Dec. 23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1620, construction began on the first permanent European settlement in New England. It was one week after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Harbor in ...

Newly uncovered letters and cards reveal how Nazi leader Adolf Hitler personally rewarded one of his most evil World War Two henchmen with stolen presents. The documents are a historic paper trail ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape. A bell inside the Dom Tower in Utrecht, the ...

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A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

The pilots that fly in these freezing hazardous conditions need intense training, what could be more intense than on a test flight an engine backfires, shuts down and threatens to rip the plane in ...

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A rumor that Fox News host Jesse Watters said, "If [U.S. President Donald] Trump had been president during the Civil War, we would've won it," circulated online in December 2025. For example, one ...

If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon. In a matter of months, four astronauts are poised to fly around the moon on a ...

The 2025-26 Alpine skiing World Cup season, featuring Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn in the lead up to the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, airs live from October through March on NBC Sports, Peacock ...