... by force. It was very easy for the rioters to persuade the army toward their cause. They were simply asking for food, and many of the soldiers sympathized. According to Allan Wildman, the downfall of the tsar's government was because of General Kavilov's order to use force to end the strikes. Many of the soldiers in Petrograd had family there and ... ...

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... became celebrities. In March of 1961 Ham the ape became the first American in space. In April of 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. On May 5th Allan Shepard became the second man in space. Werner von Braun who designed also the German V2 rocket designed the Saturn V rocket. It was one the most powerful types of rockets ... ...

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