ETE4877485: Second World War (1939-1945): Near Utah Beach Normandy France 2 August 1944: Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolas Roumiantzoff (commander of the march regiment of the Moroccan spahis) restores just after having debarked on the beach of Saint Martin de Varreville with the 2nd French DB / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4909402: Dec. 23, 1983 - Former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing stopped by Antenne 2, a French television network, last night where he explained himself concerning The Great Oil Sniffer Hoax and showed examples that he had of the relationship between the scandal and the French Audit Office / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4912883: Feb. 02, 1954 - JAPANESE BALLET COMPANY ARRIVES IN LONDON. THE BALLERINA AND” JUSTICE” HAVE TEA - EASTERN STYLE. The Japanese Ballet Company - the first to visit this country since 1939 - arrived in London this afternoon. Under the leadership of the Prima Ballerina - MIHO HANAYAGUI - the Company opens for a season at the Princes Theatre on Thursday. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - Tea in old-time Eastern style - on the floor - for two of the Company at their London Hotel this afternoon. They are the Prima Ballerina MIHO HANAYAGUI (left) and MAKO OKADA (which means 'Justice' / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4913172: Feb. 02, 1954 - Five Hundred Killed when Pilgirms Stampede during the Kumbh Mela in the river Ganges. At least 500 pilgrim were killed and 2,000 injured recently when a vast crowd got out of hand and stampeded at the Kumbh Mela, a religius festival held at the confluence of the Ganges and the Jumna - The ceremony, which is normally hedl every 12 years was attended by dr. Prassd the Indian Preseident and Dr. Pandit the Prime Minister. Police mas a Lathi charge when a procession was blocked by the crowds and children invalids and lepers who were unable to move fast enough were trampled to death / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4881273: Sep. 10, 1953 - A new guest at the” Jardin Des Plantes” in Paris: A new guest has enriched the” Jardin Des Plantes” in Paris. It is a crab, native from the Islands of Comoros (Madagascar) they name it the” CPCPA-tree Crab” or Birgus Latro Li it is the first time that this rather” Gentle” animal has been brought alive to Europe. / Bridgeman Images