Word: lusitania
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Imperialist beast. Bandit, hypocrite, thief!" screamed the radios in Fidel Castro's Cuba, denouncing the U.S. "The U.S. wants to prepare public opinion for military action," raved Revolution, Castro's mouthpiece paper, "the same technique as the Alamo in 1836, the Maine in 1898, the Lusitania in 1915." Said Cuba's Prime Minister himself: "Those who committed this sabotage are those who were interested in our not getting these arms-officials of the United States Government...
Died. Margaret Mary Emerson, 75, Bromo-Seltzer heiress who kept high society agog with her array of rich husbands: 1) Smith Hollins McKim, a physician; 2) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who went down with the Lusitania; 3) Raymond T. Baker, a Nevada prison warden who became director of the Mint; 4) Charles Minot Amory, a playboy; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...