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Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. Anderson, an incredibly humble and soft-spoken performer, became the focal point of a much larger American reaction to lingering racist attitudes. (Smithsonian Magazine) On this day in 1939, Marian Anderson - a classical vocalist from Philadelphia - sang for a massive crowd at the Lincoln Memorial…
Russian schoolgirls keep an eye out for German bomber aircraft during the Siege of Leningrad. Over the course of the encirclement, the line between civilian and soldier became increasingly blurred. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1942, a rail line was opened by the Soviet Red Army into the besieged Russian city of Leningrad, enabling…
Communist guerillas of the Vietcong, or Viet Minh, on the Saigon river. The presence of this irregular but formidable force in Vietnam caused untold anxiety in Washington - and resulted in millions of deaths in the region. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1954, American president Dwight D. Eisenhower - a war hero and mastermind…
An American political cartoon depicting the Soviet Russian effort to starve the Western half of Berlin. (Tes) On this day in 1948, Soviet officials in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began aggressively holding up and searching supply trains heading to West Berlin. Soviet officials were upset about efforts amongst the Western Allies…
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