NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV DENOUNCES STALIN-“CULT OF PERSONALITY” THIS DAY 1956
On this day in 1956 the Soviet Union’s leader Nikita Khrushchev in a speech ‘On the Cult of Personality and its Consequences” denounced the cult of personality of […]
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PRESIDENT-ELECT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.-THIS DAY 1861
On this day in 1861 President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington, D.C. Inauguration Day would be on March 4th, 1861. Abraham Lincoln had left Springfield, Illinois by train heading east […]
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED -MIRACLE ON ICE COVER-
Sports Illustrated over the years has had a lot of great covers- but to me the most iconic cover was the one that came out after The Miracle On Ice. […]
HERB BROOKS SPEECH TO HIS PLAYERS BEFORE THE ‘MIRACLE ON ICE’ GAME
Before the game that is now known as “The Miracle On Ice’ the following is the speech Herb Brooks the great American coach gave to his players. Sadly, Brooks […]
MIRACLE ON ICE- U.S.A. 4 U.S.S.R.3- “DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?”
I have been a sports fan for over fifty years now. The greatest event of my fandom took place on this date in 1980. I can’t believe it was thirty-seven […]
ONLY NIXON COULD GO TO CHINA
On this day in 1972 President Richard Milhous Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrived in China. This would have been unthinkable several years earlier. Nixon made his career on […]
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