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History: Part 17
- Scientists Identify Long-Lost Remains of Early Virginia Settlers
- See Incredible Photos of Vintage Airplanes
- How Yellowstone Became the World’s First National Park
- What TIME Got Really Wrong About the Beatles Movie Help!
- The Long History of the ‘Happy Birthday’ Song—And Its Copyright
- The Sadly Familiar Reason NASA Was Created
- How Medicare Came Into Existence
- These Might Be the Smartest Animals in the World
- Emily Brontë Never Knew How Successful She’d Become
- What It Was Like to Work With David Foster Wallace
- See Original Models of the Apple I and Other Iconic American Inventions
- How to Vacation Like a Rockefeller
- How David Foster Wallace Explained Why He Wrote Infinite Jest
- 5 Myths About Genghis Khan
- See the Controversial Drama of Adolf Hitler’s 1936 Summer Olympics
- How to Plan a Successful Underwater Wedding
- The Personal Computer That Beat Apple (For a While)
- Al Roker: The Tragic History of Early Weather Forecasting
- This Is How ‘Lady Authors’ Were Told to Promote Their Books in the 1960s
- How Lizzie Borden Was Punished Despite Her Acquittal
- Why the World War II ‘Dambusters’ Mission Was So Important
- A New Virtual Archive Could Reveal Much More About African-American History
- Read Marilyn Monroe’s Obituary From 1962
- Marilyn Monroe’s Life in Photos
- The Surprisingly Controversial Plots That Almost Got ‘Little Orphan Annie’ Axed
- This Is How Free Diving Became a Popular Sport
- Joyce Carol Oates Remembers Marilyn Monroe and the Novel She Inspired
- How Our Views Have Evolved on Parents Who Kill Children
- How Dick Cavett Explained Jon Stewart’s Greatness
- Read a Schoolboy’s Eyewitness Account of Hiroshima
- Why Hiroshima Was Celebrating Just 2 Years After the Bomb Dropped
- The Voting Rights Act at 50: How It Changed the World
- The Voting Rights Act at 50: How the Law Came to Be
- See 12 Inventors on the Cover of TIME
- See the Original Operations Orders for the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- See What the Only Hiroshima Building to Outlast the Atomic Bomb Looks Like Today
- Harry Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: After 70 Years We Need to Get Beyond the Myths
- The High-Level Scheming Behind Philippe Petit’s Twin Towers Tightrope Walk
- Celebrate Twins Day With Vintage Photos of Identical Twins
- Read TIME’s 1995 Obituary for Jerry Garcia
- Another Reason for Obama to Worry About the Iran Deal: The Treaty of Versailles
- The Backstory to U2’s Record of Activism
- Read TIME’s Report of the Grisly Sharon Tate Murder
- How the Son of Sam Serial Killer Was Finally Caught
- How the ‘Fat Ladies Non-Anonymous Club’ Revolutionized Weight Loss
- Watch Video of the Disastrous Disco Demolition Night
- Only One Occupied Country in Europe Rose to the Defense of Jews During World War II
- See Photos of the Highlight of Frank Gifford’s College Career
- 5 Essential Robin Williams Stories
- The 70th Anniversary of VJ Day: Survivors Then and Now
- 50 Years After Watts: The Causes of a Riot
- Why America’s Biggest Mall Is Getting Bigger
- The Secret Behind Old Soap Opera Plot Twists
- See Vintage Photos of Butter Sculptures and Carnival Rides at the Iowa State Fair
- The Invention That Spawned a Fashion Revolution
- This Is How Legionnaires’ Disease Got Its Name
- 5 Great Quotations From Alfred Hitchcock
- Celebrate the Anniversary of Bambi With These Peaceful Deer
- How Lefties First Gained Acceptance
- DNA Tests Proved This 92-Year-Old Presidential Rumor
- See 19 Vintage Magazine Ads That Capitalized on the End of World War II
- Go Behind the Lens of That Famous V-J Day Kiss in Times Square
- How Rocky Horror Became a Cinematic Institution
- When N.W.A. Was America’s Most Dangerous Group
- 5 Fascinating Facts About Breakfast
- What We Can Learn From the Summer of 1915
- Coming Soon to a Primary Season Near You: 1968, Take 2
- 5 Myths About Emperor Hirohito
- Meet the Man Who Claims to Be the Kissing Sailor in That Famous V-J Day Photo
- See Participants in V-J Day Parade Reunited 70 Years Later
- See Photos of Historic Hurricane Destruction
- Maureen O’Hara: An Icon’s Career in Photos
- Why Music Fans of the 1980s Ditched Vinyl for CDs
- My Obsession with Warren Harding’s Mistress
- See the Original Document That Got American Women the Right to Vote
- Meet the Rescued Lion Who Became a National Sensation
- Read TIME’s Original Review of Lolita
- The Longest Vacation in U.S. Presidential History
- DNA Tests Show This President Did Not Have Black Ancestors
- How Poverty Shaped Coco Chanel
- Read TIME’s Report on the Crown Heights Riots of 1991
- The 17th-Century Protest That Got a Woman Killed
- Read a TIME Article Written in the Style of H.P. Lovecraft
- See Eero Saarinen’s Career in Photos
- How Eero Saarinen Became One of America’s Best-Known Architects
- A Brief History of Summer Vacation
- The Strange Story of the First People to Die From Nuclear Weapons During Peacetime
- The Beautiful Half-Truth of the Hawaiian Melting Pot
- How Statehood Changed Hawaii’s Economy
- See a Page From a Gutenberg Bible in Close-Up
- How Duke Kahanamoku Saved Lives With His Surfboard
- Why the White House Fire Still Matters
- What It Felt Like to Witness the Liberation of Paris During World War II
- Happy Birthday, Sean Connery: See Him as James Bond on the Cover of LIFE
- The ‘Zealot’ Who Gave the John Birch Society Its Name
- What the U.S. and Cuba Can Learn From the Past
- Why Women’s Equality Still Isn’t Protected by the Constitution
- Witness to a Disaster: Journalists Recall Covering Hurricane Katrina
- Bellybutton the Diving Dog Wants You to Celebrate National Dog Day
- The Day Women Went on Strike