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On July 26, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off New England, some 11 hours after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm; at least 51 people died, from both vessels.
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The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria keels far over to starboard before sinking 225 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic 45 miles off Nantucket Island, Ma., July 26, 1956. The Andrea Doria was struck broadside by the Swedish-American liner Stockholm in heavy fog July 25 at 11:10 p.m.. (AP Photo/John Rooney)
The former Edwina Ashley and Lord Louis Mountbatten leave the church under an archway of swords held by officers of H.M.S. Renown after they were married in a ceremony at St. Margaret Westminster in London, England, July 26, 1922. (AP Photo)
This is a close-up view of the towers and cables of the Brooklyn Bridge as painters can be seen on the cables in New York City on July 26, 1929. (AP Photo)
The well known German women pilots Thea Rasche, left, and Antonie Strassmann, right, congratulate Elly Beinhorn (later Rosemeyer-Beinhorn) after she landed with her plane coming from Bremen on the airport in Berlin-Tempelhof, Germany, July 26, 1932. After beeing away for eight month and flying over 30 000 km (18 750 miles), 25 years old, Hanover born Beinhorn became the first women to fly over all five continents. (AP Photo/Str) --- Die bekannten Fliegerinnen Thea Rasche, links, und Antonie Strassmann, rechts, beglueckwuenschen Elly Beinhorn (spaeter Rosemeyer-Beinhorn) auf dem Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof am 26. Juli, 1932. Nach 8-monatlicher Abwesenheit, waehrend der sie ueber 30 000 Kilometer zurueckgelegt hat, landete die 25 jaehrige Sportfliegerin Elly Beinhorn aus Hannover, die einzige Frau, die alle fuenf Erdteile ueberflogen hat, aus Bremen kommend mit ihrem Flugzeug auf dem Berliner Flughafen. (AP Photo)
Hitler Youth rehearse welcoming the Olympic Torch in the Lustgarten in front of the Berlin Dom, July 26, 1936. (AP Photo)
Fascist militia leave the rebel headquarters at Vera, Northern Spain, after being issued with arms and ammunition, July 26, 1936. They will travel south to where the government and rebel troops are fighting. (AP Photo)
A throng at Penn Station greeted two of the five Scottsboro boys recently freed, upon arrival in New York July 26, 1937. Officers are shown escorting Olen Montgomery, center, wearing glasses, and Eugene Williams, wearing suspenders, through the crowd. (AP Photo)
Phillip Makofske and his family kneel and pray for rain in the parched fields of their Long Island farm in Wantagh, N.Y., July 26, 1939. Long Island is experiencing the worst drought in many years. Although many farms on Long Island are equipped with irrigation systems, the larger farms such as this one depend solely upon rain for moisture for the crops. (AP Photo)
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is a public work relief program for unemployed young men age 18-24, providing unskilled manual labor related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural areas of the United States, July 26, 1940. (AP Photo)
As the temperature rose to around 95 in Cleveland on July 26, 1941, three of baseball’s immortals, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tristram E. Speaker, went golfing with Billy Burke, of Cleveland, 1931 winner of the National Open. Left to right: Cobb, Burke, Ruth and Speaker. (AP Photo)
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pokes a piece of meat in to the cage for Rota the lion, a gift to him now housed in the Zoological Gardens in London, England, during his visit on July 26, 1942. Rota is the father of four cubs named Alamain, Bizerte, Mareth and Tunis after the North African cities wrested from the Axis by the Allies. (AP Photo)
The new British Canadian offensive South of Caen was preceded by an all night artillery bombardment of specified points. The barrage was a Montgomery special, and was most shattering. For five hours the gun flashes lit up the battlefront. Enemy planes raided the gun sites during the attack. The infantry pushed forward just before dawn to meet stubborn enemy resistance. Heavy fighting is now taking place for a series of commanding ridges. A searchlight seeking enemy raiders during the artillery bombardment in South of Caen, France on July 26, 1944. (AP Photo)
