Leon Trotsky

Today in History: August 20, deadly post office rampage

By The Associated PressAugust 20, 2022 GMT

Today in History

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By The Associated PressNovember 12, 2021 GMT

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By The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021 GMT

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Spy museum’s newest: ax used on Trotsky, parts of Powers’ U2

By DEB RIECHMANNSeptember 13, 2017 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — H. Keith Melton spent 40 years looking for the ice-climbing ax used in the bloody assassination of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky...

Saturday, January 31

By The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2015 GMT

Today is Saturday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2015. There are 334 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1531 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V appoints his sister, Mary of Hungary, as Regent of the Netherlands.