{"id":101883,"date":"2017-11-20T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=101883"},"modified":"2017-11-19T17:45:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T17:45:26","slug":"this-week-in-history-155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/11\/this-week-in-history-155\/","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>Nov 20-26, 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\/g\/gilbertkc156949.html?src=t_hope\" >\u201cTo love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Gilbert K. Chesterton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children\" >UNIVERSAL CHILDREN\u2019S DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance\" >TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEBRANCE<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/holidays\/un\/africa-industrialization-day\" >AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong>After <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308\" >critical failures in the US financial system<\/a> began to build up after mid-September, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average\" >Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> reaches its lowest level since 1997.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>After the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/November_15\" >November 15<\/a> bombings, a second day of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_Istanbul_bombings\" >2003 Istanbul bombings<\/a> occurs in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\" >Istanbul<\/a>, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HSBC_Bank_%28Turkey%29\" >HSBC Bank AS<\/a> and the British consulate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>In Washington, DC, US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\" >George W. Bush<\/a> dedicates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Justice\" >United States Department of Justice<\/a> headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_F._Kennedy\" >Robert F. Kennedy<\/a> on what would have been his 76th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>The first module of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Space_Station\" >International Space Station<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zarya\" >Zarya<\/a>, is launched.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>A court in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taliban\" >Taliban<\/a>-controlled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a> declares accused terrorist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osama_bin_Laden\" >Osama bin Laden<\/a> \u201ca man without a sin\u201d in regard to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998_U.S._embassy_bombings\" >1998 US embassy bombings<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenya\" >Kenya<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanzania\" >Tanzania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angolan<\/a> government and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNITA\" >UNITA<\/a> rebels sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lusaka_Protocol\" >Lusaka Protocol<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zambia\" >Zambia<\/a>, ending 19 years of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_war\" >civil war<\/a>. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijani<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mil_Mi-8\" >MI-8<\/a> helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_Azerbaijani_Mil_Mi-8_shootdown\" >shot down by Armenian military forces<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khojavend_District\" >Khojavend District<\/a> of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Velvet_Revolution\" >Velvet Revolution<\/a>: The number of protesters assembled in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague\" >Prague<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovakia\" >Czechoslovakia<\/a> swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Peigneur\" >Lake Peigneur<\/a> drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texaco\" >Texaco<\/a> oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Mosque_Seizure\" >Grand Mosque Seizure<\/a>: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" >Saudi Arabia<\/a> at the site of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaaba\" >Kaaba<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mecca\" >Mecca<\/a> during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egyptian<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anwar_Sadat\" >Anwar Sadat<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab\" >Arab<\/a> leader to officially visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a>, when he meets Israeli prime minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menachem_Begin\" >Menachem Begin<\/a> and speaks before the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knesset\" >Knesset<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a>, seeking a permanent peace settlement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Justice\" >United States Department of Justice<\/a> files its final anti-trust suit against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AT%26T_Corporation\" >AT&amp;T Corporation<\/a>. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&amp;T and its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bell_System\" >Bell System<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\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>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>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Alcatraz\" >Occupation of Alcatraz<\/a>: Native American activists seize control of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcatraz_Island\" >Alcatraz Island<\/a> until being ousted by the US Government on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_11\" >June 11<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971\" >1971<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Plain_Dealer\" >The Plain Dealer<\/a><\/em> publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Lai_Massacre\" >My Lai Massacre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plain Dealer and the Photographs of My Lai Massacre:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/plain-dealer-library\/index.ssf\/2009\/11\/plain_dealer_exclusive_my_lai_massacre_photos_by_ronald_haeberle.html\" >Plain Dealer exclusive in 1969: My Lai massacre photos by Ronald Haeberle, by Jo Ellen Corrigan, The Plain Dealer \u2013 Clevelend.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/photos.cleveland.com\/plain-dealer\/2009\/11\/plain_dealer_page_a6_my_lai_ma.html\" >Photos from Plain Dealer \u2013 Plain Dealer page A6 My Lai Massacre \u2013 Clevelend.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/videos.cleveland.com\/plain-dealer\/2009\/11\/photographer_remembers_my_lai.html\" >Photograph remembers My Lai Massacre \u2013 Cleveland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.baylor.edu\/mylaimassacre\/photographer-ron-haeberle\/\" >Photographer Ron Haeberle \u2013 My Lai photographer Ron Haeberle admits he destroyed pictures of soldiers in the act of killing \u2013 published Friday, November 20, 2009 \u2013 by Evelyn Theiss, The Plain Dealer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2009\/11\/20\/my-lai-photographer-ron-haeberle-exposed-vietnam-massacre-40-years-ago-today-plain\" >My Lai Photographer Ron Haeberle Exposed a Vietnam Massacre 40 Years Ago Today in The Plain Dealer, by Evelyn Theiss \u2013 Friday, November 20, 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/prisonphotography.org\/tag\/my-lai-massacre\/\" >Ron Haeberle: \u201cI\u2019m there. I\u2019m part of it. I\u2019m as guilty as anybody else.\u201d \u2013 \u201c<em>Update (3.30pm): Haeberle was not a journalist. He was an enlisted, unarmed soldier. He carried a camera instead of a gun. His orders were to photograph for Stars and Stripes, the US Army\u2019s (propaganda) publication. On the day of the My Lai Massacre he had his military-standard camera, but also carried (smuggled) his own camera<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Tag Archive \u2013 PrisonPhotography.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>My Lai Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/my-lai-trial-begins\" >NOV 17, 1970: My Lai trial begins \u2013 THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/law2.umkc.edu\/faculty\/projects\/ftrials\/mylai\/mylai.htm\" >My Lai Courts-Martial 1970 \u2013 UMKC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/my-lai-massacre-takes-place-in-vietnam\" >MAR 16, 1968: My Lai massacre takes place in Vietnam \u2013 THIS DAYS IN HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/law.jrank.org\/pages\/8694\/My-Lai-Massacre.html\" >\u201c<em>According to later <\/em><strong><em>EYEWITNESS<\/em><\/strong><em> reports, the soldiers, under orders from their platoon leader Lieutenant William L. Calley, used rifles, machine guns, bayonets, and grenades to kill the villagers. Old men, women who begged and prayed for mercy, children, and babies were murdered by the soldiers. Several young girls were raped and killed. Estimates of the number of villagers massacred at My Lai ranged from 300 to 500; the final army estimate was 347. Of the 100 soldiers who entered My Lai about 30 participated in the killing. Most of the other soldiers did not participate, but they did not try to stop the killing. Some testified later that they thought their lives would be in danger if they tried to stop their fellow soldiers<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 My Lai Massacre \u2013 JRank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thevietnamwar.info\/my-lai-massacre\/\" >My Lai Massacre \u2013 TheVietnamWar.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnam\/my-lai-massacre\/\" >The My Lai massacre \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1873.html\" >My Lai Massacre \u2013 United States History \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/vietnam\/trenches\/my_lai.html\" >\u201c<em>On March 16, 1968 the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the Vietnamese village of My Lai. \u2018This is what you\u2019ve been waiting for \u2014 search and destroy \u2014 and you\u2019ve got it,\u2019 said their superior officers. A short time later the killing began\u2026As the \u201csearch and destroy\u201d mission unfolded, it soon degenerated into the massacre of over 300 apparently unarmed civilians including women, children, and the elderly. Calley ordered his men to enter the village firing, though there had been no report of opposing fire<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 My Lai Massacre \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 VIETNAM ONLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/introduction\/mylai\/\" >\u201c<em>What drove a company of American soldiers \u2014 ordinary young men from around the country \u2014 to commit the worst atrocity in American military history? Were they \u201cjust following orders\u201d as some later declared? Or, did they break under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred? AMERICAN EXPERIENCE focuses on the 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to halt the atrocities, and then bring them to light<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 My Lai \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m33ygwxbkR8\" >YouTube video (1 h. 57 min. 48 sec.): PBS American Experience &amp; PBS My Lai Massacre in Vietnam [Full Episode]<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8o8q1KN1fJA\" >YouTube video (1 h. 23 min. 40 sec.): My Lai Massacre: Documentary on the My Lai Massacre in the Vietnam War (Full Documentary)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968\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>1971 <\/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>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company\u2019s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farmington_Mine_disaster\" >Farmington Mine disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >The end of the blockade after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis (The <strong>Cuban Missile Crisis<\/strong>, also known as the <strong>October Crisis<\/strong> (Spanish: <em>Crisis de octubre<\/em>), the <strong>Caribbean Crisis<\/strong> (Russian: \u041a\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0431\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0441, tr. <em>Karibskiy krizis<\/em>), or the <strong>Missile Scare<\/strong>, was a 13-day (October 16\u201328, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.)<\/a>: When all offensive missiles and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilyushin_Il-28\" >Ilyushin Il-28<\/a> light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >the blockade was formally ended on November 20, 1962<\/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\/the-cuban-missile-crisis-comes-to-an-end\" >OCT 28, 1962: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\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>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sl%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD_trials\" >Sl\u00e1nsk\u00fd trials<\/a>: A series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >The Princess Elizabeth<\/a> marries <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh\" >Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten<\/a>, who becomes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duke_of_Edinburgh\" >Duke of Edinburgh<\/a>, at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westminster_Abbey\" >Westminster Abbey<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuremberg_trials\" >Nuremberg trials<\/a>: Trials against 24 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazi<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crime\" >war criminals<\/a> start at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palace_of_Justice,_Nuremberg\" >Palace of Justice<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuremberg\" >Nuremberg<\/a>.<\/p>\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<\/ul>\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<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>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tarawa\" >Battle of Tarawa<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Galvanic\" >Operation Galvanic<\/a>) begins: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marines\" >United States Marines<\/a> land on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarawa_Atoll\" >Tarawa Atoll<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilbert_Islands\" >Gilbert Islands<\/a> and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\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\/Kingdom_of_Hungary\" >Hungary<\/a> becomes a signatory of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripartite_Pact\" >Tripartite Pact<\/a>, officially joining the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_powers#Hungary\" >Axis powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Primo_de_Rivera\" >Jos\u00e9 Antonio Primo de Rivera<\/a>, founder of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falange\" >Falange<\/a>, is killed by a republican execution squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a> is declared a republic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ukrainian People\u2019s Republic:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic\" >Ukrainian People\u2019s Republic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence\" >Ukrainian War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/ukraine-declares-its-independence\" >THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 26 JAN 1918 \u2013 Ukraine declares its independence &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Ukraine:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Ukraine\" >Western Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ukraine\" >History of Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2014\/02\/140224-ukraine-protests-president-ousted-history-geography-background\/\" >Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis, by Eve Conant \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukrainetrek.com\/western-district\" >Western Ukraine \u2013 UkraineTrek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brama.com\/ukraine\/history\/century20.html\" >BRAMA \u2013 History of Ukraine \u2013 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 Chronologically Synchronized Tables \u2013 BRAMA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Ukraine.html\" >Ukraine \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.summer.harvard.edu\/blog-news-events\/conflict-ukraine-historical-perspective\" >The Conflict in Ukraine \u2013 a Historical Perspective, by Lauren McLaughlin \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukraine.uazone.net\/history.html\" >Ukraine History \u2013 Chronological Table \u2013 UAZone.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cambrai_%281917%29\" >Battle of Cambrai<\/a> begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Battle of Cambrai:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-i\/battle-of-cambrai\" >BATTLE OF CAMBRAI \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwari\/p\/cambrai.htm\" >World War I: Battle of Cambrai \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/world-war-one\/battles-of-world-war-one\/the-battle-of-cambrai\/\" >The Battle of Cambrai \u2013 The History Learning Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/battles_cambrai.html\" >Battle of Cambrai 20 November \u2013 December 7, 1917 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.remembrancetrails-northernfrance.com\/history\/battles\/the-battle-of-cambrai-20-november-to-4-december-1917.html\" >BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (20 NOVEMBER TO 4 DECEMBER 1917)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Battle-of-Cambrai\" >Battle of Cambrai \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1917\/11\/20\/battle-of-cambrai-1917\" >Battle of Cambrai (1917) \u2013 NOV 20 TO DEC 12 1917 \u2013 HistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longlongtrail.co.uk\/battles\/battles-of-the-western-front-in-france-and-flanders\/the-cambrai-operations-1917-battle-of-cambrai\/\" >The Cambrai operations, 1917 (Battle of Cambrai) \u2013 THE LONG, LONG TRAIL \u2013 LongLongTrail.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/FWWcambrai.htm\" >Battle of Cambrai \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwar1\/a\/The-Battle-Of-Cambrai-1917.htm\" >The Battle of Cambrai 1917 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/battle-of-cambrai-1917\/\" >Battle of Cambrai 1917 \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/history\/how-the-battle-of-cambrai-changed-fighting-tactics-on-the-western-front\" >How The Battle of Cambrai Changed Fighting Tactics On The Western Front, by Matt Brosnan \u2013 IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS \u2013 IWM.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/firstworldwar.com\/battles\/cambrai.htm\" >Battles \u2013 The Battle of Cambrai, 1917 \u2013 FirstWorldWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of the Battle of Cambrai (including Timeline of World War I):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/world-war-i\/battle-of-cambrai.html\" >Battle of Cambrai 1917 \u2013 MapOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyonthenet.com\/Chronology\/timelinewwone.htm\" >World War One Timeline \u2013 HistoryOnTheNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolshistory.org.uk\/gcse\/firstworldwar\/firstworldwartimeline\/1917\/november.htm\" >Interactive Timeline of the First World War \u2013 SchoolsHistory.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_Revolution\" >Mexican Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_I._Madero\" >Francisco I. Madero<\/a> issues the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plan_of_San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD\" >Plan de San Luis Potos\u00ed<\/a>, denouncing Mexican President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porfirio_D%C3%ADaz\" >Porfirio D\u00edaz<\/a>, calling for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolution\" >revolution<\/a> to overthrow the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_government_of_the_United_Mexican_States\" >government of Mexico<\/a>, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1845\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-French_blockade_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata\" >Anglo-French blockade of the R\u00edo de la Plata<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Vuelta_de_Obligado\" >Battle of Vuelta de Obligado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1820\u00a0 <\/strong>An 80-ton <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sperm_whale\" >sperm whale<\/a> attacks the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Essex_%28whaleship%29\" >Essex<\/a><\/em> (a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whaling\" >whaling<\/a> ship from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nantucket,_Massachusetts\" >Nantucket, Massachusetts<\/a>) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Melville\" >Herman Melville<\/a>\u2018s 1851 novel <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moby-Dick\" >Moby-Dick<\/a><\/em> is in part inspired by this story.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1805\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludwig_van_Beethoven\" >Beethoven\u2019s<\/a> only opera, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidelio\" >Fidelio<\/a> premieres in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidelio\" >Fidelio &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicwithease.com\/fidelio-synopsis.html\" >Synopsis of Fidelio: An Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven \u2013 musicwithease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=fidelio+beethoven+opera\" >YouTube videos on Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Television_Day\" >WORLD TELEVISION DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Hello_Day\" >WORLD HELLO DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 28 are wounded after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Tel_Aviv_bus_bombing\" >bomb is thrown onto a bus<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv\" >Tel Aviv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Heilongjiang_mine_explosion\" >mine explosion<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heilongjiang\" >Heilongjiang<\/a> province, northeastern China, kills 108.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Amine_Gemayel\" >Pierre Gemayel<\/a> is assassinated in suburban <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beirut\" >Beirut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris_Club\" >Paris Club<\/a> agrees to write off 80% (up to $100\u00a0billion) of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>\u2018s external debt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominica\" >Dominica<\/a> is hit by the most destructive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portsmouth,_Dominica\" >Portsmouth<\/a>. It is also felt in neighboring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guadeloupe\" >Guadeloupe<\/a>, where one person is killed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The second round of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2004\" >Ukrainian presidential election<\/a> is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election\u2019s integrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>200<\/strong><strong>2\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> invites <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovakia\" >Slovakia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a> to become members.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Enlargement of NATO:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enlargement_of_NATO\" >Enlargement of NATO \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/articles\/2008\/08\/13\/five-former-communist-countries-in-nato\" >Five Former Communist Countries in NATO \u2013 usnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/topics_49212.htm\" >Enlargement \u2013 nato.int<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/\" >NATO \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/useconomy.about.com\/od\/internationalorganizations\/p\/NATO.htm\" >What Is NATO? \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/north-atlantic-treaty-organization.html\" >North Atlantic Treaty Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/twentiethcentury\/p\/prnato.htm\" >NATO \u2013 Background \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/nato\/north-atlantic-treaty-organization-nato\/p28287\" >The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_states_of_NATO\" >Member states of NATO \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of NATO:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/history\/\" >A short history of NATO \u2013 NATO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/formation-of-nato-and-warsaw-pact\" >FORMATION OF NATO AND WASAW PACT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/nato\" >North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) \u2013 Office of the HISTORIANS \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navalhistory.org\/2012\/04\/04\/the-establishment-of-nato\" >The Establishment of NATO \u2013 Naval History Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/more_tra\/1e_nato_txt.htm\" >NATO: History of NATO: Information about NAOT \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2008\/03\/31\/us-nato-summit-history-idUSL3151283520080331\" >Timeline of key events in NATO\u2019s 59 years of history \u2013 Monday, March 31, 2008 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Problems of NATO:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/125\/the-need-for-nato\" >The Need for NATO \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/world\/issues-facing-nato-its-60th-birthday\/p18637\" >Interview: Issues NATO Facing On Its 60<sup>th<\/sup> Birthday \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 Interviewee: F. Stephen Larrabee, Distinguished Chair in European Security, RAND Corporation; Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org \u2013 February 26, 2009 \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalbeat\/nato\/GIU031599.html\" >NATO Expansion and the Problem of a NATO Strategy \u2013 Global Intelligence Update, Red Alert, March 15, 1999<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/object.cato.org\/sites\/cato.org\/files\/serials\/files\/cato-handbook-policymakers\/2001\/9\/hb107-52.pdf\" >Problems with the new NATO \u2013 CATO.Org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nato.usmission.gov\/issues\/our_issues.html\" >OPERATIONS AND ISSUES \u2013 UNITED STATES MISSION TO NATO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/the_costs_and_dangers_of_nato_expansion\/\" >The Costs and Danger of NATO Expansion \u2013 FPIF.Org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/world-against-russia-can-nato-solve-putin-problem-n195106\" >World Against Russia: Can NATO Solve the Putin Problem? \u2013 NBCNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democratichub.com\/nato.aspx?o=pv\" >NATO \u2013 DemocraticHub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/1952-10-01\/natos-growing-pains\" >Nato\u2019s Growing Pains, by Charles M. Spofford \u2013 October 1952 Issue \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1784206\" >Military-Political Strategy of NATO and Security Issues in the Middle East \u2013 March 12, 2011 \u2013 Social Science Research Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.tufts.edu\/jha\/archives\/103\" >\u201c<em>To cite but one example, NATO air support for UN troops in Bosnia took place under the general authorisation by security council resolutions and under the case-to-case authorisation provided for by the dual-key command structure where both UN and NATO officials had to agree on particular air raids<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention \u2013 The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/united-states-to-nato-ditch-the-cold-war-playbook\/2015\/06\/21\/57f4a93c-5c96-47af-9b59-817c05a0b597_story.html\" >United States to NATO: Ditch the \u2018Cold War playbook\u2019 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The United States and NATO:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usanato.army.mil\/\" >Connect with our NATO missions \u2013 US ARMY NATO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/photos.state.gov\/libraries\/amgov\/30145\/publications-english\/The%20United%20States%20and%20NATO_150.pdf\" >The United States and NATO \u2013 Embassy of the United States of America \u2013 REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS<\/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.nytimes.com\/roomfordebate\/2013\/04\/23\/has-nato-outlived-its-usefulness\/time-for-the-united-states-to-leave-nato\" >Time for the United States to Leave NATO, by Andrew J. Bacevich \u2013 September 16, 2013 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travel.state.gov\/content\/visas\/english\/other\/employee-of-international-organization-nato\/renewing-a-g-nato-visas-in-u-s.html\" >Renewing A, G, and NATO visas in the United States \u2013 US Visas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/cbofiles\/ftpdocs\/113xx\/doc11338\/1981_04_nato.pdf\" >COSTS AND BENEFITS TO THE UNITED STATES OF THE NATO INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapquest.com\/maps?cat=nato%20base\" >NATO Bases in the United States \u2013 MapQuest.com<\/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\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied troops<\/a> begin <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_of_Paris\" >the attack on Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liberation of Paris of 1944:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/parisliberation.htm\" >The Liberation of Paris, 1944 \u2013 EyeWitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm\" >World War II \u2013 The Liberation of Paris \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.euronet.nl\/users\/wilfried\/ww2\/1944.htm\" >Timeline in 1844 in World War II \u2013 Surrender in Europe \u2013 Bloody combat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldology.com\/Europe\/world_war_2_1944.htm\" >World War II 1939 \u2013 1945: 1944 \u2013 Worldology.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_France_during_World_War_II\" >Bombing of France during World War II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humberto_Vidal_explosion\" >Humberto Vidal explosion<\/a>: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dayton_Peace_Agreement\" >Dayton Peace Agreement<\/a> is initialed at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base\" >Wright-Patterson Air Force Base<\/a>, near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dayton,_Ohio\" >Dayton, Ohio<\/a>, ending three and a half years of war in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_14\" >December 14<\/a> that same year.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dayton Peace Agreement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/peacemaker.un.org\/sites\/peacemaker.un.org\/files\/BA_951121_DaytonAgreement.pdf\" >GENERAL FRAMWORK AGREEMENT FOR PEACE ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA \u2013 Letter dated 29 November 1995 from the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General \u2013 A\/50\/79C \u2013 S\/1995\/999 \u2013 30 November 1995 \u2013 General Assembly \u2013 Security Council \u2013 United Nations \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/bih\/126173?download=true\" >Text of <em>The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/em> \u2013 pdf \u2013 OSCE.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/icty\/dayton\/daytonsum.html\" >Summary of the Dayton Peace Agreement on Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/acad\/intrel\/bostalk.htm\" >Excerpts of the Dayton Peace Agreement, signed Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/icty\/dayton\/daytonaccord.html\" >The Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohr.int\/dpa\/default.asp?content_id=380\" >The General Framework Agreement for Peace on Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 OHR.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/p\/eur\/rls\/or\/dayton\/\" >Dayton Accords \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Dayton-Accords\" >Dayton Accords \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/Dayton_Peace_Accords?rec=1640\" >Dayton Peace Accords \u2013 Ohio History Central \u2013 OhioHistoryCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/women-war-and-peace\/features\/interactive-map-understanding-the-dayton-accords\/\" >Interacting Map: Understanding the Dayton Accords \u2013 Women, War &amp; Peace \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Background and Analysis of the Dayton Peace Agreement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.tufts.edu\/data\/12\/244825.pdf\" >An Analysis of the Dayton Negotiations and Peace Accords, by Adriana Camisar, Boris Diechtiareff, Bartol Leitica, Christine Switzer \u2013 Tufts.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB171\/index.htm\" >The Secret History of Dayton \u2013 US Diplomacy and Bosnia Peace Process 1995, by Derek Chollet and Bennett Freeman \u2013 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 171 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yorkspace.library.yorku.ca\/xmlui\/bitstream\/handle\/10315\/2602\/H%20A%20Historical%20Background%20to%20the%20Dayton%20Agreement.PDF?sequence=1\" >CHAPTER 2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE DAYTON AGREEMENT \u2013 Yorku.