Happy reunions, thong haircuts and more: iconic images taken on Jan. 10
The Associated Press has won 31 Pulitzer prizes for photography since the award was established in 1917. Each day we offer a curated collection of some of the best AP images that were captured from that date.
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1931: Albert Einstein, Robert Millikan, Albert Michelson
In this distinguished group which met in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 10, 1931 to discuss scientific problems are, left to right: Walter S. Adams, astronomer and director of the Mt. Wilson Carnegie observatory; Dr. Albert A. Michelson, formerly of Chicago University, who measured the speed of light; Dr. Albert Einstein, famed for his theory of relativity; and Dr. Robert A. Millikan, president of the California Institute and discoverer of the cosmic ray. The latter three have been awarded the Nobel Prize. (AP Photo)
1944: WWII Religion
With GI heavy underwear forming a homey background, men of the fifth Allied army join their chaplain in singing Christmas carols on Christmas day in Italy on Jan. 10, 1944. (AP Photo)
1951: Roy Campanella,
Roy Campanella, catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, eats his lunch in bed at Jamaica Hospital, L.I., New York Jan. 10, 1951. Campanella suffered face and head burns on January 9, when a hot-water heater in his St. Albans, L.I., home exploded as he attempted to relight it. His eye is bandaged because of a superficial burn of the cornea. (AP Photo/John Rooney)
1952: Winter Olympics
Wendell Broomhall leads members of the U.S. Olympic cross country ski team up a hill, Jan. 10, 1952 at Sun Valley, Idaho, where the group is training. Coach Leif Odmark is at left. The cross country team will sail from New York on January 21 for the Olympics in Oslo, Norway. (AP Photo)
1959: San Francisco protests
Large crowd of banner-bearing refugees from behind the Iron Curtain and others who described themselves as Russian-Americans, swarm toward the plane of Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan just after it landed and before the visiting dignitary could disembark in San Francisco Jan. 10, 1959. Police pushed the crowd back and Mikoyan walked down the plane ramp to the echo of catcalls from the mob. A last minute change in landing the plane on its arrival from Chicago permitted the crowd to get near it, police said. (AP Photo)
1962: Dallas snow
Snow and sub-freezing temperatures accompanied by high winds left this downtown street in Dallas almost deserted Jan. 10, 1962. (AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman)
1964: Car Show
A mecca for auto buffs is the annual Autorama in Detroit, Michigan, Jan. 10, 1964. This year’s show, the 12th, brought out a display of red-hot hot rods and fantastic “dream cars,” with more conservative custom cars, go-karts, hand-built and antique cars, drag boats and model cars, 250 or more exhibits in all. Cars entered in competition for prizes at the show must have competed successfully in at least four other shows. Palema Dulmage, Queen of the Autorama, stands by space age car. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup)
1967: Boston Strangler
Albert DeSalvo, 34-year-old mental patient who says he is the Boston Strangler, arrives at court in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 10, 1967, in police custody for trial on a variety of charges not related to the stranglings. (AP Photo)
1967: Draft Card Burning
One of those among a group of supporters of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D-N.Y.), holds aloft his burning draft card at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Jan. 10, 1967 during a demonstration. The group held their rally on the steps of the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
1969: Apollo 8
Showered in ticket tape, the Apollo 8 astronauts parade up Broadway in New York, Jan. 10, 1969. From left are Capt. James A. Lovell Jr., Col. Frank Borman and Lt. Col. William A. Anders. (AP Photo)
1975: Thong haircut
Standing on the diving board are models Tim Johnson, right, Bonnie Hulse, center, and hair stylists Fernando Romero, who created the hairdo, “The Thong Haircut.” that Bonnie is wearing on Jan. 10, 1975. Unknown location. (AP Photo/David Smith)
1977: Larry Flynt
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and his wife Althea Leasure hold hands as they wait for the start of their obscenity trial in a Cincinnati, Ohio courtroom, Jan. 10, 1977. Flynt and some associates are charged with conspiring to produce pornography by publishing and selling Hustler. (AP Photo/Brian Horton)
1977: Super Bowl
Wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff of the Oakland Raiders rambles with one of the four passes he caught for 79 yards during Super Bowl XI in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 10, 1977. (AP Photo)
1978: Anti-Anita Bryant
Supporters of the Gay Liberation Movement with their signs as they met on the steps of City Hall in Houston, Texas, Jan. 10, 1978. The leaders said that they were meeting to proclaim their civil rights, and not to protest the appearance of Anita Bryant at the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting. There were a few signs of protest against Mrs. Bryant though. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky)
1983: Hillary Clinton
Former first lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton is shown during an interview in Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 10, 1983. She will once again be the first lady of Arkansas when her husband, Governor-elect Bill Clinton, is inaugurated tomorrow. Governor-elect Clinton defeated Republican Governor Frank D. White in the November 1982 gubernatorial election. (AP Photo/Susan Adkisson)
1985: Missing child
Thirteen-year-old Bobby Smith breaks out in laughter Thursday, Jan. 10, 1985, as he sits with his mother, Doris, and father, Robert Smith Sr., after the youngster was reunited with his family. Bobby arrived with his father from Providence, R.I., after the missing youth was discovered following a near-two-year disappearance. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
1986: Challenger
Teacher Christa McAuliffe of Concord, New Hampshire, right, and mission specialist Judith Resnik talk with reporters at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Jan. 9, 1986, after a dry countdown test in preparation for the January 23 launch of Space Shuttle Mission 51-L. McAuliffe is America's first teacher-astronaut. (AP Photo)
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