Historical Planet
Friday, 20 June 2014
21 years ago, in 1993 Dick Smith and John Wallington made the first non-stop flight across Australia in a hot air balloon.
Thursday, 19 June 2014
The Third Avenue elevated train rumbles across lower Manhattan in this undated photo. City Hall can be seen in the background
The headline of the newspaper the man in this May 18, 1940 photo reads 'Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris. This picture shows the corner of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan
Workers dig in Delancy Street on New York's Lower East Side in this photo dated July 29, 1908
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, waves goodbye as he boards a helicopter at the White House on August 4, 1974,
This circa 1983-1988 photo shows 172 Norfolk Street, which is now the Angel Orensanz Foundation, in New York.
19 March 1932 Crowds cross the newly opened Sydney Harbour Bridge
Friday, 13 June 2014
ohn F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father’s coffin along with the honor guard
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the rocky Moon. It was the first human footprint on the Moon
General Gouraud marching in Aleppo 13 September 1920
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal, 1945
The stirring image of the Hindenburg zeppelin going down in flames helped galvanize public opinion on the dangers of airships and end their era once and for all 1937
Neil Armstrong snapped this image of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the first human trip to land on the Moon. It became a testament to American innovation and dedication 1969
Monday, 9 June 2014
the site of the first McDonald's restaurant, San Bernardino, California. Only part of the sign remains from the original structure
Taughannock Falls State Park in 1940's
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