Senin, 05 Februari 2018

The End Was Near

New information about the Cuban Missile Crisis shows just how close we came to nuclear Armageddon. It was one minute before high noon on Oct. 27, 1962, the day that later became known as “Black Saturday.” More than 100,000 American troops were preparing to invade Cuba to topple Fidel Castro’s communist regime and destroy dozens …

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