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12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space
and thus began the collapse of the Soviet Union
LOL Why that day ?
12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space
and thus began the collapse of the Soviet Union
LOL Why that day ?
Because they couldn't keep up with the U.S. 😉
Because they couldn't keep up with the U.S.
I agree that they eventually failed but the decline started years after ! (end of the 70's and particularly during Reagan presidency)Meanwhile they were still quite a big challenge Wondering how our vision of the world can be ... "affected"?
17 April 1961. Unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to explore the southern Cuban Bah?a de Cochinos
April 19, 1775 – The Battle of Lexington
April 19, 1775 - The Battle of Lexington
I had forgotten about that. The original "Shot heard round the world". I find myself rereading the Declaration of Independence a lot lately for some odd reason.
21 April 753 BC. Romulus and Remus founded Rome.
May 1, 1889. The first of May is designated “International Workers Day,” in commemoration of Chicago's Haymarket riots of 1886. The new holiday is actually an appropriation of the banned Beltane (Day of Fire), or May Day, traditionally celebrated by encircling a phallic maypole with delectable fertile virgins.
I like the second tradition better. ;D
Rhode Island Independence Dayhttp://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE25/25-2/25-2-1.HTM
25 January 2011, 25 January revolution
Egypt?
Winston Churchill chosen as Prime Minister of Great Britain May 10, 1940.
June 18,1940Winston Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech before the House of Commons.http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/1940-finest-hour/122-their-finest-hour
Few decades ago, a 13th of August, something fundamental happened in Western history. Can you guess what it was according to this picture ?
Berlin wall
Marriage customs in Ancient Babylon Ancient Babylonia was a society, which, although it did not …
In 407 B.C. and again in 405 B.C.. the Spartans in alliance with their old enemies, the Persians, …
I came across an article about the lemons and other citrus fruits in the ancient Roman world. …