Testing St. Louis children: 29 iconic photos that were taken on June 29
These 10 St. Louis area children on June 29, 1962, pose just before departure for New York and tests to determine amount of radioactive iodine 131 from nuclear test fallout in their thyroid glands
Each day we offer a curated collection of some of the best AP images that were taken from that date.
1927: Richard E. Byrd tri-motored plane
Commander Richard E. Byrdís huge tri-motored plane, The America, in the water off Ver Sur Mer, France in June 1927 where he crash landed after flying through three storms on a flight from New York. Bernt Balchen and George Noville had taken off from Roosevelt Field on June 29, 1927. Their goal was Paris but after 43 hours and 21 minutes in the air, bad weather forced them down on the French Coast. (AP Photo)
1932: Rockefeller Center In New York City
Workmen set last slab atop RKO building in New York City, June 29, 1932. (AP Photo)
1936: Portsmouth USS Oklahoma
The American battleship USS Oklahoma being welcomed intoport by cheering crowds, in Portsmouth, England, on June 29, 1936. The ship is part of the US Midshipmen's practice squadron which will be in England for one week. (AP Photo)
1940: General de Gaulle
France's General Charles de Gaulle, returning the salute of a French Soldier, as he arrives at his headquarters in Westminster, London on June 29, 1940. The British government has decided to recognize General de Gaulle, as ?leader of all free Frenchmen, wherever they may be, who rally to him in support of the allied cause?.
'Nine Sinatra Songs'
Frank Sinatra was the inspiration for 'Nine Sinatra Songs,' choreographer Twyla Tharp's tribute to the legendary pop singer. The St. Louis Ballet production runs Oct. 4 through 6 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. touhill.org. Photo by the Associated Press
1943: WWII American Graves on Guadalcanal
American troops who took part in fighting on Guadalcanal stand with bowed heads at gravesides of their fallen comrades, on June 29, 1943. (AP Photo)
1944: Central Park
Children relax atop a rock and swim in the north end of the Central Park Lake while others enjoy boating in Central Park, New York City, June 29, 1944. (AP Photo)
1944: WWII France Destruction
The French town of Valognes, on the road the port city of Cherbourg, offers this scene of destruction, June 29, 1944, after the tide of battle had passed beyond it. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)
1945: Hanging
An American MP places a hood over the head of Peter Kohn, one of three German hanged at dawn on June 29, 1945 in Rheinbach, Germany, after being convicted of slaying as American airman. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll)
1946: Barbershop Yodelers Championship
They not only play baseball at Yankee Stadium, they go in for barber shop “opera." Fans got a look and listen, when a quartet competed for the Barbershop Yodelers Championship in New York on June 29, 1946. Meet the winners from left to right are Joseph Spielman; Richard Carroll, William Fiener and Paul Patinka. They carried the colors of the Club Harmony Flatfoots. (AP Photo/Ed Ford)
1950: Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur wears the gold-braided cap he made famous in World War II as he visits South Korean advance headquarters, June 29, 1950. MacArthur went to Korea to study conditions at first hand following the communist attack from North Korea. The ?campaign cap? is somewhat frayed and the gold braid is tarnished. But it?s still easily recognizable as the MacArthur trademark. (AP Photo)
1953: Everglades
Photographers approach close to the Cuthbert bird rookery on Cuthbert Lake in Florida's Everglades, June 29, 1953. This is one of the few remaining rookeries in Florida. Herons, egrets, ibis, pelicans and spoonbills are nesting in this one. (AP Photo)
1954: Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor as the ocean liner Queen Mary goes past, June 29, 1954, as seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. (AP Photo)
1954: Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill holds his Homberg hat against a gust of wind as he arrives at the White House in Washington on June 29, 1954 for his last talk with President Eisenhower on international problems. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
1956: Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller
Newlyweds Marilyn Monroe, right, and Arthur Miller are shown after their civil wedding ceremony in White Plains, N.Y., June 29, 1956. (AP Photo)
1956: Monroe accident
