On an October morning 50 years ago, Sandor Boldizsar walked out of his Soviet-controlled factory outside Budapest and joined thousands of fellow Hungarians in protest. “The hope was to see if the ...

Linda Veach of Trenton, Mo., rides past the grandstand, hanging on by one stirrup and the saddle horn during the Aug. 17, 1956, Midwest Championship Rodeo at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids. (The ...

It’s one of the most historic and iconic storms in Erie weather history — The 1956 Thanksgiving snowstorm. You can see the ...

SPEAKING OUT: On November 28, 1956, Eleanor Roosevelt addressed an Asheville audience at the YWCA. There are no available photos of her visit to WNC. This picture was taken in 1947 in Lake Success, ...

Although the 1956 annual rainfall total was some 20 inches less than this year’s, nearly 10 inches of rain fell on Muir Woods, Stinson Beach and Bolinas over the second weekend in January 1956. The ...

A general history of the post-1956 British far-left. Its contents cover a range of organisations beyond the Labour Party, bringing together leading experts to examine issues of class, race and gender ...

The Mecum Kissimmee auction is approaching and will be held at Osceola Heritage Park from January 17th through the 26th. This 1956 Corvette SR, otherwise known as “The Car That Saved the Corvette ...

This year marks 67 years since the University of Pittsburgh, and one of its stars, Bobby Grier, integrated the Sugar Bowl. Grier just turned 90 years old, but back in 1956, on Grier’s 23rd birthday, ...

Beneath the asphalt parking lot of America’s largest living history museum, gravesites linked to one of the nation’s oldest Black churches remained hidden for decades until last year. Archaeologists ...

In honor of curator Kay Rich’s birthday Wednesday, Overland Trail Museum took a step back in time to 1956 as it resumed its monthly History Café program. After a chorus of “Happy birthday” sung to ...