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A British minelayer the 聯A Pollo聰 during at offensive lay in enemy waters. To carry out their dangerous task, minelayers must work close to the enemy coast, at times under the nose of coastal batteries and through enemy defense minefields. The mines are finally checked, March 6, 1945.

Waitress Eileen Keenan, of Ballinrobi, Ireland, gives a sample of Borsht, a red beet Russian soup, to E.C. Carpenter of Cabin John, Md., outside 1203 Restaurant in Washignton, D.C., on March 6, 1953. The sign outside the restaurant advertises the free Borsht in celebration of Stalin's death.

Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini is shown on horseback with his youngest son, Romano, in the gardens of the villa Torlonia, Italy, March 6, 1931.

Mr Haig-Thomas the Oxford Rowing Team Coach, well wrapped up in furs during the Oxford crews tubbing practice at Henley, England, on March 6, 1936.

Louis Lumiere who made his first film in Feb. 25, 1935 shows a new invention of his by which he projected a stereoscopic image on the screen, March 6, 1935. Location unknown.

Perry Klein poses with his amateur radio equipment at his Bethesda, Md., home, March 6, 1960. Klein, a senior in high school, and Rafael Soifer of New York, both amateur radio operators, have been credited by MIT as having conducted probably the world's first successful two-way radio communication with the aid of artificial satellites. They reported last month that they sent and received coded signals between their homes by bouncing signals off the ionized trails left by satellites.

New York Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio carefully "bones" his bat in the clubhouse at the team's St. Petersburg, Fla., spring training camp, March 6, 1950.

Actor Ronald Reagan, 40, and his bride starlet Nancy Davis, go for a walk while on their honeymoon at a winter resort in Phoenix on March 6, 1952.

Jane Martin remains seated and "gets her filing done" using the "Corresfile" electric/hydraulic lift and circular file system at the Office and Management Association's 11th Annual Seminar and Business Show in Chicago, Ill., March 6, 1953. The electrically operated hydraulic lift raises a person from floor level to five feet alongside a circular file. The circular file has six shelves and each holds the equivalent of three file drawers. The Corresfile is an innovation of the Wassell Organization of Westport, Conn.

Actor Elliott Gould, left, joins Donald Trump and Marla Maples at courtside during the New York Knicks game against the Phoenix Suns at New York's Madison Square Garden, Tues., March 6, 1991,

Babe Ruth gave the onlookers at spring practice for the New York Yankees at St. Petersburg, Fla., an eyeful on March 6, 1934, when he strolled onto the playing field all done up in a brown golfing ensemble. At the left is manager Joe McCarthy.

Nearing the end of a big job, naturalist Rainer H. Brocke puts together a 12 foot old dugout canoe at the Kensington Nature Center in suburban Detroit, Michigan March 6, 1961. He uses strips of tin and glue to hold in place the hundreds of crumbling pieces of wood which he fitted into place like a giant jigsaw puzzle. The dugout, made in 1880, once belonged to a Potawatomi chief.

Firefighters work at extinguishing a fire at 18 West 11th Street in the Greenwich Village section of New York, which was rocked by three explosions, March 6, 1970. The first blast touched off the fire just before noon, and two more explosions occurred after the arrival of firefighters at the two-alarm blaze in the four-story townhouse.

Muhammad Ali, in a jovial mood as his March 8 bout with Joe Frazier draws near, is seen speaking on the phone and wearing a king's crown, March 6, 1971, in Miami Beach. Ali and Frazier will meet on the 8th in New York's Madison Square Garden.

Phillip Mahre, 20, of White Pass, Wash., looks ahead to the next gate during his first World Cup men聮s giant slalom run at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, on Monday, March 6, 1978. Mahre finished third in the first run, but posted the best time in the second heat to finish second overall in the event which was won by Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein.

Andy Gibb eats a cherry from his birthday cake at a party given by his family in his home in Miami Beach, Fla., Monday night, March 6, 1979. Andy's brothers, the Bee Gees, from left are, Robin, Barry and Maurice.

TV news anchorman Walter Cronkite displays the Fiorello H. La Guardia Award, presented to him by New York City's Mayor Edward Koch for his achievements in journalism, in New York on March 6, 1981.

A policeman stands guard outside the back entrance to the bungalow at Chateau Marmont hotel, in Los Angeles, Ca., where the body of actor-comedian John Belushi was found dead Friday, March 6, 1982.