ZUM4908252: May 06, 1980 - Simone Veil Receives Doctor Honoris Causa Diploma / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907240: Oct 07, 1979 - French President Valery Giscard & Jockey Freddy Head / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906743: Jun. 11, 1979 - With more than 40% of the voters not turning out, the French electorate kept away from the election for representatives for the Assembly of European Communities. Here is a picture of President Giscard D'Estaing voting at the Chanonat town hall / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906741: Jun 06, 1979 - Meeting Of EEC Leaders In Strasbourg / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905663: Jan. 01, 1954 - Somerset Maugham celebrates his 80th. Birthday... with telegrams at Dorchester: Somerset Maugham the famous novelist today celebrated his 80th. birthday / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906227: Nov. 11, 1978 - Olivia Newton John pictured at her press conference about a series of concert at the rainbow theater / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909363: Aug 06, 1983; Washington, DC, USA; File photo, date unknown. United States Republican President RONALD REAGAN and former Democratic President JIMMY CARTER talk politics in the oval office.. / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907160: Sep. 07, 1979 - President Giscard D'Estaing welcomed Edward Gierek, Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party, to the D'Evreux military base. Giscard D'Estaing and Gierek will meet with one another in Rambouillet until Saturday afternoon. This is the fifth confidential meeting between France and Polish officials since President Giscard D'Estaing has been in office / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906121: Jan. 01, 1954 - Reception to celebrate the second anniversary of the Independence of Libya: A reception was held at Claridges Hotel thai evening to celebrate the second anniversary of the Independence of Libya which was attended by the Libyan Minister and Madame Gadara / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908138: Portrait of American businessman Daniel K Ludwig (1897-1992), founder of the Cancer Research Institute, 1980 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908179: Writer/philosopher Jean-Paul (Jean Paul) Sartre in Italy / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909764: Jan. 31, 1954 - Ready for Candlemas: After watching Mammy doing the Pancakes, Little Francois has a try. White apron and chef's Bonnet make him look like a real cook. Now let us see that the first pancake testing like? / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906744: Jan. 01, 1954 - President Coty Takes over - President Coty, his wife, their daughters and in-laws have their first luncheon at the Elysee Palace this morning. Jan 16/54 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905169: Portrait of Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Rozhdestvensky) Russian conductor in 1977 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907780: Jan. 05, 1954 - Rosemary Clooney And Husband Jose Ferrer Arrive In London: Among the arrivals at London Airport this morning were America's latest Singing success - Rosemary Clooney and her actor husband Jose Ferrer. They were married six months ago - and the visit is being used as a belated honeymoon. Miss Clooney leaped to fame with her recording of” Come On-a My House” - and has appeared in a number of films / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908152: Portrait of American businessman Daniel K Ludwig (1897-1992), founder of the Cancer Research Institute, 1980 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905687: Tue 30, 1978 - President Giscard d'Estaing met with the Secretary of the Communist Party, Georges Marchais / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907075: Jan. 01, 1954 - Guard The Royal Plate Is Serious Business; 160 pieces of priceless Plates are being taken across London from Buckingham Palace to the Victoria and Albert Museum in a plain truck with a motorcycle escort for an exhibition opening next month. Items date from the reign of Charles II (1660-1685) to that of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Picture Shows Danny, a specially trained three years old bull mastiff who rode in the truck, guards a gold center piece of the Royal Plate. Obviously he takes his job very seriously / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905844: May 23, 1978 - Left to right: Mali's Colonel Moussa Traore, Nigeria's Colonel Seyni Kountche, Gabon's President Bongo, Rwanda's General Juvenal Habyariamana, Mauritania's President Moktar Ould Daddah, Ivory Coast's President Houphouet-Boigny, President Giscard d'Estaing, Senegal's President Leopold Senghor, Zaire's President Mobutu, Togo's General Gnassingbe Eyadema, and Central Africa's Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907468: Jan. 01, 1954 - London's Atom Fortress Is Ready Vital Centre Prepared For Emergency - In Southwark: The new Atom Bomb Proof fortress one of 100 'atomic' C.D. headquarters in London is now ready for use in Southwark. AT least a thousand tons of earth has to be moved for pumps for the construction of the centre. A diesel generator pumps filtered air into an “operations room” and provides emergency heat and light. Nothing should budge the control center which has an area below ground level of over 2,000 square feet with its own telephone exchange, mass facilities; toilets and rest rooms for weary rescue teams. The fortress has been equipped with a recreation centre. In changer is Mr. Hugh Pierce who has moved into new prefab offices and training center built on top of the underground centre - and in case of emergency the teams move below to continue emergency operations unhampered / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907817: