The remains of Vladimir Komarov, a Russian cosmonaut who died during reentry and subsequently incinerated in the impact.
Arnold Schwarzenegger flexing on some grannies in the 1970s.
Winston Churchill examining a Tommy Gun in the early years of World War 2.
Similarly, Queen Elizabeth II firing an Enfield L86 assault rifle.
Russian peasants, circa 1905. This picture (and the subsequent 3 pictures) were taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, a Russian pioneer in color photography.
The Emir of Bukhara- Uzbekistan, 1911.
Inmates and guards of a traditional Uzbekistan prison- 1905.
Russian woman in formal dress- circa 1905.
The extremely confident testing of a bulletproof vest- 1923.
Artist and eccentric (perhaps redundant) Salvador Dali in his, erm, goat-drawn carriage.
The rather unfinished Times Square of 1903.
The two Communist guerilla-turned-dictators Fidel Castro (left) and Che Guevara (right) marlin fishing off the coast of Cuba.
Female Afghan students in the 1970s.
Afghanistan, today: After the implementation of fundamentalist Islamic law, burqas, veils, and robes are required attire for women in public.
Bin Laden (right)- around 10 years later, taking Judo from a Taiwanese instructor in Saudi Arabia.
Vladimir Putin, current President of Russia, took judo as well.
Halloween costumes from the early 20th century- the stuff of nightmares today.
Swastika riddled costume from 1918- note that Adolf Hitler at this point was still a corporal fighting for the Germans in World War 1. The swastika was a South Asian symbol of peace.
Mickey and Minnie costumes still in development in 1939- for obvious reasons, Walt Disney had them redesigned very soon afterward.
1955- the costumes weren’t much better.
Ending on a random note: Martin Luther King Jr’s mug shot after his arrest during a peaceful Birmingham protest.
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