{"id":62803,"date":"2015-08-24T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=62803"},"modified":"2015-08-22T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T14:18:00","slug":"this-week-in-history-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/this-week-in-history-38\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"TWH logo\" width=\"700\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>August 24-30<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/izquotes.com\/quote\/126837\" >\u201c<em>Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive<\/em>.\u201d<\/a> &#8211; Milarepa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Astronomical_Union\" >International Astronomical Union<\/a> (IAU) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_definition_of_planet\" >redefines the term &#8220;planet&#8221;<\/a> such that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pluto\" >Pluto<\/a> is now considered a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwarf_planet\" >dwarf planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/what-is-a-planet\/\" >What Is a Planet? \u2013 ScientificAmerican.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/solarviews.com\/eng\/pluto.htm\" >Dwarf Planet Pluto \u2013 SolarViews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/43-pluto-the-ninth-planet-that-was-a-dwarf.html\/\" >Dwarf Planet Pluto: Facts About the Icy Former Planet \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/science.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/space\/solar-system\/dwarf-planet\/\" >About Dwarf Planets \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/space.about.com\/od\/starsplanetsgalaxies\/ss\/Pluto-IS-a-Dwarf-Planet.htm\" >Pluto Is a Dwarf Planet! by Carolyn Collins Petersen \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2015\/jul\/15\/pluto-planet-status-debate-dwarf\" >Who you calling a dwarf? Pluto flyby reopens debate about its \u2018planet\u2019 status \u2013 July 15, 2015 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/forstudents\/k-4\/stories\/nasa-knows\/what-is-pluto-k4.html\" >What Is Pluto? &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>Eighty-nine passengers die after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_aircraft_bombings_of_August_2004\" >two airliners explode<\/a> after flying out of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domodedovo_International_Airport\" >Domodedovo International Airport<\/a>, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Chechnya\" >Republic of Chechnya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Transat_Flight_236\" >Air Transat Flight 236<\/a> runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisbon\" >Lisbon<\/a> from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azores\" >Azores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>First <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio-frequency_identification\" >radio-frequency identification<\/a> (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/radio+frequency+identification\" >Radio-Frequency Identification \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/electronics.howstuffworks.com\/gadgets\/high-tech-gadgets\/rfid.htm\" >How RFID Works \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/xlibrary\/assets\/privacy\/privacy_advcom_rpt_rfid_draft.pdf\" >The Use of RFID for Human Identification: A DRAFT REPORT from DHS Emerging Applications and Technology Subcommittee to the Full Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee: Version 1.0 \u2013 DHS.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>RFID, Ethics, and Privacy\/Human Rights:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/article\/radio-frequency-identification-human-tagging\/43599\" >Radio Frequency Identification and Human Tagging: Newer Coercions \u2013 Nada K. Kakabadse, et al. \u2013 IGC-Global.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/juliedecimal.com\/juliedecimalbuptwo\/sites\/default\/files\/RFID%20and%20cancer.pdf\" >Ethical Implications of Implantable Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) Tags in Humans, by Kenneth R. Foster, and Jan Jaeger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlii.org\/int\/journals\/EPICPrivHR\/2006\/PHR2006-Radio_Fr.html\" >Radio-Frequency Identification [RFID] &#8211; Privacy and Human Rights Report 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/central\/jd\/organizations\/journals\/bulr\/volume86n2\/documents\/DALALv2.pdf\" ><em>CHIPPING AWAY AT THE CONSTITUTION: THE INCREASING USE OF RFID CHIPS COULD LEAD TO AN EROSION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS<\/em>, by Reepal S. Dalal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.cs.wisc.edu\/~sohi\/cs252\/Fall2014\/handouts\/spectrum07_rfid_ethics.pdf\" >RFID Inside: The murky ethics of implanted chips, by Kenneth R. Foster, and Jan Jaeger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipc.on.ca\/images\/resources\/up-rfid.pdf\" >Tag, You\u2019re It: Privacy Implication of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology, by Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Commissioner, February 2004<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicapublishing.com\/confronting\/5CH13.pdf\" >\u201c<em>The identification chips, contained in a glass capsule that&#8217;s slightly larger than a grain of rice, were injected into their upper arms by a syringe &#8211; like device. When activated by a scanning signal, the chips send out a unique 64 &#8211; bit code that can be linked to the person &#8216;s identity, along with all sorts of other pertinent information, like security clearance<\/em>.\u201c &#8211; Convenience and Safety vs. Privacy: The Ethics of Radio Frequency Identification, by Paul Liao, Alexis Smith, and Connie Wang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Initial accord between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PLO\" >PLO<\/a> about partial self-rule of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_people\" >Palestinians<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Bank\" >West Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_peace_process\" >Israeli \u2013 Palestinian peace process \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/world\/countries\/israel-palestine-conflict\/timeline.html\" >The Israeli \u2013 Palestinian Conflict Timeline 1948 \u2013 2000 \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Declaration_of_Independence_of_Ukraine\" >declares itself independent<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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:\/\/www.syrucc.org\/history.html\" >A BREIF HISTORY OF THE UKRAINE \u2013 SYRUCC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/ukraine.html\" >Ukraine \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukraine.com\/history\/\" >Ukraine \u2013 History \u2013 The Past that Shaped the Present Day Ukraine &#8211; Ukraine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" >Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a> resigns as head of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Communist Party of the Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tadeusz_Mazowiecki\" >Tadeusz Mazowiecki<\/a> is chosen as the first non-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist\" >communist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister\" >Prime Minister<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Europe\" >Central<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Europe\" >Eastern Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombia\" >Colombian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drug_baron\" >drug barons<\/a> declare &#8220;total war&#8221; on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_of_Colombia\" >Colombian government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_David_Chapman\" >Mark David Chapman<\/a> is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lennon\" >John Lennon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/dailypolitics\/transcript-john-lennon-killer-mark-david-chapman-bragged-incredible-stalking-failed-parole-hearing-blog-entry-1.1918964\" >Transcript: John Lennon killer Mark David Chapman bragged about his \u2018incredible stalking\u2019 at failed parole hearing \u2013 NYDailyNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/crime.about.com\/od\/murder\/a\/Profile-Of-Mark-Chapman.htm\" >Profile of Mark Chapman: John Lennon\u2019s killer \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2014\/08\/27\/lennons-killer-parole-board-hearing-transcript\/14704367\/\" >Lennon\u2019s killer: \u2018I\u2019m sorry for being such an idiot\u2019 \u2013 August 27, 2014 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/mark-david-chapman\/\" >Mark David Chapman \u2013 News Archive \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/28\/showbiz\/mark-chapman-parole-denied\/\" >John Lennon\u2019s killer denied parole, says he was an \u2018idiot\u2019 for killing Beatle \u2013 August 28, 2014 \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musictimes.com\/articles\/19048\/20141207\/paul-mccartney-reflects-john-lennon-death-beatle-mark-david-chapman-jerk-watch.htm\" >BUZZ &#8211; Paul McCartney Reflects on John Lennon\u2019s Death: Beatle Calls Mark David Chapman the \u2018Jerk of Jerks\u2019, by Shawn Christ \u2013 December 7, 2014 \u2013 MusicTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of the Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith<\/a><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbie_Hoffman\" >Abbie Hoffman<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Youth_International_Party\" >Youth International Party<\/a> temporarily disrupts trading at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Stock_Exchange\" >New York Stock Exchange<\/a> by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_11\" >Luna 11<\/a> for orbit around Moon.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/astro.if.ufrgs.br\/solar\/sovlune.htm\" >Soviet Lunar Program, by Douglas M. Messier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_programme\" >Luna programme \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.russianspaceweb.com\/chronology_moon_race.html\" >Chronology: Moon Race \u2013 RussianSpaceWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Race\" >Space Race \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/space-race\/videos\/space-race-cold-war-front\" >THE SPACE RACE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/military\/space-race-history.html\" >Space Race Timeline \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/11336-space-race-united-states-soviets-spaceflight-50years.html\" >Space Race: Could the US Have Beaten the Soviets Into Space? \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_crisis\" >Buddhist crisis<\/a>: As a result of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X%C3%A1_L%E1%BB%A3i_Pagoda_raids\" >X\u00e1 L\u1ee3i Pagoda raids<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_State_Department\" >US State Department<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cable_243\" >cables<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Embassy,_Saigon\" >United States Embassy, Saigon<\/a> to encourage <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam\" >Army of the Republic of Vietnam<\/a> generals to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1963_South_Vietnamese_coup\" >launch a coup<\/a> against President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Diem\" >Ngo Dinh Diem<\/a> if he did not remove his brother <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Nhu\" >Ngo Dinh Nhu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Get%C3%BAlio_Dornelles_Vargas\" >Get\u00falio Dornelles Vargas<\/a>, president of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a>, commits suicide and is succeeded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jo%C3%A3o_Caf%C3%A9_Filho\" >Jo\u00e3o Caf\u00e9 Filho<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Control_Act\" >Communist Control Act<\/a> goes into effect, outlawing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Communist_Party\" >American Communist Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edith_Sampson\" >Edith Sampson<\/a> becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The treaty creating the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >North Atlantic Treaty Organization<\/a> goes into effect.