28th October 1962 - End of the Cuban Missile Crisis 45 years ago today saw the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After a 14 day stand off which saw the world taken to the brink of nuclear war. U.S.S.R. agreed to remove missiles from Cuba in exchange for the withdrawal of American missile bases on the borders of the U.S.S.R, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
Posted - 12/08/2011 : 06:23
The Glorious 12th, grouse very thin on the ground. In 2000 the Kursk was lost in the Barents Sea. See items on Oneguy for Big Harry's role in determining the cause of the explosion. An interesting story. The book on the recovery is still available from Smit Tak, well worth seeking out.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
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