CBS News: On January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office and delivered one of the most famous inaugural addresses in U.S. history. This speech is considered one of the greats of ...

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The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.

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Trump's second term is moving fast but avoiding the legislative work that builds durable legacies. A successor can undo much ...

On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as ...

Pulitzer winner Fredrik Logevall highlights history's lesson of humility, drawing parallels between early 1960s Vietnam and ...

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AOn January 20, 1942, senior officials of Nazi Germany met in a lakeside villa in Berlin for what became known as the Wannsee ...