ZUM4854265: Jun 08, 1953 - Sir Winston Churchill with the oni of ife. Garden Party at Blenheim palace: Sir Winston Churchill the Prime Minister talks with the Oni of Ife in the Grounds of Blenheim palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, yesterday home of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. They were guests at a garden party of 1,200 Dominion and overseas visitors held in the grounds. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4854279: Second World War (1939-1945): Saint Barthelemy, 11 August 1944. In a fox hole, Lt G. E. Thompson of the 117th Infantry Regiment of the 30th US Infantry Division during the German counterattack at Mortain. This regiment managed to contain the German Panzer shoot with the help of the Typhoon and their rockets; the village of Saint-Barthelemy was reinvested on 12 August. Note the walkie-talkies and the Garand rifle perfectly visible / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4852658: Jun. 06, 1953 - Opening Of The Epsom Summer Melting Finish Of The Rosebery Memorial Handicap: Photo shows. The finish of the Rosebery Memorial Handicap-on first day of the Summer Meeting at Epsom today showing Ensorceleur winning from Pluchino (E. Smith) and Approval (L. Piggott) in third place. the winner was ridden by W. Snaith. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4852749: Jun 06, 1953 - Gordon Richards Wins His First Derby Queen's Horse Second: Gordon Richards, the champion jockey, today won his first Derby, on Sir V. Sassoon's” Pinza”. The Queen's horse” Aureole”, ridden by W.H. Carr, was second, and” Pink Horse”, ridden by Rae Johnstone, was third / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4852802: Jun 06, 1953 - West Berlin citizens return.: Quite surprisingly the Soviets opened a pass-office at Brandenburger Tor. The first citizens of West Berlin who were in the East sector when the riots broke out and could not return as the borderline was blocked up were now brought to the sectoral borderline by the people's police / Bridgeman Images