Moscow
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Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of Indian royalty and a British special agent, is remembered for her extraordinary bravery during World War II. Born in 1914 in Moscow to an Indian Sufi mystic father, Hazrat Inayat Khan, and an American mother, Noor was raised in a spiritual and intellectual household. Her early life was marked
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Live Aid: The Day the World Came Together Through Music “Do they know it’s Christmas?” That haunting question echoed across radios in 1984, but it was on July 13, 1985 that the world truly came together to answer with action — and music. Live Aid, the brainchild of musicians Midge Ure, Bob Geldof and promoter
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Today marks the 24th anniversary of Putin as President of Russia. Yes, he did step down at one stage to take the prime minister role, but let’s not kid ourselves—this was only to bypass the Russian constitution. Proud to be a strong leader and keep his country safe, he has us look at—how safe Russia
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On July 13 1985, one of the biggest ever music concerts took place. Live Aid. The aim of the concerts was to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. The concerts are often referred to as a dual-venue benefit concert, which is actually not true. Yes the main concerts took place in London and
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During the Cold War, the USSR built a look-alike space shuttle to compete with the U.S. program. The development of the “Buran” began in the early 1970s as a response to the U.S. Space Shuttle program. Soviet officials were concerned about a perceived military threat posed by the U.S. Space Shuttle. In their opinion, the
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Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his illegal landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. An amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland to Moscow, being tracked several times by Soviet air defense and interceptors. The Soviet fighters never received permission to shoot him down, and
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