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Historical Events
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1946-03-28 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1948-10-24 - Bernard M Baruch introduces term "Cold War"
1957-11-07 - Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1981-11-30 - Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).
Famous Birthdays
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1870-08-19 - Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)
1882-01-05 - Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958)
Famous Deaths
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1965-06-21 - Bernard M Baruch, pres advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94
2005-03-17 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
