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Lou Gehrig, first baseman for the New York Yankees, received a trophy in St. Louis, Aug. 17, 1933 when he played his 1,308th consecutive major league game. Left to right: President William Harridge of the American League; Edgar G. Brands, St. Louis newspaperman; Gehrig; and Joe Sewell, teammate of the new record holder.

Sixteen-year-old Glenn Lacombe sits with his head bowed after returning to the remains of his home in Buras, La., Aug. 22, 1969, four days after Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast. Authorities prevented residents from returning to their homes for several days after the storm.

A camel, water buffalo and giraffe form an odd teeter-totter trio during the daily show at Africa USA Marine World in Redwood City, Calif., Aug. 17, 1972. Trainer Fess Reynolds sits on the giraffe, while Ronna Snyder, another trainer, rides the water buffalo whose shifting weight provides the teeter-tottering power.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, center, is surrounded by four apprentices who work and study under his direction at Taliesin, his estate at Spring Green, Wis., Aug. 17, 1938. The students are, from left, Eugene Masselink, Edgar Tafel, Jack Howe, and Bennie Dombar.

A hysterical woman is aided after she viewed the body of a relative who was trampled to death in a stampede at the 132nd Street pier of the Hudson River, Aug. 17, 1941. The incident occurred when an estimated 10,000 Harlem residents showed up to board a boat for an excursion to Bear Mountain when there were only accommodations for 3,100.

Pvt. Mickey Rooney attends a Hollywood movie premiere with his mother, Nell Pankey, on Aug. 17, 1944. The actor is back in Hollywood after completing three months of basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Charles B. King, umpire in the first automobile race held on Thanksgiving Day 1895, sits at the right-hand drive of a 1907 Cadillac on Aug. 17, 1945 in Chicago. To commemorate fifty years of automobile progress, officials at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry plan to recreate the first race in history.

August 17, 1962 photo shows dying Peter Fechter carried away by East German border guards who shot him down when he tried to flee to the west. Two former border guards are now facing charges with joint manslaughter. Fechter was lying 50 minutes in no-man's land before he was taken to a hospital where he died shortly after arrival. Documents found in the files of the former secret police now helped to track down the men who allegedly shot Fechter.

What looks like a typical traffic jam is really the result of Hurricane Camille's visit to Louisiana Sunday, Aug. 17, 1969. These fishing and house boats were blown upon this levee near Boothville, about 40 miles southeast of New Orleans.

Mike D of the Beastie Boys, is shown performing at Madison Square Garden in New York, Aug. 17, 1987.

A prohibition-thirsty American Legionnaire goes into action in Windsor, Canada August 17, 1954, where the beer flowed freely, during the 1931 Legion convention across the river and the border in Detroit, Mich. His sign reads: "You have liberty - we have a state - we want Beer." Legion officials have decreed a "safe and sane" convention this year, in Washington, D.C.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at the Federal Court building, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Chicago, next to his wife Patti.

A soviet woman soldier seen in a rather gloomy and depressed mood, somewhere in Russia, on Aug. 17, 1941 after being captured by the Nazis. Time and again the German soldiers are coming across these tough soviet women, fighting side by side with their male comrades.

Four members of the crew that accompanied General Ira Eaker when he led the All-American bombing flight on German held Rouen, Aug. 17, 1942, smile from the waist-gun port after their safe return.

Pete Sheehy, equipment man at Yankee Stadium, views the locker of Babe Ruth at the Stadium in New York, on Aug. 17, 1948, the day after the Bambino's death. One of Sheehy's early duties as an employee at the stadium was to take care of Ruth's locker, at a time when the baseball immortal was at his peak.

French actress Brigitte Bardot, strums a Spanish guitar at the film studios in Boulogne, France, on Aug. 17, 1960, as she relaxes between takes of a new film in which she is appearing.

Margaret Ann Morris, 2, of St. Charles, Mo., sits with award presented by Lassie, the TV star, right, to Red, left, a 75-pound Irish setter, in New York, Aug. 17, 1976. The award, sponsored by a pet products company, was given to Red for pulling Margaret Ann out of a flaming car by her coat collar in May 1975.

New York Yankees manager Billy Martin kicks dirt on rookie home plate umpire Dallas Parks in the eighth inning of 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 17, 1979 in New York. Martin was upset with Parks balls and strikes call during the evening and when Parks tossed him out he responded by kicking dirt on Parks several times. Parks is one of the umpires who worked the recent umpires strike.

Pope John Paul II shakes hands with American actor Robert Wagner in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Aug. 17, 1983, during the Pontiff's weekly general audience. Woman at center unidentified.

Bodies covered with bags are strewn across hillsides flanking Middlebelt Road after a Northwest Airlines MD-18 en route from Detroit to California via Phoenix crashed shortly after takeoff, Aug. 17, 1987, Romulus, Mich. The accident killed 156 including 2 on the ground.

Yankee's Mickey Mantle swings at a close pitch thrown by Chicago White Sox hurler Frank Bauman in the sixth inning game in New York, Aug. 17, 1961.