Chorus Girls By The Lagoon
Young women from the floor show of the Cafe of the World at the California Pacific International Exposition at San Diego, combine work and play by staging their rehearsals at the edge of the Laguna de Espejada, Aug. 2, 1935. (AP Photo)
WWII England French Troops
These members of the famous French Foreign Legion, under the command of General Charles De Gaulle, recognized by the British as the leader of the free Frenchmen, are seen marching near their headquarters in England, August 2, 1940. Third line from right carries the famous Bren guns. General De Gaulle was condemned to death in absentia by a military tribunal in France for treason. (AP Photo)
HARLEM RIOTS
Mounted policemen patrol a street in Harlem, New York, August 2, 1943, after a night of disturbances touched off when a white policeman shot and wounded a black soldier who, police said, attempted to interfere with the arrest of a black woman. (AP Photo/stf)
NYC HARLEM RIOT 1943
Two black Army soldiers assist a white man who was involved in a scuffle that occured during the outbreak of a race riot in the Harlem area of New York City, Aug. 2, 1943. (AP Photo)
Central Building New York 1954
This photo shows thirty-four stories up, dome and tower of the Central Building, Aug. 2, 1954, New York. The building teems with activity as workmen from progressive spray the original copper surface with a weatherproof vinyl skin, plastic-spray, which will protect the metal base from weathering. Long a familiar part of the New York skyline, the roof will retain its original green color. (AP Photo)
GRAND PRIX GERMANY
Cars roaring away from the starting line at the Grand Prix of Germany race for Formula One cars held August 2, 1959 on West Berlin's AVUS track. (AP Photo/Sandenjr)
Civil Rights Equal Housing
Policemen guard civil rights marchers as they trek through all-white Northwest Side neighborhood in Chicago, Aug. 2, 1966. Some residents of the neighborhood jeered and threw objects at the estimated 350 demonstrators, who were protesting alleged housing discrimination by Chicago real estate dealers. (AP Photo)
Powder Ridge Music Festival 1970
Thousands of young people attend the Powder Ridge Music Festival in Middlefield, Conn., Aug. 2, 1970. Big name musicians were supposed to perform but were prevented from playing by court-ordered injunction. (AP Photo)
Yankees Munson Fatal Crash
Rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a Cessna Citation airplane in Akron, Ohio, on August 2, 1979. New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, piloting the plane, was killed in the crash. Two passengers survived. (AP Photo/Madeline Drexler)
Michael Jackson
Singer Michael Jackson poses with a plaque presented to him by Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Youth Movement in Jackson’s suite at the Helmsley Hotel in New York on Wednesday, August 2, 1984. The plaque is symbolic of the literature the Youth Movement’s “Pride Patrol” will distribute outside future Jackson concerts. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
Newmans Own Popcorn
Actor Paul Newman leans on an antique Popcorn Wagon munching on some of his "Newman's Own Oldstyle Picture Show Popcorn" on Aug. 2, 1984 in Westport, Ct. Newman was on hand at the Westport Historical Society to introduce his latest product and to donate profits to the society. (AP Photo)
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, August 2, 1993 in Washington with President Bill Clinton after the Senate voted 96-3 to confirm her as the nation's 107th Supreme Court justice. Ginsburg, who will be sworn in next Tuesday, is an old hand at equal-protection claims involving women. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
China Tainted Products
A child walks away from a store selling Fisher-Price toys in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. China said it would work with the United States to improve product safety amid a massive U.S. recall by Fisher-Price of 1 million plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor. Fisher-Price announced it was recalling 83 types of toys, including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters, the latest in an expanding list of Chinese exports penalized for containing potentially dangerous substances. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Barack Obama
President Barack Obama speaks in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, after the Senate passed the debt ceiling legislation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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