On 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, unleashing the Second World War. Adolf Hitler justified the attack with the staged “Gleiwitz incident,” a...
On this day in 1964, Walt Disney’s enchanting musical film Mary Poppins made its grand debut at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California....
On 12 August 2004, just hours before the Athens Olympics opening ceremony, Greece’s two biggest athletics stars — Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou —...