The Cold War

On 22 November 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Texas Governor John Connally, seated in front of Kennedy, was also wounde…

At 01:23 AM on 26 April 1986, reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the …

On the evening of 9 November 1989, East Germany announced that citizens could cross the border freely. Crowds gathered at checkpoints and guards stood aside. Berliners began dismantling the wall with picks and hammers. …

On 25 December 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and announced the dissolution of the USSR. The red hammer-and-sickle flag over the Kremlin was lowered for the last time and replaced with the Russian tric…