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Vintage Color Photos Capture the 'Peril and Ecstasy' of Surfing in 1963

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

For Barbra Streisand on Her Birthday: LIFE's Photos of Her Broadway Debut

By Olivia B. Waxman and Liz Ronk

See Photos of Skiing's Early Days as a Popular American Pastime

By Eliza Berman

See Photos From Yogi Berra’s First Years in the Major Leagues

By Eliza Berman
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27 Up, 27 Down: Remembering Don Larsen's 1956 Perfect Game

With one notable exception, no one has ever thrown a no-hitter in a World Series game. Here, on the anniversary of his October 1956 perfect game, LIFE remembers Don Larsen's masterpiece.

By Ben Cosgrove

Richard Burton as Hamlet: Portrait of an 'Avenging Angel'

LIFE photographer George Silk recounts taking what Richard Burton called "the best pictures he had ever had taken of him."

By Ben Cosgrove

Ali vs. Liston II: LIFE at the 'Phantom Punch' Title Bout, May 25, 1965

Photos from the legendary fight when Muhammad Ali floored Sonny Liston with a punch so amazingly quick that, years later, many who were there swear that they never saw it thrown at all.

By Ben Cosgrove

Sacred Ground: A Portrait of Arlington National Cemetery

On Memorial Day weekend, LIFE.com offers a series of quiet, reflective photos of Arlington National Cemetery by LIFE magazine's George Silk.

By Ben Cosgrove

Winter Olympics Flashback: Photos From the Innsbruck Games, 1964

Amid all the drama about who will win, and by what margin, so much about the Olympics remains comfortingly, thrillingly the same, year after year.

By Liz Ronk

The Allies at Anzio: Rare Photos From WWII's Italian Campaign

On the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II's pivotal Battle of Anzio, LIFE presents photographs -- many never published before -- from that hard-won Allied victory.

By Liz Ronk

Tearful Photos from the Day Marilyn Divorced DiMaggio in 1954

On the 60th anniversary of their wedding, pictures from the day Marilyn Monroe announced she was seeking a divorce from Joe DiMaggio on grounds of "mental cruelty."

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE Goes to a Cat Show, 1952

During National Cat Week in November 1952, Los Angeles hosted more than 300 felines and their owners from all over the country for America's biggest cat show of the year. LIFE was there.

By Liz Ronk

Cathedral of Cheering: Pittsburgh Pirate Fans Rejoice, 1960

In celebration of the Pittsburgh Pirates' first winning season in 20 years, LIFE.com presents George Silk's magnificent photo of Bucs fans cheering atop the city's Cathedral of Learning.

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE With Dem Bums: Spring Training at Dodgertown, 1948

A series of pictures — most of which never ran in LIFE — from the Dodgers' storied spring training camp serve, 65 years later, as a welcome reminder of why so many of us first fell in love with the game in the first place.

By Ben Cosgrove

1952 Winter Olympics: American Skiers in Training

Sixty years ago, in February 1952, when (as LIFE magazine put it) “a gay and gaudy invasion” of athletes descended on Norway’s capital, Oslo, to take part in the sixth Olympic Winter Games, “a select...

By Liz Ronk
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