The Associated PressIt is usually the famous who do the autographing, but GIs swarm all over Hells Angels at a U.S. airdrome in England on Feb. 3, 1944, to put their names on the Flying Fortress before its take-off for the United States and a tour of aircraft assembly and other war plants. Hells Angels, one of the most famous Fortresses in the U.S. Army 8th Air Force, has made 49 raids, dropping more than a quarter of a million pounds of bombs on enemy territory and fighting through many battles with Nazi planes.
The Associated PressA picture of the former Chief Justice Taft, with his son Charles taken when Taft was President. Photo shows them at the ?summer White House? at Beverly, Massachusetts on Feb. 3, 1930.
The Associated PressTorpedoes and depth charges carried by destroyers of the United States fleet, display a personal touch these days. These torpedo warheads carry the names of Japanese aircraft carries and battleships shown Feb. 3, 1942.
The Associated PressA native Malaysian girl tree tapper at work, on Feb. 3, 1943. Considerable skill is required for the tapping of a rubber tree, as the latex lodges against thin layers of cells that separate bark from wood. As these cells always run in a downward direction, from right to left, the cut usually is at a 30 degree angle in the opposite direction, from left to right, if too deep the bark will not reproduce; if not deep enough the yield is diminished.
The Associated PressPolice emergency squad members hoist body of victim in crash of American Airlines Plane late on Feb. 3, 1959 to New York Pier. Other bodies plucked from the strong icy currents of the east river lie on stern of the police launch. Plane, carrying 72, smashed to pieces on water as it tried to land in Fog and drizzle at La Guardia Field, New York.
The Associated PressMembers of the Ku Klux Klan, wearing traditional white hoods and robes, march in single file around the town square in Swainsboro, Ga., Feb. 3, 1948. The Klansmen made their way to the Emanuel County Courthouse lawn where they burned a cross.
Bob Schutz, The Associated PressAstronaut John H. Glenn Jr. shown with his wife, Annie outside their Arlington, Va., home on Feb. 3, 1962, during his first news conference. Glenn spent more than five hours in the Mercury capsule atop a rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida a week ago only to have the shot postponed. Glenn said he is anxious to get ahead with is orbit of the earth.
The Associated PressAn earthquake series which rocked Napier, New Zealand, laid the city in waste and caused the deaths of 220 persons and injury to more than 1,500, Feb. 3, 1931. Emerson Street, one of the principal districts, along which every structure was destroyed. Government officials ordered the evacuation of the town and removed 10,000 persons within two days.
The Associated PressJoe Namath, former Alabama quarterback and new member of the New York Jets, recuperates from knee surgery at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, Feb. 3, 1965.
The Associated PressStanding beneath a lighting fixture, President Richard Nixon accepts applause as he begins to address officials and employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Feb. 3, 1969. HUD was one stop on a week's planned tour of government departments.
The Associated PressU.S. marshals escort Patricia Hearst from San Francisco's Federal Building in San Francisco, Feb. 3, 1976, where jury selection continued in her bank robbery trial. The jury is expected to be seated on Tuesday, raising the possibility the first testimony would be hears on Wednesday the second anniversary of Miss Hearsts kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. At left is Marshal Janey Jimenez, and at right is Marshal Mike Tarr.
Marty Lederhandler, The Associated PressTennis star Billie Jean King gestures on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1975 during news conference called to announce that she has been traded from the Philadelphia Freedoms to the New York Sets of the World Team Tennis League. Commenting on tennis latest controversy, she declared that its baloney to say that Jimmy Connors is unpatriotic for refusing to play on the U.S. Davis Cup Team.
The Associated PressThis Feb. 3, 1951 file photo shows a wall of ice on part of Niagara Falls in New York. Although it appears frozen, the water never actually stops flowing underneath.
Marc Pesetsky, The Associated PressSen. Albert Gore stands with hands on hips talking with reporters after a jog in Ft. Lauderdale beach, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1988. Sen. Gore wears a T-shirt given to him as a birthday present from his 4 children.
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It is usually the famous who do the autographing, but GIs swarm all over Hells Angels at a U.S. airdrome in England on Feb. 3, 1944, to put their names on the Flying Fortress before its take-off for the United States and a tour of aircraft assembly and other war plants. Hells Angels, one of the most famous Fortresses in the U.S. Army 8th Air Force, has made 49 raids, dropping more than a quarter of a million pounds of bombs on enemy territory and fighting through many battles with Nazi planes.
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By Glen Barber | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on February 3.
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