The Bricks of History

Working on a university campus, I often have access to student-targeted sales events.  Last week the plant sale was in the student union foyer, whilst this week was the turn of the poster sale.  The poster sale always comes at the start of term, and visits again a few weeks later with its prices slashed.  It's always a fun browse, and even though I have no room at the moment, I sometimes cannot resist a purchase.  On this occassion, it was the brilliant Lego poster below!

Anybody who knows me will be aware that I have a long-standing relationship with Lego, and this poster got me thinking about other iconic photos that may have been re-created in the world's favourite toy.  Aided by a quick internet search, I have picked out some of my favourites.  See if you can figure out the historic moment, photograph, people and date depicted below:

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Answers:

1.  Portrait of Winston Churchill, taken after the Quebec Conference, 1941



2.  Diego Maradona scores his "Hand of God" goal, 1986



3.  Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer are married in London, 1981



4.  Raising the flag on Iwo Jima, 1945



5.  Roger Bannister completes the four-minute mile in Oxford, 1954



6.  A sailor kisses a nurse on VJ Day, New York, 1945



7.  An unknown rebel obstructs a column of tanks, Tiananmen Square, 1989



8.  Soviet soldiers raise the flag on the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin, 1945



9.  An East German border guard jumps the barbed wire fence during construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961



10.  A boy carries bottles of wine on Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954

For more photos, check out the amazing Balakov's Photostream.