AP PhotoJosef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, is shown as he enjoys a walk in historic Red Square in Moscow, May 14, 1932.
AP PhotoA "beer for taxation" rally makes its way down 50th Street in New York, May 14, 1932. The demonstration was led by Mayor James J. Walker.
AP PhotoPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown in his car, May 14, 1936.
AP PhotoW.C. Handy of New York was back on Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn. on May 14, 1936 where his blues began. The composer of "St. Louis Blues" and "Memphis Blues" visited the bar at "P-Wee's" and the street's Church Park to play with the children.
AP PhotoDamage done by German bombs, and Belgian civilians being evacuated from their homes which have been destroyed or damaged by the bombing in Belgium, May 14, 1940. How Germany preserves Belgian neutrality-the terrible havoc wrought to Belgian homes by German bombing.
John Rooney, The Associated PressThe "mirror test" is used by this worker in the New York bureau of the Office of Censorship to detect any crafty use of the mail to impart information to the enemy, May 14, 1942. All foreign postal matter arriving at or leaving east ports of the United States is inspected in this office.
AP PhotoEach movie studio in Hollywood maintains a little red school house where all its youngsters under 18 years of age must attend classes regularly. Under state laws, each youngster must get three hours for classrooms, one hour for recreation and not more than four hours for screen production activities. Teacher Frances Klamt, resident instructor at 20 Century-Fox, teaching movie children, left to right: Virginia McDowall, Sherlee Collier, Ann Todd, Harold Nicholas and Elena Verdugo in Hollywood, May 14, 1942.
Byron Rollins, The Associated PressPrime Minister Winston Churchill lights up his cigar again before broadcasting a radio address to the British people from Washington on May 14, 1943.
AP PhotoPvt. John Perigein of Allentown, Pa., above sees that Herbert gets fed during a rest period for a mule pack train in Northern Tunisia May 14, 1943. Herbert and his kind are called French Jeeps by the yanks who used them to Haul Ammunition, food and supplies to the fronts over difficult county in the North African campaign.
AP PhotoRussian Premier Nikolai Bulganin signs an eight-nation mutual aid treaty at the end of a conference in Warsaw, Poland, May 14, 1955. In background from left to right: Russian foreign minister V. M. Molotov; Marshal Koniev; Marshal Grigori Zhokov, Russian defense minister; unidentified; Bulgarian Premier Jozef Cyrankievicz; unidentified; East German Premier Otto Grotewhol; Hungarian Premier Andras Hegedus; Albanian Premier Mehmet Shehu; first secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, Boleslaw Bierut; and Polish President Aleksander Zawadzki.
Frank Noel, The Associated PressFour Jewish immigrants, the cooking staff for food prepared for the camps babies, work in one of kitchens at Caraolos Camp on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea on May 14, 1948. The camp is one of three Jewish immigrant camps on the island. Refugees have their own camp director who is assisted by a board of 10 other refugees.
David Smith, The Associated PressActor James Stewart, making a picture at 20th Century-Fox, Take Her, Shes Nine watches the TV between takes on the set on May 14, 1963. Stewart, a Brig. General U.S.A.F. Reserve, takes every spare minute he can find to watch the preparations on TV for the launching of Astronaut Gordon Cooper into a 22-orbit flight.
AP PhotoMrs. Don Maples of Fort Worth clamps her hand over the mouth of her son John, 4, as he began to laugh as Arnold Palmer got set to shoot from the edge of the 9th green during playoff round at the Colonial National Invitation golf tournament, May 14, 1962 in Forth Worth.
Jacob Harris, The Associated PressEnrique Ruiz Williams, third from left,one of the men captured by Cuban forces in last year's Bay of Pigs invasion attempt, and released provisionally by Fidel Castro, faces a news conference at Columbia University School of Journalism, May 14, 1962, New York. Seated next to Ruiz Williams, in a suit, is Alvare Sanchez Jr., chairman of the Cuban Families Committee of Liberation of Prisoners, who is guiding efforts to raise ransom for men still held in Cuba. Front, from left of Dias are Rolando Toll, Sanchez, Ruiz-Williams, Humberto Cortina and Jose Smith. Woman at right rear is Mrs. Fernando Sanchez, wife of one of the prisoners still jailed in Cuba. The released captives all wear yellow T-Shirts.
AP PhotoJackie Robinson, former Brooklyn Dodgers star, points to bomb damage at a black motel in Birmingham, Alabama, Monday, May 14, 1963. At left is Floyd Patterson, former heavyweight boxing champion. Bombing early Sunday set off a night of rioting in the black section. Both came to Birmingham to address an integration rally. (AP Photo/stf)
AP PhotoYoung girls yell cheers as athletes Jackie Robinson and Floyd Patterson addressed a rally in Birmingham, Ala., May 14, 1963. They talked to black youths who have been demonstrating for the past weeks. Earlier Monday the two athletes joined integration leaders speaking to an adult black audience.
Rusty Kennedy, The Associated PressA segment of the poor peoples march on Washington moves through a north Philadelphia street May 14, 1968 enroute to a rally at Independence Hall which marked the marchs progress to the capitol.
Richard Sheinwald, The Associated PressWorkmen at Chevrolet's Willow Run plant finish assembling the last Corvair that General Motors will build in Willow Run, Mich., May 14, 1969. 1,710,00-rear engine Corvairs were built with the first rolling off the assembly line is the fall of 1959. The car was GM's answer to the compact movement.
NASA, The Associated PressThe Saturn V rocket, topped by Skylab I, sits on the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Kennedy, Fla., on April 26, 1973. Skylab I will be launched unmanned on May 14.
AP PhotoSkylab I astronauts, from front, Paul J. Weitz, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, leave for the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Fla., early Friday morning, May 25, 1973. The NASA SL-2 mission crew will blastoff to join their disabled space station Skylab to man the orbiting spacecraft that was launched on May 14.
Harvey Georges, The Associated PressDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter speaks to a rally at the home of Maryland Secretary of State Fred Pineland in Oxon Hill, May 14, 1976. Earlier, he held his first meeting with AFL-CIO president George Meany in nearby Washington.
AP PhotoIn this May 22, 1978 file photo, Frank Sinatra, right, sings along with fellow "Rat Pack" members Dean Martin, left, and Sammy Davis Jr., at a fund-raising reunion in Santa Monica, Calif. Sinatra died May 14, 1998, at 82.
John Parkin, The Associated PressWinnie Mandela, wife of African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela leaves the Rand Supreme Court Tuesday, May 14, 1991 in Johannesburg, South Africa, after being sentenced to six years in jail for kidnapping and assault. She was released on bail while her lawyers tried to appeal.
AP PhotoMichael Jackson shown on White House lawn during the Ceremony at which he received from the President a Presidential Award, May 14, 1984, for his part in a National Campaign against drunk driving.
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Josef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, is shown as he enjoys a walk in historic Red Square in Moscow, May 14, 1932.
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