{"id":244447,"date":"2023-10-02T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=244447"},"modified":"2023-09-17T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T07:29:45","slug":"this-week-in-history-171","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/10\/this-week-in-history-171\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo-e1694580467414.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo-300x166.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2-8 October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quotefancy.com\/quote\/1736014\/Richard-A-Falk-The-central-task-of-our-time-is-to-evolve-a-new-system-of-world-order\" ><em>The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.<\/em><\/a>\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardfalk.org\/author\/richardfalk\/\" >Richard A. Falk<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1263\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Largs\" >Battle of Largs<\/a>\u00a0is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-20697117\" >fought between Norwegians and Scots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1552\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Kazan_Wars\" >Russo-Kazan Wars<\/a>: Russian troops\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Kazan\" >enter Kazan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1870\u00a0 By\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plebiscite\" >plebiscite<\/a>, the citizens of the Papal States accept\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_Rome\" >annexation by the Kingdom of Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1920\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence\" >Ukrainian War of Independence<\/a>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Frunze\" >Mikhail Frunze<\/a>\u00a0orders the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a>\u00a0to immediately cease hostilities with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolutionary_Insurgent_Army_of_Ukraine\" >Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1937\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rafael_Trujillo\" >Rafael Trujillo<\/a>\u00a0orders the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parsley_massacre\" >execution of Haitians<\/a>\u00a0living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>1944\u00a0 World War II: German troops end the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Uprising\" >Warsaw Uprising<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1958\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea\" >Guinea<\/a>\u00a0declares its independence from France.<\/p>\n<p>1971\u00a0 South Vietnamese President\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguyen_Van_Thieu\" >Nguyen Van Thieu<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971_South_Vietnamese_presidential_election\" >re-elected<\/a>\u00a0in a one-man election.<\/p>\n<p>2007\u00a0 President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roh_Moo-hyun\" >Roh Moo-hyun<\/a> of South Korea goes to North Korea for an\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inter-Korean_summit\" >Inter-Korean summit<\/a>\u00a0with North Korean leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kim_Jong_Il\" >Kim Jong-il<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\u2013South_Korea_relations\" >North Korea\u2013South Korea relations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Korean_history\" >Timeline of Korean history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2018\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post\" ><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>\u00a0journalist\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamal_Khashoggi\" >Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi\" >assassinated<\/a>\u00a0in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2457BC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaecheonjeol\" >Gaecheonjeol<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hwanung\" >Hwanung<\/a> (\ud658\uc6c5) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea&#8217;s National Foundation Day.<\/p>\n<p>382\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roman Emperor\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodosius_I\" >Theodosius I<\/a>\u00a0concludes a peace treaty with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goths\" >Goths<\/a>\u00a0and settles them in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkans\" >Balkans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1683\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_dynasty\" >Qing dynasty<\/a>\u00a0naval commander\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shi_Lang\" >Shi Lang<\/a>\u00a0receives the surrender of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Tungning\" >Tungning kingdom<\/a>\u00a0on Taiwan after the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Penghu\" >Battle of Penghu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1939\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Ni\u0161_(1739)\" >Treaty of Ni\u0161<\/a>\u00a0is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia ending the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Turkish_War_(1735\u20131739)\" >Russian\u2013Turkish War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1929\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Serbs,_Croats_and_Slovenes\" >Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes<\/a>\u00a0is renamed to Yugoslavia by King\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia\" >Alexander I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1932\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Iraq\" >Kingdom of Iraq<\/a>\u00a0gains independence from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>1935\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War\" >Second Italo-Abyssinian War<\/a>: Italy\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Bono%27s_invasion_of_Abyssinia\" >invades Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1942\u00a0 A German\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-2_rocket\" >V-2 rocket<\/a>\u00a0reaches a record 85\u00a0km (46\u00a0nm) in altitude.<\/p>\n<p>1943\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: German forces murder 92 civilians in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lingiades_massacre\" >Lingiades<\/a>, Greece.<\/p>\n<p>1951\u00a0 Korean War: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Battle_of_Maryang_San\" >First Battle of Maryang San<\/a>\u00a0pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/korean-war-causes-us-involvement\" >What Caused the Korean War and Why Did the U.S. Get Involved?