, 1948"

12.
"Princess Elizabeth At 19 Years Of Age Is Seen In The Auxiliary Territorial Service In The 1945, During World War II"

13.
"German And British Pilots Engaged In A Dogfight Above St Paul's Cathedral During The Battle Of Britain, London, 1940, World War II"

14.
"Paris, France, 1890"

15.
"Mugshot And Fingerprints Of Benito Mussolini, Bern, Switzerland, 1903"

16.
"Jordanian Brides Wearing Full-Face Veils Seen Waiting Patiently For Their Mass Wedding Ceremony"

17.
"A Lone Dog Sits In Snow Next To A Column Of Retreating Italian Soldiers Near Stalingrad, Soviet Union, December 1942, World War II"

19.
"Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires - A Woman Adjusts Her Stocking Using The Light Emitted By The Goodyear Tire On An October Night In 1961"

20.
"Actor Yul Brynner Arriving To The Premiere Of The Movie "The Ten Commandments" In His Mercedes 300 Sl Roadster, 1956"

21.
"The Coins That Saved A Soldier's Life- At The Beginning Of World War I"

22.
"111 Football Games Played At Hackney Marshes, London, United Kingdom In 1962"

23.
"A Soldier Of The French Foreign Legion Holding The Dog "Fritz", The Battalion Mascot, At Bir Hakeim. Fritz "Moved Over To The Other Side" And Joined The Battalion In Narvik In 1940, And Stayed With Them Ever Since"

24.
"Painter Marc Monnier Paints A Canvas On The Front During The Gulf War In October 1991, Kuwait"

25.
"Babies Left To Sleep Outside In The Freezing Cold, Enforcing Their Immune System, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1958"

26.
"A Fake Tree Used As An Observation Post And Sniper Nest On The Frontline By The British Army During World War I"

27.
"The Crew Of British Hm Submarine ‘Unison’ Display Their ‘Jolly Roger’ At Devonport, Plymouth, Having Returned From A Successful 16 Months In The Mediterranean. 1943, World War II"

28.
"Portus, Roman Empire's Imperial Port, As It Would Have Appeared In The Past Compared To Today. The Port Was Established By Emperor Claudius, And Enlarged By Emperor Trajan, To Supplement The Nearby Port Of Ostia"

29.
"Young Boy With Prepared Molotov Cocktails On A Rooftop Of A Building In Derry, During The Battle Of The Bogside, August 1969"

30.
"Drive-In Theater, Los Angeles, 1949"

31.
"Snowball Fight In Lyon, France, 1896"

32.
"The U.S. Pacific Fleet Seen Positioning For Battle During The Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944, World War II"

33.
"A 1960's Coca Cola Advertisment Made By Spreading Grain For Pigeons In St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy"

34.
"American Pilot Robert L. Brown Of Denver, Colorado, Poses In The Cockpit Of An F6f Hellcat Aboard The Uss Yorktown (Cv-10) Aircraft Carrier With “Scrappy,” The Ship’s Mascot, November-December 1943, In Pacific, World War II"

35.
"Germany, 1923: During Hyperinflation, Banknotes Had Lost So Much Value That They Were Used As Wallpaper, Being Much Cheaper Than Actual Wallpaper"

36.
"Members Of The Fat Men's Club Of New York, 1904. All Members Had To Be At Least 200 Pounds(91kg), Pay A One Dollar Fee And Learn A Secret Handshake And Password"

37.
"Pavlik Manukyan, Armenian War Hero During The First Nagorno-Karabakh War In The Early 1990's, Seen During A Visit To His Family Away From The Frontline. He Is Posing Armed With A Pkm Machine Gun, Standing Next To His Son"

38.
"World War I Us Army Helmet With Skull Trench Art On The Front"

39.
"Canadian Police Officer Guarding The Pharmacy In Waist-High Flood Waters In Galt, Ontario, 1974"

40.
"Digital Reconstruction Of Untouched Manhattan, New York, In Year 1609, In Comparison To Year 2021"