KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, simultaneously launching the USSR and the United States into a space race.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 23, 1949. US President Harry S. Truman announces evidence of the USSR’s first nuclear device detonation. ‘A second chance’: Kansas City officers rescue mother dog, ...
On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R. did not accept Lithuania’s independence and imposed an economic blockade ...
NMAH copy 39088008466021 has: "Congress of Museums of Arts and Military History, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1966 : list of members" (20 leaves) laid in.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, one cosmonaut was still orbiting Earth with no country to return to. This is the classified story of how a man became stateless 200 miles above the planet, and ...
The Finnish Sniper Who Killed Over 500 Soviet Soldiers, the Most Confirmed Kills in Military History
Simo Häyhä, the Finnish sniper who killed hundreds of Soviets during the Winter War, aiming his rifle while wearing his winter camouflage. (Wikimedia Commons) The Soviet soldiers never saw him. Their ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 23, 1949. US President Harry S. Truman announces evidence of the USSR’s first nuclear device detonation. More This Day in History reports can be found here.
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