Anthony Blunt

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Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

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Communism - mosaic hammer and sickle with star on the Pavilion of Ukraine at the All Russia Exhibition Centre (also known as VDNKh) in Moscow. Communist symbol of the former Soviet Union. USSR

Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922-1991. USSR, Soviet Union.

25th Anniversary of the End of the Soviet Union

Text Top Secret typed on retro typewriter

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Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

Roman Catholic Saints

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Also Known As	Anthony Frederick Blunt • Sir Anthony Blunt
Born	September 26, 1907 • Bournemouth • England
Died	March 26, 1983 (aged 75) • London • England
Subjects Of Study	painting • Nicolas Poussin

Kim Philby

British intelligence officer and Soviet spy

Donald Maclean

British diplomat and spy

George Blake

British diplomat and Soviet spy

Guy Burgess

British diplomat and spy

John Cairncross

British civil servant and spy

John André

British military officer

Beatrice Webb

British economist

Sidney Webb

British economist

Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky

Soviet officer

Sidney Reilly

Russian spy

Frederick Forsyth

British author

Edward Bancroft

British-American spy

William Stephenson

Canadian industrialist

Winston Churchill

prime minister of United Kingdom

George III

king of Great Britain

Lord Palmerston

prime minister of United Kingdom

William Ewart Gladstone

prime minister of United Kingdom

Benjamin Disraeli

prime minister of United Kingdom

Charles James Fox

British politician

Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

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Vikings. Viking warriors hold swords and shields. 9th c. AD seafaring warriors raided the coasts of Europe, burning, plundering and killing. Marauders or pirates came from Scandinavia, now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. European History

European History

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