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View Photos from 1907-1910
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Orville Wright pilots the first flight as brother Wilbur runs alongside at 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The plane had just left the track at left for a flight that lasted 12 seconds and went about 120 feet. The classic image of 100 years ago was shot by John Daniels after receiving a quick photography lesson from Orville. This was the only picture ever taken by Daniels, a member of the nearby Kill Devil Hills lifesaving station. (UPI Photo/John Daniels/National Archives/Files)
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View Photos from 1911-1920
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Original Caption: Italian stone masons imported from the old country carve their construction materials out of adjoining canyon walls during the construction of the Roosevelt Dam in Roosevelt, Arizona, which was completed in 1911. (UPI Photo/Files)
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Actress Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson) and Mauritz Stiller, her director, as they arrived in America from Sweden by boat in 1925. Greta was born September 18, 1905 and died April 15, 1990. She was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age.Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1955 Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances" and was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. (UPI Photo/Files)
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View Photos from 1931-1940
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Britain's King George VI (R) and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother)(L) view damage at the cinema attached to Madame Tussaud's on September 19, 1940 during one of their tours of London areas affected by the German bombings. (UPI Photo/Files)
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View Photos from 1941-1950
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President-elect Harry S. Truman laughs heartily as he holds an early edition of the Chicago Tribune for November 4, 1948, with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." The newspaper, whose headline jumped to an erroneous conclusion as early election returns came in, was shown to Truman as he stopped in St. Louis, Missouri, during his victorious return trip to Washington, D.C. (UPI Photo/Files)
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View Photos from 1951-1960
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IN THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION AREA ON THE WAEGWAN FRONT Hugh Baillie, President of the United Press, and Gen. Carl T. Spaatz, former U.S. Air Force chief of staff and now a Newsweek correspondent, in a jeep as they left for an inspection tour of the Taegu-Waegwan front. Accompany-ing them are a Fifth Air Force public information officer, Lt. William McQuinn: and driver, Sgt. Edward Smart, Piedmont, Ala. Sometime in September, 1950. (UPI Photo/Files)
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View Photos from 1961-1970
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WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Little John F. Kennedy, Jr., salutes, November 25, 1963, as the casket containing the body of his father, President John F. Kennedy is taken from St. Matthews' Cathedral during funeral services. (UPI PhotoFiles)
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View Photos from 1971-1980
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WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono listen in on the Watergate hearings on Capitol Hill in this 1973 file photo. Today is the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's murder who was shot dead in New York by Mark David Chapman December 8, 2000. cc/FILE PHOTO UPI
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View Photos from 1981-1990
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President Ronald Reagan shares a laugh with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as they prepare to sign the historic arms control agreement between the two countries December 8, 1987. The agreement called for the destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles. (UPI/File)
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View Photos from 1991-2000
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02 JUNE 1999, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: President Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the second all race democratic elections in South Africa, June 2 1999. President Mandela has retired from office to his home in Qunu, Transkei. rw/dm/Debbie Yazbek UPI
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View Photos from 2001-today
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UPI PICTURES OF THE YEAR - FILE PHOTO - 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: A New York City Police Emergency Services truck quickly drives away from 1 World Trade Center, as the World Trade Center's South Tower burns uncontrollably, after two hi-jacked commercial airliners flew into the Twin Towers, and ultimately destroyed them, early in the business day, September 11, 2001. cc/cc/Steven E. Frischling UPI
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