The 1956 Summer Games are sometimes called the “Friendly Games,” although there was also a water polo match between technically allied Hungary and the USSR that was anything but friendly.
There are lots of holiday songs about mishaps that almost cause Santa or his helpers to miss Christmas, but only this Cold War carol helpfully points out that World War III would keep Kris Kringle from dropping off presents.
Today in 2006, the Pentagon announced it would tear down a fascinating piece of Cold War history: a hot dog stand that the Soviets had once thought was actually a top military target.
Today in 1948, an unusually sweet moment in the history of the Cold War: American servicemember Gail Halvorsen came up with a plan that would eventually earn him the nickname "the Berlin Candy Bomber."
If you were in Fort Wayne, Indiana on February 20, 1971, you might have felt like the end of the world was coming, all thanks to a mix-up from the Emergency Broadcast System.
Today in 1913, the birthday of Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, and the only one who ever went a wild ride with the head of the Soviet Union.
