1950

President Truman survives an assassination attempt on November 1st. Calmly he keeps to his scheduled appointments afterward. The Korean War begins. Department of Defense begins plans to detonate nuclear weapons in desert areas and monitor downwind residents for...

1933

In his book Aggression, Otto Lehmann-Russbeldt tells us that “Hitler was invited to a meeting at the Schroder Bank in Berlin on January 4, 1933. The leading industrialists and bankers of Germany tided Hitler over his financial difficulties and enabled him to...