It was in the October, 1959 issue of the magazine, ‘Literaturnaya Gazeta’, that a graduate of the Soviet Academy of Mining, Petr Mikhailovich Borisov proposed the construction of a dam spanning the 55 mile Bering …
Politics
In the Name of Independence
29 September marks the birthday of Mozambique independence leader, Samora Machel, in 1933. Machel was born in the Gaza Province, of Mozambique. He never completed the fourth grade and would go on to work as …
Every Dog has his day
On 23 September, 1952, Richard Nixon made one of the most important speeches in his political career. In the midst of the Presidential campaign, a story had broken that GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon had …
Storming the Gates
On 13 September, 1971, 43 people were killed when New York State Police stormed the Attica Correctional Facility. The prison had been seized by prisoners on 9 September, when about half of the 2,200 inmates …
Peace is Restored
It was on 2 September, 1945, that General Douglas MacArthur accepted the surrender of Japan, aboard the USS Missouri. On this occasion, MacArthur would deliver a memorable address to those gathered, which he began by …
Hail to the Chief
1 October marks the birthday of William Rehnquist in 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rehnquist served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for nearly 19 years, making him the fourth-longest-serving Chief Justice. With the assistance …
The Hour of Vengeance
23 August marks the date in 1927 on which Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Massachusetts. The pair were Italian immigrants, Sacco worked as a shoemaker and Vanzetti was a fish peddler. Both …
A Dramatic Farewell
On 12 August, 1980, US Senator Edward M. ‘Ted’ Kennedy appeared at that podium of the Democratic National Convention in New York City. Kennedy had spent the summer campaigning against incumbent President Jimmy Carter for …
A City in Flames
It was on 28 July, 1932, after local police had failed to drive them out, that mechanized and mounted units of the US Army invaded an encampment of unemployed Veterans of the First World War, …
Indictment
It was on 25 July, in 1974 that Barbara Jordan, a Democrat from Texas, spoke to her fellow members of the House Judiciary Committee as they debated the Impeachment of President Nixon. Jordan began her …