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Today in History: June 20, Queen Victoria takes the throne
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoToday in History Today is Thursday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2024. There are 194 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 20, 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British ...
Today in History: April 30, Vietnam War ends with fall of Saigon
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoToday in History Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 121st day of 2024. There are 245 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese ...
Today in History: March 1, 7 Watergate figures indicted
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoToday in History Today is Friday, March 1, the 61st day of 2024. There are 305 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 1, 1974, seven people, including former Nixon White ...
Today in History: February 21, Malcolm X shot and killed at age 39
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoIn 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific...
On This Day, Jan. 1: Colorado becomes 1st state to sell recreational pot
United Press International via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoIraq war veteran Sean Azzariti of Boston examines his marijuana selection as the first person to...
Henry Kissinger's bombing campaign likely killed hundreds of thousands of Cambodians − and set path...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoThe aftermath of U.S. bombs in Neak Luong, Cambodia, on Aug. 7, 1973. AP Photo Henry Kissinger, who...
Today in History: Jan. 1, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoToday in History Today is Monday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2024. There are 365 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...
Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoAll these years later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his...
Opinion: The one lesson to take away from Henry Kissinger’s journey
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoEditor’s Note: This article was first published in May, 2023. David A. Andelman, a contributor to...
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoThe infamy of Nixon's foreign-policy architect sits, eternally, beside that of history's worst mass...