This Day in History: 1898-12-06

Alfred Eisenstaedt, a Life Magazine staff photographer, is born on this day in 1898.  Eisenstaedt began his career in Berlin with the Associated Press in the 1920s and then  joined a host of talented emigres fleeing Nazi oppression in the 1930s.  His most famous photo, V-J Day, was taken Aug.   14, 1945, in Times Square, but he is also known for a human touch and a penetrating style in over 2,500 other photos published in Life.