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A view of one of the many oilfields at Ploiesti in the Carpathian foothills of Romania on Dec. 13, 1946. From the time that oil is "struck" it is not seen until after it has been processed at the refineries miles away. The oil is pumped through pipes from the fields to the refineries.

People crowd at the entrance of the Solidarity headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, waiting for news about the imposed curfew, Dec. 1981. On Dec. 13, 1981, Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law on crushing a 16-month Solidarity upheaval against communist repression. The government jailed 10,000 opposition activists. Dozens were killed in clashes with police during ensuing strikes and protests.

A U.S. Marine sniper seeks out Viet Cong with a high-powered rifle and scope near Que Son, Vietnam, Dec. 13, 1965.

British heavyweight boxer Reggie Meen from Desborough, shown on Dec. 13, 1930. He is to fight Primo Carnera at the Albert Hall.

Sheep at Tuba, Arizona, brought in by Navajos for their annual disinfecting, a procedure ordered by the government, Dec. 13, 1934.

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers star since breaking into Major League baseball in 1947, is shown with his wife, Rachel, and their four-year-old son, Jackie Jr., in their home in Stamford, Conn., Dec. 13, 1956. Robinson, 37, holds a banner for the rival New York Giants baseball club to which he was traded for relief pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000 in cash. Robinson retired in January, voiding the trade.

An Australian soldier in Egypt, with a towel over his head to keep off the scorching sun and driven, surveys his camp, Dec. 13, 1940 in Egypt. Although the climate is hot in the daytime, soldiers sleep under blankets for protection against the cold night. Australian troops have joined other British forces in the campaign against the Italian army in Egypt.

As protection against possible Japanese air raids, sandbags are piled as high as the second story against the telephone company building in San Francisco, on Dec. 13, 1941.

A typical freedom-loving Corsican who aided in driving out the Nazi invader shown Dec. 13, 1943.

Gabriela Mistral, left, the Chilean poet who received the Nobel Prize for Literature, is served coffee and Lucia bread in bed at the Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden on Dec. 13, 1945, by Stockholm's "Queen of Light" Miss Gurli Holmberg. Holmberg was chosen by the populace from amongst nine other girls to be "Queen of Light" in accordance with the festival of St. Lucia, virgin and martyr of Syracuse who lived in the reign of Diocletian.

Pamela Offor develops a deep affection for this giant toy rabbit, one of the many toys that were sent to British children in London by the Belgians, Dec. 13, 1944. Belgium has offered to send gifts of toys for British children, and these marked the arrival of the first shipment.

Sen. John Kennedy, D-Mass., and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, watch as her sister, Mrs. Lee Bouvier Canfield, holds their 15-day-old daughter during her christening in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Dec. 13, 1957. At left is the senator's brother, Robert Kennedy, acting as godfather. Third from left is Stephen Smith, the senator's brother-in-law. Boston's archbishop Richard Cushing christened the baby, named Caroline.

Soldier boys at Fort Dix, N.J., learn something about guns during their working hours, as they show their girlfriends at a camp dance, Dec. 13, 1940. In front row, playing with the coin amusement gun, from left: Pvt. Tom D'Amato of West Orange; Rose Sinkewicz, behind gun site, of Trenton; Julia Ivans of Trenton, and Pvt. Vernon Landers of Kearney. Back row: Pvts. William Sargent and William Corlies of Philadelphia.

President Gerald Ford smiles as he talks with George Harrison, second from left, at the White House in Washington, Dec. 13, 1974. Jack Ford, 22, the president's son, second from right, invited Harrison to the White House for lunch. With them are keyboardist Billy Preston, far left, and sitar player Ravi Shankar, right.

The tentacle-like arms of "Mobot Mark II," a mobile robot built by Hughes Aircraft Company of Culver City, Calif., close in on Colleen Adams as it demonstrates its almost human actions on Dec. 13, 1960. The robot was designed to perform tasks in areas too dangerous for humans. The six foot arms are double-jointed at shoulder, elbow and wrist, and television camera "eyes" transmit images of the robot's performance to a human operator at a remote control console.

This photo shows a scene from the Battle of Fredericksburg. The battle, which took place on Dec. 13-15, 1862, was a victory for the Confederate troops under Gen. Robert E. Lee. This photograph is the first taken of the American Army in combat.

Cuba's Ernesto "Che" Guevara makes an appearance on "Face the Nation" at CBS-TV studios in New York City, Dec. 13, 1964. Guevara makes a plea for better relations between Cuba and the United States.

Japanese Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, left, is escorted from an Army plane by a military policeman upon arriving in Manila, Philippines on Dec. 13, 1945, for his war crimes trial involving the deaths of 67,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war during the Bataan Death March.

Rudolph Giuliani is seen in Philadelphia in this Dec. 13, 1982 photo, when he was an associate attorney general. Giuliani has given up this comb-over hairstyle in favor of a new straight-back 'do, that is winning rave reviews.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, dance Dec. 13, 1964, at the Malmen Hotel in Stockholm where he was a guest of honor on the one year anniversary festivals for the Republic of Kenya. King is this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Space teacher Christa McAuliffe responds to a question at a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Dec. 13, 1985. In front of McAuliffe is the Hughes fluid experiment that will fly on her mission, seated next to McAuliffe is Hughes payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis.

The Taiwan-registered oil tanker "Energy Determination", seen ablaze and sinking off Coin Island in the Hormuz Straits on Thursday, Dec. 13, 1979. The cause of the fire was not known. The 320,000 ton tanker was empty and heading north when fire broke out around 0100 local time. Oman patrol boats responded to a distress call from the ship and rescued 37 crew members but one was still unaccounted for.

Actor Gary Busey lends his support to the use of motorcycle helmets and the California law during a news conference in Los Angeles, Ca., Friday, Dec. 13, 1991. The law, that requires all cyclists to wear protective headgear, will take effect Jan. 1. Busey, who had a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 1988 when he wasn't wearing a helmet, was initially against a mandatory law.