On May 22, 1943, Moscow announced the dissolution of the Communist International.

What transpired in Spain in 1936-37 was not only a civil war but a social revolution.

On April 19, 1946, the League of Nations dissolved, ending 26 years of the existence of an organization which had proven incapable of preventing World War II.

Though lasting only 360 days, Operation Magic Carpet was the largest combined air and sealift ever organized.

Alberta Hunter was already a seasoned performer when she and the “Rhythm Rascals” traveled to the “forgotten” China-Burma-India (CBI) theater as the first African American entertainers to visit there, and she later sang for Eisenhower himself. Her service in World War II, however, is but one of many extraordinary stories of this highly regarded woman’s life.