The Associated PressExpert sharpshooter and performer Annie Oakley comes out of retirement to practice for the Fred Stone Circus and Motor Hippodrome at the Mineola Fair Grounds, Long Island, N.Y., on July 27, 1922. Oakley performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1885 to 1902.
The Associated PressAvenida Mayo in Buenos Aires is jammed with thousands who came to mourn the first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron, July 27, 1952. In the background, hanging from the wall of Government House, is a huge picture of Eva, draped in black. Hundreds of thousands of Argentines jammed the streets to pay final tribute to the wife and political helper of President Juan D. Peron.
Millis, The Associated PressMost inhabitants of Mongolia still get around by means of the Camel. They are not so large as those of Africa and have a thick coating of hair to protect them from the cold. A Mongolian off for a distant part of his farm, hauling agricultural equipment in Mongolia on July 27, 1933.
The Associated PressAP photographer Harry Biele is shown with his first production model of his photoelectric flash, July 27, 1936.
The Associated PressHarold Wadlow, right, lifts his four-year-old son, Harold Jr., who rests a yard stick on his 18-year-old brother Robert's head at their home in Alton, Ill., July 27, 1937. Robert Wadlow, who has an over-active pituitary gland that causes his radical growth, is 8 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 391 pounds. The large chair at left is custom built for Robert.
The Associated PressA group of men sit around a hot stove July 27, 1937 as they discuss the time they called off a baseball game on the fourth of July "account of a foot of snow."
The Associated Press"Bundlestiffs" is the term applied to roving farm workers who own no car and carry the gear on their backs shown July 27, 1937. Location unknown.
The Associated PressA man on horseback admires a waterfall at Supai or Havasu Canyon, Arizona, July 27, 1942. The remote area near South Rim of the Grand Canyon is home to some 200 people of the Havasupai, the smallest American Indian reservation in the country.
Charles Krupa, The Associated PressRocker David Bowie, right, points to the hamburger that he wants for lunch during a barbecue for his crew at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, July 27, 1987. Bowie will kickoff the U.S. portion of his "Glass Spider" tour in Philadelphia this Thursday and Friday.
The Associated PressFlak fills the sky as U.S. antiaircraft guns fight off a Japanese attack during the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands, on July 27, 1944.
The Associated PressA group of undocumented Mexican laborers from the northern Indiana and Illinois region walk to board a train in Chicago, Ill., to be deported to their native Mexico, July 27, 1951.
The Associated PressA British Jeep is converted into a double-decker to facilitate moving men wounded on the Normandy front across a pontoon spanning the Orne River in France, July 27, 1944.
The Associated PressSwaps, winner of the Kentucky Derby, looks a bit drowsy on arrival in Chicago, Illinois July 27, 1955, as he lets out a big Yawn. Accompanied by trainer Meshach Tenney, left, and his son, Tracy, Swaps is in Chicago to compete in $100,000 American Derby Aug. 20 and in match race with Nashua on August 31. Both races are to be held at Washington Park.
The Associated PressA July 27,1958, photo of Prince Charles the day after the Queen named him Prince of Wales. Wearing his Cheam School cap, the prince walks back to the Berkshire school after attending morning church service.
The Associated PressIn hotel headquarters on July 27, 1960 in downtown Chicago, Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Pat Nixon watch Republican convention progress on television. At this stage Gov. Mark Hatfield, Oregon, is placing Nixon's name before the convention for presidential nomination.
The Associated PressName your size, style preference or color, this hat salesman of Acapulco, Mexico, delivers "muy pronto", shown July 27, 1960. Visitors to the resort need straw hats as protection against the tropical sun and Jesus Diaz carries his entire stock in trade somewhere on his person.
The Associated PressPart of an estimated 10,000 persons who gathered in Grant Park for huge civil rights march listen to aide of Rev. Martin Luther King before procession to City Hall in Chicago, July 27, 1965. Marchers walked through downtown business district to protest alleged segregation in the city's schools.
Eric Draper, The Associated PressLaw enforcement officials walk past the sound and light tower which was damaged when an explosion rocked Centennial Olympic Park Saturday, July 27, 1996. The explosion killed at least one person and injured scores of revelers in the social center of the Games.
The Associated PressTish and Tosh, 7-week-old pups of the Southam Farm Zoo, Warwickshire, England, straddle the huge paws of their newly-arrived friend, Liza, a 9-month-old lioness, on July 27, 1967.
Paul Vathis, The Associated PressCindy King, left, her sister Tracy, center, and cousin Cindy Fenstermacher are completely covered with mud as they take a break from cleaning and sit on their sofa outside their flood-damaged home in Harrisburg, Pa., July 27, 1972. Flood waters, caused by tropical storm Agnes, receded in the city and home owners returned to clean up.
The Associated PressActor John Belushi is shown at the opening night party for "Animal House" at the Village Gate in New York City on July 27, 1978.
The Associated PressThree fellows look like they're riding one motorcycle in the 500 cc event of the German Grand Prix in Stuttgart, July 27, 1956. Reg Armstrong of Ireland, second, stalks Umberto Masetti of Italy. Motorcyclist in rear is unidentified.
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Expert sharpshooter and performer Annie Oakley comes out of retirement to practice for the Fred Stone Circus and Motor Hippodrome at the Mineola Fair Grounds, Long Island, N.Y., on July 27, 1922. Oakley performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1885 to 1902.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on July 27.




