Mara Scherbatoff, New York bureau chief for French magazine Paris Match, lies fatally injured under a blanket alongside car in which she was pursuing Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller near his Roxbury, Conn., home on June 29, 1956. Unidentified man comforts her before she was taken to the hospital where she died. Ira Slade, second from left, who was driving the car, is aided by his brother Paul, a Paris Match photographer, who was not in the car. No reason was immediately known why the car left the road and hit a tree. (AP Photo)
1957: Hurricanes
A group of people begin the grim task of identifying those killed when hurricane Audrey swept through this small coastal town in Cameron, La., on June 29, 1957. About 50 persons are known dead and about 150 are missing. (AP Photo/Randy Taylor)
1958: Pele
Brazil's seventeen-year-old Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento, center) weeps on the shoulder of goalkeeper Gylmar Dos Santos Neves (right) after Brazil's 5-2 victory over Sweden in the final of the soccer World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 29, 1958. Other players are unidentified (AP Photo)
1959: Prince Rainier III , Princess Grace
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco leave the Vatican in Rome June 29, 1959 after private audience with Pope John XXIII. The rulers of the tiny municipality on the Mediterranean are on a five-day visit to Rome. (AP Photo)
1960: St. Louis kids and radiation effects
These 10 St. Louis area children on June 29, 1962, pose just before departure for New York and tests to determine amount of radioactive iodine 131 from nuclear test fallout in their thyroid glands. They were selected at the study. In top row are Debbie and Kathy Gillespie and Tom and Mushler. On next step are Janis Hansen and Ann Mushler. Below them are Steve Mushler, Beth Ann Shashek and Chris Nibeck. On bottom step is Doug Hansen. (AP Photo)
1960: Trampoline park
Residents of Grants Pass are among the first in Oregon to join the craze as they try trampolines placed over pits, instead of being built on legs or poles, June 29, 1960. (AP Photo)
1962: John F. Kennedy
In a frenzied outpouring of enthusiasm, Mexico City residents, a million and a half strong, give U.S. President John F. Kennedy a precedent-shattering welcome as he travels with President Adolfo Lopez Mateos through the city, June 29, 1962. Mexicans said it was the wildest welcome ever accorded a foreign visitor. He moves through a blizzard of confetti along Avenida Juarez. (AP Photo)
1963: Racial March
Gov. George Romney (second from right) walks at the head of an anti-discrimination march through Grosse Pointe, a Detroit suburb, June 29, 1963. Romney said he has not been asked to head the parade, but added, that since he was in the Detroit area he decided to come out. An estimated 250 people took part in the march. (AP Photo)
1963: Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Muslim leader, addresses a rally in Harlem in New York City on June 29, 1963. (AP Photo)
1964: Nuns At Play
Timmy, 7, takes a whack at the ball while Sister Melita backs him up - without a glove - in a batting cage in Palisades Amusement Park in Palisades, N.J., June 29, 1964. About 7,500 orphaned and underprivileged children went on an outing to the park, sponsored by the New Jersey State Council of Carpenters. (AP Photo)
1965: Joe Namath
Weeb Ewbank, head coach of the American Football League's New York Jets, takes a look at Joe Namath, the team's $400,000 quarterback from the University of Alabama during a light workout on Namath's surgically repaired knee in New York, on June 29, 1965. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)
1978: Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI raises both arms turning toward the faithful during the solemn mass he celebrated June 29, 1978 on the occasion of the anniversary of his 15th year of pontificate. In his speech he said he felt his death was nearing and appealed to those who walk in the path of "Heresy and schism" to spare further risks to the church. (Ap Photo/Arturo Mari)
1979: Nicaragua
Hoards of people mob a truck loaded with food Friday June 29, 1979 on one of the backroads leading to Managua, Nicaragua. Food is becoming very scarce as the war continues between the Sandinista guerillas and Nicaraguan National Guard. (AP Photo)
1983: Bridge collapse
A 100-foot-long section of the Interstate 95 bridge spanning the Mianus River in Greenwich, CT, collapsed June 29, 1983. Three people were killed and three were seriously injured when their vehicles plunged 70 feet to the river. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
