In 45 B.C., New Year's Day was celebrated on Jan. 1 for the first time as the Julian calendar took effect. In 1801, Ceres, classified as a dwarf planet, was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. In 1803, two ...

Six nights into my family’s week-long Mediterranean cruise onboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, I still hadn't found ...

Today is Thursday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2026 with 364 days to follow. This is New Year's Day. The moon is waxing. Morning ...

An exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum features portraits, jewelry, dresses and more in tracing the doomed ...

“Let them eat cake!” is one of the most famous misquotes in history. There's no record of Marie Antoinette ever saying this ...

Portland, Ore. (KOIN) — Christmas is coming early for fans of the hit comedy ‘Napoleon Dynamite.’ Actor Jon Heder, who starred as Napoleon in the 2004 film, is out with a new movie that’s expected to ...

The Louvre celebrates the French master—who painted for Louis XVI before morphing into an ardent revolutionary and then a ...

If you're after epic movies that are genuine masterpieces, then Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Samurai, and The Godfather are all must-watches.

In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at Austerlitz three years before. Archduke Charles led an invasion of ...

Remember the awkward charm of Preston, Idaho's Napoleon Dynamite? Join cast members for a reunion screening at Tuscaloosa's ...