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of NATO:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/history\/\" >A short history of NATO &#8211; 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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Problems of NATO:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 &#8211; 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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The United States and NATO:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944<\/strong><strong>\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<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\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\/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons\" >Battle of the Eastern Solomons<\/a>. Japanese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_carrier\" >aircraft carrier<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABj%C5%8D\" >Ry\u016bj\u014d<\/a><\/em> is sunk and US carrier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Enterprise<\/em><\/a> heavily damaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> orders the cessation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany&#8217;s<\/a> systematic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Action_T4\" >T4 euthanasia program<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mental_illness\" >mentally ill<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disability\" >handicapped<\/a> due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War\" >Spanish Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sovereign_Council_of_Asturias_and_Le%C3%B3n\" >Sovereign Council of Asturias and Le\u00f3n<\/a> is proclaimed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gij%C3%B3n\" >Gij\u00f3n<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War\" >Spanish Civil War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basque_Army\" >Basque Army<\/a> surrenders to the Italian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corpo_Truppe_Volontarie\" >Corpo Truppe Volontarie<\/a> following the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santo%C3%B1a_Agreement\" >Santo\u00f1a Agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Antarctic_Territory\" >Australian Antarctic Territory<\/a> is created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Australian Antarctic Territory:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Australian-Antarctic-Territory\" >Australian Antarctic Territory \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.gov.au\/\" >Australian Antarctic Division \u2013 Australian Government \u2013 Department of the Environment, Australian Antarctic Division<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crwflags.com\/fotw\/flags\/au-antar.html\" >Australian Antarctic Territory \u2013 CRWFlags.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perthmint.com.au\/catalogue\/coin-programs-australian-antartic-territory-series.aspx\" >Australian Antarctic Territory \u2013 The Perth Mint Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/australian_antarctic_territory\" >Visit to Australian Antarctic Territory \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Pertinent Legal Issues of the Australian Antarctic Territory<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/journal\/1G1-167305291\/enforcing-australian-law-in-antarctica-the-hsi-litigation\" >Enforcing Australian Law in Antarctica: The HSI Litigation, by Ruth Davis \u2013 Questia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica\" >Territorial claims in Antarctica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.gov.au\/about-us\/publications\/australian-antarctic-magazine\/2001-2005\/issue-3-autumn-2002\/feature\/the-laws-of-the-australian-antarctic-territory\" >The Law of the Australian Antarctic Territory \u2013 Australian Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/action\/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=5418356\" >Australian Law in Antarctica \u2013 Stuart Kaye, and Donald R. Rothwell \u2013 Polar Record &#8211; Cambridge.org<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/231934377_Australian_law_in_Antarctica\" >Australian Law in Antarctica \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alrc.gov.au\/publications\/alrc-80-legal-risk-international-transactions\/10-external-territories\" > External territories \u2013 Australian Law Reform Commission &#8211; Australian Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.gov.au\/environment\/environmental-law-and-guidelines\" >Environmental law \u2013 Australian Antarctic Division \u2013 Gov.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Antarctic and International Law:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica\" >Territorial claim in Antarctica &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-94-011-4319-6_3?no-access=true\" >Port Jurisdiction in Antarctica \u2013 A New Approach to Inspection, Control, and Enforcement, by Francisco Orrego Vicu\u00f1a \u2013 Ink.Springer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.gov.au\/law-and-treaty\" >Antarctic law and Treaty \u2013 Australian government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antarctic_Treaty_System\" >Antarctic Treaty System \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scar.org\/antarctic-treaty-system\/\" >Antarctic Treaty System \u2013 The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research \u2013 SCAR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agreed_Measures_for_the_Conservation_of_Antarctic_Fauna_and_Flora\" >Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_for_the_Conservation_of_Antarctic_Seals\" >Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_for_the_Conservation_of_Antarctic_Marine_Living_Resources\" >Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_on_the_Regulation_of_Antarctic_Mineral_Resource_Activities\" >Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protocol_on_Environmental_Protection_to_the_Antarctic_Treaty\" >Protocol on the Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Books:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Antarctica-International-Law-Collection-Interstate\/dp\/0379203200\" ><em>Antarctica and International Law: A Collection of Interstate and National Documents<\/em>, by W.M. Bush, Vols. I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Antarctica-International-Law-Collection-Interstate\/dp\/0379203219\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439655833&amp;sr=1-3-fkmr0&amp;keywords=%E2%80%A2%09Antarctica+and+International+Law%3A+A+Collection+of+Interstate+and+National+Documents%2C+by+W.M.+Bush%2C+Vols.+II\" >II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/antarctica-and-international-law-a-collection-of-interstate-and-national-documents\/oclc\/846755085\" >III, and Index<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibliography_of_Antarctica\" >Bibliography of Antarctica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amelia_Earhart\" >Amelia Earhart<\/a> becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newark,_New_Jersey\" >Newark, New Jersey<\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ameliaearhart.com\/\" >Amelia Earhart \u2013 Official Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/amelia-earhart\" >AMELIA EARHART \u2013 Hitory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/what-happened-to-amelia-earhart\" >WHAT HAPPENED TO AMELIA EARHART \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/what-happened-to-amelia-9-tantalizing-theories-about-the-earhart-disappearance\" >What Happened to Amelia? : 9 Tantalizing Theories About the Earhart Disappearance, by Elizabeth Hanes \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarycorruption.com\/earhartbook.htm\" >FINALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO AMELIA EARHART \u2013 NAVY SECRETRAY JAMES FORRESTAL SAID TO BE PART OF THE COVER-UP \u2013 FORMER \u201cNIS\u201d AGENT TRIES TO DEBUNK FACTS IN NEW BOOK \u2013 MilitaryCorruption.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/1030\/What-happened-to-Amelia-Earhart-Sonar-anomaly-hints-at-wreckage\" >What happened to Amelia Earhart? Sonar \u2018anomaly\u2019 hints at wreckage. By Megan Cannon \u2013 October 24, 2014 &#8211; The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/tom-king\/exploring-amelia-earharts-disappearance_b_4581713.html\" >Exploring Amelia Earhart\u2019s Disappearance, by Tom King \u2013 March 13, 2014 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.delaware.gov\/2012\/02\/15\/what-really-happened-to-amelia-earhart\/\" >What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart? , posted on February 15, 2012 \u2013 Delaware.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>Resignation of the United Kingdom&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Labour_Government\" >Second Labour Government<\/a>. Formation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK_National_Government\" >UK National Government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>France and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> sign a neutrality\/no attack treaty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1929\u00a0 <\/strong>Second day of two-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1929_Hebron_massacre\" >Hebron massacre<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1929_Palestine_riots\" >1929 Palestine riots<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_people\" >Arab<\/a> attacks on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish\" >Jewish<\/a> community in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebron\" >Hebron<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Mandate_of_Palestine\" >British Mandate of Palestine<\/a>, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cer\" >Battle of Cer<\/a> ends as the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_I\" >Allied<\/a> victory in the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: German troops capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namur,_Belgium\" >Namur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>Workers start pouring concrete for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama_Canal\" >Panama Canal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Panama_Canal\" >History of the Panama Canal &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/panama\/10.htm\" >Building the Panama Canal \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhistoryusa.com\/building-of-panama-canal\/\" >The building of the Panama Canal \u2013 American History USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/timeline\/panama\/\" >Timeline: Creating the Canal \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination360.com\/central-america\/panama\/panama-canal-history\" >Panama Canal History \u2013 Destination360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1899-1913\/panama-canal\" >Building the Panama Canal \u2013 Office of the