{"id":100098,"date":"2017-10-16T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=100098"},"modified":"2017-10-10T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:14:12","slug":"this-week-in-history-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/10\/this-week-in-history-150\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo-e1501065517548.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo-e1501065517548.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Oct 16-22, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/w\/walterande183075.html?src=t_movingon\" >\u201cBad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have &#8211; life itself.\u201d <\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Walter Anderson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extrasolar_planet\" >extrasolar planet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alpha_Centauri_Bb\" >Alpha Centauri Bb<\/a> is discovered.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alpha Centauri Bb:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/18089-earth-size-alien-planet-alpha-centauri.html\" >Discovery! Earth-Size Alien Planet at Alpha Centauri Is Closest Ever Seen \u2013 October 16, 2012 \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/news\/eso1241\" >Planet Found in Nearest Star System to Earth | ESO \u2013 October 16, 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov\/astrob\/9Page17.pdf\" >Alpha Centauri Bb \u2013 a near by extrasolar planet? \u2013 NASA \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solarsystemquick.com\/universe\/alpha-centauri-bb.htm\" >Alpha Centauri Bb Facts \u2013 SolarSystemQuick.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2012\/10\/16\/alpha-centauri-has-a-planet\/#.VhD4JCuufX4\" >ALPHA CENTAURI HAS A PLANET! by Phil Plait \u2013 October 16, 2012 \u2013 DiscoverMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2012\/10\/20121022162921481412.html\" >Why all the fuss over Alpha Centauri Bb? \u2013 23 Oct 2012 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina\" >Bibliotheca Alexandrina<\/a> in the Egyptian city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandria\" >Alexandria<\/a>, a commemoration of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Library_of_Alexandria\" >Library of Alexandria<\/a> that was lost in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classical_antiquity\" >antiquity<\/a>, is officially inaugurated.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Library of Alexandria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Library-of-Alexandria\" >Library of Alexandria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Alexandria_Library\" >Alexandria Library \u2013 New World Encyclopedia \u2013 NewWorldEncyclopedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalinks.com\/libraryofalexandria.html\" >Library of Alexandria \u2013 CrystalLinks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ask-aladdin.com\/Alex-Travel-Information\/library_of_Alexandria.html\" >The Library of Alexandria \u2013 Ask-Aladdin.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destruction_of_the_Library_of_Alexandria\" >Destruction of the Library of Alexandria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bede.org.uk\/library.htm\" >The Mysterious Fate of the Library of Alexandria \u2013 BEDE.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Hypatia of Alexandria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ask-aladdin.com\/Alex-Travel-Information\/library_of_Alexandria.html\" >The Library of Alexandria and Martyrdom of Hypatia \u2013 Disinfo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ancienthistory.about.com\/od\/egypt\/tp\/012911-Library-Of-Alexandria-Scholars.htm\" >\u201c<em>Hypatia (A.D. 355 or 370 \u2013 415\/416), the daughter of Theon, a teacher of mathematics at the Museum of Alexandria, was the last great Alexandrian mathematician and philosopher who wrote a commentary on geometry and taught Neo-platonism to her students<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Geniuses of the Library of Alexandria \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypatia\" >Hypatia of Alexandria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Hypatia\" >Hypatia \u2013 Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/womens-history\/hypatia-ancient-alexandrias-great-female-scholar-10942888\/?no-ist\" >Hypatia, Ancient Alexandria\u2019s Great Female Scholar \u2013 SmithSonianMag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk\/Biographies\/Hypatia.html\" >Hypatia of Alexandria \u2013 St-And.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.womanastronomer.com\/hypatia.htm\" >The Woman Astronomer Hypatia \u2013 WomanAstronomer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/hypati1\/a\/hypatia.htm\" >Hypatia of Alexandria \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/depts\/phil\/philo\/phils\/hypatia.html\" >Hypatia \u2013 Alexandrian Thinker and Mathematician<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/Hypatia_of_Alexandria\/\" >HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA \u2013 Ancient History Encyclopedia \u2013 Ancient.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chilean<\/a> dictator General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augusto_Pinochet\" >Augusto Pinochet<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indictment_and_arrest_of_Augusto_Pinochet\" >arrested<\/a> in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extradition\" >extradition<\/a> on murder charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Association_football\" >football<\/a> fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estadio_Mateo_Flores\" >Estadio Mateo Flores<\/a><\/em> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guatemala_City\" >Guatemala City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skye_Bridge\" >Skye Bridge<\/a> is opened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Million_Man_March\" >Million Man March<\/a> occurs in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>Anti-Nazism riot breaks out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welling\" >Welling<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent\" >Kent<\/a>, after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Police_Service\" >police<\/a> stop protesters approaching the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_National_Party\" >British National Party<\/a> headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> (underground) at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1987:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1987_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1987 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Tests at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2009\/11\/kazakhstans_radioactive_legacy.html\" >Kazakhstan\u2019s radioactive legacy \u2013 Boston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/semipalatinsk_test_site\" >\u201cMy home: nuclear base Semipalatinsk \u2013 21\u201d, Episode 02 \u201cMain Testing Field\u201d (Video: 3 min. 14 sec.) \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death In Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carlwillis.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/13\/visit-to-the-semipalatinsk-nuclear-test-site\/\" >Visit to the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 SPEICAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-ns.iaea.org\/appraisals\/semipalatinsk.asp\" >The Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan \u2013 IAEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/732\/\" >Semipalatinsk Test Site \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5988266\/the-tragic-story-of-the-semipalatinsk-nuclear-test-site\" >The Tragic Story of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, by Vincze Mikl\u00f3s \u2013 io9.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/Sixty_Years_After_First_Soviet_Nuclear_Test_Legacy_Of_Misery_Lives_On\/1809712.html\" >60 Years After First Soviet Nuclear Test, Legacy Of Misery Lives On In Kazakhstan \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 Monday, August 10, 2015 \u2013 RFERL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/8236431.stm\" >Soviet nuclear tests leave Kazakh fallout \u2013 Sunday, 6 September 2009 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2010\/02\/24\/ST2010022403314.html?sid=ST2010022403314\" >In Kazakhstan, the race for uranium goes nuclear, by Philip P. Pan \u2013 Thursday, February 25, 2005 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?17456\" >Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 NuclearNo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/listverse.com\/2012\/05\/15\/top-10-nuclear-test-sites\/\" >Top 10 Nuclear Test Sites, Michael Affleck, May 15, 2012 \u2013 Our World \u2013 ListVerse.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Health, and Ecological Issues in Kazakhstan\/Semipalatinsk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/kazakhstan\/kazakhstan17.html\" >Kazakstan\/Kazakhstan \u2013 Environmental Problems \u2013 Reference.AllRefer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdfs\/HBWW_EN\/Semipalatinsk_EN_web.pdf\" >\u201cIn Semipalatinsk, the local population was exposed to high levels of radioactivity from nuclear weapon tests for several decades\u2026\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear test site \u2013 Nuclear-Risk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/testing\/PDFs\/JC-143920%5B1%5D.pdf\" >Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakhstan\u2019s Semipalatinsk Test Site Implications on Human and Ecological Heath, by T.M. Carlsen, L.E. Peterson, B.A. Ulsh, C.A. Werner, K.L.Purvis, A.C. Sharber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nukefreetexas.org\/downloads\/plutominum_uranium_semipalatinsk_test_site.pdf\" >Plutonium and Uranium in Human Bones from Areas surrounding the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 NukeFreeTexas.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2013\/0828\/Secrets-of-Semipalatinsk-How-nuclear-theft-was-averted-in-Central-Asia\" >\u201cTheir research done on sample villages near the test site found cancer mortality rates 2-1\/2 times greater than those in a control village. The agency says some 356,000 people face radiation risk, with 70 percent of those being descendants of exposed villagers\u2026\u201d \u2013 Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cajgh.pitt.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/cajgh\/article\/view\/127\/0\" >Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Kazakhstan, by Bernd Grosche, Tamara Zhunussova, Kazbek Apsalikov, Ausrele Kesminiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/wasj\/wasj23%285%2913\/19.pdf\" >Information Report on Biological Studies Conducted At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 IDOSI.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/articles\/PMC3866702\" >Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Semipalatinsk Historical Cohort, 1960 \u2013 1999, and its Relationship to Radiation Exposure \u2013 Europe PubMed Central<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinhold_Messner\" >Reinhold Messner<\/a> becomes the first person to summit all 14 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eight-thousander\" >Eight-thousanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> (underground) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>US Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \u2013 January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Ecological and Health Issues in and around the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cdclv.unlv.edu\/healthnv\/environment.html\" >Environment and the Quality of Life in Nevada \u2013 UNLV.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" ><em>ECONLGOY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVE SUMMARY, KEY WORD INDEX, AND SPECIES LISTS<\/em> \u2013 DOE\/NEV\/11718-594<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osti.gov\/scitech\/biblio\/6458066\" ><em>Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center: a review of technical information support provided to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group<\/em> \u2013 Sci-Tech Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologycenter.org\/terrainmagazine\/summer-2002\/sovereignty-at-shoshone-mountain\/\" >\u201c<em>Between 1951 and 1992, the United States bombed its own soil with nuclear weapons \u2014 945 times. All but 17 of those explosions took place on a stretch of basin-and-range desert northwest of Las Vegas called the Nevada Test Site (NTS),\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Sovereignty at Shoshone Mountain \u2013 EcologyCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/%7Eota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/8909.PDF\" ><em>The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions<\/em> \u2013 Princeton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Desmond_Tutu\" >Desmond Tutu<\/a> is awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Peace_Prize\" >Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Desmond Tutu:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1984\/tutu-bio.html\" >Desmond Tutu \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/desmond-tutu-9512516#%21\" >Desmond Tutu \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Desmond-Tutu\" >Desmond Tutu \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/sundayindependent\/the-making-of-desmond-tutu-1.1921480#.Vg-ej5eufX4\" >\u201c<em>It is astounding that one whose ministry coincided with so dark a period in the history of South Africa and the world would also be renowned for his love and advocacy of laughter<\/em>.\u201d, by Tinyiko Maluleke \u2013 September 27, 2015 \u2013 The Making of Desmond Tutu \u2013 The Sunday Independent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iV2LURTu3eQ\" >YouTube video (56 min. 10 sec.): Reconciling Love Archbishop Desmond Tutu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=it0hR5cpHLg\" >YouTube video (57 min. 03 sec.): InterSpiritual Discussion with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu: A.M. Session, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hOaSbGD7Was\" >YouTube video (46 min. 29 sec.): Desmond Tutu, Peacemaker: A conversation with Desmond Tutu &amp; John Allen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1984\/tutu-lecture.html\" >\u201c<em>Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are starving. And yet, just a fraction of what is expended so obscenely on defense budgets would make the difference in enabling God\u2019s children to fill their stomachs, be educated, and given the chance to lead fulfilled and happy lives<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Desmond Tutu \u2013 Nobel Lecture on December 11, 1984<\/strong> \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tutufoundation-usa.org\/about_desmond_tutu.html\" >The Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/authors\/d\/desmond_tutu.html\" >Desmond Tutu Quotes \u2013 BrainyQuote.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/desmond-tutu\/\" >News Articles on Desmond Tutu \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 huffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=desmond+tutu\" >Articles on or by Desmond Tutu \u2013 Transcend.org\/tms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >Astrakhan, Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1982:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1982 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wanda_Rutkiewicz\" >Wanda Rutkiewicz<\/a> is the first Pole and the first European woman to reach the summit of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Everest\" >Mount Everest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karol_Wojtyla\" >Karol Wojtyla<\/a> is elected <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papal_conclave,_October_1978\" >October 1978 Papal conclave<\/a>, the first non-Italian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontiff\" >pontiff<\/a> since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1523\" >1523<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Karol Wojtyla or Pope John Paul II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/spirituallife\/ChurchAndMinistry\/KarolWojtylaPopeJohnPaulTimeline.aspx\" >Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II) Timeline \u2013 CBN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_life_of_Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Early life of John Paul II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/jubilee_2000\/magazine\/documents\/ju_mag_01111997_p-46_en.html\" >THE ROOTS OF ANTI-JUDAISM IN THE CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT \u2013 THE JEWISH \u201cROOTS\u201d OF KAROL WOJTYLA- Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/Theology\/WOJTLAHV.HTM\" >THE TRUTH OF THE ENCYCLICAL \u201cHUMANAE VITAE\u201d Cardinal Karol Wojtyla \u2013 EWTN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hanskoechler.com\/koechler-wojtyla-SaintJosephCollege-March2006-V5.pdf\" >Korol Wojty\u0142a\u2019s Notion of the Irreducible in Man and the Quest for a Just World Order, by Hans K\u00f6chler \u2013 HansKoechler.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rahima_Banu\" >Rahima Banu<\/a>, a two-year-old girl from the village of Kuralia in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh\" >Bangladesh<\/a>, is the last known person to be infected with naturally occurring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smallpox\" >smallpox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balibo_Five\" >Balibo Five<\/a>, a group of Australian-based television journalists based in the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balibo\" >Balibo<\/a> in the then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Timor\" >Portuguese Timor<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Timor\" >East Timor<\/a>), are killed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesian<\/a> troops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Kissinger\" >Henry Kissinger<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%AA_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c_Th%E1%BB%8D\" >L\u00ea \u0110\u1ee9c Th\u1ecd<\/a> are awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Peace_Prize\" >Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Henry Kissinger, L\u00ea \u0110\u1ee9c Th\u1ecd and Nobel Peace Prize:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1973\/\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 Nobel Peace Prize 1973<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/09\/kissinger-a-hero-of-our-time\/\" >Kissinger: A Hero of Our Time, by Richard Falk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2096389_2096388_2096386,00.html\" >Top 10 Nobel Prize Controversies \u2013 Henry Kissinger, by Jak Philips \u2013 Friday, Oct 07, 2011 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1973\/tho-facts.html\" >L\u00ea \u0110\u1ee9c Th\u1ecd \u2013 Nobel Peace Prize 1973<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamwar.net\/LeDucTho.htm\" >Le Duc Tho \u2013 VietnamWar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/le-duc-tho-9376771\" >Le Duc Tho \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNtho.htm\" >Le Duc Tho \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Le_Duc_Tho.aspx\" >Le Duc Tho 1911 \u2013 1990 \u2013 Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Le-Duc-Tho\" >Le Duc Tho \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>In response to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_Crisis\" >October Crisis<\/a> terrorist kidnapping, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister\" >Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Trudeau\" >Pierre Trudeau<\/a> of Canada invokes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_Measures_Act\" >War Measures Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasunari_Kawabata\" >Yasunari Kawabata<\/a> becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature\" >Nobel Prize in Literature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet leaders <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leonid_Brezhnev\" >Leonid Brezhnev<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexei_Kosygin\" >Alexei Kosygin<\/a> are inaugurated as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >General Secretary of the CPSU<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Premier_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Premier<\/a>, respectively and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All-People%27s_Government\" >collective leadership<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>China detonates its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/596_%28nuclear_test%29\" >nuclear weapon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>China\u2019s Nuclear Weapon Programs:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/specials\/testing-times\/16-october-1964-first-chinese-nuclear-test\/\" >16 OCTOBER 1964 \u2013 FIRST CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction\" >China and weapons of mass destruction \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/country-profiles\/china\/\" >China \u2013 Overview \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/proliferation\/china\/index.htm\" >China \u2013 NuclearFiles.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB26\/index.html\" >The Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program: Problems of Intelligence Collection and Analysis, 1964-1972\u2013 edited by William Burr \u2013 \u2013 published March 30, 2000 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/China\/ChinaArsenal.html\" >China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Present Capabilities \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/efogg\/Public\/chinanuclear.pdf\" >The China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Program and its Threat to the United States and Her Allies, by Erik Fogg \u2013 December 6, 2006 \u2013 MIT.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/project2049.net\/half_lives_china_nuclear_warhead_program.pdf\" >\u201c<em>As such, the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) is improving its nuclear deterrent to undermine the coercive effects of other countries nuclear weapons. The People\u2019s Liberation Army\u2019s (PLA) Second Artillery Force is building a next generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and the PLA Navy is gradually working toward the goal of fielding nuclear submarines capable of launching a new submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 HALVE LIVES: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT CHINA\u2019S NUCLEAR WARHEAD LIFE EXTENSION AND SAFETY PROGRAM \u2013 Project 2049 Institute \u2013 June 29, 2013 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/china\/nuke\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>The first Chinese nuclear test was conducted at Lop Nor on 16 October 1964 (CHIC 1). It was a tower shot involving a fission device with a yield of 25 kilotons. Uranium 235 was used as the nuclear fuel, which indicates Beijing\u2019s choice of the path of creating high-yield nuclear weapons right away<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearweaponarchive.org\/China\/ChinaTesting.html\" >China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 China\u2019s Nuclear Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/world-nuclear.org\/info\/Country-Profiles\/Countries-A-F\/China--Nuclear-Power\/\" >Nuclear Power in China \u2013 WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION \u2013 World-Nuclear.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/soviet_policies_twrds_chinas_nuclear_weapons_prgm_1.pdf\" >THE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION INTERNATIOAL HISTORY PROJECT WORKING PAPER SERIES \u2013 Between Aid and Restriction: Changing Soviet Policies toward China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Program: 1954-1960, by Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia \u2013 NPIHP Working Paper #2 \u2013 May 2012 \u2013 WilsonCenter.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2013-06-02\/china-nuclear-weapons-stock-grows-as-india-matches-pakistan-rise\" >China Nuclear Stockpile as India Matches Pakistan Rise, by Robert Wall \u2013 June 3, 2013 \u2013 Bloomberg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/should-america-fear-chinas-nuclear-weapons-11046\" >Should America Fear China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons? ,by Robert Farley \u2013 August 10, 2014 \u2013 The National Interest \u2013 NationalInterest.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Republic_of_China\" >Timeline of China\u2019s nuclear program \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see <\/em>\u201c<strong>1986<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan\" >Prime Minister of Pakistan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liaquat_Ali_Khan\" >Liaquat Ali Khan<\/a>, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination\" >assassinated<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rawalpindi\" >Rawalpindi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >diplomatic relations<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Democratic_Republic\" >German Democratic Republic<\/a> are established.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>East Germany and the Soviet Union:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations\" >East Germany-Soviet Union relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/cgi-bin\/query\/r-5135.html\" >East Germany \u2013 Relations with the Soviet Union \u2013 Country-Data.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>East Germany during the Cold War Era:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_East_Germany\" >History of East Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/2WWeastGermany.htm\" >East Germany \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005506\" >THE SOVIET UNION AND EUROPE AFTER 1945 \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/JFK\/JFK-in-History\/The-Cold-War-in-Berlin.aspx\" >The Cold War in Berlin \u2013 John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/econc10.bu.edu\/economic_systems\/Economics\/Command_Econ\/labor\/comec_labor_germany.htm\" >LABOR IN EAST GERMANY UNDER THE SOVIET-TYPE COMMAND ECONOMY 1950-1960, by Hidemi Tatsumiya Goma \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gdc.gale.com\/archivesunbound\/archives-unbound-east-germany-from-stalinization-to-the-new-economic-policy-19501963\/\" >East Germany from Stabilization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963 \u2013 Archives Unbound \u2013 Gale.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/future.state.gov\/when\/timeline\/1969_detente\/fall_of_communism.html\" >FALL OF COMMUNISM \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eastgermany.info\/TimeLine.htm\" >Timeline of East Germany History \u2013 EastGermany.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikolaos_Zachariadis\" >Nikolaos Zachariadis<\/a>, leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_Greece\" >Communist Party of Greece<\/a>, announces a \u201ctemporary cease-fire\u201d, effectively ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Civil_War\" >Greek Civil War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuremberg_Trials\" >Nuremberg Trials<\/a>: Execution of the convicted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi\" >Nazi<\/a> leaders of the Main Trial.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Judgements of 1 October 1946:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/crimeofaggression.info\/documents\/6\/1946_Nuremberg_Judgement.pdf\" >Judgements of 1 October 1946 \u2013 INTERNATIONNAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL (NUREMBERG) \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuremberg Military Tribunal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/law2.umkc.edu\/faculty\/projects\/ftrials\/nuremberg\/NurembergChronology.html\" >The Nuremberg Trials: Chronology \u2013 UMKC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/imt.asp\" >The International Military Tribunal for Germany \u2013 Contents of the Nuremberg Trials Collection \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/nuremberg-trials\" >THE NUBERMBERG TRIALS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1940s\/fl\/The-Nuremberg-Trials.htm\" >The Nuremberg Trials \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/information\/exhibitions\/online-features\/special-focus\/nuremberg-trials-legacy\" >THE NUREMBERG TRIALS AND THEIR LEGACY \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10007069\" >INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL AT NUREMBERG \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.faculty.umb.edu\/gary_zabel\/Courses\/Morals%20and%20Law\/M+L\/TheNurembergTrials.html\" >Origin of the International Tribunal at Nuremberg, by January Godkin \u2013 UMB.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/211759\/THE_INTERNATIONAL_MILITARY_TRIBUNAL_AT_NUREMBERG_THE_ONGOING_REFLECTIONS_IN_INTERNATIONAL_CRIMINAL_LAW\" >THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL AT NUREMBERG: THE ONGOING REFLECTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW, uploaded by B. Baytemir Kontaci \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization\" >Food and Agriculture Organization<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec_City\" >Quebec City<\/a>, Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/home\/en\/\" >Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Food-and-Agriculture-Organization\" >Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/food-agriculture-organization.html\" >Food and Agriculture Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >Holocaust<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raid_of_the_Ghetto_of_Rome\" >Raid of the Ghetto of Rome<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jewish People in Rome:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.besttoursofrome.com\/articles\/jewish-raid-deportation-rome\/\" >The Jewish Raid (Deportation), Rome, October 16, 1943 \u2013 Things That Need to be Said<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Pius_XII_and_the_Roman_razzia#Roundup_commences\" >\u201c<em>The roundup began on October 16. The Germans surrounded the Roman Ghetto on Shabbat and went door-to-door in the early morning, waking up the sleeping Jews on their list of addresses. They were given twenty minutes to assemble their possessions and assemble outside in the rain. 1,000 Jews\u2014900 of whom were women and children\u2014were taken to the Military College of Rome, only a few blocks from St. Peter\u2019s Basilica<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Roundup commences \u2013 Pope Pius XII and the Roman razzia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Jews_in_Italy#Jews_during_the_Fascist_era\" >History of Jews in Italy \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Rome.html\" >Rome, Italy \u2013 Virtual Jewish World \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sightsofrome.blogspot.hr\/2014\/01\/the-jewish-ghetto-in-rome.html\" >Sights of Rome \u2013 Jewish Ghetto in Rome \u2013 Photographs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/italytime.html\" >Timeline of the Jewish History in Italy \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >Holocaust<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Ghetto\" >Warsaw Ghetto<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warsaw Ghetto:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/warsawtoc.html\" >The Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 Holocaust Ghettos \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johndclare.net\/Nazi_Germany3_WarsawGhetto.htm\" >The Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-3 \u2013 JohndClare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/ghettos\/warsawghetto.html\" >The Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 HolocaustResearchProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu\/6.2\/bingham.html\" >Women and Warsaw Ghetto: A Moment to Decide, by Marjorie Wall Bingham \u2013 World History Connected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/deathcamps.org\/occupation\/warsaw%20ghetto.html\" >Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 DeathCamps.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustsurvivors.org\/data.show.php?di=record&amp;da=encyclopedia&amp;ke=117\" >Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 HolocaustSurvivors.