20th Century

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (354+ words) Simeon Booker was an African American journalist who often put his life on the line to tell the stories of the civil rights movement. To this day, what he stood for is honored in others who receive the Simeon Booker…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1113+ words) KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha man whose 100 years of life included service aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer during World War II was honored posthumously Monday night as a Kenosha Hometown Hero. Edward W. Maurer, a lifelong Kenoshan who died July 3 at age…...

14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (195+ words) In 1960, technicians were ordered to work on a fully fuelled intercontinental missile. Their commander sat beside it to hurry them along. What happened next stayed a secret for almost 30 years. On the evening of the 24th of October, 1960, Chief Marshal Mitrofan…...

1+ day, 12+ min ago   (178+ words) WKAR Public Media - On Air Now Playing WKAR NewsTalk - AM 870 | 102.3 FM - On Air Now Playing WKAR Radio Reading Service Pictured Rocks' Designation & Early Gay Rights Bill | October 6 On this day in 1972, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore became the first of its…...

22+ hour, 8+ min ago   (439+ words) A 100-year-old Polish Second World War veteran has unveiled a plaque honouring the legacy of those who served far from home. Czeslaw 'Ches' Black (Blachucki), the last surviving Polish Second World War soldier in Oxfordshire, revealed the blue plaque at…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (336+ words) 2ST Wurtulla Beach woke up to a blast from 1945! A World War II artillery shell found on a Sunshine Coast beach has been destroyed in a controlled blast that woke nearby residents before dawn. Queensland Police attended and held the site…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (300+ words) “And that got me thinking: if my own maternal grandfather could create an archive like this, I wondered what other Malaysian grandparents might have been keeping all these years,” Sonia, 24, told FMT Lifestyle. Sonia is a qualified Malaysian historian and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (780+ words) SlashGear 5 Of The Highest-Flying Combat Aircraft Of WWII Looking back at World War II, many different aircraft flew the unfriendly skies. With all kinds of fighters, attack aircraft, interceptors, bombers, and more, the Axis and Allied powers produced thousands of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (56+ words) KION Central Coast The Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa celebrated a true American hero on Thursday. World War II veteran Paul Belanger turned 104 years old. Jump to comments ↓ KION 46 is committed to providing a forum for civil and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (391+ words) Vintage Aviation News Attack Squadron 104 (VA-104) was a US Navy attack squadron that operated during the early Cold War. The squadron was first formed as Fighter Squadron VF-104 on May 1, 1952. It was renamed VA-104 in December 1953 and was known as…...