Wayne Begasse ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, September 19, 1992: Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergei Bubka launches himself toward the bar during the Toto International track and field meet at Tokyo's National Stadium. Bubka, the 1988 Olympic gold medalist coming off a disappointing no-height failure at the 1992 games in Barcelona, soared 20 feet, 1½ inches in this meet to get back on the right track and set a world record for the 32nd time in his career. His indoor and outdoor marks in the event still stand after more than a decade.

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February, 2005
February 14, 2005: U.S. and S. Vietnamese leaders convene on Guam for summit meeting, 1967
February 13, 2005: "Colonel Maggie," Martha Raye, visits a Navy ship in Vietnam, 1965
February 12, 2005: Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats, onstage in Tokyo, 1980
February 11, 2005: U.S. hockey players celebrate a goal against Sweden at the Olympics, 1980
February 10, 2005: President Nixon visits Berlin, 1969
February 9, 2005: John Denver performs in Tokyo, 1981
February 8, 2005: "Buffalo Bob" Smith of TV's Howdy Doody Show, 1972
February 7, 2005: Bob Hayes of the Dallas Cowboys arrives in Japan for two exhibition games, 1974
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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