Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, ...

The movie didn't have happy thoughts and failed to take off. With a whopping $150 million budget, the film grossed only $129 ...

On March 20, 1995, in Tokyo, packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were opened on five separate subway trains in a ...

American Legion Post 126 in Alton sponsored a drum-and-bugle corps that performed at fairs and parades.

Also on this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris after escaping his exile on Elba, beginning his “Hundred Days” rule. In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel about ...

2024; Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces he is stepping down. On the same day, Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House. Also, ...

The 18th- and 19th-century cultural landscape of Dresden Elbe Valley extends some 18 km along the river from Übigau Palace and Ostragehege fields in the north-west to the Pillnitz Palace and the Elbe ...

Fans of director Ridley Scott’s work would do well to watch Napoleon on Apple TV+ — partly due to its lengthy 157-minute runtime. The movie is a loose adaptation of the story of Napoleon ...

At age 102, alumnus and emeritus professor John Donovan receives France’s highest honor for his role in the nation's liberation during WWII Sociology Professor Emeritus John D. Donovan '39, M.S. '41 ...