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With Mt. Vesuvius smoking and spewing ash in the background, an Army jeep is seen speeding away from the inferno, as the volcano erupts shortly after the arrival of the Allied forces in Naples, on March 17, 1944.

Miss Teresa Derci, 21, of Wertsville, N.J., walks near her home as she pointed out tracks of an automobile which she believes may have some bearing of the Lindbergh kidnapping case, March 17, 1932. Miss Derci said three men in an automobile stopped near her home on Feb. 22 and asked the way to the Lindbergh home. It was deduced by some observers that the planning of the kidnapping may have been made that day, although the Lindbergh baby was at the Morrow home in Englewood, N.J., at the time.

Firemen fighting a blaze caused by incendiary bombs dropped in the British island base by Japanese air raiders before Singapore fell to the Japanese invaders on March 17, 1942.

Joseph Gallo, known as 'Crazy Joe Gallo,' is removed by police from a restaurant where Gallo fired 5 shots, killing a waitress, Mrs. Fern Burke, 41, in San Jose, Calif., March 17, 1955. Officers said Gallo fired 5 shots, three bullets striking the woman.

President Nixon has trouble working a yo-yo which was given to him by country singer Roy Acuff during his visit to a performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn., March 17, 1974.

An air raid drill at Seattle College caught students William Bates, left, and Edna Mae Farrell, right, while they were eating their lunch in the school caf茅, but they simply took shelter under the table and continued eating in Seattle, Washington, March 17, 1942. Air raid wardens said 350 students left their classrooms and assembled in shelters within one minute in first at the college.

George Blum, captain of Pleasant Valley Guerillas in Tillamook, Oregon, stands six feet three inches tall and weighs 235 lbs., March 17, 1942. The guerillas have gathered to protect against potential enemy invasion on home soil.

Actor Edward G. Robinson portrayer of 聯tough guy聰 parts in the movies, does his best to keep a stern face as he underwent a bubble bath in a movie scene in Hollywood on March 17, 1948. He has his inevitable cigar.

Wearing oversized paper ears, first graders in Baldwin, N.Y., listen attentively during a lesson in phonetics, March 17, 1961. The big ears emphasize the need to listen.

Former Oakland Athletic and St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire moves behind Baltimore Orioles' Sammy Sosa to take his seat at the witness table during a hearing on Capitol Hill to examine the use of steroids in baseball, Thursday, March 17, 2005, in Washington.

It appears some television viewers prefer "Batman", shown March 17, 1966, over the Gemini 8 coverage. The ABC-TV network, which airs the show on Wednesday nights, reported 1,000 telephone calls protesting the interruption of the show for reports on the space flight. Adam West portrays the hero in the series.

Actor Charlton Heston and his family on location at Bishop, California on Oct. 4, 1967 during the filming of his latest picture 聯Will Penny.聰 His wife is the former Lydia Clarke, married on March 17, 1944. His son is Fraser, born on Feb. 12, 1955; and his girl is their adopted daughter Holly Ann, born on Aug. 2, 1961.

British actress Vanessa Redgrave and British author Tariq Ali arrive in Trafalgar Square, London, on March 17, 1968, to address the crowd in the anti-Vietnam war demonstration. Nelson's Column, top right, is undergoing major cleaning.

Playboy Bunnies welcome Hugh Hefner on the inaugural flight of his new DC-9 jetliner, The Big Bunny, March 17, 1970. The women are unidentified.

David Bowie is seen during a press photo call at a hotel in London, March 17, 1983. Bowie is due to release a new album and national tour later in the year.

Helen Walz stands next to the family motor home in her side yard in Venice, Florida on Sunday, March 17, 1985, after a tornado swept through the neighborhood damaging homes and business, killing two people and injuring about 40. Walz said her husband was 聯working on the motor home until 10 at night, but look at it now.聰

In the latest in fat-reduction fads, the young lady on the table at Marble Hall Women's Health Club at Rye, N.Y., March 17, 1948, is worked over by the spot reducer, which takes car of unwanted bulges and increases circulation of blood through fatty deposits. This eliminates the need for exercise which tends to firm already solid flesh and makes the trainee over-hungry at mealtime.

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch waves to the crowd along New York's Fifth Avenue as he marches in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Tuesday, March 17, 1992 in New York.