The history of Long Island through Newsday's archives
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat wave to a packed arena in Commack. (Sept. 28, 1960) Credit: AP
Archive: LI's Murphy laughs way to top
Archive: LI's Jamie-Lynn Sigler forges on
From the archives: Comedian Billy Crystal's Long Beach roots
From the archives: An old friend's encounter with Jerry Seinfeld...
From the archives: A visit with Howard Stern's Long Island family
From the archives: After the blackout, Long Island brightens
From the archives: Wildfire scorches the East End
Elvis' death nixed LI show, spurred tribute
From the archives: Nixon Drive, a street by any other name
From the archvies: The day Marilyn Monroe stood up a Rockefeller
From the archives: Mineola-born comedian, Lenny Bruce, dies at age 40
Throwback Thursday: When NASA planned to build a moon colony
From the archives: "Star Wars" opening creates epic lines
From the archives: Benny Hooper saved in 'Miracle'
From the archives: Navy man praises home front work
From the archives: Eisenhower speeds shift to Pacific
From the archives: Control unit for defeated Germany
From the archives: World War 2 ends, how GI's rated for discharge
From the archives: World War 2, Germany signs surrender
From the archives: It's V-E Day for the world
From the archives: 70 years ago, German surrender reported by radio
Remembering LIer killed at Kent State
From the Archives: Vietnam, a nation falls to tanks and bare feet
From the archives: Wang and Kumar sign $190M deal to buy Islanders
From the archives: Terror strikes in the heartland
From the archives: Man sentenced in shooting, 35 years later
From the archives: Pope John Paul II is buried
From the archives: LI native fronts battle for Elian
From the archives: Billy Joel has sound of LI in his music
From the archives: Terri Schiavo's family ends legal fight, prepares for death
From the archives: The man whose subway obsession keeps leading to jail
From the archives: Prospective jurors know Marcos best for her shoes
From the archives: St. James home rebuilt by reality TV makeover program
From the archives: After he was run over in driveway, 2-year-old is back playing with siblings
From the archives: Bird flu outbreak poses global threat
From the archives: Straw would have taken steroids
From the archives: The end of "The Gates" exhibit
From the Archives: Terror at the Trade Center: Blast Rocks Twin Towers
From the archives: Black paratroopers' secret WW II mission
From the archives: Could love be around the corner?
From the archives: 50 years ago, discotheques become a mass movement
From the archives: 7 astronauts killed on space shuttle Columbia
From the archives: 37 US troops dead in Iraq; worst day thus far
From the archives: Chicken Littles survive Y2K
From the archives: Protesters strategize to keep Elian in U.S.
From the archives: Local buyer gets car that raced in first Indy 500
From the archives: For kids, this Christmas has a different feel to it
From the archives: Iraqi kids arrive in NY for treatment
From the archives: A-Rod signs $252 Million contract with Rangers
From the archives: Evel Knievel, 1938-2007
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