Greg Gibson, The Associated PressBrian Krause, of the Red Adair Co., guides an oil well capping device into place over a spouting well head as co-worker Bert Ballard looks on, Saturday, March 30, 1991 in Kuwait. The Adair Co. managed to cap the well after two attempts, plugging the hole with a mixture of mud and cement. This well was not ablaze.
The Associated PressThe Flying Clipper S-42, built by Sikorsky for Pan-American Airways, is shown as it rides the waters of Long Island Sound during tests near Bridgeport, Conn., March 30, 1934. The Clipper will be used on Pan American's South American service. The hull of the 38,000-pound plane is 76 feet long, and its wing span is 114 feet 2 inches.
The Associated PressA floating population of over 1,700 vehicles, up to and including 3 tons, consisting of 75 different types, are entirely reconditioned, serviced, maintained and driven to ports and units by A.T.S. at a vehicle reception depot in Western command. A.T.S. doing last minute overhauls before a convoy starts on its journey to an Embarkation port, March 30, 1943. The vehicles are not checked again until they arrive at their destination.
The Associated Press1st Lieutenant Paul Kamen, dentist, of Brooklyn, N.Y., does it very gently as he fills a tooth for Captain Fred J. Cohn, of Raleigh, N.C., at a U.S. Army hospital in England, March 30, 1944. Corporal Anthony De Felice, of Corona, L.I., N.Y. stands by.
Michel Euler, The Associated PressA Palestinian boy is detained by an armed Israeli soldier for throwing stones at Israeli troops and for breaking the curfew in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the occupied Gaza Strip, March 30, 1994. Most of the occupied Gaza Strip was put under curfew by Israel Wednesday to prevent clashes on the Palestinians annual day of protest against land confiscation.
Ron Edmonds, The Associated PressWhite House press secretary James Brady lies wounded on the sidewalk outside a Washington hotel after being shot during an assassination attempt on U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Monday, March 30, 1981. In the background secret service agents and police wrestle the alleged assailant to the ground.
The Associated PressThis photo might be titled Natures Revenge. Buried under wind-blown sand and silt is a disc cultivator used by farmers to prepare the land for wheat, March 30, 1954, Co. Dust storms in the area this spring are attributed in part to plowing grasslands. This removed vegetation which helps hold the top soil against spring winds.
The Associated PressCigar smoke replaces perfume as Martin Profita of Levittown, N.Y., gets a scalp treatment under a heated hood at a beauty salon in the Long Island, New York on March 30, 1962. The salon is open on Wednesday night for male customers only. They get oil treatments, hair rinses, manicures, mud packs and facials by the salons beauticians. But no shaves or hair cuts.
The Associated PressIn protective outfits, chemist Rudolf Kohout and his assistant apply radioactive isotopes to a tree at the Institute of Forestry and Gamekeeping at Strnady, Czechoslovakia, March 30, 1962. The spraying is part of a research program to determine the harmful effects of sulphur dioxide on trees.
Ron Frehm, The Associated PressActor Charles Bronson, at Sing Sing in Ossining, N.Y., on March 30, 1972, while cameras role during filming of movie The Valachi Papers. Bronson plays the title role in the film about Joseph Valachi, a one-time Sing sing inmate who testified against the Costanostra in U.S. senate hearings.
The Associated PressThe deposed Shah of Iran is seen on the beach in the Bahamas, March 30, 1979.
Wally Fong, The Associated PressRick Springfield relaxes March 30,1981in Los Angeles, Calif., with his guitar talking about his new role in ABC's "General Hospital" in which he plays a surgeon Noah Drake. Springfield who is better known for his rock singing in native country Australia and in the United States for his new hit single " Jessie 's Girl". Springfield says he is happy that both careers are doing well.
The Associated PressBlack smoke and ash drift skyward as Mount St. Helens erupts, sending a mushroom-shaped cloud more than 16,000 feet into the atmosphere on Sunday morning, March 30, 1980. Mount Rainier, Washington's highest mountain, can be seen in the background.
Greg Gibson, The Associated Press
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Brian Krause, of the Red Adair Co., guides an oil well capping device into place over a spouting well head as co-worker Bert Ballard looks on, Saturday, March 30, 1991 in Kuwait. The Adair Co. managed to cap the well after two attempts, plugging the hole with a mixture of mud and cement. This well was not ablaze.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on March 30.
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