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sablon.sdu.edu.tr\/dergi\/sosbilder\/dosyalar\/27\/OS_9.pdf\" >Implications of Dayton Peace Agreement on Current Political Issues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, by Hasan KORUKT and Muhidin MULALI\u0106 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/military\/etc\/peace.html\" >\u201c<em>The path to peace in Bosnia was a long one, its final phase marked by tragedy, a change in the fortunes of war and NATO military intervention. Events during the summer of 1995, including the Serb massacre of thousands of Muslims at Srebrenica and the marketplace shelling of Sarajevo, energized a U.S.- led negotiating effort. Bloodied by an increasingly successful Muslim-Croat ground offensive and two weeks of NATO air strikes, the Bosnian Serbs finally agreed to talk peace in Dayton, Ohio<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nation Building in Bosnia, by Jim Mokhiber and Rick Young \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org.au\/news\/comments\/850\/\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Dayton and beyond \u2013 Amnesty International \u2013 Amnesty.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yugoslavia-history.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>War in Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnian_War\" >Bosnian War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1993-2000\/bosnia\" >The War in Bosnia 1992-1995 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr90\/fbosnia1992.htm\" >The Bosnian War 1992-1995 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Bosnian-conflict\" >Bosnian Conflict \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/%7Ebonne20s\/causes.html\" >Bosnian War 1992-1995 \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h2071.html\" >US Involvement in Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/bosnian-genocide\" >BOSNIAN GENOCIDE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldhistory\/genocide\/bosnia.htm\" >Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-1995 200,000 Deaths \u2013 Genocide in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/nick-hawton\/conflicting-truths-bosnian-war\" >Conflicting Truths: The Bosnian War, by Nick Hawton \u2013 Volume 59, Issue 8 August 2009 \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/familylinks.icrc.org\/bosnia\/en\/Pages\/background-information.aspx\" >Background information: For persons unaccounted for in connection with the conflict on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 ICRC.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/%7Esrbin_iz_srpske\/history.html\" >HISTORY OF REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Bosnian War on the Ground:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=bosnian+war\" >Various YouTube videos on Bosnian War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vb6va1KXzHU\" >YouTube video (2 min. 58 sec.):The last scene of <em><strong>Welcome to Sarajevo <\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Albinoni\u2019s Adajo G in minor<\/a>, <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vedran_Smailovi%C4%87\" >Vedran Smailovi\u0107 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dSkyZXANKoI\" >YouTube video (1 h. 37 min. 24 sec.): <em><strong>Dobordodo\u0161li u Sarajevo<\/strong><\/em> (<em><strong>Welcome to Sarajevo<\/strong><\/em>) full movie.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jnQ1lTAVjhw\" >YouTube video (1 h. 28 min. 30 sec.): <em><strong>Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo <\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Documentary film<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4WXfR3gOPAQ\" >YouTube video (3 min. 39 sec.): Admira Ismi\u0107 and Bo\u0161ko Briki\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/selenasol.com\/selena\/struggle\/bosnia_timeline.html\" >War in Bosnia: Timeline \u2013 Original Timeline appropriated from Kristina Lerman \u2013 Selenasol.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1993-2000\/bosnia\" >The War in Bosnia 1992-1995 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of the State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2008\/07\/21\/us-warcrimes-karadzic-bosnia-idUSL2164446420080721\" >TIMELINE: What happened during the war in Bosnia? \u2013 Mon Jul 21, 2008 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.findfast.org\/history-and-events-timeline-bosnia.htm\" >Bosnia History Timeline &amp; Facts \u2013 FindFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/inatl\/longterm\/balkans\/timeline.htm\" >Balkans 1940s to 1999 \u2013 The WashingtonPost \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Wright Patterson Air Force Base:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wpafb.af.mil\/\" >Wright-Patterson Air Force Base<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fgHjb9qk_PQ\" >YouTube video (1 h. 30 min. 54 sec.): The Real Area 51 is Wright Patterson Air Force Base<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n349_pyHnl8\" >YouTube video (54 min. 10 sec.): Wright Patterson AFB and Underground Hangars and Secret Tunnels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: National Security Council member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oliver_North\" >Oliver North<\/a> and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the sale of weapons to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> and channeling the proceeds to help fund the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contra_%28guerrillas%29\" >Contra<\/a> rebels in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Iran-Contra Affair:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dccrimestories.com\/crime-history-nov-21-1986-oliver-north-fawn-hall-begin-shredding-iran-contra-evidence\/\" >Crime History, Nov 21, 1986: Oliver North, Fawn Hall, begin shredding Iran-Contra evidence \u2013 D.C. Crime Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/u-s-history\/textbooks\/boundless-u-s-history-textbook\/the-conservative-turn-of-america-1968-1989-30\/the-reagan-administration-228\/the-iran-contra-scandal-1297-9771\/\" >The Iran-Contra Scandal \u2013 Boundless.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alvaradohistory.com\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/4IranContraAffair.362201823.pdf\" >The Iran-Contra Affair, by Jon Carroll and Ronald Reagan \u2013 AlvaradoHistory.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/walsh\/chap_31.htm\" >Chapter 31 Edwin Meese III: November 1986 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1213&amp;context=curej\" >Evidence and Analysis: The Iran-Contra Affair As seen through American, Middle Eastern, and Soviet news sources, by Devin Chavira \u2013 1-1-2004 \u2013 UPenn.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780700620364\" >Iran-Contra: Reagan\u2019s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, by Malcolm Byrne \u2013 2014 \u2013 JHU.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/iran-contra-connection-revealed\" >NOV 25, 1986: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Iran-Contra connection revealed \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mccain-linked-to-private-iran-contra-group\/\" >McCain Linked To Private Iran-Contra Group \u2013 October 7, 2008 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/the-iran-contra-affair\" >Iran-Contra Affair, 1986 \u2013 Noam Chomsky \u2013 Libcom.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/clinton\/frenzy\/iran.htm\" >The Iran-Contra Affair \u2013 1986-87 \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/US-Israel\/Iran_Contra_Affair.html\" >The Iran-Contra Affair (1986-1987) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of the Iran-Contra Affair:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Timeline of the Iran-Contra affair \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.umbc.edu\/che\/tahlessons\/pdf\/historylabs\/Oliver_North_an_faculty:RS13.pdf\" >PS#13: Iran-Contra Affair Timeline \u2013 UMBC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >United States Navy<\/a> intelligence analyst <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonathan_Pollard\" >Jonathan Pollard<\/a> is arrested for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Espionage\" >spying<\/a> after being caught giving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> classified information on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab\" >Arab<\/a> nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>US military campaign in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Granada\" >Granada<\/a> ends.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>US Military Campaign in Granada:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Grenada\" >Invasion of Grenada \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/html\/books\/grenada\/index.html\" >Operation URGENT FURY: The Invasion of Grenada, 1983 \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/general-article\/reagan-grenada\/\" >The Invasion of Grenada \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/Grenada.html\" >The Invasion of Grenada (1983) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h2047.html\" >The US Invasion of Grenada \u2013 United States History \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2004\/6\/10\/remembering_reagans_invasion_of_grenada\" >Remembering Reagan\u2019s Invasion of Grenada \u2013 June 10, 2004 \u2013 DemocracyNow.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/component\/content\/article\/155\/25966.html\" >The US Invasion of Grenada, by Stephen Zunes \u2013 October 2003 \u2013 Foreign Policy In Focus \u2013 Global Policy Forum \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/speeches\/war-report-on-us-invasion-of-grenada\" >War report on US invasion of Grenada \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/usa-invasion-grenada-war\/\" >US invasion of Grenada laid blueprint for war, published 25 Oct, 2010; edited 26 Oct, 2010 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/10\/29\/world\/casualties-in-grenada.html\" >CASUALTIES IN GRENADA Oct. 28, 1983 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MGM_Grand_fire\" >deadly fire<\/a> breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paradise,_Nevada\" >Paradise, Nevada<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bally%27s_Las_Vegas\" >Bally\u2019s Las Vegas<\/a>). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States Embassy in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamabad\" >Islamabad<\/a>, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_U.S._embassy_burning_in_Islamabad\" >set on fire<\/a>, killing four.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham_pub_bombings\" >Birmingham pub bombings<\/a> kill 21 people. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham_Six\" >Birmingham Six<\/a> are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Park_Chung-hee\" >Park Chung-hee<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourth_Republic_of_South_Korea\" >Fourth Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>Indian troops, partly aided by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mukti_Bahini\" >Mukti Bahini<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bengal\" >Bengali<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerrilla_warfare\" >guerrillas<\/a>), defeat the Pakistan army in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Garibpur\" >Battle of Garibpur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>197<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong>Vietnam War: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Ivory_Coast\" >Operation Ivory Coast<\/a>: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%C6%A1n_T%C3%A2y_%28Hanoi%29\" >S\u01a1n T\u00e2y<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner-of-war_camp\" >prisoner-of-war camp<\/a> in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1970:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1970_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1970 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Operation Ivory Coast:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Ivory_Coast\" >Operation Ivory Coast \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_allied_military_operations_of_the_Vietnam_War_(1970)\" >List of the allied military operations in the Vietnam War (1970) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1970\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> 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>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The first permanent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARPANET\" >ARPANET<\/a> link is established between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UCLA\" >UCLA<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SRI_International\" >SRI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> and Japanese Premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eisaku_Sat%C5%8D\" >Eisaku Sat\u014d<\/a> agree in Washington, DC, on the return of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okinawa\" >Okinawa<\/a> to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the US is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be \u201cnuclear-free\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>US Policy toward Japan of 1969 and the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971_Okinawa_Reversion_Agreement\" >1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/japan\/okinawa\/oki4_a.htm\" >SUBJECT: Policy toward Japan \u2013 National Security Memorandum 13 \u2013 TOP SECRET \u2013 May 28, 1969 \u2013 NATIONAL SECURTY COUNCIL \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2002\/05\/15\/national\/nuclear-pact-ensured-smooth-okinawa-reversion\/\" >\u201c<em>On Nov. 21, 1969, President Richard Nixon met with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in Washington to discuss an extremely delicate issue\u2026The result of the Nixon-Sato meeting was a secret agreement that would allow the U.S. to bring in and transit nuclear weapons through Okinawa after the islands were handed over. If it were not for this secret agreement, political scientists believe, the reversion could not have been achieved as smoothly as it was<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nuclear pact ensure smooth Okinawa reversion \u2013 Secret agreement on transport and storage of weapons exacted high toll in terms of public trust \u2013 by Eric Johnston \u2013 May 15, 2002 \u2013 The Japan Times \u2013 JapanTimes.co.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanupdate.com\/archive\/index.php?id=8029\" >\u201c<em>Despite Japan\u2019s repeated denials that a secret Japan-US agreement existed to permit nuclear weapons to be brought to Okinawa, official U.S. documents are now revealing it happened. The secret agreement, which was linked to Okinawa\u2019s reversion to Japanese control in 1972, has been discussed and theorized about for years<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Secret deal on nukes on Okinawa confirmed \u2013 posted 2007-10-09 \u2013 JapanUpdate.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constantinereport.com\/still-classified-us-japan-nuclear-arms-deal-exposed\/\" >\u201c<em>The fresh discovery of US government documents mentioning a secret deal reached during Japan-US talks over the reversion of Okinawa Prefecture to Japanese rule has served as another convincing piece of evidence for the long-held suspicion that the two governments agreed to allow nuclear weapons to be brought into the post-reversion prefecture.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Still Classified US-Japan Nuclear Arms Deal Exposed, by Satoshi Ogawa and Yuji Yoshikawa \u2013 October 13, 2007 \u2013 ConstantineReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=124567404\" >Japan Confirms Secret Nuclear Pacts With US, by Anthony Kuhn \u2013 March 11, 2010 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Richard Nixon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.nuclearsecrecy.com\/2013\/10\/25\/nixon-and-the-bomb\/\" >Nixon and the bomb: \u201cI just want you to think big, Henry!\u201d, by Alex Wellerstein \u2013 October 25, 2013 \u2013 RISTRICTED DATA \u2013 The Nuclear Secret Blog \u2013 NeclearSecrecy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.wired.com\/politics\/security\/magazine\/16-03\/ff_nuclearwar?currentPage=all\" >\u201c<em>On the morning of October 27, 1969, a squadron of 18 B-52s \u2014 massive bombers with eight turbo engines and 185-foot wingspans \u2014 began racing from the western US toward the eastern border of the Soviet Union. The pilots flew for 18 hours without rest, hurtling toward their targets at more than 500 miles per hour. Each plane was loaded with nuclear weapons hundreds of times more powerful than the ones that had obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon\u2019s Secret Plant to Bring Peace to Vietnam, by Jeremi Suri \u2013 02.25.08 \u2013 Wired.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Eisaku Sato:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1974\/sato-facts.html\" >Eisaku Sato \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/sato-eisaku.html\" >Eisaku Sato \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Eisaku Sato and Okinawa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/behind_news\/politics\/AJ201501160043\" >Diplomatic documents show US wanted to change Sato\u2019s speeches in Okinawa visit in 1965 January \u2013 16, 2015 \u2013 Asahi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2015\/01\/15\/national\/politics-diplomacy\/u-s-pressed-sato-soften-1965-okinawa-speech-praise-troops-role\/#.VcjOPvmufX4\" >US pressed Sato to soften 1965 Okinawa speech, praise troops\u2019 role \u2013 January 15, 2015 \u2013 The Japan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/behind_news\/social_affairs\/AJ201506230039\" >MEMORIAL DAY: Okinawa stuck with US bases more than40 years after reversion despite local opposition \u2013 June 23, 2015 \u2013 Asahi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971_Okinawa_Reversion_Agreement\" >1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Japan\u2019s Non-Nuclear Weapons Policy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan\u2019s non-nuclear weapons policy \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Three_Non-Nuclear_Principles\" >Three Non-Nuclear Principles \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_nuclear_weapon_program#De_facto_nuclear_state\" >De facto nuclear state<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_nuclear_weapon_program\" >Japanese nuclear weapon program \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB22\/\" >Rewriting Japanese History: Article reveals new information about US nukes in \u201cnon-nuclear\u201d Japan during the 1950s and 1960s \u2013 Washington, D.C., December 13, 1999 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/country-profiles\/japan\/nuclear\/\" >Nuclear \u2013 Japan \u2013 Country Profiles \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/14\/opinion\/kato-ambiguities-of-japans-nuclear-policy.html?_r=0\" >Ambiguities of Japan\u2019s Nuclear Policy, by Norihiro Kato \u2013 April 13, 2013 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nautilus.org\/apsnet\/japans-nuclear-policy-between-non-nuclear-identity-and-us-extended-deterrence\/\" >Japan\u2019s Nuclear Policy: Between Non-nuclear Identity and US Extended Deterrence \u2013 Nautilus Institute \u2013 Nautilus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2015\/03\/13\/national\/politics-diplomacy\/because-of-u-s-nuclear-umbrella-japan-not-to-support-austrian-document-seeking-atomic-weapons-ban\/#.VcyRkZeufX4\" >\u201c<em>Japan does not plan to support a document circulated among U.N. members that calls for a ban on nuclear weapons, after the United States, its security ally and provider of nuclear deterrence, urged it not to<\/em>,\u2026\u201d \u2013 Because of US nuclear umbrella, Japan not to support Australian document seeking atomic weapons ban \u2013 March 13, 2015 \u2013 The Japan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/category\/politics\/view\/abe-renews-pledge-of-nuclear-weapons-free-japan\" >Abe renews pledge of nuclear weapons free Japan \u2013 August 10, 2015 \u2013 JapanToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>A Secret Nuclear Weapons Agreement between the United States and Japan, signed by the President of the United States (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a>) and the Prime Minister of Japan (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1974\/\" >Eisaku Sato = a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate<\/a>):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomwaffena-z.info\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdf\/nixon_sato.pdf\" >Text of Secret Agreement \u2013 TOP SECRET \u2013 AGREED MINUT TO JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF UNITED STATES PRESIDENT NIXON AND JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SATO ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 21, 1969<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp\/?p=14846\" >Document on secret Japan-US nuclear pact kept by ex-PM Sato\u2019s family \u2013 Hiroshima Peace Media Center \u2013 Dec 24, 2009 \u2013 HiroshimaPeaceMediaCenter.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianews.it\/index.php?l=en&amp;art=16985\" >Secret nuclear deal between Tokyo and Washington \u2013 November 27, 2009 \u2013 AsiaNews.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/nukevault\/ebb291\/\" >Nuclear Noh Drama: Tokyo, Washington and the Case of the Missing Nuclear Agreements \u2013 edited by Dr. Robert A. Wampler \u2013 posted October 13, 2009 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lewis.armscontrolwonk.com\/archive\/2660\/more-on-us-japan-secret-agreements\" >More on US-Japan \u201cSecret Agreements\u201d, by Jefferey \u2013 ArmsControlWork.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.converge.org.nz\/pma\/ngus.htm\">US Violated Nuclear Arms Pledge in Japan, Records Show<br \/>\nBy JUDITH MILLER \u2013 The New York Times December 12, 1999 \u2013 Converge.org.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defencetalk.com\/japan-us-secret-nuclear-deal-discovered-reports-23504\/\" >Japan-US secret nuclear deal discovered: reports \u2013 DefenceTalk.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/jan\/17\/world\/la-fg-japan-secret-deal17-2010jan17\" >Japan\u2019s secret pact with US spurs debate \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2009\/12\/23\/national\/paper-on-secret-nuke-pact-kept-by-sato-family\/#.VcjPR_mufX4\" >Paper on secret nuke pact kept by Sato family \u2013 December 23, 2009 \u2013 The Japan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/secret-us-japan-nuke-deal-reportedly-held-by-former-pms-family\/\" >Secret US-Japan Nuke Deal Reportedly Held by Former PM\u2019s Family \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japan-press.co.jp\/modules\/news\/index.php?id=7556\" >Former US senior gov\u2019t official: secret nuclear pacts on Okinawa are still valid \u2013 September 22, 2014 \u2013 Japan Press Weekly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Okinawa and Nuclear Weapons:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okinawa_Reversion_Agreement\" >1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Steve-Rabson\/3884\/article.html\" >Okinawa\u2019s Henoko was a \u201cstorage location\u201d for nuclear weapons: published accounts, by Steve Rabson \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/japan\/okinawa\/okinawa.htm\" >REVELATIONS IN NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS ABOUT US NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND OKINAWA FUEL NHK DOUMENTARY \u2013 May 14, 1997 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/factsanddetails.com\/japan\/cat22\/sub148\/item817.html\" >\u201c<em>There are 58,500 Americans working for the American military in Japan (2003). These include 14,000 sailors whose home ports are in Japan and 28,900 servicemen in Okinawa<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 AMERICAN MILITARY IN OKINAWA AND JAPAN \u2013 FACS AND DETAILS \u2013 FactsAndDetails.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/oldsite.nautilus.org\/archives\/library\/security\/papers\/Nuclear-Umbrella-1.html\" >Hans Kristensen <em>Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella <\/em>\u2013 Nuclear Policy \u2013 Nautilus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tacmissileers.org\/okinawas-first-nuclear-missile-men-break-silence\/\" >Okinawa\u2019s first nuclear men break silence \u2013 TAC Missileers \u2013 TACMissileers.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1989-05-09\/news\/mn-3000_1_nuclear-weapons-nuclear-reactors-william-m-arkin\" >H Bomb Lost at Sea in \u201965 Off Okinawa, US Admits \u2013 May 09, 1989 \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 latimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/okinawa-group-asks-u-n-to-inspect-u-s-bases-1.2884\" >Okinawa group asks UN to inspect US bases, by David Allen \u2013 March 17, 2003 \u2013 Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ryukyushimpo.jp\/2011\/08\/29\/2584\/\" >Archival papers suggests US military carried out nuclear weapon drill in Okinawa during 1960s, by Kenyu Uchima and Wakako Oshiro of <em>Ryukyu Shimpo<\/em>, August 18, 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/life\/2012\/07\/08\/general\/okinawa-nuclear-weapons-and-japans-special-psychological-problem\/#.Vcy7p5eufX4\" >Okinawa, nuclear weapons and \u2018Japan\u2019s special psychological problem\u2019, by Jon Mitchell \u2013 July 8, 2012 \u2013 The Japan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Steve-Rabson\/3294\/article.html\" >\u201cSecret\u201d 1965 Memo Reveals Plans to Keep US bases and Nuclear Weapons Options in Okinawa After Reversion, by Steve Rabson \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tokyoprogressive.org\/en\/content\/japan-focus-okinawa-nuclear-weapons\" >Japan Focus: Okinawa, Nuclear Weapons \u2013 TokyoProgressive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japan-press.co.jp\/modules\/news\/index.php?id=1381\" >Japan supported US nuclear training in Okinawa \u2013 December 23, 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ryukyushimpo.jp\/2012\/01\/09\/4686\/\" >Removal of nuclear weapons from Okinawa delayed its reversion to Japan \u2013 December 23, 2011 \u2013 Ryukyu Shimpo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ussbennington.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/nuclear-weapons-were-stored-at-camp.html\" >Nuclear Weapons Were Stored At Camp Schwab Henoko Okinawa \u2013 August 3, 2013 \u2013 USS BENNINGTON \u2013 PG4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>A Huge Explosion Sound Heard and a Huge Mushroom Cloud Witnessed near Kum\u00e9 Island, Okinawa, on May 21, 2014. An Explosion of an Underwater Volcano in the Region, an Explosion of a Nuclear Device, or Something Else? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefreedomreport.us\/japan-large-mushroom-cloud-near-kume-island\/\" >Japan: Large Mushroom Cloud Near Kume Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WnHKafwnK0I\" >YouTube video (1 min.00 sec.): Mushroom Cloud Reported Over Kume Island, Japan<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rMnQD2P2rWQ&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (42 sec.): Mushroom cloud, Kume, Okinawa, Japan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Okinawa and Agent Orange:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For more relevant information on <\/em><strong><em>Agent Orange<\/em><\/strong><em>, visit <\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/this-week-in-history-36\/\" >This Week in History, the date of AUGUST 10, 1961: First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the US Army.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>, <\/em><strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong><em> the <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=agent+orange\" >TMS Archive Search<\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/amy-chavez\/okinawa-agent-orange_b_1607593.html\" >\u201c<em>Growing evidence indicates that during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa from 1945 to 1972, the U.S. violated a treaty to not store herbicides within Japan\u2019s political boundaries<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Growing Evidence of Agent Orange in Japan, by Amy Chavez \u2013 June 27, 2012 \u2013 HuffigtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/japan-finds-traces-of-us-herbicides-on-okinawa-1.232287\" >Japan finds traces of US herbicides on Okinawa, by Travis J. Tritten and Chiyomi Sumida \u2013 July 26, 2013 \u2013 Stars and Stripes \u2013 Stripes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2011\/09\/24\/agent-orange-okinawa\/\" >AGENT ORANGE: Okinawa, by Bob Hanafin \u2013 September 24, 2011 \u2013 VeteransToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Jon-Mitchell\/3652\/article.html\" >Agent Orange in Okinawa \u2013 New Evidence, by Jon Mitchell \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jonmitchellinjapan.com\/agent-orange-on-okinawa.html\" >Agent Orange on Okinawa \u2013 JonMitchellInJapan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/agent_orange_on_okinawa_the_smoking_gun\/\" >\u201c<em>A recently discovered U.S. army report puts lie to the Pentagon\u2019s denials that it exposed soldiers and civilians to Agent Orange on Okinawa<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Agent Orange on Okinawa: The Smoking Gun, by Jon Mitchell \u2013 FPIF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationofchange.org\/us-veteran-exposes-pentagon-s-denials-agent-orange-use-okinawa-1336665501\" >\u201c<em>Thousands of barrels of Agent Orange were unloaded on Okinawa Island and stored at the port of Naha, and at the U.S. military\u2019s Kadena and Camp Schwab bases between 1965 and 1966, an American veteran who served in Okinawa claims<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 US Veteran Exposes Pentagon\u2019s Denial of Agent Orange Use on Okinawa, by Jon Mitchell \u2013 NationOfChange.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2014\/03\/17\/issues\/ailing-u-s-veteran-wins-payout-over-agent-orange-exposure-in-okinawa\/#.Vcyhr5eufX4\" >Ailing US veteran wins payout over Agent Orange exposure in Okinawa, by Jon Mitchell \u2013 March 17, 2014 \u2013 The Japan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US Biological Weapon Experiments in Okinawa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/report-us-army-tested-biological-weapons-in-okinawa-japan-in-1960s\/story-fndir2ev-1226800227868\" >Report: US army tested biological weapons in Okinawa, Japan in 1960 \u2013 January 12, 2014 \u2013 News.com.au<\/a> <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2014\/01\/12\/national\/u-s-army-tested-biological-weapons-in-okinawa\/#.VczGDJeufX4\" >US Army tested biological weapons in Okinawa: Rice fungus released in at least two sites in early 1960s, documents show \u2013 January 12, 2014 \u2013 The Japan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldheritage.org\/articles\/Project_112\" >PROEJCT 112 \u2013 WorldHeritage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=znx7x7Qep6k\" >YouTube video (3 min. 08 sec.): US biological weapons tested in Okinawa in 60s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_112#Inclusion_of_Extracontinental_Site_2.2C_Okinawa\" >Inclusion of Extracontinental Site 2, Okinawa<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_112\" >Project 112 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_SHAD\" >Project SHAD \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opsecnews.com\/project-112shad-biological-and-chemical-testing-on-us-military\/\" >Project 112\/SHAD \u2013 Biological and Chemical Testing on Human Beings \u2013 OpsecNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.mil\/Military-Health-Topics\/Health-Readiness\/Environmental-Exposures\/Project-112-SHAD\" >Project 112\/SHAD \u2013 Health.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Okinawa Travel Guide:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gojapan.about.com\/cs\/okinawatravel\/a\/okinawa.htm\" >Guide to Okinawa, by Shizuko Mishima \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikivoyage.org\/wiki\/Okinawa\" >Okinawa \u2013 WikiVoyage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Tourism-g298225-Okinawa_Okinawa_Prefecture_Kyushu_Okinawa-Vacations.html\" >Trip Adviser \u2013 Okinawa \u2013 Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualtourist.com\/travel\/Asia\/Japan\/Okinawa\/TravelGuide-Okinawa.html\" >Okinawa Travel Guide \u2013 VirtualTourist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Okinawa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands\" >History of the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okinawan-shorinryu.com\/okinawa\/history.html\" >A Brief History of Okinawa \u2013 Okinawan-Shorinryu.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rca.open.ed.jp\/web_e\/history\/\" >History of Okinawa \u2013 RCA.Open.ed.