Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Chile, 1973

Armed guards watch for attackers as Chilean president Salvador Allende leaves a building during the military coup in which he was overthrown. Allende was the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.

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