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/warsaw-ghetto-uprising\" >WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING \u2013 April 19 \u2013 May 16, 1943 \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005188\" >Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/agcholocaustlibrary.org\/ghettos.html\" >Ghettos \u2013 Agnes Tnenenbaum Holocaust Library Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: First attack on British territory by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftwaffe\" >Luftwaffe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong>Chinese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >Communists<\/a> begin the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_March\" >Long March<\/a>; it ended a year and four days later, by which time <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mao_Zedong\" >Mao Zedong<\/a> had regained his title as party chairman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Walt_Disney_Company\" >The Walt Disney Company<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walt_Disney\" >Walt Disney<\/a> and his brother, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_O._Disney\" >Roy Disney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>In Brooklyn, New York, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Sanger\" >Margaret Sanger<\/a> opens the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_planning\" >family planning<\/a> clinic in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Howard_Taft\" >William Howard Taft<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porfirio_D%C3%ADaz\" >Porfirio D\u00edaz<\/a> hold a summit, a first between a US and a Mexican president, and they only narrowly escape assassination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelm_Voigt\" >Captain of K\u00f6penick<\/a> fools the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_hall_%28administration%29\" >city hall<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K%C3%B6penick\" >K\u00f6penick<\/a> and several soldiers by impersonating a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partition_of_Bengal_%281905%29\" >Partition of Bengal<\/a> in India takes place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad\" >Nickel Plate Railroad<\/a> opens for business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1875\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brigham_Young_University\" >Brigham Young University<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provo,_Utah\" >Provo, Utah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1869\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Girton_College,_Cambridge\" >Girton College, Cambridge<\/a> is founded, becoming England\u2019s first residential college for women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1869\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cardiff_Giant\" >Cardiff Giant<\/a>, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is \u201cdiscovered\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1846\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_T._G._Morton\" >William T. G. Morton<\/a> first demonstrated ether <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anesthesia\" >anesthesia<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts_General_Hospital\" >Massachusetts General Hospital<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ether_Dome\" >Ether Dome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1843\u00a0 <\/strong>Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Rowan_Hamilton\" >William Rowan Hamilton<\/a> comes up with the idea of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quaternion\" >quaternions<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commutativity\" >non-commutative<\/a> extension of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Complex_number\" >complex numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sixth_Coalition\" >Sixth Coalition<\/a> attacks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Leipzig\" >Battle of Leipzig<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1793\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Wattignies\" >Battle of Wattignies<\/a> ends in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_First_Republic\" >French<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1793\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Antoinette\" >Marie Antoinette<\/a>, widow of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_XVI_of_France\" >Louis XVI<\/a>, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guillotine\" >guillotined<\/a> at the height of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Marie Antoinette:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/marie-antoinette\" >MARIE ANTOINETTE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/marie-antoinette-9398996#%21\" >Marie Antoinette \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bastille-day.com\/biography\/Marie-Antoinette\" >Marie Antoinette \u2013 Biography \u2013 Bastille Day and the French Revolution (1789)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marie-antoinette.org\/\" >MAIRE ANTOINETTE ONLINE \u2013 MarieAntoinette.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/marie-antoinette-134629573\/?no-ist\" >Marie Antoinette \u2013 Smithsonian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lucidcafe.com\/library\/95nov\/antoinette.html\" >Marie Antoinette \u2013 Queen of France, 1755-1793 \u2013 Lucidcaf\u00e9 \u2013 Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/marieantoinette\/faces\/antoinette.html\" >The Queen\u00a0: Marie Antoinette \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/rulerspre20th\/p\/marieantoinette.htm\" >Marie Antoinette\u00a0: Queen Consort to Louis XVI of France 1774-1793, by Jone Johnson Lewis \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>French Revolution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/french-revolution\" >FRENCH REVOLUTION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/French-Revolution\" >French Revolution 1787-1799 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/french-revolution.html\" >French Revolution \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history-world.org\/french_revolution.htm\" >French Revolution: An Overview \u2013 History-World.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/history\/hist7.html\" >French Revolution \u2013 The Victorian Web \u2013 VictorianWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1784-1800\/french-rev\" >The United States and the French Revolution 1789-1799 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution\" >Causes of the French Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/courses\/rschwart\/hist151s03\/french_rev_causes_consequences.htm\" >History 151 The French Revolution: Causes, Outcomes, Conflicting Interpretations \u2013 Mr. Schwartz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>A Case Study on Nonviolence: Nonviolence Revolutions vs. the French Revolution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nonviolent_revolution\" >Nonviolent revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prodsyse.com\/conflict\/Nonviolence&amp;AmericanRevolution.pdf\" >Violence, nonviolence, and the American Revolution, by Spencer Graves \u2013 Prodsyse.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/revolutions.mka.org\/2012\/03\/02\/is-violence-necessary-for-a-revolution-to-succeed\/\" >Is Violence Necessary for a Revolution to Succeed? , posted on March 2, 2012 \u2013 MKA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/printpdf\/book\/export\/html\/13077\" >Nonviolent Revolution: A Contradiction in Terms? \u2013 WorldSocialism.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/Nonviolent-Vs-Violent-Revolution-174446.html\" >Nonviolent vs. Violent Revolution \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pacificfreepress.com\/news\/1\/8046-violent-or-non-violent-revolution.html\" >Violent or Non-Violent Revolution \u2013 Pacific Free Press \u2013 PacificFreePress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/san.beck.org\/GPJ20-Gandhi.html\" >Gandhi\u2019s Nonviolent Revolution \u2013 Beck.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/qvrmsnkpxbim\/gandhis-nonviolence-revolution\/\" >Gandhi\u2019s nonviolence revolution \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=1009\" >Non-violence and revolution: the Gandhi myth \u2013 August 19, 2012 \u2013 Malcom-X.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/beautifultrouble.org\/theory\/revolutionary-nonviolence\/\" >Theory: Revolutionary Nonviolence \u2013 BeautifulTrouble.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.oup.com\/2015\/03\/chibli-mallat-nonviolence-revolution-arab-spring\/\" >Nonviolence, revolution, and the Arab Spring \u2013 OUP.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peaceworkersus.org\/nonviolent-revolution-in-egypt\/\" >Nonviolent Revolution in Egypt! \u2013 Peaceworkers \u2013 PeaceworkersUS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-12522848\" >Gene Sharp: Author of the nonviolence revolution rulebook, by Ruaridh Arrow \u2013 21 February 2011 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.educationanddemocracy.org\/FSCfiles\/C_CC7e_NonviolenceInAmHist.htm\" >NONVIOLENCE IN AMERICAN HISTORY \u2013 EducationAndDemocracy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/issues\/love-and-the-apocalypse\/peaceful-revolution-gandhi-s-four-paths-to-get-there\" >Peaceful Revolution? Gandhi\u2019s Four Paths to Get There \u2013 YesMagazine.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unity.org\/publications\/unity-magazine\/januaryfebruary-2013\/nonviolent-revolution\" >The Nonviolent Revolution, by Heide Aungst \u2013 Unity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/revolutions.mka.org\/2012\/03\/09\/marx-and-engels-on-nonviolence\/\" >Marx and Engels and Nonviolence \u2013 posted on March 9, 2012 \u2013 MKA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2015\/01\/nonviolence-revolution-and-nypd\" >Nonviolence, Revolution, And The NYDP \u2013 Crooks And Liars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmartin.cc\/pubs\/88BRnvt2.html\" >The pitfall of nonviolent revolution \u2013 <em>Nonviolent Revolution in India. <\/em>Geoffrey Ostergaard New Delhi: Gandhi Peace Foundation, 1985 \u2013 Bmartin.cc<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmartin.cc\/pubs\/88BRnvt2.pdf\" >the same article in pdf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com\/view\/10.1093\/acprof:oso\/9780199778201.001.0001\/acprof-9780199778201\" >Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century, by Sharon Erickson Nepstad \u2013 OxfordScholarship.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nonviolenceinternational.net\/seasia\/whatis\/book.php\" >Nonviolence: An Introduction \u2013 NonviolenceInternational.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContentP\/4\/35437\/Opinion\/Saving-the-nonviolent-revolution-in-Syria-For-a-cr.aspx\" >Saving the nonviolent revolution in Syria: For a creditable strategy, by Sadek Jalal al-Azm et al \u2013 Sunday, 26 Feb 2012 \u2013 Ahram Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.morningsidecenter.org\/teachable-moment\/lessons\/egypts-nonviolent-revolution\" >EGHYPT\u2019S NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION \u2013 Morningside Center \u2013 MonrningcideCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei_101\" >Taipei 101<\/a>, a 101-floor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skyscraper\" >skyscraper<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei\" >Taipei<\/a>, allowing it to surpass the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petronas_Twin_Towers\" >Petronas Twin Towers<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuala_Lumpur\" >Kuala Lumpur<\/a> by 56 meters (184\u00a0ft) and become the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World%27s_tallest_structures\" >world\u2019s tallest highrise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>Israeli tourism minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rehavam_Ze%27evi\" >Rehavam Ze\u2019evi<\/a> becomes the first Israeli minister to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Rehavam_Ze%27evi\" >assassinated<\/a> in a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hatfield_rail_crash\" >Train crash<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire\" >Hatfield<\/a>, north of London, leading to collapse of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railtrack\" >Railtrack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Russian journalist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dmitry_Kholodov\" >Dmitry Kholodov<\/a> is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake\" >1989 Loma Prieta earthquake<\/a> (7.1 on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richter_magnitude_scale\" >Richter scale<\/a>) hits the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Bay_Area\" >San Francisco Bay Area<\/a> and causes 57 deaths directly (and 6 indirectly).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1982:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1982 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Novaya Zemlya Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/novaya-zemlya\" >NOVAYA ZEMLYA \u2013 AtlasObscura.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/novaya-zemlya\/3035-3167\/\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GiantBomb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arkcode.com\/custom3_64.html\" >NOVA ZEMLYA (NOVAYA ZEMLYA) 58 MEGA TON H BOMB TEST \u2013 ArkCode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlya, by Carrie McVicker \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39591\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 Image \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novayazemlya.net\/\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 NovayaZemlya.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/novaya-zemlya.html\" >Novaya Zemlya, Russia \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/russia\/743105\" >Novaya Zemlya: test site for most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 TASS Russian News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >Novaya Zemlya: birds, animals adapt nuclear test site, by Tatyana Sinitsyna \u2013 RIA Novosti, Russia \u2013 15 August 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRPAPHICAL SURVEY \u2013 Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501 \u2013 Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Department_of_Education_Organization_Act\" >Department of Education Organization Act<\/a> is signed into law creating the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_Department_of_Education\" >US Department of Education<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services\" >US Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Teresa\" >Mother Teresa<\/a> is awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Peace_Prize\" >Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mother Teresa and Her Biography:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1979\/teresa-bio.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Biographical \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/news_services\/liturgy\/saints\/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html\" >Bibliography: Mother Teresa of Calcutta \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fSoqd3G13_E&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (1h. 55 min. 01 sec.): M\u00e8re Teresa \u2013 Mother Teresa \u2013 Multi-subs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b8w81qOc5nU&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (2 min. 02 sec.): Mother Teresa Film Trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mother-Teresa\" >Blessed Mother Teresa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americancatholic.org\/Features\/Teresa\/Sainthood.asp\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 The Road to Official Sainthood \u2013 AmericanCatholic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.handwriting.org\/mother-theresa.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Handwriting Analysis \u2013 Handwriting.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Controversies:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa\" >Criticism of Mother Teresa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mukto-mona.com\/Articles\/mother_teresa\/sanal_ed.htm\" >India has no reason to be grateful to Mother Teresa, by Sanal Edamaruku \u2013 Mukto-Mona.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/02\/26\/mother-teresas-legacy-disrupts-indian-parliament\/\" >Mother Teresa\u2019s legacy disrupts Indian parliament \u2013 February 26, 2015 \u2013 Religion News Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/prism\/oct97\/mothert.html\" >Mother Teresa-She can\u2019t put us out of our misery any more, by Mark Cook \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca\/udem-news\/news\/20130301-mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint.html\" >Mother Teresa: anything but a saint\u2026- 1 MAR. 2013 \u2013 UMontreal.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/28746\/mother-teresa-not-a-saint-new-study-suggests-she-was-a-fraud\" >Mother Teresa Not a Saint: New Study Suggests She Was a Fraud, by Zainab Akande \u2013 March 7, 2013 \u2013 Mic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/the-silence-of-the-nuns-missionaries-refuse-to-get-drawn-into-controversy-over-mother-teresa\/article1-1326493.aspx\" >Silence of the nuns: Missionaries refuse to get drawn into controversy over Mother Teresa, by Arindam Sarkar \u2013 March 15, 2015 \u2013 HundustanTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1978<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear tests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1978:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1978 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Autumn\" >German Autumn<\/a>: Four days after it is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_hijacking\" >hijacked<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lufthansa_Flight_181\" >Lufthansa Flight 181<\/a> lands in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mogadishu\" >Mogadishu<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\" >Somalia<\/a>, where a team of German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GSG_9\" >GSG 9<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commandos\" >commandos<\/a> later rescues all remaining <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hostage\" >hostages<\/a> on board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OPEC\" >OPEC<\/a> imposes an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum\" >oil<\/a> embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> in its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yom_Kippur_War\" >war<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>OPEC Oil Embargo of 1973:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/opec-enacts-oil-embargo\" >OCT 17, 1973: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: OPEC enacts oil embargo \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.envirothonpa.org\/documents\/The1973OilCrisis.pdf\" >The 1973 Oil Crisis, by Sarah Horton \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/parallels\/2013\/10\/15\/234771573\/the-1973-arab-oil-embargo-the-old-rules-no-longer-apply\" >The 1973 Arab Oil Embargo: The Old Rule No Longer Apply \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/north-america\/2013-10-15\/how-1973-oil-embargo-saved-planet\" >How the 1973 Oil Embargo Saved the Planet, by Michael L. Ross \u2013 October 15, 2013 \u2013 Foreign Affairs \u2013 ForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buyandhold.com\/bh\/en\/education\/history\/2002\/arab.html\" >The Arab oil embargo 1973-74, by Brian Trumbore \u2013 BuyAndHold.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/mbaker2013\/opec-oil-embargo-of-1973\" >OPEC OIL EMBARGO OF 1973 \u2013 SideShare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal\" >Montreal<\/a>: Quebec <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Premier\" >Vice-Premier<\/a> and Minister of Labor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Laporte\" >Pierre Laporte<\/a> murdered by members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FLQ\" >FLQ<\/a> terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1967<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1967:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1967 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A--r7jbXEgs\" >YouTube video (4 min. 21 sec.): Semipalatinsk Test Site \u2013 Kazakhstan \u2013 Nuclear Threat Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE SOVIET UNION\u2019S NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/war-history\/weapons\/nuclear-weapon\/nuclear-testing?p=8\" >Nuclear weapons tests in history \u2013 HistoryOrb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Health, and Ecological Issues in Kazakhstan\/Semipalatinsk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/kazakhstan\/kazakhstan17.html\" >Kazakstan\/Kazakhstan \u2013 Environmental Problems \u2013 Reference.AllRefer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdfs\/HBWW_EN\/Semipalatinsk_EN_web.pdf\" >\u201cIn Semipalatinsk, the local population was exposed to high levels of radioactivity from nuclear weapon tests for several decades\u2026\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear test site \u2013 Nuclear-Risk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/testing\/PDFs\/JC-143920%5B1%5D.pdf\" >Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakhstan\u2019s Semipalatinsk Test Site Implications on Human and Ecological Heath, by T.M. Carlsen, L.E. Peterson, B.A. Ulsh, C.A. Werner, K.L.Purvis, A.C. Sharber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nukefreetexas.org\/downloads\/plutominum_uranium_semipalatinsk_test_site.pdf\" >Plutonium and Uranium in Human Bones from Areas surrounding the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 NukeFreeTexas.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2013\/0828\/Secrets-of-Semipalatinsk-How-nuclear-theft-was-averted-in-Central-Asia\" >\u201cTheir research done on sample villages near the test site found cancer mortality rates 2-1\/2 times greater than those in a control village. The agency says some 356,000 people face radiation risk, with 70 percent of those being descendants of exposed villagers\u2026\u201d \u2013 Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cajgh.pitt.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/cajgh\/article\/view\/127\/0\" >Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Kazakhstan, by Bernd Grosche, Tamara Zhunussova, Kazbek Apsalikov, Ausrele Kesminiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/wasj\/wasj23%285%2913\/19.pdf\" >Information Report on Biological Studies Conducted At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 IDOSI.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/articles\/PMC3866702\" >Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Semipalatinsk Historical Cohort, 1960 \u2013 1999, and its Relationship to Radiation Exposure \u2013 Europe PubMed Central<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Botswana\" >Botswana<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lesotho\" >Lesotho<\/a> join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Botswana:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/africa\/botswana.html\" >Botswana \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Botswana\" >Botswana \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/botswana.html\" >Botswana \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Botswana\" >Botswana \u2013 UN Data \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Botswana:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Botswana\" >Foreign relations of Botswana \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.bw\/en\/Ministries--Authorities\/Ministries\/Ministry-of-Foreign-Affairs-and-International-Cooperation\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation \u2013 Republic of Botswana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/1830.htm\" >US Relations with Botswana \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Botswana and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/botswanaun.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of Botswana to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/A4DED2381B29230EC1256F4100451EB5\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Botswana to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bw.one.un.org\/\" >United Nations in Botswana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/botswana.htm\" >Botswana \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13040376\" >Botswana country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Botswana:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Botswana\" >History of Botswana \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/botswana-history.html\" >Botswana \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/botswana\/\" >A Brief History of Botswana \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad31\" >HISTORY OF BOTSWANA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/botswana\/bwtimeln.htm\" >Botswana \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.world-guides.com\/africa\/southern-africa\/botswana\/botswana_history.html\" >Botswana History Facts and Timeline \u2013 World-Guides.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/botswana\/l\/Bl-Botswana-Timeline.htm\" >Botswana Timeline \u2013 Prehistory to Present Day \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Botswana:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Botswana\" >Economy of Botswana \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/botswana\/overview\" >Botswana \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/botswana\" >Botswana \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/botswana\" >Botswana \u2013 Index \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/botswana\/economy.html\" >Botswana Economy \u2013 Maps of World \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/botswana-economy.html\" >Botswana \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Botswana-ECONOMY.html\" >Botswana \u2013 Economy \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Lesotho:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/lt.html\" >Lesotho \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Lesotho\" >Lesotho \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa.com\/lesotho\/\" >Lesotho \u2013 Africa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/lesotho.html\" >Lesotho \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Lesotho\" >Lesotho \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ja-Ma\/Lesotho.html\" >Culture of Lesotho \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Lesotho:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Lesotho\" >Foreign relations with Lesotho \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreign.gov.ls\/home\/default.php\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2831.htm\" >US Relations with Lesotho \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Lesotho and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/lesotho\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unsceb.org\/content\/permanent-mission-lesotho-un-geneva\" >Permanent Mission of Lesotho to the UN \u2013 Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unlesotho.org\/\" >United Nations in Lesotho<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Lesotho:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lesotho\" >History of Lesotho \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africa.co.ls\/aboutLesotho.html\" >Lesotho Its people, issues and history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/lesotho-history.html\" >Lesotho \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/lesotho\/history\" >Lesotho \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/lesotho\/p\/LesothoHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Lesotho \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad49\" >HISTORY OF LESOTHO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13729501\" >Lesotho profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Lesotho:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Lesotho\" >Economy of Lesotho \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/lesotho\" >Lesotho \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/lesotho\/overview\" >Lesotho \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/lesotho\" >Lesotho \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>Scores of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algerian<\/a> protesters (some claim up to 400) are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris_massacre_of_1961\" >massacred<\/a> by the Paris police at the instigation of former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi\" >Nazi<\/a> collaborator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Papon\" >Maurice Papon<\/a>, then chief of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prefecture_of_Police\" >Prefecture of Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Byrne\" >Donald Byrne<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Fischer\" >Bobby Fischer<\/a> play a famous chess game called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Game_of_the_Century_%28chess%29\" >The Game of the Century<\/a>. Fischer beat Byrne and wins a Brilliancy prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>The first commercial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_reactor_technology\" >nuclear power station<\/a> is officially opened by Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sellafield\" >Sellafield<\/a>,in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cumbria\" >Cumbria<\/a>, England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archbishop_Damaskinos_of_Athens\" >Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Greece\" >Prime Minister of Greece<\/a> between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_II_of_Greece\" >King Georgios II<\/a> to Greece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945 <\/strong>A massive number of people, headed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederaci%C3%B3n_General_del_Trabajo_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Argentina\" >CGT<\/a>, gather in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plaza_de_Mayo\" >Plaza de Mayo<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires\" >Buenos Aires<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a> to demand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Per%C3%B3n\" >Juan Per\u00f3n<\/a>\u2018s release. It calls \u201cel d\u00eda de la lealtad peronista\u201d (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loyalty_Day_%28Argentina%29\" >peronista loyalty day<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sobib%C3%B3r_extermination_camp\" >Sobib\u00f3r extermination camp<\/a> is closed.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sobib\u00f3r Extermination Camp:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Sobibor.html\" >Sobibor Extermination Camp \u2013 History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Sobibortoc.html\" >Concentration Camps: Sobibor \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/page\/94257002_sobibor_extermination_camp\/\" >Sobibor Extermination Camp \u2013 Fold3.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/ForgottenCamps\/Camps\/SobiborEng.html\" >\u201c<em>Sobibor was established March 1942. First commandant: Franz Stangl. About 700 Jewish workers engaged temporarily to service the camp. Actually consisted of two camps divided into three parts: administration section, barracks and storage for plundered goods, extermination, burial and cremation section. Initially, three gas chambers housed in a brick building using carbon monoxide, three gas chambers added later. Operations Began April 1942. Operations ended following inmate revolt October 14, 1943<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sobibor (Poland) \u2013 JewishGen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deathcamps.org\/sobibor\/\" >Sobibor \u2013 DeathCamps.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005192\" >SOBIBOR \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Sobibor\" >Sobibor \u2013 Nazi extermination camp, Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deathcamps.org\/Sobibor\/sobibor.html\" >Sobibor Camp History \u2013 DeathCamps.