The Associated PressA string of white vehicles follow the hearse carrying the body of rock and roll musician Elvis Presley along Elvis Presley Boulevard on the way to Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1977. Thousands of people line the route for the city's final tribute to Elvis.
The Associated PressA French woman, accused of being a German sympathizer, is marched along a road past an American heavy tank followed by two armed French partisans on Aug. 19, 1944. She is being taken to Pre en Pail, France, there to be shorn of her hair.
Maya Alleruzzo, The Associated PressU.S. Army Sgt. Jason Thompson, left, and Lt. Col. Nate Flegler, right, wave to one of the last Stryker armored vehicles to leave Iraq as it crosses the border into Kuwait at the Khabari border crossing, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. The U.S. Army's 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division is the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces.
Robert Goldberg, The Associated PressFramed in the archway of a building, a passerby stops to look at the broad span of the Queensboro Bridge from New York City's East River shore line on Aug. 19, 1959. The passerby is none other than the photographer himself, Robert Goldberg, who used a self timer to get himself in the picture.
The Associated PressYoung Nazis crowd on the back of a truck used for propaganda purposes advising people to vote 'Yes' in the great plebiscite as to whether Adolf Hitler should be elected President, in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 19, 1934.
DCG, The Associated PressIn Plymouth, Vermont, which was electrified just 20 years ago, an unidentified woman shows a television set inside the house where Calvin Coolidge was born, Aug. 19, 1953.
The Associated PressJapanese infantrymen advance with rifles and grenades, leaping over barbed wire and preceded by an artillery barrage, in the Peking sector in China on Aug. 19, 1937 during the Second Sino Japanese War. Heavy casualties occurred on both sides, but Chinese losses outnumbered the Japanese five to one.
The Associated PressCapt. W. D. Smith of Greenville, S.C., Camp Blanding Chemical Warfare Service officer, trains in the use of the gas mask in Camp Blanding, Florida on Aug. 19, 1942. Just to be sure that his office force could work under any conditions, he issued instructions that for an hour each day all work be done in gas masks to prove that conversations, even on the telephone and in dictation, could be carried on and other work done efficiently.
The Associated PressThe Beatles are shown as they played to a screaming crowd in Houston's Coliseum Aug. 19, 1965. White spots are flashbulbs from the many fans who took pictures during the show.
The Associated PressU.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower in their automobile after attending church services Aug. 19, 1956 in Washington, D.C.
The Associated PressSeventy-year-old Groucho Marx showed his youth as he did the frug with Diana Ross, 22-year-old lead singer of the supremes, a female rock n roll group, at an outdoor barbecue party. The party was given by actor-singer Bobby Darin at his Bel-Air home in Los Angeles on Aug. 19, 1966. Groucho later admitted that is was the first time he had been on a dance floor in 20 years.
The Associated Press"Ducks" American amphibious craft helping to unload Liberty ships laying off-shore, near Lieata, Bieily, Aug. 19, 1943. Their great advantage is of course, that they can pull alongside a ship, and take on a load instead of unloading on the beach.
The Associated PressOlympic gold medalist Jesse Owens finds himself the object of extreme interest on the part of a group of boys, as he trots back to his quarters through Hyde Park in London, Aug. 19, 1936.
The Associated PressTroxall, the English bulldog, suffers from too much of a good time as he recuperates from a party thrown by his owners, Morris and Jeanie Bush, of Vancouver, Washington, Aug. 19, 1974. Among the leftovers from the party was a dog-sized headache for the dour-looking Troxall.
The Associated PressSmoke billows from cars in front of the United States embassy in Nicosia, on Aug. 19, 1974 as Angry Greek Cypriots stormed the building. The Greek Cypriots were protesting against American policy over Cyprus. United States ambassador to Cyprus, Rodger P. Davies, was killed during the incident.
Barry Thumma, The Associated PressComedian Phyllis Diller clowns for photographers on the floor of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 19, 1984 in Dallas.
Arturo Mari, The Associated PressPope John Paul II blesses the crowd on the steps of the Santiago Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela on the first day of his three-day trip to Spain, Aug. 19, 1989.
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A string of white vehicles follow the hearse carrying the body of rock and roll musician Elvis Presley along Elvis Presley Boulevard on the way to Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1977. Thousands of people line the route for the city's final tribute to Elvis.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on August 19.















