AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

George H. Bush presents a tie tack to SFC James Almeida at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Jan. 1, 1990. Almeida, from Taunton, Mass...

George H. Bush presents a tie tack to SFC James Almeida at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Jan. 1, 1990. Almeida, from Taunton, Mass...

Romanian students sing for soldiers and members of the civil force who are still guarding for former building of the Central Committee on Sunday, Dec....

U.S. President George H. Bush shakes hands with Staff Sergeant Lloyd Johnson at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Sunday, morning, Dec....

A Romanian soldier folds the national flag on top of his tank at Palace Square on Sunday, Dec. 31, 1989 in Bucharest, Romania. The center of the fl...

Romanian women kneel down in prayer on Sunday, Dec. 31, 1989 at a Christian Orthodox service held in Bucharest, Romania to commemorate the victims of...

A delegation of residents of Constanta, a city at some 300 kilometers east of Bucharest, carry the new Romanian National flag when commemorating the v...

A Romanian soldier adds the final touches to a snowman he has built on his tank on Saturday, Dec. 30, 1989 guard at the Palace Square in Bucharest. P...

Tel Aviv University President Haim Ben Shahar, left, introduces New York Mayor Ed Koch, right, to American students at the university's medical school...

Tel Aviv University President Haim Ben Shahar, left, introduces New York Mayor Ed Koch, right, to American students at the University???s medical scho...

A member of the civilian force and soldiers display some of the more than 10,000 lbs. of arms and ammunition on Dec. 30, 1989 in Bucharest that were f...

A member of the civilian force guards one of the entrances to the network of tunnel on Saturday, Dec 30, 1989 that lie under the city of Bucharest. Th...

Prague inhabitants drink champagn as they assemble under the statue of St. Wenceslas in downtown Prague on Friday, Dec. 29, 1989 celebrating the elect...

U.S. President George H. Bush waves to the crowd as he boards Air Force One at Chase Field in Beeville, Texas, Friday, afternoon, Dec. 29, 1989 on his...

University of Miami football players (from left) Ryan McNeil, Bobby Harden, Dale Dawkins and Hurlie Brown gang up on Doyle Aaron (on bottom) as teamma...

A couple passes a bullet riddled store window in Timisoara, Romania on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 1989. A top official declared that Romanian is no longer...

A young Romanian boy holds up a lamb wearing the Romanian tricolor ribbon around its neck, while the boy's mother covers it with a blanket on Thursday...

Four armed civilians guard the former Central Committee building in Bucharest, Romania on Thursday, Dec. 28, 1989. The securitate forces loyal to...

Romanian soldiers feeding doves in the Timisoara park on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1989. Life in this town after a week of heavy fights against the Ceause...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Secretary of State James Baker show off their catches on San Jose Island, Texas, Wednesday, afternoon, Dec. 27, 1989...

Bucharest residents cleaning up the shattered glass in their apartments around the Palace Square on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1989 in Bucharest, Romania....

A Romanian policeman (left) shows civilians the entrance to a secret tunnel on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1989 in Bucharest which was used by Ceausescu and S...

U.S. President George H. Bush gives a hearty wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland,, Wednesday, morning, Dec. 27, 198...

U.S. President George H. Bush gives a hearty wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland,, Wednesday, morning, Dec. 27, 198...

U.S. President George H. Bush gives a hearty wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland,, Wednesday, morning, Dec. 27, 198...

U.S. President George H. Bush shows off their catches on San Jose Island, Texas, Wednesday, afternoon, Dec. 27, 1989. Bush caught two other redfish as...

People remove party signs from a building in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1989 shortly after Romanian TV showed the body of Nicolae Ceaus...

Romanian soldiers relaxing after the four days of fights against the members of Ceausescu's secret police in Timisoara, Romania on Dec. 26, 1989. Th...

A mother is overcome with grief on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1989 as she follows the coffin of her son into the new cemetery in Bucharest, Romania created for...

Bucharest residents queue in front of shop on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1989 to buy eggs. Due to fights and blocked roads there is a food shortage Romania....

A young Romanian suspected of looting, left, is escorted by members of the civil force to be questioned near the Palace Square in Bucharest on Tuesday...

People lined up for juices in the town of Timisoara, Romania on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1989 because it is suspected that the members of pro-Ceausescu secre...

People line up at the new checkpoint at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Dec. 25, 1989, to enter East Berlin for a Christmas visit in the other part of the...

U.S. President George H. Bush gives a thumb up as he departs the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 25, 1989 where he was briefed by Colin Powell, c...

More than hundred people gather on Monday, Dec. 25. 1989 in Timisoara, Romania, main town square in front of the Opera House demanding talks with rep...

Joyfull Romanian woman walking the streets of Bucharest with Christmas decorations on Monday, Dec. 25, 1989 after three days of heavy fights and shoot...

Soldier arresting woman suspected as a pro-Ceausescu secret police member on Monday, Dec. 25, 1989 in town of Timisoara, Romania during the fourth da...

Mayor Ed Koch smiles during an interview on Dec. 25, 1989 at City Hall in New York.

Mayor Ed Koch smiles during an interview on Dec. 25, 1989 at City Hall in New York.

Romanian soldier looking at the roof of the opposite building from where pro-Ceausescu gunman fired on Monday, Dec. 25, 1989 in the town of Timisoara,...

Mayor Ed Koch smiles during an interview on Dec. 25, 1989 at City Hall in New York.

Soldiers guard a civilian who was forced to lie down, after being arrested at a routine control near the Romanian TV station on Monday, Dec. 25, 1989...

In front of the Central Committee building, members of the Civil Defense deliver food for those still fighting in the street, on Sunday, Dec. 24, 1989...

U.S. President George H. Bush talks with Gen. Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff prior to a closed-door briefing at the Pentagon in Washing...

U.S. President George H. Bush talks with Gen. Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff prior to a closed-door briefing at the Pentagon in Washing...

Bill Parcells, head coach of the New York football Giants being showered with Gatorade, Dec. 24, 1989 after the Giants defeated the Los Angeles Raider...

The remains of the former Special Security Section building which was known till on Friday, Dec. 24, 1989 in Bucharest by the Bucharest people as the...

Souvenir hunters pick pieces of the wall next to Brandenburg Gate, Dec. 23, 1989. The area of the Brandenburg Gate was opened as a new checkpoint on...

Citizens of Czechoslovakia and West Germany gleefully take apart a section of the Iron Curtain that has been separating their countries for so long, D...

A plaque with Romanian national emblem lies by the fence after being torn down of the embassy building in Warsaw, on Saturday, Dec. 23, 1989. The ev...