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/18\/archaeologists-sobibor_n_5843846.html\" >Archaeologists Uncover Buried Gas Chambers At Sobibor Death Camp \u2013 Reuters \u2013 posted 09\/18\/2014 \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 Huffington.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma_Railway\" >Burma Railway<\/a> (Burma\u2013Thailand Railway) is completed.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Burma Railway or the \u201cDeath Railway\u201d:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amosa.org.au\/schools\/mhp\/ww2\/The%20Burma-Thailand%20%28Death%29%20Railway.pdf\" >THE THAILAND TO BURMA RAILWAY \u201cTHE DEATH RAILWAY\u201d, by Matt Walsh \u2013 Amosa.org.au \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/ww2peopleswar\/timeline\/factfiles\/nonflash\/a1057619.shtml\" >Fact File: Burma-Thailand Railway \u2013 July 1942-October 1943 \u2013 Timeline 1939-1945 \u2013 WW2 People\u2019s War \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fepow-community.org.uk\/monthly_Revue\/html\/thailand-burma_railway_2.htm\" >Thailand-Burma Railway \u2013 Fepow-Community.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecentrecannothold.net\/rnr-history\/1943-burma-railway-completed\/\" >1943 The Burma Railway is completed \u2013 THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD \u2013 TheCentreCannotHold.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awm.gov.au\/exhibitions\/stolenyears\/ww2\/japan\/burmathai\/\" >The Burma-Thailand Railway \u2013 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hellfire-pass.commemoration.gov.au\/\" >\u201c<em>When this workforce proved incapable of meeting the tight deadlines the Japanese had set for completing the railway, a further 200 000 Asian labourers or <\/em>r\u014dmusha<em> (the precise number is not known) were enticed or coerced into working for the Japanese.\u00a0\u00a0 Starved of food and medicines, and forced to work impossibly long hours in remote unhealthy locations, over 12 000 POWs, including more than 2700 Australians, died. The number of <\/em>r\u014dmusha<em> dead is not known but it was probably up to 90 000<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Thai-Burma Railway and Hellfire Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellfirepass.com\/museum\/\" >HELLFIRE PASS MUSEUM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>German troops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht#Reprisal_actions\" >execute<\/a> the male population of the villages Kerdyllia in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serres\" >Serres<\/a>, Greece.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/holocaustkerdyllia17oktober1941serres.blogspot.gr\/\" >GESCHICHTE \u2013 HOLOCAUST Kerdyllia SERRES 17. Oktober 1941<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: a German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarine<\/a> attacks an American ship for the first time in the war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>The body of Communist propagandist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willi_M%C3%BCnzenberg\" >Willi M\u00fcnzenberg<\/a> found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\" >Albert Einstein<\/a> flees <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a> and moves to the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Capone\" >Al Capone<\/a> is convicted of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Income_tax\" >income tax<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tax_evasion\" >evasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RCA\" >RCA<\/a> is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>Haitian rebels attack the barracks of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gendarmerie_of_Haiti\" >Gendarmerie of Haiti<\/a>, igniting the Second Caco War<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>First British bombing of Germany in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, Greece and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a> declare war on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a>, joining <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" >Montenegro<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guglielmo_Marconi\" >Guglielmo Marconi<\/a>\u2018s company begins the first commercial transatlantic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wireless\" >wireless<\/a> service between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glace_Bay,_Nova_Scotia\" >Glace Bay, Nova Scotia<\/a>, Canada and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clifden\" >Clifden<\/a>, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_Manifesto\" >October Manifesto<\/a> issued by Tsar <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicholas_II_of_Russia\" >Nicholas II of Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1861\u00a0 <\/strong>Nineteen people are killed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cullin-La-Ringo_massacre\" >Cullin-La-Ringo massacre<\/a>, the deadliest massacre of Europeans by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aboriginal_Australians\" >aborigines<\/a> in Australian history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1806\u00a0 <\/strong>Former leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haitian_Revolution\" >Haitian Revolution<\/a>, Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines\" >Jacques I<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\" >Haiti<\/a> is assassinated after an oppressive rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1800\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\" >Britain<\/a> takes control of the Dutch colony of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cura%C3%A7ao\" >Cura\u00e7ao<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1660\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_regicides_of_Charles_I\" >Nine regicides<\/a>, the men who signed the death warrant of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_I_of_England\" >Charles I<\/a>, are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered\" >hanged, drawn and quartered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1604\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kepler%27s_Supernova\" >Kepler\u2019s Supernova<\/a>: German astronomer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johannes_Kepler\" >Johannes Kepler<\/a> observes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supernova\" >supernova<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constellation\" >constellation<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ophiuchus\" >Ophiuchus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_Karachi_bombing\" >Karachi bombing<\/a>: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan\" >Pakistani Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benazir_Bhutto\" >Benazir Bhutto<\/a> kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myanmar\" >Myanmar<\/a> prime minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khin_Nyunt\" >Khin Nyunt<\/a> is ousted and placed under house arrest by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Peace_and_Development_Council\" >State Peace and Development Council<\/a> on charges of corruption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolivian_gas_conflict\" >Bolivian gas conflict<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolivia\" >Bolivian<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gonzalo_S%C3%A1nchez_de_Lozada\" >Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez de Lozada<\/a>, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The Supreme Council of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a> adopts a declaration of independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Azerbaijan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/aj.html\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/azerbaijan\/\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/azerbaijan.html\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17043424\" >Azerbaijan profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Azerbaijan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan\" >Foreign relations of Azerbaijan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/azerbaijan\/36.htm\" >Foreign Relations \u2013 Azerbaijan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/azerbaijan\/ri266\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan\" >Foreign Relations of Z=Azerbaijan \u2013 MusicIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2909.htm\" >US Relations with Azerbaijan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/azerbaijan\/foreign-relations.htm\" >Azerbaijan Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E6knMWUT6TU\" >YouTube video (3 min. 01 sec.): A Closer Look To Foreign relations Of Azerbaijan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Azerbaijan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Azerbaijan\" >History of Azerbaijan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/azerbaijanamericaalliance.org\/history\" >HISTORY OF AZERBAIJAN \u2013 AZERBAIJAN AMERICA ALLIANCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/azerbaijan.orexca.com\/azerbaijan_history.shtml\" >History of Azerbaijan \u2013 Orexca.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/azerbaijan-country-asia-history.html\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/azerbaijan\/history\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17047328\" >Azerbaijan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Azerbaijan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Azerbaijan\" >Economy of Azerbaijan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/azerbaijan\/overview\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 Overview- THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/azerbaijan\/economy\" >Azerbaijan Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaceful_Revolution\" >Peaceful Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erich_Honecker\" >Erich Honecker<\/a> resigns as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leadership_of_East_Germany\" >General Secretary<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany\" >Socialist Unity Party of Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>198<\/strong><strong>8\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1988:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1988 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Semipalatinsk Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalitinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1984:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1984 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1988 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a> USSR\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>197<\/strong><strong>9\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1979:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1979 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1988 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong><strong>79\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1979:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1975_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1975 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Novaya Zemlya Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/novaya-zemlya\" >NOVAYA ZEMLYA \u2013 AtlasObscura.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/novaya-zemlya\/3035-3167\/\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GiantBomb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arkcode.com\/custom3_64.html\" >NOVA ZEMLYA (NOVAYA ZEMLYA) 58 MEGA TON H BOMB TEST \u2013 ArkCode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlya, by Carrie McVicker \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39591\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 Image \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novayazemlya.net\/\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 NovayaZemlya.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/novaya-zemlya.html\" >Novaya Zemlya, Russia \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/russia\/743105\" >Novaya Zemlya: test site for most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 TASS Russian News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >Novaya Zemlya: birds, animals adapt nuclear test site, by Tatyana Sinitsyna \u2013 RIA Novosti, Russia \u2013 15 August 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRPAPHICAL SURVEY \u2013 Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501 \u2013 Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/%7Erichards\/my_papers\/khalturin_NZ_1-42%20.pdf\" >A Review of the Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955 \u2013 1990, by Vitaly I. Khalturin, Tatyana G. Rautian, Paul G. Richards, and William S. Leith \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Autumn\" >German Autumn<\/a>: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanns_Martin_Schleyer\" >Hanns Martin Schleyer<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_hijacking\" >hijacking<\/a> of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lufthansa\" >Lufthansa<\/a> flight by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army_Faction\" >Red Army Faction<\/a> (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>197<\/strong><strong>5\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1975:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1975_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1975 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1979 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Olympic_Committee\" >US Olympic Committee<\/a> suspends <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tommie_Smith\" >Tommie Smith<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Carlos\" >John Carlos<\/a> for giving a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Power\" >Black Power<\/a>\u201d salute during a victory ceremony at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1968_Summer_Olympics\" >Mexico City games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> probe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_4\" >Venera 4<\/a> reaches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\" >Venus<\/a> and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1962<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs<\/a> atmospheric nuclear test at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnston_Atoll\" >Johnston Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1962:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1962 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Johnston Atoll:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Johnston-Atoll\" >Johnston Atoll \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cma.army.mil\/fndocumentviewer.aspx?docid=003673775\" >An Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Various Weapons Tests and Storage at Johnston Atoll, and Permanent Contamination:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/johnston_atoll.htm\" >Johnston Atoll, and Kalama Atoll \u2013 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.nimia.com\/video\/188781\/south-pacific-nuclear-tests-on-johnston-island-i-6\" >South Pacific tests on Johnston Island in 1951 \u2013 NIMIA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nova.edu\/ncri\/11icrs\/proceedings\/files\/m23-13.pdf\" >Contaminants in Fishes from Johnston Atoll, by L. Kerr Lobel and P.S. Lobel \u2013 Boston University, Department of Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/home.earthlink.net\/%7Erobertbfish\/id19.html\" >\u201c<em>During the Cold War era, the US Air Force used JI <\/em>[Johnston Island]<em> to support several highly classified missions. In the early 1960\u2019s, it was involved with Operation Dominic, which tested a primitive anti-ballistic missile system as well as the impact of EMP on military command and control systems<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Johnstone Island, by Bob Fish \u2013 EarthLink.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dodlegacy.org\/Legacy\/project\/productdocs\/2008%20Lobels%20ch%2017_sm_b884f77c-3e42-4ea2-ab14-26e9772bd358.pdf\" >Aspects of the Biology and Geomorphology of Johnston and Wake Atolls, Pacific Ocean, by Philp S. Lobel and Lisa Kerr Lobel \u2013 DODLegacy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parsons.com\/Media%20Library\/0903_CSDP.pdf\" >\u201c<em>Construction began on a Parsons-designed prototype full-scale chemical weapons incinerator at Johnston Island in the South Pacific Ocean<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) \u2013 Parsons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/01\/27\/us\/radioactive-dump-on-pacific-wildlife-refuge-raises-liability-concerns.html\" >\u201c<em>In the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s, the United States Air Force conducted 12 test launchings of nuclear missiles on tiny Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. In 1962, two of the shots were aborted and the missiles exploded over the runway, drenching the area in radioactive contaminants<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Radioactive Dump on Pacific Wildlife Refuge Raises Liability Concerns, by Katharine Q. Seelye \u2013 January 27, 2003 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afspacemuseum.org\/johnston\/\" >Johnston Island \u2013 Air Force Space &amp; Missile Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/biologywriter.com\/backgrounder\/bioterror\/bioterror4\/\" >\u201c<em>At sunset one quiet July day an armada of ships was positioned in the ocean waters around Johnston Atoll, upwind from a line of barges with hundreds of cages containing Rhesus monkeys on their decks (figure 4)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Bio Terror 4 \u2013 BiologyWriter \u2013 BiologyWriter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/print_um.html\" >Johnston Atoll: \u201c<em>The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction, cleanup, and closure of the facility were completed by May 2005<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC ISLAND WILD LIFE REFUGES \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nautilus.org\/apsnet\/cleaning-up-johnston-atoll\/\" >Cleaning up Johnston Atoll \u2013 Nautilus Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/forum\/security_and_territorial_issues\/japan_us\/AJ201503270059\" >South Pacific islands fell victim to tragedy of nuclear tests \u2013 March 27, 2015 \u2013 The Asahi Shimbun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-stories.com\/ws-ao-johnston-island-1-1972.htm\" >AGENT ORANGE \u2013 Johnston Island, AFB \u2013 War-Stories.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/16945-deny-deny-until-all-the-veterans-die-pentagon-investigation-into-agent-orange-on-okinawa\" >\u201c<em>Another issue addressed by the investigation was a 2003 U.S. Army report \u2013 titled \u201cAn Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll\u201d \u2013 which stated that 25,000 barrels of Agent Orange had been on Okinawa prior to 1972<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Deny, Deny Until All the Veterans Die\u201d \u2013 Pentagon Investigation into Agent Orange in Okinawa \u2013 Truth-Out.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamagentorange.info\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/AgentOrange-JI.133194419.pdf\" >Summary Document: Agent Orange at Johnston Island \u2013 GuamAgentOrange.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skyscanner.net\/news\/14-worlds-most-amazing-abandoned-airports\" >Johnston Atoll Airport, USA \u2013 <em>14 of the world\u2019s most amazing abandoned airports<\/em> \u2013 SkyScanner.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamagentorange.info\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/Johnston_Atoll_History.261114404.pdf\" >HISTORY OF JOHNSTON ATOLL \u2013 GuamAgentOrange.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/johns.htm\" >Case Name: Johnston Atoll Chemical Waste \u2013 Chemical Weapons Disposal Dispute \u2013 TED Case Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanghostsmedia.com\/2010\/04\/isolated-and-abandoned-military-airbase-johnston-atoll\/\" >Johnstone Atoll: An Isolated and Abandoned Military Air Base in the Mid Pacific Ocean \u2013 8 April 2010 \u2013 UrganGhostsMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelivingmoon.com\/45jack_files\/03files\/Johnston_Atoll.html\" >Secret Bases \u2013 Johnston Atoll \u2013 TheLivingMoon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jason-stevens.com\/2010\/07\/the-forgotten-island-of-johnston-atoll\/\" >The Forgotten Atoll of Johnston Atoll \u2013 Jason-Sevens.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/johnstonmemories.com\/\" >History of Johnston Island \u2013 Johnston Memories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_Instruments\" >Texas Instruments<\/a> announces the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transistor_radio\" >Transistor radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>A group of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" >Venezuelan<\/a> Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcos_P%C3%A9rez_Jim%C3%A9nez\" >Marcos P\u00e9rez Jim\u00e9nez<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Delgado_Chalbaud\" >Carlos Delgado Chalbaud<\/a>, stages <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat<\/a> against president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isa%C3%ADas_Medina_Angarita\" >Isa\u00edas Medina Angarita<\/a>, who is overthrown by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/datab.us\/i\/1945%20Venezuelan%20coup%20d\" >1945 Venezuelan coup d\u2019\u00e9tat \u2013 Datab.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>194<\/strong><strong>5\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >USSR<\/a>\u2018s nuclear program receives plans for the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >plutonium bomb<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaus_Fuchs\" >Klaus Fuchs<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory\" >Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Atomic Intelligence Incident at Los Alamos:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2011\/10\/red-spy-steals-a-bomb-secrets\/\" >18, 1945: RED SPY STEALS US ATOM BOMB SECRETS \u2013 Wired.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/bomb\/timeline\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>October 18: Lavrentii Beria, head of the Soviet secret police and in charge of the Soviet nuclear program, is provided top-secret details on the U.S. plutonium bomb by a spy working inside Los Alamos. USSR<\/em>\u201d \u2013 TIMELINE \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/csi-studies\/studies\/vol48no2\/article01.html\" >The Cold War Atomic Intelligence Game, 1945-70 \u2013 From the Russian Perspective, by Oleg A. Bukharin \u2013 Library \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcs.harvard.edu\/%7Ejus\/0302\/schwartz.pdf\" >The Russian-A(merican) Bomb: The Role of Espionage in the Soviet Atomic Bomb Project, by MICHALE I. SCHWARTZ \u2013 History of Science \u2013 (Summer 1996) \u2013 Harvard.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/nuke.htm\" >\u201c<em>Soviet intelligence went to considerable lengths to to learn about US nuclear programs, and detailed information was provided to Igor Kurchatov, scientific director of the Soviet atomic project, in 1944 and early 1945. Klaus Fuchs confessed to British authorities in 1950 that he had passed significant information to the Soviet Union, and Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in 1953 for espionage<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/History\/hbomb\/page_04.shtml\" >Soviet Program Takes Root \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_atomic_bomb_project\" >Soviet atomic bomb project \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >The Soviet Atomic Bomb: 1939-1949 \u2013 The Soviet Union Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/nuke.htm\" >Russia: Nuclear Weapons \u2013 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION \u2013 GlobalSecurity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ricin.com\/nuke\/bg\/bomb.html\" >About plutonium bombs \u2013 RICIN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons\/\" >TYPES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_nuclear_weapons\" >History of nuclear weapons \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.nrdc.org\/nuclear\/files\/nuc_10019901a_208b.pdf\" >Nuclear Weapons Data Book \u2013 New Perspectives on Russia\u2019s Ten Secret Cities, by Oleg Bukharim, Thomas B. Cochran, and Robert S. Norris \u2013 October 1999 \u2013 NRDC.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> begins the liberation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovakia\" >Czechoslovakia<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liberation of Czechoslovakia of 1944:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/histclo.com\/essay\/war\/ww2\/cou\/cz\/w2cz-lib.html\" >World War II: Liberation of Czechoslovakia (August 1944-May 1945) \u2013 Historical Boy\u2019s Clothing \u2013 Histclo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_Offensive\" >Plague Offensive \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/%7Ereeiweb\/newsEvents\/2012\/smetana1.pdf\" >Czechoslovakia\u2019s Road to the Soviet Bloc, by Vit Smetana \u2013 November 1, 2012 \u2013 Indiana.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/european\/cash\/cash8.html\" >Czech and Slovak History: An American Bibliography \u2013 European Reading Room \u2013 The Library of Congress \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1929\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council\" >Judicial Committee of the Privy Council<\/a> overrules the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_Canada\" >Supreme Court of Canada<\/a> in <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwards_v._Canada_%28Attorney_General%29\" >Edwards v. Canada<\/a><\/em> when it declares that women are considered \u201cPersons\u201d under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_law\" >Canadian law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Broadcasting_Company\" >British Broadcasting Company<\/a> (later Corporation) is founded by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consortium\" >consortium<\/a>, to establish a nationwide network of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_transmitter\" >radio transmitters<\/a> to provide a national <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcasting\" >broadcasting<\/a> service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic\" >Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Crimea:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Crimea\" >Crimea \u2013 Encyclopedia Briatannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Crimea\" >History of Crimea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/ukraine\/crimea\/history\" >Crimea \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/crimea-history.html\" >Crimea \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/the-history-of-crimea---in-brief-\/1860431.html\" >A Brief History of Crimea \u2013 Voice of America \u2013 VOANews.com<\/a>, <em><strong>and\/or <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/crimeas-complicated-history-in-brief\/1865120.html\" >Crimea\u2019s Complicated History in Brief \u2013 Voice of America \u2013 VOANews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksea-crimea.com\/history1.html\" >Black Sea \u2013 Crimea \u2013 History \u2013 BlackSea-Crimea.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2014\/03\/140305-maps-crimea-history-russia-ukraine\/\" >300 Years of Embattled Crimea in 6 Maps \u2013 National Geographic \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Autonomous Republic of Crimea:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimean_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" >Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea\" >Autonomous Republic of Crimea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/ukraine\/arc.htm\" >Autonomous Republic of Crimea \u2013 GlobalSecurity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.ua\/en\/about-ukraine\/info\/regions\/1-crimea\" >Autonomous Republic of Crimea \u2013 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flagspot.net\/flags\/ua-krim.html\" >Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukrainetrek.com\/crimea-republic\" >Crimea Republic (Krimea) \u2013 UkraineTrek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schoenstatt_Movement\" >Schoenstatt Movement<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>: King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_I_of_Serbia\" >Peter I of Serbia<\/a> issues a declaration \u201cTo the Serbian People\u201d, as his country joins the war.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>First Balkan War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Balkan-Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/first-balkan-war-1912\" >First Balkan War 1912 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenagain.info\/WebChron\/EastEurope\/FirstBalkan.html\" >The First Balkan War 1912-1913 \u2013 ThenAgain.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >Balkan Military History \u2013 BalkanHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tc-america.org\/resource-center\/tca-fact-sheet-the-first-balkan-war-571.htm\" >TCA Fact Sheet: The 1912-1913 Balkan Wars \u2013 Turkish Coalition of America \u2013 TC-America.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States takes possession of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Rico\" >Puerto Rico<\/a> from Spain.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/u-s-takes-control-of-puerto-rico\" >OCT 18, 1898: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: US takes control of Puerto Rico \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Puerto Rico:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Puerto-Rico\" >Puerto Rico \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/puerto-rico.html\" >Puerto Rico \u2013 Infolpease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Puerto Rico:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Puerto_Rico\" >History of Puerto Rico \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/puerto-rico\/history\" >Puerto Rico \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/puerto-rico-history.html\" >Puerto Rico \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.topuertorico.org\/history.shtml\" >Puerto Rico\u2019s History \u2013 Welcome to Puerto Rico!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece\/americancollection\/woman\/timeline.html\" >Puerto Rico \u2013 A TIMELINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solboricua.com\/history.htm\" >History of Puerto Rico \u2013 SOL BORICUA \u2013 SolBoricua.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.puertorico.com\/history\/\" >The Intriguing History of Puerto Rico \u2013 PuertoRico.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong>United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska_Purchase\" >takes possession of<\/a> Alaska after purchasing it from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russia<\/a> for $7.2\u00a0million. Celebrated annually in the state as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska_Day\" >Alaska Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/u-s-takes-possession-of-alaska\" >OCT 18, 1867: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: US takes possession of Alaska \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Alaska:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/alaska.gov\" >Alaska \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-states\/alaska\" >ALASKA \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska\" >Alaska \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/us-states\/alaska.html\" >Alaska \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Alaska\" >Alaska \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Alaska:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Alaska\" >History of Alaska \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fairbanks-alaska.com\/alaska-history.htm\" >History of Alaska \u2013 FairBanks-Alaska.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/us\/alaska-history.html\" >Alaska \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alaska-map.org\/history.htm\" >Alaska History \u2013 Alaska-Map.