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12 hours ago · The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies ' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the ...
12 hours ago · Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.
12 hours ago · Year Nation(s) Actual Inflated to (2023 unless otherwise stated) $700: $900 30–500: Chernobyl disaster: Contamination (Radioactive) 1986 Soviet Union (, , ) $360: $488 19,759 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami + Fukushima nuclear disaster: Undersea Megathrust Earthquake, Tsunami, Contamination (Radioactive) 2011 Japan: $200: $399.9 5,502 ...
12 hours ago · Men and women of our postmodern world run the risk of rampant individualism, and many problems of society are connected with today's self-centred culture of instant gratification. [215] As an example he comments on parents who "can be prone to impulsive and wasteful consumption, which then affects their children who find it increasingly difficult to acquire a home of their own and build a family.
12 hours ago · Korean War. Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 [1] – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party 's nominee for president in 1964 . Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he helped manage ...
