In 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
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TECH&AI: Can AI replace journalists? In today's Tech&AI: Can AI really do the work of journalists? What’s the future of AI in the newsroom? In 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations began invading Czechoslovakia to crush the “Prague Spring” liberalization drive. Ten years ago: A Pakistani court indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf on murder charges stemming from the assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Qatar-based Al-Jazeera Media Network launched its U.S. cable news outlet, Al-Jazeera America. Crime novelist Elmore Leonard died in Bloomfield Township, Michigan at age 87.
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