For more than 16 years Aleksei Nikolaevich Kosygin (1904-1980) served as chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers and effective head of the Soviet government. With party chief Leonid Brezhnev he ...
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Dec 11 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on Dec. 18 since 1900: 1903 - The U.S.-Panama treaty placed the Canal Zone under
U.S. control for an annual rent. 1916 - ...
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Today is Saturday, June 23, the 174th day of 2007. There are 191 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 23, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his "Type-write...
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Jurmala, Latvia (dpa) - Here's a question for pub quiz addicts:
what do Boris Yeltsin, Charlie Mingus, Viagra, Dr Watson and the
Gipsy Kings have in common?
T...
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Oct 16 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on October 23 since 1900: 1911 - The first use of an aircraft during a war took place
during the Italo-Turkish war when a...
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Aleksei Nikolaevich Kosygin
Reuters historical calendar - December 18
