On this day, 107 years ago, Finland declared independence from Russia

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On this day in 1957, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Rome, laying the foundations for today’s European Union.

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In 1917 Denmark sold the Virgin Islands to the United States 'in exchange for a guarantee that Greenland would remain Danish territory forever'.

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Illegal picture taken inside the US Supreme Court in 1932. Dr. Erich Salomon faked a broken arm so he could hide a camera in his cast.

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75 years ago the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established

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Hitler’s Reich Chancellery, the headquarter and personal office of the führer. (1939)

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Portrait of Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim 1910. Refusing to enter a lifeboat, he reportedly asked a steward to inform his family "that I played the game straight to the end and that no women was left on board this ship because Ben Guggenheim was a coward" (1437 x 1600)

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1932, Illegal picture taken inside the US Supreme Court - Dr. Erich Salomon faked a broken arm so he could hide a camera in his cast; one of only two illegal photos taken inside the US Supreme Court while it is in session.

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On this day in 1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes the new Chancellor of Germany

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1904: Dinner Party At The Hotel Astor.

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American boxer Kid Johnson teaching boxing to the policemen of Helsinki, Finland in 1912.

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Antifa general being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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First pic of Mussolini after an assassination attempt during a rally. The bullet grazed his nose