AP photographer Eddie Adams discussed the series of events that led to his famous Vietnam War photo taken on Feb. 1, 1968, shortly after the launch of the Tet Offensive. The photo captured South Vietnamese Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Loan's summary execution of Viet Cong death squad leader Nguyen Van Lem in a Saigon Street.

On Feb. 1, 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran on a chartered Air France jet after a 17-year exile to rapturous reception by several million Iranians. Crowds were so large he was forced to take a helicopter from the airport. Khomeini had now become what some called a "semi-divine" figure, greeted as he descended from his airplane with cr

This BBC documentary on the last flight of Space Shuttle Columbia features revealing insights from the people who actually dealt with the tragedy, as the vehicle blew up over Texas upon re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003.