The New Deal has made many promises. Until last week three important questions— What will it cost? How will it be paid for? What will be the profit? —have been answered only by more or less careful ...

America's first ladies have rich histories to rival their commander-in-chief husbands. Edith Wilson basically ran the government after her husband had a stroke; Grace Coolidge had a pet raccoon; and ...

Thursday afternoon, the American Dance Festival released the tantalizing first details of choreographer SHEN WEI‘s new work, whose world premiere next Thursday is easily anticipated as one of the high ...

Do you have a question about history? Send us your question at history@time . com and you might find your answer in a future edition of Now You Know. At TIME Magazine’s 20th anniversary dinner, in ...

Jack Webb would have loved him. With his refusal to accept any historical factoid without proof, he had to be the original advocate of Sgt. Joe Friday’s polite plea for “just the facts, Ma’am,” which ...

"Chronological index": p. [369]-428; "Geographical index": p. [429]-485; "Index by days (to Famous first facts and More first facts: cumulated)": p. [487]-599. siris ...