TBT: Journey back in time with interesting pictures

Here are 10 pictures from way back when, that will interest you.

Information and pictures supplied by Pictures in History.

1. Juliane Koepcke, age 17, was sucked out of an airplane after it was struck by a bolt of lightning. She fell 2 miles to the ground strapped to her seat and survived. However, she had to endure a 10-day walk through the Amazon Jungle before being rescued by a logging team. Out of 93 passengers and crew, Juliane was the only survivor of the LANSA flight 508 crash that took place December 24th, 1971

2. A truly incredible find, shown are two bullets that collided during the Battle of Gallipoli, World War I, 1915

3. Marilyn Monroe’s last photo shoot, 1962. Photography by George Barris.

4. Four months after receiving the Medal of Honor for Bravery, Civil War Veteran Jacob Miller was shot in the forehead by a Confederate Soldier during the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863. Incredibly, the brave Union Soldier went on to live for another 54 years.
“Seventeen years after I was wounded, a buckshot dropped out of my wound, and 31 years after, two pieces of led fell out.”
Photo and quote circa. 1899

5. Cats drinking fresh milk on the Farm, 1954. Photo by Nat Farbman of LIFE Magazine.

6. Janis Joplin at Woodstock, 1969.

7. Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, three young brothers that would go on to be known as ‘The Bee Gees, 1956.

8. A look from inside the courtyard of Bran Castle, also known as Dracula’s Castle, Romania, 1929.

9. Margaret Hamilton, NASA’s lead software engineer for the Apollo Program, stands next to the code she wrote by hand. Incredibly, it was used to take Humanity to the moon, 1969

10. Aerial View of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, 1969.

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