#17 oct.

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Amelia Thomala, one of the women taking men's jobs during World War II, October 17, 1943. She is framed between two wing tips, at the plant in Mineola. The tops are bowed for better stabilization.

Photo: Ed Ford for the AP

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Danny Kaye gives Eleanor Roosevelt a big assist as they blow out candles on a huge birthday cake at a dinner of the American Association for the United Nations, October 17, 1955. The dinner marked the start of the 10th United Nations Week celebrations.

Mrs. Roosevelt, chairman of the Association's Board of Governors, presented an award to Kaye in recognition of his accomplishment in advancing the purposes and principles of the U.N. by helping the children of the world in the film "Assignment Children."

Photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP

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This is what that flamboyant showman Mike Todd calls “an intimate affair for a few chums.” What it really is is Madison Square Garden decked out in spangles and balloons for a spectacular salute to the first anniversary of his prize-winning motion picture Around the World in 80 Days. Todd invited 18,000 people to the gala affair on October 17, 1957.

Photo: Associated Press

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Women at war: May Verity stacks a pile of “nose skins” in Mineola, October 17, 1943. They were made of mahogany plywood, 3/32 of an inch thick and formed the leading edge of a glider's wing.

Photo: Ed Ford for the AP

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Sometimes, the words I find crack my ribs and expose every inch of my heart. The scars, the bruises, the wounds. The light that lingers in the darkest of places. And the things I hide find their way into the world outside my skin. And they hunt me down. Envelope me. To remind me that they‘re there no matter how much I pretend not to see them or hear them or feel them. Is this validation or taunting? Is this a beginning or an end?