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Jackie Cooper, young screen player, and his mother are shown, Jan. 31, 1935 at Palm Springs, Calif., desert winter resort, where Jackie went to rest and play between film locations.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt grins as he finishes the day?s work, Jan. 31, 1936 in the White House in Washington. It was the president?s 54th birthday.

The huge Sunderland flying boat soon began to break up and was left to the mercy of the sea, somewhere near apollonian in Cyrenaica, Libya, Jan. 31, 1942. As the men shivered while drying their clothes, 20 Italian soldiers appeared.

Singer Patti LaBelle is pictured during an interview in New York, Jan. 31, 1985. She is currently appearing on Broadway.

A heavy German bomb is dragged to a bombing plane at an airport in France on Jan. 31, 1941 for use in an air raid on England.

The Andrews Sisters of radio fame, from left to right, are: Maxene, Patty, and LaVerne, seen Jan. 31, 1940 in New York. A representative of the trio said today that Maxene and Patty had decided to leave home after their father objected to romances between Maxene and Lou Levy, the trio's manager, and between Patty and Vic Schoen, their arranger. LaVerne decided to stay.

This Pacific Northwest 聯rancher聰 decided the best way to keep his tires identified, was to resort to old fashioned branding methods in Seattle, Washington on Jan. 31, 1942. He whipped up some brick branding irons, built a regular branding fire, and proceeded to burn his own identification on his tires.

Two American soldiers examine some of the features of an abandoned German minenwerfer, rocket gun, in northern France on Jan. 31, 1945. Though the U.S. is a newcomer to rocket warfare, American scientists are making mighty strides in its development.

Gandhis funeral pyre - Indian soldiers, cavalry and police use their rifles, lathis and clubs to force back the crowd who surged forward after Mahatma Gandhis sandalwood funeral pyre had been lit on the banks of the Jumna River, New Delhi, Jan .31.

Four Burbank youths sit in jail in nearby Van Nuys, Ca., held on suspicion of attempting to wreck a train. Officers found a pile of timber on the Southern Pacific tracks on Jan. 31, 1951 and traced the youths through the registration on a nearby parked auto. Left to right: Bob Cull, George Reich, George Thomas, and Bob Corbin. (AP Photo/Burbank Mirror)

A new home cruiser, with all the luxuries of modern living, is just what the MacKay family of Cedar Grove, N.J, ordered for their two week vacation.. They enjoyed all the comforts of home. The large luxury-vehicle is equipped with a kitchen unit, a dinette that converts into a double bed, three single beds, lockers and storage cabinets. The novel, but useful innovation is the top that raises and lowers in two seconds. Allowing plenty of head room and over six feet of inside standing space. Off the road, and parked comfortably Mr. And Mrs. MacKay look over their skiing equipment as they prepare to head for the ski slope, Jan. 31, 1962.

Jackie Robinson's wife and children gather close to help him blow out the candle on a cupcake as they celebrate the Brooklyn Dodgers infielder's 35th birthday at home in St. Aldans, N.Y. on Jan. 31, 1954. From left are, Sharon, 4; Jackie, with David, 20 months, on his knee; his wife, Rachel; and Jackie Jr., 7.

In this Jan. 31, 1961 file photo, Ham, the first higher primate launched into outer space, is comforted by an unidentified man on the deck of a rescue ship after the splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the government Thursday _ advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans' closest relatives. The Institute of Medicine stopped short of recommending the outright ban that animal rights activists had pushed. Instead, it urged strict limits that would make invasive experiments with chimps essentially a last resort, saying today's more advanced research tools mean the primates' use only rarely will be necessary enough to outweigh the moral costs.

Actors Jimmy Stewart, right, and Henry Fonda are seen in costume during a break in the filming of "Firecreek," Jan. 31, 1967, in on location near Fire Oaks, California.

Wife Florence plants kiss on cheek of Joe Frazier, after the former heavyweight champ opened his song and dance revue at New York聮s Rainbow Grill on Monday, Jan. 31, 1977. The revue has been engaged for a month, and the engagement is the biggest break of Frazier聮s now full-time show biz career.