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    A man attacks the Berlin Wall with a pickaxe on the night of November 9th, 1989 as news spread rapidly that the East German Government would now start granting exit visas to anyone who wanted to go to the West. The announcement was misinterpreted as meaning the border was now open and East German border guards were unable to stop the rush of people to the Wall. Within hours people were smashing sections of the Wall with their own hand tools and these first cracks in the Wall led to the complete opening of the border within days. (Photo by robert wallis/Corbis via Getty Images)
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    A real Peaky Blinder mug-shot
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    BDW39T The Australian XI of 1882, the cricket team toured England and won the only test at the Oval, the start of the Ashes legend. Image shot 1882. Exact date unknown.
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    A Victorian lady washing in the nude
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    In pictures: erotic postcards of the early 20th century

    c1943: Soldiers enjoy a baseball match at Wembley Stadium in London between the United States Army and Canadian Forces. With them sits Bobby, the mascot of the Canadian Highland Scottish regiment. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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    An unidentified sitter for photographer Gerty Simon. (© The Bernard Simon Estate, Wiener Library Collections)
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    The lost sitters of photographer Gerty Simon – can you help?

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Illustration by Kate Greenaway, 1888. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
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    Nicholas, Tatiana, Olga and Anastasia in Livadia, Crimea in 1913. (Photo courtesy of Romanov100)
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    England's World Cup-winning captain, Bobby Moore (1941–93) kisses the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy after England's 4-2 win over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London. Also pictured are Moore's team-mates George Cohen, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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    In pictures: when England won the football World Cup

    RAF Hospital Nocton Hall, Lincolnshire by Matt Emmett - Reading, UK (Winner, overall)
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    9 of the best historical photographs from 2017

    Michael Wood greets his fans at York History Weekend 2017.
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    British Aircraft Of The First World War 1914-1918, Sopwith F1 Camel, single-seat scout, 1917. (Photo by IWM via Getty Images)
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    Replica chariot. (© Mr. Ziyu Qiu)
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    In pictures: The Terracotta Warriors

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