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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps, right, speaks as Sir Maung Gyee, Burmese Ambassador-designate looks on, during a ceremony h...

Burma's Prime Minister Thakin Nu takes the oath of office before Burmese President Sao Shwe Thaik, in Rangoon, Jan.4, 1948. (AP PHOTO)

The flag of the Union of Burma is raised over the Houses of Parliament in Rangoon, Burma, Jan.4, 1948, as Burma's President Sao Shwe Thaik and high ra...

India Independence: The last British troops in India parade in front of Governor General Lord Mountbatten in New Delhi in 1948. (AP Photo) --- Unabha...

Dr. Chaim Weizmann, left, and Moshe Shertok, chief spokesman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, exchange congratulations after addressing the convent...

People dance in the street outside St. Nicholas Arena in the upper Manhattan section of New York, Nov. 29, 1947, in celebration following the vote at...

Steven Strauber of Newark, N.J., stands with others outside St. Nicholas Arena in the upper Manhattan section of New York, Nov. 29, 1947, and reads a...

A huge crowd jams the St. Nicholas Arena in the upper Manhattan section of New York, Nov. 29, 1947, during a celebration by the National Committee on...

Brock Pemberton, right, theatrical producer and chairman of the National Draft Eisenhower League's Committee, pins a

H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh pose with Royal guests at Buckingham Palace in London, England, after their wedding on Nov....

Roy M. Brewer of Los Angeles, who identified himself as a representative of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Pictur...

At microphone, movie cartoonist Walt Disney replies to questions of the House Un-American Activities Committee during a hearing of the Communist probe...

Porfirio Rubirosa, left, and his bride Doris Duke, right, are seen on their honeymoon at Cap D'Antibes on the French Rivera in France, Sept. 9, 1947....

American tobacco heiress Doris Duke, right, and her husband Porfirio Rubirosa are shown in their boat

American tobacco heiress Doris Duke, left, and her husband-to-be Porfirio Rubirosa talk before their wedding in Paris, France, Sept. 1, 1947. Rubirosa...

American Tobacco Heiress Doris Duke and her husband to be Porfirio Rubirosa sit on a table prior to their wedding Sept. 1, 1947 in Paris, France. (AP...

Porfirio Rubirosa, center, and American tobacco heiress Doris Duke, left, before their wedding in Paris, France Sept. 1, 1947. At right is Doris Duke'...

India Independence: Setting of the flag on the India House in London on Aug. 15, 1947. (AP Photo) ---Indien Unabhaengigkeit: Flaggenhissung auf dem In...

India Independence: Setting of the flag in the India House in London on Aug. 15, 1947. (AP Photo) --- Unabhaengigkeit Indien: Flaggenhissung im Indien...

Portrait of astronaut John Glenn pictured in New York, on February 13, 1967. As the fifth anniversary of his five-orbit trip around the world nears, J...

Owner-coach George Halas, kneeling at left, poses with members of the Chicago Bears at Collegeville, Ind., Aug. 4, 1947. Left to right: Halas, Walte...

In this series of images middleweight champion Tony Zale sags into the ropes in the 6th round under hammer blows of Rocky Graziano, that led to a Tech...

Caught in the corner, Tony Zale, right, tries to cover up as Rocky Graziano beats lefts and rights against Tony Zale, in a sixth-round attack that en...

Referee Johnny Behr moves in during the 6th round of middleweight champion fight to pull Rocky Graziano, nearest referee, from hitting distance of Ton...

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Ikimi Kikkawa shows keloid scars following the healing of burns caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the second World War. Sh...

Henriette von Schirach, Ehefrau des ehemaligen Reichsjugendfuehrers Baldur von Schirach, mit drei ihrer vier Kinder auf einem Spaziergang in Jachenau...

Jewish children in Tel Aviv, wearing traditional harvest festival costumes, display tributes of flowers and food for Pentecost, the 50th day after Eas...

A train seized by demonstrating students of Chiaotung University in Shanghai, halts outside the city after railway guards tore up part of the track. P...

Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder Al Gionfriddo is seen May 3, 1947. (AP Photo)

On the 2nd anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, April 11, 1947, 31 of it's guards and officials appear on trial at Dachau,...

Rabbi Samuel Belkin, center, president of Yeshiva University in New York, is seen with graduates of the school who were ordained March 16, 1947. From...

Ira Hayes, one of the six Marines who raised the flag in Iwo Jima, as depicted in Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph, is seen Feb. 21, 1947. (AP Photo...

A resident of the new Beckton estate pushes a pram along Mallory Gardens as builders erect a prefabricated house, in east London, Jan. 18, 1947. One h...

Prefabricated houses line Eisenhower Drive, on the new Beckton estate in east London, Jan. 18, 1947, built to combat the housing shortage. One hundred...

Prefabricated houses line Tedder Gardens, on the new Beckton estate in east London, Jan. 18, 1947, built to combat the housing shortage. One hundred a...

Phoebe M. Short, far left, widowed mother of Elizabeth Short, leaves her home accompanied by Elizabeth's three sisters, left to right, Dorothea, Elean...

Florida's Miami Beach is crowded at 72nd St. during the busy winter tourist season, Jan. 14, 1947. (AP Photo)

A statue of Andrew Jackson, who won the battle of New Orleans, is prominent in Jackson Square, Jan. 8, 1947. (AP Photo)

Our ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO from January 6, 1947 shows the new state government of Germany's state Hesse introduced to the State Parliament by Governor...

David Ben-Gurion, chairman of the Zionist Conference, in London, England, on Jan.2, 1947, for talks with the Colonial Secretary. (AP Photo/Stf/Priest)

India Independence: Members of the constitutional assembly listen to a speech of Lord Mountbatten in 1947 in New Delhi, India. First bench, front righ...

Tobacco heiress Doris Duke, left, and her husband Porfirio Rubirosa on the day of their wedding in Paris, France 1947. (AP Photo)

Crowd of people in Piccadilly Circus, London, on Dec, 31, 1946, wait for the clock to strike midnight to welcome in the New Year. (AP Photo/Stf/Royle)

A ferry from Algiers makes its way toward New Orleans across the Mississippi, Dec. 20, 1946. (AP Photo)

The road is wide open on Highway 90, the

Our ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO from December 06, 1946 shows State Governor Christian Stock (SPD) during his inaugural address at the State Parliament of G...

Mike Gonzales, center, veteran coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, shakes hands with Cardinals' owner Sam Breadon, right, Oct. 16, 1946. On left is Car...

New Orleans ionic porticoed City Hall, seen Aug. 29, 1946, was built in 1850 from designs prepared by James Gallier. The Parthenon in Athens was his...

Cables and wood strut hold a loose cornice in place outside the Rainbow Room lounge on the 65th floor of the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center, New Y...