The history of World War II is filled with the names of men and women who rose to the occasion during one of the world’s ...

What else did these amazing women do during World War II?” Washington, D.C., fifth-grader Raya Kenney thought as she watched ...

Downton Abbey fans were emotional as they spotted a silent but moving tribute to a beloved late cast member in the trailer ...

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At 6:30 A.M. in New Orleans, a wreath laying ceremony took place at the National World War II Museum signifying the start of D-Day 81 years ago — a pivotal moment during World War II that ...

The ITV drama Downton Abbey has held a special place in the hearts of TV fans since it first aired in 2010, and it's no wonder that audiences are eager for more. Set in the period from 1912 to ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in ...

Not based on their color but based on what they know and what they can contribute.” Of the original 355 Tuskegee Airmen who flew in World War II, only Lt. Col. George Hardy remains today.

On October 2, a World War II device exploded near the runway at the airport in Miyazaki, Japan, causing the cancellation of 87 flights. The bomb, buried from an Allied bombing raid, was defused by ...

Dame Maggie Smith, the actress, who has died aged 89, was a stylist and a wit whose cool, lacquered voice, suffer-no-fools personality and sophisticated manners gave all her work, whether on stage ...

Dame Maggie Smith, best known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has been remembered as "a true legend" of stage and screen following her death at the age of 89. Tributes have been paid ...