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history-maps.com\/story\/Korean-War\" >Korean War | Map and Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_in_the_Korean_War\" >United States in the Korean War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1952\u00a0 The United Kingdom\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Hurricane\" >successfully tests<\/a>\u00a0a nuclear weapon in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montebello_Islands\" >Montebello Islands<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Australia\" >Western Australia<\/a>, to become the world&#8217;s third nuclear power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/military-history.fandom.com\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_Kingdom\" >Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/history\/the-history-of-britains-nuclear-weapons\" >The history of Britain&#8217;s nuclear weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.world-nuclear.org\/information-library\/country-profiles\/countries-t-z\/appendices\/nuclear-development-in-the-united-kingdom.aspx\" >Nuclear Development in the United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1962\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Mercury\" >Project Mercury<\/a>: US astronaut\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wally_Schirra\" >Wally Schirra<\/a>, in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercury-Atlas_8\" >Sigma 7<\/a>, is launched from\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station\" >Cape Canaveral<\/a>\u00a0for a six-orbit flight.<\/p>\n<p>1963\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1963_Honduran_coup_d%27\u00e9tat\" >A violent coup in Honduras<\/a>\u00a0begins two decades of military rule.<\/p>\n<p>1990\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >German Democratic Republic<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_reunification\" >is abolished<\/a>\u00a0and becomes part of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Federal Republic of Germany<\/a>; the event is afterwards celebrated as\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Unity_Day\" >German Unity Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1993\u00a0 An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)\" >fails<\/a>; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.<\/p>\n<p>1995\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O._J._Simpson_murder_case\" >O. J. Simpson murder case<\/a>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O._J._Simpson\" >O. J. Simpson<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acquitted\" >acquitted<\/a>\u00a0of the murders of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicole_Brown_Simpson\" >Nicole Brown Simpson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Goldman\" >Ronald Goldman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2008\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008\" >Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008<\/a>\u00a0for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>2009\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyrgyzstan\" >Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a>\u00a0join in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkic_Council\" >Turkic Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2015\u00a0 Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike\" >Kunduz hospital airstrike<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001\u20132021)\" >Civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001\u20132021)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/26\/1020666025\/united-nations-report-civilian-casualties-afghanistan-reach-record-high\" >Civilian Casualties In Afghanistan Reach A Record High<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/afghanistan\/40-all-civilian-casualties-airstrikes-afghanistan-almost-1600-last-five-years\" >40% of all civilian casualties from airstrikes in Afghanistan \u2013 almost 1,600 \u2013 in the last five years were children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/sep\/07\/us-airstrikes-killed-at-least-22000-civilians-since-911-analysis-finds\" >US airstrikes killed at least 22,000 civilians since 9\/11, analysis finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/12\/18\/us\/airstrikes-pentagon-records-civilian-deaths.html\" >Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1302\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Byzantine\u2013Venetian_War_(1296\u20131302)\" >Byzantine\u2013Venetian War<\/a>\u00a0comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p>1363\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang\" >Battle of Lake Poyang<\/a>: In one of the largest naval battles in history, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hongwu_Emperor\" >Zhu Yuanzhang&#8217;<\/a>s rebels defeat rival <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chen_Youliang\" >Chen Youliang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1511\u00a0 Formation of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai\" >Holy League<\/a>\u00a0of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.<\/p>\n<p>1535\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coverdale_Bible\" >Coverdale Bible<\/a>\u00a0is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myles_Coverdale\" >Myles Coverdale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1582\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregorian_Calendar\" >Gregorian Calendar<\/a>\u00a0is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.<\/p>\n<p>1602\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eighty_Years%27_War\" >Eighty Years&#8217; War<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585)\" >Anglo-Spanish War<\/a>: A fleet of Spanish\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galley\" >galleys<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Narrow_Seas\" >are <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Narrow_Seas\" >defeated<\/a> by English and Dutch <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galleon\" >galleons<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\" >English Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1636\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirty_Years%27_War\" >Thirty Years&#8217; War<\/a>: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Wittstock\" >Battle of Wittstock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1693\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nine_Years%27_War\" >Nine Years&#8217; War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.calendarz.com\/on-this-day\/october\/4\/battle-of-marsaglia\" >Piedmontese troops<\/a> are\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Marsaglia\" >defeated<\/a>\u00a0by the French.