This is a general view at Yankee Stadium, looking from outfield toward homeplate, as an estimated crowd of 91,652 members of Jehovah's Witnesses religious sect gather at the final session of the eight-day convention in New York City, July 26, 1953. (AP Photo)
Muggs is not interested in the ruins of Rome’s ancient Coliseum but turns his back to the famous monument, as he drives into Rome, July 26, 1954, accompanied by two chaperons: Bud Mennella, left, and Roy Waldron. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)
Happy Fidel Castro waves twenty million-dollar check representing funds seized from Batista and his supporters, which Cuban government turned over to him for agrarian reform program, July 26, 1959, at mass meeting in Havana. (AP Photo/Jim Kerlin)
As his wife Barbara Mallery looks on Dick Clark does a bit of kitchen policing at their new suburban home near Philadelphia, PA., July 26, 1960. (AP Photo)
Appearance of President Dwight Eisenhower and Mrs.Mamie Eisenhower on rostrum touches off demonstration on July 26, 1960 in Chicago in Republican Convention Hall where Ike was nominated eight years ago. At the President's side is Everett Dirksen, Senator from Illinois. (AP Photo)
Roger Maris, New York Yankees' outfielder, right, and pitcher Bill Stafford are all smiles in Yankees' dressing room in New York, July 26, 1961 after two victories over the Chicago White Sox. Maris belted two homers in each game of the twi-night twin bill, batting in three runs in the first game and five in the second to help the team score 5-1, 12-0 sweep of the Sox. Stafford, who pitched the game, helps Maris hold bat, marked to show Maris' homer production this season is up to 40. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)
Etsuko's mistress helps the geisha don her heavily lacquered traditional wig as she gets ready for the evening, July 26, 1962. Later, Etsuko will put on her elaborate kimono and obi to make her costume complete. (AP Photo)
President John F. Kennedy sits for a moment at White House microphones in Washington, after finishing his radio-television broadcast to the nation on July 26, 1963, on the nuclear test ban agreement initialed by negotiators in Moscow. In his deliberately cautious talk to the people, the president said that such a treaty would not resolve all conflicts or eliminate the dangers of war but it offered to all the world a welcome sign of hope. (AP Photo/John Rous)
Men captured in the vicinity of the 10th Police Precinct in Detroit, July 26, 1967, peer from under a garage door awaiting removal and guarded by an Army trooper. The precinct building came under fire in daylight hours and an Army force, using armed personnel carriers and tanks came to the police station. (AP Photo)
Spectators shield their eyes from the sun as they watch the launch of Apollo 15 at Cape Kennedy, Fla., July 26, 1971. (AP Photo)
Mick Jagger, of the Rolling Stones, performs at Madison Square Garden, July 26, 1972, New York. He made more than 3 Million in two months during this last concert tour in the U.S. (AP Photo)
Mikhail Baryshnikov, left, former Russian ballet dancer, rehearses with Natalia Makarova for his first performance since defecting from the Soviet Union to Toronto, Canada, July 26, 1974, New York. The two former members of the Russian Ballet will be paired in the American Ballet theater production of Giselle. Makarova defected in 1970. (AP Photo/Dina Makarova)
Pop artist Andy Warhol, left, and soccer superstar Pele discuss a portrait Warhol is making of Pele during a recent get-together on July 26, 1977 in New York. In background is a poster with a photograph of Pele in action. Warhol has been commissioned to make a series of portrait of athletic stars. (AP Photo/Claudia Larson)
Headlines from three of Britain's national daily newspapers are shown, July 26, 1978, announcing the birth of the first test tube baby. The baby, a girl, weighing 5 lbs. 12 ozs., was born to Mrs. Lesley Brown at Oldham General Hospital in northern England. (AP Photo)
Pro golfer Jack Nicklaus hits out of a bunker at the 6th hole towards a big crowd watching from a hill at the Open Golf Championship in Sandwich, England, July 26, 1981. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)
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