Royalty, weddings and more: 23 iconic photos taken on May 23
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1923: Warren G. Harding
President Warren G. Harding with members of a foursome at the new Municipal Golf Course in Rock Creek Park, Washington, May 23, 1923. From left to right are: Edward Markham, Frederick H. Gillette, the president and Judge E.T. Sanford. (AP Photo)
1931: Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, center, is surrounded by relatives and friends in Ormund Beach, Fla., on May 23, 1931. From left to right are, John P. White, Cleveland, a close friend; Betty White; Fannie Evans, a second cousin; Max Oser and Mathilde Oser, daughter of the late Edith Rockefeller McCormick, visiting with her husband from Switzerland; Mrs. White; and Mrs. Mitchell, who often reads to Rockefeller. Rockefeller is seated between Peter and Anita Oser, his great-grandchildren. (AP Photo/Engelbrecht)
1935: Rikers Island
Here are the solitary cells at the new Rikers Island prison, soon to replace the two old Welfare Island institutions as the male penal institutions of New York, shown May 23, 1935. Representatives of New York's leading civic and commercial clubs were taken on a tour of inspection of the prison.(AP Photo/John Rooney)
1941: Louis Baer
Champ Joe Louis folds up on a cot in his dressing room after defeating Buddy Baer in their title match in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941. It was the second time during the evening that Joe was on his back - the champ went through the ropes for a count of four in the first round. Joe usually sits on a dressing table after putting away a challenger. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
1942: Hitler and Mussolini
Following their recent meeting German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in Salzburg, Austria on May 23, 1942, walk together. According to the official Nazi announcement, "Complete conformity of viewpoint about the present situation" was reached. (AP Photo)
1948: Shirley Temple
Actress Shirley Temple and husband John Agar play with their three month old daughter, Linda Susan Agar in Hollywood, Calif., May 23, 1948. (AP Photo)
1950: NY Daily News Presses
This is the press room at the New York Daily News, seen May 23, 1950. (AP Photo)
1952: NYC CENTRAL PARK UNDERPASS
Buildings and hotels on the south end of Central Park are framed by the arch of an underpass inside the park in New York City, May 23, 1952. (AP Photo/Robert A. Wands)
1952: USC panty raids
Furniture presumably from a nearby Fraternity House is burned in the street on Fraternity Row, May 23,1952 near the University of Southern California Campus at California. Just before a series of Panty Raids on Sorority houses. The evening also included the Molasses and feathering of a student Editor accused of uncomplimentary remarks about a fraternity. (AP Photo)
1953: Kennedy Shriver Wedding
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, second from left, daughter of the former U.S. Amb. Joseph P. Kennedy, stands with her attendants before reception, May 23, 1953 at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Reception followed her marriage to Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., of Chicago in a ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. (AP Photo/John Rooney)
1954: Prince Charles and Princess Anne
Up at the crack of dawn for a look at Scotland, Prince Charles and Princess Anne turn a window of the royal train into a frame for a royal portrait up at the crack of dawn for a look at Aberdeen, Scotland on May 23, 1954. The youngsters, on their way to a Scotch vacation, provided an early morning thrill for passengers on the Aberdeen railway platform. (AP Photo)
1955: Bullfighting
Banderilleros, the helpers of the torero, make the bull mad by waving red pieces of cloth in Madrid, Spain on May 23, 1955. (AP Photo/Albert Gillhausen)
1955: Debbie Reynolds
Movie star Debbie Reynolds entertaining at 8th Army headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on Monday, May 23, 1955. (AP Photo)
1956: Hemingway
Author Ernest Hemingway is shown in with a 14-foot black marlin weighing over a thousand pounds, which he caught during a month-long fishing trip in Peru, May 23, 1956. (AP Photo)
1960: CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE
Survivors stand on part of a collapsed bridge across Chile's largest river, the Bio Bio, near Concepcion on May 23, 1960, which collapsed during the earthquake that started May 21. (AP Photo)
1966: Civil Rights
Officers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee listen as Stokely Carmichael, right, new chairman of the organization, describes integration as a "subterfuge for white supremacy" at a news conference in Atlanta, May 23, 1966. At the table with Carmichael, from left to right, are: James Forman, outgoing executive secretary; Cleveland Sellers, program secretary; and Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, new executive secretary of SNCC. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)
1966: John Glenn
U.S. astronaut John Glenn, back, arrives at Le Bourget Airport from London for a one week visit in Paris, May 23, 1966, Paris, France. He is accompanied by his wife Annie Glenn, front, and daughter Carolyn Glenn. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas)
1968: Transcendental Meditation
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi once a "Spiritual Leader" of Britain's Beatles, sits leg-folded on a sofa during an airport news conference on his arrival on May 23, 1968 in Tokyo. During his six-day tour in Japan's intinerary for the Indian Mentor include: appearances in several television shows; lectures and interviews by magazines and newspapers. A long-haired Japanese shown at left is Shugetsu Okamoto, 58, a long-time friend of the Maharishi. (AP Photo/Keiichi Mori)
1969: College Protest
Students at the American College in Paris give a V for victory sign, during sit-in on the campus, May 23, 1969, Paris, France. About 350 students demonstrated for more voice in student affairs. (AP Photo)
1973: Secretariat
With his sights set for victory in the June 9 Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown, Secretariat works out with an exercise rider in the shed row at Belmont Park, New York, May 23, 1973. The horse loosened up indoors to avoid rainy weather. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)
1978: Queen Elizabeth II
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is surrounded by flag-waving children in the garden of the British Embassy in Bonn on Tuesday, May 23, 1978 where the British Queen attended a reception. (AP Photo)
1983: Elizabeth Taylor
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, William B. Williams, left, and Victor Gonzales Luna, Jr., center, hold on to the statuette presented to Taylor during the New York Friars Club tribute to the actress, Sunday, May 23, 1983, New York. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
1984: Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews belts out a song during a concert in Hartford, Wednesday, May 23, 1984. This was Andrews first public performance in four years. She was appearing in a benefit for the Greater Hartford Arts Council. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
1988: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson performs at Rome's Flaminio soccer stadium in from of 30,000 fans Monday night, May 23, 1988. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)
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