Magic Johnson
- Nick Ut
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Fans follow Magic Johnson as he leaves the gym at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, after working out with the Los Angeles Lakes. Johnson, driven from basketball nearly five years ago when he learned he had the AIDS virus, will return to action with the Lakers against the Golden State Warriors at night on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
George Herman Ruth, Babe Ruth, Robert C. Wilson
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George Herman “Babe” Ruth, left, receives a plaque from Robert C. Wilson, sports editor of the Bridgeport Herald and President of the Connecticut Sports Writers’ association, at the fourth annual dinner in New Haven, Connecticut, Jan. 29, 1945, of the writers’ alliance. Ruth was named the “Most colorful athlete in the past quarter century.” (AP Photo)
Nevada Las Vegas gambling parlor
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Divorce-seekers who throng Las Vegas, Nevada, while establishing their six weeks legal residence under Nevada’s easy divorce laws, have to find things to occupy their waiting time on Jan. 29, 1939 in Las Vegas. Gambling is legal in Nevada and it’s not a crime to place a bet on how the horses are running anywhere in the United States. Here’s a Las Vegas rookie room at the Northern Club where bets are wired to all the major tracks. In the background, a group plays cards.
MONROE DIMAGGIO
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Newlyweds Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the International Airport, January 29, 1954, with plenty of baggage prior to their departure for Tokyo for an extension of their honeymoon. They were married in San Francisco on January 14 and Marilyn is under suspension by her studio for failing to start a new picture. (AP Photo)
Joel Rieder
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Austrian Slalom champion Joel Rieder watches flames of the Olympic Torch after he had ignited the flame in opening ceremony at Bergisel Ski Stadium near Innsbruck, Austria on Jan. 29, 1964. Ceremony officially opened the ninth winter Olympics. (AP Photo)
UNC Jordan
- BOB JORDAN
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North Carolina's Michael Jordan (23) drives against Georgia Tech's Jack Mansell during an ACC game at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 29, 1983. Jordan scored a career high 39 points to lead the third-ranked Tar Heels to a 72-65 win. (AP PHoto/Bob Jordan)
Manson Family 1970
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Young people who identified themselves as members of the Charles Manson "family" leave the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 1970 after hearing a plea of innocent entered for the hippie cult leader, who is accused of multiple murders. Some members of the group gave newsmen their names as "Gypsy", "Cappy" and "Squeaky." (AP Photo)
Dahmer
- Benny Sieu
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Confessed serial killer Jeffrey L. Dahmer listens to proceedings in Milwaukee County Court following jury selection in Dahmer's sanity trial, Jan. 29, 1992. (AP Photo/Benny Sieu/Pool)
Carter Energy Crisis
- John Duricka
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President Jimmy Carter, flanked by members of his cabinet, says he may urge industries to go on a four-day work week because of the energy emergency, Jan. 29, 1977. With the president, from left, are: Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, energy advisor James Schlesinger, Carter, Defense Secretary Harold Brown, and Transportation Secretary Brock Adams. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
Pablo Picasso
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Paul Derigon, left, Communist Mayor of Vallauris, south France, presents a scroll to famed Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in a ceremony at the Vallauris Town Hall on Jan. 29, 1950, making the artist an honorary citizen of the town. (AP Photo)
Vivaldi Thermidor
- KATHY WILLENS
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Paula Vivaldy cries as she and friend Bilatois Thermidor walk beside the barbed wire fence at the U.S. Immigration Service's Krome Avenue Detention Center where some 200 Haitians gathered to protest the treatment of Haitians held there, Jan. 29, 1989. Inside the fence several dozen federal officers in riot gear stand at the ready for any trouble. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
RUSSIA SPACE MIR
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Behind a wall of glass, French astronaut Leopold Eyharts says farewell to his pregnant wife Domenique and their dog Bijou at Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome before leaving for the Mir Space Station Thursday, Jan. 29. 1998 with cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin. The two Russians and the Frenchman blasted off Thursday evening to work on at least two repair jobs that previous crews have been unable to fix aboard the space station. (AP Photo)
