The victim without a name; the 9 year old girl ran from her burning Vietnamese yelling “Too hot! Too hot!” Her village was struck with napalm which in turn stuck to her clothes and burnt through her flesh. The soldier on the right is checking his camera, without a care in the world.
Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine; a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
When Muhammad Ali floored Sonny Liston in their title-bout rematch in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965, a legend was born. Or, perhaps more accurately, a legendary boxing controversy was born. Ali (the former Cassius Clay, who had taken his now-famous Muslim name after defeating Liston in their first title bout in 1964) knocked Liston out with a first-round right hand to the head that, all these years later, is still known as the “phantom punch.”
The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an abrupt end to the age of the rigid airship. The hydrogen airships were highly flammable, so it shouldn’t have been much of a surprise.
Che Guevera shown on the concrete slab on which he was left after his execution. The officials made the execution fit the story which had been fabricated, saying he was killed in action. As a result they shot him in suitable places. His hands were cut off after this photo was taken for fingerprint identification.
The photo that means scientists can smile. On Einstein's 72nd birthday on March 14, 1951, UPI photographer Arthur Sasse was trying to persuade him to smile for the camera, but having smiled for photographers many times that day, Einstein stuck out his tongue instead.
Margaret Bourke-White had to first learn how to use the spinning wheel before she was allowed to take a picture. Gandhi did not speak as it was his day of silence and Margaret was only allowed three bulbs, two of which failed. The last was a success and this picture is that success.