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May 8, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Victory in Europe Day, is celebrated on May 8, but actually the formalities of the war's end were spread over three days.

May 7, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The British passenger liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat 18 miles off the Irish coast.

May 7, 2015 By Ed Rampell

"Abigail/1702" reminds us of America's primal sins and psychoses, and ponders the deeply reactionary side of U.S. history.

May 6, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

On this date in 1915, the director and title role star of the classic 1941 film "Citizen Kane" was born.

May 5, 2015 By Rosalío Muñoz

One of my great-grandfathers was helping organize Cinco de Mayo events in Tucson by the early 1880s.