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An 聯exploding聰 sweater of the kind that have brought complaints to police across the nation in the past few weeks, is enveloped in flames after having been ignited by Philip Toffler (second from left), president of Vic-Ess Manufacturing Company, in doorway of his establishment at 9 East 17th Street in New York, Jan. 13, 1952. Watching demonstration are: City Fire Marshal Martin Scott, right, his aide Fireman 1st Grade Frank Healy (second from right) and City Detective Felix Ruggieri, left. Scott said experiment showed 聯brush rayon聰 sweater is enveloped in flames four seconds after match is applied and is to ashes in 50 seconds.

The Zacchini family have been catapulting members of their family, by use of a real charge of powder, since the 1920s. Here, one of the Zacchini girls, Duina is shot from a specially built mortar to a net some 100 feet away, Jan. 13, 1943 (

People demonstrate against the government measure to create factory councils in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. Riots resulted when government troops fired into the mob with machine guns on Jan. 13, 1920. Many people died or were wounded.

Ed Asner is shown in character as he portrays the city editor of the Los Angeles Tribune behind his office desk on the television drama "Lou Grant" in Los Angeles, Ca., Jan. 13, 1978. (AP Photo

American aviatrix Amelia Earhart climbs from the cockpit of her plane at Los Angeles, Ca., Jan. 13, 1935 after a flight from Oakland to visit her mother. It is the plane she had flown into Oakland the day before from the Hawaiian Islands, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.

A grave attache releases the bonds and manacles from the body of a drug dealer who was executed, in Peiping, China, on Jan. 13, 1937, under China's anti-narcotic laws specifying death for drug dealers and addicts.

Seabiscuit, outside, works out through five-eighths of a mile in 59.4 seconds at the Santa Anita Race Track in a public workout between races in Arcadia, Ca., Jan. 13, 1939. On the inside is Seabiscuit's stablemate Advocator.

Patricia Hardy, 21, wears a "crown" in the shape of a press camera and a "sash" of used flashbulbs as she is named Queen of the Press Photographers Association at Cavanagh's Restaurant In New York, Jan.13, 1952. The charming brunette will preside over the annual Press Photographer's Ball to be held Feb. 15 at the Hotel Astor. She was chosen from a field Of 30 finalists in the competition.

Infantrymen of the 3rd U.S. Armored "Spearhead" Division are seen marching to the front lines in the Ardennes region of Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, on Jan. 13, 1945.

Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt enters her car after a meeting with U.S. President Harry Truman at the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 1949.

Joe DiMaggio, left, the former great New York Yankee clipper, and Hank Aaron, Milwaukee Braves outfielder, were honored by the Maryland Professional Baseball Players Association at a dinner in Baltimore on Jan. 13, 1964. Both were presented with jeweled Sultan of Swat crowns.

Ice from the Antarctic polar plateau pushes its way between mountain peaks to form the Beardmore Glacier, which carries countless millions of tons of ice down to the Ross ice shelf, on Jan. 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Saul Pett)

A Jan. 13, 1967 photo of Joan Baez, folk singer.

British actress Diana Rigg strokes the head of U.S. actor Telly Savalas on the set of the new James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", at Pinewood Studios, England, Jan. 13, 1968.

Wreckage and debris remain two weeks after Cyclone Tracy hit these Darwin suburbs of Wagaman and Nakara on Christmas Day. Residents and emergency are busy on the big clean-up on Jan. 13, 1975. (AP Photo)

Irish actor Peter O'Toole (right) and American actor Dustin Hoffman clown together in the foyer of the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom on Jan. 13, 1971, before the Royal Charity Film Premier of 聯Murphy's War聰, which stars Peter O'Toole, began. H.R.H. Princess Alexandra attended the premiere which was held in aid of the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind.

Actress Joanne Woodward (right) and Carrie Fisher, 20, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher in London on Jan. 13, 1977 during rehearsals for Laurence Olivier?s production for Granada TV of ?Come Back, Little Sheba? by William Inge. It is the fourth play in an on-going series produced by Laurence Olivier for the British TV network, ?The Best Play of the Year 19--.?

An unidentified passenger from an Air Florida jetliner that crashed into the Potomac River holds on to a safety ring during a rescue attempt in Washington, Jan. 13, 1982. ABC-TV News has identified her as Priscilla Tirado, hometown unknown.

Actress Meryl Streep is shown at the seventh annual Los Angeles Film Critics Awards dinner in Beverly Hills, Ca., on Jan. 13, 1982. Streep won the best actress award for her role in "The French Lieutenant's Woman."

Jeffrey L. Dahmer enters the courtroom on Monday, Jan. 13, 1992 in Milwaukee where he changed his plea to guilty, but insane in the mutilation slayings of 15 young males. A jury must now determine his mental state at the time of the killings.

President Bill Clinton is saluted by a U.S. soldier while he reviewed the troops at tht Tuzla air base in northwestern Bosnia, Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996. President Clinton paid a front-line visit with U.S. forces in Bosnia, telling troops weary of mud and cold they re carrying out a mission of heroes.