André Leducq battling it out in the Tour de France in days before mountain passes were paved. Leducq won the Tour in 1930 and 1932 and he shares the record for the third-highest number of stage wins with Mark Cavendish.
Marten van Valckenborch the Elder. Detail from The Tower of Babel, 1595.
Gustave Moreau (French, 1826-1898)
Salome receives the head of John the Baptist as a reward for dancing for King Herod.
The Apparition in various versions, circa 1875
May 6th, 1937 - The Hindenburg zeppelin (LZ 129 Hindenburg) burst to flames while landing in New Jersey, USA, after a 3-day overseas travel from Frankfurt, Germany. A total of 36 people died in the tragedy, including passengers, on-board crew and ground crew. The cause of the accident is still uncertain, though it was most acceptably due to electrical sparks released during the landing maneuvers. [read more / video source]
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"There is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable… I simply am not there.”
The Burning Monk- Thich Quang Duc (1963) sat down in meditation position at Saigon. He then poured gasoline all over his body and set himself alight. He maintained his calm meditative position and did not even make a sound while his body burned and then within a few minutes toppled over. His body was consumed but his heart remained intact. It was placed in the Reserve Bank of Vietnam and is called the Symbol Of The Holy Heart.
He wanted to show people that we can do incredible things when we practice mindfulness. He also wanted to show the world the injustice that was being perpetrated on the Buddhist religion and community by a repressive regime. Needless to say, it worked pretty well and the government softened up on the Buddhist. He is a remarkable symbol of the incredible power the mind holds.