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Howard Hughes in 1947. That same year, Hughes' H-4, or the "Spruce Goose" flew its lone flight. (George Tames/The New York Times)

Voters at Little Rock, Arkansas, firehouse in November 1957. (George Tames/The New York Times)

(1/17/1948)Dean Acheson (right), the new Secretary of State, takes the morning air with Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter Jan. 17, 1948 in Washi...

Carlotta Walls and Elizabeth Eckford, right, leave Little Rock Central High School in November 1957. Authorities deny reports of student 'incidents'...

A walk through Arlington National Cemetery in the snow in 1968. More than 4,000,000 people visit the cemetery annually. (George Tames/The New York Tim...

Participants in the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom listen to speeches by civil rights leaders May 17, 1957, calling for action on civil liberties in fr...

Joe Dimaggio and Yogi Berra at the New York Yankees' rookie camp in 1964. (Ernie Sisto/The New York Times)

(10/12/1962) President John F. Kennedy delivers a Columbus Day speech Oct. 12, 1962, in Newark, NJ. (Meyer Liebowitz/The New York Times)

Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy reaches from his car to shake hands while on a campaign swing through New York City in 1960. (Patrick Burns/The New Yo...

President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson confer in the Oval Office of the White House in 1963. (George Tames/The New York Times)

President John F. Kennedy, in possibly the last photo taken of him in his White House office before his assassination, November 1963. (George Tames/Th...

(1/20/1961) President John F. Kennedy makes his inaugural address January 20, 1961. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for...

President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson confer in 1962. (George Tames/The New York Times)

President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy talk in front of the White House in May 1961. Robert Kennedy served as the US attorney gen...

(7/25/1959) People in Times Square get caught in a rain storm at 4 p.m. on Broadway and 43rd Street, looking east across the square, in midtown Manhat...

Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy campaigns for the presidency on Long Island in 1960. (Ernie Sisto/The New York Times)

President Harry S. Truman outside the White House in 1947. Truman succeeded to the office of president in 1945 upon the death of Franklin Delano Roose...

A New York youngster is immunized against polio in 1955. April 12, 1955 marks the date of the first polio vaccine, pioneered by Dr. Jonas Salk. (Ernie...

Willie Mays of the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in 1952. (Ernie Sisto/The New York Times)

Some of the 68,680 spectators who watched a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians June 21, 1959, at Yankee Stadium. (Ernie Sisto/The New York Tim...

Beachgoers enjoy the surf and sand at Coney Island's beach in the summer of 1954. (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times)

(8/08/1974) New Yorkers read the electronic news headlines that announce that "Nixon says he will resign tomorrow" in the Times Square area of the cit...

(8/09/1974)President Richard M. Nixon waves to White House staff members as he boards a helicopter following his resignation from the office of presid...

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy campaigns in Indiana April 1968. (George Tames/The New York Times)

Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra (1934) *Filmstill - Editorial Use Only* CAP/NFS Supplied by Capital Pictures

Volunteers canvass neighborhoods in Memphis, TN., in a voter registration drive in 1961. (George Tames/The New York Times)

A helicopter carrying former President Richard M. Nixon goes out of sight Aug. 9, 1974, as it make the turn around the Washington Monument in its rout...

(8/09/1974)A helicopter lifts off from the lawn of the White House carrying the recently resigned President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon...

(8/09/1974)Members of President Richard M. Nixon's personal staff stands on a White House balcony Aug. 9, 1974, as they watch Nixon's entourage depart...

(8/09/1974)Gerald and Betty Ford walk with former First Lady Pat Nixon and former President Richard M. Nixon following Nixon's farewell speech Aug. 9,...

Republican presidential hopeful Richard M. Nixon and his wife, Pat, attract crowds through the streets of San Francisco during his motorcade processio...

During the first days of the Nixon White House, President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady, Pat, greet campaign workers who gathered in the main hallwa...

Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy campaigns March 1968, in Sacramento, CA. (George Tames/The New York Times)

President Richard Nixon meets with Congressional leaders and members of committees concerned with economic policy at the White House October 1971. Fro...

8/4/1959 - NY, NY - Toots Shore with wrecking ball to his restaurant credit: Neal Boenzi/The New York Times Published in NYT 01/22/06 - CITY WEEKLY...

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, Chinese writer Mo Yan reacts during an interview in Beijing, China. Mo won the Nobel Prize in literatur...

In this photo taken Tuesday Dec. 27, 2005, Chinese writer Mo Yan listens during an interview in Beijing. Mo won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thurs...

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, Chinese writer Mo Yan listens during an interview in Beijing, China. Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in...

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, Chinese writer Mo Yan listens during an interview in Beijing. Mo won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thur...

In this photo taken Tuesday Dec. 27, 2005, Chinese writer Mo Yan smokes during an interview in Beijing, China. Mo won the Nobel Prize in literature on...

May 1978: Washington D.C. Senator William Proxmire starting a run. Credit: George Tames/ The New York Times Published in NYT 12/16/05 Published Ca...

People at a Grateful Dead concert in Tompkins Square Park 1967. (Meyer Liebowitz/The New York Times) HIPPIES EAST VILLAGE LOWER EAST SIDE GREATFUL DEA...

People at a Grateful Dead concert in Tompkins Square Park 1967. (Meyer Liebowitz/The New York Times) HIPPIES EAST VILLAGE LOWER EAST SIDE GREATFUL DEA...

NEW YORK -- May 25, 2007 -- 1967 ANNIVERSARY 6 -- A Grateful Dead concert in New York City's Tompkins Square Park in 1967. Summer 2007 marks the 40th...

NEW YORK -- MMay 25, 2007 -- 1967 ANNIVERSARY -- People dance at a Grateful Dead concert in New York City's Tompkins Square Park in 1967. Summer 2007...

NEW YORK -- May 25, 2007 -- 1967 ANNIVERSARY 5-- Jerry Garcia playing guitar at a Grateful Dead concert in New York City's Tompkins Square Park in 19...

Barbra Streisand at her one-woman show in Central Park's Sheeps Meadow. 6/17/67. PHOTO CREDIT: William E. Sauro/The New York Times (Neg # 084706)

Barbra Streisand at her one-woman show in Central Park's Sheeps Meadow. 6/17/67. PHOTO CREDIT: William E. Sauro/The New York Times (Neg # 084706)

Barbra Streisand at her one-woman show in Central Park's Sheeps Meadow. 6/17/67. PHOTO CREDIT: William E. Sauro/The New York Times (Neg # 084706)

Barbra Streisand at her one-woman show in Central Park's Sheeps Meadow. 6/17/67. PHOTO CREDIT: William E. Sauro/The New York Times (Neg # 084706)