April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the ...

On the morning of April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, behemoth of naval engineering and pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sortied on what was essentially a suicidal mission. Operation ...

India’s Jaiveer Singh settled for silver in the boys’ 55 kg freestyle wrestling while Rachana clinched the bronze medal in the corresponding 43 kg girls’ event in the Youth Asian Games here on ...

Dr. Reckwitz is a sociologist and the author of a book on loss and modernity. He wrote from Berlin. From the Enlightenment onward, progress functioned as the secular creed of the West. For centuries ...

Albert Speer distanced himself from the Nazis' atrocities at the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal in October 1946, and, upon his release from prison, he carefully rebuilt his public image. In History ...

The Flagship Washington was one of the DC-4s that American Airlines used for its transatlantic passenger service. The sleek “landplane” was faster and safer than the passenger seaplanes that preceded ...

2025 marks the UN's 80th anniversary. The United Nations is the most universal international organization, making it truly global in reach. By promoting peace, human rights and social progress, ...

One Piece Chapter 1162 marks not just another milestone in the Final Saga, but also a bittersweet farewell to one of Wano’s most beloved characters, Oni Child Yamato. Moreover, Chapter 1162 carries ...

SOUTH PORTLAND – Rose Marie (Reynolds) Lannon, 80, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2025, surrounded by her loving children. A strong, devoted Irish Catholic, Rose held an unwavering faith in God ...

Charles W. Hall, age 80, of Edwardsville, IL, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025, at Stearns Nursing Rehab Center in Granite City, IL. Charles was born on September 23, 1945, in Carbondale, IL, ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...