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/okinawa.com\/research\/history\/background-and-history\" >Background and History \u2013 Okinawa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Okinawa and World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/okinawa.com\/research\/history\/background-and-history\" >BATTLE OF OKINAWA \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Okinawa\" >Battle of Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/03\/12\/travel\/okinawa-world-war-ii-travel\/index.html\" >Battlefield\u2019s and bunkers: Exploring Okinawa\u2019s World War II history \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/p\/battle-of-okinawa.htm\" >World War II: Battle of Okinawa \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryhistoryonline.com\/wwii\/okinawa\/default.aspx\" >Battle of Okinawa, by Laura Lacey \u2013 MilitaryHitoryOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/world-war-two\/the-pacific-war-1941-to-1945\/the-battle-of-okinawa\/\" >Battle of Okinawa \u2013 The History Learning Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/okinawa\/\" >OKINAWA: THE LAST BATTLE \u2013 Center of Military History, United States Army \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/histories\/oral-histories\/wwii\/battle-of-okinawa.html\" >Oral History \u2013 Battle for Okinawa \u2013 24 March \u2013 30 June 1945 \u2013 Naval History and Heritage Command<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warhistoryonline.com\/war-articles\/memories-from-battle-of-okinawa-operation-iceberg.html\" >Memories of Battle of Okinawa \u2013 \u2018Operation Iceberg\u2019 \u2013 WarHistoryOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aropeintheopensea.com\/\" >Okinawa \u2013 A Rope in the Open Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US Occupation of Okinawa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/documents\/8-5\/8-5.htm\" >Chronology of Occupation \u2013 15 August 1945 \u2013 30 March 1946<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/USMC\/V\/index.html\" >Volume V: Victory and Occupation \u2013 History of US Marine Corps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.h-net.org\/reviews\/showpdf.php?id=5278\" >Okinawa prefecture under American occupation \u2013 H-net.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usmilitaryinokinawa.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/impact-of-ww-ii.html\" >US Military Occupation in Okinawa \u2013 USMilitaryInOkinawa.Blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Origin or One of the Main Origins of the Presence of the United States Military in Okinawa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.pref.okinawa.jp\/collection\/images\/Emperor%27s%20message.pdf\" >\u201c<em>Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Diplomatic Section: 20 September, 1947 \u2013 Memorandum for General MacArthur: Mr. Hidenari Terasaki, an adviser to the Emperor, called by appointment for the purpose of conveying to me the Emperor\u2019s ideas concerning the future of Okinawa. Mr. Terasaki stated that the Emperor hopes that the United States will continue the military occupation of Okinawa and other islands of the Ryukyus.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Emperor of Japan\u2019s Opinion Concerning the Future of the Ryukyu Islands<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The same document, as mentioned above, is posted also on other websites, <em>in the digitalized format<\/em>, which are, for instance, among others, as follows: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanupdate.com\/2014\/08\/shinto-abe-the-tenno-message-and-the-third-alternative-for-our-okinawa-ocean\/\" >The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem: Okinawa in Postwar US-Japan<strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Sebald\u2019s Memorandum to Douglas MacArthur, SCAP<\/a> <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/d.hatena.ne.jp\/ironsand\/20061231\/p7\" >\u201cEmperor of Japan\u2019s Opinion Concerning the Future of the Ryukyu Islands\u201d Tokyo, September 22, 1947 [with the Japanese translation]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutliers.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/attitudes-toward-okinawa-in-japan-1945.html\" >\u201c<em>On September 20, 1947, Hirohito conveyed to MacArthur\u2019s political adviser, William J. Sebald, his position on the future of Okinawa. Acting through Terasaki, his interpreter and frequent liaison with high GHQ officials, the emperor requested that, in view of the worsening confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, the American military occupation of Okinawa and other islands in the Ryukyu chain continue for ninety-nine years. Hirohito knew MacArthur\u2019s latest views on the status of Okinawa when he made this offer<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Attitude toward Okinawa in Japan, 1945 \u2013 1947<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Presence of the United States Military in Okinawa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Yoshida-Kensei\/2857\/article.html\" >US Bases, Japan and the Reality of Okinawa as a Military Colony, by Kensei Yoshida \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Steve-Rabson\/2667\/article.html\" >Okinawan Perspectives on Japan\u2019s Imperial Institution, by Steve Rabson \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Forces_Japan#U.S._presence_on_Okinawa\" >US presence in Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army_Air_Forces_in_Okinawa\" >United States Army Air Forces in Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okinawa_Prefecture#United_States_military_installations\" >United States military installations in Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kadena_Air_Base\" >Kadena Air Base in Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/\" >Kadena Air Base \u2013 Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma\" >Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maplandia.com\/japan\/airports\/okinawa-naha-air-force-base-airport\/\" >Naha Air Base<\/a><\/strong> (<\/em><em>\u90a3\u8987\u57fa\u5730<\/em> <em>Naha Kichi<sup><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets\" ><strong>?<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>), formally known as the K\u014dk\u016b Jieitai Naha Kichi (<\/em><em>\u822a\u7a7a\u81ea\u885b\u968a\u90a3\u8987\u57fa\u5730<\/em><em><sup><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets\" ><strong>?<\/strong><\/a><\/sup><\/em><em>), is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force formerly under control of the United States Air Force<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naha_Air_Base\" >Naha Air Base in Okinawa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naha\" >Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.svsarah.com\/Non-Sailing\/ewOkinawaNahaAB.htm\" >Naha AB, Okinawa \u2013 SVSARAH.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okinawa_Prefecture#1945.E2.80.931965\" >Okinawa since 1945 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.okinawa.jp\/site\/chijiko\/kichitai\/documents\/us%20military%20base%20issues%20in%20okinawa.pdf\" >Military Base Issues in Okinawa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp\/user\/yamataka\/CPG-Okinawa.pdf\" >Militarization and Demilitarization in Okinawa: As a Geostrategic \u201ckeystone\u201d under the Japan-US Alliance \u2013 August 10 -12, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asia-pacificresearch.com\/u-s-veterans-reveal-1962-nuclear-close-call-dodged-in-okinawa\/5440068\" >Veterans Reveal 1962 Nuclear Close Call Dodged in Okinawa \u2013 31 March 2015 \u2013 Asia-PacificResearch.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Gavan-McCormack\/3532\/article.html\" >Deception and Diplomacy: The US, Japan, and Okinawa, by Gavan McCormack \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/2015\/02\/11\/japans-sacrificial-lamb-okinawa-military-base-controversy\/\" >Japan\u2019s Sacrificial Lamb \u2013 The Okinawa Military Base Controversy \u2013 Tofugu.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S.%E2%80%93Japan_Status_of_Forces_Agreement\" >US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/108914.pdf\" >Full text of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tokyoprogressive.org\/content\/us-japan-status-forces-agreement-and-okinawan-anger\" >The US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement and Okinawan Anger \u2013 TokyoProgressive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2015\/04\/30\/why-us-military-bases-divide-okinawa-and-mainland-japan\/\" >Why US military base divide Okinawa and mainland Japan, by Shino Hateruma<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/okinawa-institute.com\/en\/node\/32\" >US Military Base Map in Okinawa \u2013 Okinawa-Institute.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usmclife.com\/bases\/okinawa-japan\/\" >Okinawa Japan Marine Corps Bases \u2013 USMCLife.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-edge\/206495-okinawa-us-military-base-onaga\/\" >\u2018Okinawans sick and tired of US military presence\u2019 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2014\/1\/16\/okinawas_revolt_decades_of_rape_environmental\" >Okinawa\u2019s Revolt: Decades of Rape, Environmental Harm by US Military Spur Residents to Rise Up \u2013 Thursday, January 16, 2014 \u2013 DemocracyNow.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theecologist.org\/News\/news_analysis\/2974437\/70_years_after_hiroshima_okinawas_long_resistance_to_us_military_occupation.html\" >70 years after Hiroshima, Okinawa\u2019s long resistance to US military occupation \u2013 6 August 2015 \u2013 The Ecologist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dougbandow\/2014\/11\/26\/u-s-filled-okinawa-with-bases-and-japan-kept-them-there-okinawans-again-say-no\/\" >US Filled Okinawa With Bases And Japan Kept Them There: Okinawans Again Say No \u2013 Forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: American General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Westmoreland\" >William Westmoreland<\/a> tells news reporters: \u201cI am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vietnam War in 1967:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-history\" >VIETNA WAR HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1967 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_allied_military_operations_of_the_Vietnam_War_%281967%29\" >List of allied military operations in the Vietnam War (1967) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facesfromthewall.com\/1967nov.html\" >VIETNAM WAR: NOVEMBER 1967 \u2013 FACES FROM THE WALL \u2013 FacesFromTheWall.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index2.html\" >Vietnam War \u2013 Battle Field: Timeline 1967 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1965\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<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.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>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Vatican_Council\" >Second Vatican Council<\/a>: The third session of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic_Church\" >Roman Catholic Church<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecumenical_council\" >ecumenical council<\/a> closes.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vatican Council II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/society\/vatican-council-second.html\" >Vatican Council, Second \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frben.com\/documents\/Vatican_Council_II_Overview_-_Handout.pdf\" >Vatican Council II \u2013 Overview, by Rev. Benjamin P. Bradshaw \u2013 pdf \u2013 FRBEN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/10\/10\/162573716\/why-is-vatican-ii-so-important\" >Why Is Vatican II So Important? ,by Jordan G. Teicher \u2013 October 10, 2012 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doomsdayprophecies.info\/vatican-ii\/\" >Second Vatican Council, Heresies, Documents, Summary, and Fact \u2013 Vatican Council II \u2013 DoomsDayProficies.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Vatican Council II Documents:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.searchlightvs.com\/SCF\/vatican_II\/Vat_summary.pdf\" >Vatican II \u2013 Summary and Reflection of Vatican II Documents \u2013 pdf \u2013 Serchlightsvs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/culture\/library\/view.cfm?recnum=10034\" >A Summary and Guide to the Documents of the Second Vatican Counci \u2013 CatholicCulture.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html\" >DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH <em><strong>LUMEN GENTIUM<\/strong><\/em> SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON NOVEMBER 21, 1964 \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html\" >DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION <em><strong>DEI VERBUM<\/strong><\/em> SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON NOVEMBER 18, 1965 \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/COUNCILS\/V2ALL.HTM\" >SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL \u2013 The 16 Documents \u2013 EWTN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Verrazano%E2%80%93Narrows_Bridge\" >Verrazano\u2013Narrows Bridge<\/a> opens to traffic. (At the time it is the world\u2019s longest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suspension_bridge\" >suspension bridge<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>The Chinese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >People\u2019s Liberation Army<\/a> declares a unilateral <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceasefire\" >ceasefire<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-Indian_War\" >Sino-Indian War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Natural_History_Museum\" >British Natural History Museum<\/a> announces that the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piltdown_Man\" >Piltdown Man<\/a>\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_skull\" >skull<\/a>, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbine_Mine_massacre\" >Columbine Mine massacre<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_action\" >Striking<\/a> coal miners are allegedly attacked with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machine_gun\" >machine guns<\/a> by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rebecca_Latimer_Felton\" >Rebecca Latimer Felton<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29\" >Georgia<\/a> takes the oath of office, becoming the first female <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Irish War of Independence<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dublin\" >Dublin<\/a>, 31 people are killed in what became known as \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloody_Sunday_%281920%29\" >Bloody Sunday<\/a>\u201c. This included fourteen British informants, fourteen Irish civilians and three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" >Irish Republican Army<\/a> prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Irish War of Independence:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theirishstory.com\/2012\/09\/18\/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview\/\" >The Irish War of Independence \u2013 A Brief Overview \u2013 TheIrishHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Irish-War-of-Independence\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theirishwar.com\/history\/irish-war-of-independence\/\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 THE IRISH WAR \u2013 TheIrishWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.askaboutireland.ie\/learning-zone\/primary-students\/subjects\/history\/history-the-full-story\/ireland-the-early-20th-ce\/the-war-of-independence\/\" >The War of Independence \u2013 AskAboutIreland.ie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/easterrising\/aftermath\/af04.shtml\" >The Anglo-Irish War \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Timeline of the Irish War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Ireland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleyjohnston.com\/users\/ireland\/past\/history\/19191921.html\" >History of Ireland \u2013 WesleyJohnston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac70\" >HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/irehist.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination360.com\/europe\/ireland\/history\" >Ireland History \u2013 Destination360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oracleireland.com\/Ireland\/history\/history.htm\" >History of Ireland \u2013 OracleIreland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irelandseye.com\/aarticles\/history\/events\/index.shtm\" >Events in Irish History \u2013 IrelandsEye.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourirish.com\/history\/\" >History \u2013 YourIrish.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogypro.com\/articles\/Irish-history.html\" >A Brief History of Ireland, by John Howell \u2013 GenealogyPro.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lw%C3%B3w_pogrom_%281918%29\" >A pogrom<\/a> takes place in Lw\u00f3w (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lviv\" >Lviv<\/a>); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Estonia\" >Flag of Estonia<\/a>, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Estonia\" >Republic of Estonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: A mine explodes and sinks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMHS_Britannic\" >HMHS <em>Britannic<\/em><\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aegean_Sea\" >Aegean Sea<\/a>, killing 30 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong>Sailors onboard Brazil\u2019s most powerful military units, including the brand-new warships <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes\" ><em>Minas Geraes<\/em><\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_battleship_S%C3%A3o_Paulo\" ><em>S\u00e3o Paulo<\/em><\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_cruiser_Bahia\" ><em>Bahia<\/em><\/a>, violently rebel in what is now known as the <em>Revolta da Chibata<\/em> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolt_of_the_Lash\" >Revolt of the Lash<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\" >Albert Einstein<\/a>\u2018s paper, \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu\/vol2-trans\/186\" >Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?<\/a>\u201c, is published in the journal <em>Annalen der Physik<\/em>. This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence\" >mass\u2013energy equivalence<\/a> formula <em>E<\/em>\u00a0=\u00a0<em>mc<\/em>\u00b2.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Albert Einstein:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/albert-einstein\" >ALBERT EINSTEIN \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1900s\/qt\/relativity.htm\" >Einstein Proposes His Theory of Relativity \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/scitech\/SciRefGuides\/einstein.html\" >The <em>Annus Mirabilis<\/em> of Albert Einstein \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>On Einstein\u2019s 1905 Papers:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/electronics-blogs\/edn-moments\/4401906\/Einstein-paper-outlines-E-mc2--November-21--1905\" >Einstein paper outlines E=mc2, November 21, 1905, by Suzanne Deffree \u2013 EDN Network \u2013 EDN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miniphysics.com\/einsteins-significant-1905-papers.html\" >Einstein\u2019s Significant 1905 papers \u2013 MiniPhysics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Texts of Einstein\u2019s 1905 Papers:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu\/vol2-trans\/100\" >Concerning an Heuristic Point of View Toward the Emission and Transformation of Light. \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu\/vol2-trans\/137\" >On the Movement of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat. \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hermes.ffn.ub.es\/luisnavarro\/nuevo_maletin\/Einstein_1905_relativity.pdf\" >ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MOVING BODIES, by A. Einstein \u2013 June 30, 1905 \u2013 UB.es \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fourmilab.ch\/etexts\/einstein\/E_mc2\/www\/\" >DOES THE INERTIA OF A BODY DEPEND UPON ITS ENERGY CONTENT? ,by A. Einstein \u2013 September 27, 1905<\/a>; <em><strong>or <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lawebdefisica.com\/arts\/e_mc2web\/\" >the same paper on this site: LaWebdeFisica.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1894\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_Arthur,_China\" >Port Arthur, Manchuria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Lushunkou\" >falls to the Japanese<\/a>, a decisive victory of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Sino-Japanese_War\" >First Sino-Japanese War<\/a>, after which Japanese troops are accused of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_Arthur_massacre_%28China%29\" >massacre<\/a> of the remaining inhabitants of the city. (Reports conflict on this subject.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> announces his invention of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonograph\" >phonograph<\/a>, a machine that can record and play sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>Ceasefire begins between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamas\" >Hamas<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaza_Strip\" >Gaza Strip<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Israel-Gaza Conflict in 2012:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/11\/19\/israel-gaza-conflict-2012-civilian-casualties_n_2157437.html\" >Israel-Gaza Conflict 2012: Palestinian Civilian Toll Climbs In Gaza (VIDEO, PHOTOS, LIVEBLOG) \u2013 posted 11\/12\/2012 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/11\/20\/israel-gaza-conflict-2012_n_2164055.html\" >Israel-Gaza Conflict 2012: Rocket Fired Toward Jerusalem From Gaza Land On Outskirts Of Holy City, by Aron Heller \u2013 posted 11.20.2912 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Pillar_of_Defense\" >Operation Pillar of Defense \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ingaza.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/\" >IN GAZA \u2013 NOVEMBER 2012 \u2013 News Archive \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gazaark.org\/2012\/11\/\" >MONTHLY ARCHIVES: NOVEMBER 2012 \u2013 Gaza\u2019s Ark \u2013 GazaArk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7qf6vMLZReE\" >YouTube video (31 sec.): Muslim Aid \u2013 EMERGENCY APPEAL, Gaza November 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angela_Merkel\" >Angela Merkel<\/a> becomes the first female <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chancellor_of_Germany\" >Chancellor of Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Angela Merkel:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/angela-merkel-9406424\" >Angela Merkel (1954- ) \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/%7Ecarve22r\/classweb\/eightwomen\/ambiography.html\" >Angela Merkel Biography \u2013 Eight Women Around the World \u2013 MtHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/sep\/20\/angela-merkel-authorised-biography-kornelius-review\" >Angel Merkel: The Authorised Biography by Stephan Kornelius \u2013 review \u2013 Friday 20 September 2013 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/12\/01\/quiet-german\" >THE QUIET GERMAN \u2013 The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel, the most powerful women in the world. \u2013 NewYorker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/german-elections-blog-2013\/2013\/sep\/10\/angela-merkel-origins-germany-election\" >Six things you didn\u2019t know about Angela Merkel, by Stephan Kornelius in Munich \u2013 Tuesday 10 September 2013 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orange_Revolution\" >Orange Revolution<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a>, resulting from the presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Orange Revolution in Ukraine of 2004:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Orange-Revolution\" >Orange Revolution \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local-life.com\/kiev\/articles\/orange-revolution\" >\u201c<em>The last months of 2004 were certainly an exciting time in Ukraine\u2019s history. Presidential elections were forthcoming, and there was a hotly contested campaign being fought between the two principal candidates, Victor Yanukovych and Victor Yushchenko\u2026..Voter wise Yushchenko was supported by the vast majority of Western Ukraine and much of Ukraine\u2019s younger generation. The campaign was not fought cleanly, with Yushchenko nearly dying of Dioxin poisoning (he survived but was visibly disfigured) widely regarded to be perpetrated by supporters of Yanukovych.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 The Future\u2019s Bright\u2026? \u2013 Local-Life.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/Orange-Revolution-In-Ukraine-584709.html\" >Orange Revolution in Ukraine \u2013 StudyMode.com \u2013 downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-25210230\" >\u201c<em>Ukrainians are back on the streets nine years after the Orange Revolution \u2013 voicing similar aims but with a hardened sense of reality<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Ukraine\u2019s two different revolutions, by Oleg Karpyak \u2013 3 December 2013 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Orange_Revolution\" >Timeline of the Orange Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_shootdown_incident\" >Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident<\/a>: Shortly after takeoff, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DHL_Express\" >DHL Express<\/a> cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=214_1425157269\" >EXCLUSIVE: DHL Airbus A300 Missile Strike and Crash Landing at Baghdad International Airport 11\/22\/2003 (OC) \u2013 LiveLeak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.1001crash.com\/index-page-description-accident-dhl_A300-lg-2-crash-57.html\" >DHL Cargo \u2013 Airbus A2=300-B4 Baghdad, Iraq: 22nd November, 2003 \u2013 1001Crash.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aircraftresourcecenter.com\/Stories1\/001-100\/025_DHLBaghdad\/story025.htm\" >Testimony to an A300B4 \u2013 DHL Missile Incident in Baghdad \u2013 AircraftResourceCenter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aviation-safety.net\/database\/record.php?id=20031122-0\" >\u201c<em>The Airbus, owned by European Air Transport and operated on behalf of DHL, was hit by a SAM-7 surface-to-air missile while climbing through 8000 feet shortly after departure from Baghdad. The missile struck the wing and penetrated the no. 1A fuel tank. Fuel ignited, burning away a large portion of the wing. To make things worse, the plane lost all hydraulics and the pilots had to attempt a landing back at Baghdad Airport<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Aviation Safety Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacewar.com\/2003\/031122095824.bbn0d0oo.html\" >\u201c<em>A civilian plane belonging to international express courier DHL was hit by a SA-7 surface-to-air missile over Baghdad on Saturday forcing it to make an emergency landing<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 DHL plane hit by missile over Baghdad \u2013 BAGHDAD (AFP) \u2013 Nov 22, 2003 \u2013 SpaceWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0jUKJ1RNL5c\" >YouTube video (46 min.): DHL2003 Crash Documentary \u2013 Attack Over Baghdad<\/a>; <em><strong>or <\/strong><\/em>the same video <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PivlLMwPnGM\" >YouTube video (46 min. 44 sec.): Air Crash Investigation Attack Over Baghdad plane crash (Air disaster)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miss_World\" >Miss World<\/a> contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moment_magnitude_scale\" >M<sub>W<\/sub><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995_Gulf_of_Aqaba_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> of 7.3 strikes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Aqaba\" >Gulf of Aqaba<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinai_Peninsula\" >Sinai Peninsula<\/a> and Saudi Arabia, the largest tectonic event in the area for many decades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toy_Story\" >Toy Story<\/a><\/em> is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OmSDg6N59K4\" >YouTube video (1 h. 38 min. 02 sec.): Toy Story (1995) Full Movie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Thatcher\" >Margaret Thatcher<\/a> withdraws from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservative_Party_%28UK%29_leadership_election,_1990\" >Conservative Party leadership election<\/a>, confirming the end of her premiership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>In West <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beirut\" >Beirut<\/a>, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ren%C3%A9_Moawad\" >Ren\u00e9 Moawad<\/a>, killing him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force_Plant_42\" >Palmdale, California<\/a>, the first prototype <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit\" >B-2 Spirit<\/a> stealth bomber is revealed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>Two Chicago television stations are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion\" >hijacked<\/a> by an unknown pirate dressed as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Headroom_%28character%29\" >Max Headroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\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 1981:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1981 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/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><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>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Airways\" >British Airways<\/a> inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concorde\" >Concorde<\/a> service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain\" >Juan Carlos<\/a> is declared <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Spanish_monarchs\" >King of Spain<\/a> following the death of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Franco\" >Francisco Franco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly\" >United Nations General Assembly<\/a> grants the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Liberation_Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization<\/a> observer status.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PLO Permanent Mission to the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/palestineun.org\/\" >Permanent Observer Mission of The State of Palestine to the United Nations New York \u2013 palestineun.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Liberation_Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1991to_now_plo_arafat.php\" >Background: Yasser Arafat and the PLO \u2013 PalestineFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/palestine-liberation-organization.html\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Palestine-Liberation-Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/plo.htm\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/the-middle-east-1917-to-1973\/the-palestinian-liberation-organisation\/\" >The Palestine Liberation Organisation \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/palestineun.org\/about-palestine\/palestine-liberation-organization\/\" >Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medea.be\/en\/countries\/occupied-palestinian-territories\/eu-plo-agreement\/\" >EU-PLO Agreement \u2013 Media.be<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=the+Palestine+Liberation+Organization\" >YouTube videos on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the PLO:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1948to1967_plo_backgd.php\" >Founding the Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 What led to the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/plocov.asp\" >Palestinian National Charter: Resolutions of the Palestine National Council July 1-17, 1968<\/a> \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Terrorism\/plo.html\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/schoolworkhelper.net\/palestinian-liberation-organization-plo-history-formation\/\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): History &amp; Formation \u2013 SchoolWorkHelper.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.mit.edu\/V109\/N2\/israel.02n.html\" >PLO\u2019s history of terrorism is a barrier to peace talks, by Andrew L. Fish \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PLO_in_Lebanon\" >PLO in Lebanon (1960s-1982) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1991to_now_plo_fatah.php\" >What is Fatah? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/palestinian-state.html\" >Palestinian State (proposed) \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcj.org\/site\/PageNavigator\/sfi_about_war_plo\" >Terror Campaigns and Funding of the PLO \u2013 War, Peace &amp; Politics \u2013 International Fellowship of Christians &amp; Jews \u2013 IFCJ.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eretzyisroel.org\/%7Esamuel\/plohistory.html\" >The history of the PLO and the International Legitimization of Terrorism \u2013 EretzYisroel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imninalu.net\/myths-pals.htm\" >The True Identity of the So-called Palestinians \u2013 Myths, Hypothesis and Facts \u2013 Imninal.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_nationalism\" >Palestinian nationalism \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.targetofopportunity.com\/palestinian_truth.htm\" >The Truth About the Palestine People \u2013 TargetOfOpportunity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/westbank\/index_en.htm\" >European Union and the Palestinians \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/18\/world\/europe\/hamas-palestinian-statehood-vote-european-parliament.html?