Hideyuki Mihashi ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, March 20, 1974: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Bob Hayes, known as "the world's fastest human," strikes a pose in front of an appropriate background — a jet engine — as he arrives at Tokyo International Airport. Hayes was returning to the country where he won two gold medals in the 1964 Olympics to play in two exhibition football games against Japanese all-star teams. Hayes is the only athlete ever to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.

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¶ Click here to read Stripes' 1974 story about Bob Hayes in Japan.
¶ Click here to read Bob Hayes' September, 2002 obituary from SI.com.
 

February, 2005
February 6, 2005: Ambassador George F. Kennan on his way back from Moscow, 1952
February 5, 2005: Rock guitarist Peter Frampton in Tokyo, 1978
February 4, 2005: North Korean soldier glares across the border at the DMZ, 1983
February 3, 2005: Waiting out a rainstorm in South Vietnam, 1967
February 2, 2005: Singer-actress Dolly Parton in Tokyo, 1979
February 1, 2005: Ox-drawn cart on a German road, 1951

January, 2005
January 31, 2005: Air Force fighter ace Capt. Richard S. Ritchie, 1972
January 30, 2005: Britain's Prince Philip reviews Canadian forces in Germany, 1973
January 29, 2005: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, 1966
January 28, 2005: Sitarist Ravi Shankar backstage in Frankfurt, 1969
January 27, 2005: Crane pulls a tank out of the Neckar River, 1982
January 26, 2005: Actor Cesar Romero in Madrid, 1962
January 25, 2005: Siesta time in Saigon, 1970
January 24, 2005: President Kennedy in Paris, 1961
January 23, 2005: The Police in concert in Tokyo, 1980
January 22, 2005: Audrey Hepburn at SHAPE headquarters near Paris, 1965
January 21, 2005: Recently-retired NBA star Elvin Hayes visits Germany, 1984
January 20, 2005: Viet Cong prisoner gets a drink of water from a South Vietnamese marine, 1967
January 19, 2005: Rainy season in Libya, 1955
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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