By the mid-1960s in the Haight-Ashbury district, visions of a utopian society took shape, enhanced by a new drug — LSD.
Ride through the Panama canal with this time-lapse video of the locks in action.
The first national observation of Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million people across the country took to the streets in protest against environmental pollution.Â
Neil Maher tackles issues related to the CCC and the Great Depression.
When a Japanese destroyer split his PT-109 boat in half, Kennedy felt it was his duty to get his men to safety.
Jackie Kennedy created a new culture of elegance in the White House.
Jackie Kennedy set out to restore the White House and make it a center of art and culture.
Kennedy believed his meeting with the Soviet premier would be a lesson in compromise. But it was clear Khrushchev was unwilling to negotiate.
 The Cuban Missile Crisis would become one of Kennedy's most lasting legacies.Â
Kennedy became increasingly worried about turning the Cold War into a hot one, resulting in nuclear catastrophe.
JFK justfied his use of force in Vietnam as a stand against Communism.Â
In 1988, Bill Clinton bungled the biggest speech of his young career.
