History is mostly full of boring stories about people going about their daily lives.
But every couple of years or decades major events unfold, throwing that boring routine into chaos. Be it world war, economic turmoil or natural disasters, our lives don't stay immune from the world for too long.
History, as it's taught in school, often bores kids and for good reason, most of the time students are just reading about the past. But not today. Today we've got pictures to go along with the events of history.
So sit back, strap in, and get ready for a ride of a lifetime.
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Jakob Nacken (221 cm), the tallest German soldier of World War II, chatting with British corporal Bob Roberts after surrendering to him near Calais, France, 1944.
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Former Public Service Bird of the Week Diana Turner was also an entrant in the 1973 Miss Australia Quest
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Life in the Texas Dust Bowl, 1935. A dust storm gets ready to engulf everything in its path.
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Jackie Kennedy in Paris , 1961
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Red Army soldiers take out icons and church utensils from the Simonov Monastery in Moscow. USSR. 1923
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Desert Dream caravan on the road, 1950
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Gold Rush. At the end of the day, scrambles in front of a bank to buy gold. The last days of Kuomintang, Shanghai, 23 December 1948.
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A central control operator directs progress of trains, throws switches, and sends train operators 1930 Chicago, Kaufmann & Fabry Co. (Chicago)
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Sculpting begins on the face of Lincoln , Mount Rushmore , Black Hills National Forest , SD , 1927
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Johnsons and Agnews watch launch of Apollo 11 to moon, July 1969
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Circa 1907 Fountain Square , Cincinnati Ohio United States
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US prisoners in Tunisia, circa 1943.
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Stevenson as Presidential nominee and JFK as Senate aspirant, Boston, 8 years earlier.
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German soldiers in the Antwerp cathedral after capturing the city in 1914.
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The Barrymore Clan, America's preeminent acting family - Lionel, Ethel and John, 1904.
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Iran-Poland football match 1943 in Tehran - Iran Polish spectator platform
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Mother and children going to the Pictures, 1951.
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Indians visit Great White father President Roosevelt receive Drag Wolf (I) and Foolish Bear while Arthur Mandan interprets the purpose of the visit , 13 january 1938 .
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Titanic survivor, with bandaged feet, 1912
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Pennsylvania Railroad Station , New-York , 1940s .
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The mysterious Bianca Deconciliis. A life size statue of a young woman who died at 20 in 1942. Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Liberation of Paris from Nazi tyranny,1944
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The Hotel Alcazar in St. Augustine Florida 1905.
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Installing a Greek column at the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis around 1929.
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Chinese soldiers advancing via the Great Wall of China in October 1937
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Children were used at Pennsylvania coal company’s mine to separate impurities from coal by hand. Pittston, 1910.
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Belgian Carabiniers with their advanced head gear and war dogs walking towards battle 1914.
