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Nuremberg Trials | News, Photos, Audio | Archives - UPI.com
1+ week, 3+ day ago (39+ words) NUREMBERG, Feb. 11, 1946 (UP) - Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, commander of the captured German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, took the witness stand at the war crimes trial today to put the finger on ... More News from 1940-1949...
The what ifs of history begin with Pearl Harbor
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (662+ words) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, March 18 (UPI) -- Taking the Admiral's barge to visit the watery grave of the Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona is always emotional and moving. Of the 1,177 Arizona sailors killed that day, about 1,100 and their commander, Rear Adm. Isaac Kidd…...
Six former POWs urge truth commission on anniversary - UPI.com
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (276+ words) Feb. 19 (Asia Today) -- Six surviving South Korean soldiers captured during the Korean War and later defected from North Korea called Thursday for the establishment of a government truth commission to investigate the fate of prisoners of war. The appeal came…...
Families of wartime abductees seek grave visits in North
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (369+ words) Feb. 12 (Asia Today) -- Families of South Koreans abducted during the 1950-53 Korean War have asked the government to allow visits to suspected burial sites in North Korea, expressing urgency ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The Association of Families of…...
On This Day in History - February 1st - Almanac - UPI.com
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (463+ words) Today is Sunday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2026 with 333 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for…...
On This Day in History - January 27th - Almanac
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (598+ words) Today is Tuesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2026 with 338 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. In 1606, the surviving conspirators in the "Gunpowder Treason" plot to…...
On This Day in History - January 17th - Almanac
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (512+ words) Today is Saturday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2026 with 348 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.. In 1871, Andrew Hallidie received a patent for a cable car…...
On This Day in History - January 14th - Almanac
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (440+ words) Today is Wednesday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2026 with 351 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. In 1907, an earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, killed more than 1,000 people....
On This Day in History - January 13th - Almanac
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) Today is Tuesday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2026 with 352 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. In 1910, radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee Deforest arranged…...
On This Day in History - January 6th - Almanac
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (513+ words) Today is Tuesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2026 with 359 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. In 1838, in Morristown, N.J., Samuel F.B. Morse and…...