Seventy-three years ago today, a future country music legend became the first American to learn of Joseph Stalin's death.

On March 5, 1953, the Soviet Union faced a massive shift in power. Joseph Stalin, the leader who had ruled the nation since 1924, died in ...

Eight decades ago, Winston Churchill warned of Soviet aggression in a speech that angered many Americans but proved prophetic ...

Discover March 5's rich history, from Churchill's 1946 Iron Curtain speech and the 1770 Boston Massacre to Stalin's 1953 death and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

People gather to lay flowers at the grave of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 5, 2026, marking 73rd anniversary of Stalin's ...

On 1946, Winston Churchill, in a famous speech in Fulton, Mo., stated that a Soviet Union "Iron Curtain" had "descended across" Europe.

New York Jews caused the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 by chanting Purim prayers, Ukraine’s chief rabbi has ...

Donald Trump has said Keir Starmer is ‘no Churchill’, but his dismissal is based on a simplified version of history.

Both loyalists and dissidents wept over the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. This common reaction to a tyrant’s demise is a ...

The History Channel has announced a massive new documentary series titled World War II with Tom Hanks. Spanning 20 episodes and launching globally in 200 territories and 40 languages, the series ...

In addition to Hanks, the WWII series is executive produced by Gary Goetzman and Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Jon Meacham. Production houses are Nutopia (EPs: Ben Goold, Jane Root and Steve Condie ...