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/xroads.virginia.edu\/%7ECAP\/BARTLETT\/49state.html\" >A Brief History of Alaska \u2013 Statehood (1867-1959) \u2013 Virginia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskausa.org\/about\/history.asp\" >History of Alaska USA \u2013 AlaskaUSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alaskacenters.gov\/alaska-timeline.cfm\" >Timeline of Alaska\u2019s History \u2013 AlskaCenters.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1860\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Opium_War\" >Second Opium War<\/a> finally ends at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_of_Peking\" >Convention of Peking<\/a> with the ratification of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Tientsin\" >Treaty of Tientsin<\/a>, an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unequal_treaty\" >unequal treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Opium Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opium_Wars\" >Opium Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Opium-Wars\" >Opium Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/opium-wars.html\" >Opium Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/colonialisminasia\/ss\/China-Opium-Wars.htm\" >The First and Second Opium Wars \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Second Opium War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1800s\/p\/secondopiumwar.htm\" >Second Opium War \u2013 Overview \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34History6533.html\" >Second Opium War \u2013 Cultural China \u2013 Cultural-China.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1830-1860\/china-2\" >Opening of China Part II: Second Opium War, the United States, the Treaty of Tianjin 1857-1859 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1797\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Campo_Formio\" >Treaty of Campo Formio<\/a> is signed between France and Austria<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>201<\/strong><strong>4\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oort_cloud\" >Oort cloud<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C\/2013_A1\" >Comet Siding Spring<\/a> makes a close fly-by the planet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a> passing within 140,000 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Comet Siding Spring of 2014:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/comets\/sidingspring\/\" >October 19, 2014 \u2013 Comet Siding Spring \u2013 Near Miss with Mars! \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/10\/19\/comet-avoids-hitting-mars\/17579173\/\" >Comet avoids hitting Mars but makes astronomical history \u2013 October 19, 2014 \u2013 USA Today \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=4353\" >Mars Orbiter\u2019s Spectrometer Shows Oort Comet\u2019s Coma \u2013 October 24, 2014 \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makati\" >Makati<\/a>. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>200<\/strong><strong>5\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saddam_Hussein\" >Saddam Hussein<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trial_of_Saddam_Hussein\" >goes on trial<\/a> in Baghdad for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimes_against_humanity\" >crimes against humanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Saddam Hussein:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Saddam-Hussein\" >Saddam Hussein \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/hussein-saddam.html\" >Saddam Hussein \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/saddam-hussein-9347918#%21\" >Saddam Hussein \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/h\/saddam_hussein\/index.html\" >Saddam Hussein \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Saddam Hussein\u2019s Trial:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topdocumentaryfilms.com\/trial-saddam-hussein\/\" >The Trial of Saddam Hussein \u2013 TOP DOCUMENTARY FILMS \u2013 TopDocumentaryFilms.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2003\/12\/14\/try-saddam-international-court-0\" >Try Saddam in an International Court \u2013 December 14, 2003 \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2003\/12\/19\/saddam-should-face-international-court\" >Saddam Should Face International Court, by Helen Thomas \u2013 Friday, December 19, 2003 \u2013 CommonDreams.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/crossroads\/about\/show_trial.html\" >Did the Iraqi dictator receive a fair trial? \u2013 THE TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN \u2013 AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/davidduke.com\/the-illegal-trial-of-saddam-hussein\/\" >The Illegal Trial of Saddam Hussein \u2013 December 11, 2006 \u2013 DavidDuke.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icj.org\/iraq-trial-of-saddam-hussein-icj-urges-fundamental-rethink-if-all-participants-cannot-be-effectively-protected\/\" >\u201c<em>Already two defence lawyers are dead, one has fled, scores of witnesses appear to be too frightened to give evidence and eight people have been reportedly arrested for planning to kill an investigative judge\u201d, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the ICJ [International Commission of Jurists]. These serious developments further reduce the credibility of the trial. They make it increasingly difficult for the Court to deliver a calm, fair and just trial<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 International Commission of Jurists<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sott.net\/article\/124070-The-Capture-Trial-and-Conviction-of-Saddam-Hussein-Another-US-Intelligence-Farce\" >\u201c<em>Furthermore, Saddam\u2019s lawyers claimed that they had been denied access to their client and that they had received death threats from members of the Iraqi government. While no mainstream media outlet at the time offered an explanation of these strange occurrences, logic would suggest that there is something about the man that appeared in court that the US military did not want the Iraqi people and the rest of the world, to see, or hear.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 The Capture, Trial and Conviction of Saddam Hussein \u2013 Another US Intelligence Farce, by Joe Quinn \u2013 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 \u2013 Sott Focus \u2013 Sott.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Execution_of_Saddam_Hussein\" >Execution of Saddam Hussein \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Care_International\" >Care International<\/a> aid worker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Hassan\" >Margaret Hassan<\/a> is kidnapped in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Teresa\" >Mother Teresa<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beatification\" >beatified<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mother Teresa and Her Biography:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/news_services\/liturgy\/saints\/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html\" >Bibliography: Mother Teresa of Calcutta \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1979\/teresa-bio.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Biographical \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fSoqd3G13_E&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (1h. 55 min. 01 sec.): M\u00e8re Teresa \u2013 Mother Teresa \u2013 Multi-subs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b8w81qOc5nU&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (2 min. 02 sec.): Mother Teresa Film Trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mother-Teresa\" >Blessed Mother Teresa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americancatholic.org\/Features\/Teresa\/Sainthood.asp\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 The Road to Official Sainthood \u2013 AmericanCatholic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.handwriting.org\/mother-theresa.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Handwriting Analysis \u2013 Handwriting.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Controversies:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa\" >Criticism of Mother Teresa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mukto-mona.com\/Articles\/mother_teresa\/sanal_ed.htm\" >India has no reason to be grateful to Mother Teresa, by Sanal Edamaruku \u2013 Mukto-Mona.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/02\/26\/mother-teresas-legacy-disrupts-indian-parliament\/\" >Mother Teresa\u2019s legacy disrupts Indian parliament \u2013 February 26, 2015 \u2013 Religion News Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/prism\/oct97\/mothert.html\" >Mother Teresa-She can\u2019t put us out of our misery any more, by Mark Cook \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca\/udem-news\/news\/20130301-mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint.html\" >Mother Teresa: anything but a saint\u2026- 1 MAR. 2013 \u2013 UMontreal.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/28746\/mother-teresa-not-a-saint-new-study-suggests-she-was-a-fraud\" >Mother Teresa Not a Saint: New Study Suggests She Was a Fraud, by Zainab Akande \u2013 March 7, 2013 \u2013 Mic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/the-silence-of-the-nuns-missionaries-refuse-to-get-drawn-into-controversy-over-mother-teresa\/article1-1326493.aspx\" >Silence of the nuns: Missionaries refuse to get drawn into controversy over Mother Teresa, by Arindam Sarkar \u2013 March 15, 2015 \u2013 HundustanTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Miracles and Mother Teresa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americancatholic.org\/Features\/teresa\/Sainthood.asp\" >The Road to Official Sainthood \u2013 AmericanCatholic.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guardianlv.com\/2013\/10\/mother-teresa-was-no-saint-says-study\/\" >Mother Teresa Was No Saint Says Study \u2013 October 3, 2013 \u2013 GuardianLV.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/554631\/mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint-researchers-claim\/\" >MOTHER TERESA \u2018ANYTHING BUT A SAINT\u2019 RESEARCHERS CLAIM \u2013 March 4, 2013 \u2013 INQUISTIR.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/the-miracle-that-was-mother-teresa\/article2397132.ece\" >The Miracle that was Mother Teresa \u2013 September 21, 2011 \u2013 TheHundu.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/1562284\/Mother-Teresa-miracle-patient-accuses-nuns.html\" >Mother Teresa Miracle patient accuses nuns \u2013 5 September 2007 \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-approves-mother-teresa-miracle\/\" >Pope Approves Mother Teresa Miracle \u2013 December 19, 2002 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SIEV_X\" >SIEV X<\/a><\/em>, an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesian<\/a> fishing boat <em>en route<\/em> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_Island\" >Christmas Island<\/a>, carrying over 400 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asylum_seekers\" >asylum seekers<\/a>, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The convictions of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guildford_Four\" >Guildford Four<\/a> are quashed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales\" >Court of Appeal of England and Wales<\/a>, after they had spent 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1989:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1989 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A--r7jbXEgs\" >YouTube video (4 min. 21 sec.): Semipalatinsk Test Site \u2013 Kazakhstan \u2013 Nuclear Threat Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE SOVIET UNION\u2019S NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/war-history\/weapons\/nuclear-weapon\/nuclear-testing?p=8\" >Nuclear weapons tests in history \u2013 HistoryOrb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Health, and Ecological Issues in Kazakhstan\/Semipalatinsk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/kazakhstan\/kazakhstan17.html\" >Kazakstan\/Kazakhstan \u2013 Environmental Problems \u2013 Reference.AllRefer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdfs\/HBWW_EN\/Semipalatinsk_EN_web.pdf\" >\u201cIn Semipalatinsk, the local population was exposed to high levels of radioactivity from nuclear weapon tests for several decades\u2026\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear test site \u2013 Nuclear-Risk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/testing\/PDFs\/JC-143920%5B1%5D.pdf\" >Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakhstan\u2019s Semipalatinsk Test Site Implications on Human and Ecological Heath, by T.M. Carlsen, L.E. Peterson, B.A. Ulsh, C.A. Werner, K.L.Purvis, A.C. Sharber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nukefreetexas.org\/downloads\/plutominum_uranium_semipalatinsk_test_site.pdf\" >Plutonium and Uranium in Human Bones from Areas surrounding the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 NukeFreeTexas.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2013\/0828\/Secrets-of-Semipalatinsk-How-nuclear-theft-was-averted-in-Central-Asia\" >\u201cTheir research done on sample villages near the test site found cancer mortality rates 2-1\/2 times greater than those in a control village. The agency says some 356,000 people face radiation risk, with 70 percent of those being descendants of exposed villagers\u2026\u201d \u2013 Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cajgh.pitt.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/cajgh\/article\/view\/127\/0\" >Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Kazakhstan, by Bernd Grosche, Tamara Zhunussova, Kazbek Apsalikov, Ausrele Kesminiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/wasj\/wasj23%285%2913\/19.pdf\" >Information Report on Biological Studies Conducted At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 IDOSI.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/articles\/PMC3866702\" >Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Semipalatinsk Historical Cohort, 1960 \u2013 1999, and its Relationship to Radiation Exposure \u2013 Europe PubMed Central<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The British government imposes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988%E2%80%9394_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions\" >broadcasting ban<\/a> on television and radio interviews with members of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >Sinn F\u00e9in<\/a> and eleven <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_republicanism\" >Irish republican<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulster_loyalism\" >Ulster loyalist<\/a> paramilitary groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Monday_%281987%29\" >Black Monday<\/a> \u2013 the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average\" >Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> falls by 22%, 508 points.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Black Monday of October 1987:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.federalreservehistory.org\/Events\/DetailView\/48\" >Black Monday: The Stock Market Crash of 1987 \u2013 Federal Reserve History \u2013 FederalReserveHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sniper.at\/stock-market-crash-of-1987.htm\" >\u201c<em>On this page you will find charts, which are illustrating the trends of important indicators during the stock market crash of 1987 (\u201cBlack Monday<\/em>\u201d \u2013 19.10.1987):\u201d \u2013 Stock market crash \u2013 Black Monday \u2013 October 1987 \u2013 Sniper.at<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/finance.zacks.com\/black-monday-stock-market-5418.html\" >\u201c<em>On Monday, October 19, 1987, the U.S. stock market experienced its largest one day percentage decline<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Black Monday 1987 \u2013 What Was the Black Monday in the Stock Market? \u2013 ZACKS.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Analysis of and Lessons from the 1987 Black Monday Stock Market Crash:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/Pubs\/feds\/2007\/200713\/200713pap.pdf\" >A Brief History of the 1987 Stock Market Crash with a Discussion of the Federal Reserve Response, by Mark Carlson \u2013 2007-13 \u2013 FederalReserve.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loc.gov\/rr\/business\/businesshistory\/October\/blackmonday.html\" >Black Monday Stock Market Crash, by Angelique Richardson, intern; Ellen Terrell, editor \u2013 April 2008 \u2013 Business Reference Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/895\" >What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1987? ,by Jennifer Itskevich \u2013 History News Network \u2013 HNN \u2013 HistoryNewsNetwork.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/10-lessons-from-the-1987-stock-market-crash-2012-10-19\" >10 lessons from the market crash of 1987 \u2013 October 19, 2012 \u2013 MarketWatch.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >United States Navy<\/a> conducts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Nimble_Archer\" >Operation Nimble Archer<\/a>, an attack on two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iranian<\/a> oil platforms in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_Gulf\" >Persian Gulf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samora_Machel\" >Samora Machel<\/a>, President of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozambique\" >Mozambique<\/a> and a prominent leader of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FRELIMO\" >FRELIMO<\/a>, and 33 others die when their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tupolev_Tu-134\" >Tupolev Tu-134<\/a> plane <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986_Mozambican_Tupolev_Tu-134_crash\" >crashes<\/a> into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebombo_Mountains\" >Lebombo Mountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>Roman Catholic priest from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerzy_Popie%C5%82uszko\" >Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko<\/a>, associated with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solidarity_union\" >Solidarity union<\/a>, was murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Aishiya\" >Battle of Aishiya<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lebanese Civil War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefullwiki.org\/Lebanese_Civil_War_%281975-1977%29\" >Lebanese Civil War (1975-1977): Wikis<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/liberty05.com\/civilwar\/civil.html\" >Lebanese Civil War (1975-1976) \u2013 Libery05.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/lebanon\/a\/me081026e.htm\" >Timeline of the Lebanese Civil War: 1975-1990, by Pierre Trsitan \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gulfnews.com\/news\/mena\/lebanon\/lebanese-civil-war-1.1077068\" >Lebanese Civil War \u2013 Timeline \u2013 September 16, 2012 \u2013 GulfNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteastronomy.com\/timeline\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Timeline \u2013 AbsoluteAstronomy.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/war-memorial.net\/Lebanese-Civil-War--3.187\" >Lebanese Civil War: Years 1975-1990 \u2013 The Polynational War Memorial \u2013 War-Memerial.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Lebanese_Civil_War.aspx\" >Lebanese Civil War \u2013 Causes of the War \u2013 Fighting from 1975-1985 \u2013 End of the Civil War \u2013 Bibliography \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/lebanon.htm\" >Lebanon (Civil War 1975-1991) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lebanon\/27.htm\" >Lebanon \u2013 Civil War \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aub.edu.lb\/fas\/ife\/Documents\/downloads\/series3_2003.pdf\" >The Lebanese Civil War,1975-1990, by Samir Makdisi and Richard Sadaka \u2013 American University of Beirut \u2013 Institute of Financial Economics \u2013 Lecture and Working Paper Series (2003 No.3)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kulna.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/22\/the-lebanese-civil-war-1975-1990\/\" >The Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), by Daniel Mourad Jensen \u2013 Kulna: For All of Us \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wikis.nyu.edu\/display\/cpeaa\/Lebanon+after+the+1984-1990+civil+war\" >Lebanon after the 1984-1990 civil war \u2013 Wikis.NYU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kuscholarworks.ku.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1808\/7408\/Mohti_ku_0099M_10986_DATA_1.pdf?sequence=1\" >THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR (1975-1990): CAUSES AND COSTS OF CONFLICT, by C2010 \u2013 Zakaria Mounir Mohti \u2013 University of Kansas \u2013 KU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5019337\/The_Causes_of_the_Lebanese_Civil_War_1975-1990_From_Cairo_to_Taif_Contents\" >The Causes of the Lebanese Civil War: 1975-1990 From Cairo to Ta\u2019if Contents \u2013 pdf downloadable \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/list-of-lebanese-civil-war-battles\/reference\" >List Of Lebanese Civil War Battles \u2013 Ranker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apimages.com\/Collection\/Landing\/Lebanese-Civil-War-1975-1990-\/24cffefd4f5c4abcabb7b52bd646a361\" >LEBANESE CIVIL WAR: 1975-1990 \u2013 AP Images<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Tribunal_for_Lebanon\" >Special Tribunal for Lebanon:<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stl-tsl.org\/en\/\" >Special Tribunal for Lebanon \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.specialtribunalforlebanon.org\/en\/documents\" ><strong>Documents on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon:<\/strong> \u201c<em>This section contains a wide range of documents relating to the STL. These include founding documents like the Statute, as well as the Rules of Procedure and Evidence and UN Security Council resolutions. To read relevant STL court filings (such as indictments, judgements and judicial rulings) please see the cases<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Special Tribunal for Lebanon \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.law.scu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&amp;context=scujil\" >Special Tribunal for Lebanon: A Tribunal for International Character Devoid of International Law, by Yanice Yun \u2013 Santa Clara Journal of International Law \u2013 1-1-2010 \u2013 Volume 7 | Issue 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/international-justice\/international-criminal-tribunals-and-special-courts\/special-tribunal-for-lebanon.html\" >Special Tribunal for Lebanon \u2013 Global Policy Forum \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trial-ch.org\/en\/resources\/tribunals\/hybrid-tribunals\/special-court-for-lebanon.html\" >Special Court for Lebanon \u2013 TRIAL \u2013 Trial-ch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2014\/4\/11\/lebanon-s-specialtribunalaturningpointforinternationallaw.html\" >Is Lebanon\u2019s special tribunal a turning point in international law? , by Meris Lutz \u2013 April 11, 2014 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/asia\/lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/lebanon.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/lebanon.htm\" >Lebanon \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/lebanon\/p\/me071020a.htm\" >Lebanon: Country Profile \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Lebanon\" >Foreign relations of Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/lebanon\/ri362\" >Lebanon \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographyiq.com\/countries\/le\/Lebanon_relations_summary.htm\" >Lebanon \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GeographyIQ.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35833.htm\" >US Relations with Lebanon \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gardeningillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Israel-Lebanon_relations\" >Israel-Lebanon relations \u2013 GardeningIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/lebanon\/government\/lebanon_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/lebanon-foreign-relations-plo\" >Articles on the Foreign Relations of Lebanon \u2013 Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lebanon\/\" >Lebanon \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lebanon\" >History of Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/lebanon\/history.htm\" >Lebanon \u2013 History \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/almashriq.hiof.no\/lebanon\/900\/902\/Kamal-Salibi\/\" >How it all began \u2013 A concise history of Lebanon \u2013 HOF.no<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14649284\" >Lebanon profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Lebanon\" >Economy of Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/lebanon-country-asia-economy.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/country-info\/profiles\/Lebanon\/Economy\" >Lebanon Economy Stats \u2013 NationMaster.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niue_Constitution_Act\" >Niue becomes<\/a> a self-governing colony of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Niue:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niue\" >Niue \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ne.html\" >Niue \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Niue\" >Niue \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/niue.html\" >Niue \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Niue\" >Niue \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.nu\/wb\/\" >Government of Niue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics_of_Niue\" >Politics of Niue \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zhenghe.tripod.com\/n\/niue\/facts2.html\" >Niue \u2013 Government \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-16536890\" >Niue territory profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Niue:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Niue\" >Foreign relations of Niue \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfat.govt.nz\/Countries\/Pacific\/Niue.php\" >Niue \u2013 Country Profile \u2013 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History and Culture of Niue:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Niue\" >History of Niue \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.niueisland.com\/content\/history\" >Niue \u2013 History \u2013 NiueIsland.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/niue\/history\" >Niue \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seafriends.org.nz\/niue\/history.htm\" >A short history of Niue \u2013 SeaFriends.org.nz<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ma-Ni\/Niue.html\" >Niue \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iexplore.com\/travel-guides\/australia-and-south-pacific\/niue\/history-and-culture\" >Niue \u2013 History and Culture \u2013 Niue Travel Guide \u2013 IExplore.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/niue.southpacific.org\/niue\/history.html\" >History of Niue \u2013 Niue.SouthPacific.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jasons.com\/niue\/history-of-niue\" >History of Niue \u2013 Jason.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nzetc.victoria.ac.nz\/tm\/scholarly\/tei-SmiNiu-_N83071.html\" >THE HISTORY OF NIUE-FEKAI \u2013 Victoria.ac.nz<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Niue:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Niue\" >Economy of Niue \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/niue.southpacific.org\/niue\/economy.html\" >Niue \u2013 Economy \u2013 Niue.SouthPacific.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/category\/countries\/niue\" >Niue \u2013 World Bank Blogs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_tapes\" >Watergate tapes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watergate Scandal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\" >Watergate scandal \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate\" >WATERGATE SCANDAL \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate\/videos\" >WATERGATE SANDAL \u2013 Videos \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uspolitics.about.com\/od\/presidenc1\/a\/what_watergate.htm\" >What Was The Watergate Scandal? \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/watergate.info\/overview\" >What was Watergate? \u2013 Overview \u2013 Watergate.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Watergate-Scandal\" >Watergate scandal \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1791.html\" >Watergate Scandal \u2013 UNITED STATES HISTORY \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/watergate\/timeline.html\" >THE WATERGATE SCANDAL \u2013 TIMLINE \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/6-nixon\/3-watergate\/timeline\/\" >Watergate Scandal Timeline \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Watergate Tapes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/millercenter.org\/presidentialrecordings\/nixon\/watergate-collection\" >Watergate Collection \u2013 Miller Center \u2013 MillerCenter.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/watergate.info\/white-house-tapes\" >Watergate Tapes \u2013 Archived Posts \u2013 Watergate.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/MRC\/watergate.html\" >Richard M. Nixon \u2013 The Watergate Tapes \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/nation\/specials\/watergate\/watergatefront.htm\" >Watergate Tapes Online \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nixon.archives.gov\/forresearchers\/find\/tapes\/watergate\/index.php\" >Watergate-Related Tapes \u2013 For Researchers \u2013 Nixon Presidential Library &amp; Museum \u2013 Nixon.Archives.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nixonlibrary.gov\/virtuallibrary\/tapeexcerpts\/\" >Nixon White House Tapes \u2013 Online \u2013 Virtual Library \u2013 Nixon Presidential Library &amp; Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usgovinfo.about.com\/library\/weekly\/aa081301a.htm\" >Watergate \u201818-Minute Gap\u2019 May be Recovered \u2013 06\/17\/02 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?85264-1\/nixon-1973-watergate-tapes\" >Nixon 1973 Watergate Tapes \u2013 April 1, 1973 \u2013 C-SPAN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/21\/politics\/nixon-tapes\/index.html\" >Last batch of Nixon tapes on Watergate released, by Matt Smith \u2013 August 22, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nixontapes.org\/transcripts.html\" >Audio &amp; Transcripts \u2013 NixonTapes.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/61264-Watergate-Tapes\" >Watergate Tapes \u2013 Discogs.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watergate.com\/\" >Correcting the Historic Record \u2013 Watergate.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/16\/watergate-tapes-history_n_878498.html\" >Watergate Tape: More Than 18 Minutes Of History Remain A Mystery (VIDEO) \u2013 06\/16\/11 \u2013 Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/who-erased-18-minutes-of-nixon-watergate-tapes\/\" >Who erased 18 minutes of Nixon Watergate Tapes? \u2013 August 22, 2013 \u2013 CBS News<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Tunisia\" >Prime Minister of Tunisia<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1957\" >twelve years<\/a>, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habib_Bourguiba\" >Habib Bourguiba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1966:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1966_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1966 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>For some more pertinent information, see<\/strong><\/em><strong> \u201c1989 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>196<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: The United States government imposes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba\" >near-total trade embargo<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>, which remains in effect today.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Trade Embargo against Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Cuba-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/resource-center\/sanctions\/Programs\/pages\/cuba.aspx\" >Cuba Sanctions \u2013 US Department of Treasury<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cuba-embargo.procon.org\/\" >Should the United States Maintain Embargo against Cuba? \u2013 ProCon.