Europe Africa Week In Pictures
- Dmitry Rogulin
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 file photo, a man dressed in Red Army World War II uniform walks toward the monument to Motherland during ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad. (AP Photo/Dmitry Rogulin, File)
WOMEN ON STRIKE
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the "Women's Emergency Brigade" are armed with clubs which they used to smash windows at the Chevrolet Plant No. 9 in Flint, Mich., on Feb. 2, 1937 during the Great Depression. (AP Photo)
1956 Winter Olympics
- Hans von Nolde
A view of the stadium at Cortina, Italy, during the women's figure skating event, in the seventh Winter Olympic Games, on Feb. 2, 1956. Carol Heiss of USA is on the ice, and she won the silver medal in the event. These games would be the last time that the figure skating competition would be held outdoors. (AP Photo/Hans von Nolde)
China Yangtze River 1934
- AP
Junks float in China's Yangtze River, Feb. 2, 1934. (AP Photo)
London The Nerve
- Frank Tewkesbury
British pop group "The Nerve", in London, England, on Feb. 2, 1968, wearing transparent suits which they hope to wear at one of their forthcoming engagements. The transparent look was launched by French countries Yves St. Laurent in Paris. (AP Photo/Staff/Tewkesbury)
Groundhog Day 1980
- Lucas
Jim Means holds up a sleepy Punxsutawney Phil at daybreak, Feb. 2, 1980, in Punxsutawney, Penn., in front of a crowd of anxious people. The groundhog saw his shadow and proclaimed six more weeks of winter. Means cares for Phil throughout the year in the animal's home in the town library. (AP Photo)
Space Earth U.S. Project Mercury Space Chimpanzee
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
This is how Ham the chimp appeared in his capsule during his space flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Feb. 2, 1961. Film exposed by automatic camera set up inside the capsule and trained on the animal?s face reflected in a mirror. (AP Photo)
Michelle Robinson
- STR
Michelle Robinson leaves her apartment in New York, Feb. 2, 1979 after the body of punk rock star musician Sid Vicious was found in her apartment. Vicious apparently died of an accidental drug overdose. (AP Photo)
Wales Aberystwyth Seas Pounding Broken Sea Wall
- AP
Heavy seas are still pounding the battered promenade at Aberystwyth, Wales, on Feb. 2, 1938, and a number of houses were temporarily abandoned during the as a safety measure. A view at high tide of heavy seas pounding the broken sea wall and showing the extensive damage already caused to the promenade. (AP Photo)
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Europe Africa Week In Pictures
- Dmitry Rogulin
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 file photo, a man dressed in Red Army World War II uniform walks toward the monument to Motherland during ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad. (AP Photo/Dmitry Rogulin, File)
1956 Winter Olympics
- Hans von Nolde
A view of the stadium at Cortina, Italy, during the women's figure skating event, in the seventh Winter Olympic Games, on Feb. 2, 1956. Carol Heiss of USA is on the ice, and she won the silver medal in the event. These games would be the last time that the figure skating competition would be held outdoors. (AP Photo/Hans von Nolde)
London The Nerve
- Frank Tewkesbury
British pop group "The Nerve", in London, England, on Feb. 2, 1968, wearing transparent suits which they hope to wear at one of their forthcoming engagements. The transparent look was launched by French countries Yves St. Laurent in Paris. (AP Photo/Staff/Tewkesbury)
Groundhog Day 1980
- Lucas
Jim Means holds up a sleepy Punxsutawney Phil at daybreak, Feb. 2, 1980, in Punxsutawney, Penn., in front of a crowd of anxious people. The groundhog saw his shadow and proclaimed six more weeks of winter. Means cares for Phil throughout the year in the animal's home in the town library. (AP Photo)
Space Earth U.S. Project Mercury Space Chimpanzee
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
This is how Ham the chimp appeared in his capsule during his space flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Feb. 2, 1961. Film exposed by automatic camera set up inside the capsule and trained on the animal?s face reflected in a mirror. (AP Photo)
Wales Aberystwyth Seas Pounding Broken Sea Wall
- AP
Heavy seas are still pounding the battered promenade at Aberystwyth, Wales, on Feb. 2, 1938, and a number of houses were temporarily abandoned during the as a safety measure. A view at high tide of heavy seas pounding the broken sea wall and showing the extensive damage already caused to the promenade. (AP Photo)