November 10, 1982

Thirty-five years ago, at approximately 8 a.m. on November 10, 1982, Soviet President Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who led the Soviet Union for 18 years, died suddenly at the age of 75. The official announcement of Brezhnev’s death was not made until the next day at 11 a.m. On that day, Soviet television programming was abruptly … Continue reading November 10, 1982