Was France’s Belle Epoque really so belle? A high-end, crafted slice of 1899 Parisian Noir unspooling as the capital seethes with anti-Semitism, violence, riots, conspiracy and the customary women’s ...

It may seem hard to believe given the absence of heavier-than-air flight and five U.S. states, but sports were around in 1900. The Brooklyn Superbas (today's Los Angeles Dodgers) won the National ...

France has scored a belated surprise Olympic victory against Great Britain – 124 years later than expected – after a 1900 Paris Olympics cycling silver medal was taken away from Team GB and awarded to ...

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The medalists in the men’s Olympic 25 kilometer cycling race stood on the podium nearly 124 years ago -- but now, the silver medal in that competition is being credited to a different country. Team GB ...

Monuments to the third republic: the great exhibition of 1900, 1925 and 1937 -- Modern movements in France, 1900-40 -- Framing lives -- Celebrated lives -- Representing nature, seeing art -- The ...