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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates)
(December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008)

      
        
        
       

Bo Diddley played a key role in the transition from
the
blues
to rock and roll. He influenced many artists,
including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and the Beatles.
     
 

His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a
simple  five-
accent
hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone
of
hip hop, rock, and pop music.     

.Bo Diddley Bobbleheads (Presale)

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U.S. TOOK POSSESSION OF ALASKA IN 1867

Purchase of Alaska, 1867 – Legends of America

On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally took possession of
Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2
million, or less than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples
settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier.

The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about
twice the size of
Texas, and was championed by William
Henry Seward
, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary
of state under President
Andrew Johnson.

Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote
and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it
in battle with a rival such as Great Britain.

Alaskan territory was purchased by the United States in 1867. The deal with Russia was ...


Treasury warrant in the amount of $7.2 million for the
purchase of Alaska. (Department of the Treasury;
National Archives)

Timeline | KMTA
                 (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872)

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BROADCASTS TO THE SOVIET UNION IN 1947

17 FEB--This Day in US Military History | RallyPoint

With the words, “Hello! This is New York calling,” the U.S. Voice
of America (VOA) began its first radio broadcasts to the Soviet
Union
. The VOA effort was an important part of America’s
propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union during the
Cold War.

The VOA began in 1942 as a radio program designed to
explain America’s policies during World War II and to
bolster the morale of its allies throughout Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, and Africa.

After the war, VOA continued as part of America’s Cold War
propaganda arsenal and was primarily directed toward the
western European audience.

Congress Revives Voice of America Program to Counter Russian Propaganda | Newsmax.com

October 7, 1947 - "This Is Radio Moscow Calling And Here Is The News" - Past Daily: News ...

Global Studies Honors Timeline | Timetoast timelines

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NOVEL PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. ON THIS DAY

Doctor Zhivago first edition Pantheon 1958 image 1

Boris Pasternak’s romantic novel, Doctor Zhivago is published
in the United States on September 5, 1958. The book was banned
in the
Soviet Union, but still won the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1958.

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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
(29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960)

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SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIA IN 1990

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The wreckage of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane
(top/bottom) on May 1, 1960.

An American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was
shot down while conducting espionage over the
Soviet Union.

The incident derailed an important summit meeting between
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
and Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev
that was scheduled for later that month.   
     

    
    
    
 

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After being shot down, Powers (right) appeared in the dock
of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R. and was tried by the
Soviet Military Board on August 19, 1960.

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Francis Gary Powers holds a model of a U-2 spy plane as he testifies before the U.S.  Senate Armed Services Committee
after his release from Soviet prison in march 1962.

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Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977)


Powers was piloting a helicopter for Los Angeles TV station
KNBC Channel 4 over the San Fernando Valley on August 1,
1977, when the aircraft crashed, killing him and his cameraman
George Spears.

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