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October 3, 2005

Mark Knopfler
Dan Warfield, ©Stars and Stripes

Mannheim, Germany, February 26, 1979: Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler concentrates on his work during a concert at Mannheim.
 
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Past photos of the day

October, 2005
October 2, 2005: Gen. Omar Bradley at a D-Day anniversary ceremony, 1974
October 1, 2005: Comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, 1968

September, 2005
September 30, 2005: A general's message for the Viet Cong, 1965
September 29, 2005: Actress Dorothy Lamour arrives for a tour of bases in Germany, 1950
September 28, 2005: New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner visits his father's birthplace, 1955
September 27, 2005: Frank Sinatra at Tokyo's Budokan Hall, 1985
September 26, 2005: Bob Schul of the U.S. wins the 5,000-meter race at the Olympics, 1964
September 25, 2005: Mutual interest in a sidewalk encounter at Cannes, 1958
September 24, 2005: Punk rock icon Joe Strummer with the Pogues, 1991
September 23, 2005: John Wayne in the chow line on Okinawa, 1967
September 22, 2005: Former Army football star Doc Blanchard, 1957
September 21, 2005: South Vietnamese villagers flee flood waters, 1970
September 20, 2005: Marine takes a break from a decontamination drill in the desert, 1990
September 19, 2005: Helmut Kohl visits servicemembers wounded in Beirut bombing, 1983
September 18, 2005: Shattered statue outside a South Vietnamese cathedral, 1972
September 17, 2005: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at the wheel of a payloader, 1967
September 16, 2005: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev rides through Paris, 1960
September 15, 2005: Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller onstage in Vietnam, 1966
September 14, 2005: Singer Paul Anka signs autographs at the Frankfurt PX, 1962
September 13, 2005: Bicyclist in the former no-man's land at the Berlin Wall, 1990
September 12, 2005: Bombing at Saigon's Metropole Hotel, 1965
September 11, 2005: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, 1974
September 10, 2005: Singer Nina Simone in Tokyo, 1973
September 9, 2005: Boxing greats Joe Louis and Max Schmeling watch Muhammad Ali fight, 1966
September 8, 2005: U.S. airman playing a World War II soldier on a movie set, 1984
September 7, 2005: Joe DiMaggio offers advice to a player from the Taiyo Whales, 1968
September 6, 2005: Mourners ay the funeral of Yugoslavia's President Tito, 1980
September 5, 2005: Actor Warren Beatty promotes his latest film, 1975
September 4, 2005: Shipment of nuts on the way to residents of Bastogne, 1948
September 3, 2005: Baby on a chin-up bar, 1951
September 2, 2005: Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka arrives for a tour of U.S. bases in Germany, 1966
September 1, 2005: A child at the Lichtenstern orphanage in Germany, 1957

August, 2005
August 31, 2005: Actor David Niven on the set in Bavaria, 1971
August 30, 2005: Singer Barry White on his first tour of Japan, 1974
August 29, 2005: East German border guard at the Berlin Wall, 1979
August 28, 2005: A burro finds a shady place to rest in Turkey, 1985
August 27, 2005: Sen. C. Estes Kefauver visits Germany, 1958
August 26, 2005: Philippine President Corazon Aquino and Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 1986
August 25, 2005: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier in Cambodia, 1970
August 24, 2005: Gen. Matthew Ridgway arrives to review British troops, 1952
August 23, 2005: Singer Vic Damone as a soldier in Germany, 1951
August 22, 2005: President Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Austria, 1972
August 21, 2005: Ballet stars Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, 1963
August 20, 2005: Gen. Creighton W. Abrams at South Vietnam's National Cemetery, 1971
August 19, 2005: Mother Teresa at the Frankfurt airport, 1984
August 18, 2005: World War II fighter pilot recounts his experiences, 1979
August 17, 2005: Refugees at Camp Jabaliya on the Gaza Strip, 1958
August 16, 2005: Actor Fess Parker, TV's "Davy Crockett," in Vietnam, 1970
August 15, 2005: Aerial view of the Special Forces camp at Plei Me, South Vietnam, 1965
August 14, 2005: United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, 1948
August 13, 2005: Sportscaster Lindsey Nelson at a Super Bowl party in Stuttgart, 1980
August 12, 2005: Country music great Loretta Lynn visits the troops in Germany, 1983
August 11, 2005: Street typists in Adana, Turkey, 1979
August 10, 2005: Muhammad Ali at a press conference in New York, 1976
August 9, 2005: ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings talks with soldiers in Germany, 1989
August 8, 2005: Marines playing football in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990
August 7, 2005: The Beatles pose for photographers in Tokyo, 1966
August 6, 2005: Actor Stewart Granger does some shopping at the airport, 1955
August 5, 2005: Football great Benny Friedman conducts a clinic in Germany, 1951
August 4, 2005: U.S. High Commissioner for Germany James B. Conant, 1953
August 3, 2005: Glenn Close as a 19-year-old Up with People cast member, 1966
August 2, 2005: Human-sexuality researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey in Germany, 1955
August 1, 2005: Americal Division base camp in South Vietnam gets supplies, 1968

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