The Queen makes the first long-distance telephone call without the use of an operator. Bristol. December 5, 1958

Workers pick through the rubble of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, shortly after it was blown in half by Irish republicans in 1966.

Nurses go through gas mask training while waiting for permanent assignment, in Wales. May 26, 1944. 

From the 86th floor observatory on the Empire State Building, 1950. Photo by George Rodger.

Gorbachev welcomed to Berlin with a kiss from Honecker, Oct. 6 1989

Panzer III auf J in Waffen SS service

One of the last photos of swedish prime minster Olof Palme, who was shot to death on a Stockholm street corner two days after this photo was taken in February 1986. The murder is still unsolved. 

Colonel Edward Seiller of the US Army forces the civilians of Landsberg to look upon the victims of the neighboring Kaufering IV concentration camp, Germany, April 1945 

Ten-day war (Slovenian Independence War), 29th of June 1991, Vrhnika, Slovenia. Slovenian Soldier and a seized tank of JLA (Yugoslavian National Army)

Inside a dressing room at the Moulin Rouge, 1924

Elvis dances with then girlfriend Barbara Hearn in the living room of his house, July 4th, 1956