Jan. 05, 1954 - President Pella after the Resignation of his Cabinet Head / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907046: 1979 Portrait of the Performer Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) and His Wife Alma Reville (1899-1982) / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908033: Tue 10, 1980 - President Giscard d'Estaing and King Hussein in Jordan / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908553: Oct. 20, 1980 - French Foreign Minister Jean Francois-Poncet and Chinese Foreign Minister sign the Franco-Chinese Agreement in the presence of Giscard d'Estaing, Alain Peyrefitte, and Zhao Ziyang / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907599: Dec. 12, 1979 - The United Nations: Fidel Castro Met with Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007) before addressing the United Nations General Assembly / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908503: Oct 16, 1980; New York, NY, USA; REAGAN DIED JUNE 5, 2004. The 40th U.S. President (1981-89) RONALD WILSON REAGAN (Republican). Nicknamed 'The Great Communicator' and 'Dutch'. Born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. Married twice Jane Wyman (Jan 26 1940-48 Divorced) and Nancy Davis (March 4, 1952-Present). Begin his career as a sports announcer on radio, then moved to Hollywood and became a movie star. He made over 50 movies as a reliable supporting actor or benign leading man, but his real calling seemed to be in politics. Governor of California (1966-75) and in 1980 defeated Democrat Jimmy Carter to become president. He advocated lower taxes and higher defense spending, and aggressively challenged the Soviet Union. After 2 full terms, was succeeded by his vice-president, George Bush the elder. Reagan suffers since 1994 from Alzheimer's Disease, a degenerative disorder that affects the brain causing memory loss & dementia and presently lives on his Santa Barbara ranch named Rancho del Cielo..PICTURED: President JIMMY CARTER (Left of Reagan) smiles as he listens to CA gov. RONALD WILSON REAGAN as he takes the podium at an Al Smith Dinner event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.. / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907443: Jan. 01, 1954 - London's Atom Fortress Is Ready Vital Centre Prepared For Emergency - In Southwark: The new Atom Bomb Proof fortress one of 100 'atomic' C.D. headquarters in London is now ready for use in Southwark. AT least a thousand tons of earth has to be moved for pumps for the construction of the centre. A diesel generator pumps filtered air into an “operations room” and provides emergency heat and light. Nothing should budge the control center which has an area below ground level of over 2,000 square feet with its own telephone exchange, mass facilities; toilets and rest rooms for weary rescue teams. The fortress has been equipped with a recreation centre. In changer is Mr. Hugh Pierce who has moved into new prefab offices and training center built on top of the underground centre - and in case of emergency the teams move below to continue emergency operations unhampered / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908394: Jan. 15, 1954 - Munich child victor of the international exhibitions of children's painting in Paris: At the international exhibition of children's painting in Paris” L'enfant et neus” the painting of the eight years old Munich Monila Busch had been elected as the best painting which came from Germany. The price for the little victor had been a great puppet. The little painter told our reporter” nearly so my elephant looked for which i got my price ' / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909002: Tue 02, 1981 - Valery Giscard d'Estaing should announce that he will run for president any day / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907216: Oct. 04, 1979 - Wearing an army parka with the presidential symbol on it, President Giscard D'Estaing attended drills, some of the most important seen since the last war, on the” Saone 79” fields. 18,000 men, 5,200 vehicles, 120 helicopters, and 200 planes participate in the exercise from October 1st to 7th / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909303: Jan. 25, 1954 - Paris Swimming pool used for christening: The New members of God's Assembly (Protestant Sect) are being christened at the Lutetia Swimming Pool, Paris. The ceremony was held according to ancient rites perpetuated through centuries / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905932: Jan. 01, 1954 - The” New carbo” arrives in London. Swedish-born Hollywood star, Viveca Lindfors, aged 33, Known as” The new Garbo”, arrived in London today from America, to star in” The white countess” - the new play by J.B. Priestley and his wife, Jacquetta hawkes. Anthony Vivian is presenting the world premiere of the play at the gaiety theater, Dublin, on February 15. After visiting Bradford, oxford and Birmingham,” The white countess” will open in the west end / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907693: Jan. 01, 1954 -” Queen Elizabeth” in Dry Dock: The Liner Queen Elizabeth is now in King George V Dock at Southampton, where she is undergoing her annual overhaul / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909281: Nov. 25, 1981 - European Assembly President Simone Veil and Francois Mitterrand at Elysee / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909718: September 1988; Geneva, Switzerland; Iraqi foreign Minister TAREQ AZIZ (L) meets new mediator JAN ELIASSON, at the Gulf War negotiations for peace / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905458: Jan. 01, 1954 - Youth captures youth. The war in India-China.: A young wounded Vietminh prisoner, is brought in behind the fighting line by a young Vietnam paratrooper - during an action by Vietnam paratroopers at Hine Sin, during the war in Indo-China / Bridgeman Images