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I knew you'd do that Mike.

 

 

interesting though, that so many of these images are of American culture.

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doisneau_kiss.jpg

 

Gotta love it when iconic photos are staged

 

muybridge_galloping_horse.jpg

 

Dull, but its how we learnt how horses ran

 

friedlander_revolving_door.jpg

 

Just cause I love Friedlander

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New-York-Construction-Workers-Lunching-on-a-Crossbeam--B10273063.jpeg

"Construction workers take a lofty break"

 

england5c.jpg

 

A-166.jpg

 

(this thread's gonna need a 56k Warning)

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(ideas keep coming)

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Is there reason why Hollywood hasn't made a major blockbuster about the civil rights movement?

King041.jpg

 

us_his1.jpg

 

birmingham_1.jpg

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What a sad little life you must lead.

no,

 

it is one of the greatest moments in footballing history

 

Mdf40224.jpg

 

even tho it isnt a WORLD highlight, as if you showed that to some american dude, he wouldnt know what it was, that still dont mean you call someone else sad

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Spencer.gif

Eh? Who's with me?! Anybody? Ok......

 

You're waiting for someone to ask :wink: , so... Who is that guy?

 

 

Or does everyone already know.:woops:

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I think people are mistaking 'iconic, legendary moments in history' with 'events that happened recently and were photographed.

 

come on guys! we wan't the big moments!

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if we were to talk about some legendary moments in history would be this.

 

the greatest jump in history

 

take it away bob

 

T309654A.jpg

 

and one for the books

 

jesse owens stands on top of the podium in an arena surrounded by evil, and he triumphs

thus pissing hitler off

 

JesseOwens_1936Olympics.jpg

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This was a pretty tragic event in formula one. A lot of safety, car and track design rules were changed drastically after this. Some people still believe Ayrton Senna was murdered. I recall watching the whole thing live. He was a legend of his time.

 

ds6s.jpg

 

ds8s.jpg

 

ds9s.jpg

 

You can see footage of the crash here.

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