Instant History Defined
- The Washington Post's Philip Graham said, "News is the first rough draft of history." For eight decades, the national news magazines -- Time and Newsweek -- have been the first polish.
Instant History Links
Our Library
- 1923 Time's First Issue
- 1933 Newsweek's First Issue
- 1934 Hitler's Leni Riefenstahl
- 1941 Winston Churchill
- 1945 Japan Occupied
- 1957 Edward R. Murrow
- 1961 JFK's Best Speech Ever
- 1961 Kennedy Inaugural
- 1963 Before Kennedy Died
- 1964 Beatlemania!
- 1965 Sinatra Turns 50
- 1965 Watts Riots in LA
- 1966 Murderer Charles Whitman
- 1968 Robert Kennedy Assassinated
- 1968 Thoughts on "Bobby"
- 1974 Nixon Resigns
- 1976 First King Kong Re-Make
- 1976 McCartney's First Tour
- 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis
- 1980 John Lennon Murdered
- 1980 Lennon Remembered
- 1981 Reagan Shot by Hinckley
- 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor
- 1991 Thomas-vs-Hill
- 1994 O.J. Simpson Arrested
- 1995 O.J. Simpson Verdict
- 1997 Ellen Comes Out
- 1999 Columbine Shootings
- 2000 "West Wing" Fantasy
- 2000 New Orleans Predicted
- 2000 Tied Election
- 2001 America Under Attack on 9/11
- 2007 Lessons from JFK
- Dedication
- Welcome
Recent Posts
- Must the Show Go On?
- A Cover Image You Shouldn't Forget
- A First Snapshot of Instant History...
- Nov 5, 2008 9:20:50 PM
- Bobby Kennedy - Gone Forty Years Now
- Grace Under Pressure - Al Gore Concedes in 2000
- Sex, Lies & Politics: Thomas V. Hill
- Imagine John Lennon at 67
- O.J. Simpson's First Jury Verdict (but probably not his last)
Featured Sites
JFK Links
- Atlantic Monthly: JFK's Second Term
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Corset Caused Kill Shot
- Dark Side of Camelot, Summary
- Forty Ways to Look at JFK
- Inaugural Speech
- Inaugural Speech (Text)
- Kennedy Library Homepage
- Media Potpourri
- NYT Review: Dark Side of Camelot
- Official White House Biography
- Rolling Stone: Hunt Names LBJ
- Salon: Case Closed?
- Salon: Fear and Loathing in Camelot
- Salon: Secret Files
- Seymour Hersh Interview
- Sinatra, Exner & JFK
- Smoking Gun
- Week Before Assassination
- Where Were You?
Instant History - Hits
Life 101
- "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you've imagined, and you'll meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
-- Henry David Thoreau
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