History is a raucous and laughing matter in Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I (1981). The beloved and versatile Brooks does triple duty on the project, producing and directing the movie ...

From the Council of Nicaea to the Oslo Accords, here is your complete guide to the Jewish stuff in the spoof sequel series. Spoilers for “History of the World: Part II” follow. (JTA ...

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A time capsule stored within the walls of the National World War I Museum and Memorial has opened to tell tales of what life ...

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The Scottish inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone on 7 March 1876, three days later making the ...

Former One Direction heartthrob Liam Payne struggled with alcohol and drugs in the years before his sudden death at an Argentina hotel this week – and even admitted in one interview that he was not ...

The Munich-based production and distribution powerhouse will be selling its anticipated 10-part historical drama series as ...

Known as gogigui, Korean barbecue restaurants have started cropping up all around the world. But the roots ... to light the barbecue – it’s part of global history. All we need now is a bit ...

We caught up with Boeing’s in-house historian,Mike Lombardi, who shared some perspective on the past and how it just might ...