Images Dated 2nd August 2005

Castel San Angelo

The siege of the Castel San Angelo in Rome by the forces of Emperor Charles V of Spain, 1527. In the struggle between Charles and Francis I of France for control of Italy, Pope Clement VII sided with Francis. Charles responded with an attack and sacking of Rome and the Vatican (left). Pope Clement was forced to seek refuge in the Castel San Angelo, where he was besieged for a month before his surrender. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Smoke rolls down the barrels of the forward-starboard-mounted MK 15 Phalanx Close-In

Smoke rolls down the barrels of the forward-starboard-mounted MK 15 Phalanx Close-In weapons System (CWIS) as it tracks and fires at an aerial target drone towed over the bow of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman. CIWS is the self-defense system combining a 20mm Gatling gun with search and tracking radar providing surface ships with terminal defense against anti-ship missiles

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Bobby Jones playing golf at the Shenvalee Hotel, Virginia, USA, 1930

Bobby Jones playing golf at the Shenvalee Hotel, Virginia, USA, 1930. Watched by a large and enthusiastic crowd, Jones, the foremost golfer of the period, plays a shot. In 1930 he achieved the unprecedented feat of winning the Grand Slam of all four major tournaments, the British Amateur Championship, the Open Championship, the US Open and the US Amateur Championship

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