Today in History 11/03 (Iran-Contra Affair)

Start date: Aug 20, 1985
End date: Mar 04, 1987

Reagan meets with (left to right) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of State George Shultz, Attorney General Ed Meese, and Chief of Staff Don Regan in the Oval Office
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(1986) Lebanese magazine breaks story of US arms sales to Iran.
Also on this day,
1954 | Prehistoric sea creature revisits nuclear horror on Japan as ‘Godzilla’ premieres
Also on this day,
1954 | Prehistoric sea creature revisits nuclear horror on Japan as ‘Godzilla’ premieres
The horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki fresh in their minds, Japanese moviegoers confront a new nuclear cataclysm: a prehistoric monster-lizard, resurrected because of nuclear tests in the Pacific, come to ravage Japan yet again. Premiering today in Tokyo, the original film won’t be released in the US until 2004.1957 | Soviet dog becomes first living creature to orbit Earth
A Moscow stray, named Laika, launches into space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. The dog is sent into orbit to test the effects of space travel on living animals. Unfortunately, no reentry plan exists and Laika dies during the experiment.2004 | Hamid Karzai declared winner of Afghanistan’s first presidential election
The son of a prominent Afghan politician, Hamid Karzai had returned from exile after a US-led coalition toppled the Taliban regime. Chosen to lead the transitional government, he is today officially declared the winner of the constitutionally mandated presidential election.
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Born: 1954
Died: Nov 03, 1957
Weight: 13.23 pound (6 kg)
Birth place: Moscow
Romanian stamp from 1959 with Laika (the caption reads "Laika, first traveller into Cosmos")
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