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This week marks 80 years since the beginning of the Nuremberg trials. In 2017, Lesley Stahl first spoke to Ben Ferencz, who at the time was the last living Nuremberg prosecutor. Ferencz, who prosecuted Nazis for genocide and spent his life trying to deter war and war crimes, died in 2023 at the age of 103.
Do Americans care about the penny? In 1986, 60 Minutes' Andy Rooney tested commuters around Grand Central to see whether they would pick one up. The late Rooney thought the coin should be eliminated. Andy's wish came true Wednesday, when the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia pressed its final penny.
In 2008, Morley Safer reported on the debate on whether it's worth it for the U.S. Mint to continue producing copper pennies. This week, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia struck its last circulating penny.
"After I'd had my own baby, I then began to understand mother chimps much better," Jane Goodall told 60 Minutes in 2010. "Now I'm responsible for this new little life." The renowned conservationist and mother to son Hugo, nicknamed "Grub," died October 1 at the age of 91. She was honored Wednesday with a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral.
In 2013, 60 Minutes' Sanjay Gupta spoke with former Vice President Dick Cheney about his battle with heart disease – and how he even drew up a letter of resignation to give to President Bush should anything happen to him while in office. Cheney died on Monday at age 84.
In the fall of 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke with 60 Minutes about the war on terrorism, his health and the security measures to keep him and President Bush safe. Cheney died on Monday at age 84.
Rare earth elements, the unusual metals inside nearly every piece of high-tech equipment you can think of, are essential to modern life. In 2015, Lesley Stahl visited the California mine where they were first identified and learned how China became the dominant producer.
Sports betting is surging in popularity, especially among younger men — with some now facing debt and addiction, 60 Minutes reported last year. A massive gambling scandal involving some top names in the NBA exploded into view Thursday morning.
Ballet lifted Misty Copeland from poverty, over assumptions about race and through injury. In 2015, Bill Whitaker profiled Copeland, just weeks before she made history, becoming the first female Black ballerina to be named principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre. Today is her final performance with ABT, after 25 years with the company.
In 2014, Bob Simon reported on a successful gang of diamond and art thieves nicknamed "The Pink Panthers." At that time, they had pulled off jobs in 35 countries and stolen $500 million in jewelry and art over a period of 20 years. As Simon reported "their exploits have become the stuff of legend."
