An "extra" Wookie has his hair sprayed by a makeup artist during the taping of the television special for the holidays made by the cast of the movie "Star Wars" Wednesday October 5, 1978 in Los Angeles. The Wookie planet is visited in the episode. (Photo by AP Photo/Brich)





Rescue workers carry the body of an unidentified woman from the rubble of the Ruben Diaro Building after the building collapsed in an earthquake, October 1986, San Salvador, El Salvador. The tremor left more than 1,000 persons dead and thousands homeless. (Photo by Joe Skipper/AP Photo)





The "Football Eleven" of the Fort Ord military team, prepares an attack which will probably be disallowed by officials in Fort Ord, Calif., October 5, 1941. The team will soon have their season opener against San Jose State. Besides the University of San Francisco, Fort Ord encounters eight service teams in the 1941 schedule. (Photo by AP Photo)





Heavyweight champion George Foreman makes a backhand slam as he relaxes with a game of table tennis at the poolside of his hotel in Kinshasa, Zaire, October 2, 1974. Foreman won all the games against his press agent and his senior advisor, ex-champ Archie Moore. (Photo by Horst Faas/AP Photo)





Special effects men of the TV series "Emergency" staged this $45,000 explosion for the movie cameras as they simulated an airliner hitting of row of homes during filming of an episode of the show in Los Angeles, October 5, 1977. For the scene prop men placed the fuselage of an old DC-8 airliner amid the wreckage of some homes that were being demolished for a future development. Thirty gallons of gasoline added to the flames in this portion of the stunt. (Photo by AP Photo)





A rescuer lifts a child over the rubble of a destroyed home after six Israeli planes bombed and destroyed the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters and the surrounding homes killing about sixty people in Hamam Plage, twenty kilometers south of Tunis, Tunisia on Tuesday, October 1, 1985. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau/AP Photo)





Typical American farm girl is Ruth, who proudly wears her 4-H emblem sewn on her sweater in Seward, Illinois on October 2, 1942. A high school sophomore, she is a member of the chorus and Girls' Athletic Association. Enrolled in a 4-H flower arrangement project, she keeps the home brightened and the flower beds blooming. She also studies the violin. (Photo by AP Photo)





The U.S. forces in Britain have held their first manoeuvres which stressed the use of chemical warfare. One of the infantry units was attacked by enemy planes which dropped smoke bombs to break up their fire power and also simulated mustard gas. Mechanized troops, including scouts on motor-cycles jeeps and scout cars were thrown into the attack and flame throwers were used to clean out strong points to give the American troops a taste of modern warfare. A flame-thrower wielded by Corporal Hamilton Moody of Northfield, New Jersey, being used to mop up one of the enemy strong points October 5, 1942. (Photo by AP Photo)





Under construction at the Expo 70 site at Osaka, Japan on October 1, 1969, is the Australian pavilion which will feature a giant cantilever rising gracefully from the ground to a weight of 127 feet. It will culminate in a sky hook from which will be suspended a circular free-hanging roof about 165 feet on diameter. (Photo by Mitsunori Chigita/AP Photo)





American torpedo planes, returning from raid on Japanese force in the Shortland Islands area of the South Pacific, Ocober 5, 1942, fly in formation as they prepare to land on their carrier. (Photo by AP Photo)





Egyptians crowd the tops of telegraph poles in Cairo, Egypt on October 1, 1970, for a grandstand view of President Gamal Abdel Nasser's funeral procession. (Photo by Eddie Adams/AP Photo)





The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes dance on Sixth Avenue in New York City on Saturday, October 2, 1982 in a celebration of the music hall's 50th anniversary. Standing atop the marquee, at center, is singer Peter Allen. (Photo by W. Jorgensen/AP Photo)





This is a general view of the Grand Palais exhibition Hall in Paris, France on October 1, 1953, and was made at the opening of the 40th Paris Motor Show. This auto show is one of the largest in the world with a total of some 1,300 exhibitors, including 20 car manufacturers. Car makers from France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Spain, The Netherlands and United States, are among the exhibitors. (Photo by AP Photo)





Pfc. Johnny Albritton of Farmerville, La., a machine-gunner with the 101st Airborne Division, strings out his ammunition to dry following a heavy thundershower, October 2, 1967 at Chu Lai, Vietnam, where he is stationed as a member of the 2nd Platoon, C Company, 2nd Bn. (Abn), 327th Infantry. (Photo by AP Photo)





French high wire artist Philippe Petit walks across a tightrope that is 45 feet out over the Niagara River. The Horseshoe Falls are seen in the background and a 'Maid of the Mist' tour boat is seen below. October 5, 1986. (Photo by James P. McCoy/AP Photo)