_r=0\" >European Court Reverses Designation of Hamas as a Terrorist Organization \u2013 December 18, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/plohistoryofrevolution\/2009\/07\/200974133438561995.html\" >Chronicling the PLO \u2013 31 Aug 2009 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The Italian Fascist organization <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ordine_Nuovo\" >Ordine Nuovo<\/a> is disbanded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> 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>1967\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<ul>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see <\/em>\u201c<strong>1981 <\/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>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_242\" >UN Security Council Resolution 242<\/a> is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_people\" >Arab<\/a>\u2013<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> peace settlement.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UN SC Resolution 242:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/RES\/242%281967%29\" >UN Security Council Resolution 242 \u2013 S\/RES\/242 (1967)<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> see the same text on the following sites: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sixdaywar.org\/content\/242.asp\" >The Six-Day War \u2013 SixDayWar.org<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastweb.org\/242.htm\" >MidEast Web Historical Documents \u2013 MidEastWeb.org<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jcpa.org\/art\/jid-apx.htm\" >Jerusalem in International Diplomacy \u2013 UN Security Council Resolution 242 \u2013 November 22, 1967 \u2013 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs \u2013 JCPA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Explanations and\/or Pertinent Arguments on UNSC 242:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/United-Nations-Resolution-242\" >United Nations Resolution 242 \u2013 Six-Day War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/UN\/meaning_of_242.html\" >UN Security Council: The Meaning of the Resolution 242 \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defensibleborders.org\/db_rosenneb.pdf\" >Understanding the UN Security Council Resolution 242 of November 22, 1967 on the Middle East, by Dr. Meir Rosenne \u2013 DefensibleBorders.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=603\" >\u201c<em>Resolution 242 was a\u00a0vital\u00a0document\u00a0drafted by the United Nations Security Council, to guide the actions of both the Arabs and Israelis in the\u00a0aftermath of the\u00a01967 Six Day War.\u00a0The Resolution addressed such issues as the withdrawal of Israel\u2019s armed forces from newly occupied areas; the termination of all belligerency and all threats to national sovereignty in the region; and a just settlement of the Palestinian refugee issue<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TEXT AND MEANING OF UN RESOLUTION 242 \u2013 DiscoverTheNetworks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/report-palestinian-security-cooperation-with-israel\/\" >\u201c<em>Set up under the 1993 Oslo Accords, security coordination involves the sharing of intelligence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The PA was also established under Oslo. Before the official signing of the agreement, the two sides had agreed on a \u201cDeclaration of Principles\u201d, which included a pledge from PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat to uphold UN Security Council Resolution 242. That created a framework allowing for Palestinian statehood in exchange for Israeli security<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Report: Palestinian Security Cooperation with Israel \u2013 PalestineChronicle.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mythsandfacts.org\/Conflict\/10\/Resolution-242.pdf\" >Myths and Facts: UN Security Council Resolution 242 \u2013 Adopted November 22, 1967 \u2013 Eli E. Hertz \u2013 MythsAndFacts.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Six-Day War of 1967:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.org\/war.asp\" >The Six-Day War \u2013 sixdaywar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/850855\/Six-Day-War\" >Six-Day War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britanica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.co.uk\/\" >\u201c<em>In 1967 Israel did not wake up one morning and decide to go to war \u2013 she woke up one morning and found she had to defend herself.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 SixDayWar.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/six_day_war_1967.htm\" >The Six Day War \u2013 History Learning Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/six-day-war-begins\" >Six-Day War begins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/the-six-day-war\/\" >The Six-Day War \u2013 My Jewish Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bbcwatch.org\/tag\/six-day-war\/\" >The Archives: Six Day War \u2013 BBC Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ampalestine.org\/index.php\/history\/1967-war\/362-six-day-war-facts\" >Six Day Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dallas\" >Dallas, Texas<\/a>, US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F Kennedy<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy\" >assassinated<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas\" >Texas<\/a> Governor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Connally\" >John Connally<\/a> is seriously wounded. Suspect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Harvey_Oswald\" >Lee Harvey Oswald<\/a> is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Police_officer\" >police officer<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._D._Tippit\" >J. D. Tippit<\/a>. Oswald is shot dead two days later by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Ruby\" >Jack Ruby<\/a> while in police custody. Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a>, becomes President upon Kennedy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>John F Kennedy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-presidents\/john-f-kennedy\" >JOHN F KENNEDY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/john-f-kennedy-9362930\" >John F Kennedy \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.let.rug.nl\/usa\/biographies\/john-f-kennedy\/\" >John Fitzgerald Kennedy Biography \u2013 American History \u2013 Let.Rug.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/JFK\/Life-of-John-F-Kennedy.aspx\" >Life of John F Kennedy \u2013 JOHN F KENNEDY \u2013 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Assassination of John F Kennedy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/john-f-kennedy-assassinated\" >NOV 22, 1963: John F Kennedy assassinated \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/jfk.htm\" >The Assassination of President John F Kennedy, 1963 \u2013 EyeWitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/JFK\/JFK-in-History\/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx?p=2\" >November 22, 1963: Death of the President \u2013 JOHN F KENNEDY \u2013 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/jfk-assassination\/\" >IN DEPTH \u2013 JFK Assassination \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=John+F.+Kennedy\" >YouTube videos on John F Kennedy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Why JFK Killed? Who Killed JFK? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hermes-press.com\/jfk1.htm\" >WHY Was Kennedy Assassinated? \u2013 The Question of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 Hermes-Press.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fff.org\/explore-freedom\/article\/why-was-jfk-assassinated\/\" >WHY WAS JFK ASSASSINATED? ,by Tim Kelly \u2013 March 1, 2013 \u2013 EXPLORE FREEDOM \u2013 FFF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-was-John-F-Kennedy-assassinated\" >Why was John F Kennedy assassinated? \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jfkmurdersolved.com\/jfkwhy.htm\" >THE MURDER OF JFK \u2013 JFK MURDER SOLVED \u2013 JFKMurderSolved.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/coverups.com\/jfk-death\/who-killed-jfk.htm\" >Who Killed Kennedy and Why? \u2013 CoverUp.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whokilledjohnfkennedy.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/who-killed-john-f-kennedy.html\" >Who Killed John F Kennedy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/2550963\/james-files-hitman-jfk-prison-release-conspiracy\/\" >James Files: JFK Murder Conspiracy Theories Resurface As Hitman Who Confessed To Assassination Prepares For Prison Release \u2013 INQUISITR.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jfkassasinationslnb.weebly.com\/november-22-1963.html\" >Background of Assassination \u2013 NOVEMBER 22, 1963 \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123helpme.com\/mystery-of-who-killed-john-f-kennedy-view.asp?id=158176\" >Mystery of Who Killed John F Kennedy \u2013 123HelpMe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1955\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1955_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >(atmospheric)<\/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 1955:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1955_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1955 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; 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>Soviet Atmospheric Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovatmtest.html\" >Soviet Atmospheric Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/ussrnuks.shtml\" >USSR Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Database \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\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.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><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>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><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>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Humane_Society_of_the_United_States\" >The Humane Society of the United States<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a> gains independence from France.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lebanon\" >History of Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lgic.org\/en\/history.php\" >History of Lebanon \u2013 LGIC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/lebanon-country-asia-history.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/lebanon\/history\" >Lebanon \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/asian-history\/history-of-lebanon.htm\" >History of Lebanon \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lebanon\/3.htm\" >History \u2013 Lebanon \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Lebanon\" >History of Lebanon \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/lebanon\/history.htm\" >Lebanon \u2013 History \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/1400004\/Lebanon-A-brief-history.html\" >Lebanon: A brief history \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14649284\" >Lebanon profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/le.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lebanon\/\" >Lebanon \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 UN Data \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/lebanon.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/lebanon\/index.html\" >Lebanon \u2013 News Coverage \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14647308\" >Lebanon country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Lebanon\" >Foreign relations of Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lebanon\/100.htm\" >FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Lebanon \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/lebanon\/ri362\" >Lebanon \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghazi.de\/foreign.html\" >Foreign Relations \u2013 Politics in Lebanon \u2013 GHAZI.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35833.htm\" >US Relations With Lebanon \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/lebanon\/renewed-conflict-lebanon\/p33083\" >Renewed Conflict in Lebanon: Contingency Planning Memorandum No.22, by Mona Yakoubian \u2013 June 2014 \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Lebanon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Lebanon\" >Economy of Lebanon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/lebanon\" >Economy of Lebanon \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/lebanon\" >Lebanon \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo_Conference\" >Cairo Conference<\/a>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D Roosevelt<\/a>, British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\" >Winston Churchill<\/a>, and Chinese Premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiang_Kai-shek\" >Chiang Kai-shek<\/a> meet in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo\" >Cairo<\/a>, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cairo Conferences of November 22-26, and December 3-6, 1943:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1943\/11\/22\/cairo-conference-is-held\" >NOV 22, 1943: Cairo Conference is held \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Cairo-Conference\" >Cairo Conference \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/cairo-conference.html\" >Cairo Conference \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/world-war-ii\/cairo-conferences.htm\" >Cairo Conferences \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/sp1943-44\/chapter16.htm\" >CHAPTER XVI: Cairo-Tehran A Goal Is Reached: November \u2013 December 1943 \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Cairo_Conference\" >Second Cairo Conference \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Cairo Conference Communique:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/cairo.asp\" >Cairo Conference November 1943, released December 1, 1943 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><em>; the same text on these websites:<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/taiwandocuments.org\/cairo.htm\" >Cairo Conference 22-26 November 1943 \u2013 TaiwanDocuments.org<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pha\/policy\/1943\/431201a.html\" >CAIRO CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 1943, released December 1, 1943 (Dept. of State Bulletin, Vol. IX, p.393) \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Cairo Conference Communique:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/us-treaties\/bevans\/m-ust000003-0864.pdf\" >SECOND CAIRO CONFERENCE, 1943 \u2013 Communiqu\u00e9 released December 6, 1943 \u2013 LOC.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Stalingrad\" >Battle of Stalingrad<\/a>: General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Paulus\" >Friedrich Paulus<\/a> sends <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telegraphy\" >telegram<\/a> saying that the German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/6th_Army_%28Wehrmacht%29\" >6th Army<\/a> is surrounded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: Following the initial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greco-Italian_War\" >Italian invasion<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Greece\" >Greek<\/a> troops counterattack into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%E2%80%9343%29\" >Italian-occupied Albania<\/a> and capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB\" >Korytsa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Clipper\" >China Clipper<\/a><\/em>, the first plane to offer commercial transpacific air service, takes off from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Clipper_flight_departure_site\" >Alameda, California<\/a>, for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manila\" >Manila<\/a>, a week later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Mina%27a_SC\" >Al-Mina\u2019a SC<\/a> was founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The premier performance of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Ravel\" >Ravel<\/a>\u2018s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bol%C3%A9ro\" >Bol\u00e9ro<\/a><\/em> takes place in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1908\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_Manastir\" >Congress of Manastir<\/a> establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albanian_alphabet\" >Albanian alphabet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Albanian Language:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Languages_of_Albania\" >Languages of Albania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albanian_language\" >Albanian language \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Albanian-language\" >Albanian language \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/albanian.htm\" >Albanian (shiqip \/ gjuha shqipe) \u2013 Omniglot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/albanianlanguage.net\/\" >The Albanian Language, by Robert Elsie \u2013 AlbanianLanguage.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lmp.ucla.edu\/Profile.aspx?LangID=36&amp;menu=004\" >\u201c<em>The Albanian language belongs to the eastern group of the Indo-European family, along with the Indo-Iranian languages, Balto-Slavonic languages and the Armenian language<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Albanian \u2013 UCLA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/cola\/centers\/lrc\/general\/ie-lg\/Albanian.html\" >Indo-European Languages \u2013 Balkan Group: Albanian, by Austin Simmons and Jonathan Slocum \u2013 UTexas.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1869\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dumbarton\" >Dumbarton<\/a>, Scotland, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clipper\" >clipper<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cutty_Sark\" >Cutty Sark<\/a><\/em> is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Spring\" >Arab Spring<\/a>: After 11 months of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Yemeni_uprising\" >protests in Yemen<\/a>, Yemeni president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh\" >Ali Abdullah Saleh<\/a> signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Arab Spring:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impact_of_the_Arab_Spring\" >Impact of the Arab Spring \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.cornell.edu\/arab_spring\" >Arab Spring: A Research &amp; Study Guide \u2013 Cornell University Library \u2013 Cornell.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/humanrightsdemocracy\/a\/Definition-Of-The-Arab-Spring.htm\" >What is the Arab Spring? \u2013 Middle East Uprisings in 2011 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/arab-spring.html\" >Arab Spring \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/humanrightsdemocracy\/a\/Definition-Of-The-Arab-Spring.htm\" >Definition of the Arab Spring \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/12\/17\/143897126\/the-arab-spring-a-year-of-revolution\" >The Arab Spring: A Year of Revolution \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Arab-Spring\" >Arab Spring \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/jan\/16\/leader-2-arab-spring-tunisia-egypt\" >The Arab Spring, made in Tunisia, broken in Egypt \u2013 January 16, 2014 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-30003865\" >Who are the winners and losers of the Arab Spring? \u2013 12 November 2014 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.almanar.com.lb\/english\/adetails.php?eid=45439&amp;cid=31&amp;fromval=1\" >The Arab Spring: The Root Causes? , by Hamze Abbas Jamoul \u2013 Almanar.com.lb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2012\/12\/the-arab-spring-descends-into-islamist-winter-implications-for-us-policy\" >The Arab Spring Descends into Islamist Winter: Implications for US Policy, by James Philips \u2013 December 2012 \u2013 Heiratage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/interactive\/2011\/mar\/22\/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline\" >Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests \u2013 March 22, 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetower.org\/article\/the-real-big-winner-of-the-arab-spring\/\" >The Real Big Winner of the Arab Spring, by Gabriel Scheinmann \u2013 October 2013 \u2013 TheTower.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/01\/02\/144489844\/timeline-the-major-events-of-the-arab-spring\" >Timeline: The Major Events in the Arab Spring \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Arab_Spring\" >Timeline of the Arab Spring \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Arab Spring and the CIA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/its-official-arab-spring-subversion-u-s-funded\/\" >It\u2019s Official: \u201cArab Spring\u201d Subversion US Funded \u2013 April 15, 2011 \u2013 Infowars.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tarpley.net\/2011\/06\/20\/cia-fake-arab-spring-becoming-summer-of-war\/\" >The CIA\u2019s Fake \u201cArab Spring\u201d Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of War, by Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. \u2013 June 20, 2011 \u2013 TARPLEY.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aangirfan.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/arab-spring-conspiracy.html\" >THE ARAB SPRING CONSPIRACY \u2013 Sunday, December 25, 2011 \u2013 AANGIRFAN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/dylan-evans\/the-arab-spring-and-the-cia_b_1246230.html\" >The Arab Spring and the CIA \u2013 One Year on, by Dylan Evans \u2013 01\/02\/2012 \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intelinet.org\/sg_site\/articles\/sg_cia_arab_spring.html\" >Did the CIA Miss the Arab Spring, by Servando Gonzalez \u2013 02\/16\/12<\/a>, <\/strong><em>or<\/em><strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intellihub.com\/did-the-cia-miss-the-arab-spring\/\" >the same article on this site IntelliHub.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.finalcall.com\/artman\/publish\/Perspectives_1\/article_8656.shtml\" >The Hijacked Arab Spring, by Ali Baghdadi \u2013 March 16, 2012 \u2013 The Final Call \u2013 FinalCall.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aangirfan.blogspot.hr\/2012\/06\/witnesses-to-houla-cias-arab-spring.html\" >WITNESS TO HOULA, CIA\u2019S ARAB SPRING \u2013 Monday, June 04, 2012 \u2013 AANGIRFAN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/the-cia-mi6-mossad-brotherhood-trick-egypt-with-muslim-trojan-horse\/\" >The CIA-MI6-Mossad Brotherhood Trick Egypt With Muslim Trojan Horse, by Saman Mohammadi \u2013 Monday, June 25, 2012 \u2013 Infowars.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ThearabSpringTheCiaAndCensorship-TheI-revolutionSeriesOnCnn\" >The \u201cArab Spring\u201d, the CIA, and Censorship \u2013 The I-Revolution Series on CNN, and the Control of \u201cNews Media\u201d as Propaganda \u2013 Sept 10, 2012 \u2013 Archive.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/intelnews.org\/tag\/arab-spring\/\" >CIA warned Tunisian officials about murder of opposition politician \u2013 September 23, 2013 \u2013 IntelNews.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/readersupportednews.org\/pm-section\/135-135\/19691-cia-made-the-arab-spring\" >CIA Made the Arab Spring, by JC MacQueen \u2013 Thursday, 03 October 2013 \u2013 ReadersSupportedNews.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stuartjeannebramhall.com\/2014\/01\/18\/the-cia-role-in-the-arab-spring\/\" >The CIA Role in the Arab Spring \u2013 January 18, 2014 \u2013 THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/grondamorin.com\/2015\/11\/07\/arab-spring-and-the-cia\/\" >2011 ARAB SPRING AND THE CIA \u2013 November 7, 2015 \u2013 GrondaMorin.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hubpages.com\/politics\/Arab-Spring-CIA-Construct\" >Arab Spring = CIA Construct? \u2013 HubPages.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ET-yfE5dubc\" >In director and the CIA He plans to the Arab Spring since 2006: YouTube video (2min. 09 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2P6HSRLZgQ\" >Noam Chomsky | Emerging World Order and the Arab Spring: YouTube video (1 h. 01 min. 05 sec.)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Arab+Spring+and+the+CIA\" >Other Pertinent YouTube videos on the Arab Spring and the CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/aug\/28\/arab-spring-intelligence-disaster-scheuer\" >\u201c<em>The Arab spring has \u201cdelighted al-Qaida\u201d and caused \u201can intelligence disaster\u201d for the US and Britain, the former head of the CIA unit in charge of pursuing Osama bin Laden has warned<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Arab Spring created \u2018intelligence disaster\u2019, warns former CIA boss \u2013 Sunday, 28 August 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/posts\/the-arab-spring-and-its-influence-on-al-qaida\" >The Arab Spring and its Influence on Al-Qa \u0340ida \u2013 May 22, 2012 \u2013 COBATING TERRORISM CENTER \u2013 USMA.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Security-Concerns-and-the-Arab-Uprisings.pdf\" >The Arab Spring and al-Qaeda\u2019s Peripheral Infiltration: A Tour d\u2019Horizon, by Michael Shkolnik \u2013 June 25, 2012 \u2013 pdf \u2013 UNAC.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/228\/html\" >Al-Qaeda\u2019s Response to the Arab Spring, by Donald Holbrook \u2013 RESPECTIVES ON TERRORISM \u2013 Vol.6, No. 6 \u2013 TerrorismAnalysts.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/full-comment\/thomas-joscelyn-al-qaeda-and-the-arab-spring\" >Thomas Joscelyn: Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring \u2013 January 11, 2013 \u2013 NationalPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2013\/08\/08\/the-gift\/\" >The Gift: How the Arab Spring turned out to be a win for al Qaeda. , by Marc Lynch \u2013 August 8, 2013 \u2013 ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/counterjihadreport.com\/2014\/01\/07\/how-the-arab-spring-unleashed-al-qaeda\/\" >How the Arab Spring Unleased Al Qaeda \u2013 January 7, 2014 \u2013 CounterJihadReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/former-cia-official-cites-agencys-failure-to-see-al-qaedas-rebound\/2015\/05\/03\/d68e7292-f028-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html\" >Former CIA official cists agency\u2019s failure to see al-Qaeda\u2019s rebound \u2013 by Greg Miller \u2013 May 3, 2015 \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashigtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wealthvest.com\/peter-bergen-on-al-qaeda\/\" >ARAB SPRING AND THE AL QAEDA: PETER BERGEN \u2013 Peter Bergen al Qaeda Interview Full Text \u2013 August 17, 2011 \u2013 WealthVest.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2015\/05\/cia-arab-spring-al-qaeda-150517075517498.html\" >\u2018Arab Spring was really a spring for al-Qaeda\u2019 \u2013 OPINION \u2013 17 May 2015 \u2013 Aljazera.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/AL-Qaeda-Arab-Spring-Ideological-Assessment\/dp\/1500578436\" >Book: <em>Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring: An Ideological Assessment<\/em>, by Naval Postgraduate School \u2013 published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform \u2013 July 2014 \u2013 ISBN-10: 1500578436; ISBN-13: 978-1500578435<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Arab+Spring+and+Al+Qaeda\" >Some Pertinent YouTube videos on the Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Arab Spring and Israel:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/06\/16\/136860807\/a-west-bank-democracy-push-may-be-game-changer\" >What The Arab Spring Means For Israel and Palestine \u2013 June 16, 2011 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/israel-and-the-arab-spring\" >Israel and the Arab Spring, by Lucy kurtzer-Ellenbogen \u2013 May 3, 2011 \u2013 United States Institute for Peace \u2013 ISIP.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2013.presidentconf.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Arab-Spring-Final.pdf\" >Israel in the Wake of the Arab Spring: Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Challenges, by Elle Podeh and Nimrod Goren \u2013 May 2013 \u2013 pdf \u2013 2013.PresidentConf.org.il<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/view\/arab-spring-arab-storm-implications-for-israel\" >Arab Spring, Arab Storm: Implications for Israel, by Dan Schueftan and Michael Singh \u2013 October 24, 2011 \u2013 The Washington Institute \u2013 WashingtonInstute.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hydrablog.csusm.edu\/2011\/05\/israels-palestinian-arab-sprin.html\" >Israel\u2019s Palestine Arab Spring, by Kent Bolton \u2013 May 16, 2011 \u2013 Hydrablog.CSUSM.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/sites\/files\/chathamhouse\/public\/Meetings\/Meeting%20Transcripts\/121211freedland.pdf\" >Israel and the Arab Spring, by Jonathan Freedland and Daniel Levy; Chair by Yossi Mekelberg \u2013 12 December 2011 \u2013 pdf \u2013 ChatmanHouse.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pij.org\/details.php?id=1408\" >Is the Arab Spring Israel\u2019s Winter? , by Menachem Klein \u2013 Vol. 18, No. 1, 2012 \u2013 PALESTINE-ISRAEL JOURNAL \u2013 PIJ.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aish.com\/j\/fs\/The_Arab_Spring_and_the_Israeli_Summer.html\" >Arab Spring Israeli Summer, by Richard Rabkin \u2013 AISH.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Opinion\/Op-Ed-Contributors\/Israel-and-the-Arab-Spring\" >Israel and the Arab Spring \u2013 12\/19\/2012 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post \u2013 JPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/arab-spring-and-israeli-enemy\" >Arab Spring and the Israeli enemy \u2013 Saturday, 6 October 2012 \u2013 ArabNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mitvim.org.il\/israel-and-the-arab-spring\" >Israel and the Arab Spring \u2013 The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies \u2013 MITVIM.org.il<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/honestreporting.com\/idns-092214-arab-spring-arrives-on-israels-doorstep\/\" >The Arab Spring Arrives Israel\u2019s Doorstep \u2013 September 22, 2014 \u2013 HonestReporting.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/06\/20\/5-arab-spring-opportunities-for-israel.html\" >5 Arab Spring Opportunities for Israel \u2013 06.20.13 \u2013 The Daily Beast \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/arab_spring_israeli_isolation\/\" >Arab Spring, Israeli Isolation, by Richard Yavad Heydarian \u2013 October 13, 2011 \u2013 Foreign Policy In Focus \u2013 FPIF.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelemb.org\/washington\/Speakers-Guide\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict-Arab-Spring\/Pages\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict-Arab-Spring.aspx\" >Arab-Israeli Conflict &amp; Arab Spring \u2013 The Embassy of Israel to the United States<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/1.698071\" >Why the Arab Spring Failed: Choosing survival over chaos \u2013 Haaretz.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Anti-Semitic-play-shown-on-Egyptian-TV-341571\" >Egyptian play suggests Mossad behind the Arab Spring \u2013 02\/16\/2014 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post \u2013 JPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/177548\" >Egyptian Play Blames Mossad for Arab Spring, by Elad Benari \u2013 2\/17\/2014 \u2013 IsraelNationalNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europe.newsweek.com\/real-arab-spring-happening-israel-321724?rm=eu\" >THE REAL ARAB SPRING IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL, by Adam Lebor \u2013 4\/13\/2015 \u2013 Newsweek.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-has-been-Mossads-involvement-in-the-Arab-Spring\" >\u201c<em>Let me remind you that the main consequence if the Arab Spring from Israel\u2019s perspective has been the loss of its main ally in the region, Hosni Mubarrak. Another big result was the flow of Islamic extremists to Syria. Most of all, it\u2019s shifted the world\u2019s attention from the Irani nuclear situation, which is a big issue for Israel.<\/em> \u201d \u2013 What has been Mossad involvement in the Arab Spring, by Gil Eyal \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4085419,00.html\" >\u201c<em>Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan doubted the \u2018Arab Spring\u2019 Tuesday and said a Sunni government could succeed that of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which may inhibit Hezbollah<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Dagan doubts the Arab Spring, by Yaov Zitun \u2013 06.21.11 \u2013 YNetNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Yemen and the Arab Spring:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=this+week+in+history+arab+spring+yemen\" >Pertinent Articles on Yemen and the Arab Spring \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asithappens.spaces.wooster.edu\/the-effect-of-arab-spring-on-yemen\/\" >The Effect of the Arab Spring in Yemen \u2013 February 20, 2012 \u2013 Wooster.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharnoffsglobalviews.com\/yemens-arab-spring\/\" >Yemen\u2019s Arab Spring, by Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University \u2013 October 17, 2012 \u2013 SHARNOFF\u2019S GLOBAL VIEWS \u2013 SharnoffsGlobalViews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2015\/01\/yemen-arab-spring-leaderless-nation\/103692\/\" >Yemen: From the Arab Spring to a Leaderless Nation \u2013 DefenseOne.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/26\/world\/asia\/yemen-makes-strides-in-transition-to-democracy.html?_r=0\" >Yemen Making Strides in Transition to Democracy After Arab Spring, by Neil MacFarouhar \u2013 May 25, 2013 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/for-yemens-arab-spring-activists-hope-plummets-as-chaos-deepens\/2015\/02\/26\/ef5c87fe-b78a-11e4-bc30-a4e75503948a_story.html\" >For Yemen\u2019s Arab Spring activists, hope plummets as chaos deepens, by Hugh Maylor \u2013 Feburary 26, 2015 \u2013 The Washington post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Spring#Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Arab Spring \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0030438713000276\" >Yemen and the Arab Spring: Elite Struggles, State Collapse and Regional Security, by Thomas Juneau \u2013 ScienceDirect.