AP PhotoHenry Ford is shown in the oldest horsecar in America on May 8, 1928. Location unknown.
AP PhotoAmelia Earhart poses with her husband George P. Putnam after completing her non-stop flight from Mexico City, a 2100-mile journey in 14 hours and 20 minutes, May 8, 1935, Newark, N.J.
Herb Schwartz, The Associated PressHarry Happy Maione, left, looks down sadly as Frank The Dasher Abbandando, right, with interest in Kings County, N.Y., courtroom,n May 8, 1940, as a jury was selected for their trial on charges of assassinating George Rudnick, described by police a stool pigeon three years ago in Brooklyn. Maione and Abbandando are defendants in the lead-off case in District Attorney William O'Dwyer's spectacular investigation of the Murder Inc. organization he charged committed homicide for a dollar a head.
AP PhotoWomen members of a British Mechanized Transport Corps, May 8, 1941, enjoy a rest from their work which includes, in addition to transport duties, the maintenance and repair of their vehicles and knowledge of first and for ambulance work.
Life, Ralph Morse, The Associated PressSgt. Howard Barnes, Sullivan, Ind., takes a sunbath somewhere on a South Pacific island on May 8, 1943. He is night motor sergeant and former mechanic for the Army run railroad.
AP PhotoBritain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, center, joins the royal family, from left, Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, and Princess Margaret, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, England, on VE Day on May 8, 1945.
AP PhotoProof of the accuracy of Allied bombing is this devastated building-once the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 8, 1945, which is now free of enemy troops. The headquarters were attacked by Mosquitos of Royal Air Force Bomber Command in March 1945. British and Danish troops are seen viewing the gutted building.
Jean-Jacques Levy, The Associated PressJazz great Charlie Parker, left, and Russell 'Big Chief 'Moore perform on the opening day of the International Jazz Festival in Paris, May 8, 1949.
U.S. Army Signal Corps, The Associated PressFighting men of the U.S. Army's 77th Infantry Division on Ryukyu Island in Japan hear the news of Germany's surrender on May 8 a few yards behind the front lines during World War II.
Henry Burroughs, The Associated PressGerman displaced persons wait with their few belongings at the Anhalter Station in Berlin as they prepare to leave the German capital in in the aftermath of World War II. The Nazis surrendered to Allied forces on May 8, 1945.
AP PhotoParisians march through the Arc de Triomphe jubilantly waving flags of the Allied Nations as they celebrate the end of World War II on May 8, 1945. German military leaders signed an unconditional surrender in Reims, France, on May 7.
AP PhotoAfter making his public broadcast officially announcing Germanys total surrender, the Prime Minister went to the House of Commons, to make a short address and them moved that the House attend at the church of St. Margarets Westminster, to give humble and reverent thanks to almighty God for our deliverance from the threat of German domination. The House then rose and followed the Speaker to the church. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, centre, in the procession of members of the House leaving the Palace of Westminster for St. Margarets Church in London, on May 8, 1945.
Frank Filan, The Associated PressWalt Disney shown with a group of his characters, which performed in a "Walt Disney Toy Shop" fantasy as part of the Ice Capades, during intermission on opening night in Los Angeles on May 8, 1950.
AP PhotoNavy Cmdr. Alan Shepard and his wife Louise return greetings to high-perched spectators during drive down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol in Washington on May 8, 1961. Police estimated that the crowd which turned out to honor Americas first man in space at 250,000 persons. At left is front seat is James Webb, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
AP PhotoA banner hangs from balcony in Atlantic City, N.J., Convention Hall as President John F. Kennedy addresses the annual convention of the United Auto Workers on May 8, 1962. Seated at extreme left, listening is UAW president Walter Reuther. Balloons float above heads of delegates in audience.
Ed Kolenovsky, The Associated PressFormer heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali smiles as his attorney Hayden Covington talks to newsmen after Ali was arraigned and bond was set at $5,000, May 8, 1967, in Houston. Ali pleaded "not guilty" on a charge of refusing the be drafted into the Armed Forces. They are seen after the bond was posted.
Eddie Adams, The Associated PressA Vietnamese man carries his lightly wounded wife out of a threatened area in Southern Saigon, Vietnam on May 8, 1968. Daylong fighting in the area erupted at dawn with a daring Viet Cong attack on a police station. As they did during the Tet Offensive, residents abandoned their homes escaping to safer parts of the city.
Charles Tasnadi, The Associated PressCuban Premier Fidel Castro, right, makes a point as he and Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.), visited Jibacoa, a milk producing town near Havana, May 8, 1975. Eleanor McGovern, the senator's wife, is seen at center.
Jack Smith, The Associated PressIn this May 8, 1987, file photo, former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart waves his arms to quiet applause from supporters, during a press conference announcing his withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race in Denver.
Bjorn Elgstrand, The Associated PressAmerican rock artist Prince starting his European tour with a concert at the ice hockey stadium in Stockholm, May 8,1987.
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