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IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY- NOVEMBER 12, 1968–NASA ANNOUNCES APOLLO 8 MISSION IN DECEMBER- WILL BE FIRST MISSION TO ORBIT THE MOON

Monday, 12 November 2018by hanspostcard 4 Comments

Back in  late May 1961 President Kennedy announced the goal for the United States to send a man safely to the moon and bring him back- before the end of […]

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1968, American History, Astronauts, Cold War, History, Moon, NASA, Soviet Union, Space, Space Flight

THE SUMMER OLYMPICS 1980- THE MOSCOW GAMES- OPEN THIS DATE IN 1980- THE GAMES AMERICA NEVER SAW

Thursday, 19 July 2018by hanspostcard 1 Comment

On this day in 1980 the Games of the XXII Olympiad opened in Moscow. It is most noted in America as being the games the United States- President Jimmy Carter […]

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American History, Entertainment, Olympics, Presidents, Soviet Union, Sports

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY- THE ROMANOV FAMILY EXECUTED

Tuesday, 17 July 2018by hanspostcard 1 Comment

One hundred years ago today Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed. Along with the Tsar the Tsarina Alexandra and their five children, along with three servants and the […]

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Assassination, Deaths, History, Revolution, Russia, Soviet Union

APOLLO 11- MAN ON THE MOON- JULY 20, 1969

Thursday, 20 July 2017by hanspostcard 1 Comment

I can remember where I was at 48 years ago this evening like it was yesterday. I was eight years old and  since following the Apollo 7 mission I was […]

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American History, Cold War, Engineering, History, NASA, Science, Soviet Union, Space, Space Flight, Technology, Travel

1972 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP- BOBBY FISCHER VS BORIS SPASSKY BEGINS IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND -JULY 11, 1972

Tuesday, 11 July 2017by hanspostcard 1 Comment

45 years ago today in Reykjavik, Iceland the World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky began. This was much much more than a chess […]

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American History, Chess, Cold War, Entertainment, Soviet Union, Sports

HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE- THIS DAY IN 1945

Sunday, 30 April 2017by hanspostcard 2 Comments

  On this day in 1945 those kooky newlyweds Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, married a day earlier commit suicide in the Fuhrer’s bunker in Berlin, Germany. I can’t imagine […]

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American History, History, Presidents, Russia, Soviet Union, War, World War II

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