<\/p>\n<p>1824\u00a0 Mexico adopts a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1824_Constitution_of_Mexico\" >new constitution<\/a>\u00a0and becomes a federal republic.<\/p>\n<p>1853\u00a0 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimean_War\" >Crimean War<\/a> begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Crimean-War\" >Crimean War | Map, Summary, Combatants, Causes, &amp; Facts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historic-uk.com\/HistoryUK\/HistoryofBritain\/Timeline-Crimean-War\/\" >Timeline of the Crimean War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1817\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Broodseinde\" >Battle of Broodseinde<\/a>\u00a0is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.<\/p>\n<p>1925\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Syrian_Revolt\" >Great Syrian Revolt<\/a>: Rebels led by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fawzi_al-Qawuqji\" >Fawzi al-Qawuqji<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1925_Hama_uprising\" >captured<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hama\" >Hama<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon\" >French Mandate of Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1957\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sputnik_1\" ><em>Sputnik 1<\/em><\/a> becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>1958\u00a0 The current\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_France\" >constitution of France<\/a>\u00a0is adopted.<\/p>\n<p>1966\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basutoland\" >Basutoland<\/a>\u00a0becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lesotho\" >Lesotho<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1985\u00a0 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_Software_Foundation\" >Free Software Foundation<\/a>\u00a0is founded.<\/p>\n<p>1993\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)\" >Battle of Mogadishu<\/a>\u00a0occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UN_Peacekeepers\" >UN Peacekeepers<\/a>\u00a0and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_1993_Battle_of_Mogadishu\" >Timeline of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/global-african-history\/events-global-african-history\/the-battle-of-mogadishu-1993\/\" >The Battle of Mogadishu (1993)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/black-hawk-down-true-story\" >&#8216;Black Hawk Down&#8217; And The True Story Of The Battle Of Mogadishu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/special-ops.org\/1st-battle-of-mogadishu-the-day-of-the-rangers\/\" >The Day of the Rangers: An unforgettable moment in military history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Somalia-intervention\" >Somalia intervention | UN Peacekeeping, US Military &amp; Humanitarian Aid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1993\u00a0 Tanks\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis\" >bombard the Russian parliament<\/a>, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.<\/p>\n<p>2003\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing\" >Maxim restaurant suicide bombing<\/a>\u00a0in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.<\/p>\n<p>2006\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WikiLeaks\" >WikiLeaks<\/a>\u00a0is launched.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WikiLeaks:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikileaks.org\/What-is-WikiLeaks.html\" >WikiLeaks &#8211; What is WikiLeaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_Assange#WikiLeaks\" >Julian Assange &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-47907890\" >Wikileaks: Document dumps that shook the world<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/10.1080\/21670811.2013.816544\" >WIKILEAKS AFTER MEGALEAKS: <\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Impact of WikiLeaks on Journalism:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2010\/12\/how-wikileaks-changes-things\" >How WikiLeaks Changes Things for Us All (hbr.org)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowmorestuff.com\/is-wikileaks-journalism\/#google_vignette\" >Is WikiLeaks Journalism?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/interview\/how-wikileaks-affects-journalism\" >How WikiLeaks Affects Journalism | Council on Foreign Relations <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifla.org\/publications\/what-is-the-effect-of-wikileaks-for-freedom-of-information\/\" >What is the effect of WikiLeaks for Freedom of Information?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2017\u00a0 Joint Nigerien-American\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Forces_(United_States_Army)\" >Special Forces<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tongo_Tongo_ambush\" >ambushed<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara\" >Islamic State<\/a>\u00a0militants outside the village of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tongo_Tongo\" >Tongo Tongo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>610\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heraclius\" >Heraclius<\/a> arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phocas\" >Emperor Phocas<\/a>, and becomes emperor.<\/p>\n<p>1143\u00a0 With the signing of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Zamora\" >Treaty of Zamora<\/a>, King\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfonso_VII_of_Le\u00f3n_and_Castile\" >Alfonso VII of Le\u00f3n and Castile<\/a>\u00a0recognizes Portugal as a Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>1789\u00a0 French Revolution: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_March_on_Versailles\" >Women&#8217;s March on Versailles<\/a>\u00a0effectively terminates royal authority.<\/p>\n<p>1900\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1900\/10\/06\/archives\/for-international-peace-paris-congress-issues-an-appeal-to-the.html\" >Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa<\/a> and asserts\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_Republic\" >Boer Republic<\/a>&#8216;s right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>1905\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright_brothers\" >Wright brothers<\/a>\u00a0pilot the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright_Flyer_III\" >Wright Flyer III<\/a>\u00a0in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>1910\u00a0 In a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/5_October_1910_revolution\" >revolution<\/a>\u00a0in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.<\/p>\n<p>1938\u00a0 In Nazi Germany, Jews&#8217;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuremberg_Laws\" >passports are invalidated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1943\u00a0 Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wake_Island\" >Wake Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1944\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Government_of_the_French_Republic\" >Provisional Government of the French Republic<\/a>\u00a0enfranchises women.