1968 Prague Spring: Dubcek, the hero.


	1968 Prague Spring: Dubcek, the hero.
righthand
7-5-2008 1:25 PM
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7-5-2008 6:17 PM
masbury
Thanks - I'm trying to accumulate important dates like this on a calendar, for an eventual collection of "on this day" type blog posts. Glad to have this one!
7-6-2008 2:05 PM
Socratoad
Thanks righthand.

Worthy endeavor masbury.
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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prague_Spring&oldid=221621444" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prague_Spring&oldid=221621444" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prague_Spring&oldid=221621444">Memorial </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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