Historian \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2013\/08\/130816-pictures-panama-canal-construction-build-italian-gallego\/\" >Picture Archive: Building the Panama Canal \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Nikolayevich_Muravyov\" >Count Muravyov<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_Minister_of_Russia\" >Foreign Minister of Russia<\/a> presents a <em>rescript<\/em> that convoked the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hague_Conventions_%281899_and_1907%29\" >First Hague Peace Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haguepeace.org\/index.php?action=history&amp;subAction=conf&amp;selection=when\" >The First Hague Peace Conference \u2013 When did the Conference take place? \u2013 HAGUE APPEAL for PEACE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unterm.un.org\/dgaacs\/unterm.nsf\/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8\/a4b8032b17b5d8e6852569fa000072bc\" >International Peace Conference; Hague Peace Conference \u2013 UNTERM \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h989.html\" >The Hague Conferences: Seeking Peace \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/hague-conferences.html\" >Hague Conferences \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1891\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> patents the motion picture camera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1875\u00a0 <\/strong>Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_Webb\" >Matthew Webb<\/a> became first person to swim the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\" >English Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolseley_Expedition\" >Wolseley Expedition<\/a> reaches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manitoba\" >Manitoba<\/a> to end the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_River_Rebellion\" >Red River Rebellion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1857\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panic_of_1857\" >Panic of 1857<\/a> begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1821\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_C%C3%B3rdoba\" >Treaty of C\u00f3rdoba<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Veracruz\" >C\u00f3rdoba<\/a>, now in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veracruz_%28state%29\" >Veracruz<\/a>, Mexico, concluding the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_War_of_Independence\" >Mexican War of Independence<\/a> from Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1820\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutionalism\" >Constitutionalist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Portugal#Crises_of_the_nineteenth_century\" >insurrection<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porto\" >Oporto<\/a>, Portugal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1816\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_St._Louis#1816_-_Ottawa.2C_Ojibwa.2C_and_Potawatomi\" >Treaty of St. Louis<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis,_Missouri\" >St. Louis, Missouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong>The modern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_the_Netherlands\" >Constitution of the Netherlands<\/a> is signed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong>British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burning_of_Washington\" >Burning of Washington<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\" >White House<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Capitol\" >Capitol<\/a> and many other buildings are set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1690 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Job_Charnock\" >Job Charnock<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_India_Company\" >East India Company<\/a> establishes a factory in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kolkata\" >Calcutta<\/a>, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcutta_High_Court\" >Calcutta High Court<\/a> ruled that the city has no birthday).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voyager_1\" >Voyager 1<\/a> spacecraft enters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interstellar_space\" >interstellar space<\/a> becoming the first man-made object to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tli_Cho\" >Tli Cho<\/a> land claims agreement is signed between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogrib_people\" >Dogrib<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Nations\" >First Nations<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" >Canadian<\/a> federal government in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Behchoko,_Northwest_Territories\" >Rae-Edzo<\/a> (now called Behchoko).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egon_Krenz\" >Egon Krenz<\/a>, the former East German leader, is convicted of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schie%C3%9Fbefehl\" >shoot-to-kill policy<\/a> at the Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linus_Torvalds\" >Linus Torvalds<\/a> announces the first version of what will become <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linux\" >Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Vukovar\" >Battle of Vukovar<\/a> begins. An 87-day siege of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatian<\/a> city by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army\" >Yugoslav People&#8217;s Army<\/a> (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August\u2013November, during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatian_War_of_Independence\" >Croatian War of Independence<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belarus\" >Belarus<\/a> gains its independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casi.org.uk\/info\/undocs\/gopher\/s90\/19\" >UN Security Council (Resolution 665 (1990)) authorizes military action against Iraq.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayumi_Moriyama\" >Mayumi Moriyama<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a>&#8216;s first female <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cabinet_secretary\" >cabinet secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voyager_2\" >Voyager 2<\/a> spacecraft makes its closest approach to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neptune\" >Neptune<\/a>, the second to last planet in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solar_System\" >Solar System<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of the Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith<\/a><\/em><\/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:\/\/www.icanw.org\/the-facts\/the-nuclear-age\/\" >Nuclear weapons timeline \u2013 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons \u2013 ICANW.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voyager_2\" >Voyager 2<\/a> spacecraft makes its closest approach to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn\" >Saturn<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe\" >Zimbabwe<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Lincoln_Rockwell\" >George Lincoln Rockwell<\/a> is assassinated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sayyid_Qutb\" >Sayyid Qutb<\/a> is executed in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\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 style=\"text-align: left;\">\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<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya#Nuclear_testing\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-4-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union: Novaya Zemlya archipelago \u2013 relocation of indigenous population \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlja &#8211; NTI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >\u201c<em>Novaya Zemlya, beginning in 1954, was exclusively used by Russia for almost 40 years as a nuclear testing area, atmospherically, underground, and in the surrounding oceans. Lately researchers have begun to discover that Novaya Zemlya was also used as a graveyard for various nuclear weapons, submarines, and reactors, sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Many vessels still had their radioactive materials aboard and were not properly disposed of. Therefore, Novaya Zemlya is quickly becoming an environmental disaster<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlja<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >\u201c<em>\u2019Collecting large numbers of seagull and guillemot eggs, as well as hunting birds, was the most destructive action people have ever done on Novaya Zemlya,\u2019 said Gennady Khakhin, head of the Center for Wild Animal Health of the All-Russia Research Institute of Nature Conservation at the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources<\/em>\u2026.\u201d \u2013 Novaya Zemlja: birds, animals adapt to nuclear test site \u2013 NuclearNo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%A2nio_Quadros\" >J\u00e2nio Quadros<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a> resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >a military coup in 1964<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\" >Harry Truman<\/a> orders the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >U.S. Army<\/a> to seize control of the nation&#8217;s railroads to avert a strike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee\" >House Un-American Activities Committee<\/a> holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: &#8220;Confrontation Day&#8221; between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whittaker_Chambers\" >Whittaker Chambers<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alger_Hiss\" >Alger Hiss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>Ten days after World War II ends with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victory_over_Japan_Day\" >announcing its surrender<\/a>, armed supporters of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_China\" >Chinese Communist Party<\/a> kill <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >U.S.<\/a> intelligence officer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Birch_%28missionary%29\" >John Birch<\/a>, regarded by some of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservatism_in_the_United_States\" >American right<\/a> as the first victim of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_of_Paris\" >Paris is liberated<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: second day of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons\" >Battle of the Eastern Solomons<\/a>. