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See larger A spectator jumps up as President Reagan gives a thumbs-up after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!," in June 1987. It will be the 20th anniversary of the moment seen by many to be the start of a new age for politics. Applauding Reagan are West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (right) and West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger (left).

Photo by J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

A spectator jumps up as President Reagan gives a thumbs-up after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!," in June 1987. It will be the 20th anniversary of the moment seen by many to be the start of a new age for politics. Applauding Reagan are West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (right) and West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger (left).

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  • A spectator jumps up as President Reagan gives a thumbs-up after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!," in June 1987. It will be the 20th anniversary of the moment seen by many to be the start of a new age for politics. Applauding Reagan are West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (right) and West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger (left).
  • Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a scene from the 1942 classic film "Casablanca." The film was among the 101 greatest screenplays ever, according to members of the Writers Guild of America.
  • One of eight Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group stands on a balcony of the Olympic Village during a standoff after the group kidnapped members of the Israeli Olympic team on Sept. 5, 1972, during the Summer Olympics in Munich. All 11 Israeli athletes and coaches involved ultimately were killed by the group.
  • Babe Ruth takes a practice cut before the Yankees home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 20, 1932.
  • The Titanic leaves on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, in 1912.
  • The U.S. destroyer Barry pulls alongside the Russian freighter Anosov in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 10, 1962, to inspect cargo as a U.S. patrol plane flies overhead. The interception took place about 780 miles northeast of Puerto Rico.
  • The Watergate office building on Jan. 12, 1973, in Washington, D.C.
  • The four police officers indicted on a charge of brutalizing black motorist Rodney King in a videotaped attack are shown in police mug shots taken March 14, 1991. From left are: Sgt. Stacey C. Koon, Officer Theodore J. Briseno, Officer Timothy E. Wind and Officer Laurence Powell.
  • Bobby Fischer (right) and Boris Spassky play their last game together in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Aug. 31, 1972.
  • Gregory Peck plays attorney Atticus Finch, a small-town Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird." The film is among the American Film Institute's best courtroom drama movies.
  • The Charles and Anne Lindbergh home in Hopewell, N.J., where their baby Charles was kidnapped on March 1, 1932. The New Jersey police contend that the kidnapper entered the nursery through the window shown just below the fireplace.
  • Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors holds a sign reading "100" in the dressing room in Hershey, Pa., after he scored 100 points as the Warriors defeated the New York Knickerbockers 169-147 on March 2, 1962.
  • Associated Press writer Ron Harris uses the new Atari Flashback 2 video game console playing the game Pong in San Francisco in 2005. The Atari Flashback 2 recreates the classic home video gaming experience of decades past.
  • Actress Marilyn Monroe is shown in an undated photo.
  • Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates died in a plane crash while traveling to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
  • A California Highway Patrol officer stands guard at Ninth Street and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles as smoke rises from a fire further down the street on April 30, 1992. It was the second day of unrest in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers in the Rodney King beating case.
  • Film director Steven Spielberg poses with alien character E.T. in London in December 1982.
  • Philadelphia Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain (right) scores his 100th point, setting an NBA record, during a game against the New York Knicks in Hershey, Pa., on March 3, 1962.
  • A 1994 aerial view of the Boston Red Sox Fenway Park, which opened for its first game on April 20, 1912, making it one of the nation's oldest stadiums.
  • The hull of the S.S. Titanic. is shown under construction in dry dock.
  • Police officers and newsmen stand at the driveway gate to the home of Marilyn Monroe after she is found dead in her bedroom in Hollywood on August 5, 1962. An empty bottle of sleeping pills was found beside her bed.
  • In a scene from the 1972 movie "The Godfather," Bonasera, portrayed by Frank Puglia (left), asks Don Corleone, portrayed by Marlon Brando, for a favor.
  • Shriners, members of other Masonic organizations and their families gather in the Hollywood Bowl on June 5, 1938, at a vesper service which served as a solemn prologue to the opening of the annual Shrine convention in Los Angeles.

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