801
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926.
802
An illustration shows a monk seducing a nun, who becomes pregnant and has an illegitimate baby. She then disposes of the baby in the privy (toilet). From the Miracles de Notre Dame, 71 A 24.
Royal Library of the Netherlands
803
Scratching cat. Depiction of the spotted cat's behavior painted by Goon-Hoo, Korea, Joseon Era, 18th-19th century.
804
Parade shield depicting 'The Judgement of Paris' by Italian sculptor Leone Leoni, 15th century.
805
A Hellenistic Greek cast glass pomegranate vase. 2nd-century BCE-1st century CE.
Phoenix Ancient Art
806
Stele of Princess Nefertiabet and her food for the afterlife. Giza, Egypt. 4th Dinasty, 2600 BC. Louvre Museum, Paris.
807
Malcolm X visiting the Great Pyramids during his pilgrimage to Makkah, 1964
808
Helmet and mask with gilded crest. Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century
809
Moses - Michelangelo, 1513-16. Photo by Luca Volpi
811
Heracles and Nessus by Giambologna, 1595
812
French soldiers resting outside the railway station Gare de l'Est in Paris, France while on leave from the front during World War I, 1916.
813
A mosaic in the House of Theseus. Cyprus, 2nd century CE
814
Christmas day in Vukovar, Croatian War, 1992
815
South Ferry bound 1 train, New York, 1981
816
Roman mosaic discovered in 2021 in old town of Hvar, Croatia.
817
The Stairs of Death, Huayna Picchu, Peru were built by the Incas in the 15th Century.
818
Women of the Spanish Republican Militia during the Spanish Civil War
819
Róża Maria Goździewska, the youngest Polish Nurse in the Warsaw Uprising at 8 years old 1944. Photo: Eugeniusz Lokajski “Brok”. Colored by AlixOfHesse
820
The Ludovisi Ares is a Roman marble 2nd century CE copy of a 4th century BCE original, rediscovered in 1622
821
Wedding rings removed from Holocaust victims before they were executed, 1945
822
A gold sapphire stone ring discovered by an amateur treasure hunter and their metal detector in Sherwood Forest (the home of the legendary Robin Hood). It likely dates back to the 14th century.
824
A 2000-year-old Roman child's wooden sword found at the Vindolanda fort site in northern England.
825
4000-year-old writing board by an Egyptian student with teacher's spelling corrections in red
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