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The Tragedy of Apollo 1

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The Flood That Devastated Louisville

Miss Alaska and Casey Stengel history

On Tour With the First Miss Alaska

Scientists working at the field lab of the National Bureau of Standards taking measurements of Sputnik I signals. history

‘A Dazzling New Sight in the Heavens’: Remembering Sputnik’s First Days

Richard and Mildred Loving, The Crime of Being Married, 1966. history

LIFE Magazine and Loving: The Photos That Captured a History-Making Couple

Hillary Rodham while at Wellesley College, 1969. history

Hillary Clinton’s First National Splash: LIFE Magazine in 1969

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Go Behind the Lens of That Famous V-J Day Kiss in Times Square

The 1st Cavalry in Korea, July 1950. history

See Photos from the Early Days of the Korean War

Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966. history

Portrait From Hell: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

Adolf Eichmann awaits trial in Israel, 1961. history

Adolf Eichmann in Israel: Portraits of a Nazi War Criminal

David Kirby on his deathbed, Ohio, 1990. history

The Photo That Changed the Face of AIDS

As the game went into the night, the ash trays overflowed and the air got positively "blue." Reasoning that "if men can take it, so can we," the women continued. history

Partying Politics: LIFE Goes to a Republican Women’s Bacchanal

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