25 years ago yesterday, Jurassic Park: The Ride officially opened at Universal Studios Hollywood. Here, Steven Spielberg and Jeff Goldblum lift the torches for the ride’s grand opening on June 21, 1996. [800 x 656]

USS Cowpens listing hard port during Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea – 18 December, 1944.

”Hitler and Mussolini reviewing the Fascist leadership” – Russian poster made by the Kukryniksy, USSR, 1936

Orange Crush in ‘krinkly bottles’ (1930s)

British Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter of No. 42 Squadron RAF, piloted by Flying Officer Campbell, attacking a bridge on the Nambol River near Imphal, India, May 1944

Nazi Germany “Vision of Greatness” 1933

A German Dornier twin engine bomber crashes into a London residence during the Battle of Britain, 1940.