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinpost.com\/articles\/28524\/20141226\/cuba-embargo-pros-cons-renewed-relations-sets-caps-limited-success.htm\" >US Cuba Embargo Pros and Cons: Renewed Relations Sets Caps and Limited Success for Business \u2013 December 26, 2014 \u2013 Latin Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/history\/funfacts\/embargo.htm\" >CUBA \u2013 ECONOMIC EMBARGO TIMELINE \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/now\/politics\/cubatimeline.html\" >Cuba\/United States Timeline \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \u2013 January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a> sign a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Joint_Declaration_of_1956\" >Joint Declaration<\/a>, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cPotsdam Declaration of July 26, 1945\u201d, and the \u201cSan Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951\u201d:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo_Declaration\" >Cairo Declaration of 1943 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>, <em><strong>or see<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/cairo.asp\" >Cairo Conference 1943 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Docs\/Hiroshima\/Potsdam.shtml\" >Text of the <em><strong>Potsdam Declaration \u2013 Proclamation Defining Terms of Japanese Surrender Issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and its article 8: \u201c<em>The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Text of the <em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taiwandocuments.org\/sanfrancisco01.htm\" >Treaty of Peace with Japan, at San Francisco, September 8, 1951<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and its Article 2 (c) \u201c<em>Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wwi.lib.byu.edu\/index.php\/Treaty_of_Portsmouth_ending_the_Russo-Japanese_War\" >Treaty of Portsmouth of 5 September 1905<\/a><\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.law.washington.edu\/dspace-law\/bitstream\/handle\/1773.1\/748\/11PacRimLPolyJ063.pdf\" >THE 1951 SAN FRANCISCO PEACE TREATY WITH JAPAN AND THE TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN EAST ASIA, by Seokwoo Lee \u2013 Washington.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Soviet-Japan Joint Declaration of 1956:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/%7Eworldjpn\/documents\/texts\/docs\/19561019.D1E.html\" >English translation text of the <em><strong>Joint Declaration by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 [Date: October 19, 1956] \u2013 Tokyo.ac.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikisource.org\/wiki\/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_1956_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0\" >Russian text of <em><strong>\u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e-\u044f\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0434\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f 1956 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 \u0412\u0438\u043a\u0438\u043f\u0435\u0434\u0438\u044f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%281956%29\" >\u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e-\u044f\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0432\u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0434\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f 1956 \u2013 \u0412\u0438\u043a\u0438\u043f\u0435\u0434\u0438\u044f [Wikipedia in Russian]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Soviet\/Russia- Japan Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations\" >Japan-Soviet relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Japan-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/japan\/forrel-russia.htm\" >Japan-Russian Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/japan\/135.htm\" >Japan \u2013 Relations with Russia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Territorial Disputes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/region\/europe\/russia\/territory\/edition92\/preface.html\" >\u201c<em>The Joint Declaration by Japan and the USSR of October 19, 1956 ended the state of war and reestablished diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries. In the Joint Declaration, Japan and the USSR agreed to continue negotiations on the conclusion of a peace treaty after the reestablishment of normal diplomatic relations<\/em> \u2026.\u201d \u2013 Join Compendium of Documents on the History of Territorial Issue between Japan and Russia \u2013 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan \u2013 MOFA.go.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/japanfocus.org\/-Tanaka-Sakai\/2250\/article.pdf\" >The Northern Territories Impasse, Russia and Japanese Dependence on the US, by Tanaka Sakai \u2013 The Asia-Pacific Journal \u2013 JapanFocus.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/enu.kz\/repository\/repository2013\/DISPUTE%20-BETWEEN.pdf\" >DISPUTE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONCERNING KURIL ISLANDS , by Zolotaryova D.V. \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>First ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cho_Oyu\" >Cho Oyu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point_Four_Program\" >Point Four Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>The People\u2019s Republic of China joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a> by sending thousands of troops across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yalu_River\" >Yalu River<\/a> to fight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >People\u2019s Liberation Army<\/a> takes control of the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chamdo\" >Chamdo<\/a>; this is sometimes called the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Tibet_%281950%29\" >\u201cInvasion of Tibet\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Invasion of Tibet by PLA in 1950:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Tibet_%281950%E2%80%93present%29\" >History of Tibet (1950-present) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uca.edu\/politicalscience\/dadm-project\/asiapacific-region\/chinatibet-1950-present\/\" >China\/Tibet (1950-present) \u2013 University of Central Arkansas \u2013 UCA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Chamdo\" >Battle of Chamdo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whyguides.com\/why-did-china-invade-tibet.html\" >Why Did China Invade Tibet? \u2013 WhyGuides.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Streptomycin\" >Streptomycin<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antibiotic\" >antibiotic<\/a> remedy for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuberculosis\" >tuberculosis<\/a>, is isolated by researchers at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rutgers_University\" >Rutgers University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>The cargo vessel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_Sinfra\" ><em>Sinfra<\/em><\/a> is attacked by Allied aircraft at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Souda_Bay\" >Souda Bay<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crete\" >Crete<\/a>, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1935\u00a0<\/strong> The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Nations\" >League of Nations<\/a> places economic sanctions on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fascist_Italy_%281922%E2%80%9343%29\" >fascist Italy<\/a> for its invasion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservative_Party_%28UK%29\" >Conservative<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_of_Parliament\" >MPs<\/a> meeting at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlton_Club_meeting\" >Carlton Club<\/a> vote to break off the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lloyd_George_ministry\" >Coalition Government<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Lloyd_George\" >David Lloyd George<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_Party_%28UK%29\" >Liberal Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>Portuguese Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3nio_Granjo\" >Ant\u00f3nio Granjo<\/a> and other politicians are murdered in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisbon\" >Lisbon<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloody_Night\" >coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dallas_Love_Field\" >Love Field<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dallas\" >Dallas<\/a> is opened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Battle_of_Ypres\" >First Battle of Ypres<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italy<\/a> takes possession of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripoli\" >Tripoli<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polytechnic_University_of_the_Philippines\" >Polytechnic University of the Philippines<\/a> founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O\u2019Reilley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Planck\" >Max Planck<\/a>, in his house at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grunewald\" >Grunewald<\/a>, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black-body_radiation\" >black-body radiation<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planck%27s_law\" >Planck\u2019s law<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venice\" >Venice<\/a> \u2013 Annexion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veneto\" >Veneto<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantua\" >Mantua<\/a> to Italy \u2013 At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1864\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Albans_Raid\" >St Albans Raid<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederate_States_of_America\" >Confederate<\/a> raiders launch an attack on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Albans,_Vermont\" >Saint Albans, Vermont<\/a> from Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1864\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cedar_Creek\" >Battle of Cedar Creek<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_Army\" >Union Army<\/a> under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Sheridan\" >Philip Sheridan<\/a> destroys a Confederate Army under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jubal_Early\" >Jubal Early<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1822\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parna%C3%ADba\" >Parna\u00edba<\/a>; Simpl\u00edcio Dias da Silva, Jo\u00e3o C\u00e2ndido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piau%C3%AD\" >Piau\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Leipzig\" >Battle of Leipzig<\/a> concludes, giving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> one of his worst defeats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> retreats from Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1805\u00a0 <\/strong>Napoleonic Wars: Austrian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Mack_von_Leiberich\" >General Mack<\/a> surrenders his army to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grande_Arm%C3%A9e\" >Grande Arm\u00e9e<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ulm\" >Battle of Ulm<\/a>. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1512\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther\" >Martin Luther<\/a> becomes a doctor of theology (<em>Doctor in Biblia<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1466\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteen_Years%27_War_%281454%E2%80%9366%29\" >Thirteen Years\u2019 War<\/a> ends with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Peace_of_Thorn_%281466%29\" >Second Treaty of Thorn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Osteoporosis_Day\" >WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Statistics_Day\" >WORLD STATISTICS DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>201<\/strong><strong>1\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Libyan_Civil_War\" >Libyan Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Transitional_Council\" >National Transitional Council<\/a> rebel forces capture ousted Libyan dictator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" >Muammar Gaddafi<\/a> in his hometown of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirte\" >Sirte<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Muammar_Gaddafi\" >kill him<\/a> shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Libyan Civil War of 2011:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_2011_Libyan_Civil_War\" >Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpc.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/157348.pdf\" >Libya: Background and the US Relations, by Christopher M. Blanchard, and Jim Zanotti \u2013 February 18, 2011 \u2013 Congressional Research Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2014\/08\/01\/the-united-states-nato-and-the-destruction-of-libya\/\" >The United States, NATO and the Destruction of Libya, by Horace G. Campbell \u2013 August 1, 2014 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outsidethebeltway.com\/what-is-the-united-states-doing-in-libya\/\" >What is the United States Doing in Libya?, by James Joyner \u2013 Saturday, March 19, 2011 \u2013 OutsideTheBeltway.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/libya-civil-war.htm\" >Libya Civil War (2011) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/c\/2011_Libyan_civil_war\" >2011 Libyan civil war \u2013 LiveLeak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/09\/20\/world\/libya-civil-war-fast-facts\/index.html\" >2011 Libya Civil War Fast Facts \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/793\/libya\" >Crisis in Libya \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c2000s\/yr10\/libyancivilwar2011.htm\" >Libyan Civil War 2011 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/topic\/unrest-conflicts-war\/demonstration\/2011-libyan-civil-war-EVGAP00004-topic.html\" >2011 Libyan Civil War \u2013 ChicagoTribune.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jurist.org\/feature\/featured\/libya-conflict\/\" >The Libya Conflict \u2013 Jurist.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/libya-civil-war\/\" >Libya Civil War \u2013 News Archives \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/09\/08\/libya-war-died_n_953456.html\" >Libya: Estimated 30,000 Died In War; 4,000 Still Missing \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Muammar Gaddafi:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/biography\/var\/muammargaddafi.html\" >Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/muammar-al-qaddafi-39014\" >Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/biography\/Qaddafi.html\" >Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-12688033\" >The Muammar Gaddafi Story \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/oct\/20\/muammar-gaddafi-timeline\" >Muammar Gaddafi Timeline \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usernetsite.com\/society\/muammar-abu-minyar-al-gaddafi.php\" >Muammar Minyar al-Gaddafi \u2013 UserNetSite.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topinfopost.com\/2013\/06\/01\/the-story-of-muammar-gaddafi\" >The Story of Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 TIPInfoPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/batr.org\/reactionary\/030611.html\" >Is Gaddafi an Oil Robber Baron? \u2013 BATRO.org<\/a>r<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hollowverse.com\/muammar-gaddafi\/\" >The religion and political view of Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Hollowverse.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_International_Theory\" >\u201cThe Third International Theory, also known as the Third Universal Theory (Arabic: \u0646\u0638\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u062b\u0627\u0644\u062b\u0629\u200e) refers to the style of government proposed by Col. Muammar Gaddafi in the early 1970s\u2026..\u201d \u2013 Third International Theory \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Libya under Gaddafi:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi\" >History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi\" >Foreign relations of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celebrityillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Politics_of_Libya_under_Gaddafi\" >Politics of Libya under Gaddafi \u2013 CelebrityIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cjpmo.org\/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=1557\" >Factsheet: Libya\u2019s Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 CJPME.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/docs\/DOC-884508\" >Facts about Libya under Gaddafi that you probably did not know about! \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/qaddafi-leads-coup-in-libya\" >Gaddafi leads coup in Libya on September 1, 1969 \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Libya:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya\" >History of Libya \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/libya_history.html\" >History of Libya \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/libya.html\" >Libya \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Libya and Oil:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rigsworld.com\/libya-oil.php\" >\u201cLibya has the largest proven oil reserves in Africa.\u201d \u2013 RigsWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_reserves_in_Libya\" >\u201cOil reserves in Libya are the largest in Africa and among the ten largest globally\u2026..\u201d \u2013 Oil reserves in Libya \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rigsworld.com\/libya-oil.php\" >Libya facts and figures \u2013 OPEC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Oil_Corporation\" >\u201cThe National Oil Corporation (NOC) is the national oil company of Libya. It dominates Libya\u2019s oil industry, along with a number of smaller subsidiaries, which combined account for around 70% the country\u2019s oil output.\u201d \u2013 National Oil Corporation \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/02\/22\/us-libya-usa-oilcompanies-idUSTRE71L5Y820110222\" >Factbox: US oil companies\u2019 interests in Libya \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/libya-all-about-oil-818\/\" >Libya: So, it was all about oil after all! \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/orientalreview.org\/2011\/03\/05\/the-united-states-will-take-libya%E2%80%99s-oil-and-gas-by-force\/\" >The United States Will Take Libya\u2019s Oil and Gas by Force \u2013 Sat. Mar 5, 2011 \u2013 OrientalReview.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/conflict-in-libya-us-oil-companies-sit-on-sidelines-as-gaddafi-maintains-hold\/2011\/06\/03\/AGJq2QPH_story.html\" >Conflict in Libya: US oil companies sit on sidelines as Gaddafi maintains hold \u2013 June 10, 2011 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/topics\/military-intervention-libya\/oils-role-libyan-conflict\" >Oil\u2019s role in the Libyan conflict \u2013 MarketPlace.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article24617986.html\" >\u201cThe divide between Europe and the United States over how best to end the regime of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi isn\u2019t just about military matters. It also involves oil.\u201d \u2013 Europe doesn\u2019t hit oil companies in Libya as hard as the US does \u2013 McClatchyDC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Libyan_oil_industry\" >Libyan oil industry \u2013 SourceWatch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/dailychart\/2011\/02\/libyan_oil\" >Which countries depend most on Libyan oil? \u2013 Relying on Libya \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/libya\/united-states-should-keep-out-libya\/p24325\" >The United States Should Keep Out of Libya, by Richard N. Haas \u2013 March 8, 2011 \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us-lba.org\/\" >\u201cAbout Us: The U.S.-Libya Business Association (USLBA) is the only member-based U.S. trade association focusing solely on the United States and Libya.\u201d The US-Libya Business Association \u2013 USLBA \u2013 US-LBA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 \u201c<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_Uttarkashi_earthquake\" >1991 Ueattarkashi earthquake<\/a>\u201d strikes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uttarkashi\" >Uttarkashi<\/a> region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_PC_DOS#PC_DOS_2.x\" >IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1<\/a> released.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>IBM Personal Computer DOS Version 2.1:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_Personal_Computer\" >IBM Personal Computer \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myoldcomputers.com\/museum\/soft\/pcdos.htm\" >\u201c<em>With the introduction of the PC on November 1, 1983 came a new version of DOS, the PC DOS 2.10. This version fixed a few bugs in the previous version and provided support for half-height floppy drives. Above are the two versions (2.0 and 2.10) currently in the museum<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 MyOldComputers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/history\/decade_1980.html\" >Chronological History of IBM \u2013 IBM.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/economic-sciences\/laureates\/1982\/stigler-bio.html\" >Nobel prize for economy awarded to George Stigler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brink%27s_robbery_%281981%29\" >armed robbery<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rockland_County,_New_York\" >Rockland County, New York<\/a>, carried out by members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Liberation_Army\" >Black Liberation Army<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weather_Underground\" >Weather Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Massacre\" >Saturday Night Massacre<\/a>\u201c: United States President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> fires <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Attorney_General\" >US Attorney General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliot_Richardson\" >Elliot Richardson<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General\" >Deputy Attorney General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Ruckelshaus\" >William Ruckelshaus<\/a> after they refuse to fire <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\" >Watergate<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_prosecutor\" >special prosecutor<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Cox\" >Archibald Cox<\/a>, who is finally fired by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Bork\" >Robert Bork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Saturday Night Massacre:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/ask-history\/what-was-the-saturday-night-massacre\" >What was the Saturday Night Massacre? \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Saturday-Night-Massacre\" >Saturday Night Massacre \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/bonus-video\/presidents-power-nixon2\/\" >The Saturday Night Massacre \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/20\/oct-20-1973-pnixon-tries-to-stop-investigation-with-saturday-night-massacre\/?_r=0\" >20, 1973 | Nixon Tries to Stop Investigation \u2013 New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/watergate.info\/tag\/saturday-night-massacre\" >\u201c<em>Archibald Cox, the Watergate Special Prosecutor sacked by President Richard Nixon in the famous \u2018Saturday Night Massacre\u2019 of 1973, has been awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton. The medal was ironically established by Nixon in 1969 to honor exemplary service. Clinton said that \u201cthe greatest title any of us can hold is that of citizen<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Clinton Awards Presidential Medal To Archibald Cox \u2013 Jan 08, 2001 \u2013 Watergate.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Watergate Scandal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\" >Watergate scandal \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate\" >WATERGATE SCANDAL \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate\/videos\" >WATERGATE SANDAL \u2013 Videos \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uspolitics.about.com\/od\/presidenc1\/a\/what_watergate.htm\" >What Was The Watergate Scandal? \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/watergate.info\/overview\" >What was Watergate? \u2013 Overview \u2013 Watergate.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Watergate-Scandal\" >Watergate scandal \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1791.html\" >Watergate Scandal \u2013 UNITED STATES HISTORY \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/watergate\/timeline.html\" >THE WATERGATE SCANDAL \u2013 TIMLINE \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/6-nixon\/3-watergate\/timeline\/\" >Watergate Scandal Timeline \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydney_Opera_House\" >Sydney Opera House<\/a> opens.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/sydney-opera-house-opens\" >OCT 20, 1973: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Sydney Opera House opens. \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siad_Barre\" >Siad Barre<\/a> declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somali_Democratic_Republic\" >Somalia<\/a> a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_state\" >socialist state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/so.html\" >Somalia \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/somalia.html\" >Somalia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/somalia\/\" >Somalia \u2013 AllAfrcia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/somalia.htm\" >Somalia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/somalia.html\" >Somalia \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/somalia\/\" >Somalia \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14094503\" >Somalia profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Somalia\" >Foreign relations of Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/somalia\/somalia\/p21421\" >Somalia \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.somaligov.net\/\" >Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2863.htm\" >US Relations with Somalia \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Somalia\" >History of Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/somalia\/\" >Somalia \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/somalia-history.html\" >Somalia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1993-2000\/somalia\" >Somalia, 1992-1993 \u2013 MILESTONES: 1993-2000 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14094632\" >Somalia profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Somalia\" >Economy of Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968 <\/strong>Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Lady_of_the_United_States\" >First Lady<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacqueline_Kennedy\" >Jacqueline Kennedy<\/a> marries Greek shipping tycoon <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aristotle_Onassis\" >Aristotle Onassis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>Mass arrests of communists and mass killings in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mass Purge of Communists and Killings of 1965-1966 in Indonesia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesian_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366#Foreign_involvement\" >\u201c<em>The <\/em><strong><em>Indonesian killings of 1965\u20131966<\/em><\/strong><em> were an anti-communist purge following a failed coup of the 30 September Movement in Indonesia. The most widely accepted estimates are that more than 500,000 people were killed\u2026 The massacres began in October 1965, in the weeks following the coup attempt, and reached their peak over the remainder of the year before subsiding in the early months of 1966<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Indonesian killings of 1965-66 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/1999\/07\/indo2-j20.html\" >US orchestrated Suharto\u2019s 1965-66 slaughter in Indonesia, by Mike Head \u2013 20 July 1999 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdworldtraveler.com\/CIA\/McGehee_CIA_Indo.html\" >The Indonesian Massacre and the CIA, by Ralph McGehee \u2013 Covert Action Quarterly, Fall 1990 \u2013 THIRD WORLD TRAVELER \u2013 ThirdWorldTraveler.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2135838\/Foreshadowing_Future_Slaughter_From_the_Indonesian_Killings_of_1965-66_to_Genocide_in_East_Timor\" >Foreshadowing Future Slaughter: From the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1965 to the 1974-1999 Genocide in East Timor, by Kai Thaler \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whale.to\/b\/santos.html\" >The 1965 CIA Massacre in Indonesia, by Mario E. Santos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_massacres_in_Indonesia\" >List of massacre in Indonesia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/workers.org\/indonesia\/chap1.html\" >\u201c<em>Between October 1, 1965, and April or May of the following year, the right-wing military regime of Generals Nasution and Suharto seized power and consolidated its strength in Indonesia<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Bloodbath \u2013 Workers.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/10\/08\/can-prison-songs-help-heal-wounds-indonesias-1965-massacre\" >Can Prison Songs Help Heal the Wounds of Indonesia\u2019s 1965 Massacre? ,by Andreas Horsono \u2013 October 8, 2015 \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2015\/10\/01\/no-need-apologize-1965-communist-purge-fpi.html\" >\u201c<em>Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has said that it is forbidden to apologize to the victims of the 1965 communist purge. According to FPI Patron Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, known as Habib Rizieq, an apology for the 1965 purge will lead to the rise of a communist ideology and threaten Muslims<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 No need to apologize for 1965 communist purge: FPI \u2013 Thu, October 1, 2015 \u2013 The Jakarta Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Indonesia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factbook.org\/factbook\/id.shtml\" >Indonesia \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.net\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia \u2013 Country Studies \u2013 The World Fact Book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Indonesia\" >Indonesia \u2013 Data \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/indonesia\/\" >Indonesia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/indonesia.html\" >Indonesia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Indonesia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Indonesia\" >Foreign relations of Indonesia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2014\/02\/04\/indonesias-foreign-relations-policy-shaped-by-the-ideal-of-dynamic-equilibrium\/\" >Indonesia\u2019s foreign relations: policy shamed by the ideal of \u2018dynamic equilibrium\u2019, by Dewi Fortuna Anwar \u2013 4 February 2014 \u2013 EAST ASIA FORUM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/indonesia\/indonesian-foreign-policy\/p31071\" >Indonesian Foreign Policy \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Indonesia%29\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Indonesia and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia_and_the_United_Nations\" >Indonesia and the United Nations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.or.id\/en\/\" >Indonesia and the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.id.undp.org\/\" >UNDP Indonesia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indonesiamission-ny.org\/pages\/HOME\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mission-indonesia.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, WTO, and Other International Organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Indonesia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Indonesia\" >History of Indonesia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/indonesia\/3.htm\" >Indonesia \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indo.com\/indonesia\/history.html\" >History \u2013 BALI &amp; INDONESIA \u2013 Indo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinfo.org\/asianinfo\/indonesia\/pro-history.htm\" >Indonesia\u2019s History and Background \u2013 AsianInfo.