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History: Part 25
- Hijackings Like the EgyptAir Incident Used to Happen Shockingly Often
- An Australian University Says the English ‘Invaded’ the Continent
- Cleansing American Culture of Ties to Slavery Will Be Harder Than You Think
- 7 Real Cults You Should Know About Before You Watch The Path
- The Strange Afterlife of Pontius Pilate
- Letter Reveals Harper Lee’s Snarky Take on the Trump Taj Mahal
- How Donald Trump’s Abortion Statement Actually Aligns With U.S. History
- The Story Behind America’s First Commercial Computer
- How Zaha Hadid First Rose to Fame
- No Kidding: We Have No Idea How April Fools’ Day Started
- See the Greatest Vintage Photos of Baseball’s Opening Day
- Here’s What Happened to Apple’s Third Co-Founder
- Start the Season Right With These 19th-Century Baseball Portraits
- Why Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death Didn’t Make the Cover of TIME
- Celebrate Springtime With the Baby Animals of Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo
- What Happened When American States Tried Providing Tuition-Free College
- These Nine Presidents Were Nominated at Contested Conventions
- Gregory Peck’s Centennial: How an Actor Became an Icon of Moral Decency
- See Vintage Photos of Cute Animals from the ASPCA Archives
- How the Great Society Reforms of the 1960s Were Different From the New Deal
- The Journalist Who Lived at the White House
- How the Republican Party’s Founders Defeated Xenophobia
- See Vintage Photos from the Early Days of The Rolling Stones
- An International Advocacy Group for Freedom of Expression Started as a Social Club
- How Merle Haggard Went From Solitary Confinement to Stardom
- Here’s What TIME Said About the First Season of American Idol
- How Ravi Shankar and His Sitar First Won Over the U.S.
- See How Americans’ Belief in God Has Changed Over 70 Years
- See 18 Gorgeous Public Health Posters From the 1930s
- The History That Lurks Behind Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Taj Mahal Visit
- How Gordon Parks’ Photographs Implored White America to See Black Humanity
- The Couple Wrongly Blamed for Starting the Korean War
- A Brief History of Sexual Harassment in America Before Anita Hill
- See Hitler’s Horrifying 1920 Political Platform
- Fact-Checking the White House’s Supreme Court History
- Why the Bible May Have Been Written Earlier Than We Thought
- The Murky History of the Ice Cream Cone
- See Early Photos of the Aftermath From the Attack on Fort Sumter
- What We’re Still Getting Wrong About Thomas Jefferson
- Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs Talks Thomas Jefferson’s Troubling Legacy
- What Happened the First Time a Pope Visited a Synagogue
- The Surprising Reason Why This World War I Ship Looks Like Modern Art
- What Take-Out Food Can Teach You About American History
- Forget Hamilton, Burr Is the Real Hero
- How World War II Still Determines Your Tax Bill
- See Early Photos of Guns N’ Roses in Action
- The Grand Canyon in Color: Stunning Photographs From 1947
- A Troubling Myth About Jackie Robinson Endures
- The Saturday Night Live Episode That Changed American Politics
- Before the Panama Papers: The Low Point in the History of Offshore Accounts
- What Eleanor Roosevelt Said About Equal Pay for Women
- Here’s Why Washington D.C. Isn’t a State
- The Legacy of the Confirmation Hearings Was Predicted 25 Years Ago
- How Boston Helped Invent the Modern Marathon
- The Story Behind Those Gorgeous National Parks Posters From the 1930s
- Tuskegee Airman Reflects on Service Ahead of Iconic Fighter Plane’s Restoration
- An American Who Went From Socialist to Democrat Before Bernie Sanders
- Vote for the Best (and Worst) Shakespeare Plays
- The 19th-Century Start-Ups That Cost Mark Twain His Fortune
- See Photos of the First American Woman to Be a Licensed Jockey
- The Woman Who Kicked Down Wall Street’s Doors
- See Early Photos of Wrigley Field Before it Was Wrigley Field
- A Brief History of Marijuana Law in America
- See Photos of the First Woman to Finish the Olympic Torch Relay
- See Photos of a Young Queen Elizabeth II Touring North America
- Tennessee Wasn’t First State to Attempt to Make the Bible the Official State Book
- The Special Reason Harriet Tubman Is Perfect for the $20 Bill
- See Colorized Photos of a Young Queen Elizabeth II
- This Graphic Shows How Long Queen Elizabeth II Has Ruled
- Here Are Shakespeare’s 15 Most Beloved Quotes
- Why Nina Simone Is Having A Moment
- Thrones Are No Game: A Brief History of Chairs and Power
- Prince Was Asked if There Was Anything He Couldn’t Do. Here’s His Answer
- Check Out This Rare Footage of Louis Armstrong in Studio
- World War II Shows Why We Need the Merchant Marine
- What to Know About Paisley Park, Where Prince Died
- Earth Day Quiz: Can You Recognize These Famous Natural Wonders?
- Celebrate Major League Baseball’s Birthday With Dazzling Vintage Baseball Cards
- How Shakespeare Changed the Way We Speak English
- What Nina Simone Was Really Like as a Performer
- Game of Thrones and the True History of Dragons
- How Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising Has Been Commemorated Over a Century
- See Photos of the White House Gardens Over Time
- Watch: Shakespeare’s Life in 1 Minute
- The American Influence on Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
- The 100-Year History Behind Anzac Day
- LIFE Mother’s Day Print Sale: Own an Iconic Photograph From the Archives
- Solving the Decades-Old Mystery of the Llama at the Party
- This Is Why Cars Have License Plates
- How the U.S. Went From the ‘Age of Jackson’ to Tubman on the 20
- A Brief Visual History of Eating on the Campaign Trail
- Chernobyl Is Still The Worst Nuclear Accident for Public Health
- Chernobyl at 30: How Attempts to Contain the Radiation Failed
- Chernobyl at 30: American Physicist Recalls Visits to Contaminated Zone
- See Amazing Early Photos of Some of America’s First Policewomen
- How the U.S. Ended Up With Today’s Paper Ballots
- Donald Trump Campaign Tension Echoes Reagan White House Dynamic
- What the Digital Age Owes to the Inventor of Morse Code
- How the NFL Draft Was Invented
- How a Major U.S. Party First Nominated a Woman for Vice President