Monday, June 30, 2014
Chanel
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Lena Horne
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Lena Horne born on this day in 1917.
Lena Horne born on this day in 1917.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
World War One airmen
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Irishmen and Indians, actors, comedians and working class boys: How Britain's World War One airmen came from every corner of the Empire to battle in the skies
Newly-released records reveal the diverse history of the Britain's airmen from the first aerial troops in 1899, through the First World War and into the Second World War. They show how war brought together different levels of society, as well as people from all over the world. Pictured (left), dated circa 1916, is 24 Squadron, (top right) Air Battalion officers line up for an undated group photo and (bottom right) working-class airmen side-by-side with officers.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
1950s Ferrari
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Yours for £10.75 MILLION: Incredibly rare 1950s Ferrari is second most expensive road car ever sold in Britain at auction
The Ferrari 375-Plus was sold on Friday at Bonham's Goodwood Festival of Speed auction and fetched a massive price, placing it among the top five most expensive cars ever sold at auction. The car, pictured being driven at Kansas City in 1955 (bottom picture), was used to devastating effect by the Italians in the 1954 World Sportscar Championship and is one of just five models ever made.
Ancient Ideas Live on
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The sun does not rise
How magical thinking haunts our everyday language, and fossilised ideas live on in even the most sophisticated science
http://aeon.co/magazine/world-views/how-fossilised-ideas-live-on-in-language-and-science/
doll island
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Welcome to doll island: Secret shrine to little girl who drowned more than 50 years ago has become a creepy tourist attraction
Doll parts suspended from trees and strung up across ramshackle buildings have become a sinister fascination to tourists who flock to the shrine created by a Mexican artist for a little girl who drowned. Isla de la Munecas, the Island of Dolls, is a macabre memorial that was discovered when council workers were cleaning a canal south of Mexico City. Reclusive artist Julian Santana Barrera had been creating his creepy masterpiece for more than 50 years after finding a doll floating in the canal just days after a little girl's body had been fished out of the water.
The real Monuments Man
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The real Monuments Man: Amazing story of the Jewish teenager who fled Nazi Germany but returned six years later as art-hunter made famous in George Clooney film
Harry Ettlinger (pictured top right) is the last of the 'Monument Men', the name given to the group tasked with reclaiming stolen art work from the Nazis near the end of WWII. Now a widower following the death of his long time wife Mimi (main picture), his story was told in the Hollywood film of the same name, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon (bottom right), and after lobbying pressure by Clooney, Ettlinger is to soon receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his bravery in the final stages of the war.
RAF veteran who flew one of most daring raids of Second World War
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Appeal for mourners to attend funeral of RAF veteran, 90, who flew in one of the most daring raids of the Second World War but died alone after losing his wife 18 months ago
Sidney Marshall (left and right), who died aged 90 at his home in Lytham St Annes, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for shooting down German fighters over Bergan. He also piloted a Lancaster bomber and flew in the sortie that destroyed Nazi battleship Tirpitz (inset). But he is facing a funeral with no mourners, as he had no children and his wife died 18 months ago.
#RIPBobbyWomack.
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BET
We can already hear you serenading us from above! Condolences go out to his family for their loss. http://bet.us/1nQIA1D
Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman, 27 June 1869 - 14 May 1940
"Tireless agitator and speaker. In 1910 alone, she gave 120 talks in 37 cities in 25 states in the United States to 25.000 people. Jailed in 1917, and described by authorities as "one of the most dangerous women in America," she was deported to Russia in 1919, campaigned against the Bolsheviks in 1920s, joined the Spanish Revolution 1936-39, and died in 1940."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman
Friday, June 27, 2014
Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
LGBT Massacre
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Famous Athena tennis dress in 1976 ad goes under the hammer
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2669260/Famous-Athena-tennis-dress-modelled-bare-bottomed-lady-1976-expected-fetch-1-000-goes-hammer.html#ixzz35hjSDCkv
Remember this? A dress from one of the world's most famous posters, the Athena tennis picture, is going under the hammer in the Midlands
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2669260/Famous-Athena-tennis-dress-modelled-bare-bottomed-lady-1976-expected-fetch-1-000-goes-hammer.html#ixzz35hjSDCkv
Tax dodger Hitler
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Tax dodger Hitler stashed £3.6billion in Swiss banks: Historians trace dictator's money after it vanished following his death
Documents have emerged showing the dictator amassed hundreds of millions of pounds in today's money, which he concealed from the German people.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Glastonbury
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Before Glastonbury went corporate: Picture archive charts how the music festival has evolved since the 1970s (but the mud never really goes away)
These pictures show Glastonbury Festival in all its glory from the early seventies (top left) right through to the modern day. In early pictures, relaxed festival-goers at the infamous Somerset site can be seen arriving at a muddy campsite (top right) while others enjoy top-billed acts such as New Model Army (bottom left) and The Boomtown Rats. The collection also includes pictures of the ever-growing site from above such as one taken in 1992 where 70,000 people attended (bottom right).
Teddy and Jack
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Darin Generation
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America's sweethearts Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin had one son, Dodd Darin
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2662925/EXCLUSIVE-Move-Kendall-Kylie-Jenner-The-granddaughters-legendary-actress-Sandra-Dee-singer-Bobby-Darin-Alexa-Olivia-staking-claim-fame.html#ixzz35UHvbIs7
America's sweethearts Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin had one son, Dodd Darin
Sweethearts: It was hardly love at first sight when the couple met on the set of Come September in 1960. Although their marriage lasted only six years, they remained close until Bobby's untimely death at 37
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2662925/EXCLUSIVE-Move-Kendall-Kylie-Jenner-The-granddaughters-legendary-actress-Sandra-Dee-singer-Bobby-Darin-Alexa-Olivia-staking-claim-fame.html#ixzz35UHvbIs7
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Hitler's secret millions
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Hitler's secret millions: Nazi leader dodged £1.75m in tax and even charged a royalty for his image to be used on stamps, new documentary claims
Researchers believe that Hitler's hidden assets could be worth £3.6 billion in today's money with relatives of the dead dictator entitled to a share of the cash.
