History in the News

There are now almost 100 fast food outlets in Eastbourne at a time when locals are struggling to control their widening waistline.

Around the turn of the previous century, Spanish philosopher and novelist George Santayana wrote in his "Reason of Common Sense" that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

In this photo made on Thursday, March 6, 2014, Tammy Myers, who runs the American Civil War Wax Museum for FutureStake Inc., stands beside shelves of heads of characters from the museum in Gettysburg, Pa.

In this photo made on Thursday, March 6, 2014, Tammy Myers, who runs the American Civil War Wax Museum for FutureStake Inc., stands beside shelves of heads of characters from the museum in Gettysburg, Pa.

When John Land was elected mayor of Apopka at age 29, Harry S. Truman was president and a gallon of gas was 17 cents.

"With a 14% African-American population in the United States it is obvious that Obama's victory was an all-American victory, racially speaking, and as he gave his victory speech there were as many tears of joy running down the cheeks of whites as there were blacksa unheard of in American politics.

Occasionally, on the pages of the Amarillo Globe-News Opinion pages, I see the question: "Why would anyone want to be a Republican?" Although I vote Republican, I am not a Republican; I am a conservative.

It was an unparalleled modern genocide, an attempt to exterminate an entire people in 100 days.

Mar. 7, 2014 - The 15th Annual Academy Viewing Gala benefiting Children Uniting Nations was a huge success, thanks to celebrities and sponsors who came on board to support this charity.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is quietly positioning himself as a social liberal and fiscal centrist as he awaits Hillary Clinton's decision on whether to run for president.

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It belonged to a soldier who joined up to fight in World War I when he was just 17. He lost his arm and was given a so-called dress arm as well as this articulated one.

This year is one of remembrance in Europe, where significant anniversaries of war and the births and deaths of literary and musical giants will be commemorated.

A lot of people keep waiting for the Democratic Party to jump into the deep end.

Gavrilo Princip who shares his great uncle's name says to him the man who assassinated arch duke Franz Ferdinand is a true hero Today you can stand in the exact place where the shot that triggered the First World War was fired and the only danger you will face is from speeding taxis.

DOES DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME REALLY SAVE ENERGY? There have been a number of conflicting reports about how much energy is saved from Daylight Saving Time.

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The frontrunner to become the next president of the United States is playing an old and dangerous political game -- comparing a foreign leader to Adolf Hitler.