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Wedding of Edward VIII of England, and Wallis Simpson

Edward, Duke of Windsor, and formerly Edward VIII of England, and his wife Wallis Simpson, are seen, 03 June 1937, during their wedding, at Chateau de Cand, Monts, France. Edward VIII of England, eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck, abdicated because of his love affair with American-born divorcee Wallis Simpson. After his abdication, he became Duke of Windsor and married Mrs. Simpson, who had changed her name by deed poll to Wallis Warfield, in a private ceremony on 3 June 1937. / AFP PHOTO / -

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Marshall Plan Convention 1948

US Secretary of State George C. Marshall (L, 1880-1959) is pictured during a reception at London US embassy on November 02, 1948 with (L to R) Mrs Churchill, wife of US Ambassador in Great Britain Mrs Lewis Douglas, Mrs James Douglas, US Ambassador in Great Britain Lewis Douglas, Miss Sharman Douglas, James Douglas, Mrs George Marshall and former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
After the conference in Moscow with British, French, and Soviet counterparts in March-April 1947, US Secretary of State George C. Marshall had observed the growing economic collapse of Europe and the obvious intent of Soviet Russia to benefit from that collapse. He had returned to Washington thinking that the best way to avoid this was to prevent Europe's economic, social, and political deterioration by creating a European program with massive assistance from the United States. One year later, in April 1948, President Truman, a Democratic president, signed the Foreign Assistance Act, passed by a Republican controlled Congress, to establish what became known as the Marshall Plan. / AFP PHOTO / RENE HELIER

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France-Fevrier 1934

Des passants lisent des affiches proclamant "la patrie en danger" Paris la suite des meutes du 6 fvrier 1934. Ce mouvement faisait suite au scandale de l'affaire Stavisky, une vaste affaire d'escroquerie pour laquelle les dirigeants des ligues des Croix de feu et les associations d'anciens combattants avaient dcid d'organiser une manifestation le jour mme o Edouard Daladier devait faire sa dclaration ministrielle devant la Chambre. Aux cris de "A bas les voleurs", les manifestants se regrouprent place de la Concorde. Le service d'ordre, dbord et laiss sans directives par le prfet de police, tira sur la foule, faisant une vingtaine de morts et une centaine de blesss. Cette manifestation sera suivie le 12 fvrier par un rassemblement unitaire communiste et socialiste organis pour dnoncer la menace fasciste et considr comme prcurseur du Front populaire de juin 1936. AFP PHOTO (Photo by PIGISTE / FRANCE PRESSE VOIR / AFP)