Stone Age Art
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The proof that Stone Age man made great art: Cave paintings of mammoths, bison and bears from 36,000 years ago are preserved for posterity (and replicas made so visitors can see them)
The Grotte Chauvet in the Ardeche region of southern France, which survived sealed off for millennia before its accidental discovery in 1994, contains more than 1,000 drawings dating back some 36,000 years to what is believed to be the first human culture in Europe. They include several animal species, some of them extinct, such as mammoths, bears, wildcats, rhinos, bison and aurochs, as well as 4,000 inventoried remains of prehistoric fauna, and a variety of human footprints and handprints. The opening of the cave, located about 25 metres underground, was closed off by a rockfall 23,000 years ago - perfectly preserving the inside. It lay undisturbed until it was found by three French cave experts and almost immediately declared a protected heritage site in France. Delegates at UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted to grant the status to the cave at a gathering in Doha, Qatar.
Mexico - The Irish Presence
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Ireland's connections with Mexico and Texas.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Nazi in Hiding
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Revealed: Great-grandfather living in a Lancashire cul-de-sac is a Nazi from notorious SS unit that massacred hundreds in Holocaust
Mychajlo Ostapenko, pictured, 88, has lived in Britain for more than 65 years – but documents reveal that he served in the feared 31st...
1964
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50th anniversary
On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were murdered in a terrorist attack by the KKK with help from the deputy sheriff near Philadelphia in Neshoba County, Miss. While their case received national attention, there were many more people murdered while seeking basic democratic and human rights in Mississippi. And as noted in a comment below, the terrorism inflicted on all African Americans and their allies was not limited to the Klan but instead was perpetuated by community members in all walks of life - including city and elected officials. Remember Herbert Lee,Louis Allen, Medgar Evers, George W. Lee, and many more. Learn more about the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Red Cross 1944
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Unsung heroes.
A Normandy Beach landing photo of brave women of the Red Cross arriving in 1944 to aid the injured troops.
Friday, June 20, 2014
On the Western Front
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100 years ago teenagers not much older than them fought and died on the Western Front for four years - today's molly-coddled teenagers say they are bored with the commemorations already
Academics from the universities of Exeter and Northumbria fear children will 'just shut off' and will have zoned out before the centenary begins
Britain's most notorious Georgian courtesan
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Revealed: Incredible rags to riches story of Britain's most notorious Georgian courtesan, who counted aristocrats and royalty among her many...
In terms of her fame, Fanny Murray could be described as the Kim Kardashian of her day. Women coveted her curvaceous figure and fashion...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Kate's war hero gran
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2661196/A-right-royal-salute-The-Duchess-Cambridge-pays-tribute-codebreaker-grandmother-reopens-Bletchley-Park.html#ixzz353b8ey79
Brave: Valerie Glassborow (pictured centre right at her 1946 wedding to Peter Middleton) is the Duchess of Cambridge's grandmother and worked at Bletchley Park
Meeting: The Duchess also met Lady Marion Body who worked with Valerie Glassborow and her twin sister Mary in the famous Hut 16 at Bletchley Park
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2661196/A-right-royal-salute-The-Duchess-Cambridge-pays-tribute-codebreaker-grandmother-reopens-Bletchley-Park.html#ixzz353b8ey79
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Vintage Jamaica
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
A snapshot of British eccentricity
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A snapshot of British eccentricity: Photographers fascinated by our quirks captured nation's whimsical streak in series of images from the 1960s
Somerset photographer Tony Ray-Jones created a body of photographic work documenting English customs and identity between 1966 and 1969. Humorous yet melancholy, these photographs were a departure from anything else being produced at the time. They include a beauty contest in Southport, 1967 (left), a man in Blackpool using an unusual method to beat the sun (top right) and a pair of women taking shelter as they enjoy some refreshments during May Day Celebrations (bottom right).
The carnage after D-Day
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The carnage after D-Day: Last week Britain celebrated the epic heroism. But few remember the blood-soaked battles that came next - brought to life in a gripping book by one of our greatest historians
The truth is that casualties on D-Day were fewer than expected. The real carnage came later, inland, during the battle for Normandy, writes ANTONY BEEVOR.
War lingo
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Cushy, Kiwi, camouflage and (aptly) lost generation: The top 100 words and phrases given to us by WWI are listed by the Oxford English Dictionary
Many words thought to be associated with the Second World were actually coined in the First and French had a big influence on Tommy talk.
Casey Kasem
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"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars."
--Casey Kasem, 1932-2014 http://usat.ly/1nHiBME
--Casey Kasem, 1932-2014 http://usat.ly/1nHiBME
(Photo via AP)
The Couple That Helped Redefine Marriage
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“They just were in love with one another and wanted the right to live together as husband and wife in Virginia, without any interference from officialdom."
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Winston Churchill's daughter
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Winston Churchill's last surviving daughter Mary, Lady Soames dies at the age of 91
The youngest of the wartime prime minister's five children died peacefully at her west London home yesterday evening surrounded by her...
Hitler’s office desk
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Found, Hitler’s old office desk: But piece of 1937 furniture will never be sold, say German officials
The desk used by Hitler to work on his plans for the most evil crimes in history has been discovered.
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