Putin, 1999: "We don't want to take Crimea, that's absolute nonsense" 
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Putin, 1999: "We don't want to take Crimea, that's absolute nonsense"
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A girl posing with her cat more than 100 years ago. 
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A girl posing with her cat more than 100 years ago.
Great Depression irony as people wait in breadline in Ohio, 1937 
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Great Depression irony as people wait in breadline in Ohio, 1937
"If a woman needs it, should she be spanked?" News clipping from the New York Daily Mirror, c. 1950s. 
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"If a woman needs it, should she be spanked?" News clipping from the New York Daily Mirror, c. 1950s.
Lone Wolf dancing the war dance, circa 1898. 
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Lone Wolf dancing the war dance, circa 1898.
Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, 1945. 
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Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, 1945.
Photo of a British man wearing a chain around the neck of Aborigines, who are natives of Australia. 1900s 
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Photo of a British man wearing a chain around the neck of Aborigines, who are natives of Australia. 1900s
What lessons from history do you think are most crucial for current leaders to learn from?
Elton John acts as one of Ryan White's pallbearers after the 18-yr-old's death due to AIDS-related illness. April the 8th 1990. Ryan had caught the disease via a blood transfusion while still a baby. He was ostracized by his community in Indiana and barred from attending school. 
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Elton John acts as one of Ryan White's pallbearers after the 18-yr-old's death due to AIDS-related illness. April the 8th 1990. Ryan had caught the...
Dorothy Counts, the first black girl to attend an all-white school in the U.S., being taunted by her white classmates at Harry Harding High School in Charlotte, 1957. 
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The iconic photo of Jerry West, which became the basis of the NBA logo. 1969 
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The iconic photo of Jerry West, which became the basis of the NBA logo. 1969
What historical event do you think is most misunderstood or misrepresented today?
The headquarters of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party in Rome, 1934 
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The headquarters of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party in Rome, 1934
A blind Muslim named Muhammad carrying his best friend, a paralyzed Christian with dwarfism named Samir, in Damascus, 1889. 
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A blind Muslim named Muhammad carrying his best friend, a paralyzed Christian with dwarfism named Samir, in Damascus, 1889.
Students dance in Tiananmen Square before the arrival of the Chinese military, 4 June 1989. 
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Students dance in Tiananmen Square before the arrival of the Chinese military, 4 June 1989.
Saundra Brown, the first black woman on the Oakland police force gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun, 1970. She is now the Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 
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Saundra Brown, the first black woman on the Oakland police force gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun, 1970. She is now the Senior Judge of ...
The Paramount Pictures logo on the day it was originally painted, 1965. 
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The Paramount Pictures logo on the day it was originally painted, 1965.
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It is no longer possible to see this, as the buildings outside block the sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo by Louis Faurer 
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It is no longer possible to see this, as the buildings outside block the sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo by Louis Faurer