#aug. 4

On August 4, 1933, the New York Stock Exchange was evacuated when a tear gas bomb went off in the ventilation system. As the gas reached the lobby it was expanded by heat, and the effects were felt immediately. Eugene S. Daniell, Jr., founder of the National Independent Party, was later convicted of third-degree assault.

In the early afternoon of August 4, 1933, a cylinder of tear gas was put in the ventilation system of the NY Stock Exchange. The building was evacuated and business was shut down. Crowds of Stock Exchange workers and the curious gathered in front of the Stock Exchange building at the corner of Wall and Broad Streets. No one was seriously injured.

Eve Curie, a writer, journalist, pianist, and a daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, became the millionth visitor to view the exhibition of war weapons when she visited the display at the Chrysler Building on August 4, 1943. Colonel Gilbert I. Ross, chief of the New York Ordnance District, U.S. Army, left, points out the intricacies of a Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun to her.

Eve Curie left her native France when the Nazis invaded and was active in the French Resistance in London. She later married an American and lived in New York until her death in 2007, at age 102.

Motorhead leader, Lemmy Kilmister, performs at Sports Palace in Gijon, north Spain, Aug. 4, 2007. He died on Dec. 28 at the age of 70.

Scott Weiland poses for a portrait at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 24, 2015 in Park City, Utah. Weiland died Dec. 3, 2015 at the age of 48.

Chris Squire, co-founder of the band YES performs in concert at the Long Beach Arena in California, Sept. 27, 1977. Squire died on June 27, 2015 at the age of 67.

Allen Toussaint performs during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, May 7, 2011. Toussaint died in Madrid, Spain on Nov. 10, 2015.

Maureen O'Hara poses in a photo from 1950. O'Hara died in Oct. 2015 at the age of 95.

Egyptian actor Omar Sharif smiles in a portrait dated July 9, 1969. Sharif died at 83 in July 2015.

B.B. King is pictured in 1980. King passed away at his Las Vegas home on May 14, 2015, at age 89.

Leonard Nimoy has his portrait taken at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on April 26, 2009. Nimoy died Feb. 27, 2015 at the age of 83.