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Library of Congress - Boorstin retired

Time: 1987

Place: Washington D.C., U.S.

Details: Boorstin's active and prolific role changed the post of librarian of Congress so that by the time he retired in 1987, The New York Times called it "perhaps the leading intellectual public position in the nation".

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1987

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1987 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
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Wednesday Dec 23, 1987 - U.S.
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