Photo shows construction of a house in Syria, on October 10, 1938 is a simple and a cheap matter. Like these two fellows, you hitch up the mules and plough up enough earth, mix in some straw and hollow it out after it's stacked in a mound a conical hut like those in the background is the result. It's cool in the summer, warm in the winter and --best of all-costs only a few dollars. The ground provides floor as well as roof and walls. (Photo by AP Photo)





A National Socialist “Idyll” during the opposition meeting in Bad Harzburg, Germany on October 11, 1931. (Photo by AP Photo)





Fire Department auxiliary workers putting out a fire in City Hall Park in New York October 11, 1941 while City Hall, in the background, smokes from fire bombs, during the Fire Defense Day demonstration which showed what could be done in case of an attack on New York City from the air. Regular firemen and civilian helpers, trained since July 11 in local firehouses, took part in the show. (Photo by Matty Zimmerman/AP Photo)





Irwin Cochen is shown looking over the Hampshire Model Du Mont Deluxe television receiver on October 11, 1946 in New York. It has a twenty inch direct view tube which serves as the screen itself. The screen itself is retractable. (Photo by AP Photo)





U.S. hair stylist Sallie Hantz works on her hair creation on Judy Stockton, who serves as her model at the recent international hairdressers competition in Milan, Italy on October 18, 1966. Miss Hantz and Miss Stockton are both from San Mateo, California. (Photo by AP Photo)





Swedish-born actress Anita Ekberg confronts Italian freelance photographer Felice Quinto with a bow and arrow outside her villa in Rome, Italy, late at night on October 19, 1960. Ekberg quarreled with the photographer claiming she had been pursued all the time from the nightclub to her home. Standing watching at left is film producer Guido Giambartolomeo. (Photo by Marcello Geppetti/AP Photo)





Actress Farrah Fawcett waits between shots during the taping of the second “Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes”, in Mission Viejo, Calif., October 21, 1977. (Photo by Nick Ut/AP Photo)





Hungarians witness the fallen statue of communist leader Josef Stalin in front of the National Theater in Budapest on October 24, 1956. Demonstrators revolting against communist rule in Hungary pulled the statue to the ground at Dozsa Gyorgy on Oct. 23 and hauled it by tractor to Blaha Lujza where it was later smashed to pieces by the people. (Photo by Arpad Hazafi/AP Photo)





British actress Nina Baden-Semper attends the races at Ascot, United Kingdom, 22nd June 1972. She stars as Barbie Reynolds in the British television sitcom “Love Thy Neighbour”. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





The air traffic control room at London Heathrow Airport Central's new terminal on March 25, 1955. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





Women assembling telephones in a London factory in 1924, following the introduction of automatic telephone exchanges. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)





Raoul Pescara's 16-bladed helicopter leaves the ground at Issy les Moulineaux, France, to attempt the world endurance record, circa 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





French swimmer Alain Gottvalles presents the Paco Rabanne's swimsuits collection “Mec'Art” on April 22, 1966 in the “Crazy Horse Saloon” cabaret at Paris. The clothing are weared by the woman dancers. (Photo by AFP Photo via Getty Images)





Britain's Princess Anne goes down with her horse Goodwill at the second obstacle of the cross country event in the European Equestrian Championships at Kiev, September 8, 1973. The Princess suffered minor injuries. (Photo by Robert Rider-Rider/AP Photo)





A van load of beer passing through Piccadilly Circus on VE Day, 8th May 1945. The statue of Eros, protected during the war by advertising hoardings, can be seen in the background. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)