<\/p>\n<p>1962\u00a0 The first of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Bond\" >James Bond<\/a>\u00a0film series, based on the novels by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Fleming\" >Ian Fleming<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr._No_(film)\" ><em>Dr. No<\/em><\/a>, is released in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cultural Impact of James Bond:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popoptiq.com\/the-cultural-impact-of-james-bond\/\" >The Cultural Impact of James Bond \u2013 PopOptiq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Bond Films in the Cold War Era:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/343736836_Popular_Geopolitics_and_Motion_Pictures_Cold_War_in_James_Bond_Movies\" >(PDF) Popular Geopolitics and Motion Pictures: Cold War in James Bond Movies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org\/2017\/12\/14\/james-bond-films-in-response-to-growing-tensions-during-the-cold-war\/\" >James Bond Films in Response to Growing Tensions During the Cold War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_during_the_Cold_War#Fiction\" ><em>Ian Fleming&#8217;s<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_during_the_Cold_War#Fiction\" ><em>\u00a0infamous spy novels about the MI6 agent\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_during_the_Cold_War#Fiction\" ><em>James Bond<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_during_the_Cold_War#Fiction\" ><em>\u00a0also referenced elements of the Cold War when being adapted into films. One example of this includes the first Bond film,\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_during_the_Cold_War#Fiction\" ><em>Dr. No<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_during_the_Cold_War#Fiction\" ><em>, which was released in 1962..<\/em><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2021\/10\/09\/jfk-james-bond-cold-war\/\" >How JFK used James Bond to fi<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2021\/10\/09\/jfk-james-bond-cold-war\/\" >ght the Cold War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1962\u00a0 The first\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beatles\" >Beatles<\/a>\u00a0single &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love_Me_Do\" >Love Me Do<\/a>&#8221; is released in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How the Beatles Changed the World:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_impact_of_the_Beatles\" >Cultural impact of the Beatles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/entertainment\/articles\/20_ways_the_beatles_changed_the_world_082723\/s1__38518719\" >20 ways The Beatles changed the world<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z4ED8AU9XxQ\" >How the Beatles Changed the World (Documentary) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Beatles and World Peace:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taprootmusic.com\/the-beatles-standing-for-peace-and-social-justice\/\" >The Beatles: Standing For Peace And Social Justice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taprootmusic.com\/the-beatles-their-anti-war-legacy-and-role-in-the-anti-war-movement\/\" >The Beatles: Their Anti-War Legacy And Role In The Anti-War Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taprootmusic.com\/exploring-the-memories-of-world-war-ii-through-the-eyes-of-the-beatles\/\" >Exploring The Memories Of World War II Through The Eyes Of The Beatles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1966\u00a0 A reactor at the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station\" >Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station<\/a>\u00a0near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.<\/p>\n<p>1968\u00a0 A\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland_Civil_Rights_Association\" >Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association<\/a>\u00a0march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.<\/p>\n<p>1988\u00a0 A Chilean opposition coalition defeats\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augusto_Pinochet\" >Augusto Pinochet<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988_Chilean_national_plebiscite\" >his re-election attempt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Overthrow_of_Slobodan_Milo\u0161evi\u0107\" >Mass demonstrations<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a>\u00a0force the resignation of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slobodan_Milo\u0161evi\u0107\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>69BC <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Mithridatic_War\" >Third Mithridatic War<\/a>: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_army_of_the_late_Republic\" >military<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Republic\" >Roman Republic<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tigranocerta\" >subdue Armenia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1762\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Years%27_War\" >Seven Years&#8217; War<\/a>: The British\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Manila_(1762)\" >capture Manila<\/a>\u00a0from Spain and occupy it.<\/p>\n<p>1908\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnian_crisis\" >Bosnian crisis<\/a>\u00a0erupts when\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austria-Hungary<\/a>\u00a0formally annexes\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austro-Hungarian_rule_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1915\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_I\" >Entente<\/a>\u00a0forces land in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thessaloniki\" >Thessaloniki<\/a>, to open the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macedonian_front\" >Macedonian front<\/a>\u00a0against the Central Powers<\/p>\n<p>1915\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austro-Hungarian_occupation_of_Serbia#:~:text=After%20three%20unsuccessful%20Austro-Hungarian%20offensives%20between%20August%20and,October%201915%2C%20while%20Bulgaria%20attacked%20from%20the%20east.