Today in History: July 13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday the 13th was unlucky for Lou Gehrig, Yankee first baseman, as he was taken out of the game in the second inning with an attack of lumbago, when the Yankees played the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, July 13, 1934. He is shown (No. 4 on back) going to the dugout. Lou's record of playing in 1,426 consecutive games will be halted if he is not able to play July 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two protesters take a drag on each other's marijuana joints during a "taste-in" sponsored by the Northern California Marijuana Growers in San Francisco, July 13, 1984. The growers' association is organizing Saturday's rally and parade in San Francisco to protest for the legalization of marijuana.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rockefeller Plaza, which extends from 48th for 51st Streets, is closed to traffic on July 13, 1947 from 6 am to 6 pm, to preserve its private thoroughfare status. One of the city's few private streets, Rockefeller Plaza is closed for 12 hours annually in accordance with an agreement between Rockefeller Center, Inc., and Columbia University, owners of the property occupied by the Rockefeller Center development.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alan Greenspan, shown in photo taken on Saturday, July 13 1974, in New York, is expected to be named by President Nixon as the new chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. If selected, Greenspan, a New York economist, will be replacing Herbert Stein, who has announced that he will resign this summer.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some 34 civil rights pickets are loaded onto a paddy wagon after they were arrested in downtown Grenada, Mississippi, July 13, 1966. Police charged with pickets with obstructing traffic.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crowd cheers during Live Aid famine relief concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England July 13, 1985.ASSOCIATED PRESS
American singer-actor Rick Springfield performs before large crowd at Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia Pa., July 13, 1985.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The New York City skyline is almost black, except for a few lights from generators, during the blackout of July 13, 1977 in this file photo. Friday, July 13, 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of the blackout, which lasted 25 hours and was marked by widespread looting and chaos.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mary Hemingway, widow of novelist Ernest Hemingway, listens to Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro during a meeting of the two in the Presidential Palace in Havana, July 13, 1977. She is in Havana to assist in production of a movie about her husband’s life in Cuba.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People gaze at the Chicago skyline from the 103rd floor observatory at the Sears Tower, the world's tallest building at 1,454 feet, in Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1981.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, left, and Czech President Antonin Novotny, right, as the National Anthems are played following the Emperor’s arrival at Prague Airport July 13, 1959 for a five day state visit to Czechoslovakia. Members of the Royal visitor’s entourage are seen in background.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Part of the 125 persons who milled around the Georgia governor?s mansion in Atlanta, Georgia on July 13, 1959, chanting ?two, four, six, eight, we don?t want to integrate.? Inside the mansion Gov. Ernest Vandiver and 20 attorneys and lawmakers drafted plans for continuing a legal battle against integration of Georgia schools. Demonstration was orderly.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charlie Chaplin and his family sit together on a foot bridge at the Villa Scoglietto at Saint Jean on the French Riviera on July 13, 1957 during a holiday. From left: Chaplin’s wife, Oona; Geraldine; Chaplin; Eugene, nicknamed “Tadpole” by his sisters; Michael; Victoria; and Josephine. In background is Beaulieu Bay.ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Marines of the Fifth Regiment First Division, carrying camouflaged battle packs and rifles, go aboard the Navy transport USS Henrico in San Diego, Ca., on July 13, 1950. The First Division is completing loading operations in preparation for the sail to the Korean War zone.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Planes of a sheriff's aero squadron fly on patrol over Lake Mead and Boulder Hoover Dam, July 13, 1948. The squadron patrols more than 8,000 squares miles in the southwest, over some of the most desolate territory in the country. Its planes have gone in search of rustlers, people who have become lost in the desert, hitchhikers who have held up motorists, planes which have been forced down far from food, water and shelter.