I colorized this photo of a motor torpedo boat marksman provides a striking camera study as he draws a bead with his 50 calibur machine gun on his boat off New Guinea.
On this day in 1976, The film Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, premiered and became known for Robert De Niroβs performance as a troubled Vietnam War veteran.
On this day in 1911, Ronald Reagan, an American actor turned politician who became the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Illinois.
On this day in 1952, Elizabeth II became queen of the United Kingdom in 1952 after her father, King George VI, died, and she later became the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
On this day 1985, in Cristiano Ronaldo, a remarkably gifted footballer and one of the greatest players in the sportβs history, was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
On this dat in 1913, Rosa Parks, a courageous civil rights activist whose quiet act of defiance helped spark the movement for racial equality, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.