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Launch
of Sputnik I and Start of the “Space Race”: 50th Anniversary
(Oct. 4) |
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Description: Sputnik I was the first satellite
to be put into orbit. It was launched by the Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957.
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Description: Sputnik I satellite.
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Description: The United States successfully
launched the Explorer I satellite into orbit on Jan. 31, 1958.
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Description: The three men responsible for
the success of Explorer I, Dr. William H. Pickering, Dr. James A. Van Allen
and Dr. Wernher Von Redstone.
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Description: The installation of Explorer
I.
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Flight Center
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National
Nurses Week (May 6-12) and National Hospital Week (May 8-14) |
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Valentine's
Day |
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Women's
History |
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Description: Firefighter arrives on the
scene of a traffic accident
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Description: U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt.
Photo Credit: Provided by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi, U.S. Air Force
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Description: An Episcopal priest participates
in a church service in Washington, D.C.
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Description: A boxer trains in Capitol Heights,
MD
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Description: A mechanic inspects a jet engine
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Description: Secretary performs clerical
work in 1943
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Description: A teacher, teaching a group
of second graders in 1945
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day & African-American History Month |
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Description: African-Americans gather at a civil rights
march in 1963.
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Description: A professor lectures to an integrated class
at West Virginia State College
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(64-1855)
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Description: A college student reviews class schedules
before enrolling
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Description: A bank teller compares a withdrawal slip
with the bank's records
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Description: A teacher's music class practices their
African dance steps
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Presidential
Election: 2004 |
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Thanksgiving
Day |
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Veterans
Day |
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Visual Information Center
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American
Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
Opening
of the National Museum of the American Indian |
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National
Adoption Month |
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Description: Mother poses with her adopted daughters
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(PIO)
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Description: Husband and wife (both
adopted) pose on their porch with their adopted Russian-born children
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Description: Husband and wife pose with their adopted
children
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Description: Father gives adopted son a ride on his back
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Description: Adopted Russian-born sisters pose on their
porch
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Description: Mother reads to her adopted daughter in
their home
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Halloween
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Grandparents
Day |
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Description: Grandparents enjoy some time on the porch
with their grandson
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Description: A grandmother enjoys a moment with her grandson
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Description: A great-grandmother enjoys a moment outside
with her great-grandchildren
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Description: A grandmother reads a favorite story to
her young grandchildren
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Description: A grandmother helps her granddaughter with
the nightly ritual of brushing her teeth
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Unmarried
and Single Americans Week |
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Hispanic
Heritage Month |
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Description: An office worker takes a
break
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Description: Young girls of Mexican heritage
discover the joy of holding newborn puppies
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Labor
Day |
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Back
to School |
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Watts, photographer)
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Photo Credit: Provided by American University (Jeff Watts,
photographer)
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Americans
with Disabilities Act |
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World
War II Memorial |
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Media Division (#48358)
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Description: Marine raiders pose after securing a dugout
in the Solomon Islands, January 1944
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(205686)
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Description: Air Force nurse examines a child in Thailand
in January 1974
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Description: U.S. Marines await the arrival of a helicopter
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Description: A soldier writes a letter during
Operation Desert Storm in 1991
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Description: A World War II veteran prepares for a soldier's
reunion
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Fourth
of July |
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Father's
Day |
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UNIVAC
Anniversary |
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Civil
Rights Act |
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