A rare âmedicaneâ formed in the Mediterranean Sea and is producing strong winds and rain in southeast France. Tropical storm Sean could become a hurricane.
On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech to a crowd of more than 40,000 people. The speech was named by Churchill, The Sinews of Peace, and changed the way the democratic West viewed the Communist East.
The Iron Curtain divided European countries controlled or heavily influenced by the USSR and those with democratic governments. Albania was said to be behind the Iron Curtain. The countries of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and many others were on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain.