September 25: This Day in Photos from the Past

Holding one of the rockets designed to speed into the stratosphere at 700 miles an hour in search of new meteorological data, Dr. Robert Goddard, second from right, with a few of his assistants (unidentified), is pictured in Roswell, N.M., September 25, 1935. (Photo by AP Photo)

High seas break against the minesweeper Grouse, hard aground on Little Salvages reef off Rockport, Mass., September 25, 1963. A Navy helicopter hovers at right. All crewmen were rescued from 136-foot vessel which piled up on reef at tip of Cape Ann on Saturday. (Photo by AP Photo)

Ricky Knight, 13, is pulled from the floodwaters in the Parkwood Addition of Harlingen, flooded by the overflowing Arroyo Colorado in Harlingen on September 25, 1967. (Photo by Ted Powers/AP Photo)

The wife of Verdieu Cadet grieves after his body was discovered in the Cite Soleil section of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, September 25, 1994. Cadet was murdered overnight by unknown assailants after a pro-Aristide demonstration. (Photo by Rick Bowmer/AP Photo)

Roulio Cadet grieves over the body of his murdered father after discovering him in the Cite Soleil section of Port-au-Prince, Sunday, September 25, 1994. The man, 45-year-old Verdieu Cadet, whose body had been mutilated and had bullet wounds, appeared to have been killed by unknown assailants overnight after a pro-Aristide demonstration. (Photo by Rick Bowmer/AP Photo)

Pacific Southwest Airlines jet on fire after crashing into a small private airplane before smashing seconds later into a crowded housing developpment in San Diego, Calivornia on September 25, 1978. (Photo by AP Photo)

In this September 25, 1957, file photo, troopers of the 101st Airborne Division with fixed bayonets draw giggles from Central High School students in Little Rock, Ark. Federal forces were employed to enforce integration in the face of racial tension at the school. The city is marking the 50th anniversary of Central High School’s integration in September 2007 with a series of events culminating in a ceremony featuring former president Clinton and the Little Rock Nine. (Photo by AP Photo)

A horse pulls a driving school car as other drivers push their vehicles behind during a demonstration by driving instructors in Belgrade, September 25, 1992. Due to gasoline shortage in the Yugoslav capital, driving instructors are staying away from work. (Photo by AP Photo)

The Gateway Arch is near completion as the two legs stretch to within six feet of their intended 630-foot height in St. Louis, Mo., September 25, 1965. The St. Louis Courthouse can be seen at left. (Photo by AP Photo)

Jacqueline Kennedy confers with her brother-in-law Sen. Edward M. Kennedy during the $1,000-a-box benefit last night, on September 25, 1965 in Symphony Hall at Boston. It was the young widow’s first social appearance in the home city of her husband, former Pres. John F. Kennedy, since his death 22 months ago. The ball celebrated the 85th birthday of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Photo by Frank Curtin/AP Photo)

Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton talks on a cellular phone while meeting with Boston Mayor Ray Flynn in a New York hotel Thursday, September 25, 1992. Clinton met with the Democratic National Committee at the hotel and is scheduled to campaign in Massachusetts on Friday. (Photo by Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)