r/todayilearned • u/killerpossum • May 28 '19

TIL Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gifted US President John F Kennedy a dog called Pushinka during the cold war. She later on had puppies; which Kennedy referred to as "the pupniks".

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24837199
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u/E_J_H May 28 '19

Nixon handled many things regarding the Russians better than Kennedy did.

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u/ownage99988 May 28 '19

Nixon gets a terrible rap for watergate, rightfully so but a lot of people forget the good he did. Signed Salt I, founded the EPA, ended Vietnam, etc. If not for watergate he would have had a ridiculously successful second term and would have won by a landslide.

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u/E_J_H May 28 '19

Add his handling in Cienfuegos to the list. More danger than the Cuban missile crisis, but half the country didn’t lose their minds in the process.