Thursday, 5 March 2015

The glasses John Lennon wore when he was assassinated, 1980

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Friday, 27 February 2015

AIR CRASH KANO NIGERIA 1956.

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The 1956 BOAC Argonaut accident occurred on 24 June 1956 when a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) four-engined Canadair C-4 Argona...

The Kano riot of 1953

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The Kano riot of 1953 refers to the serious riot, which broke out in the ancient city of Kano,located in Northern Nigeria, on 1 May 1953. Th...

Samuel Akisanya, (1 August 1898 – 1985)

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Samuel Akisanya, (1 August 1898 – 1985) was a Nigerian trade unionist and nationalist based in Lagos, Nigeria during the colonial era, one o...
Thursday, 26 February 2015

For the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1985, 300,000 people crossed it on foot. The weight caused the bridge to sag by five feet.

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Before Madonna was famous, she posed nude for art classes and did a few nude photoshoots. 1977 (by Herman Kulkens)

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Wednesday, 25 February 2015

GRAPHIC CONTENT:

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A Nigerian soldier (l) from the Nigerian-led West Afican peacekeeping force ECOMOG looks, 07 May 1996 at the checkpoint on Benson street i...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Threaded Spaghetti Hot Dog Bites with Homemade Marinara Sauce.

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Threaded Spaghetti Hot Dog Bites with Homemade Marinara Sauce. Meat 1 (12.8-ounce) package     Andouille chicken sausage Produce 1/4 cup  ...

Men of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF) remove monumental stones placed by the Italians to mark the boundary of their new empire on the Kenya - Italian Somaliland border. 1941

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The foiled Nigerian kidnap plot on Umaru Dikko 1984

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In London in 1984, a team of Nigerians and Israelis attempted to kidnap and repatriate the exiled former Nigerian minister Umaru Dikko. Mr D...
Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Immurement

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Immurement is a form of imprisonment, usually for life, in which a person is, for example, locked within an enclosed space and all possible ...

A “seflie” in the White House bathroom 1952

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THE LIPS PLATE.

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The lip plate, also known as a lip plug or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular, and made ...

ASSASINATION OF ANWAR SADAT IN 1981

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On October 6, 1981, Anwar El Sadat was assassinated by a group of radicals lead by Khalid Islambouli. It was the first time in Egyptian hist...

Dwight Eisenhower was the first U.S. President to use a teleprompter in the 1952 presidential campaign. Kansas.

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Leonard Nimoy getting his “Spock” haircut for the television show Star Trek, 1965.

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Dubai Airport in the 1980s... a bus-stop compared to the airport today

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Young Bob Marley

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Monday, 16 February 2015

Saddam Hussein's son Odai to torture tool.

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An Iraqi Olympic Committee official models a steel mask. The devices are said to have been used by Saddam Hussein's son Odai to torture ...

17th-19th CENTURY IVORY-WOODEN BRACELET

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17th–19th century | Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup | Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay | This magnificent ivory bracelet was the possession ...

Ohio man's wish fulfilled as he is buried on motorcycle

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The dying wish of an Ohio motorcycle aficionado that he be buried astride his beloved Harley-Davidson was fulfilled by his family -- a...

Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi awesome people hanging out together:

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Disturbing graphic image: Photographs show a man decapitated by a wrought-iron fence while fleeing from police.

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A narcotics traffic stop on the Downtown Connector turned deadly Saturday afternoon when a man climbed over the interstate railing, fell a...
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A police officer on a Harley and an old fashioned mobile holding cell. (1921)

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Body of Che Guevara [1967 ]

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Body of Che Guevara [1967 ] After capturing and executing Che in 1967, before bury him in a secret tomb, the executioners made a group photo...

Picture of Charlie Chaplin's coffin.

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Picture of Charlie Chaplin's coffin that was sent to his family after grave-robbers stole it demanded a ransom. The robbers were eventua...

Isaac W Sprague (1841-1887), Living Skeleton.

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He was normal until age 12, when he started to lose weight. By age 44 he was 5'6'' and weighed only 43 lbs. He was examined by m...

RELIGIOUS FACTS.

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Do you know that in July of 1935, the Construction of Pews designed by Chief Aina Onabolu, Artist, at 5 pounds each for use in the Cathedral...

Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage (born 18 August 1991)

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She was born on 18 August 1991. Cambage was born in London to a Nigerian father and Australian mother. Her parents separated when Cambage wa...

1st British High Commissioner to Nigeria between 1960 and 1963.

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Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head GCMG, CBE, MC, PC (19 December 1906 – 29 March 1983) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and...

FACTS ABOUT ELDER DEMPSTER SHIPPING LINE:

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In the Second World War the company lost a number of ships to enemy action, including Apapa in 1940 (seenin this photo at the Lagos Port) an...
Sunday, 15 February 2015

Oluwarotimi (Rotimi) Adebiyi Wahab Fani-Kayode (20 April 1955 - 21 December 1989) was a Nigerian-born photographer, who moved to England at age 12 to escape the Nigerian Civil War.

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Oluwarotimi (Rotimi) Adebiyi Wahab Fani-Kayode (20 April 1955 - 21 December 1989) was a Nigerian-born photographer, who moved to England at ...

George Adeniji Garrick, MB ChB (8 April 1917 – 12 July 1988) held Nigeria's high jump record from 1938 until 1953.

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Born in Lagos on April 8, 1917, George Adeniji Garrick was the eldest son of Stanley David Garrick, a senior administrator and courtier to...
Friday, 13 February 2015

Peter Dennis (25 October 1933 – 18 April 2009)

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Peter Dennis (25 October 1933 – 18 April 2009) was a Screen Actors Guild Award and Drama-Logue Award winning English film, television, theat...

Stephen Stewart Smalley was Dean of Chester in the last part of the 20th century and the first year of the 21st,and an eminent Anglican scholar.

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Born in London in 1931, educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1958, Stephen was a Curate at St Paul’s, Portman Square, and...

Kriss Akabusi MBE (born Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi, 28 November 1958) is a former sprint and hurdling track and field athlete from the United Kingdom.

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Born in Paddington to Nigerian parents who were studying in London, Akabusi would later be brought up in care with his brother Riba, after t...

Hugh "Taffy" Williams was a professional soldier of fortune who served in the Congo with Mike Hoare and 5 Commando Congo as well as a Major in the Biafran Army. Born in Wales, he grew up and received his military training in South Africa.

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Noted for his bravery under fire he served two tours of duty with the Biafran Army, rising to the rank of Major and was the last white mer...

British intelligence is taking count of Gestapo and SS personnel at unidentified concentration camp location. Bystander finds the opportunity to hit a former female guard being registered, 1945.

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Ambush of General FRIEDRICH KUSSIN (1895-1944).

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General FRIEDRICH KUSSIN (1895-1944), the German commander of Arnhem in the Netherlands, was ambushed and killed by British paratroopers at ...

Zina Saro-Wiwa is a video artist and film-maker. She makes video installations, documentaries, music videos and experimental films.

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Zina Saro-Wiwa was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to Ken and Maria Saro-Wiwa. Her late father, the author and poet Ken Saro-Wiwa, became a w...