On May 7, 1954, the Viet Minh - a force of farmers, workers, and guerrilla fighters, led by Ho Chi Minh - defeated French colonial forces at Dien Bien Phu.
On May 1, 1945, on the roof of the Reichstag, servicemen of the 150th Order of Kutuzov of the Red Army Aleksey Berest, Mikhail Yegorov and Meliton Kantaria raised the Victory Banner.
On this day, we honor Yuri Gagarin—the Soviet cosmonaut who made history as the first human in space!
In March 1965 NYT reported the CIA had contaminated 14,135 bags of Cuban sugar bound for Russia to create discord between Cuban and Russian authorities and JFK had to step in and turn the ship around.
