Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and ...

The long black 1941 Packard 160 two-door convertible slipped into a parking space in front of Paxton’s State Street Mall. It ...

Beloved characters entering the public domain with the new year include Blondie, Dagwood, Dick and Jane and Nancy Drew, but ...

On Dec. 27, 2013, a car bomb in Beirut killed seven people, including Mohamad Chatah, Lebanon's former ambassador to the ...

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the Red Army was unprepared largely due to Stalin’s own terror. The purges eliminated ...

In August 1941, the First Battle of Kiev became the largest encirclement in military history. As German forces advanced ...

World War II Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, ...

“Who Killed Santa Claus?” first reviewed (and possibly last seen) in New York in May 1948, arrives Friday in a sparkling 4K ...

Ira "Ike" Schab, one of only a few Pearl Harbor survivors from the bombing of Pearl Harbor of 1941, has died. He was 105. The ...

It was the most profound and cowardly sneak attack in the history of man. At exactly 7:55 a.m., on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was suddenly plunged into a great conflict that would become World ...

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2025. There are 15 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place ...

A bundled-up Alton policeman directs traffic at the corner of Broadway and Piasa in Downtown Alton in 1941. Businesses included the Alton Shoe Market and Department Store, Home Savings & Loan, and the ...