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On June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to try to avoid nuclear war.
How DEI grew from civil rights struggles to corporate trend. A look at 100 years of effort, from Wilson to Biden, and why ...
Marina Whitman was thrilled when President Richard Nixon announced her appointment in January 1972 as one of three members of ...
The last time I attempted a “Superlatives” interview with a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, I was cursed out and disparaged for technological issues that were outside my control. It was ...
The hotel’s builder wanted "a decent hotel" for dignitaries attending Oregon Ducks games, but it grew to host dignitaries and ...
It was 1975, and Fidel Castro was reading ‘Jaws.’”  Wendy Benchley shared that complex shard of history with me. She’s the widow of Peter Benchley, who authored the best-selling novel that would ...
Once called 'ordinaries,' these historic inns and taverns offer a glimpse to NJ's history and some are connected to Revolutionary War.
The first season of Duster has come to a bittersweet end. The finale sees the culmination of this season’s events (and leaves ...
Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second feature, left such a imprint on culture and Hollywood that barely any trip ...
June saw the death of a musician whose talent brought The Beach Boys from a local California band to hitmakers and ...
Newspaper reporters were once powerful enough to topple a government using only their typewriters. Watergate sent countless ...