Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
January 9, 2004
Roy Orbison
Marty Davis ©Stars and Stripes

RAF Mildenhall, England, August, 1982: Roy Orbison, one of rock music's first superstars, sports his trademark sunglasses as he performs for a crowd of 600 at the Mildenhall base gym. Orbison's life was a mixture of great triumph and great tragedy. He sold millions of records, but two sons died in a 1968 house fire. And just as he was capturing a whole new audience as a member of the Traveling Wilburys, he died of a heart attack in December, 1988.

RELATED MATERIAL
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Past photos of the day

January, 2004
January 8, 2004: President and Mrs. Reagan arrive in London, 1982
(With stories)
January 7, 2004: On the set during the filming of "Dr. Zhivago," 1965 (With story and additional photos)
January 6, 2004: A Chinook helicopter is lifted away by another copter, 1981 (With additional photos)
January 5, 2004: Comedian Chico Marx, on his way to perform for the troops, 1949 (With story)
January 4, 2004: Sen. Barry Goldwater in Saigon, 1969 (With story)
January 3, 2004: Liza Minnelli in concert, 1987 (With story)
January 2, 2004: Actor Ernest Borgnine visits the troops in Germany, 1979 (With story)
January 1, 2004: Bono, on stage at the U2 Festival, 1987 (With story)


December, 2003
December 31, 2003: Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler's finance minister, on trial, 1947
(With story)
December 30, 2003: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower with German children, 1951
December 29, 2003: Wimbledon champ Boris Becker's homecoming, 1985  (With story, additional photos)
December 28, 2003: Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart on their way to Berlin, 1959
December 27, 2003: Songwriter Irving Berlin, 1948
December 26, 2003: USS Wisconsin fires one of its 16-inch guns, 1990 (With stories)
December 25, 2003: On patrol in Vietnam at Christmastime, 1967 (With stories)
December 24, 2003: Bob Hope's Christmas show at Yokota Air Base, 1972  (With stories)
December 23, 2003: Author Ralph Ellison, 1954  (With story)
December 22, 2003: The Cold War is put aside for a few minutes of socializing, 1958  (With story)
December 21, 2003: Architect R. Buckminster Fuller, 1962  (With story)
December 20, 2003: Yoko Ono, on tour to promote her new album, 1986  (With story)
December 19, 2003: Vice President Richard Nixon in Morocco, 1957  (With story and additional photos)
December 18, 2003: Sammy Davis Jr. in London, 1964  (With story)
December 17, 2003: Combat training at Wildflecken, Germany, 1982  (With additional photos)
December 16, 2003: Leonard Bernstein conducts the N.Y. Philharmonic  (With story and additional photos)
December 15, 2003: Actress Joan Crawford on hte way to the Berlin film festival, 1959 (With story)
December 14, 2003: Gen. Alexander Haig talks with troops at a training site, 1976 (With story)
December 13, 2003: Singer (and former military brat) John Denver, 1979 (With story)
December 12, 2003: Soviet and Chinese delegates to Geneva talks, 1954 (With stories)
December 11, 2003: Comedian Jack Benny plays the violin, 1948 (With story)
December 10, 2003: Author John Steinbeck and his wife, on their way home, 1963 (With story)
December 9, 2003: Mortar crew during Operation Pipestone Canyon in Vietnam, 1969 (With stories)
December 8, 2003: Former heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, 1969 (With story)
December 7, 2003: Sir Winston Churchill reviews his old regiment, 1956 (With story)
December 6, 2003: Readying supplies for Kurdish refugees, 1991
December 5, 2003: Berlin Brigade troops in urban warfare training, 1972  (With story)
December 4, 2003: Anthropologist Margaret Mead, 1972  (With story)
December 3, 2003: Audience at a Bill Haley and his Comets show, 1958  (With additional photos)
December 2, 2003: Rhodes scholars from U.S. service academies at Oxford, 1959 (With story)
December 1, 2003: Jim Henson brings the Muppets to Germany, 1987 (With story)

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