First-year example of the classic plane stands ready for modern missions.

Why did Elvis Presley take the nation by storm in 1956? It might have been his voice – deep, rich and, evidently, incredibly sexy to teenage girls with disposable income. It might have been his looks ...

History doesn't record the date the San Francisco Chronicle's resident curmudgeon, columnist Herb Caen, wrote and/or muttered his pointed criticism on the nature of this nation's auto industry: "All ...

African-American maid prepares a white family's supper in Greenville, SC, 1956.Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images In late 1956, over the course of several months, LIFE ...

The Hungarian Revolution had a hero in India’s MA Rahman, then a 34-year-old posted in Budapest, writes Moni Chadha. Budapest, September 1956: A young man in a casual greenish suit and rough boots ...