Chairman Mao solemnly proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China on the Tiananmen Square Gate rostrum in Beijing, China, on October 1, 1949. (Photo by AP Photo)





Sister Carolina, a Roman Catholic nun, enjoys a sunny day skiing with perfect style on the snow at Mount Stelvio summer ski resort on the Italian Alps, October 5, 1975. (Photo by AP Photo)





Demonstrators protesting the Israeli raid on Tunis burned the American flag in front of Cairo University on October 5, 1985, and a few hundred yards away from the Israeli embassy. Thousands of students and some opposition party leaders joined in the demonstration which quietly dispersed hours later. (Photo by AP Photo)





Unionists, arrested after a violent demonstration, await processing and interrogation at National Police headquarters in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2, 1989. Three women detainees said they were raped while in custody and dozens of those arrested said they were severely beaten. (Photo by Luis Romero/AP Photo)





Mongolian religious festival near Pailingmiao, capital of Inner Mongolia on October 5, 1936. (Photo by AP Phot/Mills)





U.S. Corporal Stanley Suski, left, and Miss Tamako, a Geisha girl, whirl a bit of Jitterbug, in a bar, in Tokyo, Japan, on October 1, 1945. (Photo by AP Photo)





iMembers of Act Up, an Aids advocate group, demonstrate outside the Health and Human Services Building in Washington on Tuesday, October 2, 1990. The group demonstrated to demand access to disability benefits for women with Aids. A lawsuit was filed in New York City federal court on behalf of five HIV infected individuals denied benefits. (Photo by Marcy Nighswander/AP Photo)





The wife of a Cambodian government soldier feeds her daughter a ball of rice as they come to say goodbye as his unit heads out on an operation to retake positions lost to Khmer Rouge insurgents near the province capital of Kampong Chhnang north of Phnom Penh, October 1, 1974. In Cambodia, families often live with the soldiers, especially in static positions such as base camps and outposts, but do not accompany them on actual operations. (Photo by Tea Kim Heang aka Moonface/AP Photo)





Mothers cradle their starved and sick children after escaping from Cambodia on October 5, 1979. The mothers said they had not eaten for five days. (Photo by Gary Mangkorn/AP Photo)





A former Soviet red flag flies over the avenue where hard-line protestors built barricades during clashes on Saturday, October 2, 1993 in downtown Moscow. Several police and at least one protestor were injured in the clashes between lawmakers, supporters and police. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)





An American green beret hobs a grenade at a nearby north Vietnamese position near the Thuong Duc special forces camp, Vietnam, October 1, 1968. The embattled camp is southwest of Da Nang. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo/Phuoc)





Cuddles, a white duck living at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, plays with a lamb named Rosemary and actor Shane Nickerson, 8, on the center's grounds, October 5, 1972. The three are connected with the musical "Pippin," which is playing at the center. Cuddles is still waiting for his chance, but so far he's been kept in the wings and out of the musical because a female duck with the equally improbable name of Otto, hasn't missed a performance. (Photo by Charles Tasnadi/AP Photo)





Spray flies from the head of challenger Joe Frazier, left, as heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines, October 1, 1975. Ali won the fight on a decision to retain the title. (Photo by Mitsunori Chigita/AP Photo)





The great Pele covers his eyes as he cries during ceremonies on Saturday, October 1, 1977 at Giants Stadium at East Rutherford, New Jersey where he played his last game. He is comforted by teammate Carlos Alberto, a former World Cup team captain. (Photo by Richard Drew/AP Photo)





Ten-year-old Martin Witter watches a snail, "Speedy," pull a miniature Roman chariot that he made out of a fish tin and toothpicks as another snail, "Butch," sits in the driver's seat, in the Lynwood section of Los Angeles, Calif., October 1, 1954. Martin claims to have made the only snail stable in the country and puts the snails through their paces every afternoon. (Photo by Don Brinn/AP Photo)





Rescue workers stand on some of the debris Oct. 5, 1992 after an El Al Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed into an apartment complex the previous evening. People laid bouquets Saturday October 4, 1997, in somber remembrance of the crash of a cargo jet that carved a nine-story canyon through an apartment tower, killing at least 43 in the worst Dutch air disaster. (Photo by Michael Kooren/AP Photo)





Elvis Presley carries his duffle bag as he checks in at the Friedberg, West Germany barracks on October 2,1958. He was assigned to the 3rd Armored (Spearhead) division. About 1,000 Elvis fans from Germany and other countries came to the central German spa town of Bad Nauheim to attend a day-long Elvis homage Saturday, August 26, 1995. Presley lived in Bad Nauheim while he did his military service in neighboring Friedberg 35 years ago. Both towns, three kilometers (under two miles) apart, are 40 kilometers(25 miles) north of Frankfurt. (Photo by AP Photo)