HOOVER DAM CONSTRUCTION
More than 700 feet over the Colorado River bed, workers put the finishing touches on the Hoover Dam on Aug. 12, 1931. The dam was built by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. (AP Photo)
Byron Whizzer White
Byron Whizzer White in action, on August 12, 1938. Practiing field goal kicking (AP Photo)
LABOR MAKING JEEPS 1945
Assembly line workers add parts to jeeps for use by civilians at the Willys-Overland Sub-Assembly Line in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1945. (AP Photo)
WILLIAM FAULKNER
William Faulkner, author, is pictured at work at his typewriter on August 12, 1954. Faulkner's novels have won prizes and distinction in his own country and outside. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949. In 1955 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel "A Fable", which also took other American awards. (AP Photo)
Sun powered car
A sun-powered car, claimed to be the world’s first, trundles over London’s Waterloo Bridge spanning the Thames River on August 12, 1960 as it was demonstrated to the British by Dr. Charles Escoffery, an American scientist, of Segundo, Calif. Mounted on top of the antique vehicle - a 1912 Baker electric - is a 26-square-foot panel of solar cells to catch the sun’s rays that charge up the car’s 72-volt battery system. Escoffery is touring Europe hoping to interest electronic industries there in the vast power potential from the rays of the sun. (AP Photo)
Verkehr in einer schwedischen Stadt kurz vor der Umstellung von Links- auf Rechtsverkehr
Traffic in a Swedish town is seen still moving on the left hand side of the road before the conversion to right-hand-drive with direction arrows already painted indicating the directions for right-hand-drive, August 12, 1967. (AP Photo)
Cambodia Vietnamese Troops
South Vietnamese army soldiers holds the skull of a Viet Cong killed in fighting during an operation in the parrot’s beak region of Eastern Cambodia August 12, 1971. Troops were part of drive in the area to thwart enemy infiltration in to the southern part of South Vietnam. (AP Photo/Jacques Tonnaire)
Son of Sam 1977
New York Police hustle David Berkowitz, into police station, Thursday, August 12, 1977 after the chubby, 24 year old solitary creature was located. Berkowitz smiled at being caught, as if that were the object of the whole thing. There was no hint of regret in the six dead. (AP Photo)
Hollywood Sign 1978
Workmen prepare to take down the letter "D" in the famed "Hollywood" sign, the last one to be removed from the sign that has stood in the Hollywood Hills overlooking Los Angeles for 55 years, on Aug. 12, 1978. The old sign, made from telephone poles and plywood, had gradually succumbed to high winds and dry rot and is to be replaced with a new one. The new sign is being financed by several fund raising projects. The Mulholland Highway sign is shown in the foreground. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
Closing Ceremonies
Fireworks light up the sky over the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics, August 12, 1984. (AP Photo)
MOTLEY CRUE IN MOSCOW
Motley Crue leadsinger Vince Neil works a crowd of 70,000 Soviet rock fans into a frenzy during the Moscow Music Peace Festival, August, 12, 1989. (AP Photo/Robert D. Tonsing)
HOLLINGS ROFES
Eric Rofes, right, and Crispin Hollings, who wed on Valentines Day, rally in support of gay marriage in San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. The California Supreme Court on Thursday voided the nearly 4,000 same-sex marriages sanctioned in San Francisco this year and ruled unanimously that the mayor overstepped his authority by issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
APTOPIX Georgia Russia Conflict
Georgians carry a giant national flag while gathering for an anti Russian demonstration in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia ordered a halt to its military action in Georgia on Tuesday after five days of air and land attacks sending Georgia's army into headlong retreat and left towns and military objects destroyed. More than 2000 people were reported killed.