\" >Combined Austro-Hungarian and German<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Powers\" >Central Powers<\/a>, reinforced by the recently joined\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>\u00a0launched a new offensive against\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a>\u00a0under command of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_von_Mackensen\" >August von Mackensen<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>1920\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence\" >Ukrainian War of Independence<\/a>: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starobilsk_agreement\" >Starobilsk agreement<\/a>\u00a0is signed by representatives of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" >Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makhnovshchina\" >Makhnovshchina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1939\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Kock_(1939)\" >Battle of Kock<\/a>\u00a0is the final combat of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Poland\" >September Campaign<\/a>\u00a0in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>1943\u00a0 World War II: Thirteen civilians are\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burnings_of_Kali_Sykia\" >burnt alive<\/a>\u00a0by a paramilitary group in Crete during the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_occupation_of_Greece\" >Nazi occupation of Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1944\u00a0 World War II: Units of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Czechoslovak_Army_Corps_in_the_Soviet_Union\" >1st Czechoslovak Army Corps<\/a>\u00a0enter\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovakia\" >Czechoslovakia<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass\" >Battle of the Dukla Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1973\u00a0 Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yom_Kippur_War\" >Yom Kippur War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/middle-east\/yom-kippur-war\" >Yom Kippur War<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Yom-Kippur-War\" >Yom Kippur War | Summary, Causes, Combatants, &amp; Facts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/yom-kippur-war\" >Yom Kippur War timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2018\/10\/8\/the-october-arab-israeli-war-of-1973-what-happened\" >The October Arab-Israeli War of 1973: What happened?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2018\/10\/8\/the-october-arab-israeli-war-of-1973-what-happened\" >Yom Kippur War in October 1973<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>In October 1973, the members of the\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0(OAPEC), led by\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>King Faisal<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Saudi Arabia<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>, proclaimed an <\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>oil\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>embargo<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0targeted at nations that had supported\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Israel<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0during the\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Yom Kippur War.<\/em><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>The\u00a0Valley of Tears\u00a0(<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>Hebrew<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>:\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>\u05e2\u05b5\u05de\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05db\u05b8\u05d0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>,\u00a0Emek HaBakha) is the name given to an area in the\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>Golan Heights<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>\u00a0after it became the site of a <\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>major battle in the 1973\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>Yom Kippur War&#8230;<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" ><em>which was fought from 6 October to 9 October<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" >.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mwi.westpoint.edu\/timeless-lessons-october-1973-arab-israeli-war\/\" >Timeless Lessons from the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1976\u00a0 Premier\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hua_Guofeng\" >Hu<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hua_Guofeng\" >a Guofeng<\/a>\u00a0arrests the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gang_of_Four\" >Gang of Four<\/a>, ending the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_Revolution\" >Cultural Revolution<\/a>\u00a0in China.<\/p>\n<p>1977\u00a0 The first prototype of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikoyan_MiG-29\" >Mikoyan MiG-29<\/a>, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.<\/p>\n<p>1981\u00a0 Egyptian President\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anwar_Sadat\" >Anwar Sadat<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat\" >murdered<\/a>\u00a0by Islamic extremists.<\/p>\n<p>1987\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiji\" >Fiji<\/a>\u00a0becomes a republic.<\/p>\n<p>1995\u00a0 The first planet orbiting another sun,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/51_Pegasi_b\" >51 Pegasi b<\/a>, is discovered.<\/p>\n<p>2010\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram\" >Instagram<\/a>, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3761BC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The epoch reference date (start) of the modern\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebrew_calendar\" >Hebrew calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1403\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venetian\u2013Genoese_wars\" >Venetian\u2013Genoese wars<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genoese_navy#Decline\" >The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet<\/a> at the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Modon_(1403)\" >Battle of Modon<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1513\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai\" >War of the League of Cambrai<\/a>: Spain\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_La_Motta_(1513)\" >defeats<\/a>\u00a0Venice.<\/p>\n<p>1828\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morea_expedition\" >Morea expedition<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Patras#Modern_times\" >The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1879\u00a0 Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the &#8220;Twofold Covenant&#8221; and create the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dual_Alliance_(1879)\" >Dual Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1912\u00a0 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helsinki_Stock_Exchange\" >Helsinki Stock Exchange<\/a>\u00a0sees its first transaction.<\/p>\n<p>1913\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Motor_Company\" >Ford Motor Company<\/a>\u00a0introduces the first moving\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assembly_line\" >vehicle assembly line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1919\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KLM\" >KLM<\/a>, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.<\/p>\n<p>1929\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photius_II_of_Constantinople\" >Photius II<\/a>\u00a0becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.<\/p>\n<p>1933\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_France\" >Air France<\/a>\u00a0is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.<\/p>\n<p>1940\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McCollum_memo\" >McCollum memo<\/a>\u00a0proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/McCollum_memorandum\" >Full Text of the McCollum Memorandum:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/McCollum\/index.html\" ><em>This memo, which proves that the government of the United States desired to lure Japan into an attack, was declassified in 1994. It took fifty years for the truth about Pearl Harbor to be revealed<\/em><\/a><em><u>.<\/u><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/pearl\/www.geocities.com\/Pentagon\/6315\/pearl.html\" >Pearl Harbor &#8211; Mother of All Conspiracies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1944\u00a0 World War II: During an\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp#Sonderkommando_revolt\" >uprising<\/a>\u00a0at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/birkenau.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/history\/\" >Birkenau concentration camp<\/a>, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auschwitz.org\/en\/history\/auschwitz-ii\/\" >Auschwitz II-Birkenau \/ History \/ Auschwitz-Birkenau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/31\" >Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) &#8211; UNESCO World Heritage Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/timeline-the-history-of-auschwitz-birkenau\/\" >Timeline: The history of Auschwitz-Birkenau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1949\u00a0 The communist\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >German Democratic Republic<\/a>\u00a0(East Germany) is formed.<\/p>\n<p>1950\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Teresa\" >Mother Teresa<\/a>\u00a0establishes the Missionaries of Charity.<\/p>\n<p>1958\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1958_Pakistani_coup_d%27\u00e9tat\" >1958 Pakistani coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a>\u00a0inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.<\/p>\n<p>1959\u00a0 The Soviet probe\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_3\" >Luna 3<\/a>\u00a0transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>1963\u00a0 President Kennedy signs the ratification of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty\" >Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1977\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1977_Soviet_Constitution\" >Fourth Soviet Constitution<\/a>\u00a0is adopted.<\/p>\n<p>1985\u00a0 Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Achille_Lauro_hijacking\" >hijack<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_Achille_Lauro\" >MS\u00a0<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_Achille_Lauro\" ><em>Achille Lauro<\/em><\/a>\u00a0off the coast of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>1987\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiji\" >Fiji<\/a>\u00a0becomes a republic.<\/p>\n<p>1991\u00a0 Croatian War of Independence:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_the_Banski_Dvori\" >Bombing of the Banski Dvori<\/a>\u00a0in Zagreb, Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/2185611\/posts\" >Tudjman\u2019s Police Minister Admits Croatia Started the War by Attacking Serbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/omnilogos.com\/civil-war-croatia-1991-1992-and-1995\/\" >Civil War: Croatia (1991-1992 and 1995)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2020\/05\/06\/croatians-1990s-paramilitaries-from-government-critics-to-collaborators\/\" >Croatia\u2019s 1990s Paramilitaries: From Government Critics to Collaborators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.culturalsurvival.org\/publications\/cultural-survival-quarterly\/serbian-and-croatian-nationalism-and-wars-yugoslavia\" >Serbian and Croatian Nationalism and the Wars In Yugoslavia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli\u2013Palestinian_conflict\" >Israeli-Palestinian conflict<\/a>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hezbollah\" >Hezbollah<\/a>\u00a0militants capture three\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel_Defense_Forces\" >Israeli Defense Force<\/a>\u00a0soldiers in a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000_Hezbollah_cross-border_raid\" >cross-border raid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2001\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan\" >U.S. invasion of Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001\u20132021)\" >longest war<\/a>\u00a0in American history.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 War in Afghanistan (2001-2021):<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001\u20132021)\" >War in Afghanistan (2001\u20132021)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-war-is-worth-waging-afghanistan-s-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/19769\" >&#8220;The War is Worth Waging&#8221;: Afghanistan&#8217;s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/revolutionarydemocracy.org\/rdv8n1\/oilnln.htm\" >The US War in Afghanistan and the Grab for Central Asian Oil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From 9\/11 To War in Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/michelchossudovsky.substack.com\/p\/911-analysis-reagan-al-qaeda-bush-911?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1910355&amp;post_id=136928494&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2qsy0d&amp;utm_medium=email\" >9\/11 Analysis: From Reagan\u2019s Al Qaeda Sponsored War on Afghanistan to George W. Bush\u2019s 9\/11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/9\/6\/timeline-how-september-11-2001-led-to-uss-longest-war\" >Timeline: How September 11, 2001 led to US\u2019s longest war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/11\/afgh-n20.html\" >US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[3]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 War in Afghanistan, Oil, Gas and Minerals:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earthisland.org\/journal\/index.php\/magazine\/entry\/afghanistan_its_about_oil\/\" >Afghanistan: It\u2019s About Oil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/963\" >Oil and 9-11: The Connection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/towardfreedom.org\/story\/archives\/west-asia\/oil-and-empire-afghanistan-and-911\/\" >Oil and Empire: Afghanistan and 9\/11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2002\/01\/10\/bush-enron-unocal-and-the-taliban\/\" >Bush, Enron, UNOCAL and the Taliban<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corpwatch.org\/article\/usa-unocal-advisor-named-representative-afghanistan\" >USA: Unocal Advisor Named Representative to Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/centurean2.