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-12482293\" >Arab uprising country by country \u2013 Yemen \u2013 16 December 2013 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Arab_Spring#Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Arab Spring \u2013 SourceWatch.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hereandnow.wbur.org\/2013\/08\/08\/yemen-charles-schmitz\" >A Closer Look at Yemen, Post-Arab Spring \u2013 August 8, 2013 \u2013 Here &amp; Now \u2013 HereAndNow.WBUR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.fanack.com\/yemen\/history-past-to-present\/yemens-arab-spring\/\" >Yemen\u2019s Arab Spring \u2013 CHRONICLE \u2013 Fanack.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yemeni_Revolution#Timeline\" >Timeline of the Yemeni Revolution \u2013 Yemeni Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Yemen:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Yemen\" >History of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yemen-history.html\" >Yemen \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yemen.com\/history-of-yemen\/\" >History of Yemen \u2013 Yemen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yemenweb.com\/History.htm\" >History \u2013 Yemen \u2013 YemenWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Yemen-history.htm\" >History of Yemen \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14704951\" >Yemen profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Yemen:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ym.html\" >Yemen \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/yemen\/p\/me080103.htm\" >Yemen: Country Profile \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/yemen.html\" >Yemen \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14704852\" >Yemen profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Yemen:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Yemen\" >Foreign relations of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/yemen\/ri374\" >Yemen \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35836.htm\" >US Relations With Yemen \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/world\/yemen\" >UK and Yemen \u2013 Gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/tag\/yemen\/\" >Yemen \u2013 Article Archives \u2013 Foreign Policy magazine \u2013 ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Yemen:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Yemen\" >Economy of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yemen-economy.html\" >Yemen \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/yemen-republic\" >Yemen \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yemeneconomy.org\/\" >Yemen Economy Watch \u2013 YemenEconomy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombardment_of_Yeonpyeong\" >Bombardment of Yeonpyeong<\/a>: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maguindanao_massacre\" >Maguindanao massacre<\/a> occurs in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ampatuan,_Maguindanao\" >Ampatuan, Maguindanao<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/23_November_2006_Sadr_City_bombings\" >series of bombings<\/a> kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sadr_City\" >Sadr City<\/a>, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ellen_Johnson_Sirleaf\" >Ellen Johnson Sirleaf<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberian_general_election,_2005\" >elected<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Liberia\" >president of Liberia<\/a> and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Trinity_Cathedral_of_Tbilisi\" >Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi<\/a>, the largest religious building in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_%28country%29\" >Georgia<\/a>, is consecrated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Revolution\" >Rose Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_%28country%29\" >Georgian<\/a> president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eduard_Shevardnadze\" >Eduard Shevardnadze<\/a> resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rose Revolution of Georgia in 2003:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Revolution\" >Rose Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/intell\/ops\/rose.htm\" >Georgia\u2019s \u201cRose Revolution\u201d \u2013 globalsecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/georgians-overthrow-dictator-rose-revolution-2003\" >Georgians overthrow a dictator (Rose Revolution), 2003 \u2013 Nonviolent Action Database \u2013 swarthmore.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/4532539.stm\" >How the Rose Revolution happened \u2013 bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/sites\/default\/files\/sr167.pdf\" >Georgia\u2019s Rose Revolution \u2013 SPECIAL REPORT \u2013 usip.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/georgias-rose-revolution-participants-perspective\" >Georgia\u2019s Rose Revolution: A Participant\u2019s Perspective \u2013 by Giorgi Kandelaki \u2013 July 1, 2006 \u2013 usip.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/legacy_files\/files\/media\/csis\/pubs\/ci.causesroserevolution.03.05.pdf\" >GEORGIA: CAUSES FOR THE ROSE REVOLUTION AND LESSONS FOR DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE \u2013 USAID \u2013 amazonaws.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_on_Cybercrime\" >Convention on Cybercrime<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Budapest\" >Budapest<\/a>, Hungary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961\" >Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961<\/a> is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comoros\" >Comoros<\/a> after running out of fuel, killing 125.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rachel_Whiteread\" >Rachel Whiteread<\/a> wins both the \u00a320,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turner_Prize\" >Turner Prize<\/a> award for best British modern artist and the \u00a340,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K_Foundation_art_award\" >K Foundation art award<\/a> for the worst artist of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The first smartphone, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_Simon\" >IBM Simon<\/a>, is introduced at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COMDEX\" >COMDEX<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Las_Vegas\" >Las Vegas<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada\" >Nevada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>Gunmen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_hijacking\" >hijack<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EgyptAir_Flight_648\" >EgyptAir Flight 648<\/a> while en route from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo\" >Cairo<\/a>. When the plane lands in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egyptian<\/a> commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.<\/p>\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >(underground)<\/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><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1984 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/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><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>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR leave weapon disarmament talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR\u2019s Withdrawal from the Weapon Disarmament Talks:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/Decision%20by%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20to%20discontinue%20the%20current%20round%20of%20negotiations%20in%20Geneva%20on%20intermediate-range%20nuclear%20forces%20%28INF%29.\" >\u201c<em>Decision by the Soviet Union to discontinue the current round of negotiations in Geneva on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF<\/em>).\u201d \u2013 23 Nov 1983 \u2013 NATO Update \u2013 NATO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/control\/inf\/inf-chron.htm\" >\u201c<em>1983 \u2014 November 22-23 U.S. INF DEPLOYMENT The West German Parliament approves Pershing II deployments on November 22. The first U.S. INF missiles arrive in Europe the next day, and the Soviet delegation walks out of the INF negotiations in Geneva. The United States offers to resume thetalks whenever the Soviets are willing to return, but the talks remain suspended until March 12, 1985<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces [INF] Chronology \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/pubs\/fs\/85895.htm\" >\u201c<em><strong>November 1983: Breakdown of INF Talks <\/strong><\/em><em>\u2013 On November 15, 1983, the United States proposed that the two sides agree to an equal global ceiling of 420 LRINF warheads, although it continued to express a preference for the elimination of such missiles. However, the Soviets left the talks on November 23, in response to the initiation of U.S. LRINF deployments in Western Europe; the United States offered to resume the talks whenever the Soviets wished to return<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 United States Relations with Russia \u2013 US Department of State \u2013 Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\" >Central Intelligence Agency<\/a> the authority to recruit and support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contras\" >Contra<\/a> rebels in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/u-s-history\/textbooks\/boundless-u-s-history-textbook\/the-conservative-turn-of-america-1968-1989-30\/the-reagan-administration-228\/the-iran-contra-scandal-1297-9771\/\" >The Iran-Contra Scandal \u2013 Boundless.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alvaradohistory.com\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/4IranContraAffair.362201823.pdf\" >The Iran-Contra Affair, by Jon Carroll and Ronald Reagan \u2013 AlvaradoHistory.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/walsh\/chap_31.htm\" >Chapter 31 Edwin Meese III: November 1986 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1213&amp;context=curej\" >Evidence and Analysis: The Iran-Contra Affair As seen through American, Middle Eastern, and Soviet news sources, by Devin Chavira \u2013 1-1-2004 \u2013 UPenn.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780700620364\" >Iran-Contra: Reagan\u2019s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, by Malcolm Byrne \u2013 2014 \u2013 JHU.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980_Irpinia_earthquake\" >A series of earthquakes<\/a> in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dublin\" >Dublin<\/a>, Ireland, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army<\/a> member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_McMahon_%28Irish_republican%29\" >Thomas McMahon<\/a> is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma\" >Lord Mountbatten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Irish Republican Army (IRA)\/Provisional Republican Army (PIRA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/separatist-terrorism\/provisional-irish-republican-army-ira-aka-pira-provos-oglaigh-na-heireann-uk-separatists\/p9240\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) (aka, PIRA, \u201cthe provos,\u201d \u00d3glaigh na h\u00c9ireann) (UK separatists) \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations, by Kathryn Gregory \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/ira.htm\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA), Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) the Provos Direct Action Against Drugs (DADD) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army \u2013 Military.Wikia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/static\/in_depth\/northern_ireland\/2001\/provisional_ira\/\" >Provisional IRA: War, ceasefire, endgame? \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/search\/provisional%20irish%20republican%20army\" >PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY \u2013 Tumblr.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Irish-Republican-Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/irish-republican-army\/\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 News Archives \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/groupsleader1\/p\/IRA.htm\" >Guide to the Irish Republican Army \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Irish-Republican-Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/irish-republican-army.html\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/ira.htm\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA) \u2013 Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) \u2013 the Provos \u2013 Direct Action Against Drugs (DADD) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/groupsleader1\/p\/IRA.htm\" >Guide to the Irish Republican Army \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emich.edu\/cerns\/downloads\/papers\/PoliceStaff\/Unsorted\/Irish%20Republican%20Army.pdf\" >Terrorism \u2013 Irish Republican Army, by Michele Koznicki, Corey Willett, Michal Griffin, Eric Manley, and Ronald Matten \u2013 Eastern Michigan University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>IRA\u2019s Terrorism:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London#Irish_republican_attacks_during_.22the_Troubles.22\" >Irish republican attacks during the \u201cTroubles\u201d \u2013 List of terrorist incidents in London \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldreportnews.com\/europe-archived\/terrorism-and-the-ira-methodologies-and-context\" >Terrorism and the IRA: Methodologies and Context \u2013 WorldReportNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chronology_of_Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_actions_%281990%E2%80%9399%29\" >Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990-99) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2005\/jul\/07\/terrorism.july73\" >London past terror attacks \u2013 Thursday, 7 July 2005 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/terrorism-in-the-uk\/11071080\/IRA-terror-suspects-to-lose-immunity-from-prosecution.html\" >IRA terror suspects to lose immunity from prosecution \u2013 2 Sep 2014 \u2013 TheTelegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.prisonplanet.com\/index.php?topic=178608.35;wap2\" >New 7\/7 London Bombings Documentary \u2013 PrisonPlanet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.stedwards.edu\/craigc-culf331111fa2014\/group-europe\/the-gunpowder-plot\/\" >IRA Terrorism \u2013 Global Issues on Terrorism \u2013 Fall 2014 \u2013 Stedwards.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism09.wikispaces.com\/Irish+Republican+Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 History Assignment: Terrorism in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century, by Luke Styles and Tom Nicol \u2013 WikiSpaces.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/96\/html\" >The Impact of Terrorism on Democracy in Northern Ireland, by Alex Schmidt \u2013 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM \u2013 TerrorismAnalysists.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trackingterrorism.org\/group\/irish-republican-army-ira\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA) \u2013 TERRORISM RESEARCH &amp; ANALYSIS CONSORTIUM \u2013 TrackingTerrorism.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Great_Britain\" >List of terrorism incidents in Great Britain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/1982170\/posts\" >Irish Terrorism goes to Islamic (IRA and Muslim terrorists) \u2013 3\/7\/2008 \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the IRA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/irishistory.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/08\/history-of-irish-republican-army-irish.html\" >History of the Irish Republican Army \u2013 Irish History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/history-of-the-irish-republican-army-history-essay.php\" >History of the Irish Republican Army History Essay \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/history-of-the-irish-republican-army\" >History of the Irish Republican Army \u2013 Video \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sinn F\u00e9in:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.ie\/\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rsfnational.wordpress.com\/\" >National Website of Republican Sinn F\u00e9in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.org\/documents.html\" >OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES \u2013 SINN F\u00c9IN \u2013 SinnFein.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/ira\/\" >THE IRA &amp; SINN FEIN \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/sinn-fein.html\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >History of Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leader_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >Leaders of Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/sinn-fein\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 News Archive \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/s\/sinn_fein\/index.html\" >Sinn Feinn \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/world\/sinn-fein.htm?mediatype=Text\" >Sinn Fein News \u2013 ABC.go.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/keyword\/sinn-fein\" >Articles on Sinn Fein \u2013 Philly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Sinn F\u00e9in:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >History of Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.ie\/history\" >History \u2013 Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corksf.20m.com\/about.html\" >A Brief History of Sinn Fein \u2013 Corks Sinn Fein<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sinn F\u00e9in, IRA and the Catholic Church:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/07\/10\/the-catholic-church-vs-the-ira-hunger-strikers-of-1923\/\" >The Catholic Church vs. the IRA Hunger Strikes of 1923, by Lily Murphy \u2013 July 10, 2015 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5755982\/The_Catholic_Church_and_Revolution_in_Ireland\" >The Catholic Church and the Revolution in Ireland \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2005\/mar\/14\/world\/fg-irish14\" >In Catholic Church Belfast, IRA Becomes Public Enemy \u2013 March 14, 2005 \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2010\/09\/08\/sinn-fein-chief-says-met-catholic-priest-involved-bombing-didnt-discuss.html\" >Sinn Fein chief says he met Catholic priest involved in 1972 bombing, didn\u2019t discuss it \u2013 September 8, 2010 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.spectator.co.uk\/article\/2nd-march-1918\/11\/the-roman-catholic-church-in-ireland-and-sinn-fein\" >THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN IRELAND AND SINN FEIN \u2013 THE SPECTATOR ARCHIVE \u2013 Spectator.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/opinion\/letters\/questions-for-catholic-church-over-sinn-fein-29546185.html\" >Questions for Catholic Church over Sinn Fein \u2013 03\/09\/2013 \u2013 Belfast Telegraph \u2013 BelfastTelegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6cf9miux4cI\" >Gross hypocrisy from DUP\/Sinn Fein and Catholic Church over brutal murder. \u2013 YouTube video (12 min. 17 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1976\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >(underground)<\/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 1976:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1976 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see \u201c<\/em><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<em>\u201d, as mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1976\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> 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>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N1_%28rocket%29\" >N1 rocket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>Representatives of the People\u2019s Republic of China <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_and_the_United_Nations\" >attend<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>, including the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council\" >United Nations Security Council<\/a>, for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/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 \u201c<\/em><strong>1976<\/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>as mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The BBC broadcasts \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/An_Unearthly_Child\" >An Unearthly Child<\/a>\u201d (starring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Hartnell\" >William Hartnell<\/a>), the first episode of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/An_Unearthly_Child\" >the science-fiction television serial of the same name<\/a> and the first episode of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctor_Who\" >Doctor Who<\/a><\/em>, which is now the world\u2019s longest running science fiction drama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_France\" >French President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_de_Gaulle\" >Charles de Gaulle<\/a> declares in a speech in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strasbourg\" >Strasbourg<\/a> his vision for \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_integration\" >Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cocos_Islands\" >Cocos Islands<\/a> are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>French naval bombardment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hai_Phong\" >Hai Phong<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a>, kills thousands of civilians. This was to lead to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Indochina_War\" >First Indochina War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarawa\" >Tarawa<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makin_Atoll\" >Makin<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atolls\" >atolls<\/a> fall to American forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deutsche_Opernhaus\" >Deutsche Opernhaus<\/a> on Bismarckstra\u00dfe in the Berlin neighborhood of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlottenburg\" >Charlottenburg<\/a> is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1961\" >1961<\/a> and be called the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deutsche_Oper_Berlin\" >Deutsche Oper Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Romania\" >Romania<\/a> becomes a signatory of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripartite_Pact\" >Tripartite Pact<\/a>, officially joining the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_powers#Romania\" >Axis powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1939\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\/HMS_Rawalpindi\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Rawalpindi<\/em><\/a> is sunk by the German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battleship\" >battleships<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Scharnhorst\" ><em>Scharnhorst<\/em><\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Gneisenau\" ><em>Gneisenau<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Life_%28magazine%29\" ><em>Life<\/em> magazine<\/a> is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong>\u2013 An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ogaden\" >Ogaden<\/a> discovers an Italian garrison at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walwal\" >Walwal<\/a>, well within <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopian<\/a> territory. This leads to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abyssinia_Crisis\" >Abyssinia Crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_Hubble\" >Edwin Hubble<\/a>\u2018s scientific discovery that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andromeda_Galaxy\" >Andromeda<\/a>, previously believed to be a nebula within our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy\" >galaxy<\/a>, is actually another galaxy, and that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milky_Way\" >Milky Way<\/a> is only one of many such galaxies in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universe\" >universe<\/a>, was first published in a newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_Revolution\" >Mexican Revolution<\/a>: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz\" >Veracruz<\/a>, occupied seven months earlier in response to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tampico_Affair\" >Tampico Affair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johan_Alfred_Ander\" >Johan Alfred Ander<\/a> becomes the last person <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment_in_Sweden\" >to be executed in Sweden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1810\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Booth\" >Sarah Booth<\/a> debuts at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Opera_House\" >Royal Opera House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1808\u00a0 <\/strong>French and Poles defeat the Spanish at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tudela\" >battle of Tudela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1733\u00a0 <\/strong>The start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1733_slave_insurrection_on_St._John\" >1733 slave insurrection on St. John<\/a> in what was then the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danish_West_Indies\" >Danish West Indies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1644\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Milton\" >John Milton<\/a> publishes <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Areopagitica\" >Areopagitica<\/a><\/em>, a pamphlet decrying <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Censorship\" >censorship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1531\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_War_of_Kappel\" >Second War of Kappel<\/a> results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1510\u00a0 <\/strong>First campaign of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Imereti\" >Kingdom of Imereti<\/a> (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kutaisi\" >Kutaisi<\/a> and burn <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gelati_Monastery\" >Gelati Monastery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> signs an interim <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geneva_interim_agreement_on_the_Iranian_nuclear_program\" >agreement<\/a> with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P5%2B1\" >P5+1 countries<\/a>, limiting its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_program_of_Iran\" >nuclear program<\/a> in exchange for reduced <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanctions_against_Iran\" >sanctions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Dhaka_fire\" >A fire<\/a> at a clothing factory in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhaka\" >Dhaka<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh\" >Bangladesh<\/a>, kills at least 112 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_%C3%87ald%C4%B1ran-Muradiye_earthquake\" >\u00c7ald\u0131ran-Muradiye earthquake<\/a> in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agent_Orange\" >Agent Orange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Also see \u201c<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/this-week-in-history-36\/\" >August 10, 1961<\/a><\/em><\/strong> First use in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agent_Orange\" >Agent Orange<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >US Army<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Some Pertinent Information on \u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Agent Orange\u201d:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/agent-orange\" >AGENT ORANGE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Agent_Orange.aspx\" >Agent Orange \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceclarified.com\/A-Al\/Agent-Orange.html\" >Orange Agent \u2013 ScienceClarified.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monsanto.com\/newsviews\/pages\/agent-orange-background-monsanto-involvement.aspx\" >\u201c<em>From 1965 to 1969, the former Monsanto Company was one of nine wartime government contractors who manufactured Agent Orange.\u00a0 The government set the specifications for making Agent Orange and determined when, where and how it was used. Agent Orange was only produced for, and used by, the government<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Agent Orange: Background on Monsanto\u2019s Involvement \u2013 Monsanto.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thewe.cc\/weplanet\/asia\/vietnam\/agent_orange_victims_of-US_herbicide_spraying_vietnam.htm\" >Chemical companies, US authorities knew dangers of Agent Orange \u2013 TheWe.cc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/12\/us\/agent-oranges-long-legacy-for-vietnam-and-veterans.html?_r=0\" >Agent Orange\u2019s Long Legacy, for Vietnam and Veterans \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2003\/mar\/29\/usa.adrianlevy\" >\u201c<em>Nearly 30 years after the Vietnam war, a chemical weapon used by US troops is still exacting a hideous toll on each new generation. Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy report. Hong Hanh is falling to pieces. She has been poisoned by the most toxic molecule known to science; it was sprayed during a prolonged military campaign\u2026.. There are an estimated 650,000 like Hong Hanh in Vietnam, suffering from an array of baffling chronic conditions. Another 500,000 have already died<\/em>. \u201d \u2013 Spectre Orange \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/links.org.au\/node\/2457\" >Victims of Agent Orange\/dioxin: \u2018Agent Orange in Vietnam was a crime against humanity\u2019 \u2013 Links.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/exposures\/agentorange\/\" >Public Health \u2013 Agent Orange \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.benefits.va.gov\/compensation\/claims-postservice-agent_orange.asp\" >Compensation \u2013 Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/exposures\/agentorange\/conditions\/index.asp\" >Veterans\u2019 Diseases Associated with Agent Orange \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetes.org\/living-with-diabetes\/complications\/related-conditions\/agent-orange.html\" >\u201c<em>Vietnam veterans with type 2 diabetes are eligible for disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) based on their presumed exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides<\/em>. \u2013 Agent Orange \u2013 Diabetes.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/cancercauses\/othercarcinogens\/intheworkplace\/agent-orange-and-cancer\" >Agent Orange and Cancer \u2013 Cancer.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/agent-orange\/\" >Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemical Accuse VA Of Foot-Dragging \u2013 Agent Orange \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/agentorangerecord.com\/agent_orange_history\/\" >AMERICA\u2019S MOST LETAH SEVRET AGENT? \u2013 AgentOrangeRecord.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/agentorangezone.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/veterans-and-human-rights-attorneys.html\" >Orange Agent Zone \u2013 Veterans and Human Rights Attorneys Seek Information Weapons Use in Iraq \u2013 October 27, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Chemical Weapons and International Law:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemical_Weapons_Convention\" >Chemical Weapons Convention \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/WMD\/Chemical\/\" >CHEMICAL WEAPONS \u2013 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/disarmament.un.org\/treaties\/t\/cwc\/text\" >Full Text of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Us of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (signed 3 September 1992; effective 29 April 1997)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/disarmament.un.org\/treaties\/t\/cwc\" >Status of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Us of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/interview\/2013\/07-18-syria-chemical-weapons.htm\" >Chemical weapons: An absolute prohibition under international law \u2013 ICRC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2013\/08\/syria-chemical-weapons-explainer\" >International Law, Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction, by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, 9 May, 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ir.canterbury.ac.nz\/bitstream\/10092\/850\/1\/thesis_fulltext.pdf\" >Can International Law Achieve the Effective Disarmament of Chemical Weapons? ,by Peggy Lefevre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/physiciansforhumanrights.org\/training\/chemical-weapons\/\" >Chemical Weapons Facts \u2013 Physicians for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weaponslaw.org\/weapons\/chemical-weapons\" >Chemical Weapons \u2013 Chemical weapons are generally prohibited by the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention \u2013 WeaponsLaw.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2013\/08\/syria-chemical-weapons-explainer\" >Are Chemical Weapons Reason Enough to Go to War? \u2013 August 30, 2013, MotherJones.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/humanrightsinvestigations.org\/2013\/09\/27\/human-rights-watch-un-chemical-weapons-report\/\" >Human Rights Watch and UN chemical weapons report \u2013 September 27, 2013 \u2013 HumanRightsInvestigations.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Muruora:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/FR-ntests0.