On the night of December 8, 1980, five gunshots rang out at the Dakota apartment in Manhattan, New York.
Singer Yoko Ono held the head of a man who fell in a pool of blood and shouted in pain:
He's been shot! He's been shot! Help me! ”
A slightly stocky man stood not far from the man who had been shot, holding a 38-caliber pistol in his hand - he had fired five shots in a row, two of them in the shoulder, two in the back, and one miss.
The man who fired the shot was named Mark Chapman, a fan of John Lennon, the lead singer of the famous rock band The Beatles.
And the one he shot was John Lennon.
Mark Chapman did not choose to run away after shooting John Lennon, but stood there calmly, waiting for the police to arrive and arrest him.
This appalling ** case certainly shocked the world. There have been various versions of Mark Chapman's motives for killing his idol, which can be roughly summarized into three types:
The first is "conspiracy theories", such as some people suspect that his wife Yoko Ono "hired ** people", some people suspect that it is the planning of ultra-conservative right-wingers, etc.;
The second is the "fame theory", that is, Mark Chapman wants to become famous by killing John Lennon and become the center of the world's best reports, and be taken seriously;
The third is "psychoticism", as claimed by Mark Chapman himself, who said that at that time there was a voice in his ear that kept asking him to "kill him!" Kill him! ”。
All three views have their own supporters, and proponents of the third argue that Mark Chapman did have a spirit, as he would have had a better chance of killing John Lennon, but he didn't.
A better opportunity is reflected in this **.
On **, John Lennon is signing autographs for an enthusiastic fan, and the man who is very close to him and only shows most of his face is Mark Chapman.
This ** was taken on the afternoon of December 8, 1980.
That's right, just a few hours before John Lennon died under the guns of this fan.
At 4:25 a.m. on August 5, 1962, the Los Angeles Police Department received a **.
This ** was called by Marilyn Monroe's personal doctor. The doctor's voice was full of horror:
Marilyn Monroe is dead!
When the police arrived at Monroe's house, they found her lying naked on the bed, her face covered with a pillow, her legs straight, and a ** tube in her hand. Next to the bed, there are some sleeping pill bottles scattered around.
Monroe's coroner said on the day of her death that she didn't have any medication in her stomach. However, toxicologists have proven that there are remnants of sleeping pills in her blood and liver. The final conclusion of the pathologists is:
The female star may have died from an overdose of sleeping pills.
Whether Marilyn Monroe died by suicide or homicide has been a controversial topic. And as much as the cause of her death is her previous emotional entanglement with the two brothers John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy - which was once believed by many to be the cause of her death.
Marilyn Monroe is the dream lover of many American men and many men around the world, but those who know her know that she has been longing for a real love - but perhaps she has pinned her feelings on the wrong person.
And many men are only willing to regard her as "synonymous with **".
This ** is said to be her last solo photo before her death.
In this **, the 36-year-old Monroe is still so charming, but there seems to be a trace of tiredness in her smile, and her posture also makes people feel cold and lonely.
This can't help but remind people of the sentence in her autobiography "My Story":
Men would rather pay a thousand dollars for your kiss than pay fifty cents to listen to your soul. ”
At noon on November 22, 1963, Elm Street in Dallas, Texas, USA, was crowded with people.
46-year-old American** John F. Kennedy and his beautiful wife Jacqueline drove slowly down the street in an open-top car. The American people on both sides of the road cheered and applauded, and many of them saw this personable and well-known young American for the first time up close.
Since 1964 was the first year of the United States, Kennedy, who was seeking re-election, began preparations early. Texas is the largest state in the southern United States, and there are many contradictions between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party in the state.
That morning, Kennedy had just finished his speech in the rain at Fort Wolfs, and then arrived in Dallas on Air Force One. After coming out of Raff Airport, he got into the ** convoy and began to parade - the purpose of the parade is to let the people get as close as possible to ** and gain the favor and support of the people.
So the Kennedys rode in an open-top car, and the speed was kept at a low speed of about 15 to 20 kilometers.
At about 12:30 p.m., the motorcade passed by the Texas textbook warehouse, Kennedy put his hand on the door and looked at the people cheering him on the side of the road easily, while his wife Jacqueline looked at the people on the other side and smiled.
It was at this time that the gun went off.
A gun sticking out of the window on the sixth floor of the textbook warehouse accurately hit Kennedy** in the head, knocking off one of his skulls on the spot.
Half an hour later, in front of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, the American flag had been lowered to half-mast.
And this ** also records Kennedy's last moments as the United States.
August 31, 1997, 0:30 a.m.
If there were still Parisians on the banks of the Seine, they would probably think they had seen the scene of a Hollywood spy blockbuster
A black Mercedes 280SE sedan is speeding through the streets of central Paris at 150 kilometers per hour, apparently trying to get rid of the tail that follows it – seven speeding motorcycles.
With the roar of motors, the Mercedes drove into the tunnel of the road under the Alma Bridge like lightning, and seven motorcycles followed.
Then there was a loud bang: the car crashed into a demarcating cement pillar in the tunnel**.
It's a pity that this is not a movie, but a real tragedy:
By the time rescuers arrived at the scene, the Mercedes-Benz sedan had completely deformed into a pile of twisted metal. In the end, the people had to cut off the roof of the car and rescue one of the women, who was seriously injured.
The woman was in the same car, as well as her rich second-generation boyfriend Dodi Fayd, who was dating at the time, as well as a bodyguard and a driver in the car. The seven people who chased after them on motorcycles were the "paparazzi". In order not to be harassed by the "paparazzi" who have been waiting outside the hotel, several identical Mercedes-Benz cars have been driven one after another, hoping to become "bait cars", but they have not succeeded.
The driver and her boyfriend were killed instantly when the car hit the cement pillar, and the bodyguard was the only person wearing a seatbelt in the car, so he survived (but remained silent ever since), while the woman suffered a massive chest hemorrhage and was taken to the hospital.
This ** was taken by the paparazzi riding a motorcycle in front of the Mercedes.
It was also the woman's last** alive — even though she only had some hair visible behind her bodyguard.
At 4 a.m., the woman died in the hospital at the age of 36 due to a massive chest hemorrhage.
The woman's name, Diana Francis Spencer, is the ex-wife of Prince Charles of England.
Everyone used to call her "Princess Diana".
On August 23, 2011, Apple's board of directors suddenly received an unexpected message
Steve Jobs, who has been receiving **, will come to the company's board of directors in person tomorrow.
Jobs arrived at the office before 11 p.m. on the 24th - he was too thin to be recognized, and he had to be helped by a wheelchair.
After the company's COO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oban introduced the company's results for the quarter and the outlook for the year ahead, Jobs said calmly:
I have something personal to announce. ”
A group of company executives, including Mr. Cook, were asked out of the room, leaving only six directors.
Jobs then began to read a letter he had written himself—which had been revised repeatedly:
I always say that if one day I can't continue to fulfill my obligations as CEO of Apple and can't meet the expectations of people in this position, I will be the first to tell you. ”
Then, Jobs paused:
Unfortunately, the day came. ”
The next day, all the major ** published a bombshell news:
Steve Jobs announced his resignation as CEO of Apple and was replaced by Tim Cook, who also joined Apple's board of directors.
A little more than a month later, on October 5, Jobs died at home.
This may not be Jobs's last photo in his lifetime, but it is certainly one of the last impressive ones.
According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, his family was with him when he died—even though he was not a "good family man" in the traditional sense.
Before falling into an unconscious coma, Jobs had been staring at his former family, and then his gaze had passed over them and into the distance.
His last voice was:
oh,wow~oh~wow,oh,wow……”
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