EVB2942340: Yolande Betbeze, Alabama's entry won the 1951 Miss America beauty contest. After winning the title she refused to wear a bathing suit at public events. She later marched for civil rights, took part in Woolworth sit-ins, and marched in a feminist demonstration against Miss America pageant / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942689: German sailors cling to the capsized and sinking of the Cruiser Bluecher. The British began recovering survivors when a German zeppelin began bombing, mistaking the sinking Bluecher for a British ship. Deaths were between 747 to 1000. Photo taken from the British Cruiser Arethusia, in the North Sea. World War I. Jan. 24, 1915, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images