1966: An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On the same day, the International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic ...

A 104-year-old World War II veteran has visited a police museum housed in a former aircraft factory. Retired Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell, who flew Mosquitos during the war, was given a special tour ...

Beuys is one of Germany's most famous artists of the postwar period, but his stance on National Socialism remains a divisive matter that still needs critical examination.Joseph Beuys' artworks and ...

Luftwaffe pilots chased the plane ... a Greenville native whose military career took him from the skies over Germany in World War II to South Dakota, Tokyo, Arizona and then to a base in the ...

The art dealer fled Belgium with his wife in 1940, as the Nazis invaded. Hartveld survived World War II, but never saw his stolen collection again. His home and paintings were reportedly sold by ...