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Writing to Santa Claus, December 4, 1920. (Photo by Library of Congress)

Writing to Santa Claus, December 4, 1920. (Photo by Library of Congress)



Infantymen pose for a photograph on the Great Sphinx, built around 2,500 B.C., at Giza, in Egypt. March, 1920. (Photo by Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Infantymen pose for a photograph on the Great Sphinx, built around 2,500 B.C., at Giza, in Egypt. March, 1920. (Photo by Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)



Picture released on April 16, 1975 of Cambodian refugees arriving at the US military base of Utapao, Thailand, as Cambodian civils flee the Cambodian war. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Picture released on April 16, 1975 of Cambodian refugees arriving at the US military base of Utapao, Thailand, as Cambodian civils flee the Cambodian war. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)



A chain of people fleeing a fire descends a ladder fire escape as smoke pours from the upper windows of the four-story building on the north side of Chicago, May 15, 1958.  Man opposite third story window carries a child. Thirty residents of the building fled and one woman was injured. (Photo by Bernard Block/AP Photo)

A chain of people fleeing a fire descends a ladder fire escape as smoke pours from the upper windows of the four-story building on the north side of Chicago, May 15, 1958. Man opposite third story window carries a child. Thirty residents of the building fled and one woman was injured. (Photo by Bernard Block/AP Photo)



Young girls yell cheers as athletes Jackie Robinson and Floyd Patterson addressed a rally in Birmingham, Ala., May 14, 1963. They talked to black youths who have been demonstrating for the past weeks. Earlier Monday the two athletes joined integration leaders speaking to an adult black audience. (Photo by AP Photo)

Young girls yell cheers as athletes Jackie Robinson and Floyd Patterson addressed a rally in Birmingham, Ala., May 14, 1963. They talked to black youths who have been demonstrating for the past weeks. Earlier Monday the two athletes joined integration leaders speaking to an adult black audience. (Photo by AP Photo)



People maintain their places in line awaiting the midnight premiere of  “The Empire Strikes Back”, the sequel to “Star Wars”, May 21, 1980. Some of the fans expected to be in line as long as 36 hours in order to be among the first in the nation to view the new movie. (Photo by Nick Ut/AP Photo)

People maintain their places in line awaiting the midnight premiere of “The Empire Strikes Back”, the sequel to “Star Wars”, May 21, 1980. Some of the fans expected to be in line as long as 36 hours in order to be among the first in the nation to view the new movie. (Photo by Nick Ut/AP Photo)



Happier landing for airplane survival crash victims is the purpose of the Micro-Moisture pneumatic safety cushion demonstrated by its designer, Assen Jordanoff, a pioneer aviator, on January 4, 1957. The cushion, which is being studied by military and civil aviation authorities, is installed in the back of airplane seats. By throwing a single switch, the pilot can inflate a planeful in three seconds. The French poodle shows how a child on a parent's lap would be protected from the crushing jolt of a crash landing or ditching. (Photo by AP Photo)

Happier landing for airplane survival crash victims is the purpose of the Micro-Moisture pneumatic safety cushion demonstrated by its designer, Assen Jordanoff, a pioneer aviator, on January 4, 1957. The cushion, which is being studied by military and civil aviation authorities, is installed in the back of airplane seats. By throwing a single switch, the pilot can inflate a planeful in three seconds. The French poodle shows how a child on a parent's lap would be protected from the crushing jolt of a crash landing or ditching. (Photo by AP Photo)



The Indian  Armoured Corps. formations of this Corps have fought with distinction in the campaigns in the Middle East, and the Far East, and are now engaged in fighting in Italy. An Indian Armoured Formation somewhere in the Middle East. Indian troops doing P. T. training; rope scaling  March 15, 1944. (Photo by AP Photo)

The Indian Armoured Corps. formations of this Corps have fought with distinction in the campaigns in the Middle East, and the Far East, and are now engaged in fighting in Italy. An Indian Armoured Formation somewhere in the Middle East. Indian troops doing P. T. training; rope scaling March 15, 1944. (Photo by AP Photo)



Five fighting Coast Guardsmen, who participated in the initial landing on Manus Island in the Admiralties, display Japanese trophies picked up during the swift occupation of that South Pacific stronghold. Their souvenirs include a Japanese knee mortar, flags, light machine guns, rifles, and a Japanese 25 caliber “woodpecker” on May 24, 1944. Left to right, the Coast Guardsmen are: Eric S. Wessborg, Jr., chief boatswain's mate, of Richland, Mich.; William Knight, chief quartermaster, of Oakland, Calif.; Ralph E. DeChevrieux, gunner's mate second class, of Long Beach, Calif.; John E. Schoewe, coxswain, of Milwaukee, Wis.; and Harold A. Mayer, pharmacist's mate first class, of Yankton, S.D. (Photo by AP Photo)

