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1810: Friedrich Kauffman of Dresden’s First Robot In History

1810: Friedrich Kauffman of Dresden’s First Robot In History

FLASHBACK to April, 30, 1950:  An elderly Bavarian inspects what is said to be the ...
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Your Guidebook to Creating a Proper Heavy Metal Album Cover

Your Guidebook to Creating a Proper Heavy Metal Album Cover

Let’s tour through some metal covers from the 1980s, a time when heavy metal was king, and learn from their successes and failures ...
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That David Bowie ‘Nazi Salute’ And Eric Clapton’s ‘Wogs’ Created Rock Against Racism

That David Bowie ‘Nazi Salute’ And Eric Clapton’s ‘Wogs’ Created Rock Against Racism

Bowie was now working as the Thin White Duke. In character, he made a gesture. ...
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1954: Arsenal Players Lark About In Dressing Room Before Moscow Match

1954: Arsenal Players Lark About In Dressing Room Before Moscow Match

FLASHBACK to September 30th 1954:  - Arsenal players at the Highbury ground, North London. Centre forward ...
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Groucho Marx Versus Albert Hall: The 1955 Face-Off

Groucho Marx Versus Albert Hall: The 1955 Face-Off

  ALBERT Hall was born in Kansas...on a farm. He was not born in London. ...
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Iwo Jima: A Story Of Death, Glory And Propaganda In Wonderful Photos

Iwo Jima: A Story Of Death, Glory And Propaganda In Wonderful Photos

ON this day in photos:  February 23, 1945: US raises flag raised over Iwo Jima. ...
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1972: Little Richard And ‘Screaming’ Lord Sutch Play Football At Wembley Stadium

1972: Little Richard And ‘Screaming’ Lord Sutch Play Football At Wembley Stadium

FLASHBACK to August 3, 1972: Little Richard, the American rock singer, is seen with a ...
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These TV Adverts For David Bowie’s 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour And Live Album Are Terrible

These TV Adverts For David Bowie’s 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour And Live Album Are Terrible

  IT'S 1974, and all the cool kids are buying David Live, David Bowie's first ...
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Their Golden Years?  Five Films About Your Greatest Heroes Growing Old

Their Golden Years? Five Films About Your Greatest Heroes Growing Old

  WITH J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII in the pipeline comes the news that ...
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1943: Tallulah Bankhead Flashes The Crew And Hitchcock Calls The Hairdressers

1943: Tallulah Bankhead Flashes The Crew And Hitchcock Calls The Hairdressers

FLASHBACK to October 6 1943: Actress Tallulah Bankhead, who won the Drama Critics Award in ...
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TV Nightmares: 10 Highly Disturbing Sitcom Episodes of the 70s and 80s

TV Nightmares: 10 Highly Disturbing Sitcom Episodes of the 70s and 80s

The trouble with American situation comedies in the 1970s and 1980s was that you never knew what you were going to get when you tuned in. ...
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1964: Beatle Cult Hater Lord Willis Listens To The Yardbirds In His Back Garden

1964: Beatle Cult Hater Lord Willis Listens To The Yardbirds In His Back Garden

FLASHBACK: 17/05/1964. Music - Lord Willis listens to the Yardbirds in his back garden - 1964 Lord ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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