Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
January 19, 2005

Rainy season in Libya
Gene Bane ©Stars and Stripes

Libya, October, 1955: Libyans young and old splash along a flooded street in a village near Wheelus Field, the U.S. military facility in Tripoli.
 
Past photos of the day

January, 2005
January 18, 2005: Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young in Tokyo, 1986
January 17, 2005: Gemini 8 astronauts arrive on Okinawa after emergency landing, 1966
January 16, 2005: Admirals Morrison and Bringle with South Korea's prime minister, 1968
January 15, 2005: Nonchalant passenger on a motor scooter in Rome, 1960
January 14, 2005: Vice President Spiro Agnew at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, S. Vietnam, 1970
January 13, 2005: Singer Freddie Mercury of Queen onstage in Germany, 1982
January 12, 2005: Soccer great Pele of the New York Cosmos on his farewell tour in Japan, 1977
January 11, 2005: Chinook helicopter hauls a rocket launcher over the autobahn, 1979
January 10, 2005: Gen. Chuck Yeager with people who hid him from Germans during WWII, 1970
January 9, 2005: Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, 1949
January 8, 2005: Bridge to nowhere in Germany, 1967
January 7, 2005: Golfing great Jack Nicklaus plays at Frankfurt, 1980
January 6, 2005: Sumo wrestlers visit Yokota school, 1986
January 5, 2005: Neil Diamond in concert at Frankfurt, 1971
January 4, 2005: Big Ben under wraps for renovations, 1984
January 3, 2005: On the road with Bob Hope in the Far East, 1965
January 2, 2005: New Year's baby at Wiesbaden, Germany, 1951
January 1, 2005: Bono, during U2's Zooropa tour, 1993

December, 2004
December 31, 2004: Ringo Starr leading his All-Starr Band, 1992
December 30, 2004: President Ford stops in Japan on his way to China, 1975
December 29, 2004: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in Tokyo, 1965
December 28, 2004: Patrol at the border between West Germany and Czechoslovakia, 1974
December 27, 2004: Stevie Wonder at the Tokyo Music Festival, 1981
December 26, 2004: Winter training in Germany, 1967
December 25, 2004: Decorating a small Christmas tree at the Korean DMZ, 1967
December 24, 2004: Christmas season in Saigon, 1967
December 23, 2004: The crew of the USS Pueblo prepares to head home, 1968
December 22, 2004: Ike and Tina Turner onstage in Germany, 1971
December 21, 2004: Actress Olivia de Havilland at home in Paris, 1958
December 20, 2004: OV1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane over South Vietnam, 1971
December 19, 2004: Battle of the Bulge hero Gen. Anthony McAuliffe visits Stripes' office, 1955
December 18, 2004: Night patrol at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, 1961
December 17, 2004: The 1970s art-rock group Yes on a reunion tour, 1991
December 16, 2004: Extras feign horror during the filming of a King Kong movie, 1967
December 15, 2004: Phil Mahre skis to an Olympic gold medal in the slalom at Sarajevo, 1984
December 14, 2004: Singer Fats Domino, in Germany to entertain U.S. troops, 1967
December 13, 2004: Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams, one of the heroes of the Battle of the Bulge, 1949
December 12, 2004: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz visits Japan, 1974
December 11, 2004: Steve Kroft of CBS' 60 Minutes as a Stripes reporter in Vietnam, 1970
December 10, 2004: Defense Secretary Melvin Laird with Spain's Francisco Franco, 1970
December 9, 2004: Louis Armstrong plays at the opening of the Walker Hill Resort in Korea, 1963
December 8, 2004: Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle with two former enemies, 1974
December 7, 2004: Jazz great Dave Brubeck in Munich, 1966
December 6, 2004: Prince Charles and Princess Diana in Japan, 1986
December 5, 2004: Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, 1948
December 4, 2004: A greeting for actor Gary Cooper at the airport, 1956
December 3, 2004: Heart-transplant pioneer Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 1968
December 2, 2004: Guitarist Eric Clapton onstage in Germany, 1983
December 1, 2004: Actress Raquel Welch dances with soldiers during a show in Vietnam, 1967

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