This Day in History Tower Clock Big Ben

The Clock Tower, from Westminster Bridge . Taken by Adrian Pingstone in November 2004 and released to the public domain. High Resolution Image Source: english wikipedia, original upload 28 November 2004 by en:User:Arpingstone.

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ARC Identifier: 195565, WWII: Europe; London, England; "Big Ben with barbed wire entanglement". Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538-1999 PHONE: 845-486-7770, FAX: 845-486-1147, EMAIL: roosevelt.library@nara.gov . Type of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials

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The Clock Tower (Big Ben) owes its existence to a fire in 1834 that destroyed most of Parliament. A commission was set up to choose a new building design from 97 submissions and a clock tower dominated Charles Barry's winning plan. The clock swung into action in May 31, 1859. The Clock Tower (Big Ben)

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This Day in History Reagan Gorbachev Moscow Summit

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C47345-10, President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev in Red Square during the Moscow Summit. 5/31/88.

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1988: May 29-June 2 U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Michail Gorbachev meet in Moscow, during which are signed:

• Agreement on Notifications of Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles and Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Launches between the United States and the USSR;
• Cooperation and Exchange Program between the United States and the USSR for 1989-1991;
• Incidents at Sea Agreement between the United States and the USSR;
• Transport Agreement between the United States and the USSR;
• Fisheries Agreement between the United States and the USSR.

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President Ronald Reagan travels to Moscow to begin the fourth summit meeting held in the past three years with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Though the summit produced no major announcements or breakthroughs, it served to illuminate both the successes and the failures achieved by the two men in terms of U.S.-Soviet relations. 1988 : Reagan arrives in Moscow for summit talks

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This Day in History Humphrey Bogart marries Lauren Bacall

Armed Forces Radio Services broadcaster Jack Brown interviews Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall for broadcast to troops overseas during World War II.

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1945 : Bogart and Bacall marry. On this day, 46-year-old Humphrey Bogart marries Lauren Bacall, his co-star in To Have and Have Not (1946). Bacall was less than half his age. Bogart and Bacall were both born in New York. 1945 : Bogart and Bacall marry

Humphrey (DeForest) Bogart - born Dec. 25, 1899, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 14, 1957, Hollywood, Calif. He acted in four films with his fourth wife, Lauren Bacall. Humphrey Bogart

Lauren Bacall orig. Betty Joan Perske born Sept. 6, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S. her photograph on a magazine cover led to her casting in the film To Have and Have Not (1944) with Humphrey Bogart, whom she soon married. Lauren Bacall

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This Day in History Spirit of St. Louis

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airplane in which Charles A. Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris, May 20–21, 1927. His flight was sponsored by a group of businessmen in St. Louis, Mo. Spirit of Saint Louis

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This Day in History Joan of Arc

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At the age of 16, "voices" of Christian saints told Joan to aid Charles, the French dauphin, in gaining the French throne and expelling the English from France. Convinced of the validity of her divine mission, Charles furnished Joan with a small force of troops. She led her troops to Orleans, and on April 29, as a French sortie distracted the English troops on the west side of the city, Joan entered unopposed by its eastern gate. 1429 : Joan of Arc relieves Orleans

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