Plus: The Donner Party sets out for California, and a famous TV critique
John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the demise of slavery
A nation’s slow poisoning
Plus: Bob Hope entertains U.S. troops, and the Freedom Riders hit the road
Plus: fetal surgery and the end of a long Christian persecution
Johannes Gutenberg was a primary contributor to the Reformation’s cultural explosion
What’s it like being a lefty in a world designed for righties?
It’s hard to imagine Time magazine honoring the printing press inventor today
The first National League game, James Dobson’s birthday, and the Bay of Pigs.