
Etiket: modern
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1928 portrait of Finnish general-statesmen Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, widely considered to be Finland’s most influential modern leader & their only Field Marshall in history. He oversaw victory in the Finnish Civil war & as Defense Chief during WWII, later becoming President of Finland (4108×3461)

![Spyridon Louis, winner of the marathon at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in Athens, presents an olive branch to Adolf Hitler during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Berlin (1936) [702 × 737]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1ueeuvzqateh1.jpeg)




![An Inuk mother with her child in the community of Padlei (in modern Nunavut), circa 1950. The remote Inuit community was heavily affected by the 1950 Caribou Inuit famine, which was caused by a change in the migratory behavior of their primary food source. Approx. 60 people died. [600 x 889]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/k4w1gmhc5u8h1.jpeg)

![Prince Pierre and Princess Charlotte are inaugurating the Monaco Pavillon during the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. Paris, France. June 12, 1925 [800×577]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/9vh2dDEq0BQ_GtDAwlJA56Kc_rC1YqevD2BodGlNaEg.jpeg)

![Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. (1949) [2078×3488]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/vk0ybcb9vuyg1-scaled.jpeg)

![On 19 May 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men (24 officers and 110 men) sailed two modern vessels, the Erebus and the Terror, on an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Essentially what would become the main transit route for trade between Europe and Asia. They didn’t make it. [2507×1629]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wlgbtp3f7i1h1.jpeg)



![The 100m sprint, the very first event of the first modern Olympic Games, Athens, April 6, 1896 [2440 × 1372]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hv5b6nk48i1h1.jpeg)
