On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed in an attempt to dock at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey. Despite the terrifying scale of the fire, 62 of the 97 on board survived. [900×671]May 6, 2026
Photograph of a 16th-century painting depicting the Sack of Rome, Rome, Italy, photo taken c. 1900s [1950 × 797]May 6, 2026
Border guards from the East German Border Brigade Coast (Grenzbrigade Küste) of the Volksmarine – near the Dornbusch Lighthouse – on the island of Hiddensee, German Democratic Republic (GDR), c. August 1983. [800 x 622]May 6, 2026
Freedom 7 launches Alan Shepard on the United States first human spaceflight, May 5, 1961 [1507×1920]May 6, 2026
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini & his friend Harukichi Shimoi with a set of Samurai armor gifted to him by Shimoi personally, 1920s. A noted Italophile, Shimoi lived in Italy for decades, served in the Italian army, marched on Fiume & later Rome, & was an early supporter of Fascism (879×1024)May 6, 2026
Fighting with the 2nd Inf. Div. north of the Chongchon River, Sfc. Major Cleveland, weapons squad leader, points out communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew. November 20, 1950. Pfc. James Cox. (Army) [3000×2058]May 6, 2026
June 12th, 1925: Members of Baltimore’s ‘Younger Set’. It is fashionable to paint the faces of one’s sweetheart and best friends on one’s knees (612×476)May 5, 2026
Rare 1914 photograph of Charlotte of Belgium, once Empress Carlota of Mexico, who spent the final six decades of her life in isolation and severe mental illness[500X667].May 5, 2026
A group of Italian and German officers examine attack plans in Libya (left to right): General Mario Roatta (Chief of Staff of the Italian Army), Attilio Teruzzi (Italian minister of colonies), General Erwin Rommell. 1941 [1544×1100]May 5, 2026
A stone carving of Mussolini found near a captured Italian ammunition dump, at a former Italian-held fort captured by the British. (WWII, East African Campaign, 1940) [471 × 452]May 5, 2026
56 year old FBI Director L Patrick Gray working out on a speedbag, 1972. Unusually for a federal police officer of his age and rank, Gray was a devoted athlete & an experienced boxer who exercised daily as well as abstaining from smoking & drinking. He later resigned during Watergate (2048×1375)May 5, 2026
