Reagan defied them all and eventually authorized the supply of advanced MANPADs -- shoulder-mounted missile launchers -- to the mujahideen -- changing the course of the war and paving the way to a Soviet defeat. World War III did not break out. Moscow relented and signed a peace accord in Geneva in 1988.
Where Did Christopher Columbus Die. There are crucial issues regarding the death of Christopher Columbus. According to his son, Fernando, Columbus succumbed to gout, a disease causing the joints to swell. According to several modern analyses, probably Columbus died of Reiter's Syndrome, an outlandish illness. After two years of his final voyage, he died on May 20, 1506.
1 A choice item in the collection of mendacious stories that were circulated about Columbus after his death is this. 2  Columbus lost himself on the way to Hispaniola, and only by virtue of letters and pilots sent by Martin MartÃ­n alonso did he manage to find the island and Join.  pinta Indeed, the racist and Malthusian elements in Darwin's work are subjects on which the new secularists are either silent, delicate, or mendacious. â 2 Eugene McCarraher, Commonweal, 15 June 2007. 3  A choice item in the collection of mendacious stories that were circulated about Columbus after his death is this.