1947 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis lies on the canvas at (the old, original) Madison Square Garden in New York after being floored by contender Jersey Joe Walcott in a December 1947 title match. Louis came back to win by a controversial decision. Originally published in the December 15, 1947 issue of LIFE.

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1947 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis lies on the canvas at (the old, original) Madison Square Garden in New York after being floored by contend...

1949 Pablo Picasso drafts a centaur in mid-air with a light pen in southeastern France. Originally published in the January 30, 1950, issue of LIFE.

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1949 Pablo Picasso drafts a centaur in mid-air with a light pen in southeastern France. Originally published in the January 30, 1950, issue...

Irène Joliot-Curie (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Jointly with her husband, Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date. #scienceinfo #womeninscience

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Irène Joliot-Curie (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédé...

On The Mode Of Communication Of Cholera 1854 - Good Article!

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On The Mode Of Communication Of Cholera 1854 - Good Article!

1961 Freedom Riders Julia Aaron and David Dennis sit aboard an interstate bus as they and 25 other civil rights activists are escorted by Mississippi National Guardsmen on a violence-marred trip between Montgomery, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. Originally published in the June 2, 1961, issue of LIFE.

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1961 Freedom Riders Julia Aaron and David Dennis sit aboard an interstate bus as they and 25 other civil rights activists are escorted by M...

1972 A masked Palestinian terrorist looks out from a balcony of the athletes' housing complex during the Munich Summer Olympics. On September 5, eight Palestinian guerrillas took 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, and subsequently murdered all of them, in what came to be known as the Munich Massacre — the most infamous and violent outrage in Olympic history. Originally published in the September 15,1972, issue of LIFE.

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1972 A masked Palestinian terrorist looks out from a balcony of the athletes' housing complex during the Munich Summer Olympics. On Sep...

1968 Senator Robert Kennedy lies in a pool of his own blood on the floor of the kitchen at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968, after being shot by Jordanian-born assassin Sirhan Sirhan. A dazed, frightened hotel busboy, Juan Romero, tries to comfort the mortally wounded presidential candidate, who died hours later. Robert Kennedy was 42 years old. Originally published in the June 14, 1968, issue of LIFE.

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1968 Senator Robert Kennedy lies in a pool of his own blood on the floor of the kitchen at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968,...

Klan initiates (including some Atlanta policemen) stand before a burning cross during a ritual on Stone Mountain in Georgia, 1946.

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Klan initiates (including some Atlanta policemen) stand before a burning cross during a ritual on Stone Mountain in Georgia, 1946.

On August 8, 1974, following damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.

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On August 8, 1974, following damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effecti...

A very young Lucille Ball in 1930. She was 19.

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A very young Lucille Ball in 1930. She was 19.

People run for their lives as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapse on Sept. 11, 2001.

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People run for their lives as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapse on Sept. 11, 2001.

Norwich CT 1905

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Norwich CT 1905

Roadwork on the Norwichtown CT Green in the 1800's

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Roadwork on the Norwichtown CT Green in the 1800's

Norwich CT Fire Department 1950

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Norwich CT Fire Department 1950

Charles Lindbergh surrounded by over 150,000 onlookers in Croydon Aerodrome, England shortly after his famous transatlantic flight, 1927.

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Charles Lindbergh surrounded by over 150,000 onlookers in Croydon Aerodrome, England shortly after his famous transatlantic flight, 1927.