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/indonesia.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF INDONESIA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/indonesia\/history\" >Indonesia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Indonesia-history.htm\" >History of Indonesia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Indonesia\" >History of Indonesia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/indonesia-history.html\" >Indonesia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indonesiapoint.com\/history-of-indonesia.html\" >History of Indonesia \u2013 IndonesiaPoint.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/resources\/indonesian_history\" >Indonesian History \u2013 TheJakartaPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Indonesian_history\" >Timeline of Indonesian history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-15114517\" >Indonesia country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Indonesia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Indonesia\" >Economy of Indonesia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/indonesia-economy.html\" >Indonesia \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/indonesia\" >Indonesia \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indonesiapoint.com\/business-and-economy-indonesia.html\" >Business &amp; Economy of Indonesia \u2013 IndonesiaPoint.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/indonesia\" >Indonesia \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/indonesia\" >Indonesia \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/indonesia\/economy\" >Indonesia \u2013 Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>People\u2019s Republic of China launches simultaneous offensives in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ladakh\" >Ladakh<\/a> and across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McMahon_Line\" >McMahon Line<\/a>, igniting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-Indian_War\" >Sino-Indian War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sino-Indian War of 1962:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indianstrategicknowledgeonline.com\/web\/china%20decision%20for%201962%20war%202003.pdf\" >China\u2019s Decision for War with India in 1962, by John W. Garver \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Sino-Indian-War\" >Sino-Indian War \u2013 1962 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/warfiles\/sino-indian_war_warfile.htm#.Vhy9oiuufX4\" >War File: Sino-Indian War (1962) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/warsinasia\/fl\/The-Sino-Indian-War-1962.htm\" >Sino-Indian War, 1962 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Causes of the Sino-Indian War of 1962:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.du.edu\/korbel\/jais\/journal\/volume1\/volume1_abitbol.pdf\" >Causes of the 1962 Sino-Indian War, by Aldo D. Abitbol \u2013 DU.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/s\/si\/sino_indian_war.html#Causes%20of%20the%20War\" >Causes of the War \u2013 Sino-Indian War \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Events_leading_to_the_Sino-Indian_War\" >Events leading to the Sino-Indian War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajitvadakayil.blogspot.hr\/2012\/10\/why-india-lost-sino-indian-war-of-1962.html\" >WHY INDIA LOST THE SINO INDIAN WAR OF 1962- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/how-china-fights-lessons-1962-sino-indian-war-65429\" >How China Fights: Lessons from the 1962 Sino-Indian War, by Brahma Chellaney \u2013 10\/29\/12 \u2013 Newsweek<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs<\/a> atmospheric nuclear test at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnston_Atoll\" >Johnston Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \u2013 January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Johnston Atoll:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Johnston-Atoll\" >Johnston Atoll \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cma.army.mil\/fndocumentviewer.aspx?docid=003673775\" >An Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Various Weapons Tests and Storage at Johnston Atoll, and Permanent Contamination:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/johnston_atoll.htm\" >Johnston Atoll, and Kalama Atoll \u2013 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.nimia.com\/video\/188781\/south-pacific-nuclear-tests-on-johnston-island-i-6\" >South Pacific tests on Johnston Island in 1951 \u2013 NIMIA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nova.edu\/ncri\/11icrs\/proceedings\/files\/m23-13.pdf\" >Contaminants in Fishes from Johnston Atoll, by L. Kerr Lobel and P.S. Lobel \u2013 Boston University, Department of Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/home.earthlink.net\/%7Erobertbfish\/id19.html\" >\u201c<em>During the Cold War era, the US Air Force used JI <\/em>[Johnston Island]<em> to support several highly classified missions. In the early 1960\u2019s, it was involved with Operation Dominic, which tested a primitive anti-ballistic missile system as well as the impact of EMP on military command and control systems<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Johnstone Island, by Bob Fish \u2013 EarthLink.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dodlegacy.org\/Legacy\/project\/productdocs\/2008%20Lobels%20ch%2017_sm_b884f77c-3e42-4ea2-ab14-26e9772bd358.pdf\" >Aspects of the Biology and Geomorphology of Johnston and Wake Atolls, Pacific Ocean, by Philp S. Lobel and Lisa Kerr Lobel \u2013 DODLegacy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parsons.com\/Media%20Library\/0903_CSDP.pdf\" >\u201c<em>Construction began on a Parsons-designed prototype full-scale chemical weapons incinerator at Johnston Island in the South Pacific Ocean<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) \u2013 Parsons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/01\/27\/us\/radioactive-dump-on-pacific-wildlife-refuge-raises-liability-concerns.html\" >\u201c<em>In the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s, the United States Air Force conducted 12 test launchings of nuclear missiles on tiny Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. In 1962, two of the shots were aborted and the missiles exploded over the runway, drenching the area in radioactive contaminants<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Radioactive Dump on Pacific Wildlife Refuge Raises Liability Concerns, by Katharine Q. Seelye \u2013 January 27, 2003 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afspacemuseum.org\/johnston\/\" >Johnston Island \u2013 Air Force Space &amp; Missile Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/biologywriter.com\/backgrounder\/bioterror\/bioterror4\/\" >\u201c<em>At sunset one quiet July day an armada of ships was positioned in the ocean waters around Johnston Atoll, upwind from a line of barges with hundreds of cages containing Rhesus monkeys on their decks (figure 4)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Bio Terror 4 \u2013 BiologyWriter \u2013 BiologyWriter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/print_um.html\" >Johnston Atoll: \u201c<em>The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction, cleanup, and closure of the facility were completed by May 2005<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC ISLAND WILD LIFE REFUGES \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nautilus.org\/apsnet\/cleaning-up-johnston-atoll\/\" >Cleaning up Johnston Atoll \u2013 Nautilus Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/forum\/security_and_territorial_issues\/japan_us\/AJ201503270059\" >South Pacific islands fell victim to tragedy of nuclear tests \u2013 March 27, 2015 \u2013 The Asahi Shimbun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-stories.com\/ws-ao-johnston-island-1-1972.htm\" >AGENT ORANGE \u2013 Johnston Island, AFB \u2013 War-Stories.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/16945-deny-deny-until-all-the-veterans-die-pentagon-investigation-into-agent-orange-on-okinawa\" >\u201c<em>Another issue addressed by the investigation was a 2003 U.S. Army report \u2013 titled \u201cAn Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll\u201d \u2013 which stated that 25,000 barrels of Agent Orange had been on Okinawa prior to 1972<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Deny, Deny Until All the Veterans Die\u201d \u2013 Pentagon Investigation into Agent Orange in Okinawa \u2013 Truth-Out.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamagentorange.info\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/AgentOrange-JI.133194419.pdf\" >Summary Document: Agent Orange at Johnston Island \u2013 GuamAgentOrange.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skyscanner.net\/news\/14-worlds-most-amazing-abandoned-airports\" >Johnston Atoll Airport, USA \u2013 <em>14 of the world\u2019s most amazing abandoned airports<\/em> \u2013 SkyScanner.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamagentorange.info\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/Johnston_Atoll_History.261114404.pdf\" >HISTORY OF JOHNSTON ATOLL \u2013 GuamAgentOrange.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/johns.htm\" >Case Name: Johnston Atoll Chemical Waste \u2013 Chemical Weapons Disposal Dispute \u2013 TED Case Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanghostsmedia.com\/2010\/04\/isolated-and-abandoned-military-airbase-johnston-atoll\/\" >Johnstone Atoll: An Isolated and Abandoned Military Air Base in the Mid Pacific Ocean \u2013 8 April 2010 \u2013 UrganGhostsMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelivingmoon.com\/45jack_files\/03files\/Johnston_Atoll.html\" >Secret Bases \u2013 Johnston Atoll \u2013 TheLivingMoon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jason-stevens.com\/2010\/07\/the-forgotten-island-of-johnston-atoll\/\" >The Forgotten Atoll of Johnston Atoll \u2013 Jason-Sevens.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/johnstonmemories.com\/\" >History of Johnston Island \u2013 Johnston Memories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine-launched_ballistic_missile\" >submarine-launched ballistic missile<\/a>, launching an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R-13_%28missile%29\" >R-13<\/a> from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golf-class_submarine\" >Golf-class submarine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile of the Soviet Union:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Submarine-launched_ballistic_missile\" >Submarine-launched ballistic missile \u2013 Military.wikia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/russia\/slbm\/629.htm\" >629 GOLF \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/billingsgazette.com\/news\/world\/missile-crisis-relived-with-chilling-effects\/article_629e9c70-b6b5-59e2-b5cd-e93556d768d7.html\" >\u201c<em>Studying newly declassified documents at a conference on the crisis, Cuban, American and Russian protagonists were told the most dangerous day of all was Oct. 27, 1962 \u2013 when a U.S. Navy destroyer dropping depth charges off the Cuban coast almost accidentally hit the hull of a Soviet submarine carrying a nuclear warhead. The U.S. military \u201cdid not have a clue that the submarine had a nuclear weapon on board,\u201d Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archives, told reporters Friday night<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Missile crisis relieved with chilling effects \u2013 October 12, 2002 \u2013 BILLINGS GAZETTE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/press-centre\/highlights\/2012\/the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-nuclear-testing\/\" >THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor_of_Kenya\" >Governor<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evelyn_Baring,_1st_Baron_Howick_of_Glendale\" >Evelyn Baring<\/a> declares a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_emergency\" >state of emergency<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenya\" >Kenya<\/a> and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mau_Mau_Uprising\" >Mau Mau Uprising<\/a>, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jomo_Kenyatta\" >Jomo Kenyatta<\/a>, the future first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heads_of_state_of_Kenya\" >President of Kenya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Bright_incident\" >Johnny Bright incident<\/a>\u201d occurs in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stillwater,_Oklahoma\" >Stillwater, Oklahoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >United States of America and Islamic Republic of Pakistan<\/a> establish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >diplomatic relations<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>United State-Pakistan Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/3453.htm\" >US Relations with Pakistan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/pakistan\/us-pakistan-relations\/p31695\" >US-Pakistan Relations \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-pub.naz.edu:9000\/%7Eaamghar6\/The%20United%20States-Pakistan%20Relations.htm\" >The United States-Pakistan Relations \u2013 NAZ.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-pakistan-relations\/\" >US Pakistan Relations \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaffairsjournal.org\/article\/us-pakistan-relations-common-and-clashing-interests\" >US-Pakistan Relations \u2013 Common and Clashing Interests \u2013 May\/June 2012 \u2013 WORLD AFFAIRS \u2013 WorldAffairsJournal.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Pakistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan\" >Foreign relations of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mofa.gov.pk\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/pakistan\/ri246\" >Pakistan \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cssforum.com.pk\/css-compulsory-subjects\/pakistan-affairs\/13381-foreign-relations-pakistan.html\" >Foreign Relations of Pakistan \u2013 CSS Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Pakistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/pk.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/pakistan.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/pakistan-political-history\" >Pakistan \u2013 A Political Story \u2013 Asia Society \u2013 AsiaSociety.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12965779\" >Pakistan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Pakistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Pakistan\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ia\/yasir710\/history\/history.html\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Angelfire.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/pakistan\/history\" >Pakistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/pakistan\/p\/PakistanProf.htm\" >Pakistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/storyofpakistan.com\/\" >Story of Pakistan \u2013 StoryOfPakistan.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_history_of_Pakistan\" >Economic history of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Pakistani_history\" >Timeline of Pakistani History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12966786\" >Pakistan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Pakistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Pakistan\" >Economy of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/pakistan-economy.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> <\/strong><em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em><strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pakistan\/overview\" >Pakistan \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/pakistan\/economy\" >Pakistan \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/pakistan\/indicators\" >Pakistan \u2013 Trading Economics \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee\" >House Un-American Activities Committee<\/a> begins its investigation into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >Communist<\/a> infiltration of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood\" >Hollywood<\/a>, resulting in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood_blacklist\" >a blacklist<\/a> that prevents some from working in the industry for years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/congress-investigates-reds-in-hollywood\" >OCT 20, 1947: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: US Congress investigates Red in Hollywood. \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/08\/19\/ronald_reagan_informant\/\" >Ronald Reagan: Informant \u2013 August 19, 2012 -Salon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/educationforum.ipbhost.com\/index.php?showtopic=19438\" >Ronald Reagan applied to join the American Communist Party \u2013 IPS Community<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saturdayeveningpost.com\/2009\/10\/17\/history\/post-perspective\/communism-hollywood.html\" >Communist and Hollywood, by Jeff Nilsson \u2013 October 17, 2009 \u2013 The Saturday Evening Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=369\" >HOLLYOOD AND COMMUNISM\/SOCIALISM \u2013 DiscoverTheNewsNetworks.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/econfaculty.gmu.edu\/bcaplan\/museum\/blist2.htm\" >Blacklisting Hollywood\u2019s Communists: A Qualified Defense \u2013 GMU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/6458\/\" >\u201cWe Must Keep the Labor Union Clean\u201d: \u201cFriendly\u201d HUAC Witnesses Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney Blame Hollywood Labor Conflict on Communist Infiltration \u2013 HISTORY MATTERS \u2013 GMU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>Government of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >Democratic Republic of Vietnam<\/a> decides that October 20 is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holidayyp.com\/vietnamese-womens-day.html\" >Vietnam Women\u2019s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Women in Vietnam:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_Vietnam\" >\u201c<em>Women in Vietnam have played an important role in Vietnam\u2019s history. They have served as warriors and nurses, mothers and wives. Their role in society has changed somewhat over the years, but they have undertaken versatile leadership positions that redefine the women in Vietnam<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Women in Vietnam \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/course-notes\/Role-Of-Women-In-Vietnam-1433366.html\" >Role of Women in Vietnam \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/SSEAL\/SoutheastAsia\/seaviet.html\" >Vietnam \u2013 Women\u2019s Studies Bibliography \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Women and the Vietnam War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.illyria.com\/vnwomen.html\" >\u201c<em>ALL women who served in Vietnam were volunteers, whether civilian or military.\u00a0At one time there was discussion about drafting women nurses, but this was never implemented<\/em>.\u00a0\u201d \u2013 Women in Vietnam<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/women-in-the-vietnam-war\" >WOMEN IN THE VIETNAM WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_Asia#Vietnam\" >\u201c<em>Women in Vietnam played a significant role in defending Vietnam during the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1975. They took roles such as village patrol guards, intelligence agents, propagandists, and military recruiters<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Vietnam \u2013 Women in Asia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.press.umich.edu\/pdf\/0472098055-ch3.pdf\" >Rethinking the Status of Vietnamese Women in Folklore and Oral History, by Ngu\u00ean Van Ky \u2013 UNICH.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Women\u2019s Status in Vietnam:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asiafoundation.org\/in-asia\/2007\/10\/17\/in-vietnam-women%E2%80%99s-leadership-essential-to-an-equal-society\/\" >In Vietnam: Women\u2019s Leadership Essential to an Equal Society, by To Kim Lien \u2013 October 17, 2007 \u2013 AsiaFoundation.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/04\/01\/movies\/women-s-status-in-vietnam-in-documentary-form.html\" >Women\u2019s Status in Vietnam in Documentary Form, by Vincent Candy \u2013 April 1, 1989 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auamii.com\/jiir\/Vol-01\/issue-01\/X13.Nguyen.pdf\" >The Changes of Women\u2019s Position: The Vietnam Case, by Nguyen Thanh Binh \u2013 International Journal of Innovative Interdisciplinary Research \u2013 Issue 1, Dec 2011 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/insidestory.org.au\/two-faces-of-gender-equity-in-vietnam\/\" >TWO FACES OF GENDER EQUALITY IN VIETNAM \u2013 6 May 2010 \u2013 Inside Story \u2013 InsideStory.org.au<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/suite.io\/john-walsh\/9rn23p\" >Women\u2019s Status in Southeast Asia, by John Walsh \u2013 Jun 14, 2007 \u2013 SUITE.io<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1944 <\/strong>United States 6<sup>th<\/sup> Army land on the eastern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leyte\" >Philippine island of Leyte<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 A few hours later, American general <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\" >Douglas MacArthur<\/a> land at Palo, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/battle-of-leyte-gulf\" >Leyte<\/a>, to fulfill his promise to return to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a> when he commands <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Leyte\" >an Allied assault<\/a> on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Philippines during World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/u-s-forces-land-at-leyte-island-in-the-philippines\" >OCT 20, 1944: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: US forces land at Leyte Island in the Philippines \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/macarthur-returns\" >OCT 20, 1944: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MacArthur returns \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines_Campaign_%281944%E2%80%9345%29\" >Philippine Campaign (1944-45) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/brochures\/leyte\/leyte.htm\" >\u201c<em>Preliminary operations for the Leyte invasion began at dawn on 17 October with minesweeping operations and the movement of the 6th Rangers toward three small islands in Leyte Gulf\u2026 Following four hours of heavy naval gunfire on A-day, 20 October, Sixth Army forces landed on assigned beaches at 1000 hours. Troops from X Corps pushed across a four-mile stretch of beach between Tacloban airfield and the Palo River<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Leyte \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_the_Philippines_during_World_War_II\" >Military history of the Philippines during World War II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryhistoryonline.com\/wwii\/articles\/macarthursfailures.aspx\" >MacArthur\u2019s Failures in the Philippines, December 1941 \u2013 March 1942 \u2013 by Robert C. Daniels \u2013 MilitaryHistoryOnline.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines\" >Japanese occupation of the Philippines \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/philippines\/21.htm\" >Philippines \u2013 World War II \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/country\/philippines\" >Philippines, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.ph\/featured\/world-war-ii-in-the-philippines\/\" >World War II in the Philippines \u2013 Official Gazette \u2013 gov.ph<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_the_Philippines_during_World_War_II\" >Military history of the Philippines during World War II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timelines of the Philippines in World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/dec\/02\/travel\/la-tr-philippines-timeline-20121202\" >World War II in the Philippines: A Timeline \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.ph\/featured\/world-war-ii-in-the-philippines\/\" >World War II in the Philippines \u2013 ABOUT TIMELINE MAP PROJECT \u2013 Official Gazette<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the Philippines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Philippines\" >History of the Philippines \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philippine-history.org\/\" >PHILIPPINE HISTORY \u2013 Philippines-History.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/philippines\/p\/philippinesprof.htm\" >The Philippines | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Philippines-history.htm\" >History of the Philippines \u2013 NationsOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pinas.dlsu.edu.ph\/history\/history.html\" >Philippine History \u2013 DLSU.edu.ph<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/philippines\/history\" >Philippines \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Philippines\" >History of Philippines \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Philippines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/rp.html\" >Philippines \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Philippines\" >Philippines \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Philippines\" >Philippines \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/philippines.html\" >Philippines \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of the Philippines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_the_Philippines\" >Foreign relation of the Philippines \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/philippines\/forrel.htm\" >Philippines \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dfa.gov.ph\/\" >DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS \u2013 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/philippinesintheworld.org\/?q=node\/275\" >PHILIPPINE FOREIGN RELATIONS: A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES, by Rowena R. Pangilinan \u2013 PhilippinesInTheWorld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2794.htm\" >US Relations with the Philippines \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of the Philippines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_the_Philippines\" >Economy of the Philippines \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/philippines-the-economy.html\" >Philippines, The \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/philippines\" >Philippines \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/philippines\" >Philippines \u2013 Data \u2013 World Bank<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/philippines\" >Philippines \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDAION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/philippines\/economy\" >Philippines: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philippine-islands.ph\/en\/philippine_economy.html\" >Philippine Economy \u2013 Philippine-Islands.ph<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>Liquid <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland_East_Ohio_Gas_explosion\" ><em>natural gas<\/em><\/a> leaks from storage tanks in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland\" >Cleveland<\/a>, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Army\" >Soviet Army<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslav_Partisans\" >Yugoslav Partisans<\/a> liberate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade\" >Belgrade<\/a>, the capital of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/serbianna.com\/analysis\/archives\/2393\" >\u201c<em>The Partisan foundational myth is that they defeated the German occupation forces and liberated Belgrade. This is false. The Soviet Red Army \u2018liberated\u2019 Belgrade. This is the fact. This fact, however, does not legitimate or validate the Tito dictatorship regime that emerged. It is an inconvenient fact. Therefore, a myth or fake origin was created. Factually, the assertion is absurd. The Partisans could never take Belgrade. Rag-tag guerrilla forces were militarily unable to defeat regular German troops<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Belgrade, 1944: The Soviet Offensive \u2013 Serbianna.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/serbianna.com\/analysis\/archives\/2782\" >Why Chetnik Flags Should be in the Belgrade Liberation Parade \u2013 October 10, 2014 \u2013 Serbianna.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Belgrade+Operation+of+1944\" >Belgrade Operation of 1944 \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/voiceofrussia\/2009\/10\/20\/2087668\/\" >The Belgrade Campaign and its role in the history of Russia and Serbia \u2013 20 October 2009 \u2013 THE VOICE OF RUSSIA \u2013 SputnikNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.generalmihailovich.com\/2010\/10\/why-october-20th-is-lousy-day-in.html\" >Why October 20<sup>th<\/sup> is a lousy day in Serbian history: The phony \u201cLiberation\u201d of Belgrade \u2013 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 \u2013 GeneralMihailovich.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=302\" >Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation \u2013 14 Sep 1944 \u2013 24 Nov 1944, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1638371\/Revolutionary_Justice_in_Serbia_1944-1946_The_Problem_of_Collaboration\" >Revolutionary Justice in Serbia 1944-1946: The Problem of Collaboration, by Bisser Petrov \u2013 Academia.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/belgradenet.com\/belgrade_history_world_war.html\" >History of Belgrade \u2013 World Wars I and II \u2013 BelgradeNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/judaica\/ejud_0002_0003_0_02350.html\" >\u201c<em>When the Germans entered Belgrade in April 1941, 12,000 Jews were living there\u2026 Immediately after the liberation of Belgrade in October 1944 the Jewish community resumed its activities by opening a soup kitchen, a center for returnees, and medical services. The Ashkenazi synagogue was reconsecrated in December 1944, with the Ashkenazi and the Sephardi communities merging<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Belgrade, Serbia \u2013 Encyclopedia Judaica: Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: Thousands of civilians in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac\" >Kragujevac<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Territory_of_the_Military_Commander_in_Serbia\" >German-occupied Serbia<\/a> are murdered in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac_massacre\" >Kragujevac massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>See also <\/em>\u201c<strong>OCTOBER 21,<\/strong> <strong>1941 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac#WWII_and_the_Kragujevac_massacre\" >Kragujevac<\/a>, Serbia, German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" >Wehrmacht<\/a> soldiers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac_massacre\" >butcher<\/a> about 7,000 citizens, including schoolchildren and professors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kragujevac Massacre of 1941:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac_massacre\" >Kragujevac massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/orig\/savich3.html\" >German Occupation of Serbia and the Kragujevac Massacre \u2013 AntiWar.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/serbianna.com\/analysis\/archives\/223\" >The Legacy of the 1941 Kragujevac Massacre \u2013 SERBIANNA.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.generalmihailovich.com\/2013\/10\/the-kragujevac-massacre-of-october-1941.html\" >THE KRAGUJEVAC MASSACRE of October 1941 \u2013 A Legacy of \u2018Never Forget\u2019 \/ By Alexandra Rebic \u2013 Monday, October 21, 2013 \u2013 GeneralMihailovich.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-bloggers\/2209027\/posts\" >The Kragujevac massacre, by Carl K. Savich \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guskova.ru\/%7Emladich\/Kragujevac\/mas_en\" >German massacres in Serbia \u2013 1941 \u2013 GUSKOVA.ru<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2today.com\/20th-october-1941-wehrmacht-massacre-in-serbia\" >OCT 20, 1941: WEHRMACHT MASSACRE CIVILIANS IN SERBIA \u2013 WORLD WAR II TODAY \u2013 WW2Today.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.berengarten.com\/site\/Kragujevac-Massacre.html\" >Massacre at Kragujevac \u2013 Rirchard Burns \u2013 BerenGarten.