University of Maryland Ignites in 1970

The University of Maryland had a relatively small core of activists during the upheavals of the 1960s, protesting for civil rights and later against the Vietnam War. Demonstrations were held on campus against military and CIA recruiters, against the draft and against the Vietnam War, but they usually involved no more than 100-200 students.

In the March 1970, two popular professors were denied tenure by the school and students occupied a building to demand a greater say in university affairs. Eight-seven students were arrested and a student-faculty activist group was formed out of the demonstrations. When President Richard Nixon announced he was invading Cambodia on April 30, 1970, the first mass demonstrations against the war began on the campus. When four students were shot to death by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State University on May 4, a nationwide student strike was called and a majority of students at Maryland boycotted classes.

The following account was written shortly after the month long strike and demonstrations that included two occupations of the campus by the Maryland National Guard.

University of Maryland students stage a sit-in at Skinner Hall protesting faculty tenure policies on March 23, 1970.

University of Maryland students confront police outside Skinner Hall in the late night hours of March 23, 1970. Police moved in to arrest 87 students occupying the building in the early morning hours of March 24.

University of Maryland students greet those released on bail at the Hyattsville courthouse March 24, 1970 following a sit-in on campus protesting faculty tenure policies.

University of Maryland students greet those released on bail at the Hyattsville courthouse March 24, 1970 following a sit-in on campus protesting faculty tenure policies.

Students on the steps of McKeldin Library on the University of Maryland College Park campus April 6, 1970 protesting faculty tenure policies and the arrest of 87 students during an occupation of Skinner Hall on the campus March 24.

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20 Historical Photos From the Days of American Prohibition

Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment.

Although the temperance movement, which was widely supported, had succeeded in bringing about this legislation, millions of Americans were willing to drink liquor (distilled spirits) illegally, which gave rise to bootlegging (the illegal production and sale of liquor) and speakeasies (illegal, secretive drinking establishments), both of which were capitalized upon by organized crime. As a result, the Prohibition era also is remembered as a period of gangsterism, characterized by competition and violent turf battles between criminal gangs.

Prohibition began in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act. The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, prohibiting the production and selling of "intoxicating liquors," had been ratified in 1919, and the Volstead Act was enacted in order to enforce and regulate the Amendment. Here, alcohol seized by police is dumped into sewage drains in New York.

This liquor store advertises that "The time is getting shorter and so is our stock..." as Prohibition begins in 1920.

Casks of booze go straight down the drain as Prohibition takes effect.

This illegal whiskey distillery near Detroit is put out of business.

Gallons and gallons of wine pour into the street at this winery near Los Angeles.

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Amazing Black and White Photos of Life in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1950s

These are what the life of Chinatown in San Francisco in the 1950s looked like.

Jon Brenneis/Time & Life Pictures / Getty Image / Getty Images. Two children goof around on their way to school.

Orlando / Stringer / Getty Images. A woman samples a small portion of rice.

Orlando / Stringer / Getty Images. The intersection of East and West.

Orlando / Stringer / Getty Images. Chorus girls at Forbidden City show off their stuff.

Orlando / Stringer / Getty Images. Two chorus girls at the Forbidden City nightclub prepare for their act.

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Pictures of New York City Park Patrons in the 1970s

Kids in fountain, Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, NYC, 1977.

Elderly couple walking, Seth Low Park, Brooklyn NY, 1978.

People on NYC subway, 1977.

Elderly man in park, Seth Low Park, Brooklyn NY, 1978.

Two men on bench, Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, NYC, 1977.

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Airplane Art During World War Two

The inscription of art work on military planes dates to World War I, when paintings were usually extravagant company or unit insignia. However, regulations were put in place after the war to stymie the practice.

As the United States entered World War II, nose art regulations were relaxed, or in many cases totally ignored. WWII would become the golden age of aircraft artistry.

Artwork was typically painted on the nose of the plane, and the term "nose art" was coined. Below is a collection of fascinating photos that shows airplane art during World War II.

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Photos From the Night Marilyn Monroe Sang “Happy Birthday” to JFK in 1962

On a spring night in New York City, 35-year-old Marilyn Monroe — sewn into a sparkling, jaw-droppingly tight dress — stood alone in a spotlight on a dark stage. She took a breath, began to sing — and 15,000 men and women who filled the old Madison Square Garden that night knew, simply knew, that they were seeing and hearing something that they would never, ever forget.

The song, of course, was “Happy Birthday,” and Marilyn’s breathy, intimate rendition — sung, as if the two of them were utterly alone, to President John F. Kennedy — has been celebrated, analyzed and lovingly parodied countless times in the five decades since that indelible performance. But beyond the buzz that Marilyn’s “Happy Birthday” generated — including, of course, tossing fuel on the already smoldering rumors about an affair between the movie star and the president — the moment, captured from above by photographer Bill Ray in his iconic picture of Monroe, played a key role in the legends that eventually grew around both the actress and JFK. Marilyn, after all, died less than three months later; Kennedy was assassinated the following fall. For stargazers and dusty old historians alike, the night that Marilyn sang to JFK remains an uncanny, once-in-a-lifetime collision of sex, politics, power and pop culture.

Marilyn Monroe sings "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy, New York, May 19, 1962.

John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden for a "Birthday Salute" in his honor, New York, May 19, 1962.

John F. Kennedy arrives in a limo at Madison Square Garden for a "Birthday Salute" in his honor, New York, May 19, 1962.

John F. Kennedy enters Madison Square Garden prior to a "Birthday Salute" in his honor, New York, May 19, 1962.

The great comedian Jack Benny on the sidewalk outside Madison Square Garden prior to attending a "Birthday Salute" in honor of JFK, New York, May 19, 1962.

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Marlon Brando Costume Test for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1951)

Marlon Brando’s wardrobe test shots for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), designed by Lucinda Ballard.