[znk666]

[mac338]

Lenin looks like a wax statue I saw of him once.

Edited:

[BaCkStAbEr]

[Mabus]

1984:
The IRA bomb a hotel at the Tory party conference in an attempt to assassinate most of the British cabinet. Four people die.


Ethiopia is stricken by famine and civil war.


Crack, a smokeable form of cocaine, is first introduced into the Los Angeles area and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the Crack Epidemic.

[tehMuffinMan]

-snip-
Sorry?

[Adama]

Eschede 1998

[mac338]

I remember that, over 100 Germans died in that. It was terrible.

[Stopper]

[Mabus]

1985:

13 July 1985 is a day to remember. Bob Geldof organises Live Aid at Wembley. Ireland is the highest 'per capita' donor.


An Air India Boeing 747 crashes into the Atlantic. A terrorist bomb is the suspected cause. All 329 people on board are killed.


After the death of Konstantin Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Party leader. His policy of 'glasnost' (openness) brings change to the Soviet Union.

[glennman94]

Queensday 2009 disaster in the Netherlands:

Might not have shocked the whole world but it definitely shocked all the people over here.
7 people lost their lives.



It was even on live television:

[Berz3rk]

   First ever picture taken, from 1839   

[mrmr]

7/7 Bombing



Pearl Harbour



Invasion of Iraq

[Hamburgers]

glennman94 posted:

Queensday 2009 disaster in the Netherlands:

Might not have shocked the whole world but it definitely shocked all the people over here.
7 people lost their lives.



It was even on live television:

What happened?

[MasterFen007]

Hamburgers posted:

What happened?

Attempted assassination of the Dutch royal family.

[pod]

[Dokaman]

[wolololo]

is there a way 2 resize images

[Maximum Mod]

Abu Ghraib




It would be nice if you guys could link to a wiki page or at least explain something about the image(s)

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wolololo posted:

is there a way 2 resize images

[t][/t ] without the space to make a thumbnail

[mac338]

Hamburgers posted:

What happened?

A Dutch national with no motive, no criminal record, no mental instabilities and no grudge or hate against the Royal Family suddenly tried to kill them with his car. He died and his motives are still unclear. 8 people died.

[Scot]

Does anyone have that photo taken by a toddler on a disposable camera of the first plane hitting the world trade centre? It's the only photo of it and it's really incredible, I saw it on a documentary years ago.

[TtIiVv]

[GURREN LAGANN]

space bat :'(

[W0w00t]

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/gates-of-fire.htm
1.hes walking
2.hes being shot at
3.hes hit
4.hes down
5.bullet hits next to guys head

[Kamaitachi]

Literally.

[W0w00t]

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/the...r-mosul-iv.htm

anyone recognize that?
how about this

soldier from the unit he was with with that girl.

[BANNED USER]

Berz3rk posted:

I have a fullsized print of this one, got it for free at a Marching Band fundraiser garage sale due to busted frame (and for being part of the band).

It's an Eastern Guard going West right? Berlin Wall Jumper?

[Maximum Mod]

BANNED USER posted:

I have a fullsized print of this one, got it for free at a Marching Band fundraiser garage sale due to busted frame (and for being part of the band).

It's an Eastern Guard going West right? Berlin Wall Jumper?

That is correct, iirc

[DainBramageStudios]

1982 - Argentina invades the Falkand Islands (Las Malvinas). Britain launches counterattack and is victorious. The war provides a massive popularity boost for the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.

Edited:



2010 - A BP-owned oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, causing almost 5 million barrels of oil to escape onto the ocean surface.

Edited:



2011 - A 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northeastern coast of Japan, causing a 40-metre tsunami to strike the country. This results in one of the worst nuclear accidents in history at the Fukushima-Daiichi NPP.

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1986 - The worst nuclear accident in history at the Chernobyl NPP results in a massive amount of radioactive material released into the environment, and the almost complete evacuation of the surrounding area, including the city of Pripyat. Since then, the city has been a ghost town.

[Snake7]

[cr2142]

MasterFen007 posted:

Didn't exactly shake the world but it's still pretty bad :c

What event was this from? I remember Bill Hicks talking about it at somepoint

[Scarabix]

Snake7 posted:

Haha, it's postal's posterior!

[cr2142]

cr2142 posted:

What event was this from? I remember Bill Hicks talking about it at somepoint

Waco Siege, Right?

[DainBramageStudios]

cr2142 posted:

What event was this from? I remember Bill Hicks talking about it at somepoint

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege

[Roll_Program]

[Hamburgers]

Anders is absolutely fucking mental.

[abananapeel]

Both are for the same thing. Mohamed Bouazizi.

[Emperor Scorpious II]

Kent State Shooting


Last image of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before shot in Sarajevo


Challenger Shuttle explodes


Khrushchev beating the podium with his shoe

[yaroslav_p]

God damn it, I didn't think I'd see those cheeks ever again. Postal's Ass....

[Emperor Scorpious II]

Japanese prisoners of war in Guam, just told that the Empire of Japan has surrendered, August 15th

[[Seed Eater]]

NielsGade posted:

madnath619 posted:

I just know I will be showered in dumb ratings, but I have never exactly known the full story behind the image. Anybody care to explain please?

The photo was by Eddie Adams, who won a Pulitzer Prize for it. He regretted taking the photograph until his death in 2004.

South Vietnamese General Ngygen Ngoc Loan is the man firing the shot. Loan was Chief of Police at the time. He aided in building hospitals, giving to orphans, and in general, humanitarian aid. The man being shot was a leader of a Viet Cong squad tasked with killing police.

"The man Loan shot had been caught near a ditch containing 34 murdered men, women and children, among them were the wife and six children of one of Loan's closest friends (the six murdered kids were also Loan's godchildren)."

The photo was taken out of context. People were so caught up in the horror of it, they blamed Loan. After immigrating to America and taking an assumed identity to keep himself unknown to the public, he ran a pizza parlor. When he was discovered, he received many numerous death threats and was forced to close his business.