The Big One hit Courtenay at 10:13 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, 1946. For 30 seconds, “the earth quivered and swayed” in a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, which Earthquakes Canada calls “Canada’s largest ...

Joe Klein writes the “Sanity Clause” newsletter on Substack. The winter holidays of 1945-46 must have been a jolly time for the Greatest Generation. Many of them had just come home from the war and ...

On 2 June 1946, in the first free election after the Mussolini dictatorship, Italy voted to abolish its monarchy and become a republic 6 June 1946 Italy is to become a Republic. This became known last ...

Leachman's pageant detour helped get her ready for the next stage of her career Maurice Seymour/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; Tibrina Hobson/Getty Cloris Leachman had unique opportunities ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

In 1946, less than a year after the end of World War Two, Britain's wartime leader sounded an urgent warning about the Soviet threat to the West. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic ...

February 18 marks the 80th anniversary of the Royal Indian Navy’s (RIN) revolt of 1946, a brief armed uprising that began at the naval barracks in Bombay and quickly spread to the streets, gaining ...

On January 19, 1946, country music’s most long-enduring queen and beloved entertainer, Dolly Parton, was born. Parton has enjoyed one of the most lucrative careers of any country music star in history ...

In 1946, rebuilding was the name of the game. WWII ended only months before, leaving cities scarred, economies in flux, and millions of people eager to start anew. Soldiers returned home, industries ...

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The modern bare-backed bikini, though decorated with a unique tie or charm, is nearly identical to the creation of the first official risqué two-piece set from the 1940s, which turned both women and ...