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/05\/afghanistan-a-war-for-gas-and-oil-pipelines-2\/\" >Afghanistan- A War For Gas And Oil Pipelines\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23608077\" >OIL SECRETS BEHIND U.S. WAR ON AFGHANISTAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/website\/story\/pipeline-politics-oil-gas-and-the-us-interest-in-afghanistan\/213804\" >Pipeline Politics: Oil, Gas And The US Interest In Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2002\/01\/oil-j03.html\" >Oil company adviser named US representative to Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/program\/featured-documentaries\/2016\/10\/8\/taliban-oil\/\" >Taliban Oil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan_Oil_Pipeline\" >Afghanistan Oil Pipeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/020318chicagotribune\" >U.S. Bases in Afghanistan Located Along Projected Oil Pipeline Route<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/afghanistan-taliban-to-reap-1-trillion-mineral-wealth\/a-58888765\" >Afghanistan&#8217;s minerals to boost Taliban coffers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/taliban-protect-gas-pipeline-war-expands-west-afghanistan\/4401221.html\" >Taliban Vows to Protect Gas Pipeline as War Expands to West Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/southasianvoices.org\/the-tapi-pipeline-in-post-u-s-withdrawal-afghanistan\/\" >The TAPI Pipeline in Post-U.S. Withdrawal Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2002\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis\" >Space Shuttle\u00a0<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis\" ><em>Atlantis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0launches on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-112\" >STS-112<\/a>\u00a0to continue\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assembly_of_the_International_Space_Station\" >assembly of the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>451\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first session of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Chalcedon\" >Council of Chalcedon<\/a>\u00a0begins.<\/p>\n<p>876\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Andernach_(876)\" >prevent<\/a>\u00a0a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II (&#8220;the Bald&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>1480\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Stand_on_the_Ugra_River\" >Great Stand on the Ugra River<\/a>\u00a0puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow<\/p>\n<p>1573\u00a0 End of the Spanish\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Alkmaar\" >siege of Alkmaar<\/a>, the first Dutch victory in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Eighty-Years-War\" >Eighty Years&#8217; War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1813\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Ried\" >Treaty of Ried<\/a>\u00a0is signed between Bavaria and Austria.<\/p>\n<p>1856\u00a0 The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Opium_War\" >Second Opium War<\/a> between several western powers and China begins with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/archive\/months-past\/arrow-incident\" ><em>Arrow <\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/archive\/months-past\/arrow-incident\" >Incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/Causes-and-Effects-of-the-Opium-Wars\" >Opium Wars | Causes &amp; Effects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docest.com\/causes-and-effects-of-the-second-opium-war\" >CAUSES and EFFECTS of the Second Opium War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/origins.osu.edu\/read\/second-opium-war?language_content_entity=en\" >The Second Opium War | Origins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1879\u00a0 War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Angamos\" >Battle of Angamos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1895\u00a0 Korean\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empress_Myeongseong\" >Empress Myeongseong<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eulmi_incident\" >assassinated<\/a>\u00a0by Japanese infiltrators.<\/p>\n<p>1912\u00a0 \u00a0The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>\u00a0begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_Wars\" >Balkan Wars <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historycrunch.com\/first-balkan-war.html#\/\" >First Balkan War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1939\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: Germany\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_areas_annexed_by_Nazi_Germany\" >annexes western Poland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1941\u00a0 World War II: During the preliminaries of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)\" >Battle of Rostov<\/a>, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.<\/p>\n<p>1943\u00a0 World War II: Around 30 civilians are\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kallikratis_executions\" >executed<\/a>\u00a0by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Friedrich_Schubert\" >Friedrich Schubert<\/a>&#8216;s paramilitary group in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kallikratis#World_War_II\" >Kallikratis<\/a>, Crete.<\/p>\n<p>1967\u00a0 Guerrilla leader\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Che_Guevara\" >Che Guevara<\/a>\u00a0and his men are captured in Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legacy_of_Che_Guevara\" >Legacy of Che Guevara<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollector.com\/che-guevara-freedom-fighter-or-myth\/\" >Che Guevara: Freedom Fighter or Myth?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/ernesto-che-guevara\" >Ernesto \u2018Che\u2019 Guevara: The Full Story Of The Revolutionary Icon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@comradefinnegan\/was-che-guevara-a-mass-murderer-b1ac6a52dce0\" >Was Che Guevara a mass murderer?. You know how much I admire Che Guevara\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/historical-figures\/che-guevara.htm\" >The Inconvenient Truth Behind Revolutionary Icon Che Guevara<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cheguevara.org\/che-guevara-facts.jsp\" >10 Facts that You Might Not Know About Che Guevara<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nsarchive2.