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    (Original Caption) NEW YORK: WOMEN'S LIBERATION PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE, 8/26/71.
    20th century

    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
    In Pictures

    Nixon plays chopsticks: Shanghai, 1972

    Unemployed men from the shipyard town of Jarrow march to London with Ellen Wilkinson MP © Getty
    20th century

    The march to save Jarrow

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    Orson Welles rehearsing the radio broadcast © Getty
    20th century

    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
    20th century

    “I had a moral obligation to step up”

    South African armed forces stand by during state of emergency regarding anti-apartheid unrest © Getty
    20th century

    The years of Apartheid

    Haile Selassie in full ceremonial regalia following his coronation © Getty Images
    20th century

    Timeline: The life of Haile Selassie

    Haile Selassie in the 1970s © Getty Images
    20th century

    Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia and architect of modern Africa

    Who should we blame for Hawaiian shirts? © Getty Images
    20th century

    Who should we blame for Hawaiian shirts?

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    A lone wanderer stands at the foot of the partially frozen Niagara Falls © Getty
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    Freeze frame: Niagara Falls, 1903

    workers get back to work on RMS Queen Mary after their dinner break © Getty
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    Tight ship: Clydebank, 1935

    The history of the Louvre © Getty Images
    20th century

    The history of the Louvre

    Permanent Revolution © Getty Images
    Cold War

    Permanent Revolution

    Spain's longest day © Agency EFE / Getty Images
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    Spain’s longest day

    The Trial of Oscar Wilde © Wikimedia Commons
    20th century

    The Trial of Oscar Wilde

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