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Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934 - 1968)
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at a press conference in Finland several months after his space flight in 1961.
Pravda Newspaper Article, 'Announcement of the First Satellite'
Announcement of the launch of the first artificial "sputnik" satellite by the Soviet Union.
Top Secret Report of Major Yuri Gagarin
Full Report of Yury Gagarin to the State Commission after his mission, on April 13, 1961.
Captain Ted Williams, Former Boston Red Sox Slugger, 1953
AROOSTOOK LEATHERNECK IN KOREA -- Marine Sergeant Roger W. McCully, 21, straps Captain Ted Williams, former Boston Red Sox slugger, into his jet fighter-bomber at a base of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea. Sgt. McCully, a jet aircraft mechanic,…
Inspecting Captured Enemy Equipment, 1950
Leathernecks take time out to inspect captured enemy equipment.
Mind-sets and missiles : a first hand account of the Cuban missile crisis / Kenneth Michael Absher
This document contains a first hand account of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was addressed by US officials.
The Cuban missile crisis : President Kennedy's address to the nation, October 22, 1962
This document contains a transcript of President Kennedy's speech addressing the Cuban Missile Crisis. It details the aftermath as well as the effect his speech had on the world.
Burial of American Dead
Carl Mydans was coming to the end of his assignment as TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo when North Korea decided to invade South Korea. During the first few weeks of the Korean War, the fighting was referred to as nothing more than a "police action."…
