Eight Things To Know

Putin and Chechnya; Prague Spring; Neville Chamberlain; FDR; Verdun; BBC, and more

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1. Russia’s assault on Chechnya, 1994

2. Neville Chamberlain and his cousin, Norman

3. Today’s word is ‘codex'

4. FDR’s 4th inauguration

5. Remembering Hungary’s King Matthias the Just

6. On this day in 1916: Verdun

7. Odd, but true: BBC cancels television during WWII

8. Worth a thousand words: Soviets crush the Pr…