As seen in the New York Times.
45th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, during which President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet premier, Nikita Kruschev, confronted each other over the latter’s shipment of nuclear missiles to Cuba (Oct. 14 - 28, 1962).
Today’s perspective: Nostalgia for era during which actual weapons of mass destruction were removed without resort to actual invasion; amusement, at least in Havana, that President Fidel Castro has outlasted not only Kennedy and Kruschev but also the Soviet Union itself, Pan Am, TWA, vinyl records and Woolworth’s.
25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands war (March 19-June 14, 1982).
Today’s perspective: Nostalgia for era when wars ended in less than three months and only involved the British.
20th anniversary of Prozac’s introduction in the United States (Dec. 29, 1987).
Today’s perspective: Recent holiday gatherings went unusually well, don’t you think?
Today’s perspective: Nostalgia for era during which actual weapons of mass destruction were removed without resort to actual invasion; amusement, at least in Havana, that President Fidel Castro has outlasted not only Kennedy and Kruschev but also the Soviet Union itself, Pan Am, TWA, vinyl records and Woolworth’s.
25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands war (March 19-June 14, 1982).
Today’s perspective: Nostalgia for era when wars ended in less than three months and only involved the British.
20th anniversary of Prozac’s introduction in the United States (Dec. 29, 1987).
Today’s perspective: Recent holiday gatherings went unusually well, don’t you think?
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