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, France: Introduction, by Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.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:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Johanson\" >Donald Johanson<\/a> and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australopithecus_afarensis\" >Australopithecus afarensis<\/a><\/em> skeleton, nicknamed \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucy_%28Australopithecus%29\" >Lucy<\/a>\u201d (after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beatles\" >The Beatles<\/a> song \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds\" >Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds<\/a>\u201c), in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Awash_Valley\" >Awash Valley<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopia<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afar_Depression\" >Afar Depression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>A national speed limit is imposed on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autobahn\" >Autobahn<\/a> in Germany because of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" >1973 oil crisis<\/a>. The speed limit lasts only four months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\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 two tests<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >one in Orenburg, Russia, another in Kostanay, Kazahstan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1972:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1972 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Orenburg:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orenburg#Military\" >Orenburg \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kostanay_Region\" >Kostanay region \u2013 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>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>During a severe thunderstorm over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_%28state%29\" >Washington<\/a> state, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_hijacking\" >hijacker<\/a> calling himself Dan Cooper (aka <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D._B._Cooper\" >D. B. Cooper<\/a>) parachutes from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northwest_Orient_Airlines\" >Northwest Orient Airlines<\/a> plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_12\" >Apollo 12<\/a> command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>\u2013 Bulgarian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TABSO_Flight_101\" >TABSO Flight 101<\/a> crashes near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bratislava\" >Bratislava<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic\" >Czechoslovakia<\/a>, killing all 82 people on board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobutu_Sese_Seko\" >Joseph-D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Mobutu<\/a> seizes power in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_the_Congo_%28L%C3%A9opoldville%29\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> and becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heads_of_state_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >President<\/a>; he rules the country (which he renames <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zaire\" >Zaire<\/a> in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>In the first live, televised murder, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Harvey_Oswald\" >Lee Harvey Oswald<\/a>, the assassin of President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F Kennedy<\/a>, is murdered two days after the assassination, by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Ruby\" >Jack Ruby<\/a> in the basement of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dallas\" >Dallas<\/a> police department headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Assassination of John F Kennedy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/john-f-kennedy-assassinated\" >NOV 22, 1963: John F Kennedy assassinated \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/jfk.htm\" >The Assassination of President John F Kennedy, 1963 \u2013 EyeWitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/JFK\/JFK-in-History\/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx?p=2\" >November 22, 1963: Death of the President \u2013 JOHN F KENNEDY \u2013 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/jfk-assassination\/\" >IN DEPTH \u2013 JFK Assassination \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=John+F.+Kennedy\" >YouTube videos on John F Kennedy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Why JFK Killed? Who Killed JFK? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hermes-press.com\/jfk1.htm\" >WHY Was Kennedy Assassinated? \u2013 The Question of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 Hermes-Press.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fff.org\/explore-freedom\/article\/why-was-jfk-assassinated\/\" >WHY WAS JFK ASSASSINATED? ,by Tim Kelly \u2013 March 1, 2013 \u2013 EXPLORE FREEDOM \u2013 FFF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-was-John-F-Kennedy-assassinated\" >Why was John F Kennedy assassinated? \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jfkmurdersolved.com\/jfkwhy.htm\" >THE MURDER OF JFK \u2013 JFK MURDER SOLVED \u2013 JFKMurderSolved.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/coverups.com\/jfk-death\/who-killed-jfk.htm\" >Who Killed Kennedy and Why? \u2013 CoverUp.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whokilledjohnfkennedy.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/who-killed-john-f-kennedy.html\" >Who Killed John F Kennedy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/2550963\/james-files-hitman-jfk-prison-release-conspiracy\/\" >James Files: JFK Murder Conspiracy Theories Resurface As Hitman Who Confessed To Assassination Prepares For Prison Release \u2013 INQUISITR.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jfkassasinationslnb.weebly.com\/november-22-1963.html\" >Background of Assassination \u2013 NOVEMBER 22, 1963 \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123helpme.com\/mystery-of-who-killed-john-f-kennedy-view.asp?id=158176\" >Mystery of Who Killed John F Kennedy \u2013 123HelpMe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Berlin\" >West Berlin<\/a> branch of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany\" >Socialist Unity Party of Germany<\/a> forms a separate party, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_West_Berlin\" >Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_Tokyo\" >Bombing of Tokyo<\/a>: The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First Bombing Raid by the US against Tokyo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/u-s-b-29s-raid-tokyo\" >NOV 24, 1944: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: US B29s raid Tokyo \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_raids_on_Japan\" >Air raids on Japan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2cartoons.org\/nov-1944-mariana-victories-put-japan-in-bombing-range\/\" >1944 \u2013 Mariana victories put Japan in bombing range \u2013 Aunt Ethel\u2019s War \u2013 WW2Cartoons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/b-29.org\/73BW\/497BG\/dauntless-dotty\/dotty.html\" >DAUNTLESS DOTTY LED FIRST B-29 RAID ON TOKYO, NOVEMBER 24, 1944 \u2013 B29.ORG<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ethistory.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/november-24-1944daylight-raid-on-tokyo.html\" >\u201c<em>Washington, Nov. 24. \u2014 One hundred or more B-29 Superfortresses, officially opening a two-pronged air offensive to soften Japan for invasion, bombed Tokyo by daylight today, (Tokyo Time) and the enemy admitted factories and other important installations had been damaged<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 OFFICALLY OPEN TWO PRONGED DRIVE SOFTEN TO JAPAN, by Fred Scherff \u2013 November 24, 1944: DAYLIGHT RAID ON TOKYO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Liscome_Bay_%28CVE-56%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Liscome Bay<\/em><\/a> is torpedoed near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarawa\" >Tarawa<\/a> and sinks, killing 650 men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The United States grants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lend-Lease\" >Lend-Lease<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_French_Forces\" >Free French Forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovak_Republic_%281939%E2%80%9345%29\" >First Slovak Republic<\/a> becomes a signatory to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripartite_Pact\" >Tripartite Pact<\/a>, officially joining the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_powers#Slovakia_.28Tiso_regime.29\" >Axis powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>First Slovak Republic:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/self.gutenberg.org\/articles\/First_Slovak_Republic\" >FIRST SLOVAK REPUBLIC \u2013 Self.Gutenberg.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/slovak_republic_history.html\" >\u201c<em>Then, in March 1939 Germany invaded what remained of Bohemia and Moravia and established a German protectorate. Slovakia had already declared its independence on March 14, 1939, and had become a Nazi German puppet state led by Jozef Tiso<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Slovak Republic History \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/axisslovakia.tumblr.com\/post\/123273147487\/vojtech-tuka-pm-of-the-first-slovak-republic-at\" >Prv\u00e1 Slovaki\u00e1 Republika \u2013 TUMBLR.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quazoo.com\/q\/Slovak_Republic_%281939-1945%29\" >Slovak Republic (1939-1945) \u2013 Quazoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovak_Republic_%281939%E2%80%9345%29\" >\u201c<em>The (<\/em><strong><em>First<\/em><\/strong><em>) <\/em><strong><em>Slovak Republic<\/em><\/strong><em> (Slovak: [prv\u00e1] Slovensk\u00e1 republika) otherwise known as the <\/em><strong><em>Slovak State<\/em><\/strong><em> (Slovak: Slovensk\u00fd \u0161t\u00e1t) was a client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945. It controlled the majority of the territory of present-day Slovakia, but without its current southern and eastern parts, which then formed part of Hungary. The Republic bordered Germany, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Poland \u2013 and subsequently the General Government (German-occupied remnant of Poland) \u2013 and Hungary<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Slovak Republic (1939-1945) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Slovakia and Jews:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10007324\" >The Holocaust in Slovakia \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/slovakia.html\" >Slovakia \u2013 The Virtual Jewish World \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library \u2013 JewishVirtualLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org\/slovakia\/index.html\" >Slovakia \u2013 Slovak Republic Jewish Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/nazioccupation\/slovakjews.html\" >The Fate of the Slovak Jews \u2013 Holocaust Education &amp; Archive Research Team \u2013 HolocaustResearchProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/Yizkor\/pinkas_slovakia\/Slo0XI.html\" >A Brief History of Slovakian Jewry \u2013 JewishGen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishwebindex.com\/slovakia.htm\" >Slovakia \u2013 Jewish Web Index \u2013 JewishWebIndex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cjh.org\/pdfs\/Czech-Slovak.pdf\" >Czech and Slovak Republics: Jewish Family History Research Guide \u2013 CJH.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Slovakia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Slovakia\" >History of Slovakia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovakia.org\/history.htm\" >Slovakia \u2013 History \u2013 Slovakia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovak-republic.org\/history\/\" >History \u2013 Slovak Republic \u2013 Slovak-Republic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovakiasite.com\/history.php\" >History of Slovakia \u2013 SlovakiaSite.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/slovakia\/history\" >Slovakia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/slovakia-history.html\" >Slovakia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/slovakia.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF SLOVAKIA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovakia.org\/history-summary.htm\" >An Overview of the Major Events in Slovak History \u2013 Slovakia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fcsla.org\/slovak.shtml\" >The Culture and History of Slovakia \u2013 First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association \u2013 FCSLA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Sa-Th\/Slovakia.html\" >Culture of Slovakia \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/People\/History_of_Slovakia\" >History of Slovakia \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovak-jewish-heritage.org\/history-of-jews-in-slovakia.html\" >An Overview of the History of Jews in Slovakia \u2013 Slovak-Jewish-Heritage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iabsi.com\/gen\/public\/history.htm\" >Slovak History for Genealogical Researchers \u2013 IABSI.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senegalese_Socialist_Party\" >Senegalese Socialist Party<\/a> holds its second congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>In Washington, DC, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\" >FBI<\/a> Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FBI_Crime_Lab\" >FBI Crime Lab<\/a>) officially opens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>Nine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" >Irish Republican Army<\/a> members are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executions_during_the_Irish_Civil_War#The_first_executions_and_reprisals\" >executed<\/a> by an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Free_State\" >Irish Free State<\/a> firing squad. Among them is author <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Erskine_Childers\" >Robert Erskine Childers<\/a>, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milwaukee\" >Milwaukee<\/a>, nine members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milwaukee_Police_Department\" >Milwaukee Police Department<\/a> are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_11_attacks\" >September 11 attacks<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001\" >2001<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Sewell\" >Anna Sewell<\/a>\u2018s classic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_welfare\" >animal welfare<\/a> novel <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Beauty\" >Black Beauty<\/a><\/em> is published.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Darwin\" >Charles Darwin<\/a> publishes <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_the_Origin_of_Species\" >On the Origin of Species<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1850\u00a0 <\/strong>Danish troops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Lottorf\" >defeat<\/a> a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schleswig-Holstein\" >Schleswig-Holstein<\/a> force in the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lottorf\" >Lottorf<\/a>, Schleswig-Holstein.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1642\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abel_Tasman\" >Abel Tasman<\/a> becomes the first European to arrive at the island <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Van_Diemen%27s_Land\" >Van Diemen\u2019s Land<\/a> (later renamed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tasmania\" >Tasmania<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tasmanian Aboriginal People:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aboriginal_Tasmanians\" >Aboriginal Tasmanians \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboriginalartonline.com\/regions\/tasmania.php\" >Tasmanian Aboriginal People and History \u2013 AboriginalArtOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Tasmanian Genocide<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/aboriginalgenocide\/\" >Aboriginal Genocide \u2013 Google.com\/site\/aboriginalGenocide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pyramidofhate410.wiki.hhh.k12.ny.us\/Tasmanian+Genocide\" >\u201c\u2018Don\u2019t let them cut me up, but bury me behind the mountains.\u2019 \u2013 <em>Truganini, the last Tasmanian.<\/em> <em>In this quote, Truganani, the last living full blooded Tasmanian, is begging to be buried in her homeland when she dies. It was a custom in Tasmania for the dead to be buried where they were born. But Truganini was instead buried in Hobart and eventually exhumed. Her body was displayed in a museum until the 1900s when a lot of fuss finally allowed her ashes to be scattered in Tasmania.\u201d <\/em>\u2013 The Tasmanian Genocide (1817-1876) \u2013 Tasmanian Genocide \u2013 PyramidOfHate410<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/tom-lawson\/british-genocide-tasmania\" >\u201c<em>The question of whether indigenous Australians were victims of genocide has caused great angst in Australian politics and culture. Wide-ranging public debates \u2013 known as the History Wars \u2013 took place throughout the country in the 1990s and early 2000s about the historical treatment of indigenous peoples, which centred on whether that treatment amounted to genocide and, crucially, what that would mean for current community relations. In Britain such debates were viewed with curiosity, a society on the other side of the world going through a process of coming to its terms with its past, as if that was nothing to do with us<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 A British Genocide in Tasmania, by Tom Lawson \u2013 History Today Volume 64 Issue 7 July 2014 \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/combatgenocide.org\/?page_id=146\" >\u201c<em>For 10,000 years the population of the island of Tasmania lived in complete isolation from the rest of humanity. In 1803 the government of Britain began to settle Australia with criminals. 73 years later the last Tasmanian died. This completed the total annihilation of the residents of Tasmania 6,000 in total, by the Australian settlers<\/em>.\u201d<strong> \u2013 <\/strong>THE TASMANICAN GENOCIDE \u2013 THE COMBAT GENOCIDE ASSOCIATION \u2013 CombatGenocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theanarchistlibrary.org\/library\/anonymous-tasmanian-genocide\" >Tasmanian Genocide \u2013 Anonymous \u2013 TheAnarchistLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/pm\/stories\/s746130.htm\" >\u201c<em>In a book launched this week, Keith Windschuttle argues that the genocide was a myth, which began as a vendetta against Van Diemen Land\u2019s Governor George Arthur, and has been perpetuated by historians ever since\u2026.He argues only 118 Tasmanian Aborigines were killed directly by the British. The rest died from a lethal cocktail of introduced diseases<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Historian dismisses Tasmanian aboriginal genocide \u201cmyth\u201d \u2013 PM \u2013 Thursday, 12 December 2002 \u2013 ABC.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2002\/oct\/14\/australia.features11\" >\u201c<em>Yet while European notions of blood are not as catholic in their liberating possibilities for identity as initiation into the Law, it is in these notions of blood which denied Tasmanians their identity for so long, that Aboriginal Tasmanians now find themselves writhing in a new torment. A people who suffered so completely from a racist ideology, and whose very existence was denied for over a century, now have to face once more their recurrent, mocking fate: the derision of a world that, in the end, still thinks they don\u2019t exist<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Lost Tribe \u2013 October 14, 2002 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/25482686?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" >From Terror to Genocide: Britain\u2019s Tasmanian Penal Colony and Australia\u2019s History Wars, by Benjamin Madley \u2013 JSTOR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Today is the <\/strong><\/em><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/endviolenceday\/\" >INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMIATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN<\/a><\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/54\/134\" >A\/RES\/54\/134<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Jeddah_floods\" >Jeddah floods<\/a>: Freak rains swamp the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeddah\" >Jeddah<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" >Saudi Arabia<\/a>, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyclone_Nisha_%282008%29\" >Cyclone Nisha<\/a> strikes northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000_Baku_earthquake\" >2000 Baku earthquake<\/a>, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baku\" >Baku<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a>, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Day_for_the_Elimination_of_Violence_against_Women\" >International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women<\/a> to commemorate the murder of three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirabal_sisters\" >Mirabal sisters<\/a> for resistance against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rafael_Trujillo\" >Rafael Trujillo<\/a> dictatorship in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_storm\" >ice storm<\/a> strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a> and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Assembly_of_Czechoslovakia\" >Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia<\/a> votes to split the country into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czech_Republic\" >Czech Republic<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovakia\" >Slovakia<\/a>, with effect from January 1, 1993.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typhoon_Nina_%281987%29\" >Typhoon Nina<\/a> pummels the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale\" >category 5 winds<\/a> of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Fahd_Causeway\" >King Fahd Causeway<\/a> is officially opened 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\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: U.S. Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_Meese\" >Edwin Meese<\/a> announces that profits from covert weapons sales to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> were illegally diverted to the anti-communist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contras\" >Contra<\/a> rebels in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Iran-Contra Affair:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/iran-contra-connection-revealed\" >NOV 25, 1986: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Iran-Contra connection revealed \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/u-s-history\/textbooks\/boundless-u-s-history-textbook\/the-conservative-turn-of-america-1968-1989-30\/the-reagan-administration-228\/the-iran-contra-scandal-1297-9771\/\" >The Iran-Contra Scandal \u2013 Boundless.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alvaradohistory.com\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/4IranContraAffair.362201823.pdf\" >The Iran-Contra Affair, by Jon Carroll and Ronald Reagan \u2013 AlvaradoHistory.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/walsh\/chap_31.htm\" >Chapter 31 Edwin Meese III: November 1986 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1213&amp;context=curej\" >Evidence and Analysis: The Iran-Contra Affair As seen through American, Middle Eastern, and Soviet news sources, by Devin Chavira \u2013 1-1-2004 \u2013 UPenn.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780700620364\" >Iran-Contra: Reagan\u2019s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, by Malcolm Byrne \u2013 2014 \u2013 JHU.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>Thirty-six top musicians gather in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Notting_Hill\" >Notting Hill<\/a> studio and record <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Band_Aid_%28band%29\" >Band Aid<\/a>\u2018s \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F\" >Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas?<\/a>\u201d in order to raise money for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Famine_relief\" >famine relief<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Benedict_XVI\" >Pope Benedict XVI<\/a>) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prefect_of_the_Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith\" >Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>Coup in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burkina_Faso\" >Burkina Faso<\/a> abolishes constitution. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrew President Lamizana in a bloodless coup.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Burkina_Faso\" >History of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burkina-faso-history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History -Infopleasec.om<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/burkina-faso\/history\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 LonleyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Burkina-Faso-HISTORY.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac21\" >HISTORY OF BURKINA FASO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/burkina-faso\/history-politics\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.african-volunteer.net\/burkina_faso_history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 African-Volunteer.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/burkina\/history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/african-history\/history-of-burkina-faso.htm\" >History of Burkina Faso \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13072857\" >Burkina Faso country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/uv.html\" >BURKINA FASO \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Burkina%20Faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/p\/af\/ci\/uv\/\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/burkina-faso.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa.com\/burkina-faso\/\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Africa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/burkina_faso.htm\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 NationsOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13072774\" >Burkina Faso country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Foreign relations of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Burkina_Faso\" >List of diplomatic missions in Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2834.htm\" >US Relations With Burkina Faso \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Economy of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burkina-faso-economy.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/burkinafaso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/burkina-faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/burkinafaso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Muruora:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.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:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>Former Senator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benigno_Aquino,_Jr.\" >Benigno Aquino, Jr.<\/a>, is found guilty by the Philippine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_tribunal\" >Military Commission No. 2<\/a> and is sentenced to death by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firing_squad\" >firing squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suriname\" >Suriname<\/a> gains independence from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Papadopoulos\" >George Papadopoulos<\/a>, head of the military <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%9374\" >Regime of the Colonels<\/a> in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners\u2019 coup led by Brigadier General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dimitrios_Ioannidis\" >Dimitrios Ioannidis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>In Japan, author <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yukio_Mishima\" >Yukio Mishima<\/a> and one compatriot commit ritualistic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seppuku\" >seppuku<\/a> after an unsuccessful coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirabal_sisters\" >Mirabal sisters<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a> are assassinated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Sudan\" >French Sudan<\/a> gains <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_entity\" >autonomy<\/a> as a self-governing member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Community\" >French Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>French Sudan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_West_Africa\" >French West Africa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Sudan#Colonial_establishment\" >\u201c<em>French Sudan originally formed as a set of military outposts as an extension of the French colony in Senegal<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Colonial establishment \u2013 French Sudan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/french-sudan.html\" >French Sudan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>French Sudan, Independent as \u201cMali\u201d:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/africa\/mali.html\" >Mali \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crname=Mali\" >Mali \u2013 Data \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mali\" >Mali \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/mali.html\" >Mali \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa.com\/mali\/\" >Mali \u2013 Africa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographia.com\/mali\/\" >Exploring Mali \u2013 Geographia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13881370\" >Mali country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Mali:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Mali\" >Foreign relations of Mali \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2828.htm\" >US Relations with Mali \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/mali\/ri196\" >Mali \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/mali\/index_en.htm\" >EU Relations with Mali \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/features\/focac\/183436.htm\" >Mali and China \u2013 China.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mali%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Mali \u2013 Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/sid_FCDD90907B2F4172D17553BAC313F95F\/EN\/Aussenpolitik\/Laender\/Laenderinfos\/01-Nodes\/Mali_node.html\" >Mali and Germany \u2013 Federal Foreign Office of Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Mali and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/mali\/\" >The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mali to the United Nations, New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/5C326E8AD68E3269C1256F4100451FEC?OpenDocument\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mali to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ncsp.undp.org\/country\/mali\" >Mali \u2013 National Communications Support Programme (NCSP) \u2013 UNDP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Countries\/AFRICARegion\/Pages\/MLIndex.aspx\" >Mali \u2013 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/childrenandarmedconflict.un.org\/countries\/mali\/\" >Mali \u2013 UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US\u2013Mali Military Relations\/Cooperation:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/02\/18\/us-mali-rebels-us-idUSBRE91H0Q620130218\" >US could resume direct Mali military aid if elections successful, by Pascal Fletcher \u2013 Mon Feb 18, 2013 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/will-the-u-s-go-back-to-training-malis-military-20130816\" >Will US Go Back to Training Mali\u2019s Military? , by John Knefel, \u2013 August 16, 2013 \u2013 RollingStone.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bridgesfrombamako.com\/2014\/04\/21\/how-us-military-assistance-failed\/\" >How US military assistance failed in Mali \u2013 April 21, 2014 \u2013 Bridges from Bamaka<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_of_Mali\" >Military of Mali \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Mali:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Mali\" >History of Mali \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Mali-HISTORY.html\" >Mali \u2013 History \u2013 Nations Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa26\" >HISTORY OF MALI \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/mali\/p\/MaliHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Mali \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/mali\/history\" >Mali \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mali-historical-empire-Africa\" >Mali \u2013 historical empire, Africa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/gah\/mali-empire-ca-1200\" >Mali Empire (ca. 1200 \u2013 ) \u2013 BlackPast.