04 May 1994 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord to ensure Palestinian self-rule in Gaza and Jericho

Together with Shimon Peres, the two leaders received the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist.

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Welsh spiritualist Colin Evans feigns levitation by jumping up and down in total darkness and filming himself with an infrared camera. Photo taken in London, 1939.

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A US Air Force lieutenant is held captive by a young North Vietnamese soldier, 1967.

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Mary Smith, a “knocker-upper” who earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at windows to wake people for work (East London, 1930s)

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The one hundred man killing contest using swords was an evil atrocity carried out by two Japanese soldiers in China 1937 , and it was actually covered in several newspapers , such as this one.

Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda were the perpetrators. The Tokyo Nicho Nicho Shimbun newspaper headline reads : Hundred man killing super record. Both men were put on trial , found guilty and executed by firing squad.

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24 year-old Marine Sgt. Tyler Ziegel and 21-year-old Rene Kline on their wedding day. She divorced him a year later. He died in 2012 from a combination of drugs and alcohol.

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10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president

Mandela's inauguration came after more than 300 years of white rule. Before becoming president, he was a pivotal figure in the fight against the racist apartheid regime and was incarcerated for 27 years.

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A US soldier poses with a giant jungle centipede during the Vietnam War, (1967)

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Rock star yearbook pictures 1960-1970

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Krak des Chevalliers, Syria. Built upon the foundations of a previous fortress in 1140CE, this castle became a major bastion for the Knights Hospitalars.

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