The Associated PressConstruction workers take a lunch break on a steel beam atop the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York, Sept. 29, 1932. In the background is the Chrysler Building.
The Associated PressJubilant crowd cheering Hitler and Mussolini upon arrival in Munich on Sept. 29, 1938.
Ernest King, The Associated PressPart of a group of 500 young Mexicans have arrived to alleviate the harvest labor shortage in Stockton, Calif., Sept. 29, 1942. Here, a group of singing, cheering youths.
The Associated Press'Be prepared' is the motto of petite Doris Sherrell, vocalist and dancer with Blackouts of 1942. In the event of a bombing, the young lady had her social security number tattooed on one leg by artist Jack Julian, and address placed on the other limb for means of identification in Los Angeles, Sept. 29, 1942.
The Associated PressA German soldier, fighting somewhere on the Russian front on Sept. 29, 1943
The Associated PressThor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnologist and head of the Kon-Tiki expedition, arrives in San Francisco, Ca., from the South Pacific, Sept. 29, 1947. (AP Photo)
The Associated PressSmoke from a massive fire pours out of Pier 57 on the Hudson River at 15th Street in New York, Sept. 29, 1947. The blaze swept the structure for more than 16 hours causing most of the pier to collapse into the river.
Jacob Harris, The Associated PressRep. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), left, and Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) stand aboard the Army Transport Gen. Alexander M. Patch following the shipÕs arrival at Staten Island, New York on Sept. 29, 1949. Rep. Gore and Sen. Kefauver have been in Stockholm where they attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The Associated PressWillie Mays of the then New York Giants makes a well-remembered catch in the first game of the 1954 World Series in New York's Polo Grounds on Sept. 29, 1954. The catch in deep center robbed Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians of a triple and held two runners on base.
The Associated PressU.S. Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, gets an embrace by unidentified woman who also presented him a bouquet of flowers. Neil and his two fellow moon travelers, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins arrived on Monday, Sept. 29, 1969 in Mexico City for a 22-hour visit.
The Associated PressGolda Meir Prime Minister of Israel, Sept. 29, 1969.
The Associated PressArthur Koehler, wood technologist of the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wis., uses a microscope to examine samples of wood, in New York, Sept. 29, 1934. The wood was used in the construction of the ladder which the kidnappers of Charles Lindbergh Jr. used to gain entrance to the Lindbergh home in 1932. Koehler will examine the ladder especially for marks that correspond with the tools found in the possession of suspect Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was indicted for extortion in connection with the kidnapping.
The Associated PressBrewers Hank Aaron, holder of baseball's home run record, swings two bats as he warms up for his final appearance for the season at Milwaukee County Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 29, 1975 during game against the Detroit Tigers. Many fans feel that Aaron will be offered the manager's job to replace fired Del Crandall.
David Pickoff, The Associated PressIsraeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan appears on NBC television's Today Show on Thursday, Sept. 29 1977 in New York. Dayan said that he would have expected a denial of a Syrian statement that President Jimmy Carter has agreed on the possibility of forming a unified Arab delegation including the PLO. This is because Dayan said the United States has given Israel its word that the Palestinians at Middle East peace talks would not be represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO.
Ed Reinke, The Associated PressPresident Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stand next to an original copy of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, after their meeting at the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 1983. The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War in America.
NASA, The Associated PressDiscovery lifts off from pad 39B of the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Thursday, Sept. 29, 1988.
The Associated PressEven the youngsters in the Principal industry here take their business literature seriously. Here Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten absorb the latest news from trade papers, while breakfasting at the Brown Derby in Hollywood, Los Angeles on Sept. 29, 1947 (
Paul Sakuma, The Associated PressLos Angeles Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda covers his face as the San Diego Padres score six runs in the eighth inning to defeat Lasorda's Dodgers 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday, Sept. 29, 1983 in San Diego. The Dodgers need one more victory to win the National League Western Division title.
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Construction workers take a lunch break on a steel beam atop the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York, Sept. 29, 1932. In the background is the Chrysler Building.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on September 29.
