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/mali\/history-politics\" >Mali \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/mali\/mali-conflict-three-things-know\/p29824\" >Mali Conflict: Three Things to Know \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13881978\" >Mali profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Mali:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Mali\" >Economy of Mali \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/mali-economy.html\" >Mali \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Mali-ECONOMY.html\" >Mali \u2013 Economy \u2013 Nations Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/mali\/economy-industry\" >Mali \u2013 Economy &amp; Industry \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africaneconomicoutlook.org\/en\/country-notes\/west-africa\/mali\/\" >Mali \u2013 African Economic Outlook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/mali\/overview\" >Mali \u2013 Country Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/mali\" >Mali \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/mali\" >Mali \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: After 42 days of fighting, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill\" >Battle of Triangle Hill<\/a> ends as American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Triangle_%28Korea%29\" >Iron Triangle<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Korean War in 1952:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/korean-war-2\" >Korean War 1950-1953 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonkent.com\/history\/timelines\/korean_war_1952.htm\" >Korean War Timeline 1952 \u2013 EmersonKent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/korean-war.commemoration.gov.au\/stalemate-in-korean-war-1952-1953\/\" >Stalemate, the War in 1952-1953 \u2013 Overview of the war from 1952 \u2013 Australia\u2019s Involvement in the KOREAN WAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/bioterrorbible\/GOV-TESTS--ATTACKS\/korean-war-1952\" >Korean War (1952) \u2013 Bio Terror Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Battle of Triangle Hill:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1952\/10\/14\/battle-of-triangle-hill\" >Oct 14 to Nov 25 1952 \u2013 Battle of Triangle Hill \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill\" >Battle of Triangle Hill \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/battle-of-triangle-hill-summary\/\" >Battle of Triangle Hill (Summary) \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/415vva.homestead.com\/Mil-Hist-Korea-Battle-of-Triangle-Hill.pdf\" >Korea \u2013 Battle of Triangle Hill \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schiele.us\/battleDetail.asp?n=109\" >Battle of Triangle Hill \u2013 Korean War \u2013 October 14 through October 25, 1952 \u2013 12 Days \u2013 Schiele.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34History12407.html\" >Battle of Triangle Hill: the War in 1952 \u2013 Cultural China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill\" >BATTLE OF TRIANGLE HILL \u2013 World Public Library \u2013 WorldLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ovguide.com\/battle-of-triangle-hill-9202a8c04000641f800000000ab1d4a4\" >Battle of Triangle Hill Video \u2013 OVGuide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearhistory.com\/2011\/10\/14\/futile_battle_on_korea039s_triangle_hill_454.html\" >Futile Battle on Korea\u2019s Triable Hill, by Richard Ecker \u2013 Veterans of Foreign Wars \u2013 October 14, 2011 \u2013 RealClearHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/ndp\/del\/article\/61224005\" >GRIM BATTLE FOR TRIANGLE HILL \u2013 NLA.gov.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Korean War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/korean-war\" >KOREAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/whistlestop\/study_collections\/koreanwar\/index.php\" >Korean War and Its Origins \u2013 Documents \u2013 TrumanLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/alic\/reference\/military\/korean-war.html\" >Military Resources: Korean War \u2013 NARA Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/korean-war-2\" >Korean War, 1951-1953 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1900s\/tp\/The-Korean-War.htm\" >The Korean War: An Overview, by Kennedy Hickman \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Korean-War\" >Korean War \u2013 1950-1953 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/korean-war.html\" >Korean War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Korean_War.aspx\" >Korean War \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/bomb\/peopleevents\/pandeAMEX58.html\" >People &amp; Events \u2013 The Korean War \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/52e.asp\" >The Korean War \u2013 US History.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-world.org\/korean_war.htm\" >KOREAN WAR, edited by R A Guisepi \u2013 History-World.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/coldwar\/korea_hickey_01.shtml\" >The Korean War: An Overview \u2013 History \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/korean-war\/videos\" >KOREAN WAR VIDEOS \u2013 KOREAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/korea\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>The Korean War is the forgotten war of the 20th century. Maybe it was because it took place so soon after the end of of Wolrd War II, or maybe because it ended in a stalment and to this day that stalemate has not been resolved. For whatever reason it was a war that no great movie(other then the TV show Mash) were done about it, there was never much discussion about it. But for the 5,720,000 US troops who served, of which 36,995 died and another 103,235 were wounded it was every bit a war<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/history\/korean-war.htm\" >Korean War News \u2013 ABC.go.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Korean War Timelines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/timeline.html\" >THE KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) \u2013 Timeline \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwar60.com\/timeline-korean-war-events\" >Timeline of the Korean War Events \u2013 KoreanWar60.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shmoop.com\/korean-war\/timeline.html\" >THE KOREAN WAR TIMELINE \u2013 Shmoop.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/korean_war_timeline\/36\/\" >Korean War \u2013Timeline Description \u2013 SoftSchool.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/korean_war_timeline.htm\" >Korean War \u2013 Timeline \u2013 The History Guy \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/us-history\/korean-war\/\" >Korean War \u2013 Pre-Korean War Timeline and the Korean War Timeline \u2013 TotallyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwaronline.com\/arms\/TimeLine.htm\" >KOREAN WAR TIMELINE \u2013 KoreanWarOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agatha_Christie\" >Agatha Christie<\/a>\u2018s murder-mystery play <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mousetrap\" >The Mousetrap<\/a><\/em> opens at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambassadors_Theatre\" >Ambassadors Theatre<\/a> in London. It will become the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_End_theatre#Long-running_shows\" >longest continuously-running play<\/a> in history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>New Zealand ratifies the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statute_of_Westminster_1931\" >Statute of Westminster<\/a> and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Red_Scare\" >Red Scare<\/a>: The \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood_Ten\" >Hollywood Ten<\/a>\u201d are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blacklisted\" >blacklisted<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood\" >Hollywood<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movie_studio\" >movie studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hollywood Ten:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/hollywood-ten\" >HOLLYWOOD TEN \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1850.html\" >Hollywood Blacklist \u2013 United States History \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.listal.com\/list\/blacklisted-in-hollywood\" >The Hollywood Ten \u2013 Listal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/MRC\/blacklist.html\" >Hollywood Ten \u2013 Research Resources \u2013 Lib. Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.writing.upenn.edu\/%7Eafilreis\/50s\/blacklist.html\" >HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST, by Dan Georgakas \u2013 UPenn.edu<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/mccarthy\/blacklist.html\" >the same essay on this website Illiois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/USAhollywood10.htm\" >Hollywood Ten \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Hollywood-Ten\" >Hollywood Ten \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Statehood of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a> is re-established at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Anti-fascist_Council_for_the_National_Liberation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ant-fascist Movement, and World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281941%E2%80%9345%29\" >History of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1941-1945) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/greyfalcon.us\/Kosovo%20and%20Bosnia%20During%20World%20War%20II.htm\" >Kosovo and Bosnia During World War II, by Carl K. Savich \u2013 GreyFalcon.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hercegbosna.org\/eng\/history\/history-bih\/world-war-2-heart-of-darkness-1941-1945-7.html\" >HercegBosna \u2013 World War 2: Heart of Darkness (1941 \u2013 1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greatersurbiton.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/22\/the-bosnian-muslims-in-the-second-world-war\/\" >Book Introduction: <em>Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War II<\/em>, written by Mark Attila Hoarl \u2013 May 22, 2012 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geschichtswerkstatt-europa.org\/media\/projekte\/The%20role%20of%20women.pdf\" >THE ROLE OF WOMEN FROM WORLD WAR II TO POST-WAR YUGOSLAVIA. FROM ANTI-FASCISIT FIIGHTERS TO UNKNOWN HEROINES \u2013 Geschichtswerkstatt-Europa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: First flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Havilland_Mosquito\" >de Havilland Mosquito<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_B-26_Marauder\" >Martin B-26 Marauder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin\" >Berlin<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a> and Japan sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Comintern_Pact\" >Anti-Comintern Pact<\/a>, agreeing to consult on measures \u201cto safeguard their common interests\u201d in the case of an unprovoked attack by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Germany and Japan, and the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the Anti-Cominern Pact \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/tri1.asp\" >\u201cGermany-Japanese Agreement and Supplement Protocol, Signed at Berlin, November 25, 1936\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> the same text on this website <em>\u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pha\/policy\/pre-war\/361125a.html\" >German-Japanese Agreement and Supplementary Protocol, Signed at Berlin, November 25, 1936<strong> (Anti-Comintern Pact)<\/strong> SOME DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE ALLIANCE OF GERMANY, JAPAN AND ITALY DURING WORLD WAR II \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Anti-Comintern-Pact\" >Anti-Comintern Pact \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1936\/11\/25\/axis-powers-formed-through-anti-comintern-pact\" >Nov 25 1936 to Nov 6 1937 \u2013 Axis Powers formed through Anti-Comintern Pact \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Anti-Comintern_Pact.aspx\" >Anti-Comintern Pact \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/worldwartwo\/anti-comintern_pact_1936.htm\" >The Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936 (signed November 25, 1936) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany%E2%80%93Japan_relations#Rapprochement.2C_Axis_and_World_War_II_.281920.E2.80.931945.29\" >Germany and Japan (1920-1945) \u2013 Germany and Japan relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/World_History\/Causes_and_course_of_the_Second_World_War\" >World History\/Causes and course of the Second World War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1926\u00a0 <\/strong>The deadliest November <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tornado\" >tornado<\/a> outbreak in US history strikes on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29\" >Thanksgiving Day<\/a>. Twenty-seven twisters of great strength are reported in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midwest\" >Midwest<\/a>, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4,that devastates <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heber_Springs,_Arkansas\" >Heber Springs, Arkansas<\/a>. There are 51 deaths in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arkansas\" >Arkansas<\/a> alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vojvodina\" >Vojvodina<\/a>, formerly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria%E2%80%93Hungary\" >Austro-Hungarian<\/a> crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria\u2013Hungary to join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Serbia\" >Kingdom of Serbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Vojvodina:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Serbia\" >History of Vojvodina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vojvodina.com\/istorija\/html\/history.htm\" >Vojvodina \u2013 History \u2013 Vojvodina.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ijkm.nl\/History_of_Vojvodina\" >History of Vojvodina \u2013 IJKM.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/history-of-vojvodina\/sources-for-history-of-vojvodina.html\" >History of Vojvodina \u2013 Spartacus-Temporis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Kingdom of Serbia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Serbia\" >History of Serbia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/european-history\/history-of-serbia-and-montenegro.htm\" >History of Serbia \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/z8.invisionfree.com\/Kingdom_of_Srbija\/index.php?showforum=1\" >History of Serbia \u2013 InvisionFree.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/nationbynation\/Serbia\/History1.html\" >SERBIA &amp; MONTENEGRO \u2013 History \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kosovo.net\/serhist3.html\" >History of Serbs \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/kingdom_of_serbia\" >Kingdom of Serbia \u2013 Video 1h. 31 min. 20 sec. \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/kingdom-of-serbia-facts\" >Allies \u2013 Page 11 \u2013 Kingdom of Serbia \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/serbia-history.html\" >Serbia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/wwone\/yugoslavia_01.shtml\" >History \u2013 Yugoslavia: 1918-2003 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: German forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ngomano\" >defeat<\/a> Portuguese army of about 1200 at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Negomano\" >Negomano<\/a> on the border of modern-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozambique\" >Mozambique<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanzania\" >Tanzania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Battle of Negomano:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ngomano\" >Battle of Negomano \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freebase.com\/m\/09rw334\" >Battle of Negomano \u2013 Freebase.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/balagan.info\/timeline-of-portuguese-involvement-in-ww1\" >Timeline of Portuguese Involvement in WWI \u2013 Balagan.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\" >Albert Einstein<\/a> presents the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Field_equation\" >field equations<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Introduction_to_general_relativity\" >general relativity<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences\" >Prussian Academy of Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Albert Einstein:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/albert-einstein\" >ALBERT EINSTEIN \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1900s\/qt\/relativity.htm\" >Einstein Proposes His Theory of Relativity \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/scitech\/SciRefGuides\/einstein.html\" >The <em>Annus Mirabilis<\/em> of Albert Einstein \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Einstein\u2019s Papers:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itp.kit.edu\/%7Esahlmann\/pdfs\/field_equations.pdf\" >Einstein\u2019s original paper, Die Feldgleichungen der Gravitation, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> The Field Equotions of Gravitation \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alberteinstein.info\/\" >Einstein Archives Online \u2013 AlbertEinstein.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_scientific_publications_by_Albert_Einstein\" >List of scientific papers by Albert Einstein \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einstein_Papers_Project\" >Einstein Papers Project \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.relativitycalculator.com\/pdfs\/einstein_1916_general_relativity_paper.pdf\" >The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity, by A. Einstein \u2013 English Translation from Selected Texts \u2013 The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>On Einstein\u2019s General Theory of Relativity:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/itp1.uni-stuttgart.de\/lehre\/vorlesungen\/hauptseminar\/ss2004\/3.pdf\" >Die Einsteinschen Feldgleichungen \u2013 Uni-Stuttgart.de \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einsteinsche_Feldgleichungen\" >Einsteinsche Feldgleichungen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/philsci-archive.pitt.edu\/2123\/1\/annalen.pdf\" >EINSTEIN\u2019S FIRST SYSTEMATIC EXPOSITION OF GENERAL REALATIVITY, by Michel Janssen \u2013 Pitt.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gsjournal.net\/old\/eeuro\/vankov.pdf\" >Einstein\u2019s Paper: \u201cExplanation of the Perihelion Motion of Mercury from General Relativity Theory, by Anatoli Andrei Vankov \u2013 GSJournal.net \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.ncsa.illinois.edu\/Cyberia\/NumRel\/GenRelativity.html\" >General Relativity \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.sunysb.edu\/rosalba\/astro2030\/GeneralRelativity.pdf\" >General Relativity \u2013 Einstein 1915 \u2013 Sunysb.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/delorian64.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/11\/einstein-and-1915-general-relativity\/\" >Eistein and 1915 General Relativity \u2013 Dr. Gali Weistein\u2019s Patent Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aip.org\/history-programs\/einstein-centennial-2015\" >American Institute of Physics \u2013 AIP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1876\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars<\/a>: In retaliation for the American defeat at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn\" >Battle of the Little Bighorn<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a> troops sack <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_Dull_Knife\" >Chief Dull Knife<\/a>\u2018s sleeping <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheyenne\" >Cheyenne<\/a> village at the headwaters of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Powder_River_%28Montana%29\" >Powder River<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of the Little Bighorn:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn\" >Battle of the Little Bighorn &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1800s\/p\/Great-Sioux-War-Battle-Of-The-Little-Bighorn.htm\" >Great Sioux War: Battle of the Little Bighorn \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/libi\/learn\/historyculture\/battle-of-the-little-bighorn.htm\" >Battle of the Little Bighorn \u2013 nps.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Native People of America (a.k.a. American Indians):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States\" >Native Americans in the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas\" >Indigenous peoples in the Americas \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/alic\/reference\/native-americans.html\" >Indians\/Native Americans \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/nativeamericans\/\" >Native Americans \u2013 About education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Native-American\" >Native American \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Native_Americans.aspx\" >Native Americans \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net\/encyclopedia\/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=408\" >Native Americans \u2013 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARKANSANS HISTORY &amp; CULTURE \u2013 encyclopediaofarkansas.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/native-american-cultures\" >NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/languages.htm\" >List of Native Americans Tribes and Languages \u2013 native-languages.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/na-nativeamericans.html\" >First Owners of West America \u2013 NATIVE AMERICANS LEGENDS \u2013 legendsofamerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/interview\/tcrr-interview\/\" >Interview: Native Americans \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bia.gov\/DocumentLibrary\/HeritageMonth\/\" >US Department of Interior \u2013 Indian Affairs \u2013 bia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/21\/opinions\/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-native-american-moya-smith\/index.html\" >Trump\u2019s casual racism toward Native Americans, by Simon Moya-Smith \u2013 May 21, 2016 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion.net\/story\/304011\/redskins-offensive-native-americans\/\" >Native Americans are crying foul at this poll saying native people don\u2019t find the name \u2018Redskins\u2019 offensive \u2013 5\/20\/16 \u2013 fusion.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Native People of America:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indians.org\/articles\/native-americans.html\" >\u201c<em>The first evidence showing indigenous people to inhabit North America indicates that they migrated there from Siberia over 11,000 years ago. More than likely, they crossed the Bering Land Bridge, which was in existence during the Ice Age. After that time period, several large waves of migration took place, including many groups of people from Asia and South America<\/em>.\u201d History of Native Americans \u2013 Native Americans \u2013 Indians.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofnativeamericans.com\/native-american-history-facts\/\" >Native American History Facts \u2013 HistoryOfNativeAmericans.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/andrew-boxer\/native-americans-and-federal-government\" >Native Americans and the Federal Government \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/paththroughhistory.iloveny.com\/themes\/native-americans\/\" >PATH THROUGH HISTORY \u2013 Native Americans \u2013 iloveny.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/18e.asp\" >Native American Resilience and Violence in the West \u2013 US History \u2013 ushistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/AboutTheNation\/History\/TrailofTears\/ABriefHistoryoftheTrailofTears.aspx\" >\u201c<em>Unbelievably, it was Jackson who authorized the Indian Removal Act of 1830 following the recommendation of President James Monroe in his final address to Congress in 1825. Jackson, as president, sanctioned an attitude that had persisted for many years among many white immigrants. Even Thomas Jefferson, who often cited the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy as the model for the U.S. Constitution, supported Indian Removal as early as 1802<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 A Brief History of Trail of Tears \u2013 Cherokee.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/char.txa.cornell.edu\/nonwest\/north\/northhis.htm\" >Native Americans \u2013 North America: Historic Background \u2013 cornell.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/Native_Americans\" >Native Americans \u2013 ohiohistorycnetral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hartford-hwp.com\/archives\/41\/index.html\" >The history of Native America \u2013 Hartford-hwp.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049\/?no-ist\" >An Ancestry of African-Native Americans \u2013 smithsonianmag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube videos: <strong>History of Native American Indians, Documentary<\/strong> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8YR2FgxalCU\" >\u00bc<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qubUz25Uxj0\" > 2\/4<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1BVO4qnQtj8\" >Pt. \u00be<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=28IAI6F0DZc\" >Pt. 4\/4<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Wars of Native People of North America:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/american-indian-wars\" >AMERICAN INDIAN WARS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiaindianeducation.org\/native_american_history\/historic_indian_battles.html\" >TOP 10 HISTORIC INDIAN BATTLES \u2013 californiainidaneducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amhistory.si.edu\/militaryhistory\/printable\/section.asp?id=6\" >WESTERN INDIAN WARS \u2013 si.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wned\/war-of-1812\/essays\/native-nations-perspective\/\" >A Native Nations Perspective on the War of 1812 \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/na-indianwartimeline.html\" >NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS \u2013 Indian Wars Timeline \u2013 legendsofamerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/indiancountry\/history\/boarding.html\" >\u201c<em>In the late 1800s, Native Americans were losing the U.S-Indian wars, particularly after the Civil War freed up troops to patrol the West. But there was still the \u201cIndian problem<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1008.html\" >Indian Wars Time Table \u2013 United States History \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Genocides Committed against Native Americans:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.racism.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1379:unitedstates02&amp;catid=121:articles-related-to-indigenous-peoples&amp;Itemid=140\" >The US and the Crime of Genocide Against Native Americans, by Lindsay Clauner \u2013 Racism.org<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/academic.udayton.edu\/race\/06hrights\/GeoRegions\/NorthAmerica\/UnitedStates02.htm\" >the same article on this site UDayton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/genocide5.htm\" >Genocide \u2013 Past genocide committed against Native Americans \u2013 ReligiousTolerance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/espressostalinist.com\/genocide\/native-american-genocide\/\" >The American Indian Holocaust, known as the \u201c500 year war\u201d and the \u201cWorld\u2019s Longest Holocaust In The History Of Mankind And Loss Of Human Lives.\u201d \u2013 EspressoStalinist.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Population_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas\" >Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/endgenocide.org\/learn\/past-genocides\/native-americans\/\" >Atrocities against Native Americans \u2013 EndGenocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/7302\" >Were American Indians the victims of genocide? , by Guenter Lewy \u2013 September 2004 \u2013 HNN \u2013 History News Network \u2013 HistoryNewsNetwork.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommonsenseshow.com\/2013\/05\/07\/the-eight-unfolding-stages-of-the-great-american-genocide-part-5-denial\/\" >The Eight Unfolding Stages of the Great American Genocide (Part 5): DENIAL \u2013 May 7, 2013 \u2013 TheCommonSensesHow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/peoplesworld.org\/south-dakota-commits-shocking-genocide-against-native-americans\/\" >South Dakota committed shocking genocide against Native Americans, by Albert Bender \u2013 June 3, 2013 \u2013 People\u2019s World \u2013 PeoplesWorld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-it-true-white-people-committed-genocide-against-Native-Americans-when-the-former-came-to-America\" >Is it true white people committed genocide against Native Americans when the former came to America? \u2013 \u201c<em>Collective guilt is wrong and immoral. An entire people do not commit genocide. Particular people do. Out of all Europeans and Anglo-Americans, a small but significant percentage did commit genocide\u2026A larger proportion of whites, sometimes up to a majority in some time frames, did support genocide. An also large proportion of whites, up to a majority in some time frames, did oppose genocide<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org\/intro2.html\" >Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust \u2013 Chronology of Events: Genocide in Canada \u2013 CanadianGenocide.NativeWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nativeamericannetroots.net\/diary\/1424\" >Native American Netroots \u2013 Genocide \u2013 NativeAmericanNetroots.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2014\/11\/26\/celebrating-the-genocide-of-native-americans\/\" >Celebrating the Genocide of Native Americans, by Gilber Mercia \u2013 November 26, 2014 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aimovement.org\/moipr\/Nov7PressRel.html\" >\u201c<em>Non-native Americans like Ms. Yecke have conveniently forgotten their own genocidal history as they hypocritically condemn people in the Middle East, Africans, Europeans, and others for 20th century genocide. They need to step back and come to terms with the fact that this country was built on blood stained soil. Americans have a lot to learn from their indefatigability<\/em>\u2026.\u201d \u2013 AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT GRAND GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESS CONTACT: Clyde Bellecourt Peacemaker Center \u2013 PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2003 \u2013 AIMovement.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-were-American-leaders-thinking-when-they-committed-genocide-against-Native-Americans\" >What were American leaders thinking when they committed genocide against Native Americans? \u2013 Answer: Clarence Sherrick \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lastrealindians.com\/the-redskns-moniker-monopolizes-on-genocide-committed-against-native-americans\/\" >The Redsk*ns Moniker Monopolizes on Genocide Committed Against Native Americans, by Danielle Miller \u2013 LastRealIndians.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mit.edu\/%7Ethistle\/v9\/9.11\/1columbus.html\" >Columbus and the Beginning of Genocide in the \u201cNew World\u201d \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/essaymania.com\/68194\/genocide-of-native-americans\" >Genocide Of Native Americans Essay \u2013 EssayMania.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8v1EwIo5lCc\" >USA Committed Genocide Against Native Americans \u2013 YouTube video (1 min. 15 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sb9BgXmeX3s\" >\u201cThanksgiving\u201d: \u201cThe untold genocide of the Native Americans\u201d \u2013 YouTube video (27 min. 41 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qra6pcn4AOE\" >American Holocaust: The Destruction of American\u2019s Native Peoples \u2013 YouTube video (1 h. 42 min. 27 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>American Holocaust<\/strong>, by David E. Stannard: YouTube videos: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aHi5haGHYpY\" >Prologue (21 min. 52 sec.)<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Q4NyuImKMk\" >Chapter 1 (39 min. 38 sec.)<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9M3GR6AUe9o\" >Chapter 2 (2h. 04 min. 14 sec.)<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1m6K1HRoEHc\" >Chapter 3 (2 h. 04 min. 25 sec.)<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uqh6edpcB0g\" >Chapter 4 (2h. 38 min. 20 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Genocide Committed against Native Caucasians:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sodahead.com\/united-states\/who-committed-genocide-against-a-people-first-native-americans-or-the-evil-white-man\/question-4740924\/\">\u201c<em>For a long time the historically left-wing Smithsonian denied that Norsemen had a colony in modern day Newfoundland, Canada. Eventually the evidence became so overwhelming that the Smithsonian officially recognized it. Only ten years ago, scientists called \u201cracists\u201d for even talking about Pre-Columbian Caucasian remains found in North America have now been vindicated. Caucasian bones older than the oldest Native American bones ever found in the Americas prove one thing. Small numbers of Caucasians were the first inhabitants of North<\/em><em><br \/>\nThey were later killed and wiped out by larger numbers of Asiatic peoples we now call Native Americans<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Who Committed Genocide Against A People First? Native Americans Or The Evil White Man?<\/strong> \u2013 SodaHead.