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Christine Keeler, the British Model at the Heart of a 1960s Political Scandal, Is Dead at 75
Keeler had simultaneous relationships with a Conservative politician and a Soviet attaché, prompting concerns that she had revealed British state secrets
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How Boris Pasternak Won and Lost the Nobel Prize
Today in 1958, the “Doctor Zhivago” author won the Nobel Prize, but the Soviets made sure he never got it
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JFK Faked a Cold to Get Back to Washington During the Cuban Missile Crisis
The president was in Chicago when he got the news that he needed to make a decision
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Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Annihilation Dies at 77
In 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov kept his cool and reported a U.S. missile strike as a false alarm, preventing a massive counterstrike
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Where the Myth of JFK’s ‘Jelly Donut’ Mistake Came From
The misinterpretation didn’t arise until years after his death
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