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July 26, 1975 – Apollo-Soyuz: Semi-Conscious And Smiling – Grumblings In Angola

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July 26, 2021

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July 12, 1960 – The Congo: In Another World . . .Madness. – A Convention Gets Underway.

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July 12, 2021

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June 14, 1962 – JFK And The Peace Corps – New Frontier Continued.

This day 59 years ago, the New Frontier was alive and well and girding up its optimistic loins for a crack at settling the world’s problems. Kennedy lost no time in actualizing his dream for a Peace Corps. Between his…

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June 14, 2021

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March 26, 1961 – Soapy Goes To Africa – Fact-Finding In A Region Roiling In Conflict.

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March 26, 2021
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January 1, 1961 – Days Of Future Murk – A New Year Look Ahead – Past Daily Reference Room

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January 1, 2021

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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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January 30, 1948 – “Bapuji Is No More!” – The Assassination Of Gandhi.

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January 30, 2020

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October 2, 1976 – Pressing Flesh, Earl Butz And Women’s Little Drug And Alcohol Problem

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October 2, 2019

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