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An Apollo-suited Manned Spacecraft Center technician as he deploys an Apollo Lunar Experiments Package on the moonscape at the Houston space center on July 15, 1966. The scientific instruments will be carried to the surface of the moon in a LEM similar to the mockup in the background. The scientific package weights about 170 pounds, but on the moon its weight is only about 30 pounds.

Former President William Howard Taft at the wedding of his daughter Helen Taft to Frederick Johnson Manning, an instructor in history at Yale University, was celebrated at Murray Bay, Canada, on July 15, 1920. The Tafts are occupying a Summer home at Murray Bay. The bride's gown is white taffeta draped with old Brussels lace, and she carried a bouquet of white sweet peas and white roses. Edith Morgan of Murray Bay, was the maid of honor and the bride's only attendant. Masters William H. Taft, 2nd, and Robert Taft, young nephews of the bride, served as train bearers. No other identifications available.

Trooper of the U.S. 1st division uses one hand to hang on to rope and the other to hold his M16 above the water as he is pulled across a stream in an area his unit was patrolling about 10 miles east of Saigon on July 15, 1968.

The King of Swat, Babe Ruth, and his wife, Calire at the Astor Theater in New York on July 15, 1942, attend the world premiere of "Pride of the Yankees", Samuel Goldwyn's film of the life of Lou Gehrig. The Babe and Lou were teammates and slugging rivals on the New York Yankees for many years. The Babe plays himself in the picture.

A stunned and burned gunner of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter walks from the jungle after being pinned down by enemy fire following the crash of his chopper in the bivouac area of a U.S. Marine unit about one mile south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), July 15, 1966. Troops had to fight off Viet Cong snipers before the wounded gunner could emerge from the cover of the brush. Two others survived, but 13 were reported dead in the crash and subsequent fire.

Professor Albert Einstein, the famous relativity author, at work in his simple country cottage ay Caputh, near Berlin, July 15, 1931.

This little pig will not go to market. As you can plainly see, this little day-old piggy has no hams. Born on the farm of Dr. F.C. Cooke, Elizabeth City, N.C., dentist, as one of a litter of 11, the animal is apparently normal in every other way, July 15, 1949. Dr. Cooke says the pig eats well and is about the same size as its brothers and sisters. It hasn聮t yet, learned to walk balanced on its two front legs as the strange little pig is trying. Meanwhile, it has been taken from the litter and is being hand fed with bottle.

Navy, Army and Air Force are combining in coastal defense exercises which continued over a wide area of sea and land between Portsmouth and Plymouth, Devon. Among the innovations used, when an air raid black-out plunged Portsmouth into darkness was this new type of anti gas decontamination suit. It is absolutely air tight, and cannot be worn for more than 40 minutes. Ground engineers at an Air Force station near Portsmouth, Hampshire, on July 15, 1937, wearing the new decontamination suits in readiness for a raid.

Breaking a strict personal rule, George Bernard Shaw, famous dramatist, appears for a 聯Curtain call聰 at the television presentation of his play, 聯how he lied to her husband 聰 July 15, 1937 in London.

Howard Hughes waves to the crowd from the back seat of an open car, center, during a welcome parade for the aviator along Broadway in lower Manhattan, July 15, 1938. Hughes and his crew arrived yesterday after completing a flight around the world in less than four days.

The Diligenti quintuplets, born on July 15, 1943, in a Buenos Aires, Argentina, suburb to Franco Diligenti and his 42-year-old Italian wife, Vallota, wait for the sun to rise in the morning as they prepare for the day's activities. From left to right they are: Maria Esther, Maria Cristina, Franco Jr., Carlos Alberto, and Maria Fernanda. This photo was made when the children were ten months old in May 1944.

AP photographer Joseph Rosenthal in Gomon, Cote d'Ivoire on July 15, 1944, in the African country of Ivory Coast.

Charles "Lucky" Luciano, left, former New York vice king, pours a beer during an interview by Associated Press reporter Philip Clarke (right) at a Rome apartment, July 15, 1949 after his release from prison.

The first party of Belgian children are seen off by their parents at Brussels when they leave for a three months? recuperation period in Switzerland, July 15, 1945. They are being sent to recover from the effects of undernourishment and bombing during the enemy occupation, by the Belgian Red Cross.

Model Pat Parker has a puff from a red stemmed pipe with rhinestone-set white bowl while relaxing in New York, July 15, 1954. The pipe is just the thing to match the red tartan lounge suit, with white lace collar and knee cuffs.

An up to date Sappho, Hollywood film star Tina Louise, makes like a trumpet blower on the set of 聯Sappho, Venus of Lesbos聰 in Rome, Italy, July 15, 1960. Actors in the parts of ancient soldiers play up to the off-camera bit. Tina plays the role of Sappho, the beautiful Greek poetess.

In this July 15, 1964 photo, Lee Petty, center, and his sons Maurice, left, and Richard look into the empty engine well of a new race car in their garage in Level Cross, N.C. Petty Enterprises has sold majority ownership to the equity firm of Boston Ventures. Under the deal announced Wednesday June 11, 2008, NASCAR's most storied race team gives up control of an organization that has been family run since 1949. (AP Photo)