1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (755+ words) Learn to navigate the Newspapers. com database, perform browsing and complex search functions, and save clippings using a free user account. Tutorial developed by the University of Alabama Libraries. libraries. ua. edu Transcript: Hi, my name is Alex, and in…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (256+ words) On the night of July 17, 1943, during Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Italian light cruiser'Scipione Africano'made a dash through the Strait of Messina for Taranto, the naval base in the heel of Italy. Equipped with radar,'Scipione'detected four…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (187+ words) keysnews. com Key West cigar packers at work, ca. 1900. Wright Langley Collection. 1885: Word arrived in Key West that an expeditionary force led by Cuban revolutionary Limbano S'nchez had landed on the north coast of Cuba and attacked Spanish forces. Key…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (202+ words) A parade has been held at Battlecruiser HMS Hood South East London Memorial Group in Bellingham, London, to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Hood during the Second World War. Rear Admiral Sir Chris Parry, Captain Gelhausen, the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (577+ words) A 17-year-old U. S. Navy sailor killed when enemy Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II will finally be laid to rest in his hometown. Fireman 3rd Class Royle Luker will be buried Saturday in his hometown of Plainview, Arkansas, where he…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (193+ words) May 24 2026, 04: 27 PM1958views 59 Soviet 122 mm shells with a total weight of 1. 5 tons were found in Berlin. The wartime munitions were removed for further safe disposal. In the Berlin district of Pankow, 59 unexploded shells from World War II were found. The discovery was…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (259+ words) May 24, 2026 at 04: 27 PM "1908 "i" In the Berlin district of Pankow, 59 unexploded shells from World War II were found. The discovery was made during a routine walk in the forest. This was reported by Euronews, according to UNN. According to the…...

5+ day, 35+ min ago  (546+ words) On the Baltic coast just outside the Lithuanian port city of Klaip'da, a remarkable piece of Second World War history is hiding in plain sight. The gun emplacements of battery Memel-Nord are visible from the beach "and beneath the dunes,…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (174+ words) Today in Keys History keysnews. com 1828: After six years of dispute with other claimants of the island, John W. Simonton was declared Key West's legal owner. Simonton had bought Key West from Havana resident Juan P. Salas in December of 1821 for $2000. Unlock…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (466+ words) Posted By: The Reporter May 22, 2026 Today, May 22, is National Maritime Day, and this year for the first time the Clay Township Military Library and Museum (CTMLM) recognizes one of America's most overlooked groups of wartime heroes: the men and women…...