Photos: Today in History, October 25
Photos: Today in History, October 25
Riverside curtained - the fog in London persisted throughout the day. Dreary fog scene on the Thames Embankment at Blackfriars at 5.15 p.m., in London, United Kingdom on Oct. 25, 1938, with stationary tramway car and hazy figures. (AP Photo/Wool)
Two-year old James Dean Strachman appears to ride a 500-lb., 12-inch projectile in Galveston, Tex., Oct. 25, 1942. The historic cannon shell was used by Admiral Dewey's fleet in the victorious battle of Manila in 1898. The shell was donated to the salvage drive by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway. (AP Photo)
Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service assembling parts of a Churchill tank at a depot of the Royal Army Ordnance Corp in England, Oct. 25, 1942. The ladies England have shown themselves quite capable in mechanical and electrical. (AP Photo)
Thomas T. Mullen, makes a large washing basket in his village workshop, in Wickham, Suffolk, Oct. 25, 1959. Thomas has been making baskets for 50 years in his workshop which was founded by his father. (AP Photo/Staff/Smart)
Silent movie star Pola Negri, 66-years-old, gets friendly with Teddy, a tame 20-month-old cheetah, at a press reception in a hotel in London, England, Oct. 25, 1963, to promote the new film she is to appear in, Walt Disney's "The Moonspinners". (AP Photo/Bob Dear)
Johnny Revolta, left, receives the PGA Championship trophy from George Jacobus, president of the American Golfers Association, at the Twin Hills Country Club in Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 25, 1935. Revolta defeated Tommy Armour, Ill., five and four in 38 holes. Revolta also receives a $1,000 check. (AP Photo)
Pope John Paul II waving and smiling as a thick crowd surrounds him on his arrival here today, October 25, 1978, to take possession of his summer residence (Castel Gandolfo). Banner in background reads: Communion and Liberation - Alban Hills, the local branch of a nationwide progressive Catholic organization. (AP Photo)
Evander Holyfield, right, dodges a left punch by James "Buster" Douglas, during the first round of their heavyweight title bout, on October 25, 1990, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Five tons of supplies for an isolated U.S. Air Force radio station in Korea drift toward the target after being dropped by a C-119 Flying Boxcar of the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) on Oct. 25, 1952. Although low-hanging clouds and fog covered much of the area, all supplies including drums of gasoline and fresh water were dropped in an area where they could be recovered. None were damaged in landing on Rocky Mountains. (AP Photo)
Rock and roll entertainer Little Richard holds his arms out as he greets reporters during a news conference in a hospital in Los Angeles, Ca., Friday, Oct. 25, 1985. Richard thanked God for saving his life. Doctors said the 52-year-old singer is lucky to survive an automobile accident Oct. 8. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
David and Susan Smith arrive at the Union County Sheriff's office in Union, S.C., Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994. Susan Smith said their children were kidnapped Tuesday night after a carjacker took her car at gun point and told her to get out, but would not release her children. In July 1995, Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found her guilty of drowning her two sons. (AP Photo)
Two Japanese boys' faces beam after the baseball team they're rooting for just got a hit at Hiniya Park in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 25, 1947. (AP Photo)
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates speaks during the product launch of the new Windows XP operating system Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, in New York. Gates touted the software as the harbinger of a new era in more Internet-centric computing. "Today it really is actually the end of the MS-DOS era," Gates said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Mrs. Helen Ursprung, sister of Dutch, and her husband, Peter Ursprung, leaving the hospital on Oct. 25, 1935 after Dutch Schultz?s death. (AP Photo)
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger holds a news conference in the International conference room on October 25, 1973 in Washington at the state Department, where he announced the U.S. position on alerting of the troops for the mid-east crisis. (AP Photo)
Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, leaving the District of Columbia Court House in Washington on Oct. 25, 1929, after having been found guilty of accepting a bribe of $100,000 in connection with the lease of the Navy’s Elk Hills Oil Reserve. (AP Photo)
Port of Cherbourt, Oct. 25, 1944 the first major continental port liberated by the allies epitomized the pattern of engineering skill which military salvage experts have used to restore Tripoli, Bizerte, Palermo and Naples and make them booming supply centers feeding war materials to the allied advances against the Nazis. For two years U.S. and British Navy and Engineers studied photos and data on Cherbourt and prepared their plans and equipment in England. As soon as the port was liberated on June 27, 1944, three weeks after D Day they arrived with scores of ships loaded with special equipment. (AP Photo)
Richard Nixon, with wife and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. during rally at Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1960. (AP Photo)
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stands in Times Square to promote the new Windows XP operating system Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, in New York. Gates touted the software as the harbinger of a new era in more Internet-centric computing. "Today it really is actually the end of the MS-DOS era," Gates said. Electronic Displays on the ABC studios, left, and the Nasdaq market site display the new Windows operating system. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Floyd Patterson, who meets champion Cassius Clay the night of November 22 in Las Vegas, Nevada in a heavyweight championship battle, works out at his training headquarters in the Hotel Thunderbird in Las Vegas, Nevada Oct. 25, 1965. Patterson is expected to train at the hotel until two days before he fights Clay, hoping to regain the heavyweight crown. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)
