Night of Prague Siege Reverberates With Fire and Defiance
UPI correspondent recalls the Aug 21 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in Prague. Tank clashes, gunfire, and the collapse of Prague Spring mark a day of bloodshed, but citizens form a clandestine press and peaceful resistance that sustains unity under occupation.
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UPI
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United Press International
Red Army
Ruzyne
Central Committee
Vinohrady St
Wenceslas Square
Radio Prague
Small NAMRU-2 unit makes big health advances in Taipei
NAMRU-2 in Taipei with 50 U.S. officers and 360 Chinese staff pursues vaccines for cholera trachoma and rubella. They developed a low-cost cholera treatment cutting death tolls and tested a trachoma vaccine with years of work. NAMRU-2 also aids rubella research amid outbreaks in Formosa and worldwide.
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Taipei
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Navy
Raymond H. Watten
Minneapolis
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Asia
Pakistan
Robert A. Phillips
Watten
Saigon
Capt
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U.S. World Health Organization
U.S. National Institute of Health
Formosa
Almanac Today August 22 1969 historical notes
This date marks the 234th day of 1969 with the moon phases noted and celestial bodies listed. It recalls 1851 America defeating Aurora to win the silver trophy, 1911 Mona Lisa theft and recovery, 1941 Nazi advances toward Leningrad, and 1968 Pope Paul II's Bogota visit with a Hugo quote on compliments.
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Leningrad
Paul
Bogota
Columbia
Latin America
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