Heinrich Sanden, The Associated PressLeonhard Nienbling is shown with his 6-month old pet baboon Jackl, who holds a 6-month old kitten, its playmate, June 29, 1952. Niebling has quite an animal collection at his home in Zirndorf, Germany.
The Associated PressWorkmen set last slab atop RKO building in New York City, June 29, 1932.
Richard Drew, The Associated PressKeeping up with the times and changing their image, the Village People unveiled their New Wave look to the media in New York, June 29, 1981. The once-popular disco group has undergone a transformation in costumes, makeup, staging and song styling. Clockwise from top are: Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson and David Hodo.
The Associated PressJoe DiMaggio lines a single to left field in the seventh inning of the second game of a doubleheader at Washington June 29, 1941, to set a record for hitting safely in 42 consecutive games. In the first game, DiMaggio tied George Sisler's record of 41 games, set in 1922. The catcher is Jake Early of the Washington Senators. Yankees won both games, 9-4, 7-5.
The Associated PressAmerican troops who took part in fighting on Guadalcanal stand with bowed heads at gravesides of their fallen comrades, on June 29, 1943.
Henry Griffin, The Associated PressElizabeth May Craig, president of the Women's National Press Club and representative of Maine newspapers, is greeted by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, left, at a banquet at a Washington, D.C. hotel, June 29, 1943.
Harry Harris, The Associated PressThe French town of Valognes, on the road the port city of Cherbourg, offers this scene of destruction, June 29, 1944, after the tide of battle had passed beyond it.
The Associated PressChildren relax atop a rock and swim in the north end of the Central Park Lake while others enjoy boating in Central Park, New York City, June 29, 1944.
Peter Carroll, The Associated PressAn American MP places a hood over the head of Peter Kohn, one of three German hanged at dawn on June 29, 1945 in Rheinbach, Germany, after being convicted of slaying as American airman.
Hanns J. Jaeger, The Associated PressAn American soldier of the air force checking loading list while a polish worker adds another sack of American flour to others already packed inside a C-47 transport plane at Frankfurt's Rhein-Main Airport, June 29, 1948, main base for the supply of Berlin by air.
The Associated PressGeneral Douglas MacArthur wears the gold-braided cap he made famous in World War II as he visits South Korean advance headquarters, June 29, 1950. MacArthur went to Korea to study conditions at first hand following the communist attack from North Korea. The 'campaign cap' is somewhat frayed and the gold braid is tarnished. But it's still easily recognizable as the MacArthur trademark.
The Associated PressBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill waves from the door of his plane just before leaving Washington National Airport on June 29, 1954 for Canada after a long weekend of talks with President Eisenhower on the world situation.
The Associated PressMara Scherbatoff, New York bureau chief for French magazine Paris Match, lies fatally injured under a blanket alongside car in which she was pursuing Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller near his Roxbury, Conn., home on June 29, 1956. Unidentified man comforts her before she was taken to the hospital where she died. Ira Slade, second from left, who was driving the car, is aided by his brother Paul, a Paris Match photographer, who was not in the car. No reason was immediately known why the car left the road and hit a tree.
The Associated PressCharles Dumas soars to a new world record with a leap of 7 feet, 1/2 inch during men's high jump competition, at the Olympic Track and Field Trials in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 29, 1956.
The Associated PressThese 10 St. area children in St. Louis on June 29, 1962 are just before departure for New York and tests to determine amount of radioactive iodine 131 from nuclear test fallout in their thyroid glands. They were selected at the study. In top row are Debbie and Kathy Gillespie and Tom and Mushler. On next step are Janis Hansen and Ann Mushler. Below them are Steve Mushler, Beth Ann Shashek and Chris Nibeck. On bottom step is Doug Hansen.
The Associated PressBlack Muslim leader Malcolm X is shown addressing rally in Harlem, New York on June 29, 1963.
The Associated PressU.S. President John F. Kennedy is greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of children and nuns from the Convent of Mercy, as he arrives from Dublin by helicopter at Galway's sports ground, Ireland, June 29, 1963.
The Associated PressHoards of people mob a truck loaded with food Friday June 29, 1979 on one of the backroads leading to Managua, Nicaragua. Food is becoming very scarce as the war continues between the Sandinista guerrillas and Nicaraguan National Guard.
Bob Child, The Associated PressA 100-foot-long section of the Interstate 95 bridge spanning the Mianus River in Greenwich, CT, collapsed June 29, 1983. Three people were killed and three were seriously injured when their vehicles plunged 70 feet to the river.
The Associated PressBoy George answers questions from the media during a press conference at Sebel Town House in Sydney, Australia, June 29, 1984.
John Gaps III, The Associated PressShannon Rennert, of Moline, Ill., left, and Jim Sappington, of East Lawn, Ill., walk down a flooded street, Tuesday, June 29, 1993, Pleasant Valley, Iowa. Water from the Mississippi River is flooding many of the homes along its banks. Rennert and Sappington were in Pleasant valley to help Rennerts brother move his belongings.
Heinrich Sanden, The Associated Press
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Leonhard Nienbling is shown with his 6-month old pet baboon Jackl, who holds a 6-month old kitten, its playmate, June 29, 1952. Niebling has quite an animal collection at his home in Zirndorf, Germany.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on June 29.



















