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Gene Kelly: Rare Photos of a Song and Dance Legend
Talented song and dance men have hoofed it across the silver screen almost since movies were born, but of those who earned fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood, only three stand out as genuine...
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Return of the King: When Elvis Left the Army
It’s intriguing, and more than a little amusing, to imagine contemporary American music stars serving in the military. How would Kanye West fare in the Air Force? Would Adam Levine cut it in the Army?...
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Cathedral of Cheering: Pittsburgh Pirate Fans Rejoice, 1960
The longest losing-season streak of any professional American sports team in history is over. After 20 years — 20 solid years — of posting fewer than 81 wins, the Pittsburgh Pirates and their...
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JFK on the Campaign Trail, 1960: Photos of a President in the Making
In stark, revealing contrast to the glamorous, effortless Kennedy of popular myth, John F. Kennedy on the stump was a tough, savvy campaigner. Well aware that much of the country distrusted almost...
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The Kennedy-Nixon Debates: When TV Changed the Game
It’s been five decades since the first televised presidential debates in U.S. history, but the four TV showdowns between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the fall of 1960 still hold a prominent —...
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Behind the Picture: JFK and RFK, Los Angeles, July 1960
In July 1960, Democratic delegates from all around America gathered in Los Angeles to nominate the party’s candidate for president. While a number of experienced and respected Democrats had their hats...
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LIFE at the 1960 Cotton Bowl: ‘Battle of the Hard-Noses’
In 1960, an undefeated (11-0) Syracuse football team throughly whipped Texas, 23-14, in the Cotton Bowl to win the 1959 college national championship. The Syracuse team featured at least one genuine...
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Death From Above: Airliners Collide Above New York City, December 1960
On December 16, 1960, two airliners collided above New York City, raining debris, cargo, and bodies down on the boroughs on Brooklyn and Staten Island. More than five decades later, the devastation of...
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Richard Nixon Has His Tie Adjusted, and Likes It
Richard Nixon’s legacy is, to say the least, complicated. An awful lot of people see him as the perfect emblem of a particular, toxic strain of American politics—secretive, paranoid, arrogant–and as...
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K-Pop Pioneers: The Kim Sisters Take America
A few years ago, TIME.com designated K-pop “South Korea’s greatest export.” While the folks at Hyundai, Samsung and a few other Korean corporations might have something to say about that assertion,...
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