AP Historical Hard Drive 1997

Astronaut Alan Shepard, at left, is shown receiving a medal from President John F. Kennedy, with fellow astronauts and Vice President Lyndon Johnson l...

Robert Mitchum is shown in his role in

Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, play a scene in

This is the handshake President Eisenhower gave his successor as President-elect John Kennedy arrived at the White House, December 6, 1960. (AP Photo...

Former Premier Patrice Lumumba, right, stormy petrel of the strife-torn Congo, was brought back to Leopoldville under armed guard, with his hands tied...

President-elect John F. Kennedy and Dean Acheson, secretary of state in the Truman administration, pose at the door of Acheson's home in the Georgetow...

Vice President-elect Lyndon Johnson holds an outdoor press conference as President-elect John Kennedy listens, November 27, 1960, at his home in Georg...

Sen. John F. Kennedy, president-elect, thanks a delegation from Blanco County and Stonewall, TX, for the western hat they presented him on his arrival...

President-elect John F. Kennedy, left, shakes hands with vice President Richard M. Nixon after they held a post-election conference in Miami, Nov. 14,...

President-elect John F. Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon meet newspeople after their meeting in Miami, Nov. 14, 1960. (AP Photo)

President-elect John F. Kennedy, center, is surrounded by members of his family in the living room of the home of Joseph P. Kennedy, his father, on No...

President-elect John F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Jacqueline, and parents Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy at the Hyannis Port, Massachusetts home of h...

Following John F. Kennedy's election as President, the Kennedy clan gathered for this group photo at the Hyannisport, Mass. home of Joseph P. Kennedy,...

Sen. John Kennedy gestures as he emphasizes a point during his address to more than 12,000 people in San Jose, California, November 2, 1960. Big sign...

Sen. John F. Kennedy cups his hands to his mouth and tries to make himself heard to a crowd in the Los Angeles Plaza, November 1, 1960, as an aide tri...

Sen. John F. Kennedy is deluged with confetti and paper streamers as his car moves slowly up Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, November 1, 1960. The...

Cassius Clay, in white trunks, is shown in his professional boxing debut, October 29, 1960, in Louisville's Freedom Hall, against Tunney Hunsaker - a...

Sen. John F. Kennedy, right, speaks and Vice President Richard M. Nixon listens during the fourth presidential debate between the presidential candida...

Many people in the crowd are shown reaching out in an attempt to shake the hand of Senator John Kennedy, Democratic Presidential candidate, in Brookly...

Adnan Menderes, the former Prime Minister of Turkey, is escorted into court on the Island of Yassiada, Turkey, October 19, 1960, for further hearings...

Scenes like this were common during the 1960 political campaign between two relatively young presidential contenders. Sen. John F. Kennedy stood atop...

John F. Kennedy as he campaigns in New York City, at podium with wife Jackie. (AP Photo)

Ted Williams swings at a ball during the final plate appearance of his career, Sept. 29, 1960, in Boston. Later in the count he connected for his 521...

Astronaut Virgil Grissom is shown in the space capsule simulator, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 16, 1960. (AP photo/H.L. Valentine)

Soviet Russia's Tamara Press, who won the gold medal in the women's discus throw event of the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics, pictured just after she Sept....

A three-way all-American handshake among the winners of the discus-throwing event at the Olympic games in Rome on September 7, 1960: at center, Al Oe...

Herb Elliott of Australia is mobbed by autograph seekers at the Olympic games in Rome, Sept. 6 following his record breaking victory in the 1,500 mete...

A trio of U.S. boxers wear gold medals at the Olympic village in Rome, September 6, 1960. From the left are: Wilbert McClure of Toledo, Ohio, light...

Rafer Johnson of Kingsburg, Calif. breasts the tape to win the fourth heat of the 100 meter dash in the decathlon of the Olympic games in Rome Sept. 5...

Victory picture for the first three of the 400 meter free style swim after the final held at Rome Stadio del Nuoto for the Olympic Games. From left t...

Cassius Clay, right, of Louisville, KY, favorite to take the 178- pound Olympic boxing title, pounds teammate Percy Price of Philadelphia, PA, during...

U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sits in dock in Moscow's Hall of Columns, August 17, 1960, during the opening of his espionage trial. He was convicted...

Sen. Lyndon Johnson, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, listens to a word from his running mate, Sen. John Kennedy, the presidential nominee, a...

Jack Brabham, the Australian world driving champion, gets the checkered flag as he takes his Works Cooper-Climax over the finish line to win the Briti...

Sen. Lyndon Johnson raises his arms in victory as he accepts the Vice Presidential nomination from the Democrats in Los Angeles, California, July 14,...

Arnold Palmer, left, U.S. Open and Masters champion, chats with his wife Winnie and father, Milford

Milwaukee's Eddie Mathews takes off, his bat still in the air and his eyes on a ball that was on its way out of the park in the first inning of today'...

Arnold Palmer rips off his sunshade as he drops the final putt that gave him the National Open championship in Denver, Colorado, June 18, 1960.

Australia's Jack Brabham, in Cooper (11) takes the lead on the first corner in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zaandvoort, Netherlands, June 6, 1960. He is f...

Sen. Lyndon Johnson, second from right, of Texas is doing the talking as he and two other leading contenders for the Democratic Presidential nominatio...

Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Sandy Koufax displays the ball that ended a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight on a fine note for him. He pitch...

Ernest Hemingway and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro exchange pleasantries at seaside after Castro won the individual championship in the annual Hem...

Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA) reads the daily newspaper accounts of his West Virginia election victory as he relaxes, May 11, 1960, in his Washington ho...

This is a May 1960 photo of National League umpire, Albert J. Barlick. (AP Photo/stf

Convict and author Caryl Chessman, tells at what might be his final news conference at San Quentin Prison today, April 30, 1960, that he is prepared t...

Franklin McCain, Wilmington, NC, left, and David Richmond, Greensboro, NC, are shown in April, 1960. They are two of the four college students who st...

Robert Lowell, left, Richard Ellman, center, and Philip Roth, pose with a copy of Roth's book,

Huschke von Hanstein, at the wheel, starts for a trial run with the new Porsche racer, at Stuttgart, Germany, March 21, 1960. The new car has a top s...

The state police guard the Capitol Building at Montgomery, Al, to keep Negroes from having a demonstration, March 6, 1960. (AP Photo)

Heidi Biebl of Germany, zooms down the ladies' downhill ski course on KT22 mountain at Squaw Valley, California, February 20, 1960, on her way to vict...