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February 18, 1987 – Dissidents, Shakeups And Smokers

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7035″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 18, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] No end to drama, this February 18th in 1987. Street fighting in Beirut, brokered truces falling apart, fighting over a strategically…

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February 18, 2021

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February 4, 1980 – ABSCAM: New Word In The Dictionary.

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February 4, 2021

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January 25, 1979 – Postcards From Tehran

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January 25, 2021
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January 18, 1956 – Looking At The Rose Through World Colored Glasses – John Foster Dulles.

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January 18, 2021

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January 14, 1950 – A Slight Change Of Plans – The Exit Of Chiang – The Entry Of Mao –

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January 14, 2021

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January 11, 1944 – FDR -The Second Bill Of Rights -A State Of The Union In Wartime –

Recovering from a bad case of the Flu, President Roosevelt delivered the 1944 State of The Union address from the Oval Office, rather than in a Joint Session of Congress. The war had been going on for 3 years and…

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January 11, 2021

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October 22, 1962 – October Mayhem. The Cuban Missile Crisis.

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October 22, 2020

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October 15, 1951 – War In Korea – “We Don’t Have Magic Weapons To Win Wars Quickly”

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October 15, 2020

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October 9, 1989 – Manuel Noriega And The Little Coup That Couldn’t

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October 9, 2020

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Living On The Edge: 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room

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October 8, 2020
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