The state funeral of Queen Victoria of Great Britain was held on 1901. A little over a decade later, the plush Grand Central ...

In less than an hour, they had won the last naval battle of World War II. The Americans had ended the war with the brand new, destructive force of the atomic bomb, but the fighting ended in a ...

World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...

But then the wondrous American August came abruptly to an end. Allied planners had never found a way to recapture intact the key French ports on the Atlantic Coast from besieged German defenders.

2, 1945, to officially end World War II. China and Russia commemorate Sept. 3 as the victory day over Japan. Aug. 15, 1945, is simply the day when Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor ...