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A London telephone operator demonstrates a special gas mask, equipped with built-in microphone and earpieces so that she could continue work even in the event of an air or gas raid. Here she punches a time clock. The demonstration took place at the Faraday Building trunk exchange, London, on Aug. 3, 1938.

Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Pat Nixon chat with Hawaiian Gov. William F. Quinn at plane side after their arrival, Aug. 3, 1960 in Honolulu to kickoff Nixon?s presidential campaign in the nation's newest state. The Nixons wear only a few of the leis given them by the Hawaiian Republicans who greeted them. Nixon will visit the four major islands during his grueling two-day visit here.

Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner signs an autograph for a fan beneath the statue of Atlas on Fifth Avenue in New York's Rockefeller Center, Aug. 3, 1976. At left is Jenner's wife Chrystie.

Austrian Prof. Sigmund Freud poses at his estate, Berggasse 19, near Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 3, 1935.

This motorist could get plenty of water and air if he wished, but no gasoline in New York, Aug. 3, 1941. He pulled into this station, asked the attendant to "fill er up," but was informed that the station was closed, observing the dawn to dusk blackout which shut down 100,000 stations on the east coast at 7 p.m., to conserve petroleum products.

Kurt, a Doberman Pinscher wounded by a Japanesse hand grenade while leading U.S. Marines to a group of the enemy hiding in a cave on Guam Island, in the Marinas, receives an injection of Saline solution, Aug. 3, 1944 from Lt. William W. Putney, left, of Farmville, VA., and Pfc. Charles Gilbert, of Covington, VA.

Marlon Brando is seen relaxing at his Hollywood, Calif., home on Aug. 3, 1954. Brando studies the script for next day's shooting of "Desiree", in which he plays Napoleon.

America's Andre Agassi receives his gold medal after defeating Spain's Sergi Bruguera at the Stone Mountain Tennis Center Saturday Aug. 3, 1996. Agassi won 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 at the Centennial Olympic games.

Heavyweight boxer Floyd Patterson looks over x-ray photographs of his injured hand in New York, Aug. 3, 1956, after Julius Helfand, chairman of the New York Athletic Commission ruled that he will not be able to fight again until late fall. Patterson, ranking heavyweight had been scheduled to meet Archie Moore, light heavyweight champion on Sept. 25 for title vacate by Rocky Marciano.

A soldier in Washington on Aug. 3, 1959, models a uniform and equipment for the army of the future. Mask, gloves and other parts of the uniform are designed to give protection against nuclear explosions. The helmet contains a radio receiver. Hooked to the helmet are infra-red binoculars for protection against enemy infra-red detecting devices, an image meta-scope, hang from chain around the neck. On his back the soldier has an explosive fox-hole digger. The rifle is an M-14, which fires a 7.62 millimeter bullet.

Joining movie stars of the past and present, C-3PO, one of the famous robots from the 20th Century-Fox film "Star Wars," places his foot prints in the cement in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 3, 1977. Assisted by studio personnel, C-3PO signs his name and thereby joins such stars as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable and Barbra Streisand.

President Bill Clinton laughs as Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg answers a reporters question as they spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1993 in Washington. Earlier, the Senate voted 93-3 to confirm Ginsburg for the Supreme Court making her the second woman to serve on the high court.

Elizabeth King of London, member of the British tiddlywinks team, lines up her next move in a demonstration following team's arrival at Hoboken, N.J., Aug. 3, 1962. Team will tour the United States. Keeping close watch are teammates Peter J. Freeman, of Malvern; Philip Moore of Wolverhampton; and Dave Willis of Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Team competes with a New York team on Aug. 4.

Protesters sit in bath tubs and read copies of an "Extrablatt" of the satirical newspaper "Pardon" during an event organized by "Pardon" on Aug. 3, 1967 in Frankfurt, Germany. Activists criticize the demands of the Shah of Persia that Shah opponents in Germany should be punished. The bath tubs are a mock up of the golden tubs that where allegedly given as present to the Shah and his wife by the German Government.

George Harrison of the Beatles sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, a sitar virtuoso, in Los Angeles, Aug. 3, 1967, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play the sitar, a 25-stringed guitar-like instrument. Harrison said 聯Indian music makes God come through in a spiritual way.聰

The United States women's 4x100 meters relay team' from left: Inger Miller, Gail Devers, Chryste Gaines and Gwen Torrence laugh during their victory lap after winning the gold at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Saturday August 3, 1996.

The freighter silver hawk, beached at Gulfport, Miss., on Aug. 3, 1970 by hurricane Camille, appears to be adrift on a sea of debris. The silver hawk was one of two cargo ships run aground by the 200-mile-per-hour hurricane. Both, still there almost a year later, are yielding to the blowtorch as crews dismantle them.

Roger Mills and his new bride, Berta Linson, are all smiles as they leave the church following their wedding in Jackson, Mississippi, Aug. 3, 1970. The interracial marriage marked the end of the state's anti-miscegenation laws.

Mrs. Neysa Moskowitz touches the coffin of her daughter Stacy at King Solomon Cemetery in Clifton, N.J. Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1977, watching at right, his hands clasped, is Jerome Moskowitz, the slain girl's father. At extreme right, in black dress is Ricki, 16, the Moskowitz only surviving child. State is the latest victim of New York's .44-caliber killer, who calls himself "Son of Sam."

Mary Lou Retton celebrates her balance beam score at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 1984. Retton, 16, became the first American woman ever to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.

What's billed as the world's first gay doll stands 13 inches tall, wears one earring, a custom-made flannel cowboy shirt and sports a $15 price tag, has finally "come out of the closet," shown Aug. 3, 1978. Gay Bob is beginning to catch on, according to his 37-year-old developer Harvey Rosenberg of New York, who has already sold 10,000 of the dolls through mail-order ads.

Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar takes part in the Celebrity All-Star game played prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers-St. Louis Cardinals game in Los Angeles, Ca., Aug. 3, 1980. Abdul-Jabbar scored one run as the celebrities defeated a team of media players, 6-4.

A passenger waiting at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, Monday Aug. 3, 1981 watches out a concourse on Monday as his plane is prepared for boarding. In the background is a control tower. Air traffic controllers went on strike causing cancellations and delays in flights.

Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway jokes with two British policemen upon his team's arrival outside Gatwick Airport on Monday, Aug. 3, 1987 in London. The Broncos are in town to meet the Los Angeles Rams in an exhibition football game at London?s Wembley Stadium on August 9.

The two wives and two sons of John Lennon get together at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City to celebrate Julian's concert at the Beacon Theater, Wednesday night, Aug. 3, 1989. From left are, Yoko Ono, Lennon's second wife and widow; Julian Lennon; Sean Lennon, son with Ono; and Cynthia Lennon, first wife and mother of Julian.

The Grossglocknerstrasse - a road thirty miles long and bridging the Austrian Alps from north to south, was opened on Aug. 3, 1935. The road took nearly ten years to complete, and cost over 20 million shillings.

Richard and Connie Howe walk back to their home in a mobile home community, where the streets are under as much as 30 inches of water Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, in West Melbourne, Fla. Brevard County was hit by up to 8 inches of rain overnight Wednesday.