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People stand atop houses among ruins after flooding in Johnstown, Pa., May 30, 1889.

Battle of Jutland on May 31,1916 - The German fleet with battle cruisers on her way in the North Sea to meet the British Grand Fleet in the battle of Jutland.

Frank, left background, and Donna, right background, prepare to smoke crack with unidentified visitors on May 31, 1989 in the living area of the boarded-up brownstone they occupy in New York's South Bronx.

Scene in front of the Republic Steel Company plant in Chicago as police, using tear gas, guns and clubs, put to flight 1,000 strikers marching on the company's South Chicago plant on May 31, 1937. Four persons were killed and 83 were injured.

The new type of electric car exhibited for the first time on occasion of a fashion show in Paris on May 31, 1941.

Thousands of tons of wheat and hundreds of head of cattle destined for Britain were destroyed by fire which broke out at several points at the same time along the waterfront at Jersey City, NJ, on May 31, 1941. An eight-story grain elevator and several wharves were engulfed in the flames. Sabotage was immediately thought to been the cause as the fire followed precautions taken throughout the country following reports that attempts might be made to sabotage defense production. Fireboats pouring water on railroad car barges to protect them from sparks flying from the burning grain elevator and stock yards in Jersey City.

Some of Britain's Land Army girls help to pitch straw from a rick into a thatch-making machine, at a farm, somewhere in England, May 31, 1943.

Italian refugees in Minturno receive food from the Allied Military Government kitchen, after the Allied got control of the town, May 31, 1944. For many it was their first hot meal in weeks.

American B-26 Marauder medium-bomber of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, based in England, looses a rain of twenty-six 100-pound bombs during raid on German installations somewhere in France on May 31, 1944.

The bumper cars at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey, May 31, 1945.

Hollywood star Sidney Poitier feeds an elephant during a short visit to the West Berlin Zoological Garden, May 31, 1960. A big crowd surrounded him as he strolled through the zoo.

Union forces of Benson's Battery in the Battle of Seven Pines stand guard in the fighting against Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate troops at Fair Oaks near Richmond, Va. The battle, also called Fair Oaks, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862 during the American Civil War.

Bonita Granville Wrather, associate producer of the "Lassie" series being taped in Hollywood, and Lassie look over the script, May 31, 1962.

The scoreboard at New York's Shea Stadium shows the game between the Mets and the San Francisco Giants, at 17 innings, May 31, 1964. The game stretched out to 23 innings, with the Giants winning 8-6.

Paratroopers of the 173rd U.S. Airborne Brigade scurry through South Vietnam field after landing from helicopter near Saigon on May 31, 1965. The brigade launched its first major operational exercise but no major contact with the Viet Cong was reported.

Residents rush to leave a threatened section of Cholon, the Chinese quarter of Saigon on June 1, 1968. Vietcong units moved into the area by passing Vietnamese Marines fighting to the west and fired on government troops. Reacting instinctively, residents picked up their personal belongings, abandoned their homes and fled.

Dale Dox, left, of Squaw Vally, Calif., and Dennis Dunn of Truckee, Calif., go their way down old U.S. 40 alongside Donner Lake in California's high Sierras, on May 31, 1977. They were a part of a group of half a dozen people skateboarding at the 6,800-foot elevation and traveling some three miles on their downhill run over the weekend.

Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, left, and his wife, Nan y Reagan wave to the crowd in motorcade through Toledo, Ohio Friday, May 31, 1980. They campaigned throughout the state in anticipation of the June 3 primary election.

Actress-model Brooke Shields prepares to cut a slice of birthday cake at a celebration for her 21st birthday at New York's Nishi restaurant, May 31, 1986.

Director Jonathan Demme, left, stands with actress Jodie Foster and actor Anthony Hopkins Jodie Foster and actor Anthony Hopkins Monday night , May 31, 1992 in Los Angeles at the Academy Awards. All three won top honors for "Silence of the Lambs," which took best picture award. Demme won an Oscar for Best Director, Foster for Best Actress and Hopkins Best Actor.

In this May 31, 1915, photo, Ralph DePalma of Los Angeles crosses the finish line to win the Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indianapolis, Ind. Riding with DePalma is his mechanic Louis Fointaine.