On This Day: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...
On This Day: Senator launches 'McCarthy era'
Wis., charged the U.S. State Department was infested with communists, touching off the infamous "McCarthy era." ...
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It happened today – this day in history – February 9
1966: The Government announces that a Fast Reactor will be built at Dounreay power station in Scotland. On the same day, singer/actress Sophie Tucker dies aged 79. 1967: Canadian conductor Percy Faith ...
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Today in History for Feb. 13: ...
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February 9, the Beatles first performance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live American television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” broadcast from ...
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Jacob Zuma in exile: three unexplored issues
In Russia, it would recall the transition of the KGB director, Yuri Andropov, to general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1982. In post-Soviet Russia, it would suggest the ascendancy of ...