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Indigenous Peoples and Their Rights:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/IPeoples\/Pages\/IndigenousPeoplesIndex.aspx\" >Indigenous peoples \u2013 United Nations Human Rights: Office of the High Commissioner \u2013 OHCHR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/our-work\/social\/indigenous-people\" >Indigenous Peoples \u2013 United Nations Global Compact \u2013 UNGlobalCompact.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Declaration_on_the_Rights_of_Indigenous_Peoples\" >Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2007\/ga10612.doc.htm\" >GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; \u2018MAJOR STEP FORWARD\u2019 TOWARDS HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL, SAYS PRESIDENT \u2013 13 September 2007 \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/IPeoples\/Pages\/Declaration.aspx\" >Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples \u2013 United Nations Human Rights: Office of the High Commissioner \u2013 OHCHR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/socdev\/unpfii\/documents\/DRIPS_en.pdf\" >United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples \u2013 UN.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/693\/rights-of-indigenous-people\" >Rights of Indigenous People \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/edumat\/studyguides\/indigenous.html\" >The Rights of Indigenous Peoples \u2013 Human Rights Library \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.ca\/our-work\/issues\/indigenous-peoples\" >Indigenous Peoples \u2013 Amnesty International \u2013 Amnesty.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1839\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-1980_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_seasons#November_1839_Coringa_cyclone\" >cyclone<\/a> slams India with high winds and a 40-foot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Storm_surge\" >storm surge<\/a>, destroying the port city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coringa,_Andhra_Pradesh\" >Coringa<\/a> (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1833\u00a0 <\/strong>A massive undersea <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1833_Sumatra_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a>, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumatra\" >Sumatra<\/a>, producing a massive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsunami\" >tsunami<\/a> all along the Indonesian coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1795\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partitions_of_Poland\" >Partitions of Poland<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanis%C5%82aw_August_Poniatowski\" >Stanis\u0142aw August Poniatowski<\/a>, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdication\" >abdicate<\/a> and is exiled to Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1759\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Near_East_earthquakes_of_1759\" >earthquake<\/a> hits the Mediterranean destroying <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beirut\" >Beirut<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damascus\" >Damascus<\/a> and killing 30,000-40,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1758\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_and_Indian_War\" >French and Indian War<\/a>: British forces capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Duquesne\" >Fort Duquesne<\/a> from French control. Later, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Pitt_%28Pennsylvania%29\" >Fort Pitt<\/a> will be built nearby and grow into modern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pittsburgh\" >Pittsburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fort Duquesne:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Fort_Duquesne\" >Battle of Fort Duquesne \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/exploringoffthebeatenpath.com\/Battlefields\/FortDuquesne\/index.html\" >Capture of Fort Duquesne \u2013 exploringofthebeatenpath.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1195.html\" >Fort Duquesne \u2013 UNITED STATES HISTORY \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/brooklineconnection.com\/history\/Facts\/FortDuquesne.html\" >Fort Duquesne (1754-1758) \u2013 brooklineconnection.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>French and Indian War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/french-and-indian-war\" >FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1750-1775\/french-indian-war\" >French and Indian War\/Seven Years\u2019 War, 1754-63 \u2013 OFFICE of THE HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_and_Indian_War#Events_leading_to_war\" >Events leading to war \u2013 French and Indian War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/French-and-Indian-War\" >French and Indian War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historycentral.com\/Revolt\/french.html\" >French and Indian War 1754-1763 \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/french-and-indian-war\" >French And Indian War \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/george-washington\/french-indian-war\/\" >French and Indian War \u2013 MountVernon.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/frenchindian\/\" >THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1754-1763 \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timelines of the French-Indian War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/frenchandindianwar.info\/timeline.htm\" >Timeline of The French and Indian War \u2013 FrenchandIndianWar.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shmoop.com\/french-indian-war\/timeline.html\" >THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR TIMELINE \u2013 Shmoop.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchandindianwarsociety.org\/timeline\/\" >Timeline of the French &amp; Indian War \u2013 FrenchandIndianWarSociety.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/topics\/french-and-indian-war\" >French and Indian War timeline \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1180.html\" >French and Indian War: Timeline \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wqed.org\/tv\/specials\/the-war-that-made-america\/timeline.html\" >FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR TIMELINE \u2013 Qued.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1755\u00a0 <\/strong>King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain\" >Ferdinand VI of Spain<\/a> grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compa\u00f1ia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_of_the_Virgin_Mary\" >Religious of the Virgin Mary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1667\u00a0 <\/strong>A deadly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1667_Shamakhi_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> rocks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shemakha\" >Shemakha<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caucasus\" >Caucasus<\/a>, killing 80,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1491\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Granada\" >siege of Granada<\/a>, the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moors\" >Moorish<\/a> stronghold in Spain, ends with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Granada\" >Treaty of Granada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1343\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsunami\" >tsunami<\/a>, caused by an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earthquake_of_1343\" >earthquake<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyrrhenian_Sea\" >Tyrrhenian Sea<\/a>, devastates <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naples\" >Naples<\/a> (Italy) and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amalfi\" >Maritime Republic of Amalfi<\/a>, among other places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aam_Aadmi_Party\" >Aam Aadmi Party<\/a> Indian political party formally started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Science_Laboratory\" >Mars Science Laboratory<\/a> launches to Mars with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curiosity_%28rover%29\" >Curiosity<\/a> Rover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_NATO_attack_in_Pakistan\" >NATO attack in Pakistan<\/a>: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Mumbai_attacks\" >Mumbai attacks<\/a> by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Po%CA%BBouli\" >Po\u02bbouli<\/a> (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avian_malaria\" >avian malaria<\/a> in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruzhou_School_massacre\" >Ruzhou School massacre<\/a>: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruzhou\" >Ruzhou<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concorde\" >Concorde<\/a> makes its final flight, over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristol\" >Bristol<\/a>, England.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Concorde\u2019s Final Flight:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/electronics-blogs\/edn-moments\/4402001\/Concorde-makes-its-final-flight--November-26--2003\" >Concorde makes its final flight, November 26, 2003 \u2013 EDN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bristol\/content\/concorde\/\" >Bristol \u2013 Concorde \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Concorde:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.concordesst.com\/\" >Concorde \u2013 ConcordeSST.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/Concorde\" >Concorde \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/transport\/flight\/modern\/concorde3.htm\" >How Concordes Work \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/europe\/concorde.htm\" >Concorde Supersonic Transport \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brighthub.com\/science\/aviation\/articles\/65872.aspx\" >The Concorde Airplane \u2013 TheBrightHub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/papers.sae.org\/730351\/\" >Introduction of CONCORDE \u2013 SAE.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concorde_aircraft_histories\" >Concorde aircraft histories \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenfactsabout.co.uk\/0007concorde.htm\" >TEN FACTS ABOUT CONCORDE \u2013 TenFactsAbout.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenfactsabout.co.uk\/0007concorde.htm\" >GREAT AIRCRAFT OF HISTORY: CONCORDE \u2013 SPARTAN \u2013 TenFactsAbout.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aerospaceweb.org\/question\/planes\/q0186.shtml\" >CONCORDE HISTORY \u2013 Aerospaceweb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Concorde Crash of July 25, 2000:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/concorde-jet-crashes\" >JUL 25, 2000: THIS DAY IN HISTORY\u00a0: Concorde jet crashes \u2013History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.askthepilot.com\/untold-concorde-story\/\" >Untold Story of the Concorde Disaster \u2013 AskThePilot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.airsafe.com\/events\/models\/concorde.htm\" >Concorde plane crash \u2013 airsafe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collegetermpapers.com\/TermPapers\/Aviation\/COncorde__Success_or_Failure.shtml\" >Concorde Success or Failure \u2013 CollegeTermPapers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/29306441\/ns\/dateline_nbc-international\/t\/what-brought-down-concorde\/\" >What brought down the Concorde? , by Peter Greenberg \u2013 NBCNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/story?id=83069&amp;page=1\" >Concorde\u2019s Steller Safety Record, by David Ruppe \u2013 July 26, 2000 \u2013 ABCNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/07\/26\/world\/concord-crash-supersonic-airliner-until-now-safety-wasn-t-one-many-problems.html\" >THE CONCORDE CRASH: THE SUPERSONIC AIRLINER; Until Now Safety Wasn\u2019t One of the Many Problems, by Laurence Zuckerman and Matthew L. Wald \u2013 July 26, 2000 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\" >George W Bush<\/a> is certified the winner of Florida\u2019s electoral votes by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katherine_Harris\" >Katherine Harris<\/a>, going on to win the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election,_2000\" >United States presidential election<\/a>, despite losing in the national popular vote.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>US Presidential Election in 2000:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/showflorida2000.php?fileid=harris11-26\" >Text: Florida Secretary of State Declares Bush Winner: Sunday, November 26, 2000 \u2013 UCSB.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1993-2000\/3-2000election\/3-dispute\/20001126_Katherine_Harris_Certifies_Florida_Vote.html\" >Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris Certifies Florida\u2019s Vote \u2013 November 26, 2000 \u2013 The 2000 Presidential Election \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/News\/112600\/Election2000\/Secretary_of_State_ce.shtml\" >Florida gives it to Bush \u2013 November 26, 2000 \u2013 St Petersburg Times \u2013 SPTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Katherine_Harris#2000_Election\" >2000 Election \u2013 Katherine Harris \u2013 SourceWatch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0877742.html\" >Katherine Harris \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uselectionatlas.org\/INFORMATION\/ARTICLES\/pe2000timeline.php\" >2000 Events Timeline \u2013 Post-Election \u2013 USElectionAtlas.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/florida\/supreme-court\/2000\/sc00-2346cor.html\" >Al Gore, Jr. v. Katherine Harris (order) \u2013 JUSTIA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Blair\" >Tony Blair<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<\/a> to address the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oireachtas\" >Oireachtas<\/a>, the parliament of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Ireland\" >Republic of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan\" >National Assembly of Azerbaijan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_on_Abolishment_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast\" >abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a> and renames several cities back to their original names.<\/p>\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>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>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>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_II\" >Delta II<\/a> rocket makes its maiden flight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> announces the members of what will become known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tower_Commission\" >Tower Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Iran-Contra Affair:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/u-s-history\/textbooks\/boundless-u-s-history-textbook\/the-conservative-turn-of-america-1968-1989-30\/the-reagan-administration-228\/the-iran-contra-scandal-1297-9771\/\" >The Iran-Contra Scandal \u2013 Boundless.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alvaradohistory.com\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/4IranContraAffair.362201823.pdf\" >The Iran-Contra Affair, by Jon Carroll and Ronald Reagan \u2013 AlvaradoHistory.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/walsh\/chap_31.htm\" >Chapter 31 Edwin Meese III: November 1986 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1213&amp;context=curej\" >Evidence and Analysis: The Iran-Contra Affair As seen through American, Middle Eastern, and Soviet news sources, by Devin Chavira \u2013 1-1-2004 \u2013 UPenn.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780700620364\" >Iran-Contra: Reagan\u2019s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, by Malcolm Byrne \u2013 2014 \u2013 JHU.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brink%27s-Mat_robbery\" >Brink\u2019s-Mat robbery<\/a>: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly \u00a326 million are stolen from the Brink\u2019s-Mat vault at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heathrow_Airport\" >Heathrow Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>An unidentified hijacker named <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vrillon\" >Vrillon<\/a>, claiming to be the representative of the \u201cAshtar Galactic Command\u201d, takes over Britain\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Television\" >Southern Television<\/a> for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> 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>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basse-Terre\" >Basse-Terre<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guadeloupe\" >Guadeloupe<\/a>, 1.5 inches (38.1\u00a0mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force\" >United States Air Force<\/a> helicopter pilot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_P._Fleming\" >James P Fleming<\/a> rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viet_Cong\" >Viet Cong<\/a> fire. He is later awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medal_of_Honor\" >Medal of Honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vietnam War in 1968:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/air-force-helicopter-pilot-rescues-special-forces-team\" >NOV 26, 1968: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Air Force pilot rescues Special Forces team \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1968_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1968 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietvet.org\/vn68.htm\" >Vietnam 1968, by Tim Lickness \u2013 VietVet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1965.html\" >The History Place Presents: The Vietnam War \u2013 The Jungle War 1965-1968 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_vietnam_1968_1975.html\" >The Vietnam War 1965-68 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hammaguir\" >Hammaguir<\/a> launch facility in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sahara_Desert\" >Sahara Desert<\/a>, France launches a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diamant\" >Diamant-A<\/a> rocket with its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite\" >satellite<\/a>, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asterix-1\" >Asterix-1<\/a><\/em>, on board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: Troops from the People\u2019s Republic of China launch a massive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Counterattack\" >counterattack<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a> against South Korean and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> forces (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Ch%27ongch%27on_River\" >Battle of the Ch\u2019ongch\u2019on River<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir\" >Battle of Chosin Reservoir<\/a>), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Korean War in 1950:<\/strong><\/em><\/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><em><strong>Korean War and the Chinese Intervention:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/chinese-counterattacks-in-korea-change-nature-of-war\" >NOV 26, 1950: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Chinese counterattacks in Korea change nature of war \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/brochures\/kw-chinter\/chinter.htm\" >The Koran War \u2013 The Chinese Intervention \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/section6.rhtml\" >The Korean War \u2013 The Chinese Intervention \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War#China_intervenes_.28October_.E2.80.93_December_1950.29\" >Chinese interventions \u2013(October \u2013 December 1950) \u2013 Korean War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/southkorea\/7853746\/China-rewrites-history-of-Korean-War.html\" >China rewrites history of Korean War \u2013 25 Jun 2010 \u2013 Telepgraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/korean-war\/korean-war4.htm\" >Korean War \u2013 China enters the war \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/AMH\/AMH-25.htm\" >Chapter 25: The Korean War (1950-1953) \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johndclare.net\/cold_war10.htm\" >The Korean War (1950-1953) \u2013 JohndClare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People\" >Peoples\u2019 Volunteer Army \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constituent_Assembly_of_India\" >Constituent Assembly of India<\/a> adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_India\" >constitution<\/a> presented by Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B._R._Ambedkar\" >B R Ambedkar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a> begins <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-1_flying_bomb\" >V-1<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-2_rocket\" >V-2<\/a> attacks on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antwerp\" >Antwerp<\/a>, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944 <\/strong>World War II: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-2_rocket\" >V-2 rocket<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woolworths_Group#Disasters\" >hits a Woolworth\u2019s shop<\/a> in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMT_Rohna\" >HMT Rohna<\/a> is sunk by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftwaffe\" >Luftwaffe<\/a> in an air attack in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediterranean_Sea\" >Mediterranean<\/a> north of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa\" >B\u00e9ja\u00efa<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1942\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\/Yugoslav_Partisans\" >Yugoslav Partisans<\/a> convene the first meeting of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AVNOJ\" >Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biha%C4%87\" >Biha\u0107<\/a> in northwestern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_%28region%29\" >Bosnia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>AVNOJ, Yugoslavia and World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/cgi-bin\/query\/r-14783.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 The Resistance Movement \u2013 Country-Data.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arhivyu.gov.rs\/active\/en\/home\/glavna_navigacija\/leksikon_jugoslavije\/konstitutivni_akti_jugoslavije\/rezolucija_o_osnivanju_avnoja.html\" >The Resolution on the Establishment of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia, November 27, 1942 \u2013 Arhivyu.gov.rs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Anti-Fascist-Council-for-the-National-Liberation-of-Yugoslavia\" >Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dvhh.org\/history\/atrocities\/AVNOJ.htm\" >The AVNOJ-Regulations and the Genocide of Germans \u2013 Danube Swabian History \u2013 DVHH.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/entity.jsp?entity=avnoj_1\" >Profile: Anti-Fascist Council of the National Liberation of Yugoslavia \u2013 a.k.a. AVNOJ \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Yugoslavia during World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia\" >World War II in Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/wwtwo\/partisan_fighters_01.shtml\" >History \u2013 Partisans: War in the Balkans 1941-1945, by Dr Stephen D Hart \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/cgi-bin\/query\/r-14923.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 World War II \u2013 Country-Data.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ww2f.com\/topic\/14673-yugoslavia-in-world-war-ii-1941-45\/\" >YUGOSLAVIA IN WORLD WAR II (1941-1945) \u2013 WW2f.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com\/History\/ww2\/index.html\" >YUGOSLAVIA DURING WORLD WAR II \u2013 Serbian contribution to the Victory \u2013 Srpska-Mreza.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/country\/yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.croatia.eu\/article.php?lang=2&amp;id=23\" >History \u2013 Yugoslavia and World War II (1918-1990) \u2013 Croatia.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kingdom-of-yugoslavia-in-ww2.com\/en\/\" >The Kingdom of Yugoslavia in World War II \u2013 Kingdom-Of-Yugoslavia-In-WW2.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/balkansavage.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/17\/world-war-ii-in-yugoslavia-a-historiographical-review\/\" >World War II in Yugoslavia \u2013 A Historical Review \u2013 Balkan Savage \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Yugoslavia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/yugo_his.htm\" >A brief History of Yugoslavia \u2013 ReligiousTorrelance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yugoslavia-history.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/thebalkansandturkey\/a\/Yugoslavia.htm\" >Yugoslavia, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/politicalgeography\/a\/fmryugoslavia.htm\" >The former Yugoslavia \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/didyouknow.org\/history\/yugoslavia\/\" >History of Yugoslavia \u2013 DidYouKnow.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcnl.org\/resources\/newsletter\/jul99\/a_brief_history_of_yugoslavia\/\" >A Brief History of Yugoslavia \u2013 Friends Commission on National Legislation \u2013 FCNL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shelling_of_Mainila\" >Shelling of Mainila<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Army\" >Soviet Army<\/a> orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winter_War\" >Winter War<\/a> with Finland four days later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Toll_of_the_Sea\" >The Toll of the Sea<\/a><\/em> debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Technicolor\" >Technicolor<\/a>. (<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Gulf_Between_%281917_film%29\" >The Gulf Between<\/a><\/em> was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Carter\" >Howard Carter<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon\" >Lord Carnarvon<\/a> become the first people to enter the tomb of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pharaoh\" >Pharaoh<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tutankhamun\" >Tutankhamun<\/a> in over 3000 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The Montenegran <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Podgorica_Assembly\" >Podgorica Assembly<\/a> votes for a \u201cunion of the people\u201d, declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Montenegro:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Montenegro\" >History of Montenegro \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/montenegro-history.html\" >Montenegro \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.montenegro.org\/history.html\" >HISTORY OF MONTENEGRO \u2013 Montenegro.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/montenegro\/history\" >Montenegro \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Montenegro\" >History of Montenegro \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/montenegro-adventures.com\/montenegro-History-f-60x83\" >History \u2013 Montenegro through the Ages \u2013 Montenegro-Adventures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/european-history\/history-of-montenegro.htm\" >History of Montenegro \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europetravelz.com\/montenegro\/montenegro-history\/\" >Montenegro history \u2013 EuropeTravelz.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/montenegroitspeo00dentuoft\" >Montenegro : its people and history, by Denton W. William), published 1877 \u2013 downloadable \u2013 Archive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historyofmonten00stev\" >A History of Montenegro, by Stevenson, Francis Seymour, published 1914 \u2013 downloadable \u2013 Archive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/europe\/montenegro\/metimeln.htm\" >Montenegro Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safaritheglobe.com\/montenegro\/history\/\" >History of Montenegro \u2013 SafariTheGlobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kosovo.net\/serhist.html\" >History of Serbia and Montenegro \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.montenegromap.net\/history-of-montenegro.html\" >Montenegro History \u2013 MontenegroMap.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17670524\" >Montenegro profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Kingdom of Serbia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Serbia\" >History of Serbia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/european-history\/history-of-serbia-and-montenegro.htm\" >History of Serbia \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/z8.invisionfree.com\/Kingdom_of_Srbija\/index.php?showforum=1\" >History of Serbia \u2013 InvisionFree.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/nationbynation\/Serbia\/History1.html\" >SERBIA &amp; MONTENEGRO \u2013 History \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kosovo.net\/serhist3.html\" >History of Serbs \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/kingdom_of_serbia\" >Kingdom of Serbia \u2013 Video 1h. 31 min. 20 sec. \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/kingdom-of-serbia-facts\" >Allies \u2013 Page 11 \u2013 Kingdom of Serbia \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/serbia-history.html\" >Serbia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Papudo\" >Battle of Papudo<\/a>: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valpara%C3%ADso\" >Valpara\u00edso<\/a>, Chile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1863\u00a0 <\/strong>United States President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> proclaims November 26 as a national <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29\" >Thanksgiving Day<\/a>, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1842\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Notre_Dame\" >University of Notre Dame<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1825\u00a0 <\/strong>At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_College\" >Union College<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schenectady,_New_York\" >Schenectady, New York<\/a>, a group of college students form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kappa_Alpha_Society\" >Kappa Alpha Society<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/College\" >college<\/a> social <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fraternities_and_sororities\" >fraternity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1789\u00a0 <\/strong>A national <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29\" >Thanksgiving Day<\/a> is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Washington\" >George Washington<\/a> at the request of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1784\u00a0 <\/strong>The Catholic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_Prefecture\" >Apostolic Prefecture<\/a> of the United States established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1778\u00a0 <\/strong>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaiian_Islands\" >Hawaiian Islands<\/a>, Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Cook\" >James Cook<\/a> becomes the first European to visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maui\" >Maui<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Hawaii:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Hawaii\" >History of Hawaii \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gohawaii.com\/en\/statewide\/travel-tips\/history\/\" >History of Hawaii \u2013 gohawaii.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deephawaii.com\/hawaiianhistory.htm\" >A brief history of Hawaii 300 AD \u2013 1900<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianhistory.org\/\" >The Hawaiian Historical Society \u2013 HawaiianHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/usa\/hawaii\/history\" >Hawaii \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination360.com\/north-america\/us\/hawaii\/hawaii-history\" >Hawaiian History \u2013 Destination360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-states\/hawaii\" >Hawaii \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/us-states\/hawaii.html\" >Hawaii \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hawaiihistory.org\/\" >Hawaii History \u2013 HawaiiHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyof.net\/history-of-hawaii.html\" >History of Hawaii \u2013 HistoryOf.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiian-roots.com\/hawaiihistory.htm\" >Hawaii History \u2013 Hawaiian Roots \u2013 Hawaiian-Roots.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polynesia.com\/?jadid=6117164982&amp;jap=%7badposition%7d&amp;jk=history%20of%20hawaii&amp;jkId=mc:a8a8ae4ce4a44e982014a5eaff6094166:i30662860062:tb_bb&amp;jp=%7bplacement%7d&amp;js=3&amp;jsid=37273&amp;jt=1\" >Polynesian Cultural Center \u2013 Polynesia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>____________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(<em>Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/november20\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/november20<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0novermber<strong>_26<\/strong>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/november\/20\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/november\/20<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0to <strong>november\/26<\/strong>;\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/novermber_20.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/novermber_20.html<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 to <strong>november_26.html<\/strong>; 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>Nov 20-26, 2017 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cTo love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.\u201d    &#8211; Gilbert K. 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