Japan David Bowie
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
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David Bowie plays an acoustic guitar while being photographed at a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 1990. (AP Photo)
Doug Flutie
- Mark Lennihan
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Former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie reacts as he stands in front of the school scoreboard as he joins about 2,500 other students at graduation ceremonies in Newton, Mass., May 19, 1986. Flutie returned to school to finish his courses after going on to professional football. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Clue Cast 1985
- Nick Ut
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Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp and Eileen Brennan stand on the set of the movie "Clue," May 19, 1985. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
John Brown
- Gary Stewart
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John Brown is covered with mud and exhausted following his unsuccessful rescue attempt of three horses in a log yard flooded by the Toutle River after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington state, on May 19, 1980. Although Brown was helped by at least three other individuals all efforts to save the horses failed. (AP Photo/Gary Stewart)
Great Britain Hatfield Manpowered Aircraft on Show
- Jim Pringle
- Updated
The tail assembly and pusher-propeller of "Puffin", the first man-powered aircraft to be flown over half-a-mile, at Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom on May 19, 1962, where it was on show in connection with a press conference on British man-powered flight. Built by the Hatfield Man-Powered Aircraft Club, "Puffin" was flown for 992 yards at Hatfield. Also on show at Hatfield, was another contender for the £5000 prize for the first man-powered aircraft to fly a mile on a figure-of-eight course, the machine built by the Southampton University Group. The latter aircraft was the first man-powered airplane to fly in Britain. Its success was followed by "Puffin" eight days later on November 17. Both machines are pedal driven, with pusher propellers and both have wing spans of over 80 feet. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle)
Spectacular Bid Preakness Stakes 1979
- Anonymous
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Spectacular Bid with jockey Ronnie Franklin in the irons crosses the finish line Saturday, May 19, 1979 at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, Md., to win the Preakness Stakes. (AP Photo)
African American March For Peace 1970
- TM
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Several Hundred Demonstrators march behind a banner reading “Coalition against Repression” as they near the city limits of Perry, Ga., May 19, 1970, on the first leg of a march to Atlanta. A mule drawn wagon accompanies the marchers at left. (AP Photo/TM)
Vietnam War
- Nick Ut
- Updated
South Vietnamese soldiers watch clouds of smoke and dust rise from bombs dropped by U.S. B52's on May 19, 1972, less than two miles in front of their lines on route 13 in South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese forces are trying to link up with besieged government troops at An Loc, a provincial capital north of Saigon. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Doug Flutie
- Mark Lennihan
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John Brown
- Gary Stewart
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Great Britain Hatfield Manpowered Aircraft on Show
- Jim Pringle
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African American March For Peace 1970
- TM
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South Vietnamese soldiers watch clouds of smoke and dust rise from bombs dropped by U.S. B52's on May 19, 1972, less than two miles in front of their lines on route 13 in South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese forces are trying to link up with besieged government troops at An Loc, a provincial capital north of Saigon. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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