Alexander Solzhenitsyn awaits reunion with his family after exile from Russia. Publication of The Gulag Archipelago, a detailed history of the Soviet prison system, prompted Russia to exile the 55 year-old author. One of Russia's most visible and vocal dissidents, Solzhenitsyn once served an 11-year prison term. Solzhenitsyn had previously been prevented by the Soviets from receiving a Nobel Prize for literature, but finally in 1978, he received the award in Switzerland.
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This Week in History, Feb 19 - Feb 25
- Feb 19, 1473
- Copernicus born
- Feb 19, 1807
- Aaron Burr arrested for treason
- Feb 19, 1942
- Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
- Feb 19, 1974
- Solzhenitsyn reunited with family
- Feb 20, 1725
- American colonists practice scalping
- Feb 20, 1962
- An American orbits earth
- Feb 20, 1986
- Chunnel plans announced
- Feb 21, 1848
- Marx publishes Manifesto
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- Feb 21, 1972
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- Feb 24, 1968
- Tet offensive halted
- Feb 24, 1988
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- Feb 24, 1991
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