The Associated PressButch, an English bulldog, obviously would like to be a dispatch rider but can't join the active duty list, so his mistress enlisted him as a Marine sergeant, shown Oct 24, 1994. His owner, Mrs. S.L. Sauve, of New York, described him as "really sweet," but Butch looks tough enough to be a Marine.
The Associated PressVice President Richard M. Nixon is shown carrying an unidentified child at Pennsylvania Station in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct, 24, 1960.
Todd Plitt, The Associated PressRock star David Bowie performs during taping of the VH1 Fashion and Music Awards Thursday night Oct. 24, 1996, in New York. The show is scheduled to air Friday.
Staff/Putnam, The Associated PressA typical customs post on the Ulster border, Northern Ireland on Oct. 24, 1932.
The Associated PressJoe DiMaggio, New York Yankees center fielder, breaks out with a broad grin as he shows his fiance, film actress Dorothy Arnold, the telegram he received at his San Francisco cafe, Oct. 24, 1939, informing him that he was voted the Most Valuable Player in the American League during the 1939 season. A committee of the Baseball Writers Association of America gave Joe 280 out of a possible 336 points in the balloting.
The Associated PressOne of the U.S. Army' new experimental super bomber B. 15 in flight on Oct. 24, 1940.
The Associated PressGerman Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, shakes hands with Head of State of Vichy France Marshall Philippe Petain, in occupied France, Oct. 24, 1940. Behind centre is Paul Schmidt an interpreter and right is German Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim Von Ribbentrop.
The Associated PressRehearsing somewhere in England, an asbestos-suited soldier carries a victim from a burning shed, Oct. 24, 1941. Soldiers are being trained for air raid precautions work in bombed areas.
Gene Abbott, The Associated PressAnne Bennett, left, and Nancy Sabalot sit on the barrel of an eight-inch rifle on the Naval Academy Grounds at Annapolis, Maryland, Oct. 24, 1942. The big gun, which weighs 74,000 pounds, is destined for the scrap heap. Anne is the daughter of Rear Admiral A.C. Bennett, now in London, and Nancy is the daughter of Capt. A.C.J. Sabalot, Naval Attache in Vichy.
Robert Clover, The Associated PressDr. A.J. Olmstead of the Smithsonian Institution, adjusts the only known example of a "Woodward Solar Camera" in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 1944. The camera, manufactured between 1857 and 1877 was the first means available to commercial photographers to make enlargements on the then slow bromide paper, using the sun as a source of illumination. Miss Edna Billings of Racine, Wis., found the camera in a shed near her home while searching for metal for the nation's scrap drive.
The Associated PressSailors line the decks of Americas veteran battleship New York as tugs nose the ship into her berth, in New York, on Oct. 24, 1945, where the vessel arrived for the Navy Day Celebrations. Commissioned at New York in 1914 the ships is one of the oldest battleships in the U.S. Navy, having seen action in two wars and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific in World War II.
Charles Bennett, The Associated PressSammy Hagar, left, Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen of the rock group Van Halen show off their new star in Chicago on Oct. 24, 1988. The star will be on the Hard Rock Cafe's "Walk of Fame" in front of the Chicago restaurant.
The Associated PressA U.S. Air Force B-26 light bomber has its 14 forward firing .50 caliber machine guns tested at an airfield in Korea prior to a night mission against communist targets on Oct. 24, 1952.
Arpad Hazafi, The Associated PressHungarians witness the fallen statue of communist leader Josef Stalin in front of the National Theater in Budapest on Oct. 24, 1956. Demonstrators revolting against communist rule in Hungary pulled the statue to the ground at Dozsa Gyorgy on Oct. 23 and hauled it by tractor to Blaha Lujza where it was later smashed to pieces by the people.
Suzanne Vlamis, The Associated PressBilly Hayes, 28-year-old from North Babylon, N.Y., talks to newsmen at New York's Kennedy Airport, Oct. 24, 1975, after his return to the U.S. Hayes, imprisoned on drug charges, holds his passport to show he dyed his hair blonde to aid his flight from Turkey. "A lot of people helped me," said Hayes of his escape from the Turkish prison on the island of Imrali.
The Associated PressNo wonder this pooch looks confused in Salinas, California, Oct. 24, 1975. A plain, ordinary fire hydrant in Salinas, Calif., is all decked out in red, white and blue. Blame the city of Salinas for decorating the fire hydrants in the Spirit of '76 theme.
The Associated PressWith his tongue hanging out of his mouth, Bill Rodgers of Melrose, Mass., crosses the finish line to win the 1976 New York City marathon, Sunday, Oct. 24, 1976. "This was ideal weather for me," said Rodgers, who finished a disappointing 40th at the Montreal Olympic Games. The marathon was run in cool upper forty and lower fifty degree temperatures.
Charles Tasnadi, The Associated PressPresident Jimmy Carter speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Oct. 24, 1978. He unveiled a largely voluntary new set of wage and price guidelines saying "we must face a time of national austerity."
Blaise Edwards, The Associated PressKeith Richards, guitarist for the Rolling Stones, talks to newsmen at a press conference in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1978. Richards was placed on one year's probation for possessing heroin and ordered to give a benefit concert for the blind in Toronto. The 34-year-old British musician pleaded guilty on Monday to the possession charge.
Stephen Chernin, The Associated PressBillionaire Donald Trump is shown in this Oct. 19, 1999, photo. Trump, a lifelong Republican, said in a telephone interview Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, he signed the necessary papers to change his voter registration to the Independence Party, the Reform Party affiliate in New York.
Jamal, The Associated PressRescue workers are shown carrying the body of a U.S. Marine killed by the bombing of the Marine Operations Center in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 24, 1983. The bomb, consisting of 2000 lbs. of TNT, killed 161 Marines and injured 80 others.
Nick Ut, The Associated PressSinger Paul McCartney gestures as he chats with Johnny Carson during the taping of the "Tonight Show" at the NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif., Oct. 24, 1984.
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Butch, an English bulldog, obviously would like to be a dispatch rider but can't join the active duty list, so his mistress enlisted him as a Marine sergeant, shown Oct 24, 1994. His owner, Mrs. S.L. Sauve, of New York, described him as "really sweet," but Butch looks tough enough to be a Marine.
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A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on October 24.
























