Tsar Nicholas II with daughters Princess Olga and Princess Tatiana in Tsarskoye Selo - 1914
The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra had four daughters, the eldest daughter Olga, the second tatiana, the third daughter Maria and the younger daughter Anastasia. Although they were hailed as the most beautiful European princesses, they had a tragic ending, and in July 19178, the four sisters were shot dead along with the Tsarist couple. When they died, Olga was only 22 years old, Tatiana was 21 years old, Maria was 19 years old, and Anastasia was only 17 years old.
The world's first jet-powered aircraft - 1910
On December 16, 1910, Henry Coanda took off in the first jet-powered aircraft in history, which crashed in Paris. He was an inventor in Romania and a pioneer in aerodynamics, known for the Coanda effect, which solved a major problem with the first prototype of jet engines.
The microscope of Royal Raymond Reeve, the most powerful microscope of the 1930s
Royal has made valuable contributions to medical microscopy. As a scientist, inventor and engineer, especially in imaging and medical microscopy, Royal was a genius. His influence on medical optics was like that of Nikola Tesla in physics.
Chinese officers boarded the USS Missouri to accept Japan's surrender – 1945
On September 2, 1945, the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender was attended by General Xu Yongchang, head of the Chinese delegation and director of the Military Command Department; Lieutenant General Yang Xuancheng, senior adviser to the Military Commission; Lieutenant General Zhu Shiming, who joined the Military Service of the Nationalist Government; and Major General Wang Zhi, chief liaison staff officer of the Headquarters of the Southwest Pacific Theater of the Chinese Army in the Allied Forces.
On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship crashed at The Hindhurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, and fire erupted from the nose of the Hindenburg.
Himmler and his daughter - 1938
Heinrich Himmler was an important political figure in Nazi Germany during World War II, serving as Minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany and National Leader of the SS. He was the mastermind of the Holocaust against the Jews.
Winston Churchill tried the Thompson submachine gun as he inspected coastal fortifications near Hartlepool, Durhamshire, England – 1940
Thompson submachine gun, is an American John F. Kennedy. T. Thompson designed it in the late 1910s and was produced by the American Ordnance Corporation. At the outbreak of World War II, both Britain and France urgently ordered a large number of Thompson submachine guns from the Automatic Ordnance Corporation. In addition to its use in warfare, the Thompson submachine gun was also a favorite weapon style of the Chicago gangsters in the United States, and earned it the nickname of the Chicago Typewriter.
Stalin and Andrei Zhdanov at the funeral after the assassination of Sergei Kirov, whose death also led to the beginning of the Great Purge - 1934
The Great Purge was known as the Purge in the former Soviet Union, but in today's Russia, some call this period a period of great terror. 3 of the 5 marshals of the Red Army, 13 of the 15 commanders of the army group, 8 of the 9 admirals, 50 of the 57 commanders, 154 of the 186 division commanders, all 16 army political commissars, 25 of the 28 military political commissars were executed in the purges, about 680,000 were shot and killed, and 1.37 million arrested for political reasons.
Princess Elizabeth trained on a BSA 250 motorcycle during her military service – in 1945
In Britain, the tradition of male members of the royal family having to perform military service began in the Middle Ages and became an explicit rule in the 17th century. Although the British crown has lost its substantive military command after the establishment of the constitutional monarchy, the British army has so far been nominally the private army of the royal family, and will be crowned with royal marks. For example, warship names are prefixed with HMS (meaning the warship of Her Majesty the Queen/King). From today's point of view, the significance of military service by members of the royal family is more to maintain the prestige of the royal family among the people.
Apollo 13 astronauts photographed the moon from the lunar module - 1970
Abraham Lincoln with Detective Alan Pinkerton and General John McLenan in Gettysburg – 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War and is often cited as a turning point in the American Civil War. The Battle was fought by the Army of the Potomac, led by Major General George Mead of the Confederate Army of the Confederates of the North, against the attack of the Army of Northern Virginia, general Robert E. Lee, and won a decisive victory, ending General Robert E. E. Lee's second and final invasion of the northern states of the United States.
Greek Jews in the Thessaloniki region were forced to dance by a Greek fascist organization allied with the Nazis - 1942
Indians in Calcutta celebrate the end of British rule in India – in 1947
The Indian independence movement was a series of activities whose ultimate goal was to end British rule in India. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 marked the end of the history of British India on August 15 of the same year, after India's partition of Pakistan.
Rita Hayworth was the most popular model for American soldiers during World War II – 1941
Rita Hayworth, a famous American actress, is sometimes referred to as the "Goddess of Love" or "American Eros". During World War II, American soldiers often used her photographs to draw graffiti on airplanes or battleships to pray for the blessing of the goddess of luck.
The Man Who Sold a Car During the Great Depression of the United States because of the bankruptcy of investment - 1929
The Great Depression, also known as the Great Economic Crisis, was the great recession that lasted between 1929 and 1933 and the worst world recession before World War II. Economic historians often position the beginning of the Great Depression as a sudden crash in the U.S. stock market on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday; others object, arguing that the crash itself was a phenomenon, not a trigger.