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Pravda Newspaper Article, 'Announcement of the First Satellite'Announcement of the launch of the first artificial "sputnik" satellite by the Soviet Union.
Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934 - 1968)Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at a press conference in Finland several months after his space flight in 1961.
The Japanese PURPLE MachineA recovered part of the original Japanese Type B cipher machine, codenamed "Purple" by the United States, on display at the National Cryptologic…
Arlington Hall 1943Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) cryptologists at work at Arlington Hall. Many of these cryptologists were women.
African-Americans kneel on sidewalk outside City Hall in Birmingham, Alabama protestingAfrican-Americans kneel on sidewalk outside City Hall in Birmingham, Alabama protesting racial segregation
Firemen turn their hoses on civil rights protesters, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963Photograph showing African Americans participating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, as…
Special Olympics Games 1968This image shows one of the 1968 "Chicago Special Olympics" Games held in Soldier Field. The 1968 Games brought around 1,000 athletes with…
Hollywood Hall of HonorMarlene Dietrich, Bob Hope and Bette Davis in front of the Hollywood Hall of Honor
Cpl. Rudolph E. Engstrom rests in a shell hole on Iwo Jima, holding a piece of shrapnel that wounded him.Cpl. Rudolph E. Engstrom rests in a shell hole on Iwo Jima, holding a piece of shrapnel that wounded him.
[Untitled]The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: American soldiers dig hasty foxholes in snow covered terrain as enemy fire opens up near…