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> naval transport convoy headed towards <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guadalcanal\" >Guadalcanal<\/a> is turned-back by an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied<\/a> air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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\/Battle_of_Milne_Bay\" >Battle of Milne Bay<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papua_New_Guinea\" >Papua New Guinea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Polish_Republic\" >Poland<\/a> form a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Polish_military_alliance\" >military alliance<\/a> in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1933_Diexi_earthquake\" >Diexi earthquake<\/a> strikes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mao_County\" >Mao County<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sichuan\" >Sichuan<\/a>, China and kills 9,000 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The first skirmishes of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain\" >Battle of Blair Mountain<\/a> occur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War\" >Polish\u2013Soviet War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Warsaw_%281920%29\" >Battle of Warsaw<\/a>, which began on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_13\" >August 13<\/a>, ends with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a>&#8216;s defeat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_National_Park_Service\" >United States National Park Service<\/a> is created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The library of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_University_of_Leuven_%281834%E2%80%931968%29\" >Catholic University of Leuven<\/a> is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang\" >Kuomintang<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >Chinese<\/a> nationalist party, is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong>Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consul_%28representative%29\" >Consul<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crete\" >Crete<\/a> are killed by a Turkish mob in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heraklion\" >Heraklion<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" >Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1894\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kitasato_Shibasabur%C5%8D\" >Kitasato Shibasabur\u014d<\/a> discovers the infectious agent of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bubonic_plague\" >bubonic plague<\/a> and publishes his findings in <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lancet\" >The Lancet<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1883\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Third_Republic\" >France<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Dynasty\" >Viet Nam<\/a> sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Hu%E1%BA%BF_%281883%29\" >Treaty of Hu\u1ebf<\/a>, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1875\u00a0 <\/strong>Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_Webb\" >Matthew Webb<\/a> became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1835\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Sun_%28historical%29\" >New York Sun<\/a><\/em> perpetrates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Moon_Hoax\" >Great Moon Hoax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1830\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgian_Revolution\" >Belgian Revolution<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1825\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uruguay\" >Uruguay<\/a> declares its independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1768\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Cook\" >James Cook<\/a> begins his first voyage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1758\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Years%27_War\" >Seven Years&#8217; War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_II_of_Prussia\" >Frederick II of Prussia<\/a> defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia\" >Russian<\/a> army at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Zorndorf\" >Battle of Zorndorf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1630\u00a0 <\/strong>Portuguese forces are defeated by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Kandy\" >Kingdom of Kandy<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Randeniwela\" >Battle of Randeniwela<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1609\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_Galilei\" >Galileo Galilei<\/a> demonstrates his first telescope to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venice\" >Venetian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lawmaker\" >lawmakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1580\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Alc%C3%A2ntara_%281580%29\" >Battle of Alc\u00e2ntara<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" >Spain<\/a> defeats <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portugal\" >Portugal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>Nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Million_People_March\" >protests<\/a> are held across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a> over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priority_Development_Assistance_Fund_scam\" >Priority Development Assistance Fund scam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth_Summit\" >Earth Summit<\/a> 2002 begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johannesburg\" >Johannesburg<\/a>, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>Russia begins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Chechen_War\" >Second Chechen War<\/a> in response to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Dagestan\" >Invasion of Dagestan<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_International_Peacekeeping_Brigade\" >Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beni_Ali_massacre\" >Beni Ali massacre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a> where 60 to 100 people were killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>John Birges <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombing\" >plants a bomb<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel\" >Harvey&#8217;s Resort Hotel<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stateline,_Nevada\" >Stateline, Nevada<\/a>, US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn\" >Sigmund J\u00e4hn<\/a> becomes first German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astronaut\" >cosmonaut<\/a>, on board <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz_31\" >Soyuz 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papal_conclave,_August_1978\" >Papal conclave<\/a>: Albino Luciani is elected as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_I\" >Pope John Paul I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charter_of_the_French_Language\" >Charter of the French Language<\/a> is adopted by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Assembly_of_Quebec\" >National Assembly of Quebec<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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 nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feminist_movement_in_the_United_States_%281963%E2%80%9382%29\" >then-new feminist movement<\/a>, led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betty_Friedan\" >Betty Friedan<\/a>, leads a nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_Strike_for_Equality\" >Women&#8217;s Strike for Equality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namibian_War_of_Independence\" >Namibian War of Independence<\/a> starts with the battle at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omugulugwombashe\" >Omugulugwombashe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR announces successful test of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile\" >intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/russia-tests-an-intercontinental-ballistic-missile\/print\" >August 26, 1957: Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacewar.com\/reports\/R_7_Intercontinental_Ballistic_Missile_999.html\" >\u201c<em>On August 21, 1957, the USSR successfully launched the R-7\/SS-6 Sapwood intercontinental ballistic missile\u2026. On August 27, 1957, Soviet newspapers reported the successful test of a multi-stage missile with an enhanced range in the USSR<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 R-7 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile \u2013 SpaceWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/russia\/icbm\/r-7.htm\" >R-7 \u2013 SS6 SAPWOOD \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Timeline\/Time1950.shtml\" >Timeline of the Nuclear Ages 1950s \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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\/Charles_de_Gaulle\" >Charles de Gaulle<\/a> enters Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a> in Chortkiav, western <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a>: At 2.30 am the German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schutzpolizei_%28Nazi_Germany%29\" >Schutzpolizei<\/a> starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Be%C5%82%C5%BCec_extermination_camp\" >Be\u0142\u017cec extermination camp<\/a>. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad\" >Chad<\/a> becomes the first French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colony\" >colony<\/a> to join the Allies under the administration of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F%C3%A9lix_%C3%89bou%C3%A9\" >F\u00e9lix \u00c9bou\u00e9<\/a>, France&#8217;s first black colonial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor\" >governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >19th amendment<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" >United States Constitution<\/a> takes effect, giving women the right to vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: During the retreat from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mons\" >Mons<\/a>, the British II Corps commanded by General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_Smith-Dorrien\" >Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien<\/a> fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Le_Cateau\" >Le Cateau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colony\" >colony<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Togoland\" >Togoland<\/a> surrenders to French and British forces after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Togoland_Campaign\" >20 day campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>In Brazil, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sociedade_Esportiva_Palmeiras\" >Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1883\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa\" >1883 eruption of Krakatoa<\/a> begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1821\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Buenos_Aires\" >University of Buenos Aires<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a>, is officially opened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chilean_War_of_Independence\" >Chilean War of Independence<\/a>: Infighting between the rebel forces of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Carrera\" >Jos\u00e9 Miguel Carrera<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernardo_O%27Higgins\" >Bernardo O&#8217;Higgins<\/a> erupts in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Las_Tres_Acequias\" >Battle of Las Tres Acequias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition\" >War of the Sixth Coalition<\/a>: An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Katzbach\" >impromptu battle<\/a> takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liegnitz\" >Liegnitz<\/a>, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1810\u00a0 <\/strong>The former viceroy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santiago_de_Liniers\" >Santiago de Liniers<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viceroyalty_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata\" >Viceroyalty of the R\u00edo de la Plata<\/a> is executed after the defeat of his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liniers_Counter-revolution\" >counter-revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1791\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Fitch_%28inventor%29\" >John Fitch<\/a> is granted a United States patent for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steamboat\" >steamboat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1789\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen\" >Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen<\/a> is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1778\u00a0 <\/strong>The first recorded ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triglav\" >Triglav<\/a>, the highest mountain in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1768\u00a0 <\/strong>Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Cook\" >James Cook<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_voyage_of_James_Cook\" >sets sail<\/a> from England on board <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Endeavour\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Endeavour<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1498\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelangelo\" >Michelangelo<\/a> is commissioned to carve the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piet%C3%A0_%28Michelangelo%29\" >Piet\u00e0<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Muzaffarnagar_riots\" >riots<\/a> between two religious communities started at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muzaffarnagar\" >Muzaffarnagar<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uttar_Pradesh\" >Uttar Pradesh<\/a>, India.