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In 1971, Morley Safer reported from Taiwan and interviewed the island's ruler.
Railroad evacuated more than 600 LGBTQI+ individuals from hostile countries from 2006 to 2019. "People that we help have told harrowing stories of being hunted down," Executive Director Kimahli Powell told 60 Minutes in 2019.
In 2001, Lesley Stahl reported on "The Secret Life of Robert Hanssen." The former FBI agent was convicted of spying for Russia, and began serving a life sentence in 2002. He died in prison this week at the age of 79.
"There've only been a handful of days since the beginning of time on which the direction the world was taking has been changed in one 24-hour period by an act of man," Andy Rooney said about the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.
In 2014, 60 Minutes first attempted to answer the age-old question: does your dog really love you?
Nearly 90% of the Florida Keys' living coral has disappeared in the past 40 years. Last fall, Anderson Cooper reported on the effort to rescue the reefs, including underwater farms, and learning more than we ever thought we'd need to know about the sex lives of coral.
In 1996, 60 Minutes met "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" Tina Turner at her home in Nice, France. The music superstar, whose career spanned five decades, has died at age 83.
In a 2012 report for 60 Minutes, Morley Safer traveled to Miami's decadent Art Basel to continue his withering coverage of the modern and pop art worlds.
In 1997, Steve Kroft sat down with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, whose quirky television show about a handful of neurotic New Yorkers quickly became a ratings juggernaut. Kroft also spoke with the show's co-stars. This Sunday marks 25 years since the "Seinfeld" series finale.
"What is the most difficult part of your job?" Steve Kroft asked then-Prince Charles in 2005. King Charles III also discussed his responsibilities as the Prince of Wales, and took 60 Minutes to Poundbury, an 18th century village adapted for the 21st century, which he created on his land near Dorchester, in the south of England.
