Jackie Kennedy once expressed fear that the Kennedy Center would “fall into the realm of political patronage” in a letter that’s making rounds in the wake of the cultural institution’s MAGA makeover.

Mary Theresa Simpson was only 12 years old when she vanished from her Elmira home in March 1964. Her body was found four days later, but no suspect was ever identified. More than 60 years later, ...

A lot has happened, a lot has changed, in the 61 years since the Browns beat the Colts, 27-0, on Dec. 27, 1964, for their most recent NFL championship. For example: • The population of the United ...

Country music had quite a heyday in the 1960s. A lot of subgenres were starting to pop up, from the Bakersfield Sound to the early iterations of outlaw country music. In 1964, specifically, quite a ...

In 1964, a deluge of torrential rain fell upon the Willamette Valley, inundating the region and causing streams and rivers to overflow their banks. Thousands of people were stranded and evacuated from ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

The year 1964 was dominated by one band: The Beatles. In that year alone, The Beatles scored six of their 20 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits. The six No. 1 hits The Beatles scored in 1964 were “I Want To ...

The truth is out there — and late President George H.W. Bush apparently knew it — telling a federal official that an alien made contact with humans at a secretive New Mexico air base in 1964, ...

It was a chaotic scene at DC’s Shoreham Hotel when the Beatles stayed there in February 1964. The band was in town for its first public American concert, and thousands of fans flocked to the hotel, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how we can advance opportunity in education. Oct 24, 2025, 01:23pm EDT Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down ...