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The world’s most prominent actress risked her career by standing up to one of Hollywood’s mega-studios, proving that behind the beauty was also a very savvy businesswoman. 

Rarely has the full story been told about how a famed botanist, a pioneering female journalist, and First Lady Helen Taft battled reluctant bureaucrats to bring Japanese cherry trees to Washington. 

Often thought to have been a weak president, Carter was strong-willed in doing what he thought was right, regardless of expediency or the political fallout.

Why have thousands of U.S. banks failed over the years? The answers are in our history and politics.

Classic Essays from Our Archives

The future President, who was an aide to Wilson, describes how the Allies bickered at the peace talks after World War I.

The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson, by Herbert Hoover

Ike's son, who served under Patton, shares his memories of "Ol' Blood and Guts"

American Heritage: History around the web

The noted writer and educator recalls his boyhood in the West Virginia town of Piedmont.

American Heritage: History around the web

The first of a three-part series on the Gen. "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell in China, by the Pulitzer Prize winning historian

American Heritage: History around the web

Of all the Allied leaders, argues FDR's biographer, only Roosevelt saw clearly the shape of the new world order.

American Heritage: History around the web

The former Secretary of State recalls his time as a "driver" in the Army before World War I.

American Heritage: History around the web

    Today in History

  • James Buchanan born

    15th President James Buchanan is born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. First elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Federalist, Buchanan later served as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. From the Senate Buchanan was appointed Secretary of State for President James Polk, serving from 1845 to 1849.

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  • Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death

    Palestinian-born Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to death in a California gas chamber for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Sirhan shot Kennedy on June 5, 1968 as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

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