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehansindia.com\/posts\/index\/2013-09-12\/How-Muzaffarnagar-riots-flared-up--71529\" >How Muzaffarnagar riots flared up \u2013 TheHansindia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforthright.com\/muzaffarnagar-riots-explained-timeline\/\" >\u201c<em>Communal violence took place in Muzaffarnagar in June 2012, August 2013 and now in September 2013. Once known as Mohabbat Nagar for the Hindu-Muslim harmony in the region, something goes terribly wrong with Muzaffarnagar<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Muzaffarnagar Riots Explained: Timeline \u2013 TheForthright.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/news\/india\/timeline-of-muzaffarnagar-riots-eve-teasing-incident-led-to-mur-27571.html\" >Timeline of Muzaffarnagar riots: eye-teasing incident led to murders, then riots \u2013 IndiaTVNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/10149785\/Report_on_the_Muzaffarnagar_Riots_of_2013\" >A Report on The Violence in Shamli and Muzaffarnagar Districts of Uttar Pradesh, 2013, by Dr. Durali Karnam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_conflict_in_Burma\" >Internal conflict in Burma<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Peace_and_Development_Council\" >Burmese military junta<\/a> and ethnic armies begin <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kokang_incident\" >three days of violent clashes<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kokang_Special_Region\" >Kokang Special Region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kokang_people\" >Kokang people \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irrawaddy.org\/magazine\/kokang-the-backstory.html\" >Kokang: The Backstory \u2013 March 9, 2015 \u2013IRRAWADDY.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kachinnews.com\/news\/1062-burmese-troops-and-kokang-soldiers-clash.html\" >Burmese troops and Kokang soldiers clash \u2013 27 August 2009 \u2013 KachinNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/aug\/28\/burma-shan-refugees-fighting-china\" >Thousands flee Burma as army clashes with Kokang militias \u2013 28 August 2009 \u2013 TheGuaridan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/china-defense.blogspot.nl\/2009_08_01_archive.html\" >The Limit of China\u2019s Influence? \u2013 Monday, August 31, 2009 \u2013 China-Defense.Blogspot.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royalark.net\/Burma\/kokang.htm\" >KOKANG \u2013 BRIEF HISTORY &#8211; RoyalArk.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/proxy2974.my-addr.org\/wiki\/Chinese_people_in_Myanmar\" >Chinese people in Myanmar &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six-party_talks\" >six-party talks<\/a>, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction\" >North Korean nuclear weapons program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nl.china-embassy.org\/eng\/zt\/chwtlfht\/t138108.htm\" >The Six-party Talks Ended 2003\/08\/29 \u2013 Embassy of the People\u2019s Republic of China in the Kingdom of the Netherlands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/proliferation\/six-party-talks-north-koreas-nuclear-program\/p13593\" >Six Party Talks with North Korea\u2019s Nuclear Program \u2013 CFR Backgrounders \u2013 Council on Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/dprk\/6-party.htm\" >Six-Party Talks \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2003\/09\/the-six-party-talks-much-ado-about-nothing\" >Six-Party Talks: Much Ado About Nothing? , by Balbina Y. Hwang, Ph.D. \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rejjy.freeshell.org\/Foreign_Media_Reaction\/2003\/wwwh3902.html\" >DPRK: SIX-PARTY TALKS A &#8216;FIRST STEP&#8217; TOWARDS A &#8216;PEACEFUL RESOLUTION&#8217;- September 2, 2003 \u2013 Freeshell.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a> makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005\u00a0km) distant.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spider.seds.org\/spider\/Mars\/mars2003.html\" >Mars 2003<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arksky.org\/mars2003.htm\" >Mars 2003 \u2013 The return of a lifetime\u2026 &#8211; Arkansas Sky Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/delights\/mars2003_View.html\" >Mars 2003: The View from Earth \u2013 SpaceWeather.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/jpl\/lost-2003-mars-lander-found-by-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter\/#.VdH7h5eufX4\" >&#8216;Lost&#8217; 2003 Mars Lander Found by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter \u2013 January 16, 2015 \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mer\/home\/\" >Mars Exploration Rovers &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rainbow_Bridge_%28Tokyo%29\" >Rainbow Bridge<\/a>, connecting Tokyo&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shibaura\" >Shibaura<\/a> and the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odaiba\" >Odaiba<\/a>, is completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moldova\" >Moldova<\/a> declares independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >USSR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Moldova:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Moldova\" >History of Moldova \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/moldova-history.html\" >Moldova \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldofmoldova.com\/en\/moldova-general-information\/history-of-moldova\/\" >Moldova from the early times till nowadays in historical facts \u2013 WorldOfMoldova.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.md\/en\/istorie\/\" >History \u2013 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Europe\/Moldova-HISTORY.html\" >Moldova \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Moldova:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moldovan_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Moldovan Declaration of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quazoo.com\/q\/Independence_of_Moldova\" >Independence of Moldova \u2013 Quazoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presedinte.md\/eng\/declaration\" >Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova \u2013 Presidency of the Republic of Moldova<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celebrityillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Post-independence_of_Moldova\" >Post-independence of Moldova \u2013 CelebrityIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/research.omicsgroup.org\/index.php\/Independence_of_Moldova\" >Open Access Articles on Independence of Moldova \u2013 OMICSGroup.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Community\" >European Community<\/a> recognizes the independence of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_states\" >Baltic states<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History and Social Issues of Estonia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Estonia\" >History of Estonia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/estonia\/history\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/estonia.eu\/about-estonia\/history\/estonias-history.html\" >Chronology \u2013 Estonia\u2019s History \u2013 Estonia.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/estonia-history.html\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/estonia.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF ESTONIA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/Problems_facing_Estonia\/\" >Problems facing Estonia \u2013 Estonia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.umich.edu\/~iinet\/crees\/events\/fsugrant\/marika.html\" >SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN ESTONIA AND FORMATION OF NEW NATIONAL IDENTITY, by Marika Kirch \u2013 UMICH.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Estonia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/estonia.eu\/about-estonia\/history\/estonias-return-to-independence-19871991.html\" >Estonia\u2019s return to independence 1987 \u2013 1991 \u2013 Estonia.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Estonian Declaration of Independence &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/5.htm\" >Independence Reclaimed, August 1991 \u2013 October 1992 \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/estonia\/independence-day.html\" >Estonian Independence Day \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-reviews-baltic-states-independence-2015-6\" >Russia is reviewing the \u2018legality\u2019 of Baltic states\u2019 independence, by Barbara Tasch \u2013 June 30, 2015 \u2013 BusinessInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History and Social Issues of Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Latvia\" >History of Latvia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/latvia\/history\" >Latvia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balticsworldwide.com\/tourist\/latvia\/history.htm\" >Latvian History \u2013 A Brief Chronology \u2013 BalticsWorldwide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Latvia\" >History of Latvia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/latvia.html\" >A Short History of Latvia \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countriesquest.com\/europe\/latvia\/land_and_resources\/environmental_issues.htm\" >\u201c<em>Like most former republics of the USSR, Latvia suffers the negative environmental legacy of decades of ecological and environmental mismanagement. Soviet economic policies favored the rapid buildup of heavy industries\u2026<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Land and Resources, Environmental Issues \u2013 Countriesquest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westeastinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ZG12-260-Lasma-Dobele-Social_entrepreneurship-Full-Paper.pdf\" >SOCIAL ENTRENEURSHIP PROBLEMS AND SOLUTION: A CASE STUDY OF LATVIA, by Lasma Dobele \u2013 October 14 \u2013 17, 2012<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/latvia\/13.htm\" >\u201c<em>In the early 1990s, the health care system that Latvia inherited from the Soviet regime had yet to meet Western standards. It continued to be hampered by shortages of basic medical supplies, including disposable needles, anesthetics, and antibiotics<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Health and Wealth \u2013 Latvia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/famousdaily.com\/history\/latvia-independence-occupation-soviet%20union.html\" >Latvia declares independence \u2013 Gary Satanovsky \u2013 FamousDaily.