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB5\/\" >The Death of Che Guevara: U.S. declassified documents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1973\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yom_Kippur_War\" >Yom Kippur War<\/a>: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yom Kippur War:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Yom-Kippur-War\" >Yom Kippur War | Summary, Causes, Combatants, &amp; Facts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/nsa-review-of-intelligence-failures-in-yom-kippur-war\" >NSA Review Of Intelligence Failures In The Yom Kippur War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yum Kippur War in October 1973:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2018\/10\/8\/the-october-arab-israeli-war-of-1973-what-happened\" >The October Arab-Israeli War of 1973: What happened?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>In October 1973, the members of the\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0(OAPEC), led by\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>King Faisal<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Saudi Arabia<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>, proclaimed an <\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>oil\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>embargo<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0targeted at nations that had supported\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Israel<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>\u00a0during the\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973_oil_crisis\" ><em>Yom Kippur War.<\/em><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valley_of_Tears\" >Valley of Tears<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mwi.westpoint.edu\/timeless-lessons-october-1973-arab-israeli-war\/\" >Timeless Lessons from the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1982\u00a0 Poland bans <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)\" >Solidarity<\/a> and all other trade unions.<\/p>\n<p>[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Solidarity Movement in Poland:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Solidarity\" >History of Solidarity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollector.com\/poland-solidarity-movement\/\" >The Rise and Fall of Poland\u2019s Solidarity Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CIA and \u201cSolidarity\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwp.edu\/articles\/2019\/03\/17\/the-cia-and-solidarity\/\" >The CIA and \u201cSolidarity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polishhistory.pl\/a-covert-action-reagan-the-cia-and-the-cold-war-struggle-in-poland\/\" >A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msuweb.montclair.edu\/~furrg\/furraft82.pdf\" >The AFT, the CIA, and Solidarno\u015b\u0107<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idcommunism.com\/2016\/04\/solidarnosc-cia-backed-trojan-horse-of.html\" >In Defense of Communism: Solidarno\u015b\u0107: The CIA-backed &#8216;Trojan Horse&#8217; of Poland&#8217;s Counterrevolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/opinions\/1989\/08\/27\/how-we-helped-solidarity-win\/443c4c9c-0a8f-4e88-8657-a6404fe11cc7\/\" >HOW WE HELPED SOLIDARITY WIN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[3]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Catholic Church and \u201cSolidarity\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fpif.org\/solidarity-polish-church\/\" >Before Solidarity, There Was the Polish Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/guidedhistory\/law-and-religion\/bartek-b\/\" >Role of the Catholic Church in Resisting Communist Rule in Poland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/polish-women-reject-the-catholic-churchs-hold-on-their-country-149609\" >Polish women reject the Catholic Church&#8217;s hold on their country<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1991\u00a0 Upon the expiration of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brioni_Agreement\" >Brioni Agreement<\/a>, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n<p>2001\u00a0 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security\" >Office of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2020\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War\" >Second Nagorno-Karabakh War<\/a>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a>\u00a0twice deliberately\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Ghazanchetsots_Cathedral_shelling\" >targeted<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghazanchetsots_Cathedral\" >Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shusha\" >Shusha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War\" >Timeline of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/besacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/184web-no-ital.pdf\" >The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: A Milestone in Military Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/content\/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-visual-explainer\" >The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Visual Explainer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponarseurasia.org\/the-second-nagorno-karabakh-war-in-a-global-south-perspective\/\" >The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in a Global South Perspective<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airuniversity.af.edu\/JIPA\/Display\/Article\/2743721\/the-second-nagorno-karabakh-war-takeaways-for-singapores-ground-based-air-defen\/\" >The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War:\u00a0Takeaways for Singapore\u2019s Ground-Based Air Defense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Satoshi Ashikaga is\u00a0a member of the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a><em>. Having worked as researcher, development program\/project officer, legal protection\/humanitarian assistance officer, human rights monitor-negotiator, managing-editor, and more, he prefers a peaceful and prudent life.\u00a0 His previous work experiences, including those in war zones and war-torn zones, constantly remind him of the invaluableness of peace.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2-8 October 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-244447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244449,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244447\/revisions\/244449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}