Detroit policemen search some of the 15 members of a Black Panther party splinter group which surrendered after engaging in a nine-hour armed standoff in Detroit on Saturday, Oct. 25, 1970 in the killing of one officer and the wounding of another. Tear gas was necessary to force the last three outside. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald)
Away from the rough-and-tumble life of a Western TV star, actor Clint Eastwood finds his much-desired rest and quiet in his spacious Hollywood Hills home overlooking the San Fernando Valley, Oct. 25, 1965. He enjoys time in the den, comfortably attired, Clint studies a new camera he has just bought. (AP Photo/David Smith)
Mick Jagger, lead singer of the British rock band "The Rolling Stones", is pictured playing his guitar in his dressing room in London between shooting scenes for the film "Performance" on October 25, 1968. (AP Photo)
This new "banking" machine was displayed for the first time at the American Bankers Association annual meeting in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 25, 1966. Banks of the future may have "tellers" installed in office and apartment house lobbies. Richard Glyer demonstrates how to deposit a check in one. Through the medium of automation he can talk to a teller whom he sees on the television screen. She will answer his questions, cash checks and issue currency from his account. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett)
This electronic stove in Jack Fletcher’s “21st century” home in West Covina, Calif., functions by employing the principle of magnetic repulsion. Seven coils of wire mounted on laminated iron cores are contained inside the plywood cabinet. The magnetic field from these coils induces eddy currents in the aluminum cooking pan (19 inches in diameter and ¼ inch thick) which interact and lift the pan up into space, some 3 inches, over the table-stove. The eddy currents generate the heat that warms the pan, while the stove top remains cold. Mrs. Jack Fletcher, wife of the designer of the home, fries bacon and eggs, Oct. 25, 1954 while the pan is in the air above the stove top. (AP Photo/Don Brinn)
German memorial next to Mediterranean in El Alamein, Egypt on Oct. 25, 1981. (AP Photo/Higgins)
James Earl Jones, left, who plays Othello in a Peter Coe production of the Shakespeare masterpiece sits with co-star Christopher Plummer who portrays Iago, Oct. 25, 1981 in Boston. "Othello" is to play in Boston through November 7 and will open on Broadway in February. (AP Photo)
A parachutist identified as Michael Sergio, parachutes down onto the field of New York's Shea Stadium during the first inning of the sixth game of the World Series on Oct. 25, 1986. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The new world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is supported by his trainers Lou Duva, left, and George Benton, right, after his third round knock-out of James "Buster" Douglas, on October 25, 1990, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AP Photo/ Douglas C. Pizac)
Actor Matthew McConaughey, 29, left, is swamped by reporters at the municipal courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, after being released from police custody. The 29-year-old actor was charged with resisting transportation Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, after being arrested at his home in the early hours of the morning. The misdemeanor carries a maximum sentence of a year in county jail and a $4,000 fine. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
First Lady Nancy Reagan listens to Secretary of State George Shultz on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1988 before she addresses a United National Committee. Mrs. Reagan spoke about her personal anti-drug campaign entitled "Just Say 'No', as she addressed the Third Committee, which covers social and humanitarian issues, at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
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FILE--Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto holds Muslim prayer beads during a public meeting with supporters of her Pakistan People's Party in this October 25, 1995 picture. Bhutto has come under increasing political pressure and opposition parties have vowed to topple her government by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Naeemul Haq)
Members of the U.S. band N*SYNC, left to right, Lance, JC, Joey, Cris and Justin, pose for the photographers after being awarded with the "Bambi" statuette, a German media prize, in Cologne Saturday night, October 25, 1997. (AP PHOTO/Fritz Reiss)
Thousands pack in for the start of the rally at the end of the Million Woman's March in Philadelphia Saturday, Oct. 25, 1997. City officials have prepared for up to 700,000 women to attend the daylong event, which will focus on ``repentance, resurrection and restoration.'' (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)
This new camera tower makes its debut in Hollywood with the filming of "The Silver Chalice" in which it is used to follow the action on down shots for the some of the scenes in the picture, shown Oct. 25, 1954. Though it weighs six tons, the tower is very mobile and can be pulled behind a truck to various locations. (AP Photo)
Italian opera singer, Enrico Caruso, visits the grave of Buffalo Bill, situated on Lookout Mountain, in Denver, Colo., Oct. 25, 1920. Caruso was in Denver as part of his concert tour. (AP Photo)
Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner is a picture of dejection as he leaves the field after committing an error on a ball hit by New York Mets Mookie Wilson which allowed the winning run to score in the sixth game of the World Series, Saturday night, Oct. 25, 1986 in New York. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)