December 8 marks the day when former US President Franklin D Roosevelt made the declaration of war against Japan before ...

Explore the story of the SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, a French four-engine airliner whose first flight on December 15, 1939, ...

On December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown made aviation history by launching and landing a de Havilland Sea Vampire aboard HMS Ocean, becoming the first pilot to operate a jet from ...

On Dec. 17, 1975, a federal jury in Sacramento sentenced Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme to life in prison for her attempted ...

Eighty years ago, five planes vanished during a training run off the Florida coast. A patrol plane sent to search for the men went missing, too, giving rise to a host of conspiracy theories ...

The Hoosiers won the Big Ten outright for the first time in 80 years. Curt Cignetti said nobody had earned a bye in the CFP. His Hoosiers did.

Japan must act responsibly, fulfill its commitments and avoid actions that could endanger peace. It must choose dialogue over ...

What is a National Monument? Who gazettes them? How many national monuments are there in Singapore? To date, the Preservation ...

Every day has a history. December 1 is no different. It carries stories of courage, change and new beginnings that echo across centuries. On December 1, remarkable chapters unfolded. In 1955, Rosa ...

A new online history project shows how anxious Americans in the 1940s and ‘50s blamed comics for juvenile delinquency and ...

As the United Nations turns 80, the organisation is coming under pressure to reform in order to stay relevant. But can the UN ...

In 1944, two years after the attack, the USS California returned to her combat fleet. The Department of War said the battleship participated in the battles of Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Surigao Strait, ...