Today In History
10/15
1945The former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed.
1964 It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. He was succeeded as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin and as Communist Party secretary by Leonid I. Brezhnev.
1969Peace demonstrators staged activities across the country, including a candlelight march around the White House, as part of a moratorium against the Vietnam War.
2005 Iraqis voted to approve a constitution.
| 1946 | Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed. | ||
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1964 It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. He was succeeded as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin and as Communist Party secretary by Leonid I. Brezhnev.
1969Peace demonstrators staged activities across the country, including a candlelight march around the White House, as part of a moratorium against the Vietnam War.
Ring any bells? Crickets?
2005 Iraqis voted to approve a constitution.
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