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Frankfurt, Germany, December 10, 1954: Henry R. Luce — founder of a publishing empire built around Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines — prepares to leave for a holiday visit to Italy, where his wife, Clare Booth Luce, was serving as U.S. Ambassador. Luce was completing a quick tour of Germany that included a visit with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

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November, 2004
November 13, 2004: A boy rides his scooter near the Berlin Wall, 1961
November 12, 2004: Mayor Willy Brandt welcomes Vice President Johnson to West Berlin, 1961
November 11, 2004: Berlin honor guard practices, 1961
November 10, 2004: Family living next to the Berlin Wall, 1966
November 9, 2004: An American MP halts a Soviet vehicle at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961
November 8, 2004: A West Berliner waves to a friend on the other side of the Wall, 1961
November 7, 2004: Comedian Morey Amsterdam, of The Dick Van Dyke Show fame, 1964
November 6, 2004: Charlie Manuel, as a player in the Japanese baseball league, 1979
November 5, 2004: Rod Stewart in concert at Tokyo's Budokan hall, 1981.
November 4, 2004: Children's TV icon "Mister Rogers" visits Okinawa, 1975
November 3, 2004: Gregory Peck, on the set of The Chairman at Taipei, 1968
November 2, 2004: Oberammergau residents relax amid the "Passion Play" commotion, 1950
November 1, 2004: Young spectator at a D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy, 1984

October, 2004
October 31, 2004: Ann-Margret and other touring entertainers check out a B-52 on Guam, 1966
October 30, 2004: Children in Europe get the new Salk polio vaccine, 1955
October 29, 2004: Richie Havens, Mimi Fariña and Wavy Gravy perform for kids in Japan, 1977
October 28, 2004: P3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft at Misawa Air Base, 1977
October 27, 2004: Anti-Salman Rushdie rally in Tokyo, 1989
October 26, 2004: Boxing champion George Foreman rides in a Tokyo parade, 1973
October 25, 2004: Heavyweight wrestling at the Munich Olympics, 1972
October 24, 2004: Miss Alabama mingles with the troops during a USO show in Vietnam, 1970
October 23, 2004: The world's longest hot dog is presented to the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt, 1955
October 22, 2004: President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth out for a ride, 1982
October 21, 2004: Danny Kaye meets his match in mugging for the camera, 1954
October 20, 2004: Pete Rose and the Phillie Phanatic in Yokohama, Japan, 1979
October 19, 2004: The Fugitive star David Janssen in Turkey, 1974
October 18, 2004: Baseball's all-time home run leader, Hank Aaron, in South Korea, 1982
October 17, 2004: Baptism in the Mediterranean at Beirut, 1958
October 16, 2004: Firefighters training at Yokota Air Base's high-rise housing facility, 1975
October 15, 2004: Robert Goulet, during filming of the "Blue Light" TV series in Germany, 1965
October 14, 2004: Konrad Adenauer, John Foster Dulles and Harold Stassen, 1953
October 13, 2004: Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl, former foreign press chief for the Nazis, 1957
October 12, 2004: Rock legend Chuck Berry onstage in Tokyo, 1981
October 11, 2004: North Korean leader Kim Il Sung is burned in effigy during Seoul rally, 1975
October 10, 2004: U.S., S. Korean officials ring a 17-ton "Friendship Bell," 1976
October 9, 2004: Photographer zeroes in on Henry Fonda at Cannes, 1957
October 8, 2004: Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy visits the troops in Germany, 1964
October 7, 2004: Rudolf Nureyev talks to reporters two months after he defected from the USSR, 1961
October 6, 2004: A shepherd tends his flock in Germany, 1981
October 5, 2004: Janet Leigh and other celebs tour Japan on behalf of UNICEF, 1974
October 4, 2004: Under siege at Dak Seang, Vietnam, 1970
October 3, 2004: Break time for students at a seminary in Spain, 1961
October 2, 2004: Massive World War II anti-aircraft bunker in Berlin, 1947
October 1, 2004: Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a tourist in Germany, 1962

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