Tag: cold war

ON THIS DAY: Fidel Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba (1959)

On this Day February 16, 2026 at 15:44

On 16 February 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, just weeks after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista. The...

ON THIS DAY: the Brandenburg Gate reopened (1989)

On this Day December 22, 2025 at 16:44

On this day in 1989, the Brandenburg Gate reopened, becoming one of the most powerful symbols of Germany’s path toward reunification. The landmark had been...

ON THIS DAY: Malta summit ends Cold War (1989)

On this Day December 3, 2025 at 15:19

Aboard the storm-battered Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorky, two men changed history. After two days of talks rocked by Force 10 gales in Marsaxlokk Bay,...

ON THIS DAY: The Soviets detonate Tsar Bomba (1961)

On this Day October 30, 2025 at 19:53

On 30 October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba over the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, producing the most...

ON THIS DAY: Cuban missile crisis begins (1962)

On this Day October 21, 2025 at 16:05

On this day in 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the Cuban Missile Crisis began. The 13-day confrontation between the...

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