EVB2953697: SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, c. 1970. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953712: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew addressing the Kane County Republican Rally in St. Charles, Illinois. He stated that 'morbid preoccupation with Watergate' threatens the government's ability to function. September 8, 1973 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953763: The first electrical telegraph, on which the message 'What Hath God Wrought' was received on May 24, 1844. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953784: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, c. 1951 Ted Williams gets batting practice by hitting grapefruits pitched by Red Xox Manager Joe Cronin. Sarasota, Fla, March 2, 1940 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953787: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, May 21, 1954 Ted Williams gets batting practice by hitting grapefruits pitched by Red Xox Manager Joe Cronin. Sarasota, Fla, March 2, 1940 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953811: New York Governor and presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, as a young lawyer. c.1931 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953814: US Elections. Right, next to elephant: Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert holding 'Taft' button next to Republican mascot, Eva, in support of US Senator Robert Taft, at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1948 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953817: Thomas Edison experimenting with his rubber plant garden at his winter home in Fort Meyers, Florida. 01/18/29. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953844: Thurgood Marshall, (1908-1993), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1967-1991, c. 1960. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953865: Timothy Leary (1920-1996), and wife Rosemary Leary, following his arraignment for the possession and sale of illegal drugs. He pleaded not guilty to the charges which stemmed from a December 9, raid on his Millbrook estate. He was released after posting bail. December 11, 1967 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953880: Tito Schipa (1888-1965), Italian opera singer, c.1930s / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953910: American novelist Upton Sinclair, (1878-1968), after he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel 'Dragon's Teeth', 1943. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953916: Van Cliburn, 1954 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953934: Vince Lombardi, (1913-1970), General manager of the Green Bay Packers and one of the most successful head coaches in the history of American football, 1969 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953964: Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces, Red Square, Moscow, 25th May 1919 (photo), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2953975: WALTER ANNENBERG, with his wife and Queen Elisabeth II at the Royal Opera House in London for the premiere of "Sleeping Beauty", March 15, 1973 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954015: Wernher von Braun, c. 1960s / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954005: US Elections. US Senator Gary Hart at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California, July, 1984 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954039: Winston Churchill, (1874-1965) British Prime Minister and 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature. On being returned to being Prime Minister, 9/21/51 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954054: The Prime Minister's Journey across the Atlantic, Winston Churchill, October 9, 1941 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954083: Author William Dean Howells. ca 1913 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954084: President William Howard Taft (right), his brother Charles Taft (top left), c.1912 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954087: WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON (1901-1970) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954161: Woodrow Wilson, c.1923. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954028: Mary Bryan, wife of William Jennings Bryan, c.1919 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954135: William Shakespeare. Cottage where William Shakespeare supposedly proposed to Ann Hathaway, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1959 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954031: William Jennings Bryan (right), and his brother, Charles W. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska, center: Mrs. Baird, Mrs. Allen, c.early 1920s / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954156: President Elect Woodrow Wilson (right), with his arm around William McCombs, who was instrumental in the winning of the election, 1912, Princeton, New Jersey / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954169: The Wright Brothers: No. 3 glider is launched at Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina. Orville is the pilot. 1902. / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954249: New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., 1950s / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954261: Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), standing by five F-1 engines, c.1960s. ©Nasa/Courtesy Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954238: J. Edgar Hoover, founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. September 28, 1961. LC-U9-6738B-16 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954265: Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), in Huntsville, Alabama, November 1, 1957. ©Nasa/Courtesy Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954329: Bob Hope, Bobby Fischer playing chess, 1972 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954362: Don Imus, radio personality, 1970s / Bridgeman Images

EVB2954378: Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan, Fran Warren, Everett Sloane, Mel Allen at the Michael Awards, 1950 / Bridgeman Images