TIL Tag: history
64 headlines found.
- Cold War 'Candy Bomber' Gail Halvorsen dies at 101
February 18, 2022 - European Commission President says world is "watching in disbelief" amid largest troop buildup since Cold War
February 19, 2022 - 97-year-old former Nazi secretary sentenced for involvement in more than 10,000 murders.
December 20, 2022 - Zelenskiy invokes fight against Nazi Germany in speech to US Congress.
December 22, 2022 - Suella Braverman tells Holocaust survivor she will not apologise for 'invasion' rhetoric
January 15, 2023 - Giant sloth pendants indicate humans settled Americas earlier than thought
July 12, 2023 - Henry Kissinger, top US diplomat in Cold War, dies aged 100
November 30, 2023 - Stone Age megastructure found submerged in the Baltic Sea wasn't formed by nature, scientists say
February 13, 2024 - US designates Nordic neo-Nazi group as terrorists
June 15, 2024 - Keir Starmer to attend Paris Armistice ceremony, the first UK prime minister to do so since World War II
November 10, 2024 - Biden condemns 'sickening' neo-Nazi march in Ohio
November 19, 2024 - Auschwitz survivor warns of 'huge rise in antisemitism' in speech marking 80 years since death camp's liberation
January 27, 2025 - Putin orders revival of Soviet-era Eurovision rival
February 4, 2025 - Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, has died at age 113
February 27, 2025 - Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed as 'unprecedented' South Korea wildfires leave at least 19 dead
March 26, 2025 - Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after second world war, says US envoy
April 12, 2025 - Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
May 10, 2025 - Germany deploys permanent troops to another country for the first time since World War II
May 23, 2025 - MI5 neo-Nazi spy: Judge had 'no confidence' in Security Service's account of false evidence
June 3, 2025 - Neo-Nazis and politicians among protesters at anti-immigration March for Australia rallies
August 31, 2025 - By mid-January, Putin's conflict in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front during WWII
December 31, 2025 - Anne Frank stepsister and Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss dies aged 96
January 4, 2026 - Russia's 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says
January 28, 2026 - Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans
March 17, 2026 - Sunken warship found off Danish coast after 225 years in ‘remarkable’ discovery
April 3, 2026 - Italian council buys Mussolini’s villa to keep it away from ‘fascist nostalgics’
April 4, 2026 - Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
April 29, 2026 - Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader's descendants
May 11, 2026 - France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery
May 28, 2026 - Israel seizes Crusader-era castle as Netanyahu orders forces deeper into Lebanon
June 1, 2026 - Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years
June 19, 2026 - Zelensky stripped of highest Polish honour over WW2 name of army unit
June 20, 2026 - Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI
June 26, 2026 - Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
June 29, 2026 - Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
July 4, 2026 - White House report accuses Smithsonian leadership of radical ideology
July 6, 2026 - Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night
July 10, 2026 - Pelé's 1958 World Cup final jersey sells for $4.9M at auction
July 17, 2026 - Wreckage of 1952 Pan Am plane crash that changed air safety found near Puerto Rico
July 22, 2026 - Austria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists
July 22, 2026 - Trump orders signs be installed outside Smithsonian museum warning of ‘inaccurate information’
July 25, 2026 - Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites
July 26, 2026 - Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago
July 27, 2026 - Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
August 8, 2026 - Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
August 16, 2026 - Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial
August 21, 2026 - Military judge sets trial date for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
August 27, 2026 - Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid
August 28, 2026 - Steve Irwin's family celebrates 'superhero' dad, 20 years after shock death
September 4, 2026 - UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size
September 4, 2026 - Ancient cave art discovery suggests first known humans in Ireland walked over from Wales
September 5, 2026 - Thousands turn out in Serbia for funeral of 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladić
September 7, 2026 - Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
September 11, 2026 - AfD’s new state MPs include ex-Stasi officer, former porn actor, neopagans and neo-Nazis
September 11, 2026 - George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
September 19, 2026 - Ancient wall found beneath Paris could confirm site of first settlement
September 23, 2026 - Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’
September 27, 2026 - Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’ 1998 Finals jersey sells for a record $12.26 million
September 30, 2026 - Normandy veteran Henry Rice dies aged 100
October 12, 2026 - Crew searching for Amelia Earhart arrives at crab-infested island
October 12, 2026 - World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey
October 14, 2026 - Rare pink diamond goes on display in France 100 years after amateur heist
October 17, 2026 - Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees
October 19, 2026 - Supreme Court backs Pentagon decision to throw out plea deals for 9/11 alleged conspirators
October 19, 2026