March 18, 1949 – Dean Acheson And The North Atlantic Pact – NATO
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Category: Week In History
March 17, 1988 – Invading Honduras: Is This Trip Necessary?
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March 12, 1938 – Anschluss Realized – Doubts Pondered – History In Question.
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March 11, 1979 – Searching For The World’s Oldest Dream – A Middle-East Peace Settlement.
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March 11, 1950 – The Never-Ending Show; Congressional Investigation – Riots In Berlin – War Games And Diplomacy
With the Cold War in full-bloom, the war of nerves and the hysteria was reaching fever-pitch. From Capitol Hill came a contentious set of Congressional hearings over purported Communist influence in the State Department. In the witness chair was Senator Joseph McCarthy and the war of words raged for hours,
March 10, 1948 – The Death Of Masaryk – Britain’s Economic Downturn – Butter Vs. Margarine.
News for this March 10th in 1948 had much to do with a flood of reports from Prague saying that non-Communist Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk had been found dead from an apparent suicide hours earlier. But even while reports were coming in, speculation was rife that it was no suicide,
March 4, 1950 – “Brilliant Mind – Nasty Person”: The Klaus Fuchs Affair – The Ever-Present Cult Of Doom.
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March 2, 2000 – So Many Guns, So Many Thoughts And Prayers . . .
This day was about the aftermath of the shooting death of 6 year old Kayla Rolland, by a classmate who brought a loaded gun to school at Buell Elementary School in Michigan. It became the first such incident to take place at an elementary school (one which would be eclipsed
February 25, 1945 – Otherwise Uninhabited – Iwo Jima –
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19895″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 25, 1945 – Story Behind The Headlines – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 25th, 1945 news was crammed with reports of great advances in Europe. The Allied armies were on the outskirts of Cologne, and whatever setbacks occurred during the
February 23, 1950 – Britain Goes To The Polls – Election Night In London – Coal Strike In America.
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