Encyclopedia - Valerian Zorin: Encyclopedia Ii - Valerian Zorin - Biography
After joining the Soviet Communist Party in 1922, Zorin held a managerial position in a Moscow City Committee and the Central Committee o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and statesman, noted for his skill in debate and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nucl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrice Lumumba: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrice Lumumba - Independence Day: Tears Fire And Blood Speech
King Baudouin of Belgium flew to Leopoldville to perform the official handover. It was here that Lumumba gave his "tears, fire and blood"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - Childhood Education And Early Career
Stevenson was born in Los Angeles into a political family. His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson I had been Vice President of the United Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - U.s. Response
With the news of the confirmed photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, President Kennedy convened a special group of senio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - Prelude
Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution. The revolution in Cuba was the second time a country had become communist without signific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - Childhood, Education, And Early Career
Stevenson was born in Los Angeles into a political family. His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson I had been Vice President of the United Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrice Lumumba: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrice Lumumba - Filmography
Patrice Lumumba - Archive Footage. JFK at the Internet Movie Database (uncredited) Himself (with white shirt, hands bound behind back)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrice Lumumba: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrice Lumumba - François Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba was married and had five children; François was the eldest followed by Patrice junior, Julienne, Roland and Guy. Franço...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath
The compromise satisfied no one, though it was a particularly sharp embarrassment for Khrushchev and the Soviet Union, who were seen as r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrice Lumumba: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrice Lumumba - Death Of Lumumba
Sixty-seven days after he came to power, Patrice Lumumba was dismissed by state president Joseph Kasavubu. Lumumba, in turn, tried to dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 Flights
A U-2 flight in late August photographed a new series of SAM sites being constructed, but on September 4, 1962 Kennedy told Congress that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - 1933 To 1948
In July 1933, Stevenson took a position as special attorney and assistant to Jerome Frank, the general counsel of the Agricultural Adjust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - 1948 Election As Illinois Governor
In 1947, Louis A. Kohn, a Chicago attorney, suggested to Stevenson that he consider running for political office. Stevenson, who had toye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - Marriage And Children
Stevenson married Ellen Borden, a wealthy socialite, in 1928. The couple had three sons, Borden (1930), Adlai III (1932), and John Fell (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath
The compromise satisfied no one, though it was a particularly sharp embarrassment for Khrushchev and the Soviet Union, who were seen as r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - U.s. Response
With the news of the confirmed photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, President Kennedy convened a special group of senio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 Flights
A U-2 flight in late August photographed a new series of SAM sites being constructed, but on September 4, 1962 Kennedy told Congress that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - 1933 To 1948
In July 1933, Stevenson took a position as special attorney and assistant to Jerome Frank, the general counsel of the Agricultural Adjust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - 1952 Presidential Bid
Early in 1952, while Stevenson was still governor of Illinois, President Harry S. Truman proposed that he seek the Democratic nomination ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts Of Note
Stevenson's father, Lewis G. Stevenson, was Illinois secretary of state (1914–1917). Stevenson's eldest son, Adlai E. Stevenson III, wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965
Prior to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, Stevenson announced that he was not seeking the Democratic nomination for president, bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adlai Stevenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Adlai Stevenson - 1956 Presidential Bid
Many Democratic leaders considered Stevenson the only natural choice for the presidential nomination in 1956, and his chances for victory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrice Lumumba: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrice Lumumba - Deposed And Arrested
Lumumba's rule was marked by the political disruption when the province of Katanga declared independence under Moise Tshombe in June 1960...   » Read the article