History
Superb Futuristic Car Concepts of the 1970s and 1980s
The imagination and creativity of car makers and designers of the 1970s and 1980s were crazy brilliant. Citroen Karin 1980 debuted at the 1980 Paris Motor Show 1981 Citroen Xenia concept [wp_ad_camp_1] 1983 Buick Questor concept car Ital-Design 1984 Ford Maya concept car Lamborghini Athon concept car Lancia Bertone Stratos from 1970 Toyota FCX-80 from … Read more
The First Photograph of Discovery of Machu Picchu (1911)
The ruins of Machu Picchu covered in jungle growth in 1911 photographed by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham. Photo credit: National Geographic In 1911, American archaeologist Hiram Bingham arrived in Peru with his team of explorers with a goal to find Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold to fall to the Spanish. While traveling on foot and … Read more
Police Officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing bikini on Italian beach (1957)
Sunglasses helps a lot in the “ticket writing” process. The bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard. He coined the named in 1946. He got the name of the swimsuit design from Bikini Atoll, where the testing on the atomic bomb took place. Réard would later describe the bikini as a “two-piece bathing suit … Read more
The Last Days of the Nazis (1945)
These German soldiers stand in the debris strewn street of Bastogne, Belgium, on January 9, 1945, after they were captured by the U.S. 4th Armored Division that helped break the German siege of the city. Photo credit: Library of Congress / AP Photo By the beginning of 1945, the brutal war that Nazi Germany had … Read more
The Day a Computer Beat The World Chess Champion in 1997
Spectators watch live the final, decisive game in the rematch between Garry Kasparov and the IBM computer Deep Blue. May 11, 1997. Photo credit: Stan Honda / AFP / Getty Images In 1997, the world was stunned when they saw the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue beating the World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. Hunching over the … Read more