The Associated PressInventor William E. Blain tests a physical man-powered ornithopter, having five-foot wings with a spread of 22 feet of New London, Conn. on Feb. 1, 1932.
Harry L. Hall, The Associated PressLauren Bacall, 20-year-old motion picture actress, smiles after arriving in Chicago February 1, 1945 en route to New York. Actor Humphrey Bogart said the day before, in New York,he had "signified my intentios" toward Miss Bacall. In Chicago, the actess said: "Until I talk to him I'm at a loss for worlds." (AP Photo/Harry L. Hall)
The Associated PressNine huskies pull a dogsled down snowpiled Elk Mountain near Walcot in southern Wyoming, United States on February 1, 1946, bringing out the bodies of four of the 21 persons killed on January 31, 1946, when a United Airlines plane struck the 11,162 - foot peak. Behind the sled with its white-clad bodies are 10 of the searching party.
Frank Noel, The Associated PressFrank Noel, Associated Press staff photographer, who has been a prisoner of war for more than a year, with the consent of his communist captors, took this picture of Americans held as war prisoners in camp no. 5 at Pyokdong, North Korea, Feb. 1, 1952. Left to right , Jerry Oakley, Albany, Ore.; Clayton Rogers, Little Rock, Ark.; Charles Davis, Mount Vernon, Ill.; and Roland Hamilton.
Don Ultang, The Associated PressA cigarette dangles from the mouth of handcuffed killer Charles Starkweather as he is led into the Nebraska penitentiary by Sheriff Merle Karnopp, right, of Lincoln on Feb. 1, 1958. Bloodstains on the shirt are from minor wounds suffered during his Wyoming capture.
The Associated PressThe furious clangor of battle stilled, a weary U.S. paratrooper of the 173rd airborne brigade sits in the stillness with head in his hands after an intense firefight between his company and entrenched Viet Cong guerrillas in the Vietnam Jungle on March 1, 1966. His weapon rests on bullet shattered underbush. Casualties in that U.S. unit were heavy on Feb. 27.
The Associated PressAmerican actress Goldie Hawn wears a shawl over a maxi-dress as she poses at the Dorchester Hotel in London, Feb. 1, 1970.
Getty ImagesPERTHUS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 1: Picture dated February 1939 showing a French soldier and a French policeman standing guard next to armored vehicles of the Spanish Republican army seized and disarmed in the French Pyrenees after the Republicans lost the Spanish civil war against Franco. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)
The Associated PressDonnie Walsh, the new Denver Nuggets head coach, talks to the team during a first period time-out during NBA game with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Feb. 7, 1979.
The Associated PressMuhammad Ali in action against Sonny Liston. Ali was the winner in Miami Beach, Florida on Feb. 25, 1964.
Nancy Kaye, The Associated PressDavid Letterman at the taping of his first talk-comedy hour "Late Night with David Letterman" with guest Bill Murray, Feb. 1, 1982 in New York.
Getty ImagesGuards of Iraq president Kassem remove from their posts in Feb. 1963 in Baghdad after the successful coup led by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (ASBP) during which president Kassem was murdered.
Robert Dear, The Associated PressNorwegian actress Julie Ege holds the Golden Album on behalf of Warner Reprise, to give to the Jethro Tull pop group, is seen with Ian Anderson a member of the group, in London, Feb. 19, 1971. The group had sold one million dollars of sales of the groups latest album, Benefit.
str, The Associated PressStefan Sigmund, 29, from the Transylvanian city of Cluj, attempt to smoke 800 cigarettes through a self designed device in less than five minutes, in central Bucharest Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1996, trying to enter the Guinness Book of Records. It is the last of his several attempts entering the record book which included eating 29 hard boiled eggs in four minutes and leaping into a lake from a height of 41 meters (135 feet) even if the Guinness Book of Records no longer rewards self damaging attempts.
Getty ImagesFrench skier Christine Goitschel gets ready to clear a gate during the first run of the women's slalom 01 Feb. 1964 at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Christine Goitschel finished second behind her younger sister, Marielle, but set the best time in the second run to capture the gold medal in front of her sister.
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Inventor William E. Blain tests a physical man-powered ornithopter, having five-foot wings with a spread of 22 feet of New London, Conn. on Feb. 1, 1932.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on February 1.
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