AP Historical Hard Drive 2007

One ancient drum, and a replica in much better shape, are on display, August 31, 1987 in Beijings famed old drum tower, first built in 1272. Over the...

Los Angeles Raiders owner Al Davis announces at news conference in El Segundo, Calif., Friday August 21, 1987 that he has signed an agreement to move...

Actress Courteney Cox is pictured at her Sherman Oaks, Calif., home, Aug. 19, 1987. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)

Actress Elizabeth Taylor hangs on to the waist of publisher Malcolm Forbes as the two set off for a tour of central New Jersey, Aug. 16, 1987. The r...

Actress Elizabeth Taylor shows off her temporary tattoos as publisher Malcolm Forbes point one out at Forbes' estate in Bernards Township, N.J., Aug....

The historic ocean going vessel

Michael Ledeen, a key figure in launching the sale of U.S.-made weapons to Iran is pictured in his Chevy Chase, Md. home, Aug. 13, 1987. Ledeen says...

Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon gives a lecture on the invasion of Lebanon at Tel Aviv University, Aug. 11, 1987. Until today, Sharon has refus...

Adolfo Calero, a leader of the Nicaraguan rebel movement, arrives at the State Department, Aug. 4, 1987, where he and other Contras met with Secretary...

Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, right, throws a right at the face of Tony Tucker during their World Heavyweight Championship fight, in Las Vegas, USA...

Mike Tyson, left, delivers a left uppercut to the stomach of Tony Tucker during early round action in their world heavyweight championship fight in La...

The ornate, Qing dynasty Zeguangge, Hall of Purple Light, in the high-security Zhongnanhai government compound of Beijing, where leaders have offices...

Frankfurt am Main's bankers Hans-Herrmann Grieser, 25, Joerg Friedrich, 23, and Joachim Kreis, 24, from left to right, clink glasses during their lunc...

Frankfurt am Main's bankers are pictured during their lunch break near the Old Opera House (Alte Oper) Friday, July 31, 1987. A growing number of Yupp...

Ivan Rothstein, left, whose radio name was

NEW YORK, July 28,1987,--Alan Weiner, left, and Ivan Rothstein, second from left, are escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard onto the 69th St. Pier in Brook...

Members of the Grace Lutheran Quilters in Monongahela, Pa., work together on a quilt, July 27, 1987. The group has stitched more than 130 quilts sinc...

Margaret Reale works on a quilt in the basement of Grace Lutheran Church in Monongahela, Pa., July 27, 1987. There's been an upsurge in nationwide in...

Former National Security Adviser John Poindexter is sworn in before giving testimony to the congressional Iran-Contra committees on Capitol Hill, July...

Former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane is sworn in before the committees investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill, July 14, 198...

Lt. Col. Oliver North points to himself as he answers a question during testimony before the Iran-Contra Committees, July 7, 1987. North was question...

Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Iran-Contra Committee, swears in former White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver North at the start of the da...

Lt. Col. Oliver North, ending months of silence, gestures while testifying before the joint House-Senate panels investigating the Iran-Contra affair o...

Former White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver North is sworn in by Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, with back to camera, before the Iran-Contra Committees,...

Former White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver North is sworn in before the Iran-Contra committee, July 7, 1987. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lt. Col. Oliver North laughs while testifying before the joint House-Senate committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill July 7, 198...

Actor John Ritter is seen at the star-studded tribute to America's Vietnam veterans show presented by HBO at the Capitol Theater in Landover, Md., Jul...

Country singing star Johnny Cash poses at the wheel of the U.S.S. Constitution in the Charlestown section of Boston during a pause in the taping of an...

American President Ronald Reagan presents the National Medal of Arts to jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald at the White House, Washington, June 18, 1987. (AP...

Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald dons cap and gown as she prepares to participate in commencement exercises in Los Angeles, June 14, 1987. Ella received th...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. left, talks with Sen. Alan Cranstone, D-Calif., center, and House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas, during a press conference o...

Former secretary to Lt. Col. Oliver North, Fawn Hall, gets some advice from her attorney Plato Cacheris while testifying on Capitol Hill before a cong...

Iranian-born American businessman Albert Hakim, left, gets some advice from his attorney Richard Janis on Capitol Hill, June 4, 1987, while testifying...

American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in concert Sunday, June 1, 1987 in the old Roman Amphitheater in Caesarea, North of Tel Aviv. Davis is in Israel...

Tony Tucker, left, ducks a punch to the head from James Douglas in their IBF heavyweight championship fight Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3...

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bob Welch is congratulated by manager Tommy Lasorda after the last out of a three hit shutout game in which Welch went the...

Mourners pay their last respect after the ashes of Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek were buried May 26, 1987. His grave is next to that of his son Micha...

West German President Richard von Weizsaecker shares a smile with editor Elfie von Kalckreuth from Wiesbaden, West Germany, in the Villa Hammerschmidt...

West German President Richard von Weizsaecker awards editor Elfie von Kalckreuth from Wiesbaden, West Germany with the West German Cross of Merit, in...

Oil and gas executive William B. O'Boyle testifies before the joint House-Senate panels investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill, May 22,...

Beer magnate Joseph Coors testifies before the joint House-Senate panels investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill, May 22, 1987. Coors ta...

Retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub testifies before the joint House-Senate panels investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill, May 22, 1987...

Texas heiress Ellen Garwood testifies before the joint House-Senate panels investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill, May 22, 1987. Garwoo...

Three witnesses are sworn in on Capitol Hill before a congressional committee holding hearings on the Iran-Contra affair, May 21, 1987. From left to...

Portrait of newly elected Minister for environmetal affairs for the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Erwin Vetter, in Stuttgart, Germany, May 21, 1987. (A...

Nicaraguan rebel leader Adolfo Calero is sworn in before the congressional committee investgating the Iran-Contra affair in Capitol Hill, May 20, 1987...

A Pershing II missile is seen on a semi-trailer at the Mutlangen, West Germany, US missile base, as the press was given a chance to inspect the army b...

West German world known movie director Wim Wenders, center, poses with his actors Solveig Dommarti, left, and Bruno Ganz Sunday, May 17, 1987 as they...

Former National Security Adviser Robert C. McFarlane gestures while testifying before the House-Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra affair on C...

Former National Security Adviser Robert C. McFarlane, left, and his attorney, Leonard Garment, review documents during joint House-Senate hearings on...