Knox College displays its banner supporting presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln as he speaks before a crowd during his fifth debate with Sen. Stephen A. Douglas in Galesburg, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1858. Artist Victor Perard drew this sketch of Old Main, the central building on the Knox College campus. The Associated Press
The houseboat where a plane, built by Samuel P. Langley, rested just before its ill-fated plunge into the Potomac River, Oct. 7, 1903, was the forerunner of modern aircraft carriers, The Langley-built craft was fished out and on Dec. 8, 1903. Again it toppled into the water. Nine days later the Wright brothers made aviation history with their first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. The Associated Press
Al Capone faces a jury in Federal Court in Chicago for income tax evasion on Oct. 7, 1931. To Capone's left is Michael Ahern, his chief legal defense attorney. To the right is attorney Albert Fink. The Associated Press
Roy Rogers, the star of Madison Square Garden’s rodeo in New York shown Oct. 7, 1943. The Associated Press
East German communists celebrated the fourth anniversary of their soviet-sponsored "German Democratic Republic" Oct. 7, 1953. The AP-Photo shows General view of the rally at Marx-Engels Square, East Berlin, with President Wilhelm Pieck (right with heavy overcoat) facing the crowd. The Associated Press
Dodgers vs Yankees 1956. The Associated Press
The wearer of this suit is a crawler, but not infant size. The new suit in London shown Oct. 7, 1960, enables a scientist to work inside a sealed radioactive room. The scientist crawls in feet first down the tube, which fits into the door of the room. Attached to the suit is transparent space type headgear. The suit is said to be radio proof against most known types of radioactivity. The Associated Press
Sen. John F. Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon embrace after their second joint radio-television broadcast debate in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 1960. The Associated Press
A West Berlin guard stands in front of the concrete wall dividing East and West Berlin at Bernauer Strasse as East Berlin workmen add blocks to the wall to increase the height of the barrier, Oct. 7, 1961. The Associated Press
U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs the Limited Test Ban Treaty during a ceremony where the pact was ratified in the White House Treaty Room in Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 1963. Kennedy said the United States regards the pact as a "clear and honorable national commitment to the cause of man's survival." The treaty, signed by Britain and the Soviet Union, prohibits nuclear weapon test explosions in the atmosphere, in outer space and underwater, but not underground. The Associated Press
President John Kennedy steps out of his car after receiving presidential salute from sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Essex with his daughter Caroline, during ceremony at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Quonset, Rhode Island on Oct. 7, 1961. Caroline was on hand to greet her father when he stepped from his plane. The Associated Press
As George Harrison works up a state of composure, Ringo Starr gives the impression that he’s completely misplaced his, and with their two partners they were then driven off from the Woman’s Mirror building, in Farringdon Street, in London, England, on Oct. 7, 1964. The Beatles arrived at the building an hour before and a crowd immediately gathered outside to wait for their exit. John Lennon can be seen right. The Associated Press
At the Paris Auto Show opening this Chevrolet experimental prototype attracts visitors, Oct. 7, 1965 in Paris. The Associated Press
Paratroopers of the 173rd airborne brigade slosh through mud caused by the monsoon season as they cross a jungle clearing in D zone, some 80 miles North Northeast of Saigon, Vietnam on Oct. 7, 1966. The paratroopers on operation Sioux City were following touch tracks made by Viet Cong trucks as they moved surprise from the Cambodian border into the D zone.The Associated Press
Pickets march on First Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets, New York City on Oct. 7, 1966, as President Lyndon B. Johnson, delivered a policy speech to members of the National Editorial Writers Conference, at the Carnegie Endowment Center. The pickets were part of a group of some 700 were protesting U.S. policy in Vietnam. In the background is the United Nations building. The Associated Press
Burt Reynolds, who recently shaved off his moustache of 11 years on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," gets a laugh when four guides at the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park showed up with these fake ones, Oct. 7, 1978. The guides handled the crowds as Burt Reynolds appeared at the unveiling of his wax statue depecting him in his role in the movie "Deliverance." The Associated Press
East German demonstrators flash victory signs as they demand democratic reforms in a massive protest in downtown East Berlin, Oct. 7, 1989. They tried in vain to meet Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who attended a reception in nearby East German parliament building. The Associated Press
David Duke and his daughters Kristin, left and Erika, right enter his campaign headquarter in Harahan, Louisiana, Oct. 7, 1990. Duke failed to concede to incumbent Bennett Johnston saying he might file suit to reverse the results. Johnston got about 54 percent of the vote. The Associated Press
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