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In 1985, Nancy Reagan was visiting the Vatican City along with 15 members of her entourage. However, her trip nearly ended poorly when the helicopter that was carrying her was seconds away from being commandeered by an Italian admiral.
Read on at the link to learn more!
Reblogging because Nancy Reagan’s Vatican City visit happened on this day in 1985!
For two decades, the Brigate Rosse in Italy used kidnappings, weapons dealing, drug smuggling, bank robbing, and associations with the Camorra, the Italian mob which originated around Naples, in order to fund their brand of terror. Their goal was to overthrow the Italian government in favor of a “dictatorship of the proletariat.”
Their most dramatic kidnappings were of five-time former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and NATO officer Brigadier General James Dozier.
You can read about the rise and fall of the Brigate Rosse as well as the attempts to free Moro and Dozier at the link.