Five fighting Coast Guardsmen, who participated in the initial landing on Manus Island in the Admiralties, display Japanese trophies picked up during the swift occupation of that South Pacific stronghold. Their souvenirs include a Japanese knee mortar, flags, light machine guns, rifles, and a Japanese 25 caliber “woodpecker” on May 24, 1944. Left to right, the Coast Guardsmen are: Eric S. Wessborg, Jr., chief boatswain's mate, of Richland, Mich.; William Knight, chief quartermaster, of Oakland, Calif.; Ralph E. DeChevrieux, gunner's mate second class, of Long Beach, Calif.; John E. Schoewe, coxswain, of Milwaukee, Wis.; and Harold A. Mayer, pharmacist's mate first class, of Yankton, S.D. (Photo by AP Photo)



This African American  sharecropper family of six found nothing in the way of delicacies on their Thanksgiving table on November 23, 1939. They were satisfied with a half gallon fruit jar of picked tomatoes and here the family is saying grace. They're members of a group near Poplar Bluff, Mo., the remnant of the croppers who engaged in a roadside demonstration in southeast Missouri in January 1939, protesting their economic status. (Photo by AP Photo)

This African American sharecropper family of six found nothing in the way of delicacies on their Thanksgiving table on November 23, 1939. They were satisfied with a half gallon fruit jar of picked tomatoes and here the family is saying grace. They're members of a group near Poplar Bluff, Mo., the remnant of the croppers who engaged in a roadside demonstration in southeast Missouri in January 1939, protesting their economic status. (Photo by AP Photo)



A lone U.S. soldier stands his ground against taunting Panamanian youths in Panama, November 29, 1959 as they attempted to cross into the Canal Zone and plant the Panama flag.  U.S. troops were called on to back up the Panama National Guard in holding back the demonstrators. Panamanian photographers in the background photograph the action. (Photo by AP Photo)

A lone U.S. soldier stands his ground against taunting Panamanian youths in Panama, November 29, 1959 as they attempted to cross into the Canal Zone and plant the Panama flag. U.S. troops were called on to back up the Panama National Guard in holding back the demonstrators. Panamanian photographers in the background photograph the action. (Photo by AP Photo)



A hundred feet beneath the surface of the tide swept East River, 1,800 plastic-helmeted laborers and engineers have been blasting through solid rock and muck to build the world's second largest underwater vehicular tunnel linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, October 20, 1947. (Photo by AP Photo)

A hundred feet beneath the surface of the tide swept East River, 1,800 plastic-helmeted laborers and engineers have been blasting through solid rock and muck to build the world's second largest underwater vehicular tunnel linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, October 20, 1947. (Photo by AP Photo)



Richard Ramirez, accused of 14 counts of murder in the “Night Stalker” serial killings, clenches his fists and pulls on his restraints in a court appearance in Los Angeles, Ca., Tuesday, October 21, 1985. Municipal Court Judge Elva Soper rebuked Ramirez for attempting another change of defense attorneys. (Photo by Lennox McLendon/AP Photo)

Richard Ramirez, accused of 14 counts of murder in the “Night Stalker” serial killings, clenches his fists and pulls on his restraints in a court appearance in Los Angeles, Ca., Tuesday, October 21, 1985. Municipal Court Judge Elva Soper rebuked Ramirez for attempting another change of defense attorneys. (Photo by Lennox McLendon/AP Photo)



In this September 7, 1943 file photo, rescue crews dig through debris of wrecked Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional Limited, with the aid of arc lamps, in search of additional victims of the accident in Philadelphia. The Labor Day train jammed with 541 passengers derailed, killing 79 passengers and injuring 117 others. The May 12, 2015 derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia was not the first rail disaster to occur in that area. The high-speed Congressional Limited jumped the rails in an area known as Frankford Junction. It is about a mile from where the Amtrak wreck occurred Tuesday night. (Photo by Murray Becker/AP Photo)

In this September 7, 1943 file photo, rescue crews dig through debris of wrecked Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional Limited, with the aid of arc lamps, in search of additional victims of the accident in Philadelphia. The Labor Day train jammed with 541 passengers derailed, killing 79 passengers and injuring 117 others. The May 12, 2015 derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia was not the first rail disaster to occur in that area. The high-speed Congressional Limited jumped the rails in an area known as Frankford Junction. It is about a mile from where the Amtrak wreck occurred Tuesday night. (Photo by Murray Becker/AP Photo)



Girls of University of Cincinnati Stage Grecian Games on April 29, 1921. Garbed in costumes of ancient Greece, fair students of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio arranged a set of Grecian Games for the benefit of the University athletic fund. All of the girl students of the University, who take a great interest in outdoor games and athletics, took part in the games. The fund was greatly increased through the staging of the unique attraction and the girls purpose to give a return engagement. The accompanying photographs show the girl contestants in their Grecian costumes. Photo shows the start of the 100 yard dash. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Girls of University of Cincinnati Stage Grecian Games on April 29, 1921. Garbed in costumes of ancient Greece, fair students of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio arranged a set of Grecian Games for the benefit of the University athletic fund. All of the girl students of the University, who take a great interest in outdoor games and athletics, took part in the games. The fund was greatly increased through the staging of the unique attraction and the girls purpose to give a return engagement. The accompanying photographs show the girl contestants in their Grecian costumes. Photo shows the start of the 100 yard dash. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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