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In the summer of 1943, Bob Hope signed up to entertain troops in the European Theater of Operations for the United Service Organization.
Wallis Simpson was born Bessewallis Warfield in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, around June 19, 1896, though her exact birth date remains unclear.
By the end of the Great War, the Canadian Army Medical Corps included 3,141 nursing sisters, with five out of six serving on active duty overseas.
During World War II, the Queen Mother famously declared, "The children won't go without me."
22 bombs were dropped on civilians receiving aid from the Red Cross during the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
The Army Nurse Corps was established in 1901, followed by the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908, marking the beginning of military nursing in the United States.
Joyce, a 17-year-old refugee, escaped the threat of forced prostitution in the Democratic Republic of Congo while Sallieu, 16, witnessed his mother's murder in Sierra Leone.
A Red Cross worker was murdered in Kandahar, shot 20 times, as violence and lawlessness rise in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
200 victims have been counted in Azerbaijan since the recent conflict, as the government seeks to reshape Nagorno-Karabakh under its control.
Over 400,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Chad in recent months, overwhelming the border town of Adré and its resources.
More than 150,000 people remain trapped in Mariupol, enduring constant shelling and desperate conditions as evacuation efforts continue.
Yesterday, aid workers reported 10 deaths from Ebola in Kailahun, marking a record high for the region during the ongoing outbreak.
Eighty artillery strikes have hit residential areas in Kherson, where civilians face daily threats and struggle to survive amid renewed Russian attacks.
More than 2,200 people died in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Haiti, with hundreds still missing nearly a week later.
At 5:54 PM on March 10, 1933, an earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, affecting 75,000 square miles and resulting in 120 deaths.
In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman elected to the British Parliament after winning her husband's seat in Plymouth.
On December 25, 2011, Khuram Shaikh was murdered in Sri Lanka while celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend, Victoria, at a tourist resort.
Nearly $2 billion in federal funding for Hurricane Sandy recovery remains largely unallocated, leaving many residents without the means to rebuild their homes.
Two-thirds of the jobs in defense industries during World War II could be performed by women, who also contributed to nutrition studies and military production.
