Ali vs Frazier NY 1974
Muhammad Ali, left, and Joe Frazier in the 12 round non-title fight that took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, January 28, 1974. (AP Photo)
Al Gore
Vice President Al Gore speaks at a news conference on welfare at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 28, 1995. The group met earlier with President Clinton and numerous governors, mayors and other officials to talk about welfare. Shown from left are: health and Human Services Sec. Donna Shalala, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., Gov. Tommy Thompson of Wisc., Gore, behind Gore unidentified, Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont, Leon Panetta, White House chief of staff. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson)
New York Chelsea Piers
One of the most representative arrays of American merchant vessels ever to berth together on the New York waterfront, in this aerial view of the Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, New York City, between west 21st and west 17th streets on the North Hudson, river on Jan. 28, 1938. Sailing schedules brought together for the first time in any port six ships of the combined United States lines and Panama Pacific line. At the extreme left is the Canadian liner, Empress of Britain. Left to right from her are the California and Virginia of Panama Pacific, the American Traveler, Manhattan and President Roosevelt, and extreme right, the American Banker, all of the United States lines. (AP Photo)
Lagerfeld Evangelista Schiffer
German designer Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges cheers from the audience and from his models after presentation of the show he designed for French fashion house Chanel in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1992. The presentation is for the 1992 spring and summer haute couture collection. At left, in bridal wear, is German model Claudia Schiffer, and at right is Canadian model Linda Evangelista. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Pistol Pete Maravich (23) gets a boost from players and fans after he broke the all-time scoring record in Baton Rouge Saturday night, Jan. 28, 1979. Calmly looking on at far left center is Pete's dad, Press, who coaches the Louisiana State Tigers. (AP Photo)
Emmett Kelly
Famed circus clown Emmett Kelly draws bread on “ball” held by Brooklyn Dodger president Walter O’Malley at New York Press Photographers’ Association dinner in Leone’s restaurant in New York on Jan. 28, 1957. O’Malley announced that he had signed Kelly to “ease the tension at Ebbets Field.” Kelly had been with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus for 36 years before retiring last spring as the outgrowth of a union dispute. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
1976 Bicentennial
A team of oxen driven by John Treadwell of East Brookfield, hauls cannon onto Cambridge Common as the re-enactment of Col. Henry Knox’ historic march 200 years ago from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, came to a soggy end in Cambridge, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1976. In the 166-mile segment from Alford, Mass., on the New York state line, the marchers ran into blizzards and temperatures that dipped well below zero. (AP Photo)
China Pays Tribute To Chou
Thousands of Chinese gather outside Martyrs Monument in Peking, Jan. 28, 1979, to honor the memory of the late Premier Chou En-Lai, who died Jan. 8 three years ago. Tributes poured in as Chou's old foes remain under detention; his former allies now hold sway. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich)
Michael Metrinko,
Well wishers reach past police to shake hands with returned hostage Mike Metrinko on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1981 as he received a hero’s welcome from thousands of persons lining the streets of his home town in Olyphant, Pa. (AP Photo/Ingraham)
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
William Shatner, left, who portrays T.J. Hooker in the ABC series of the same name, grapples with co-star Leonard Nimoy, center, who portrays a police lieutenant and Hooker?s former partner on Jan 28, 1983, in an upcoming episode scheduled to air on February 5. In the episode, the two are at each other?s throats when Nimoy believes the course of law is slow in finding the suspect, Randolph Powell, right, who allegedly raped Nimoy?s daughter. (AP Photo/Lennox Mclendon)
USA FOR AFRICA 1985
Historic superstar recording of "We Are The World" by USA for Africa, Jan. 28, 1985. Clockwise, left to right; Lionel Richie, Daryl Hall, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. (AP Photo)
CHALLENGER DISASTER 1986
Two unidentified spectators at the Kennedy Space Center react after they witnessed the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, Jan. 28, 1986. The shuttle, which carried a crew of seven, exploded just moments after takeoff.
VANILLA ICE
Vanilla Ice displays his awards he won in the rock and rap catagories at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 28, 1991. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Nancy Pelosi
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on stimulus legislation, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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