September 10-11: These Days In Photos From The Past

Looters scramble in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Sunday September 10, 1995 for goods in the Ram’s department store, which contained mostly food and liquor. No attempts are currently being made by Dutch troops on the island to stop the looting, since few relief supplies have arrived in St. Maarten, which was ravaged on Tuesday by Hurricane Luis. (Photo by John McConnico/AP Photo)

An unusual amateur circus, the Wenatchee Youth Circus, climaxed its summer tour in performances at the World’s Fair in Seattle, Washington on September 10, 1962. The circus, known around the Northwest as “The Greatest Little Show on Earth”, comes from Wenatchee, Wash. Its 75 troupers range from 3 to 18 years old. The troupe is directed by Dennis Miller, 16 (top center). (Photo by Ed Johnson/AP Photo)

A woman under shock walks away from dead bodies following the accident caused by German driver Wolfgang von Trips, whose Ferrari crashed into the crowd killing 15 spectators during the Italian Formula One Grand Prix on September 10, 1961 in Monza. Wolfgang von Trips, who was thrown out of his car, also died in one of the most tragic accidents in Formula One history. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Muhammad Ali, right, winces as Ken Norton hits him with a left to the head in their scheduled 12-round re-match, September 10, 1973 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. (Photo by AP Photo)

An auto lies crushed beneath bricks blown down by hurricane Dora winds at a restaurant on Jekyll Island, Ga., on September 10, 1964. (Photo by AP Photo)

An automatic lunch vending machine, which carries hot and cold foods, is demonstrated, September 10, 1952 in New York by Jo Vanna, who is taking a sandwich from a slot. Gloria Loranz is at the table. The new machine, called the Lunch-O-Mat, vends hot and cold sandwiches, pies and pastries, milk, chocolate milk, juices and hot coffee. There are seven food-holding divisions, all interchangeable except that for coffee, allowing for concentration on the most popular foods in any location. So versatile is the machine that choices can be given in sandwiches and between pie and pastry. Hot sandwiches are cooked in 10 to 15 seconds by radar. Each cup of coffee is made instantaneously with cold running water. The machines are now in production and are scheduled for delivery at the rate of 100 a month in July, August and September, and 300 a month for the remainder of the year. The machine is manufactured by Statler Manufacturers Corp. and distributed by Lunch-O-Mat Corp. of America. (Photo by AP Photo)

7-year-old U.S. american child movie star Shirley Temple smiles as she proudly presents the golden star she received from her teacher for an exercise she did perfectly at her first day at school September 10, 1935 in Hollywood, Ca., USA. (Photo by AP Photo)

Shirley MacLaine and Gene Kelly dance in a scene from the movie “What A Way To Go”, in this September 10, 1963 photo. The new film, shot in Hollywood, is a satire on modern modes and manners. (Photo by AP Photo)

Two and a half million matches were used to build this 10 foot high Eiffel Tower, seen September 10, 1971. It took 4 years to build. (Photo by Michel Lipchitz/AP Photo)

French high wire artist Philippe Petit, walks across the cable some 200 feet above the floor of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on Thursday, September 11, 1975 in an act billed as the longest, highest indoor highwire walk ever. Petit made it across the 700-long cable without the benefit of a net. (Photo by AP Photo)

Susannah Scranton, 6, left, and Morgan Phillips, 6, students at P.S. 41 in New York’s Greenwich Village, stand before the locked gates to their school’s playground, September 11, 1975, which is closed along with the school because of the teachers’ strike. The walkout, the largest in the nation, is in its third day. (Photo by Suzanne Vlamis/AP Photo)

Residents of the Ocean Park neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico make their way through flooded streets Wednesday September 11, 1996 after Hurricane Hortense struck the area on Tuesday. (Photo by Ricardo Figueroa/AP Photo)

Chechen women, one of them cradling a Chechen flag, rest after they rallied in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway region of Chechnya, Monday, September 11, 1995. Rebel forces escalated attacks on Russian forces overnight, killing nine soldiers in fighting in Grozny and nearby towns, news agencies reported Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1995. The attacks came after Chechen civilians held rallies Monday in at least three towns to demand that Russian forces leave Chechnya, the Interfax news agency reported. (Photo by AP Photo)

In this September 11, 2001, file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack is by far the most memorable moment shared by television viewers during the past 50 years, a study released on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, concluded. (Photo by Marty Lederhandler/AP Photo)

An array of beamed lights luminate the night sky on September11th, 2006 commemorating the Sept.11th, terrorist attack on the Pentagon. (Photo by Michel du Cille/The Washington Post)

When U.S. Army paratroopers, dropped behind enemy lines and cannot use radio communication for fear of revealing their positions, they use trained pigeons that were also dropped by parachute in special containers or pigeons strapped to their chests. The pigeon, encased in a special jacket, is attached to the paratrooper’s jacket on September 11, 1943. (Photo by AP Photo)

Florence Chadwick, 32, of San Diego, California, became the first woman in history to swim the English Channel both ways when she landed not far from Calais, France after swimming from Dover, United Kingdom on September 11, 1951. She swam from France to England the year before in 1950. In this image Miss Chadwick takes refreshment from her pilot boat in mid-channel during her swim to France on Sept. 11, 1951. (Photo by Jim Pringle/AP Photo)

A general view of a barrage ballon station, somewhere in England, on September 11, 1941, with Women’s Auxiliary Air Force girls, now replacing men. (Photo by AP Photo)
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