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The Quebec flag flies near Parliament Hill, Ottawa - the centre of Canadian Federal government. (QMI Agency) On this day in 1961, the The Quebec Board of the French Language (or Office québécois de la langue française, OQLF) was established in Montreal, Canada. Officially, the OQLF's mandate was to ensure that French remained the primary…
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JFK greeting young members of the Peace Corps in 1961. (Peace Corps) On this day in 1961, American president John F. Kennedy ordered the foundation of the Peace Corps, a volunteer organization dedicated to providing various sorts of aid to developing (or Third World) nations. Concerned by stereotypes that Americans were a violent and greedy…
A USAF EC-130B ABCNP "Looking Glass" aircraft. (Airliners.net) On this day in 1961, the US Air Force launched Looking Glass, a command centre tasked with coordinating the deployment of America's nuclear weapons. The command centre was located on a number of heavily-modified KC-130 aircraft; the ABNCPs (Airborne Command Post), armed with powerful communications systems, rotated…
A dead-drop (exchange of information) between two KGB agents during the 1960s. This is likely how the Portland Spy Ring passed information to their KGB handlers. (National Museum of the USAF) On this day in 1961, British security forces uncovered the Portland Spy Ring, a group of Soviet spies operating in the United Kingdom. The…
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