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

Days of Wonder: America Reacts to the Launch of Sputnik, 1957

School integration and race riots in Clinton, Tennessee, 1956. history

Before Little Rock: Mob Violence Over Desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee, 1956

Cowboy Clarence H. Long from the iconic 1949 LIFE magazine cover. history

LIFE’s Loving Look at the Vanishing Cowboy, 1949

Canadian woodsman Robert Rock in the wild country between Hudson Bay and the St. Lawrence. history

Rugged Rock Robertson, ‘Strong Man of the North’

Sun City, retirement village in Arizona, 1970. history

Inside One of America’s First Retirement Communities, 1970

Giant Panda Chi Chi from China in 1958 history

This Adorable Panda Was at the Center of a Cold War Conflict

Faces from MLK's Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington D.C., 1957. history

MLK and the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

From the December 6, 1963 issue of LIFE magazine. history

Jackie Kennedy’s Post-Assassination Interview With LIFE

Casablance love story during World War II, 1943. history

A Real Wartime Couple in Casablanca, 1943

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

The Lovings: A History-Making Couple

Children playing in water during a heat wave in New York City, 1953. history

New Yorkers Beat the Heat in the Sizzling Summer of ’53

A floating party on the Apple River in Somerset, Wisconsin in 1941. history

When River Tubing Was A New American Pastime

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