28 Unforgettable Moments in History Captured by Photo

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28 Unforgettable Moments in History Captured by Photo

A collection photos of you probably won't find in a history book.

Published 8 months ago in Wow

A collection of photos you probably won't find in a history book.

Behold Maurice Tillet, the man who allegedly inspired Shrek. He can only be described as the final boss of the 'absolute units'. Truly a specimen of a man and yet another reminder that they don't make 'em like they used to.

This grab bag of history features celebs on the rise, Native Americans being photographed for the first time, and a man who would inspire a generation of trolls. So get comfortable, we're going for a ride.

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"Queen meets the Queen, 1974"

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"The couple on the Woodstock album cover is still together 50 years later."

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"A portrait of the Twin Towers in NYC made with the faces of the victims of the 9/11 attacks on the towers."

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"This is such a powerful photo. It was taken in April, 1945, by Major Clarence Benjamin and shows a train of Jewish prisoners that had been intercepted by Allied Forces. This is the moment they learned that the train would not be heading to a Concentration Camp and they had been liberated."

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"Terry Fox, after losing one of his legs to cancer; embarked on an east to west coast marathon in Canada to raise money for cancer research. He made it 143 days into his run before he lost his battle with cancer at the age of 22 - 1980"

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"In 1988, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole called the recording studio at 3am and said he had to record a song right away. 15 minutes later, Israel arrived at the studio. The studio owner, Milan Bertosa said, "And in walks the largest human being I had seen in my life." A security guard gave the 500 pounds man a large steel chair to sit on. Milan said, "Then I put up some microphones, do a quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' He played and sang, one take, and it was over.""

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"When Jim Carrey met Stephen Hawking."

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"Famed photographer Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia started a project to plant two million trees and now, 20 years later, the seeds have grown into a lush forest in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil."

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"In 1964 a group of high school kids skipped class to go see the Beatles. They didn't get into the concert but while they were driving Ringo pulled up beside them and snapped their picture. When they told their friends no one believed them. Fast forward 50 years and Ringo publishes a book of his photographs. They were in it. They retook the shot as a look today."

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"David Bowie chatting with Freddie Mercury backstage at Live Aid, 1985."

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"Mississippi’s first interracial marriage, August 1970."

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"A member of the 369th Infantry Regiment (aka "Harlem Hellfighters") holds a puppy that he saved during World War I (1918)"

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"Anne Frank (1929-1945)"

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"In 1912, Jim Thorpe, an American Indian, had his running shoes stolen on the morning of his Olympic track and field events. He found this mismatched pair of shoes in the garbage and ran in them to win two Olympic gold medals that day."

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"Members of the Blackfoot Tribe in Glacier National Park, 1913."

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"A young boy playing the banjo with his best friend, circa early 1900s."

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"1967: Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing a woman was running, organizer Jock Semple went after her to stop her. However, Switzers boyfriend and other runners provided a protective shield to protect her for the entire marathon."

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"Juliane Koepcke, age 17, was sucked out of an airplane after it was struck by a bolt of lightning. She fell 2 miles to the ground strapped to her seat and survived. However, she had to endure a 10-day walk through the Amazon Jungle before being rescued by a logging team. Out of 93 passengers and crew, Juliane was the only survivor of the LANSA flight 508 crash that took place December 24th, 1971"

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"The creator of the popular cartoon Shrek, William Steig, drew his character from the professional wrestler Maurice Tillet. The real prototype knew 14 languages, played chess brilliantly, and despite his frightening face and great strength at first glance, he was a very modest and friendly man. He was born in 1903 in Russia, in the Urals, into a French family, which in 1917 returned to France in connection with the revolution."

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"One of the earliest photos showing a Native American with a wolf - unlike the myths created about wolves by settlers, Indians maintained a close and respectful relationship with wolves."

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"Robin Williams, 1974"

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"A young man demonstrating against low pay for teachers, ca. 1930. “I left school to earn $21 a week. My teacher’s pay is $17.78 a week.” Photo: Paul Thompson."

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"Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013"

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"This is a colorized photo of 16 year old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, crying as he is captured by the US 9th Army in Germany on April 3rd, 1945. He was a member of the Luftwaffe anti-air squad and burst into tears as his world crumbled around him. His father died in 1938, but when his mother died in 1944 leaving the family destitute, Hans-Georg had to find work in order to support the family. At 15 years of age he joined the Luftwaffe"

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"‘We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.’ - Anthony Hopkins."