Images Dated 2007

PADRE PIO

Francesco Forgione, name in religion Pio de Pietrelcina, known as PADRE PIO, Capucin friar who manifested stigmata and many other paranormal phenomena

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Capucin, De, Forgione, Francesco, Friar, Historical, History, Manifested, Padre, Paranormal, People, Phenomena, Pietrelcina, Pio, Religion, Stigmata, Who

R. Bannister Runs Mile

Roger Bannister of Great Britain, with a time of 3 mins 59.4 seconds, becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes, at the Iffley Road Sports Ground, England

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1954, 594, Athletics, Bannister, Britain, England, Exertion, Great, Ground, Historical, History, Iffley, Mile, Mins, Minutes, Person, Road, Roger, Run, Running, Runs, Seconds, Sport, Sports, Time

Tesla Coil - Twain

TESLA'S COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence

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1895, Apparatus, Author, Body, Brings, Coil, Current, Electrical, Electricity, High, Historical, History, Holds, Incandescence, Lamps, Loop, Mark, Passes, Resonating, Science, Tension, Tesla, Teslas, Twain