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latvianhistory.com\/2011\/08\/21\/the-restoration-of-latvian-independence-1986-1992\/\" >The restoration of Latvian independence 1986 \u2013 1992 \u2013 LatvianHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History and Social Issues of Lithuania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lithuania\" >History of Lithuania &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/lithuania.html\" >A Short History of Lithuania \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balticsworldwide.com\/tourist\/lithuania\/history.htm\" >Lithuanian History \u2013 A Brief Chronology \u2013 BalticsWorldwide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac98\" >History of Lithuania \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/lithuania\/history\" >Lithuania \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/lithuania-history.html\" >Lithuania \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globaledge.msu.edu\/countries\/lithuania\/history\/\" >History: Lithuania \u2013 MSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countriesquest.com\/europe\/lithuania\/land_and_resources\/environmental_issues.htm\" >\u201c<em>Like many countries of the former USSR, Lithuania has significant environmental problems related to pollution. Despite the growth of the country\u2019s environmental awareness since its independence from the USSR in 1991, a lack of technology, equipment, and funds make it difficult to adequately treat industrial emissions and to replace old equipment<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Land and Resources, Environmental Issues \u2013 Lithuania \u2013 CountriesQuest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_in_Lithuania\" >Suicide in Lithuania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elibrary.lt\/resursai\/Mokslai\/LKA\/Monografijos\/tendency_of\/tendency_of_05.pdf\" >ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SECURITY PROBLEMS IN LITHUANIA, by Juozas Bagdanavi\u010dius, Vladas Senkus<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Lithuania<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lokashakti.org\/encyclopedia\/movements\/722-lithuanias-independence-movement--lokashakti-encyclopedia\" >Lithuania\u2019s independence movement (1988 \u2013 1991) \u2013 LokaShakti.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/lithuania-rejects-soviet-demand-to-renounce-its-independence\" >Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence \u2013 March 17, 1990 \u2013 THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/odyg.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/12\/lithuanian-independence-january-13-1991\/\" >Lithuanian Independence \u2013 January 13, 1991 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garywallace.net\/index.php\/2010\/03\/11\/11-march-1990-lithuania-declared-independence-from-the-soviet-union\/\" >11 March 1990: Lithuania Declared Independence From the Soviet Union \u2013 GarryWallice.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/country_profiles\/2133386.stm\" >Timeline: Lithuania &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Russia and the Baltic States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-reviews-baltic-states-independence-2015-6\" >\u201c<em>Russia is going to review whether or not it was legal for the Soviet Union to recognize the Baltic states as independent nearly 25 years ago, according to a report by\u00a0Interfax<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Russia is reviewing the \u2018legality\u2019 of Baltic states\u2019 independence, by Barbara Tasch \u2013 June 30, 2015 \u2013 BusinessInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltictimes.com\/russia_and_the_baltic_states__time_to_get_the_legal_facts_right\/\" >Russia and the Baltic States: Time to Get the Legal Facts Right \u2013 2015-07-06 \u2013 by Peter Van Elsuwege &#8211; BalticTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russians_in_the_Baltic_states\" >Russians in the Baltic states \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/07\/01\/us-russia-baltics-idUSKCN0PB4M520150701\" >\u201c<em>The Baltic states declared independence in 1990 and 1991, and activists in Lithuania and Latvia were killed in attempts by Soviet forces to quell rebellion. The events have been a matter of particular sensitivity in the three countries since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, another former Soviet republic\u2026. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have Russian-speaking minorities and were unnerved by a statement by Putin last year declaring Moscow had the right to intervene with military force if necessary to protect Russian speakers abroad<\/em>.\u201d Russia tries to soothe Baltic states over independence review \u2013 July 1, 2015 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/russia\/11423416\/How-do-we-protect-the-Baltic-States.html\" >How do we protect the Baltic States?, by David Blair, graphic by Sam Dodge, 19 Feb. 2015 \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2015\/feb\/19\/russia-a-threat-to-baltic-states-after-ukraine-conflict-warns-michael-fallon\" >Russia a threat to Baltic states after Ukraine conflict, warns Michael Fallon \u2013 19 Feb. 2015 \u2013 theguardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/putin-sets-his-sights-baltic-states-353682\" >Putin Sets His Sights on the Baltic States, by Halle Dale \u2013 7\/14\/15 \u2013 Newsweek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigerian<\/a> government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibrahim_Babangida\" >Ibrahim Babangida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Nigeria\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/3.htm\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/emmyboy.tripod.com\/sitebuildercontent\/Nigeria_files\/\" >A Brief History of Nigeria \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad41\" >HISTORY OF NIGERIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriavotes2011.com\/election\/page\/history\" >Nigeria \u2013 Political History \u2013 2011 Nigeria Votes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/nigeria-history.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Ibrahim-Babangida\" >Ibrahim Babangida \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/babangida-ibrahim.html\" >Ibrahim Babangida \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>Turkish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_attache\" >military diplomat<\/a> Colonel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atilla_Alt%C4%B1kat\" >Atilla Alt\u0131kat<\/a> is shot and killed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottawa\" >Ottawa<\/a>, Canada&#8217;s capital city. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justice_Commandos_of_the_Armenian_Genocide\" >Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide<\/a> claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenian_Genocide\" >Armenian Genocide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Regarding the Armenian Genocide of 1915, visit relevant web pages of This Week in History, including, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/04\/this-week-in-history-20\/\" >\u201c<strong>April 24, 1915<\/strong>\u00a0 The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.\u201d<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/05\/this-week-in-history-23\/\" >\u201c<strong>May 6,<\/strong> <strong>1975<\/strong>\u00a0 During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.\u201d<\/a><\/em> , <strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong><em> the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=armenian+genocide\" >TMS Search on the Armenian Genocide<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Armenian Genocide of 1915:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/armenian-genocide\" >ARMENCIAN GENOCIDE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armenian-genocide.org\/genocide.html\" >Armenian Genocide \u2013 Armenian-Genocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genocide1915.info\/\" >GENOCIDE: Armenian Genocide Information 1915<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genocide1915.org\/\" >1915 AGHET \u2013 The Armenian Genocide (in English) \u2013 GENOCIDE1915.ORG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/ref\/timestopics\/topics_armeniangenocide.html\" >Armenian Genocide of 1915: An Overview, by John Kifner \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldhistory\/genocide\/armenians.htm\" >Armenians in Turkey 1915 \u2013 1918 1,500,000 Deaths \u2013 The Genocide in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 The History Place<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anca.org\/genocide\/denial.php\" >The Armenian Genocide and Turkey\u2019s Attempt to Deny It \u2013 ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3834015\/armenian-genocide-german-president-turkey\/\" >German President Enrages Turkey by Referring to 1915 Armenian \u2018Genocide\u2019, by Sabrina Toppa \u2013 April 24, 2015 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/turkey\/a\/me090318d.htm\" >The Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, 1915 \u2013 1916 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Why Does Turkey Deny the Armenian Genocide? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenian_Genocide_denial\" >Armenian Genocide denial \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/heres-what-happened-during-the-armenian-genocide-and-why-turkey-denies-it-2015-4\" >Here\u2019s what happened during the Armenian genocide and why Turkey denies it, by Richard Spencer \u2013 Daily Telegraph \u2013 April 24, 2015 \u2013 BusinessInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/04\/25\/the-1915-armenian-genocide-why-is-it-still-denied-by-turkey-and-the-u-s\/\" >The 1915 Armenian Genocide \u2013 Why Is It Still Denied By Turkey (And The US)? \u2013 TheBlaze.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teachgenocide.org\/background\/denial.htm\" >Denial of the Armenian Genocide \u2013 Armenian Genocide Resource Library for Teachers \u2013 TeachGenocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/2015\/03\/09\/why-does-turkey-continue-deny-armenian-genocide\/rV7dcOXxrDb7wz01AoXgZM\/story.html\" >Why Turkey continue to deny Armenian genocide? \u2013 BostonGlobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/04\/why-does-turkey-deny-the-armenian-genocide.html\" >Why does Turkey deny the Armenian Genocide? \u2013 April 24, 2015 \u2013 Jane the Actuary \u2013 Patheos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/from-the-archives-turkey-denies-armenian-genocide\/\" >FROM THE ARCHIVES: TURKEY DENIES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE \u2013 April 22, 2015 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army<\/a> bomb kills British retired <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Admiral\" >admiral<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma\" >Lord Mountbatten<\/a> and three others while they are boating on holiday in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sligo\" >Sligo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Ireland\" >Republic of Ireland<\/a>. