Showing posts with label Soviet Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soviet Union. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
On this Date in 1963...
...the Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation. There was a brief misunderstanding when President Kennedy accidentally picked up this line instead of the Bat-Phone. The Soviet Premier was overheard shortly afterward wondering, "What is Batman?"
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
On this Date in 1944...
...opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre. Everyone on the team felt it was going to be a great season.
Monday, June 20, 2011
On this Date in 1963...
...the so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. Rumor has it that it was placed right next to the Bat-phone.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
On this Date in 1940...
...the Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding to allow an unspecified number of soldiers to enter the country and to form a new pro-Soviet government. The official response from the Lithuanian government, "Well, all you had to do was ask nicely. Sheesh!"
Monday, June 13, 2011
On this Date in 1952...
...Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. What exactly they were doing off the coast of California is still under investigation.
On this Date in 1952...
...Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. What exactly they were doing off the coast of California is still under investigation.
Friday, June 3, 2011
On this Date in 1973...
...a Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. There was a delay in the report of the crash since locals did not hear it until a week after it happened.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
On this Date in 1945...
...World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. Which was very easy to see considering its altitude.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
On this Date in 1958...
...Nikita Khrushchev became Premier of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin. Russians everywhere were furious, until they found out that Nikita was, in fact, a man.
Friday, March 11, 2011
On this Date in 1985...
...Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet Union's leader. Though many people thought it was just another rorschach test.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
On this Date in 1955...
...the Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany when someone suddenly remembered that World War II had ended 10 years earlier.
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