A few years stand out in East German history. 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built, and 1989, when it came down, are the most obvious examples. But coming in a close third is 1965. This was the year of the 11th Plenum of the Socialist Unity Party (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands or SED), East Germany’s …
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The Silent Star
It is worth noting that while people often give Star Trek credit for using a multi-ethnic cast at a time when TV in American was almost exclusively the domain of white males, The Silent Star had already done this six years earlier.
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