On this day in 1974 (25 April 1974), Portugal’s 40-year old fascist dictatorship was overthrown, ultimately ushering in parliamentary democracy and the end of Portugal’s colonial wars in Africa. The soldiers provoke a pacific putsch and put a carnation on their gun. [528×396]

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Audrey Hepburn on set of Roman Holiday (1953) [736*920]

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Rioters gathers around downtown Oxford, Mississippi to hurl objects at U.S. soldiers who are stationed in the city to ensure the safety of black student James Meredith attending the once-segregated University of Mississippi (October 1, 1962) [1024 x 955]

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Italian partigiani in freshly liberated Venice, April 1945. Happy Liberation Day! [1188×779]

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April 25, 1945, it’s Elbe Day. United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two during World War II. [1200 x887]

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Woman watches as German sailors exercise, Helsinki, July 1941 [4961×3576

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