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nax3jHam_pw\" >YouTube video (10 min. 45 sec.): Kragujevac massacre, 1941, testimony and reconstruction \u2013 Holocaust in Serbia (English subtitles)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Pius_XII\" >Pope Pius XII<\/a> publishes his first major <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclical\" >encyclical<\/a> entitled <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summi_Pontificatus\" >Summi Pontificatus<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_March\" >Long March<\/a>, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_China\" >Chinese Communist Party<\/a> a year prior, ends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong>Chile and Bolivia sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Peace_and_Friendship_%281904%29\" >Treaty of Peace and Friendship<\/a>, delimiting the border between the two countries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolivia%E2%80%93Chile_relations\" >Bolivia-Chile relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1883\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peru\" >Peru<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a> sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Anc%C3%B3n\" >Treaty of Anc\u00f3n<\/a>, by which the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarapac%C3%A1_Region\" >Tarapac\u00e1<\/a> province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru\u2019s involvement in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Pacific\" >War of the Pacific<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1827\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Navarino\" >Battle of Navarino<\/a>: a combined <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Turkish<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khedivate_of_Egypt\" >Egyptian<\/a> armada is defeated by British, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bourbon_Restoration\" >French<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russian<\/a> naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1818\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_1818\" >The Convention of 1818<\/a> signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settles the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border\" >Canada\u2013United States border<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/49th_parallel_north\" >49th parallel<\/a> for most of its length.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Convention of 1818:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Text of the<\/strong> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/19th_century\/conv1818.asp\" >Convention of 1818 between the United States and the Great Britain \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-by-era\/jackson-lincoln\/timeline-terms\/convention-1818\" >Convention of 1818 \u2013 INSTITUTE of AMERICAN HISTORY \u2013 Gilderlehrman.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1805\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Mack_von_Leiberich\" >General Mack<\/a>\u2018s army surrender to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_I\" >Napoleon I<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ulm\" >Ulm<\/a> after a few skirmishes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1740\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Theresa\" >Maria Theresa<\/a> takes the throne of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Roman_Empire\" >Austria<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_France\" >France<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Prussia\" >Prussia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electorate_of_Bavaria\" >Bavaria<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electorate_of_Saxony\" >Saxony<\/a> refuse to honor the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pragmatic_Sanction_of_1713\" >Pragmatic Sanction<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession\" >War of the Austrian Succession<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Northeastern_China_smog\" >Record smog<\/a> closes schools, roadways, and the airport in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harbin\" >Harbin<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>China Smog Emergency:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/10\/21\/us-china-smog-idUSBRE99K02Z20131021\" >China smog emergency shuts city of 11 million people \u2013 Mon Oct 21, 2013 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/energy\/2013\/10\/131022-harbin-ice-city-smog-crisis-china-coal\/\" >Harbin Smog Crisis Highlights China\u2019s Coal Problem \u2013 National Geographic<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/feb\/25\/china-toxic-air-pollution-nuclear-winter-scientists\" >China\u2019s toxic air problem resembles nuclear winter, say scientists \u2013 February 25, 2014 \u2013 The Guardian<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/chinas-smog-problem\/\" >Daqing \u2013 China\u2019s smog problem \u2013 Pictures \u2013 CBS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pollution_in_China\" >Pollution in China \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Images of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwarf_planet\" >dwarf planet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/136199_Eris\" >Eris<\/a> are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_E._Brown\" >Michael E. Brown<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad_Trujillo\" >Chad Trujillo<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_L._Rabinowitz\" >David L. Rabinowitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dwarf Planet Eris:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dwarf-planet.com\/dwarf\/eris.html\" >Eris \u2013 Image \u2013 Dwarf-Planet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomytoday.com\/astronomy\/eris.html\" >\u201c<em>Eris is a dwarf planet that lies at the outer reaches of our solar system. It was discovered in 2005 by professional astronomers who were examining images taken at California\u2019s Palomar Observatory two years previously<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Eris, the largest dwarf planet, by Marc Delehanty \u2013 AstronomyToday.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/space-facts.com\/dwarf-planets\/\" >DWARF PLANET FACTS \u2013 Space-Facts.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/28379-eris-dwarf-planet.html\" >Eris: The Dwarf Planet That is Pluto\u2019s Twin, by Nola Taylor Redd \u2013 January 27, 2015 \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction\" >North Korea nuclear weapons program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a> and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear weapons<\/a> program and agree to inspections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Agreed Framework between the United States and the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea of October 21, 1994:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agreed_Framework\" >Agreed Framework \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/factsheets\/dprkchron\" >Chronology of US-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1994\/11\/15\/world\/clinton-promotes-us-north-korea-nuclear-agreement.html\" >Clinton Promotes US-North Korea Nuclear Agreement, by Elaine Sciolino \u2013 November 15, 1994 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/dprk\/nuke\/index.html\" >North Korea \u2013 Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction\" >North Korea and weapons of mass destruction \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2002\/11\/21\/north-korea-14-nuclear-agreement-with-washington-has-collapsed.html\" >North Korea: 1994 Nuclear Agreement With Washington Has Collapsed \u2013 November 22, 2002 \u2013 Fox News \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaffna_hospital_massacre\" >Jaffna hospital massacre<\/a> is carried out by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force\" >Indian Peace Keeping Force<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a> killing 70 ethnic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_people\" >Tamil<\/a> patients, doctors and nurses.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jaffna Hospital Massacre:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Jaffna_hospital_massacre\" >Jaffna hospital massacre \u2013 Military.Wikia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tamilguardian.com\/article.asp?articleid=3735\" >Jaffna Hospital remember 1987 massacre by Indian army \u2013 21 October 2011 \u2013 Tamil Guardian \u2013 TamilGuardian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2014\/02\/02\/indian-war-crimes-in-sri-lanka-ipkf-massacre-of-tamil-doctors-and-nurses-inside-jaffna-hospital\/\" >Indian War Crimes in Sri Lanka: IPKF Massacre of Tamil Doctors and Nurses inside Jaffna Hospital, by Shenali D Waduge \u2013 February 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2014 \u2013 Landkaweb.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>, pro-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> kidnappers claim to have <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >abducted<\/a> American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metre\" >metre<\/a> is defined at the seventeenth <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures\" >General Conference on Weights and Measures<\/a> as the distance light travels in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vacuum\" >vacuum<\/a> in 1\/299,792,458 of a second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andreas_Papandreou\" >Andreas Papandreou<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Greece\" >Prime Minister of Greece<\/a>, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moshe_Dayan\" >Moshe Dayan<\/a> resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menachem_Begin\" >Menachem Begin<\/a> over policy towards the Arabs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Moshe Dayan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.il\/mfa\/foreignpolicy\/mfadocuments\/yearbook4\/pages\/52%20letter%20of%20resignation%20of%20foreign%20minister%20dayan.aspx\" >Letter of resignation of Foreign Minister Dayan and interview with him- 21 October 1979- and a letter of 2 October 1979 \u2013 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/biography\/Dayan.html\" >Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Moshe-Dayan\" >Moshe Dayan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionism-israel.com\/bio\/biography_moshe_dayan.htm\" >Moshe Dayan \u2013 Zionism and Israel \u2013 Biographies \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/moshe-dayan-9268653#%21\" >Moshe Dayan \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>Australian civilian pilot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disappearance_of_Frederick_Valentich\" >Frederick Valentich vanishes<\/a> in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cessna_182\" >Cessna 182<\/a> over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bass_Strait\" >Bass Strait<\/a> south of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melbourne\" >Melbourne<\/a>, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Patent_Institute\" >European Patent Institute<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1975:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1975_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1975 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Novaya Zemlya Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/novaya-zemlya\" >NOVAYA ZEMLYA \u2013 AtlasObscura.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/novaya-zemlya\/3035-3167\/\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GiantBomb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arkcode.com\/custom3_64.html\" >NOVA ZEMLYA (NOVAYA ZEMLYA) 58 MEGA TON H BOMB TEST \u2013 ArkCode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlya, by Carrie McVicker \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39591\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 Image \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novayazemlya.net\/\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 NovayaZemlya.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/novaya-zemlya.html\" >Novaya Zemlya, Russia \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/russia\/743105\" >Novaya Zemlya: test site for most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 TASS Russian News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >Novaya Zemlya: birds, animals adapt nuclear test site, by Tatyana Sinitsyna \u2013 RIA Novosti, Russia \u2013 15 August 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRPAPHICAL SURVEY \u2013 Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501 \u2013 Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/%7Erichards\/my_papers\/khalturin_NZ_1-42%20.pdf\" >A Review of the Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955 \u2013 1990, by Vitaly I. Khalturin, Tatyana G. Rautian, Paul G. Richards, and William S. Leith \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Paul_Getty_III\" >John Paul Getty III<\/a>\u2018s ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn\u2019t arrive until <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/November_8\" >November 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Test in 1971:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1971 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A--r7jbXEgs\" >YouTube video (4 min. 21 sec.): Semipalatinsk Test Site \u2013 Kazakhstan \u2013 Nuclear Threat Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE SOVIET UNION\u2019S NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/war-history\/weapons\/nuclear-weapon\/nuclear-testing?p=8\" >Nuclear weapons tests in history \u2013 HistoryOrb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Health, and Ecological Issues in Kazakhstan\/Semipalatinsk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/kazakhstan\/kazakhstan17.html\" >Kazakstan\/Kazakhstan \u2013 Environmental Problems \u2013 Reference.AllRefer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdfs\/HBWW_EN\/Semipalatinsk_EN_web.pdf\" >\u201cIn Semipalatinsk, the local population was exposed to high levels of radioactivity from nuclear weapon tests for several decades\u2026\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear test site \u2013 Nuclear-Risk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/testing\/PDFs\/JC-143920%5B1%5D.pdf\" >Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakhstan\u2019s Semipalatinsk Test Site Implications on Human and Ecological Heath, by T.M. Carlsen, L.E. Peterson, B.A. Ulsh, C.A. Werner, K.L.Purvis, A.C. Sharber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nukefreetexas.org\/downloads\/plutominum_uranium_semipalatinsk_test_site.pdf\" >Plutonium and Uranium in Human Bones from Areas surrounding the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 NukeFreeTexas.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2013\/0828\/Secrets-of-Semipalatinsk-How-nuclear-theft-was-averted-in-Central-Asia\" >\u201cTheir research done on sample villages near the test site found cancer mortality rates 2-1\/2 times greater than those in a control village. The agency says some 356,000 people face radiation risk, with 70 percent of those being descendants of exposed villagers\u2026\u201d \u2013 Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cajgh.pitt.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/cajgh\/article\/view\/127\/0\" >Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Kazakhstan, by Bernd Grosche, Tamara Zhunussova, Kazbek Apsalikov, Ausrele Kesminiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/wasj\/wasj23%285%2913\/19.pdf\" >Information Report on Biological Studies Conducted At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 IDOSI.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/articles\/PMC3866702\" >Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Semipalatinsk Historical Cohort, 1960 \u2013 1999, and its Relationship to Radiation Exposure \u2013 Europe PubMed Central<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1970\/borlaug-bio.html\" >Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d\u2019\u00e9tat<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\" >Somalia<\/a> brings <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siad_Barre\" >Siad Barre<\/a> to power and establishes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somali_Democratic_Republic\" >socialist republic in Somalia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1967<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington,_D.C.\" >Washington, D C<\/a>. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_the_Vietnam_War\" >peaceful rally<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lincoln_Memorial\" >Lincoln Memorial<\/a> is followed by a march to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Pentagon\" >The Pentagon<\/a> and clashes with soldiers and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marshal\" >United States Marshals<\/a> protecting the facility. Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Europe\" >Western Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1967:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1967 in the Viet Nam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/thousands-protest-the-war-in-vietnam\" >OCT 21, 1967: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Thousands protest war in Vietnam \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Anti-Viet Nam War Movement or Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-protests\" >VIET NAM WAR PROTESTS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_the_Vietnam_War\" >Protests against the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/vietnam-war-protest-1967\" >Vietnam War Protest 1967 \u2013 New Zealand History \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/antiwar.html\" >The Anti-War Movement in the United States, by Mark Barringer \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/1stbn4thmarines.net\/operations\/vietnam\/page_13.htm\" >\u201c<em>Opposition to the Vietnam War tended to unite groups opposed to U.S. anti-communism, <\/em>imperialism <em>and <\/em>colonialism <em>and , for those involved with the <\/em>New Left <em>such as the <\/em>Catholic Worker Movement<em>, capitalism itself<\/em>.\u00a0\u201d \u2013 Opposition to the Viet Nam War: 1962-1975<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/vietnam-gi-resistance\" >1961-1975: GI resistance in the Viet Nam War \u2013 Libcom.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/twodays\/peopleevents\/e_antiwar.html\" >Student Antiwar Protests and the Backlash \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/MRC\/pacificaviet.html\" >The Pacifica Radio\/UC Berkeley \u2013 Social Activism Sound Recording Project \u2013 Anti-Viet Nam War Protests in San Francisco Bay Area &amp; Beyond \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/turningpoints\/tp-040\/?action=more_essay\" >Viet Nam and Opposition at Home \u2013 Wisconsin Historical Society \u2013 WisconsinHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNprotest.htm\" >Viet Nam Protest Movement \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aberfan_disaster\" >Aberfan disaster<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slag_heap\" >slag heap<\/a> collapses on the village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aberfan\" >Aberfan<\/a> in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/chemistry\/laureates\/1965\/\" >Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert B Woodward.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comet_Ikeya-Seki\" >Comet Ikeya-Seki<\/a> approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1961<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sary_Shagan\" >Sary Shagan<\/a>, USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1961:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1961_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1961 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/682\/\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 NTI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/blog\/army\/missile-firing-at-sary-shagan-testing-ground\/\" >Missile firing at Sary-Shagan testing ground \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautix.com\/sites\/sarhagan.htm\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Encyclopedia Astronautica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/missilethreat.com\/russian-tv-profiles-sary-shagan-test-range\/\" >Russian TV Profiles Sary-Shagan Test Range \u2013 MISSILE THREAT \u2013 MissileThreat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ausairpower.net\/APA-Rus-ABM-Systems.html\" >Russian\/Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems \u2013 AusAirPower.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ijkm.nl\/Sary-Shagan\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Russian Super Weapons Hypersonic Aircraft Igla Armas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesoberg.com\/140520-topol-ky.pdf\" >Russia\u2019s KYSS-08 \u2018Topol\u2019 \u2013 Mystery Missile Mission \u2013 Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagon \u2013 Eighth Launch \u2013 May 20, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siberianinsider.com\/russia-to-upgrade-neman-p-radar-in-sary-shagan.html\" >Russia to upgrade Neman-P rader in Sary-Shagon \u2013 28.08.2014 \u2013 Siberian Insider \u2013 SiberianInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/russia-again-flight-tests-new-icbm-to-treaty-violating-range\/\" >\u201c<em>The RS-26 missile carried a dummy warhead from Russia\u2019s Kapustin Yar missile facility, located about 80 miles south of Volgograd in southern Russia, to an impact range at Sary Shagan in Kazakhstan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Russia Again Flight Tests New ICBM to Treaty-Violating Rage, by Bill Gertz \u2013 March 31, 2015 \u2013 FreeBeacon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>195<\/strong><strong>9\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\" >Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> signs an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_order\" >executive order<\/a> transferring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wernher_von_Braun\" >Wernher von Braun<\/a> and other German scientists from the United States Army to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nazi Engineer Wernher von Braun:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/23\/wernher-von-braun-nazi-nasa-rocket_n_1375556.html\" >Wernher Von Braun, NASA\u2019s Ex-Nazi Rocket Genius, Celebrated On Birth Centennial \u2013 March 23, 2012 \u2013 huffingtonpost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/15014-wernher-von-braun-rocket-pioneer-100th-birthday.html\" >Werhner von Braun at 100: Moon Rocket Pioneer\u2019s Legacy Recalled \u2013 by Clara Moskowitz \u2013 March 23, 2012 \u2013 space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2013\/05\/2013521386874374.html\" >Wernher von Braun: History\u2019s most controversial figure? \u2013 aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/von-braun-moves-to-nasa\" >OCT 21 1959: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Von Braun moves to NASA \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/nazi-scientists-space-program-2014-2\" >9 Nazi Scientists Who Helped Build The American Space Program \u2013 businessinsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Wernher-von-Braun\" >Werhner von Braun \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong>In New York City, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum\" >Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum<\/a>, designed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Lloyd_Wright\" >Frank Lloyd Wright<\/a>, opens to the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mau_Mau_Uprising\" >Mau Mau Uprising<\/a>: Kenyan rebel leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dedan_Kimathi\" >Dedan Kimathi<\/a> is captured by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Army\" >British Army<\/a>, signalling the ultimate defeat of the rebellion, and essentially ending the British military campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/27th_British_Commonwealth_Brigade\" >27th British Commonwealth Brigade<\/a> and the North Korean 239th Regiment during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Yongju\" >Battle of Yongju<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Korean War Timelines:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwar60.com\/timeline-korean-war-events\" >TIMELINE OF KOREAN WAR EVENTS \u2013 KoreanWar60.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/korean_war_timeline\/36\/\" >Korean War Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/timeline.html\" >KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) \u2013 TIMELINE \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1945<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_suffrage\" >Women\u2019s suffrage<\/a>: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Also see<\/em> \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/10\/this-week-in-history-44\/\" >October 5, 1944\u00a0 Suffrage is extended to women in France<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>French Women\u2019s Rights:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/france\/\" >France and Women\u2019s History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/chastain\/rz\/womrgt.htm\" >Women\u2019s Rights in France \u2013 Ohio.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/france.usembassy.gov\/whm2.html\" >WOMEN\u2019S RIGHTS IN FRANCE \u2013 PARIS FRANCE \u2013 EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feminism_in_France\" >Feminism in France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/womens-rights-france\" >Women\u2019s Rights in France \u2013 RFI.fr<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomu.edu\/wrc\/timeline\" >Women\u2019s History Timeline \u2013 Bloomberg University \u2013 BloomU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Women\u2019s Suffrage:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/womens-history\/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage\" >THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/activities\/suffrage\/history.htm\" >HISTORY OF WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE \u2013 Women\u2019s Suffrage \u2013 Scholatic.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipu.org\/wmn-e\/suffrage.htm\" >WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE \u2013 IPU.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.famousdaily.com\/history\/women-first-allowed-to-vote-in-france.html\" >France allows women\u2019s suffrage, by Gary Satanovsky \u2013 FamousDaily.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_women\" >Timeline of women\u2019s suffrage \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Aachen\" >Battle of Aachen<\/a> \u2014 The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aachen\" >Aachen<\/a> falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nemmersdorf_massacre\" >Nemmersdorf massacre<\/a> against the German civilians takes place.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nemmersdorf Massacre:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/trutube.tv\/video\/14974\/The-Nemmersdorf-massacre-1944\" >The Nemmersdorf massacre (1944) \u2013 TruTube.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=198\" >Nemmersdorf massacre \u2013 22 Oct 1944, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayakovskoye\" >\u201c<em>On October\u00a022, 1944, Nemmersdorf was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by the Soviet soldiers against German civilians and French and Belgian noncombatants. Determining the facts has aroused controversy<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Mayakovskoye \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bunker.britlink.org\/east-prussia\/nemmersdorf-massacre\/\" >\u201c<em>Nemmersdorf, East Prussia (present-day Mayakovskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast) was one of the first pre-war ethnic German villages to fall to the advancing Red Army in World War II. On 21 October 1944, it was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by Soviet soldiers against German civilians and French and Belgian noncombatants<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nemmersdorf Massacre \u2013 The F\u00fchrerbunker<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_war_crimes#Crimes_perpetrated_by_the_Soviet_Union\" >Nemmersdorf massacre \u2013 East Prussia \u2013 Crimes perpetrated by the Soviet Union \u2013 List of war crimes \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.search.yahoo.com\/search\/images;_ylt=A0LEV2ARSRlWKpYAgkRXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZ3AyZXY3BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjA4NDdfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Nemmersdorf+Massacre+1944&amp;fr=yfp-t-901-s\" >Images of Nemmersdorf Massacre 1944<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azad_Hind\" >Provisional Government of Free India<\/a> is formally declared by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subhas_Chandra_Bose\" >Subhas Chandra Bose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Declaration of the Provisional Government of Free India:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/on-this-day\/21st-october-1943-subhas-chandra-bose-announced-the-provisional-government-of-free-india\" >21<sup>st<\/sup> October 1943: Subhas Chandra Bose announced the Provisional Government of Free India \u2013 MapsOfIndia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac#WWII_and_the_Kragujevac_massacre\" >Kragujevac<\/a>, Serbia, German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" >Wehrmacht<\/a> soldiers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac_massacre\" >butcher<\/a> about 7,000 citizens, including schoolchildren and professors.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kragojevac Massacre of 1941:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/germans-massacre-men-women-and-children-in-yugoslavia\" >OCT 21, 1941: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Germans massacre men, women, and children in Yugoslavia. \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kragujevac_massacre\" >Kragujevac massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/orig\/savich3.html\" >German Occupation of Serbia and the Kragujevac Massacre \u2013 AntiWar.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/serbianna.com\/analysis\/archives\/223\" >The Legacy of the 1941 Kragujevac Massacre \u2013 SERBIANNA.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.generalmihailovich.com\/2013\/10\/the-kragujevac-massacre-of-october-1941.html\" >THE KRAGUJEVAC MASSACRE of October 1941 \u2013 A Legacy of \u2018Never Forget\u2019 \/ By Alexandra Rebic \u2013 Monday, October 21, 2013 \u2013 GeneralMihailovich.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-bloggers\/2209027\/posts\" >The Kragujevac massacre, by Carl K. Savich \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guskova.ru\/%7Emladich\/Kragujevac\/mas_en\" >German massacres in Serbia \u2013 1941 \u2013 GUSKOVA.ru<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2today.com\/20th-october-1941-wehrmacht-massacre-in-serbia\" >OCT 20, 1941: WEHRMACHT MASSACRE CIVILIANS IN SERBIA \u2013 WORLD WAR II TODAY \u2013 WW2Today.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.berengarten.com\/site\/Kragujevac-Massacre.html\" >Massacre at Kragujevac \u2013 Rirchard Burns \u2013 BerenGarten.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nax3jHam_pw\" >YouTube video (10 min. 45 sec.): Kragujevac massacre, 1941, testimony and reconstruction \u2013 Holocaust in Serbia (English subtitles)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>The first edition of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway\" >Ernest Hemingway<\/a> novel <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls\" >For Whom the Bell Tolls<\/a><\/em> is published.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sakurakai\" >Sakurakai<\/a>, a secret society in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Army\" >Imperial Japanese Army<\/a>, launches an abortive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_Incident\" >coup d\u2019\u00e9tat attempt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warren_G._Harding\" >Warren G. Harding<\/a> delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynching\" >lynching<\/a> in the deep South.