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warrenpoint_ambush\" >killed in an ambush<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warrenpoint\" >Warrenpoint<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The Governor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Timor\" >Portuguese Timor<\/a> abandons its capital, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dili\" >Dili<\/a>, and flees to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atauro_Island\" >Atauro Island<\/a>, leaving control to a rebel group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timor-Leste (East Timor):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_East_Timor#Portuguese_rule\" >History of Portuguese Timor\/East Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/east-timor\/history\" >East Timor \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seasite.niu.edu\/EastTimor\/portuguese.htm\" >East Timor \u2013 Portuguese \u2013 NIU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/east-timor-history.html\" >East Timor \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-14952883\" >East Timor profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 17 February 2015 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-14919009\" >East Timor country profile \u2013 overview \u2013 17 February 2015 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/easttimorgovernment.com\/history.htm\" >EAST TIMOR GOVERNMENT \u2013 EastTimorGovernment.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyanthropologytimor.org\/\" >Timor-Leste \u2013 History \u2013 Anthropology \u2013 HistoryAnthropologyTimor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timor-Leste, and the Vatican:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vaticaninsider.lastampa.it\/en\/world-news\/detail\/articolo\/timor-est-42800\" >\u201c<em>With 96% of its more than 1.2 million people counted as believers, East Timor is configured proudly as the first Catholic nation in Asia for its percentage of the faithful. Its citizens boast, noting that such a percentage puts them at the top of the world rankings. And they profess to be\u00a0 \u2018more Catholic than the Pope,\u2019 remembering that fifteen years ago, when the new Constitution was being drafted, they asked to officially introduce Catholicism as the \u201cstate religion\u201d and an official \u2018halt\u2019 came instead from the Vatican authorities which advised to protect the secular state<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 East Timor, Church-state agreement &#8211; August 12, 2015 \u2013 Vatican Insider<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>An attempted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a> fails in the African nation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad\" >Chad<\/a>. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_of_Chad\" >Government of Chad<\/a> accuses <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a> of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >diplomatic relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese junta<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Kh%C3%A1nh\" >Nguy\u1ec5n Kh\u00e1nh<\/a> enters into a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triumvirate\" >triumvirate<\/a> power-sharing arrangement with rival generals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Thi%E1%BB%87n_Khi%C3%AAm\" >Tr\u1ea7n Thi\u1ec7n Khi\u00eam<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_Minh\" >D\u01b0\u01a1ng V\u0103n Minh<\/a>, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Kh\u00e1nh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariner_2\" >Mariner 2<\/a> unmanned space mission is launched to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\" >Venus<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Malaysia\" >Malaysia&#8217;s constitution<\/a> comes into force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\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\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> forces evacuate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Georgia\" >New Georgia Island<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Theater_of_Operations\" >Pacific Theater of Operations<\/a> during World War II.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turbojet\" >turbojet<\/a>-powered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinkel_He_178\" >Heinkel He 178<\/a>, the world&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jet_aircraft\" >jet aircraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bible_translations_into_Afrikaans\" >Afrikaans Bible<\/a> is introduced during a Bible Festival in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloemfontein\" >Bloemfontein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kellogg%E2%80%93Briand_Pact\" >Kellogg\u2013Briand Pact<\/a> outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For the Kellogg-Briand Pact, visit also,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/this-week-in-history-33\/\" >\u201c<strong>JUNE 24, 1929 <\/strong>The Kellogg\u2013Briand Pact, a.k.a. the Pact of Paris, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).\u201d of <strong><em>This Week in History<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Kellogg-Briand Pact:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandheadlines.com\/kellogg-briand-pact\/\" >August 27, 1928: Treaty To End War Signed (Kellogg-Briand Pact) \u2013 HistoryAndHealines.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/kbmenu.asp\" >The Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Relevant Documents \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/kbpact.asp\" >Text of the Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a>; <strong><em>or <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.ubc.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/courses\/documents\/%5Brealname%5D\/kellogg-briand_pact_1928.pdf\" >the same text in PDF \u2013 UBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1921-1936\/kellogg\" >The Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Office of the Historian \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/id\/88736.htm\" >Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 \u2013 US Department of State Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/u-s-history\/textbooks\/boundless-u-s-history-textbook\/from-isolation-to-world-war-ii-1930-1943-26\/non-interventionism-200\/the-kellogg-briand-pact-1101-9025\/\" >The Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Boundless.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/teachingamericanhistory.org\/library\/document\/the-kellogg-briand-peace-pact-a-contemporary-criticism-1928-29\/\" >The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact: A Contemporary Criticism, 1928 \u2013 29, by Henry Cabot Lodge \u2013 December 1928 \u2013 TeachingAmericanHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johndclare.net\/league_of_nations4_disarmament.htm\" >\u201c<em>Faced with this, therefore, the French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand and the US Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg worked outside the League of Nations to persuade 65 nations to sign the <\/em><em>General Treaty for the Renunciation of War<strong>, <\/strong>also known as the <strong>Kellogg-Briand Pact<\/strong><strong> (August 1928)<\/strong>, in which all the signatories agreed to condemn war as a means settling disputes<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 THE LEAGUE AND DISARMAMENT: A STORY OF FAILURE \u2013 JohnDClare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865561283\/This-week-in-history-The-Kellogg-Briand-Pact.html?pg=all\" >This week in history: The Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 DeseretNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/kellogg-briand-pact\/\" >Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 TotallyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/kellogg-briand-pact.html\" >Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>\u201cKellogg-Briand Pact\u201d and \u201cArticle 9 (Renunciation of War) of the Constitution of Japan\u201d:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/japan\/112.htm\" >\u201c<em>Some historians attribute the inclusion of Article 9 to Charles Kades, one of MacArthur&#8217;s closest associates, who was impressed by the spirit of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Article 9 \u201cNo War\u201d Clause \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/japanfocus.org\/-Guy-Almog\/4177\/article.html\" >\u201c<em>Although it is possible that &#8220;Kades had since his law school days admired the Kellogg-Briand Pact&#8221; (McNelly 2000: 109), he was still an army Colonel. Moreover, after receiving the initial &#8220;MacArthur Notes&#8221; (see above), Kades omitted the phrase &#8220;even for preserving its own security&#8221; from the second note during the drafting process since he thought &#8220;it was unrealistic to ban a nation from exercising its inherent right of self-preservation&#8221; (Kades 1989: 236). In other words, Kades supported the notion of a just war such as a war of self-defense<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Myth of the \u2018Pacifist\u2019 Japanese Constitution, by Guy Almog \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Frank B. Kellogg, and Aristide Briand:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1929\/kellogg-bio.html\" >Frank B. Kellogg \u2013 Biography \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1926\/briand-bio.html\" >Aristide Briand \u2013 Biography \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bibliography on the Kellogg-Briand Pact:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/history\/primary-historical-and-political-documents\/kellogg-briand-pact\" >List of Books and Articles about the Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Questia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordreference.com\/view\/10.1093\/oi\/authority.20110803100032835\" >Kellogg-Briand Pact \u2013 Related content in Oxford Reference \u2013 OxfordReferennce.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Famous_Five_%28Canada%29\" >Five Canadian women<\/a> file a petition to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_Canada\" >Supreme Court of Canada<\/a>, asking, &#8220;Does the word &#8216;Persons&#8217; in Section 24 of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_North_America_Act\" >British North America Act<\/a>, 1867, include female persons?