#aug. 31

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The HMS Queen Elizabeth docked in New York Harbor on August 31, 1945, carrying home thousands of troops who had fought in Europe. But happy families were no match for the fans and paparazzi who turned out to welcome home one of them, Colonel James Stewart of the U.S. Army Air Corps (now the Air Force).

Photo: Associated Press

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The U.N. General Assembly Building under construction, August 31, 1952.

Photo: Tom Fitzsimmons for the AP

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These two kids are more interested in their lollipops than the city's ongoing campaign to get New Yorkers vaccinated against polio. Jamaica Health Center, Queens, August 31, 1955.

Photo: NYC Municipal Archives

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Returning from his triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens is met by his wife and mother as he disembarks from the Queen Mary, August 31, 1936.

Photo: Popperfoto/Getty Images/Smithsonian Institution

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Eclipse watchers squint through protective film as they view a partial eclipse of the sun from the top deck of the Empire State Building, August 31, 1932.

Photo: AP via Time magazine

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U.S. troops returning from Europe fill every porthole as the HMS Queen Elizabeth pulls into a pier in New York Harbor, August 31, 1945.

Photo: AP via the Denver Post

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Prep scoreboard: Thursday, Aug. 31

Box scores from Thursday's games, plus a schedule for Friday's games. Prep scoreboard: Thursday, Aug. 31