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Britain's Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales with Prince George, the Duke of Kent travelling on a workman's trolley during an informal visit to inform...

Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston climbing out of his car at Brooklands in Surrey, England on March 13, 1931, on the day he broke the Baby Car Recor...

The new Cathedral of St. Martin at Ypres, Belgium around March 12, 1931. It is nearing completion after years of rebuilding after the town was heavily...

Charles Chaplin, in London for the opening of his latest film, at the Dominion Theater on March 10, 1931 prior to the opening of the performance, chat...

Charles W. Paddock, 31, is back on the cinder path making one of his famous flying finishes in practice in Los Angeles, California on Jan. 28, 1931. H...

Marlene Dietrich poses with her husband, Rudolf Sieber, and their daughter, Maria, in Hollywood in 1931. Miss Dietrich, whose popularity as an actress...

Charles W. Paddock, former Olympic star and once hailed as the "fastest human," was married in Pasadena, California on Dec. 11, 1930, to Mrs. Neva Pri...

Charles W. Paddock, former Olympic star and once hailed as the "fastest human," was married in Pasadena, California on Dec. 11, 1930, to Mrs. Neva Pri...

A view of modern Seoul (Keijo) made over under the Japanese regime, with broad avenues and modern buildings on June 30, 1930. (AP Photo)

The first public performance of the famous Passion Plays took place at Oberammergau, before a special audience of over 5,000 people. The play which st...

Great playwright George Bernard Shaw, location unknown on Dec. 16, 1928. (AP Photo)

The Thunderbird airplane, which holds the world's speed record for commercial aircraft not over 100 horsepower, was delivered by its Glendale, Calif.,...

The defending champion Molla Mallory, left, in the Women's National Singles Championship, with Helen Wills Moody at the West Side Tennis Club in Fores...

Mrs. Molla Mallory, the defending champion in the Women's National Singles Championship at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York on Augu...

Some of the 30,000 German fugitives who have fled, having been sent from Poland when they voted for Germany in the plebiscite, following their arrival...

Tennis player Molla Mallory is shown in action at Forest Hills, New York in 1925. (AP Photo)

Miguel de Unamuno, liberal writer who criticized the trend of affairs in Spain, and Gen. Primo de Rivera in particular, safe in Paris on Sept. 10, 192...

Gerald Patterson of Australia, former world's tennis champion, in action on courts in Los Angeles on June 28, 1924. (AP Photo)

This is a 1924 file photo of Eric Liddell. (AP Photo)

This is a 1924 file photo of Harold Abrahams. (AP Photo)

George Bernard Shaw with Mrs. Gertrude Green and her daughter at Criccieth, the Welch Coast on May 22, 1923, in costume not usually associated with t...

Charles Paddock at University of Southern California, Los Angeles on April 9, 1923, track meet making a new record for the 220 yard dash, on curve in...

Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, poses in 1920. (AP Photo)

The first troops of the American Expeditionary Force landed at the French port of St. Nazaire, France, in June 1917. These were the first of two milli...

Unprepared for the final plunge into World War I, the United States rallied with almost hysterical unity after the declaration of war against Germany...

World War I came to an end on Nov. 11, 1918, when the signed armistice came into effect, but the aftermath of the war is still with us. The United Sta...

Russia entered World War I as it started with an army which was massive but badly armed. She suffered quick body blows from Germany and went on to one...

The effect of shells on a building blown up at Antwerp, Belgium from bombs thrown from a Zeppelin air ship during World War I in an undated photo. (AP...

The youthful revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in February 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Lenin (1870-1924) founded Bolshevism and was the Soviet l...

This undated ferrotype picture provided by the Lincoln County, N.M., Heritage Trust Archive is believed to depict William Bonney, also known as Billy...

Depicted in this undated illustration from an old print, the inauguration of President James A. Garfield in 1881 by Supreme Court Justice Noah H. Sway...

General Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the U.S., reading on porch of Drexel Cottage near Saratoga Springs, New York on July 20, 1885, where h...

In this image provided by the Library of Congress, the illustration depicts a scene in the Senate Chamber during the withdrawal of the legislators for...

In this image provided by the Library of Congress, this illustration depicts the opening of the high court of impeachment in the Senate chamber in Was...

In this image provided by the Library of Congress, the illustration depicts the Senate chamber proceedings during the impeachment of President Andrew...

In this image provided by the Library of Congress, this illustration depicts Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, was impeached in 186...

Depicted in this undated illustration from an old print, crowds are going to the inauguration of President William Henry Harrison in Washington on Mar...

U.S. President Grover Cleveland shown August 9, 1892, 22nd and 24th president, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. (AP Photo)

Leon Czolgosz, murderer of President William McKinley, shown in September 1901. Location unknown. (AP Photo)

In this image provided by the Rutherford B. Hayes Library and Museum, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Rutherford B...