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kardzhali\" >Kardzhali<\/a> is liberated by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria\" >Bulgarian<\/a> forces.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kardzhali:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/self.gutenberg.org\/articles\/Battle_of_Kardzhali\" >BATTLE OF KARDZHALI \u2013 Self-Gurtenberg.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Balkan Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Balkan-Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/balkan-wars.html\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>First Balkan War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenagain.info\/WebChron\/EastEurope\/FirstBalkan.html\" >The First Balkan War 1912-1913 \u2013 ThenAgain.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ranker.com\/pics\/L284358\/a-list-of-all-first-balkan-war-battles-u3\" >List Of First Balkan War Battles \u2013 Ranker.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >\u201c<em>In Macedonia, the Serbian army defeated the Turks at Kumanovo that enabled it to join forces with the Montenegrins and enter Skopje. Meanwhile, the Greeks occupied Salonika and advanced on Io\u00e1nnina. In Albania, the Montenegrins besieged Shkod\u00ebr, and the Serbs entered Durr\u00ebs<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The First Balkan War \u2013 Balkan Military History<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1895\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Formosa\" >Republic of Formosa<\/a> (Taiwan) collapses as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> forces invade.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Japanese Invasion of Taiwan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_invasion_of_Taiwan_%281895%29\" >Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/235\/Japanese-invasion-of-Taiwan\" >Japanese invasion of Taiwan \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule\" >Taiwan under Japanese rule \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Taiwan (Formosa) or the \u201cRepublic of China\u201d:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/taiwan.gov.tw\" >Republic of China \u2013 Official Portal Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/tw.html\" >Taiwan \u2013 THE WORLD FACT BOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan (Republic of China) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/taiwan.html\" >Taiwan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16164639\" >Taiwan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/taiwan\/index.html\" >Taiwan \u2013 Chronology of Coverage \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Taiwan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Taiwan\" >History of Taiwan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/taiwan-history.html\" >Taiwan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Taiwan\" >History of Taiwan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chineseculture.about.com\/od\/historyofchina\/a\/Taiwan-History.htm\" >Taiwan History \u2013 A Brief History of Taiwan, by Lauren Mack \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/taiwan\/history\" >Taiwan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Taiwan_History_and_Culture\/p\/Taiwan-Facts-And-History.htm\" >Taiwan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/taiwan\/history\/\" >History of Taiwan \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/taiwannation.com.tw\/english.htm\" >The True History of Taiwan \u2013 TaiwanNation.com.tw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taiwandc.org\/history.htm\" >Taiwan\u2019s 400 years of history \u2013 TaiwanDC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.china-institut.org\/bibliothek\/geschichte%20taiwans.pdf\" >History of Taiwan \u2013 China-Institut.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Taiwanese_history\" >Timeline of Taiwanese history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/taiwantime1.html\" >Timeline: Taiwan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16178545\" >Taiwan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Taiwan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan\" >Foreign relations of Taiwan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/taiwan\/ri255\" >Taiwan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/self.gutenberg.org\/article\/WHEBN0000030096\/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Taiwan\" >TAIWAN FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Self.Gutenberg.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/china\/china-taiwan-relations\/p9223\" >China-Taiwan Relations \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Taiwan-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/taiwan\/taiwan-relations-act\/p8454\" >Taiwan Relations Act \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/taiwan\/forrel.htm\" >Taiwan \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Taiwan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Taiwan\" >Economy of Taiwan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/taiwan-economy.html\" >Taiwan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/taiwan\" >Taiwan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinfo.org\/asianinfo\/taiwan\/pro-economy.htm\" >Taiwan\u2019s Economy \u2013 AsianInfo.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lsu.edu\/student_organizations\/tsa\/exploretaiwan\/economy.html\" >Economy of Taiwan \u2013 LSU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/taiwan-china\" >Taiwan, China \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong>Foundation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland\" >Swiss Social Democratic Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> invents a workable electric light bulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. which was tested the next day and lasted 13.5 hours. This would be the invention of the first commercially practical incandescent light. Popular belief is that he invented the first light bulb, which he did not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manifest_Destiny\" >Manifest Destiny<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medicine_Lodge_Treaty\" >Medicine Lodge Treaty<\/a> \u2013 Near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medicine_Lodge,_Kansas\" >Medicine Lodge<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kansas\" >Kansas<\/a> a landmark treaty is signed by southern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Plains\" >Great Plains<\/a> Indian leaders. The treaty requires <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States\" >Native American<\/a> Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma\" >Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1854\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florence_Nightingale\" >Florence Nightingale<\/a> and a staff of 38 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nurse\" >nurses<\/a> are sent to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimean_War\" >Crimean War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Florence Nightingale:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/womens-history\/florence-nightingale\" >FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/florence-nightingale-9423539#%21\" >Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.notablebiographies.com\/Mo-Ni\/Nightingale-Florence.html\" >Florence Nightingale Biography \u2013 NotableBiographies.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/history\/crimea\/florrie.html\" >Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) \u2013 VictorianWeb.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/nightingale\/\" >Florence Nightingale \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/REnightingale.htm\" >Florence Nightingale \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/florence-nightingale-passionate-statistician\" >Florence Nightingale: The Passionate Statistician, by Julie Rehmeyer \u2013 November 26, 2008 \u2013 ScienceNews.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nursingtheories.weebly.com\/florence-nightingale.html\" >Theoretical Foundations of Nursing \u2013 Florence Nightingale \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1816\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penang_Free_School\" >Penang Free School<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Town,_Penang\" >George Town, Penang<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a>, by the Rev Hutchings, the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penang_Free_School\" >Penang Free School<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Town,_Penang\" >George Town, Penang<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a>, by the Rev Hutchings, the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1805\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\" >Napoleonic Wars<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Trafalgar\" >Battle of Trafalgar<\/a>: A British fleet led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Admiral_%28Royal_Navy%29\" >Vice Admiral<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson\" >Lord Nelson<\/a> defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre-Charles_Villeneuve\" >Admiral Villeneuve<\/a>, signaling almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain\u2019s navy unchallenged until the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Stuttering_Awareness_Day\" >INTERNATIONAL STUTTERING AWARENESS DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Capital_Territory\" >Australian Capital Territory<\/a> becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Same-sex_marriage\" >same-sex marriage<\/a> with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marriage_Equality_%28Same_Sex%29_Act_2013\" >Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong>India launches its first unmanned lunar mission <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chandrayaan-1\" >Chandrayaan-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raid_on_Anuradhapura_Air_Force_Base\" >Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base<\/a> is carried out by 21 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam\" >Tamil Tiger<\/a> commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force\" >Sri Lanka Air Force<\/a> planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama_Canal_expansion_proposal\" >Panama Canal expansion proposal<\/a> is approved by 77.8% of voters in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama_Canal_expansion_referendum,_2006\" >National referendum<\/a> held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama\" >Panama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Papon\" >Maurice Papon<\/a>, an official in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vichy_France\" >Vichy France<\/a> government during World War II, is jailed for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimes_against_humanity\" >crimes against humanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \u2013 January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Ecological and Health Issues in and around the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cdclv.unlv.edu\/healthnv\/environment.html\" >Environment and the Quality of Life in Nevada \u2013 UNLV.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" ><em>ECONLGOY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVE SUMMARY, KEY WORD INDEX, AND SPECIES LISTS<\/em> \u2013 DOE\/NEV\/11718-594<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osti.gov\/scitech\/biblio\/6458066\" ><em>Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center: a review of technical information support provided to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group<\/em> \u2013 Sci-Tech Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologycenter.org\/terrainmagazine\/summer-2002\/sovereignty-at-shoshone-mountain\/\" >\u201c<em>Between 1951 and 1992, the United States bombed its own soil with nuclear weapons \u2014 945 times. All but 17 of those explosions took place on a stretch of basin-and-range desert northwest of Las Vegas called the Nevada Test Site (NTS),\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Sovereignty at Shoshone Mountain \u2013 EcologyCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/%7Eota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/8909.PDF\" ><em>The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions<\/em> \u2013 Princeton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_%281968%29\" >Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization<\/a> for its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_action\" >strike<\/a> the previous August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papal_inauguration\" >Papal inauguration<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Papal Inauguration of Pope John Paul II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1978\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19781022_inizio-pontificato.html\" >HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II FOR THE INAUGURATION OF HIS PONTIFCATE \u2013 St. Peter\u2019s Square \u2013 Sunday, 22 October 1978<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Karol Wojtyla or Pope John Paul II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/spirituallife\/ChurchAndMinistry\/KarolWojtylaPopeJohnPaulTimeline.aspx\" >Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II) Timeline \u2013 CBN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_life_of_Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Early life of John Paul II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/jubilee_2000\/magazine\/documents\/ju_mag_01111997_p-46_en.html\" >THE ROOTS OF ANTI-JUDAISM IN THE CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT \u2013 THE JEWISH \u201cROOTS\u201d OF KAROL WOJTYLA- Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polishamericancenter.org\/PopeHistory.htm\" >\u201c<em>On October l6, 1978, the world community was stunned when the Roman Catholic Church\u2019s College of Cardinals elected a Polish Cardinal to become the 264th successor to St. Peter. Karol Cardinal Wojtyla was the first non-Italian Pope chosen for over 400 years and the first Polish Pope ever elected<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pope John Paul II \u2013 PolishAmericanCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/Theology\/WOJTLAHV.HTM\" >THE TRUTH OF THE ENCYCLICAL \u201cHUMANAE VITAE\u201d Cardinal Karol Wojtyla \u2013 EWTN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hanskoechler.com\/koechler-wojtyla-SaintJosephCollege-March2006-V5.pdf\" >Korol Wojty\u0142a\u2019s Notion of the Irreducible in Man and the Quest for a Just World Order, by Hans K\u00f6chler \u2013 HansKoechler.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/about\/divine-worship\/liturgical-calendar\/saint-john-paul-ii.cfm\" >OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF SAINT JOHN PAUL II \u2013 UNITED STATES CONFERENCES OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_and_Drug_Administration\" >Food and Drug Administration<\/a> after it is discovered that it causes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumor\" >tumors<\/a> in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The Soviet unmanned space mission <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_9\" >Venera 9<\/a> lands on Venus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saigon\" >Saigon<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Kissinger\" >Henry Kissinger<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Thi%E1%BB%87u\" >Nguy\u1ec5n V\u0103n Thi\u1ec7u<\/a> meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnamese<\/a> in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1972:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1972 in the Vietnam War &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Peace Negotiations for the Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/kissinger-discusses-draft-peace-treaty-with-president-thieu\" >OCT 19, 1972: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Kissinger discusses draft peace treaty with President Thieu \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/sartre-wins-and-declines-nobel-prize\" >OCT 22, 1972: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: President Thieu turns down peace proposal \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/u-s-negotiators-ask-for-further-talks-in-paris\" >OCT 23, 1972: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: US negotiators ask further talks in Paris \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1969.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 The Bitter End: 1969-1975 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_7\" >Apollo 7<\/a><\/em> safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>The Soviet Union launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_12\" >Luna 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Paul_Sartre\" >Jean-Paul Sartre<\/a> is awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature\" >Nobel Prize in Literature<\/a>, but turns down the honor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jean-Paul Sartre\u2019s Refusal of the Nobel Prize in Literature:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Paul_Sartre\" >\u201c<em>He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but refused it, saying that he always declined official honors and that \u201ca writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution\u201d. According to Nobel committee member Lars Gyllensten, Sartre asked for the $53,000 prize money later on but was turned down<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Jean-Paul Sartre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/nobel-prize-literature-why-jean-paul-sartre-refused-controversial-award-1964-1469202\" >Nobel Prize in Literature: Why Jean-Paul Sartre Refused the Controversial Award in 1964, by Lydia Smith \u2013 October 9, 2014 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dc.asianage.com\/columnists\/writers-and-their-right-dissent-180\" >\u201c<em>Jean Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize, and gave two reasons for it, personal and objective\u2026In fact, Sartre had written to the Swedish Academy even before the announcement of the award, when he came to know that he was in the race, that he would not accept it. But the Academy rejected his plea and announced his name<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Writers and their dissent, by Sudhanshu Ranjan \u2013 Oct 11, 2015 \u2013 The Asian Age<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F Kennedy<\/a>, after internal counsel from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\" >Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a>, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear weapons<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>, and that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/kennedy-announces-blockade-of-cuba-during-the-missile-crisis\" >he has ordered a naval \u201cquarantine\u201d of the Communist nation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cuban Missile Crisis:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >OCT 22, 1962: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >CUBAN MISSILE CR2SIS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/microsites.jfklibrary.org\/cmc\/\" >THE WORLD ON THE BRINK \u2013 JFKLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/JFK\/JFK-in-History\/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx\" >Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 JFKLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/missiles-october-cuban-missile-crisis-1962\" >The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Missile of October \u2013 NEH.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bos.sagepub.com\/content\/68\/6\/85.full\" >The Cuban Missile Crisis: A nuclear order of battle, October and November 1962 \u2013 SagePub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/c\/cuban_missile_crisis\/index.html\" >Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 Articles about the Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubanmissilecrisis.org\/\" >Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 Harvard Kennedy School \u2013 CubanMissileCrisis.org<\/a>, <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubanmissilecrisis.org\/background\/\" >About the Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/1962\/oct\/28\/cuba\" >A chance to save the world \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of the Cuban Missile Crisis:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/cuban_missile_crisis_timeline\/108\/\" >Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline \u2013 SoftSchool.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/topics\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >Cuban Missile Crisis timeline \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecubancrisis.weebly.com\/timeline.html\" >The Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/history\/Crisis\/crisis2.htm\" >THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS TIMELINE \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubanmissilecrisiscjcummings.weebly.com\/13-days-of-crisis-timeline.html\" >13 DAYS OF CRISIS TIMELINE \u2013 Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/classroom.sdmesa.edu\/aoberbauer\/Shared%20Documents\/Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis_%20Timeline.pdf\" >Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline \u2013 SDMesa.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1957<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: First United States casualties in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War Timelines:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/vietnamwar\/a\/vietnamtimeline.htm\" >Vietnam War Timeline \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/timeline.htm\" >A Vietnam War Timeline \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.datesandevents.org\/events-timelines\/06-vietnam-war-timeline.htm\" >Vietnam War Timeline \u2013 datesandevents.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/us-history\/vietnam-war\/\" >Vietnam War \u2013 totallyhistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shmoop.com\/vietnam-war\/timeline.html\" >THE VIETNAM WAR TIMELINE \u2013 shmoop.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Osoaviakhim\" >Operation Osoaviakhim<\/a> takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post-World-War-II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: in the Second <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firestorm\" >firestorm<\/a> raid on Germany, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Air_Force\" >Royal Air Force<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_Kassel_in_World_War_II\" >conducts an air raid<\/a> on the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kassel\" >Kassel<\/a>, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1942\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/allies-confer-secretly-about-operation-torch\" >Allies confer secretly about Operation Torch.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: French resistance member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guy_M%C3%B4quet\" >Guy M\u00f4quet<\/a> and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Guy M\u00f4quet:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisdeity.com\/22nd-october-1941-%E2%80%93-the-execution-of-guy-moquet\/\" >22<sup>ND<\/sup> OCTOBER 1941 \u2013 THE EXECUTION OF GUY M\u00d4QUET<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr\/en\/guy-moquet\" >Guy M\u00f4quet 1924-1941 \u2013 Chemins de M\u00e9moire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/10\/23\/world\/europe\/23france.html?_r=0\" >Young Resistance Fighter Becomes Icon of France\u2019s Center-Right \u2013 October 23, 2007 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1674710,00.html\" >A French Debate over Guy M\u00f4quet, by Bruce Grumley \u2013 Oct 23, 2007 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phi_Sigma_Alpha\" >Phi Sigma Alpha<\/a> fraternity is founded at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Puerto_Rico,_R%C3%ADo_Piedras_Campus\" >University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikola_Tesla\" >Nikola Tesla<\/a> introduces six new inventions including a motor with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Single-phase_electric_power#Applications\" >single-phase electricity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nikola Tesla:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teslasociety.com\/hall_of_fame.htm\" >Tesla Memorial Society of New York \u2013 Website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikola_Tesla\" >Nikola Tesla \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/inventions\/nikola-tesla\" >NIKOLA TESLAT \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2012\/01\/10-inventions-of-nikola-tesla-that.html\" >The 10 Inventions Of Nikola Tesla That Changed The World \u2013 January 10, 2012 \u2013 activistpost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/nikola-tesla-9504443#!\" >Nikola Tesla \u2013 biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-nikola-tesla\/\" >8 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Nikola Tesla \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toastmasters_International\" >Toastmasters International<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong>The royalist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leonardopoulos%E2%80%93Gargalidis_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt\" >Leonardopoulos\u2013Gargalidis coup d\u2019\u00e9tat attempt<\/a> fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Hellenic_Republic\" >Second Hellenic Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panic_of_1907\" >Panic of 1907<\/a>: A run on the stock of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knickerbocker_Trust_Company\" >Knickerbocker Trust Company<\/a> sets events in motion that will lead to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depression_%28economics%29\" >depression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong>Using a filament of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon\" >carbonized<\/a> thread, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> tests the first practical electric <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incandescent_light_bulb\" >incandescent light bulb<\/a> (it lasted 13\u00bd hours before burning out).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1875\u00a0 <\/strong>First <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telegraph\" >telegraphic<\/a> connection in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong>A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veneto\" >Veneto<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantua\" >Mantua<\/a> to Italy, occurred three days before, on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_19\" >October 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong>Spain declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morocco\" >Morocco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hispano-Moroccan War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispano-Moroccan_War_(1859%E2%80%9360)\" >Hispano-Moroccan War (1859-60) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spanishwars.net\/19th-century-spanish-moroccan-war.html\" >Spanish Moroccan War \u2013 spanishwars.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1800s\/yr50\/fmoroccospain1859.htm\" >MOROCCAN WAR (1859-1860) \u2013 onwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Morocco:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Morocco\" >History of Morocco \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac97\" >HISTORY OF MOROCCO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/glossarym\/g\/defMorocco.htm\" >A Brief History of Morocco \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographia.com\/morocco\/\" >History &amp; Culture \u2013 Morocco \u2013 Geographia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/morocco.html\" >A SHORT HISTORY OF MOROCCO \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magicmorocco.com\/history_of_morocco.html\" >History of Morocco \u2013 MagicMorocco.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccan-moments.com\/history\/\" >A Brief History of Morocco \u2013 Moroccan-Moments.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/morocco-country-africa-history.html\" >Morocco \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1797\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9-Jacques_Garnerin\" >Andr\u00e9-Jacques Garnerin<\/a> makes the first recorded <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parachute\" >parachute<\/a> jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First Parachutist:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-first-parachutist\" >OCT 22, 1797: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: The first parachutist \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1790\u00a0 <\/strong>Warriors of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami_tribe\" >Miami tribe<\/a> under Chief <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Turtle\" >Little Turtle<\/a> defeat United States troops under General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josiah_Harmar\" >Josiah Harmar<\/a> at the site of present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana\" >Fort Wayne, Indiana<\/a>, in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northwest_Indian_War\" >Northwest Indian War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(<em>Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/october16\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/october16<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to_october_22; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/october\/16\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/october\/16<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to october\/22;\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/october_16.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/october_16.html<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 to october_22.html; and other pertinent web sites and\/or documents, mentioned above.<\/em><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>The views expressed in the cited or quoted websites and\/or documents in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the author of this article. These websites and\/or documents are cited or quoted for academic or educational purposes. Neither the author of this article nor the Transcend Media Service (TMS) is responsible for the contents, information, or whatsoever contained in these websites and\/or documents.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>One of the primary purposes of this article is to provide the readers with opportunities to think about \u201cpeace\u201d, including positive peace and negative peace as well as external\/outer peace and internal\/inner peace, and more, directly or indirectly, from various angles and\/or in the broadest sense, through historical events. It is because this article is prepared specifically for the TMS whose main objective is to address \u201cpeace\u201d.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Satoshi Ashikaga, having worked as researcher, development program\/project officer, legal protection\/humanitarian assistance officer, human rights monitor-negotiator, managing-editor, and more, prefers a peaceful and prudent life, especially that in communion with nature.\u00a0 His previous work experiences, including those in war zones and war-torn zones, remind him of the invaluableness of peace.\u00a0 His interest and\/or expertise includes international affairs, international law, jurisprudence, economic and business affairs, project\/operations or organizational management, geography, history, the environmental\/ecological issues, science and technology, visual\/audio documentation of nature and culture, and more. Being a member of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/em><\/a><em>, he is currently compiling <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/category\/history\/\" >This Week in History<\/a> <em>on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/\" >TMS<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 16-22, 2017 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cBad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have &#8211; life itself.\u201d  &#8212; Walter Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}