In Pictures

Margaret Waggoner Mitchell at the hairdressers © Getty

Shock of the new: Kansas, 1926

JFK address 120,000 West Germans in Berlin in June 1963 © Getty Images

JFK is no doughnut: Berlin, 1963

Crowds of mourners pay their respects to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran © Getty Images

Ayatollah laid to rest: Iran, 1989

Flames leap from Westminster Hall at the House of Commons in London after an IRA bomb exploded. © Getty Images

IRA bombs parliament: London, 1974

Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris having just flown solo over the Atlantic © Getty

Lindy comes in to land: Paris, 1927

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

Hraverting daffodils on the Scilly Isles during World War II © Getty

Pick your battles: Scilly Isles, 1943

9 behind-the-scenes shots from classic horror © Getty Images

9 behind-the-scenes shots from classic horror

In pictures: The Ashes through history © Wikimedia Commons

In pictures: The Ashes through history

In pictures: Audrey Hepburn (public domain)

In pictures: Audrey Hepburn

Two waiters serve two steel workers lunch, on a girder high above New York City © Getty

Food with a view: New York, 1930