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1958

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Mar

25

Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio in Boxing Action

(Original Caption) Chicago, IL: Photo shows Sugar ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio in boxing action in the middle weight title bout. Robinson had a body temperature of 103 degrees caused by a viral infection but still the championship fight.

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Jul

29

PORTRAIT - ASTRONAUT GROUP 16 (NEW AND OLD) - MSC

(1963) The first two groups of astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The original seven Mercury astronauts, selected in April 1959, are seated left to right, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Walter M. Schirra Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Donald K. Slayton. The second group of NASA astronauts, named in September 1962 are, standing left to right, Edward H. White II, James A. McDivitt, John W. Young, Elliot M. See Jr., Charles Conrad Jr., Frank Borman, Neil A. Armstrong, Thomas P. Stafford and James A. Lovell Jr. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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