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A contemporary etching of "La femme du Sansculotte" during the French Revolution, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

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During the General Strike in England, 3-12 May 1926, women on horseback demonstrate against the strike from Victoria Embankment to the Royal Albert Hall.

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The crew of the battle cruiser "Potemkin", having mutinied
outside Odessa, 28 June (June 14, old style) 1905, during the Russian Revolution.

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A tank burns in the streets of Prague, during the occupation of Czechoslovakia by troops of the Warsaw Pact, 20/21 August 1968.

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The Declaration of Independence of the United States of North America, now in the National Archives in Washington.

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