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August 27, 2007

Emil Zatopek
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Helsinki, Finland, July 22, 1952:
Czech runner Emil Zatopek had plenty to smile about as he posed for a picture during a training session at the Olympic Games. Zatopek had already won the 10,000 meter race, and before the Games were over he would also capture the gold in the 5,000 and the marathon. The marathon victory was especially impressive, as he was running the event for the first time but still set a world record.
 
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Past photos of the day

August, 2007
August 26, 2007: A boy's first polio shot, 1955
August 25, 2007: Aftermath of an accident on the autobahn, 1956
August 24, 2007: Actor Steven Seagal promotes his latest film in Tokyo, 1994
August 23, 2007: Eight-foot-long skateboard challenges Wiesbaden riders, 1975
August 22, 2007: Jet takes off from the USS Saratoga at night, 1965
August 21, 2007: Soviet soldiers pose for a photo at Spandau Prison, 1987
August 20, 2007: Ed Sullivan stops in Frankfurt on his worldwide talent hunt, 1961
August 19, 2007: Viet Cong prisoners during Operation Nathan Hale, 1966
August 18, 2007: London's Tower Bridge, 1983
August 17, 2007: Singer Caterina Valente leaves for the U.S., 1967
August 16, 2007: Football coaches Bud Wilkinson and Terry Brennan, 1955
August 15, 2007: Aircraft wreckage during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1968
August 14, 2007: Foreign ministers meet to create a European assembly, 1949
August 13, 2007: Bull-themed billboard in Spain, 1982
August 12, 2007: Ozzy Osbourne onstage in Germany, 1981
August 11, 2007: Singer Vic Damone meets his fans, 1952
August 10, 2007: Radio operators during Operation Massachusetts Striker, 1969
August 9, 2007: Aerial view of Checkpoint Charlie and beyond, 1967
August 8, 2007: Olympic weightlifters return to Army life, 1952
August 7, 2007: South Korean woman at protest rally, 1964
August 6, 2007: South Vietnamese medics try to save the life of a Viet Cong guerrilla, 1962
August 5, 2007: Sen. Harry Byrd, D-Va., visits USAFE headquarters, 1955
August 4, 2007: Count Basie and his band arrive in Germany, 1960
August 3, 2007: Druse farmer visits U.S. troops in Lebanon, 1958
August 2, 2007: Soviet sprinter Valeri Borzov after winning the Olympic 100-meter race, 1972
August 1, 2007: Sailor stands guard on the deck of the USS Iowa, 1957

July, 2007
July 31, 2007: Director Ingmar Bergman, 1976
July 30, 2007: Muhammad Ali visits Sheridan Barracks in Augsburg, Germany, 1976
July 29, 2007: Eleanor Roosevelt on her way to the Soviet Union, 1957
July 28, 2007: Actor Vic Morrow arrives in the Philippines, 1965
July 27, 2007: Visitors to the Berlin Wall observation platform, 1963
July 26, 2007: European service baseball MVPs meet the Yankees' Billy Martin, 1955
July 25, 2007: Gifts for Hungarian refugees in Germany, 1956
July 24, 2007: Rainy-day view of the Eiffel Tower from the Paris de Chaillot, 1955
July 23, 2007: President Jimmy Carter and daughter Amy, 1978
July 22, 2007: Wounded servicemembers in England toast the new year, 1944
July 21, 2007: Sign in Norway listing worldwide flight times, 1954
July 20, 2007: Maj. Gen. William Dean returns from captivity in North Korea, 1953
July 19, 2007: Singer-songwriter John Denver, 1979
July 18, 2007: American nuns at the children's home they started in Germany, 1957
July 17, 2007: Secretary of State James Baker in Tokyo, 1989
July 16, 2007: Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson arrives in Frankfurt, 1950
July 15, 2007: Germany's oldest citizen celebrates his 107th birthday, 1952
July 14, 2007: U.S. figure skaters on their way to the Olympics, 1964
July 13, 2007: Traders at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1979
July 12, 2007: Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson in the Netherlands, 1963
July 11, 2007: Record-setting pilots Chuck Yeager and Arthur Murray, 1956
July 10, 2007: Navy Seabees build desks for a school in South Vietnam, 1971
July 9, 2007: Tennis star Maureen Connolly plays in a tournament at Wiesbaden, Germany, 1955
July 8, 2007: William Randolph Hearst, Jr., and his reporting team return from Moscow, 1955
July 7, 2007: Speakers' Corner at London's Hyde Park, 1965
July 6, 2007: Sarah Vaughan onstage at Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1954
July 5, 2007: Neil Armstrong tries out a glider in Germany, 1970
July 4, 2007: Sen. Robert Kennedy talks to reporters at the Frankfurt airport, 1967
July 3, 2007: Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds in Japan, 1990
July 2, 2007: Witch Sybil Leek at her home in England, 1964
July 1, 2007: Comedian Morey Amsterdam, 1962

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