The Associated PressBritish liner Queen Mary, in her dull grey 'warpaint', steams down the Hudson River, New York, April 3, 1940, away from her berth where she has sought haven since the outbreak of war.
John Rooney, The Associated PressKokomo, chimpanzee of many television appearances, is also a talented artist. He accepted an invitation to do a piece for the Walls of Fame at Colombo Restaurant, rendezvous of cartoonists and newspaper Illustrators in New York, April 3, 1957.
Steve Pope, The Associated PressTrish Varnum, left, and Kate Varnum, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, react after hearing that after the Iowa Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage, Friday April 3, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa.
John Lindsay, The Associated PressNewsmen in the press room in the prison garage are shown after Bruno Richard Hauptmann?s execution in the electric chair, April 3, 1936.
Dan Grossi, The Associated PressElectronic devices such as this gun type, listening in on the conversation of two men on the ground some distance away, are involved in controversy over legislation to give law enforcement officers more eavesdropping rights, April 3, 1961. A new drive to get such a law passed by congress is led by powerful forces in the Senate. It is expected to run into heavy opposition. The men in the photo are unidentified.
The Associated PressBofors guns used by the Army and Navy are shown lined up at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio, April 3, 1944. The company completed its 25,000th Bofors gun in two years of mass production.
Doug Mills, The Associated PressU.S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore confer during an afternoon session of the forest conference in Portland, Oregon, Friday, April 3, 1993. The President leaves Portland on Saturday after the one-day conference and heads for Vancouver B.C., for his summit meeting with Russian President Yeltsin.
The Associated PressUnder the command of Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, a jungle fighting outfit has won fame as Merrills marauders in the North Burma sector. Some members pause for chow and appear in good health and spirits in Burma, April 3, 1944.
William C. Allen, The Associated PressA former Russian slave laborer, left, who was released by the Allies after three years of forced labor in a German factory, unleashes his anger against a German civilian policeman on a street in Bonn, Germany, April 3, 1945 during World War II.
The Associated PressTwo members of the Australian occupation forces get their first view of the shattered city of Hiroshima, April 3, 1946, from the balcony of one of the few buildings left standing when the first atomic bomb was detonated over this Japanese city.
Hanns J. Jaeger, The Associated PressThis robber who tried to snatch the ladys handbag on a lone stairway is disabled by a pistol shot of colored lye, April 3, 1950. The new shock weapon is on sale in Germany, where civilians are not allowed to carry fire arms.
Charles Kelly, The Associated PressThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King, and Ralph Abernathy. The 39-year-old Nobel Laureate was the proponent of non-violence in the 1960's American civil rights movement. King is honored with a national U.S. holiday celebrated in January.
The Associated PressAmerican painter Georgia O'Keeffe, 80, is photographed on April 3, 1968 at an unknown location.
George Brich, The Associated PressNancy Reagan, in a knee-length cast, is pushed to waiting plane for return trip to Sacramento, April 3, 1970. The governor's wife broke a bone in her right foot while racing with her 12-year-old son, Skipper, in her Sacramento backyard April 2. Despite the pain and cast, she flew to Los Angeles April 3 to keep an appointment.
The Associated PressPorn star Linda Lovelace, who starred in "Deep Throat", arrives at the Academy Award in Los Angeles, Ca, April 3, 1974.
The Associated PressActor Marlon Brando, who arrived in Japan, April 3, 1956 for the premiere of "Guys and Dolls" and the filming of "teahouse of the Aug. Moon" in which he will star. Brando held a press conference that turned into a photo session at the Imperial Hotel in Downtown Tokyo, April 4, 1956.
stf, The Associated PressVietnamese orphans, some wrapped in blankets, sit on the floor of a World Airway DC8 jet as the plane stopped over at Yokata U.S. Air Force Base in northewestern Tokyo, during the Vietnam War, April 3, 1975. The children are the first South Vietnam refugees evacuated aboard an American airliner.
The Associated PressActress Farrah Fawcett-Majors arrives at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the 50th Annual Academy Awards presentations in Los Angeles, Ca., Monday night, April 3, 1978.
David Guttenfelder, The Associated PressA group of "dozos", hunters with powers, in the Malinke language, parade in a circle in the Ivory Coast village of Madinani April 3, 1996. A thousand hunter/singers gathered at a government environmental conference to discuss saving the Ivorian rain forest and to lobby for the right to bear arms, a part of their culture and livelihood outlawed since 1984.
Doug Atkins, The Associated PressYankees' manager Yogi Berra directs his players from the bench in their season opener with the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, April 3, 1984.
John Youngbear, The Associated PressTheodore John Kaczynski is flanked by federal agents as he is led to a car from the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont., Thursday, April 4, 1996. Kaczynski, the suspected Unabomber, was charged with one count of possession of bomb components.
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British liner Queen Mary, in her dull grey 'warpaint', steams down the Hudson River, New York, April 3, 1940, away from her berth where she has sought haven since the outbreak of war.
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