20th century

(Original Caption) NEW YORK: WOMEN'S LIBERATION PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE, 8/26/71.

Women’s Lib: The Second Wave of Feminism

US President Richard Nixon learns how to use chopstiks whie dining with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in Shangai, 1972 © Getty

Nixon plays chopsticks: Shanghai, 1972

Unemployed men from the shipyard town of Jarrow march to London with Ellen Wilkinson MP © Getty

The march to save Jarrow

Orson Welles rehearsing the radio broadcast © Getty

A fake invasion grips the US, 1938

American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists and give the Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City © Getty

“I had a moral obligation to step up”

Who should we blame for Hawaiian shirts? © Getty Images

Who should we blame for Hawaiian shirts?

A lone wanderer stands at the foot of the partially frozen Niagara Falls © Getty

Freeze frame: Niagara Falls, 1903

workers get back to work on RMS Queen Mary after their dinner break © Getty

Tight ship: Clydebank, 1935

The history of the Louvre © Getty Images

The history of the Louvre

Permanent Revolution © Getty Images

Permanent Revolution

Spain's longest day © Agency EFE / Getty Images

Spain’s longest day

The Trial of Oscar Wilde © Wikimedia Commons

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

A Royal Affair © Getty Images

A Royal Affair

Seven forgotten and unsolved crimes

Seven forgotten and unsolved crimes

The kidnapping of Charlie Chaplin’s coffin © Alamy

The kidnapping of Charlie Chaplin’s coffin