The Associated PressCindy Frink, a Video Data Interrogator operator for California's Department of Motor Vehicles, demonstrates a key machine in the department's planned computer system at Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 20, 1966. The operator types all information about licenses, traffic records and ownership into a computer, which stores it on magnetic tape "flakes". Similar video screens or automatic transcribing machines will be installed in DMV and law enforcement offices in major metropolitan centers. When information is wanted it can be immediately transmitted from the computer center in Sacramento to their offices by dialing a code.
The Associated PressThe wreckage of a twin engine Convair 240 plane lies in a wooded area near McComb, Miss., on Oct. 20, 1977. The small plane had 26 people on board, and six were killed in the crash, including three members of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.
The Associated PressBenito Mussolini, in the newly introduced Fascist uniform, on his horse at a parade of police to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the foundation of the Metropolitan Police in Rome, Italy around Oct. 20, 1938.
Horst Faas, The Associated PressA young girl demonstrates the plastic container fitted to the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle car to provide extra luggage space around Oct. 20, 1959. The case was on show at the International Plastics Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Associated PressHeinrich Himmler, giving the Nazi Salute, chief of Hitler's police, is seen in Madrid Railway Station on arrival for his visit with Count Mayalde, Chief of Spanish Department of Security, Oct. 20, 1940. Mayalde reviews the honor guard, and immediately behind him is Ramon Serrano Suner, brother-in-law of Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
The Associated PressA barrage balloon in Hyde Park, London, is hauled down for inspection and to be refilled with gas, Oct. 20, 1941. The man in uniform at left is Free French Army General Charles de Gaulle.
The Associated PressA hundred feet beneath the surface of the tide swept East River, 1,800 plastic-helmeted laborers and engineers have been blasting through solid rock and muck to build the world's second largest underwater vehicular tunnel linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, Oct. 20, 1947.
Max Desfor, The Associated PressA paratrooper takes time to comfort an injured comrade in burning village near Sunchon, South Korea, Oct. 20, 1950. Both soldiers had jumped into the North Korean area a short time before.
The Associated PressThree Iranian sailors, convicted of trying to set fire to their warship, Babr, Iran's biggest fighting ship, face a firing squad in the Naval Barracks at Khorramshahr, Iran on Oct. 20, 1953. The doomed men, from left, are Hooshang Noosheh, who refused blindfold, Jehangir Gorharbar, and Ahmed Khairi.
Apichart Weerawong, The Associated PressDuangjai Samaksamarn shows her giant hands at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in Pattaya, 110 kilometers (68 miles) southeast of Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001. Duangjai, 49, said the oversized hands and arms were caused by hormone imbalances. She had two disastrous operations at age 25 and 30 but instead of stopping the growth they grew larger. Each of her hands and arms weigh more than 10 kilograms (22 pounds).
Jim Wells, The Associated PressThis view from the North tower of the World Trade Center shows construction of the center's South tower in New York, on Oct. 20, 1970.
The Associated PressKnitwear is everywhere these days even in a new suit for a well-dressed very young man. The zippered jacket and long pants, with matching warm cap, are in butter yellow orlon in a shaker knit stitch, bonded for shape retention and machine washable, shown Oct. 20, 1965. By Fawn Togs.
Eddie Adams, The Associated PressYoung Marine trainees line up to have their hair shorn at the Marines training camp in Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 20, 1971.
Chor Yuthy, The Associated PressHer son a victim of an insurgent mortar attack, a Cambodian mother cries in grief following the attack on a hamlet in the Kompong Speu area in Cambodia Oct. 20, 1974. The Khmer Rouge high explosive rounds wounded other children in addition to killing the youngster.
The Associated PressBoston Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee clowns around with a decorated pumpkin after the sixth World Series game against the Cincinnati Reds was postponed because of rain at Fenway Park in Boston, Ma., Sunday, Oct. 20, 1975.
James Palmer, The Associated PressSupervisor Harvey Milk called the press together in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 1978 to demonstrate how pet owners could obey the city's new anti-litter law, left, by scooping up the dropping. All went well until Supervisor Milk found he had accidentally stepped into some real dog dropping.
Gene Puskar, The Associated PressPat Rupert, 76, sits outside his Sheffield, Pennsylvania shed on Oct. 20, 1982, fresh snuff in his lip and a cold beer in one hand. He and his older brother live in a disheveled corrugated iron box that once housed a large gasoline engine. There is no refrigerator, telephone or running water inside. Rupert says, "I know where I am and I know what I am."
Al Behrman, The Associated PressAn aerial view shows the path an Air Force A7 attack fighter plane took, Oct. 20, 1987 in Indianapolis. At least nine people were killed when the plane hit a bank building (bottom) and crashed into the Ramada Inn (top). The pilot ejected from the plane before the crash.
Sergey Dolzhenko, The Associated PressDima, 9, left, and his sister Oksana, 13, sit near a sewer where they spend nights, in Kharkov, Ukraine, Friday Oct. 20, 1995. The children's father is in a prison and their mother is an alcoholic who is unable to care for them. The children spend the day in the city's railway station and sleep in the sewer because it provides a shelter from cold weather. Most of the social programs in the Ukraine have been severely cut back by the Ukrainian government because of an economic crisis in the country.
Bill Cooke, The Associated Press2 Live Crew leader Luther Campbell, right, jumps from the defense table after a not guilty verdict was returned in the group's highly publicized obscenity trial in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Oct. 20, 1990. Celebrating with Campbell is attorney Bruce Rogow.
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Cindy Frink, a Video Data Interrogator operator for California's Department of Motor Vehicles, demonstrates a key machine in the department's planned computer system at Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 20, 1966. The operator types all information about licenses, traffic records and ownership into a computer, which stores it on magnetic tape "flakes". Similar video screens or automatic transcribing machines will be installed in DMV and law enforcement offices in major metropolitan centers. When information is wanted it can be immediately transmitted from the computer center in Sacramento to their offices by dialing a code.
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By Glen Barber | The Denver Post
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A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on October 20.