In 1986, the Soviet Union informed the world of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus R. In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. Marines to the Dominican Republic to protect American citizens and interests in the face of a civil war. Eisenhower resigned as Supreme Allied commander in Europe he was succeeded by Gen. In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect. In 1947, a six-man expedition set out from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the Kon-Tiki on a 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean to the Polynesian Islands.
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