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American aviatrix Amelia Earhart, navigator Frederick Noonan, standing behind her, and Capt. Harry Manning emerge from the Electra after it crashed on takeoff from Luke Field, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 20, 1937. Earhart and her crew were en route to Howard Island on their around-the-world flight. The smashed propeller and motor are visible in foreground.

Ruins of the school in New London, Texas, on March 20, 1937, three says after the explosion in which hundreds of youngsters were killed.

Cowboy film star Roy Rogers rides his famous horse Trigger, to greet 40,000 children at London's Harringay Arena, March 20, 1954. Rogers, and his wife Dale Evans, appeared in the special rally with U.S. Evangelist Billy Graham, unseen.

Boston Braves Babe Ruth, left, shakes hands with ace Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean before an exhibition game in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 20, 1935. The Cardinals won 5-4 as Ruth went hitless in two at-bats.

Owen Charles console operator for the electronic data processing system is pictured at work, March 20, 1958, in Mare Island shipyard, Vallejo, Calif., March 20, 1958.

Small skiffs, used as personal boats, carry Thai people along or across the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, March 20, 1967. Children even go to school in these tiny boats. At right in background is a tourist boat.

Pres. Richard Nixon, right, sights through the view of a movie camera as he met Bob Welch, cameraman for National Broadcasting Company, award winner of the White House. News Photographers Association photo content, in his White House office, March 20, 1969, Washington, D.C.

Larry Bird Indiana State's All-American basketball whiz, walks with Flora Katz outside Galligher's restaurant in New York, Tuesday, March 20, 1979 where he had earlier been presented with the coaches award as the college basket ball player of the year. Bird disclosed on Tuesday that an excited fan grabbed and twisted his ailing left thumb following on Saturday's regional victory over Arkansas.

Comedian Steve Martin, left, and director-entertainer Carl Reiner, right, struggle pose by Reiners birthday cake, Tuesday, March 20, 1979, Los Angeles, Calif. Martin has begun filming his first motion picture The Jerk directed by Reiner recently in Los Angeles. Reiner was 56 Tuesday.

Action during the Bristol Cup Race for motorcycles with sidecars, showing F.R. Blackpeel cornering, March 20, 1928. Note passenger's face is almost touching the ground.

Subway passengers affected by sarin gas planted in central Tokyo subways are carried into St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo March 20, 1995. Even three years after the Aum Shinri Kyo cult's terrorist attack, in which 12 poeple were killed and thousands were injured, many victims continue to suffer - both physically and mentally.

Gen. Erich Ludendorff, on trial for treason in the beer putsch of last fall in Bavaria, arrives with his lawyer, Herr Walter Luetgebrune, at the old military academy in Munich, March 20, 1924.

Break dancing kids perform along Fifth Avenue across and 52nd Street near St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on March 20, 1984.