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It’s the anniversary you can’t refuse. Here are 40 things you didn’t know about The Godfather. (Can you see our cameo?)
At Easter 1966, millions of Americans picked up what would become one of the most notable magazine covers in the history of the genre: TIME’s stark question asking “Is God Dead?” In retrospect, the cover—and the much-less-remembered actual piece that ran with it—represented a mainstreaming of the spirit of dissent and debate that characterized the era. The cover was back in the news last week with word that the main theologian profiled in the piece, William Hamilton, had died. Hamilton was 87; at the time of the 1966 article, he was a professor at Colgate Rochester Divinity School.
Interested? Don’t miss Jon Meacham’s fascinating column on TIME.com looking back at Hamilton’s story and one of the most controversial covers in TIME’s history.
Did you know we have an Oscar?
In 1936, Time Inc. won an Academy Honorary Award for its March of Time series, a newsreel broadcast on CBS and in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951 highlighting the news appearing in TIME magazine each week. The Oscar, which still sits in the Time Inc. offices, was awarded to The March of Time “for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry – the newsreel.”
It’s been 25 years since the death of pop art icon Andy Warhol. He did a number of covers for us over the years, including this one, “Today’s Teenagers” in 1965.
It’s a special thing to be included in his body of work. Thank you, Andy. We’re still honored.
Letters to the Editor: Bob Hope thinks TIME has gone soft
Sirs:
A couple of years ago [July 7, 1941] one of your reporters did an article on yours truly that burned me no end. It flattered me in reverse as only time usually does. After looking at the cover and reading the article of the Sept. 20 issue am convinced that TIME has turned sissy … Thanks.
Bob Hope, Hollywood
October 11, 1943
Today is the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth ll’s ascent to the British throne. This cover published February 18, 1952 – one of the five TIME covers to feature the Queen – marked the beginning of her reign.
TIME magazine founder Henry Luce as a young boy, posing in his rocking chair. China, 1901.
Today, we’re featured on @RealTimeWWll, a project that live-tweets World War ll as it happened on this date and time in 1940.
