Interesting Historical Moments (16 pics)

1

“Wait for me daddy,” October 1, 1940. This little boy runs away from his mother to be with his father.

2

The desire for victory during the Olympic games in 1960

3

German women washing their clothes with cold water on a Berlin street, 1945

4

Crew members enjoy a film on the stern of one of the battleships, 1918

5

Patriotic grief of a Frenchman in March 1941

6

Astronauts Young and Grissom walk to the elevator for the first manned Gemini mission,1965

7

Flower power! Anti-Vietnam War protest at The Pentagon, 1967

8

A new sport called ski-sailing invented in Austria, 1938

9

Finally victory! People gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill’s speech, May 8, 1945

10

Kindness is always near. 2 children sharing a soft drink at the White House, 1922

11

Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov, legendary chess players in 1985, before the game

12

Seaside life in the Netherlands in 1937. A man stands ready to catch a woman coming down in a swallow dive.

13

Big tree, big saw, 1890

14

Tears are allowed. Korean War, 1950

15

Hungry child from a refugee family gets a piece of bread from a soldier in Holland, 1918