The Associated PressSecretary Ray Lyman Wilbur drives the last spike into the railroad leading from Las Vegas, Nevada to the site of the Hoover Dam - better known as the Boulder Dam, Sept. 19, 1930. The spike, made of silver, signalized actual beginning of construction on the $165,000,000 project. Left to right: Congressman William Eaton, of Colorado; Senator Key Pittman, Nevada; Secretary Wilbur, and left Senator Samuel Shortridge.
Paul Sakuma, The Associated PressLightning bolts dance across the San Francisco skyline as a storm moves through the California city on Sept. 19, 1984. The Golden Gate Bridge can be seen in foreground.
Ahn Young-joon, The Associated PressSouth Korean navy check a North Korean submarine on South Korea's east coast at Kangrung, northeast of Seoul, Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996. South Korean soldiers shot and killed three North Koreans and captured two Thursday, one day after a group of communist infiltrators abandoned their damaged submarine on the rocky coast. .
Bullit Marquez, The Associated PressA Philippine Airlines A300 Airbus plane lies near the service road of a highway south of Manila after it overshot the runway, Sept. 19, 1987 in Manila upon landing from Singapore. Nobody was injured among 135 passengers and crewmen on board.
Staff/Putnam, The Associated PressThe plane used by Squadron-leader Francis Ronald Swain who has been chosen for the Royal Air Force high altitude record attempt which is to be made from Farnborough, Hampshire on Sept 19, 1936. Squadron Leader Swain will wear a specially designed oxygen suit, permitting free movement for the controls. The machine is a Bristol monoplane, the largest single-seater ever to be constructed. It is powered by a supercharges Pegasus engine, designed for 50,000 feet and over. It is estimated that 54,000 feet can be climbed in an hour in slow spiral climbs, during which 100 miles will be covered.
The Associated PressNewlyweds Shirley Temple and Sgt. John Agar Jr. cut their wedding cake beneath a tent on the lawn of the Temple estate on Sept. 19, 1945.
Priest, The Associated PressThe jet engined "Bluebird", piloted by Donald Campbell, streaks along Coniston Water, Westmorland, England on Sept. 19, 1956 to set a world water speed record of 225.36 miles per hour. During the run the "Bluebird" touched 286 miles per hour.
Chip Young, The Associated PressRescue workers in Mexico City remove an injured woman from the Hotel Principiado in the city's downtown section after Thursday's earthquake, Sept. 19, 1985.
Sal Veder, The Associated PressCesar Chavez, who has launched a nationwide lettuce boycott to gain recognition of his ALF-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, relaxes in a room attached to his headquarters in Salinas, Calif., Sept. 19, 1970. Chavez's "salad bowl" strike is a bitter union battle that is pitting grower against grower and Mexican-American against Mexican-American.
Wilfredo Lee, The Associated PressRepublican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush chats with talk show host Oprah Winfrey Tuesday Sept. 19, 2000 after appearing on the program in Chicago.
Douglas C. Pizac, The Associated PressThe cast of the television show "Seinfeld" (l-r) Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louise-Dreyfus, and Jason Alexander pose backstage with their awards at the 45th Annual Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 19, 1993 in Pasadena, Calif.
Ferd Kaufman, The Associated PressThis shadowgraph of Beatle drummer Ringo Starr with his hair standing out from shaking his head sent 15,000 screaming and shrieking teen-agers to their feet in Dallas, Sept. 19, 1964. The British quartet wound up a nationwide tour in Dallas. The double image in the picture was caused by two spotlights.
The Associated PressVanessa Williams, Miss America for 1984 adjusts her crown during photo session, Sunday, Sept. 19, 1983 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Nick UT, The Associated PressWilliam Shatner (Actor) with actor Leonard Nimoy at the 34th Annual Emmy Awards Banquet in the Century Plaza Hotel on Sept. 19, 1982 in Los Angeles.
Lennox McLendon, The Associated PressComedian Richard Pryor gestures to the audience, after the audience jeered him for some of his anti-gay remarks, at a gathering billed as A Star Spangled Night for Rights, Sunday, Sept. 19, 1977, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, Calif. After the gesture, Pryor slammed the mike down and left the show. The show was a fund raising event for a group called Save our Human Rights Foundation. Other performance on the show included Betty Midler, Lily Tomlin and David Steinberg.
EFK, The Associated PressBillie Jean King, center, surrounded by media Sept. 19, 1973 for a round of interviews and promotional work for the up coming match with Bobby Riggs, $100,000 winner take all match with Billie Jean King.
The Associated PressWinston Churchill, former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, on horseback during a visit to Banff, in the Canadian Rockies on Sept. 19, 1929.
Charles Kelly, The Associated PressOutfielder Hank Aaron, shown at bat, as he hits his 713th home run, Sept. 19, 1973, Atlanta, Ga.
Mark Wilson, The Associated PressScott sits guarding his boss's 80-foot Hatteras cabin cruiser,Paradise, with a rifle on the shore near Charlotte Amalie on St.Thomas in the U.S.Virgin Islands Tuesday Sept.19,1995. Hurricane Marilyn,which devastated the islands Saturday, washed the boat ashore .The boat is owned by Henry Holzkamper and Jan Moore of St. Thomas. They were victims of a robbery on the boat last weekend.
The Associated PressView of a huge cavern carved 650 feet underground near Hutchinson, Kansas, Sept. 19, 1961, by salt mining. The area includes 125 rooms, each 50 by 300 feet, separated by 10-foot walls of solid salt. The area is being leased for record storage and emergency space as a nuclear bomb shelter.
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Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur drives the last spike into the railroad leading from Las Vegas, Nevada to the site of the Hoover Dam - better known as the Boulder Dam, Sept. 19, 1930. The spike, made of silver, signalized actual beginning of construction on the $165,000,000 project. Left to right: Congressman William Eaton, of Colorado; Senator Key Pittman, Nevada; Secretary Wilbur, and left Senator Samuel Shortridge.
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