AP Historical Hard Drive 1997

Wellwishers gather in Beirut to throw flowers to Pope John Paul II who waves from his Popemobile on his way to celebrate Mass in Beirut Sunday May 11,...

Worshippers wave at Pope John Paul II as he makes his way to the altar in his Popemobile to celebrate Mass in Beirut Sunday May 11, 1997. Over 300,000...

This aerial view shows the site where Pope John Paul II celebrated an outdoor Mass Sunday May 11, 1997, in Beirut's war-ravaged downtown that drew an...

Muslim girls wave Vatican and Lebanese flags in anticipation of Pope John Paul II's arrival in Beirut Saturday May 10 1997. The pope is on a two-day v...

Pope John Paul II cuts a birthday cake shaped as a Vatican flag during a surprise birthday party at the Presidential Palace in Beirut Saturday May 10...

Pope John Paul II waves from his pope mobile at the tens of thousands who gathered in Beirut Saturday May 10, 1997 to greet him on his first visit to...

Beirut residents living in a war-torn building on the old Green Line wave as Pope John Paul II makes his way from the airport Saturday May 10 1997. Te...

Pope John Paul II rides his popemobile past a war-torn building as crowds cheer in downtown Beirut Saturday May 10, 1997. The Pope, on a 36-hour-long...

A pedestrian walks past a poster of Pope John Paul II displayed Friday March 9 1997 in front of war-torn buildings on Beirut's former green line. The...

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, smiles during an interview in his office in Beirut Monday, May 5, 1997. Hariri said that Pope John Paul II's vis...

Two Gypsy players leave the altar after performing a Gypsy tune during the beatification Mass of Ceferino Jimenez Malla and four others celebrated by...

A partial view of St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, crowded with several thousand Gypsies from all over Europe who attended a Mass in honor of Ceferi...

The smallest parcel of real estate in this city, a triangle only two feet on each side, bears this inscription:

Undated photo of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature the Swedish Academy announced Thursday, October 21,...

Bill Vukovich, two-time Indy winner shown in this undated photo, burned to death in a five car pile-up in the 500-mile Memorial Day auto race at the I...

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Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, photographed during spring training in Miami, Florida, 1968.(AP Photo)

Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd in St. Vitus Cathedral after an ecumenical ceremony Sunday April 27, 1997. The pope finished a three-day visit to...

Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd during mass in Hradec Kralove, a Czech town some 60 miles east of the capital Prague, Saturday April 26, 1997. The...

Pope John Paul II rides through the crowd on his way to say Mass in Hradec Kralove, a small town some 100 kms (60 miles) east of the capital Prague, S...

Czechs wait for Pope John Paul II to arrive to celebrate Mass in the town square of Hradec Kralove Saturday April 26, 1997. In the background is the t...

This is an undated photo of centerfielder Max Carew of the Pittsburgh Pirates. (AP Photo)

Amos Rusie, who pitched for the New York Nationals from 1890 through 1898 and had a record of 245 won and 174 lost. He ended his career with Cincinna...

Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd in Prague while riding through the center of the Czech capital Friday, April 25, 1997. In the background is Pragu...

Pope John Paul II shakes the hand of Dagmar Havelova, wife of President Vaclav Havel, second from left, upon his arrival to Prague for the start of a...

Pope John Paul II is greeted by Czech children presenting him with flowers upon his arrival at Prague airport for a three-day visit Friday April 25, 1...

Pope John Paul II listens to the Czech National Anthem with Czech President Valclav Havel at Prague airport Friday April 25, 1997. The Pope is startin...

This is an undated file photo of the Baltimore Orioles' Jim Palmer, shown pitching in August 1969. (AP Photo)

Great Britain's James Hunt, in 1974, during his first full year on the Grand Prix Circuit, driving for Hesketh Ford. (AP Photo)

British race car driver Graham Hill, the 1966 winner of the Indianapolis 500 and a two time world champion on the European Grand Prix circuit, was lis...

"Big Ed" Walsh, star hurler of the Chicago White Sox, is seen in this undated photo. (AP Photo)

Switzerland's Clay Regazzoni, deadlocked in a battle for this year's World Championship for Drivers, will drive a Ferrari at Watkins Glen, NY October...

Pope John Paul II waves to pilgrims and faithful as he tours St. Peter's Square during his weekly general open-air audience at the Vatican Wednesday,...

Pope John Paul II holds his hands over the head of a newly ordained priest during the ceremony in which the pontiff ordained 31 new priests from the R...

Pope John Paul II prays during the ceremony in which the pontiff ordained 31 new priests from the Rome diocese, inside St. Peter Basilica Sunday, Apri...

Air view of the Statue of Liberty, made directly overhead, lookking down on the famous statue. This bird's eye view was taken from an unusual angle....

The Hall of Fame plaque of Jack Chesbro, pitcher for Pittsburgh of the National League and New York of the American, who in 1904 won a record 41 gam...

George Lincoln Rockwell the notorious leader of the American Nazi Party. (AP Photo)

Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev is shown in an undated portrait. (AP Photo)

An exterior view of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village section of New York, site of the 1969 riot that sparked the Gay Rights Movement. This phot...

A Church member holds up an umbrella to shield Pope John Paul II from falling snow as he delivers mass for tens of thousands of Bosnians at Sarajevo's...

Pope John Paul II flinches as peace doves are released after he celebrated mass for tens of thousands of worshipers at Sarajevo's Kosevo stadium Sunda...

Pope John Paul II waves from his pope mobile as he rides past the war-torn parliament building on his way to the airport in Sarajevo Sunday April 13 1...

Bosnian Croat women dressed in traditional costumes walk past a poster of Pope John Paul II as they make their way towards Kosevo Stadium in Sarajevo...

Two Bosnian youths in traditional costume hold up an urn with Bosnian earth to be blesseed by Pope John Paul II upon his arrival at Sarajevo airport S...

Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, right, flanked by Bosnian Cardinal Vinko Puljic, center, greets Pope John Paul II upon his arrival at Sarajevo a...

Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, right, greets Pope John Paul II upon his arrival at Sarajevo airport Saturday April 12 1997. Pope John Paul II a...

Greeted by Bosnian wellwishers, Pope John Paul II rides his pope mobile on the infamous Sniper Alley leading to downtown Sarajevo Saturday April 12 19...

The residents of Sarejevo line Marechal Tito's street in downtown Sarajevo as Pope John Paul II's motorcade rides under a giant poster of the Pope wit...

Pope John Paul II, flanked by clergymen, blesses the crowd from the steps of Sarajevo's Cathedral Saturday, April 12, 1997. The Pope is on a 25-hour v...