Mankind's time on earth has been filled with a lot of history. From incredible finds from the past to inventions and the creation of new technologies, and of course, the tragic and darker moments that have happened, the history books are chock full of all kinds of fascinating info that tell our collective story.

So if you're interested in taking a virtual tour of the past, then enjoy this collection of interesting photos and intriguing moments from our time on this planet.

Ronald Reagan testifies against fellow actors before House Un-American Activities Committee. 1947

A chain gang, in the American south 1905

Prisoners celebrating the arrival of United States Army troops, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29 April 1945

Iranian women protest against an Islamic dress code for all female employees in government offices, 1980

Corporal Jackie a Baboon in the South African Army during World War I. The official mascot of the 3rd Transvaal Regimen. His owner, Albert Marr was would not leave Jackie at home. He had a ration set, and his own pay book. Jackie would salute officers and light soldiers’ cigarettes. 1915

The whipping post pictured above was put into use around 1885 at the Baltimore City Jail, where until 1938, many of those convicted of wife-beating were punished.

A British POW defiantly stares at Heinrich Himmler, circa August, 1941

The last public execution to take place in the US. August 14, 1936.

King George V shooting tigers from above an elephant, Nepal, 1911.

Charles Thompson being greeted by his new classmates, just 4 months earlier the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional. He was the only black child at the school. Sept 1954

Lee Harvey Oswald being escorted by a detective, moments before being shot by Jack Ruby (in the grey fedora on the right). November 24, 1963

Santa Claus with the children during Croatian War. Vukovar, 1992

Soviet soldiers, so called “bio-robots” work for a mere 60 seconds clearing radioactive debris of Chernobyl reactor 3’s roof- 1986

Peasant girls with berries in a village near Vologda, Russian Empire. Photo by Prokudin-Gorsky, 1909

German supply train during Operation Barbarossa, Winter of 1941

Rock and roll musicians Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash as “The Million Dollar Quartet”. This was a one night jam session at Sun Studios (Memphis, Tennessee 1956)

Nuremberg trials, 1945

John Clarence Woods on the 16th of October 1946 shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg Trials . He was tasked with the duty of putting to death the convicted NAZI war criminals

A Berlin crowd listens as a German officer reads the Kaiser’s order for mobilisation, 1st August 1914

Couples rush to secure a marriage license and get married in Las Vegas, ahead of Executive Order 11241 taking effect, which eliminated the draft exception for married men. August 26, 1965.

“Mermaids” in Disneyland waving at passengers on the submarine ride. c.1960

Babies left to sleep outside, strengthening the immune system, Moscow 1958

This is Samantha Smith. When she was 10, she wrote a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union, Yury Andropov, asking what he would do to avoid a nuclear war. Andropov responded to the letter and invited her to visit. This helped ease Cold War tensions and she became America’s youngest ambassador

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspects Atlantic Wall defenses, early 1944

Patients having a happy time fishing and swimming under the walls of the old chateau. These American soldiers are recovering from war neurosis, as the scientists now call the condition that used to be described as ‘shell-shock.’ September 1918

This is how enemy aircrafts were detected before the invention of RADAR, 1921

Belka, a Soviet dog who went to space in the Sputnik 5. She returned to Earth safely. August 1960.

The “Dodge City Peace Commission” in 1883. Wyatt Earp is seated, second from left; Luke Short is standing, second from left; and Bat Masterson is standing, third from left.

Sharecroppers in front of their cabin. Boone Arkansas. October 1935

Wall Street in Deadwood, 1877

(November 4, 1922) Berlin dog-owners line up to have their pets euthanized due to hyperinflation occurring throughout Weimar Germany. They could not afford to feed their dogs any longer.