Some of the best (and worst) moments in history may have already come and gone, but these images will live on forever.
#1. Firepower from the USS Iowa, 1987.
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#2. Searchlights on the Rock of Gibraltar during an air raid practice, 1942.
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#3. A man assaults a civil rights activist with the American flag, 1976.
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#4. Playing golf atop a skyscraper in New York, 1932.
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#5. What TIME Magazine predicted Michael Jackson would look like in 2000, 1985.
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#6. A teary-eyed Neil Armstrong after his historic walk on the moon, 1969.
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#7. A vintage computer advertisement.
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#8. Testing bulletproof vests, 1923.
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#9. KKK members pose with a Ferris wheel in Cañon City, Colorado in 1926.
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#10. Installing the final segment of the St Louis Gateway Arch, 1965.
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#11. Over 3,300 Vietnamese orphans were transported by airplanes to the US, 1975.
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#12. A man’s nose was measured as part of the Aryan race determination tests, 1940.
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#13. Bob Dylan and John Lennon meeting for the first time, 1966.
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#14. Wedding rings collected from Holocaust victims, 1945.
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#15. A KKK member is protected by a black policeman as protesters close in on them at a rally in Austin, Texas, 1983.
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#16. A llama in Times Square, 1957.
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#17. New York City in 1903.
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#18. Mt St Helens before and after the 1980 eruption.
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#19. ‘One Night Cough Cure’ with some very interesting ingredients, manufactured in Baltimore in 1888.
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#20. A coat sale in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1936.
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#21. Bullets for Hitler, 1940.
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#22. Baker underwater nuclear explosion to gauge the effect of nuclear power on warships, 1946.
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#23. John Lennon recording a song at Abbey Road Studios in London, 1963.
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#24. Morgan Freeman in a US Air Force uniform, 1955.
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#25. The Beatles pose with Muhammad Ali, 1964.
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#26. Ray Charles with a young Stevie Wonder in Detroit, 1962.
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#27. The US “Ghost Army” used inflatable rubber tanks and vehicles to mislead Nazis in WWII, 1945.
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#28. A class on gun safety in an Indiana school, 1956.
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#29. Woodstock, 1969.
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#31. Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger in New York, 1969.
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#32. A 19-year-old Bill Clinton shakes the hands of President Kennedy in Washington, 1963.
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#33. Jimi Hendrix’s last concert in Germany, September 6, 1970.
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#34. Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, 1990s.
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#35. A young Hitler cheering with a crowd in Munich as the start of the First World War was announced, 1914.
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#36. Bob Marley enjoying a beer after a game of soccer, year unknown.
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#37. And a cat kissing a baby beluga whale to wrap things up, year unknown.
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