AP Historical Hard Drive 2002

Playwright Edward Albee poses in 1959 at an unknown location. Albee is the author of

The first of the long range Boeing 707 intercontinental jet transport plane is shown during tests over Washington State in 1959. (AP Photo)

Singer-songwriter Paul Anka is shown in 1959. (AP Photo)

Rod Serling, television writer and creator of

The 1959 Edsel Ford automobile is shown at an unknown location. (AP Photo)

A handcuffed Vito Genovese arrives at court in New York City in 1959 on a narcotics conspiracy charge. (AP Photo)

Singer Edward

This is the bedroom of Thomas A. Edison in Glenmont mansion, the inventor's home in West Orange, N.J., in 1959. Edison, who during his lifetime devel...

Members of the doo-wop group

Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts NFL champions sits behind the wheel of his new fire-engine red Chevrolet Corvette in New York City, Dec. 31, 1958...

Charles

Director Frank Capra, right, talks with actor Frank Sinatra during filming of

Canadian challenger Yvon Durelle is down in 11th round of light heavyweight title fight just before losing to champion Archie Moore in Montreal, Quebe...

This is a general view of the opening session of the All-African People's Conference in Accra, Ghana, Dec. 8, 1958. The banner above platform reads,

Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pa., reacts with body English as he misses a birdie on 18th hole in first round play of $25,000 Atlanta Open Golf Tournament...

Soviet writer and poet Boris Pasternak is shown near his home in the countryside outside Moscow, Oct. 23, 1958. Pasternak is named winner of the 1958...

Retired amateur golfer Bobby Jones, left, receives a solid silver box during ceremony in which the people of St. Andrews confer the Freedom of the Cit...

President Gamal Abdel Nasser is seen in the center background as he presides over the first full cabinet meeting of the United Arab Republic, at the K...

American golfer Bobby Jones, who has syringomyelia, a degenerative spinal disease, uses an electric cart to view the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St...

T. Keith Glennan, administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), is shown in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 1958. (AP Photo)

Actor-singer Harry Belafonte poses with his wife Julie at his hotel in Rome, Italy, Sept. 29, 1958. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)

Judah Ben-Hur, played by Charlton Heston, and his friend Balthasar, left, played by Finlay Currie, watch as a Roman chariot belonging to their host Sh...

Three young girls check out the 1959 Buick LeSabre model, created by General Motors Styling and Buick Engineering, on Sept. 17, 1958. The two-door ca...

Nathan's Famous hot dogs are cooked on the grill as customers line up at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 10, 1958. (AP Photo)

Three ocean liners arrive at their New York piers after crossing the Atlantic ocean from Europe, Sept. 2, 1958. At the top is Queen Mary, in center i...

French actress Brigitte Bardot poses for photographers on a lawn in the garden of the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido of Venice, Italy, Sept. 2, 1958. Ba...

A squad of Italian police clear a path through a large crowd for French film star Brigitte Bardot, seen in striped dress behind photographer in center...

Italian actress Eleonora Rossi Drago, wearing a balloon dress, and American folk singer Harry Belafonte arrive at the Film Palace for the screening of...

Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., Aug....

The crew of the Japanese fishing vessel Kuroshio-maru load their ship with wire cables and prepare to leave Misaki, Japan, for a long fishing voyage o...

American playwright Arthur Miller poses in front of his farmhouse, where he lives with his actress wife, in Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 7, 1958. Miller smi...

Latin-American musician Perez Prado poses in New York City as he returns to the United States after a three-year absence on July 31, 1958. (AP Photo)

Actor-singer Harry Belafonte and his wife Julie, holding their son Michael, arrive at London Airport, England, July 30, 1958. (AP Photo)

Vincent L. Gigante is handcuffed as he arrives at Federal Courthouse in New York City, July 8, 1958. Judge William B. Herlands, before whom Gigante a...

President Giovanni Gronchi of Italy, right, congratulates Aldo Moro, education minister in the new administration, after Moro is sworn into office in...

Brazilian national soccer team members celebrate with the Swedish national flag after defeating the Swedish team 5-2 to win the World Cup final in Sto...

Vicente Feola, center, trainer of Brazil's national football team, poses with team captain Hideraldo Luiz Bellini, left, and goalkeeper Gylmar Dos San...

Pele (10) sits in the grass after scoring Brazil's fifth goal against Sweden in the closing minutes of the World Cup soccer final in Stockholm, June 2...

Brazil's national soccer team poses before the World Cup final against Sweden in Stockholm, June 29, 1958. Brazil defeated Sweden 5-2 to win the World...

Seventeen-year-old Pele, second from left, scores Brazil's third goal in the World Cup soccer final against Sweden in Stockholm, June 29, 1958. At rig...

Brazil's Pele (10), left, sets up as French goalkeeper Claude Abbes loses the ball, allowing Pele to score Brazil's third goal in the World Cup semifi...

Race car driver Lance Reventlow, 22, lunches with actress Jill St. John, 17, who is in costume for her role in

French film actress Brigitte Bardot is presented with a birthday cake at a party in Paris, France, June 19, 1958. Film producer Christine Gouze-Renal...

Singer Eddie Fisher, out of the hospital in time for Father's Day, cuddles his two youngsters four-month old Todd, left, and 19-month-old Carrie. Loo...

The new 600-mile an hour DC-8 Jetliner soars skyward on its maiden flight from the Long Beach Municipal Airport, adjoining the Douglas Aircraft Compan...

Jean Behra of France is shown with his wife after winning the Grand Prix for Sports Cars on the Rouen-Les Essarts, about 80 miles west of paris, Franc...

This is a general view of the chariot race in

Douglas aircraft's swept-wing DC-8 jetliner flies over Southern California on its maiden flight from the company's plant in Long Beach, Ca., May 30, 1...

The U.S. Navy's newest jet fighter F4H-1, designed to fly more than twice the speed of sound, is shown during its maiden flight from the St. Louis Mun...

French Generals Jacques Massu, right, and Robert Allard, are seen on May 22, 1958 in Oran, Algeria. Hero of the battle of Algiers in 1957, Massu ack...