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IN MEMORIAM 147 passengers of the vessel “MAYAKOVSKY” who perished here on 13th August 1950, Riga, Latvia, January 22, 2020 Photos by D.P.
On a hot August day, hundreds of people in the center of Riga tried to get on the steamer Mayakovsky to go on a trip to Mežaparks. Crowding caused the ship to capsize and the biggest catastrophe in post-war Latvian history - 147 people lost their lives, including 48 children. The authorities of the Soviet occupation regime tried to hide the scale of the catastrophe from society until the collapse of the Soviet Union….
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William Holden in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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August 10, 1950: Sunset Boulevard premieres in New York City
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August 10, 1950: Sunset Boulevard premieres in New York City
Private First Class Clarence Whitmore, voice radio operator, 24th Infantry Regiment, reads the latest news while enjoying chow during lull in battle, near Sangju, Korea, 8/9/1950.
Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003
Image Description: Whitmore sits on the side of a small hill. Two open C-Ration cans are on top of a blocky object that might be his radio. Whitmore is reading Stars and Stripes and eating a cracker with something dark spread on it.
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