On This Day In Photos: July 7th In The 20th Century

7th July 1964: Beatles fans crowded outside the London Pavilion waiting for the band to arrive for the premiere of their first film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th July 1949: James Shelley drinking milk from an old whisky bottle on Bantham Beach in Devon. (Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Portrait of Richard van der Riet Woolley, new Astronomer Royal, reclining back as he looks through a giant equatorial telescope, at Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle, July 7th 1956. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

7th July 1965: Guest at a garden party held at No 10 Downing Street, London. (Photo by Len Trievnor/Express/Getty Images)

7th July 1949: Nurses at an International Gynaecological congress in University College Hospital, London watching an operation on a Marconi television. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th July 1966: A fully stocked refrigerator, filled with Bird’s Eye frozen meals and bottles of drink. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

7th July 1942: Australian soldiers throw themselves onto barbed wire during training to let other troops pass over more comfortably. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th July 1965: The elephants have settled into their new surroundings in the Elephant and Rhinoceros Pavilion at London Zoo, as in their old enclosure, they are conveniently placed to stretch out their trunks to receive tit-bits from visitors. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th July 1969: Two ladies both dedicated followers of fashion wear pale pink outfits and chat about how fabulous life is. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

7th July 1936: A hay fever patient undergoing electrical treatment at the University College Hospital. The affected mucous membrane is treated with zinc ions. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th July 1915: The French steel helmet worn by the army. Original Publication: Illustrated London News – pub. 1915 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th July 1939: Schmidt and Marco, stunt divers at Morecambe, Lancashire. One dives into a swimming pool with the other astride his hips. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th July 1958: Actor Kirk Douglas talks to Lord and Lady Olivier, British actress Vivien Leigh (1913 – 1967), at the Mayfair Hotel. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

7th July 1906: Society visitors gather to watch a balloon race at Ranelagh in Barnes, West London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Socialite Elvira Barney arrives at her parents’ home at 6 Belgrave Square, London, 7th July 1932. Barney had recently been acquitted of the murder of her lover Michael Scott Stephen. At her trial, Barney had claimed that she had threatened suicide during an argument with Stephen and that her gun had gone off accidentally in an ensuing struggle. (Photo by Miller/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th July 1972: American actress Mia Farrow and husband, German-born composer and London Symphony Orchestra conductor Andre Previn share a low bench on a tiled floor. (Photo by Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images)

7th July 1956: French painter Michel-Marie Poulain after her sex change operation. She is an ex-sergeant of the 6th Dragoons and an ex-circus acrobat. (Photo by David Wharry/BIPs/Getty Images)

7th July 1956: French-American mannequin Yvonne Serjent models jewellery in Hollywood and Paris and she protects her priceless hands by wearing gloves at all times. (Photo by John Sadovy/BIPs/Getty Images)