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January 15, 2006

Bill Johnson
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, February 16, 1984: Bill Johnson of the U.S. soars through the air on the way to a gold medal in the downhill at the Olympic Games. Johnson raised a few eyebrows when he said he'd win the event, in which Swiss skiers were favored, but he came through in a way reminiscent of Joe Namath's Super Bowl prediction.
 
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Past photos of the day

January, 2006
January 14, 2006: Boats in Da Nang Harbor, 1967
January 13, 2006: The Bee Gees prepare to start their world tour, 1989
January 12, 2006: Dog chases a motorcycle in the Netherlands, 1961
January 11, 2006: De-icing a C-130 aircraft at Rhein-Main, 1980
January 10, 2006: Courtney Love at Frankfurt's Volksbildungsheim, 1995
January 9, 2006: Pastoral scene in Holland, 1957
January 8, 2006: Singer Lou Rawls, during a USO tour of the Far East, 1983
January 7, 2006: Guitarist Carlos Santana performs in Frankfurt, 1981
January 6, 2006: President Eisenhower at a NATO summit in Paris, 1957
January 5, 2006: Soviet war memorial in East Berlin, 1950
January 4, 2006: Soldiers pause for a photo while on patrol in South Vietnam, 1969
January 3, 2006: Diana Ross onstage in Frankfurt, 1976
January 2, 2006: Berlin motorcycle policemen perform a stunt during their annual show, 1961
January 1, 2006: Sculpture causes a stir at the Seoul Museum of Modern Art, 1980

December, 2005
December 31, 2005: Comedian Foster Brooks at Camp Fuji, 1982
December 30, 2005: Schweitzer basketball tournament action, 1977
December 29, 2005: U.S. soldier in a tank in Bosnia, 1996
December 28, 2005: Roller Derby comes to Japan, 1968
December 27, 2005: Joey Heatherton dances with sailors on the USS Ticonderoga, 1965
December 26, 2005: Olympic swimming champion Don Schollander, 1965
December 25, 2005: Weary soldier on Christmas Eve in Vietnam, 1970
December 24, 2005: Christmas truce in Vietnam, 1967
December 23, 2005: Soldier in South Vietnam with his Christmas tree, 1967
December 22, 2005: Santa Claus with an unhappy visitor at Yokohama, 1979
December 21, 2005: Sophia Loren poses during the Cannes Film Festival, 1958
December 20, 2005: Roy Acuff demonstrates his talent with a yo-yo, 1964
December 19, 2005: Christmastime in East Berlin, 1960
December 18, 2005: Lionel Richie at Tokyo's Budokan Hall, 1980
December 17, 2005: Herb Alpert at Frankfurt's Jahrhunderthalle, 1969
December 16, 2005: Elephants on the sidewalk in a German town, 1992
December 15, 2005: Bob Hope hails passing helicopters in Vietnam, 1965
December 14, 2005: President Gerald Ford in Japan, 1974
December 13, 2005: U.S. soldier in South Vietnam, 1967
December 12, 2005: Berlin kids prepare to leave for a vacation in West Germany, 1954
December 11, 2005: Future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Eric Burdon onstage, 1985
December 10, 2005: Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. arrives in Frankfurt, 1954
December 9, 2005: Lionel Hampton performs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, 1969
December 8, 2005: Muhammad Ali visits Yokota Air Base, 1972
December 7, 2005: 50th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, 1991
December 6, 2005: Children at an orphanage run by Buddhist monks in South Vietnam, 1968
December 5, 2005: Brass band in East Berlin, 1961
December 4, 2005: Louis Armstrong at an officers' club on Taiwan, 1964
December 3, 2005: Comedian George Gobel at the Rhein-Main Airmen's Club, 1964
December 2, 2005: Golfer on a bicycle tows his clubs through Torrejon Air Base, 1988

December 1, 2005: Marines and camel in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990

November, 2005
November 30, 2005: Prime minister Nehru of India arrives in Tokyo, 1957
November 29, 2005: Led Zeppelin press conference in Tokyo, 1972
November 28, 2005: Randy Johnson, after pitching part of a no-hitter against the Japan All-Stars, 1990
November 27, 2005: Gert Frobe, James Bond movie villain, 1971
November 26, 2005: Fisherman at sunset on a river in Scotland, 1990
November 25, 2005: John McEnroe disputes a call during a match in Tokyo, 1984
November 24, 2005: Ceremony marking the reversion of Okinawa to Japan, 1972
November 23, 2005: South Korean marine with Viet Cong prisoners, 1966
November 22, 2005: President Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1961
November 21, 2005: Cleaning day for a tank battalion in South Korea, 1975
November 20, 2005: Gen. Eisenhower's departs after meeting with the troops, 1951
November 19, 2005: Symbol of unity within sight of the Berlin Wall, 1965
November 18, 2005: Prince Charles visits RAF Lakenheath, 1985
November 17, 2005: Helicopter lands during the battle for Hill 484 in Vietnam, 1966
November 16, 2005: Vic Tanny, founder of a chain of health clubs, 1964
November 15, 2005: Astronaut Neil Armstrong visits the troops in Vietnam, 1969
November 14, 2005: German siege gun on its way to the scrap yard, 1949
November 13, 2005: Children caught in a mob as President Johnson visits S. Korea, 1966
November 12, 2005: Tanks in a night firing exercise at Grafenwõhr, Germany, 1976
November 11, 2005: U.S. Marine atop the Rockpile in South Vietnam, 1965
November 10, 2005: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, "Danny the Red," vaults a police barricade, 1968
November 9, 2005: Italian child sits amid the damage of World War II, 1945
November 8, 2005: Vietnam War ex-POW meets woman who wore bracelet with his name on it, 1973
November 7, 2005: Guarding a Nike-Hercules missile site on Okinawa, 1969
November 6, 2005: Werner Franz, survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, 1987
November 5, 2005: Cows graze near Mont-St.-Michel in France, 1964
November 4, 2005: Mitzi Gaynor at the Cannes Film Festival, 1957
November 3, 2005: Generals Carl Spaatz and Curtis LeMay, 1948
November 2, 2005: Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon in Morocco, 1957
November 1, 2005: Eurythmics, onstage in Frankfurt, Germany, 1986

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