EVB2924788: Drag racer Walter Arfons, with the 'Wingfoot Express' in 1964. Walt was sidelined by illness, so his partner Tom Green drove 'Wingfoot' at 413 mph to break Craig Breedlove's land speed record on Oct. 6, 1964. Three day later, Walt's brother and rival, Art Arfons broke this record. The eight days later Craig Breedlove surpassed it in his 'Spirit of America Sonic 1' / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924833: Earl Browder, making the keynote address at the Communist Party Convention, Chicago, May 29, 1932. Browder was National Secretary of the CPUSA and would be it's candidate for President in the 1932 National election. William Foster, seated beside him, ran as CPUSA vice presidential candidate / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924842: Arthur G. Barkley (right), an Arizona truck driver who hijacked TWA Flight 486 in FBI custody. On June 4, 1970, he executed the 19th hijacking in the Americas in 1970. He demanded million, to be taken directly from the coffers of the Supreme Court because they would not hear Barkley's case regarding a .78 dispute with the I.R.S / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924869: Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadegh in his suite at New York Hospital, Oct. 12, 1951. The 69 year old leader rested before pleading Iran's case against Britain for refusing to negotiate terms for the legitimate Iranian nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company refineries / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924920: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty talks underway, July 21, 1963. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Undersecretary of State Averill Harriman, Chief Negotiator in nuclear test ban talks, watch US-USSR fifth annual field and track meet at Lenin Stadium. Leonid Brezhnev (left) was already working with the Presidium, for Khrushchev's ouster. / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924929: Owen Lattimore (far right) testified to Senate Tydings Committee on April 6, 1950. He swore he was never a Russian spy or a Communist, before the 'Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees'. Opposite Latimore are Senators Bourke Hickenlooper; Millard Tydings; Theodore Green; Brien McMahon. Sen. Joseph McCarthy is in second row / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925030: Pope Pius XII celebrated the 10th anniversary of his of his papacy at the Sistine Chapel. March 26, 1949. In full Papal Regalia, he wears the Triple Crown and a richly embroidered 'Cope', a liturgical vestment, fastened with a highly ornamented, clasp called a 'Morse'. The Pontiff is 'Sedia Gestatoria,' a portable throne carried by twelve footmen / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925143: Women attending the National Convention of the Woman Suffrage Association. Philadelphia, Nov. 21 -26, 1912. 1_Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, President. 2_Mrs. William M. Ivins. 3_ Miss Lucy Anthony. 4_Donald Booker, Baltimore. 5_Katharine Hepburn, Hartford, Connecticut. 6_ Mary Ware Dennett, Treasurer. 7_Susan Fitzgerald, Boston. 8_Jesse Ashley, Secretary. Inset square_Jane Addams / Bridgeman Images