Rod Blagojevich
- Paul Beaty
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at his home in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. The Illinois House voted Friday to impeach Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Magic Johnson
- Nick Ut
Fans follow Magic Johnson as he leaves the gym at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, after working out with the Los Angeles Lakes. Johnson, driven from basketball nearly five years ago when he learned he had the AIDS virus, will return to action with the Lakers against the Golden State Warriors at night on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
George Herman Ruth, Babe Ruth, Robert C. Wilson
- AP
George Herman “Babe” Ruth, left, receives a plaque from Robert C. Wilson, sports editor of the Bridgeport Herald and President of the Connecticut Sports Writers’ association, at the fourth annual dinner in New Haven, Connecticut, Jan. 29, 1945, of the writers’ alliance. Ruth was named the “Most colorful athlete in the past quarter century.” (AP Photo)
Nevada Las Vegas gambling parlor
- ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
Divorce-seekers who throng Las Vegas, Nevada, while establishing their six weeks legal residence under Nevada’s easy divorce laws, have to find things to occupy their waiting time on Jan. 29, 1939 in Las Vegas. Gambling is legal in Nevada and it’s not a crime to place a bet on how the horses are running anywhere in the United States. Here’s a Las Vegas rookie room at the Northern Club where bets are wired to all the major tracks. In the background, a group plays cards.
MONROE DIMAGGIO
- AP
Newlyweds Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the International Airport, January 29, 1954, with plenty of baggage prior to their departure for Tokyo for an extension of their honeymoon. They were married in San Francisco on January 14 and Marilyn is under suspension by her studio for failing to start a new picture. (AP Photo)
Joel Rieder
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Austrian Slalom champion Joel Rieder watches flames of the Olympic Torch after he had ignited the flame in opening ceremony at Bergisel Ski Stadium near Innsbruck, Austria on Jan. 29, 1964. Ceremony officially opened the ninth winter Olympics. (AP Photo)
UNC Jordan
- BOB JORDAN
North Carolina's Michael Jordan (23) drives against Georgia Tech's Jack Mansell during an ACC game at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 29, 1983. Jordan scored a career high 39 points to lead the third-ranked Tar Heels to a 72-65 win. (AP PHoto/Bob Jordan)
Manson Family 1970
- Anonymous
Young people who identified themselves as members of the Charles Manson "family" leave the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 1970 after hearing a plea of innocent entered for the hippie cult leader, who is accused of multiple murders. Some members of the group gave newsmen their names as "Gypsy", "Cappy" and "Squeaky." (AP Photo)
Carter Energy Crisis
- John Duricka
President Jimmy Carter, flanked by members of his cabinet, says he may urge industries to go on a four-day work week because of the energy emergency, Jan. 29, 1977. With the president, from left, are: Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, energy advisor James Schlesinger, Carter, Defense Secretary Harold Brown, and Transportation Secretary Brock Adams. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
Pablo Picasso
- AP
Paul Derigon, left, Communist Mayor of Vallauris, south France, presents a scroll to famed Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in a ceremony at the Vallauris Town Hall on Jan. 29, 1950, making the artist an honorary citizen of the town. (AP Photo)
Vivaldi Thermidor
- KATHY WILLENS
Paula Vivaldy cries as she and friend Bilatois Thermidor walk beside the barbed wire fence at the U.S. Immigration Service's Krome Avenue Detention Center where some 200 Haitians gathered to protest the treatment of Haitians held there, Jan. 29, 1989. Inside the fence several dozen federal officers in riot gear stand at the ready for any trouble. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
RUSSIA SPACE MIR
- Stringer
Behind a wall of glass, French astronaut Leopold Eyharts says farewell to his pregnant wife Domenique and their dog Bijou at Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome before leaving for the Mir Space Station Thursday, Jan. 29. 1998 with cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin. The two Russians and the Frenchman blasted off Thursday evening to work on at least two repair jobs that previous crews have been unable to fix aboard the space station. (AP Photo)