Some of the Most Intriguing Moments from History. A Thread🧵
1. Saddam Hussein captured by the United States military in December 2003 x.com
1. Saddam Hussein captured by the United States military in December 2003 x.com
3. The sound of 2,008 people drumming together at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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5. Atlanta Olympics 1996 featured the iconic moment when the legendary Muhammad Ali, despite suffering heavily from Parkinson's, lit the Olympic flame to begin the games
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9. 11 year-old Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sitting in the crowd watching his father about to wrestle, 1984
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13. In 1987, James Stanfield captured a photograph of a heart surgeon after a 23-hour-long heart transplant surgery.
The photograph, which shows the surgeon looking exhausted but triumphant, also depicts his assistant sleeping in the corner of the room. x.com
The photograph, which shows the surgeon looking exhausted but triumphant, also depicts his assistant sleeping in the corner of the room. x.com
14. You may be a good athlete, but character is something else... You will be remembered for your character! Usain Bolt is a legend!
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15. Married couple separated for 54 years during World War II. The woman never remarried, but the man did and had children and grandchildren.
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16. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a list of countries that he should not attack and this was Hitler’s response.
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18. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon, despite attempts by race organizers to stop her from competing. x.com
20. The Kiss of Life
Randall Champion accidentally touched a high-voltage line, electrifying himself & stopping his heart. A fellow linemen J.D. Thompson performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Champion survived and lived until 2002. The photo won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. x.com
Randall Champion accidentally touched a high-voltage line, electrifying himself & stopping his heart. A fellow linemen J.D. Thompson performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Champion survived and lived until 2002. The photo won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. x.com
21. During World War II, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin met at the Livadia Palace in Yalta, the USSR's leading resort, on February 11, 1945.
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