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October 14, 1962, witnessed the start of one of the most potentially devastating moments in history, when the United States…
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Our web series of over 800 “Moments in U.S. Diplomatic History” captures key historical events — and humorous aspects of…
Blood on Ice: The 1969 Hockey Championships and Vengeance for Czechoslovakia
On the night of 20–21 August 1968, the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia in…