Life.com: Cover Search Life Magazine's cover photos -- glossy, large-format pictures, some in rich color, others in stark black and white -- have showcased major world events and facets of everyday life through the years. Now you can see a collection of the classic covers spanning 1936 to 1972. Search on a particular date (such as your birthday) or for a specific person or topic. You'll find everything from a tearful WWII farewell to a Viet Cong prisoner to sex symbols Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren. Or peruse the wacky covers, perhaps the only place you'll see kid boxers or Nikita Krushchev waving an ear of corn. (in Photojournalism)