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greco-Turkish_War_%281919%E2%80%9322%29\" >Greco-Turkish War<\/a>: The Turkish army takes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aegean_Region\" >Aegean<\/a> city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afyonkarahisar\" >Afyonkarahisar<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Greece\" >Kingdom of Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The British install the son of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hussein_bin_Ali,_Sharif_of_Mecca\" >Sharif Hussein bin Ali<\/a> (leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Revolt\" >Arab Revolt<\/a> of 1916 against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a>) as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faisal_I_of_Iraq\" >King Faisal I<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\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\/Battle_of_Ambos_Nogales\" >Battle of Ambos Nogales<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >U.S. Army<\/a> forces skirmish against Mexican <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carrancistas\" >Carrancistas<\/a> and their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_advisor\" >advisors<\/a> in the only battle of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a> fought on American soil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Romania\" >Kingdom of Romania<\/a> declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austria-Hungary<\/a>, entering World War I as one of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_I\" >Allied nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_%C3%89treux\" >Battle of \u00c9treux<\/a>: A British rearguard action by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers\" >Royal Munster Fusiliers<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Retreat\" >Great Retreat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Zanzibar_War\" >Anglo-Zanzibar War<\/a>: The shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zanzibar\" >Zanzibar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum\" >Petroleum<\/a> is discovered in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Titusville,_Pennsylvania\" >Titusville, Pennsylvania<\/a> leading to the world&#8217;s first commercially successful <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_well\" >oil well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1832 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Hawk_%28Sauk_leader%29\" >Black Hawk<\/a>, leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sauk_people\" >Sauk<\/a> tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Hawk_War\" >Black Hawk War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1828\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uruguay\" >Uruguay<\/a> is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisplatine_War\" >Cisplatine War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History and Culture of Uruguay:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Uruguay\" >History of Uruguay \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/frd\/cs\/uytoc.html#uy0012\" >URUGUAY \u2013 A Country Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Uruguay\" >History of Uruguay \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab40\" >History of Uruguay \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com\/Uruguay\" >Uruguay \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Uruguay.html\" >Culture of Uruguay \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uruguay\/62.htm\" >URUGUARY \u2013 THE CONSTITUTION \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uruguay-country-south-america-history.html\" >Uruguay \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/uruguay.html\" >Uruguay \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/samerica\/uruguay\/uytimeln.htm\" >Uruguay Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Uruguay:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uruguay\/3.htm\" >URUGUAY \u2013 THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE, 1811 \u2013 1833 \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/motherearthtravel.com\/uruguay\/history-4.htm\" >History of Uruguay: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE, 1811 \u2013 30 \u2013 MotherEarthTravel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/today\/cyberlc\/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6133\" >Independence of Uruguay \u2013 The Library of Congress \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong>French Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_I\" >Napoleon I<\/a> defeats a larger force of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austrian_Empire\" >Austrians<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russians<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussians<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dresden\" >Battle of Dresden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1810\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\" >Napoleonic Wars<\/a>: The French Navy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Grand_Port\" >defeats<\/a> the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Port_District\" >Grand Port<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mauritius\" >\u00cele de France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolfe_Tone\" >Wolfe Tone<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Society_of_United_Irishmen\" >United Irish<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Army\" >French forces<\/a> clash with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Army\" >British Army<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Castlebar\" >Battle of Castlebar<\/a>, part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798\" >Irish Rebellion of 1798<\/a>, resulting in the creation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_client_republic\" >French puppet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Connacht\" >Republic of Connacht<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1793\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\" >French Revolutionary Wars<\/a>: The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toulon\" >Toulon<\/a> revolts against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_First_Republic\" >French Republic<\/a> and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_port_of_Toulon\" >its port<\/a>, leading to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Toulon\" >Siege of Toulon<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Army\" >French Revolutionary forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1776\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Long_Island\" >Battle of Long Island<\/a>: In what is now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn\" >Brooklyn<\/a>, New York, British forces under General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Howe,_5th_Viscount_Howe\" >William Howe<\/a> defeat Americans under General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Washington\" >George Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1689\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Nerchinsk\" >Treaty of Nerchinsk<\/a> is signed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsardom_of_Russia\" >Russia<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_Empire\" >Qing Empire<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_calendar\" >Julian calendar<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Congo_War\" >Second Congo War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Loyalist troops<\/a> backed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angolan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwean\" >Zimbabwean<\/a> forces repulse the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rally_for_Congolese_Democracy\" >RCD<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rwanda\" >Rwandan<\/a> offensive on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinshasa\" >Kinshasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/second-congo-war\/\" >Second Congo War \u2013 Spiritus-Temporis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/depts\/diplomat\/AD_Issues\/amdipl_16\/weiss\/weiss_congo4.html\" >The Second Congo War and Its Consequences \u2013 UNC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congojustice.com\/overview\/second-congo-war\/\" >Second Congo War \u2013 CongoJustice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/127362234\/Second-Congo-War#scribd\" >Second Congo War \u2013 Scribd.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/congo_war.htm#.VdL1sJeufX6\" >The Congo War (1998 \u2013 Present) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za\/pub\/article\/view\/215\" >The context and dynamics of the war in Congo-Kinshasa since August 1998, by Heinrich Matthee \u2013 Scientia Militaria \u2013 South African Journal of Military Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan\" >National Assembly<\/a> passes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Pakistan\" >constitutional<\/a> amendment to make the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qur%27an\" >Qur&#8217;an<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sunnah\" >Sunnah<\/a>&#8221; the &#8220;supreme law&#8221; but the bill is defeated in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_of_Pakistan\" >Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvnews.vanderbilt.edu\/program.pl?ID=130504\" >Iraq declares<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuwait\" >Kuwait<\/a> to be its newest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provinces_of_Iraq\" >province<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Kuwait:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Kuwait\" >History of Kuwait \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kuwait-history.html\" >Kuwait \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/kuwait\/history\" >Kuwait \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Kuwait\/fl\/Kuwait-Facts-and-History.htm\" >Kuwait | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14647211\" >Kuwait profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Iraq and Kuwait:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1990-08-29\/news\/mn-176_1_kuwait-city\" >Iraq Remaps Kuwait as Province 19, by Mark Fineman \u2013 August 29, 1990 \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csun.edu\/~vcmth00m\/iraqkuwait.html\" >A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait, by David Klein \u2013 CSUN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Kuwait\" >The Invasion of Kuwait (a.k.a. the Iraq-Kuwait War) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/iml.jou.ufl.edu\/projects\/spring06\/eisa\/war.html\" >\u201c<em>Since the beginning, Iraq had always claimed Kuwait part of its territory.\u00a0 One of the early claims surfaced in the 1930&#8217;s when oil was discovered in the region.\u00a0 Another claim came right after Kuwait gained its independence, but Britain and the Arab league rejected that assertion<\/em>.\u00a0\u201c \u2013 The Whole Story \u2013 Kuwait<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>UN Security Council Resolutions:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/daccess-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/RESOLUTION\/GEN\/NR0\/575\/16\/IMG\/NR057516.pdf?OpenElement\" >Resolution 666 (1990) of 13 September 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/daccess-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/RESOLUTION\/GEN\/NR0\/575\/17\/IMG\/NR057517.pdf?OpenElement\" >Resolution 667 (1990) of 16 September 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of the Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith<\/a><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >IRA<\/a> bomb explodes at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grote_Markt_%28Brussels%29\" >Grote Markt<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brussels\" >Brussels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of the Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith<\/a><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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 nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/novaya-zemlya\" >NOVAYA ZEMLYA \u2013 AtlasObscura.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/novaya-zemlya\/3035-3167\/\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GiantBomb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arkcode.com\/custom3_64.html\" >NOVA ZEMLYA (NOVAYA ZEMLYA) 58 MEGA TON H BOMB TEST \u2013 ArkCode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlya, by Carrie McVicker \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39591\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 Image \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novayazemlya.net\/\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 NovayaZemlya.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/novaya-zemlya.html\" >Novaya Zemlya, Russia \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/russia\/743105\" >Novaya Zemlya: test site for most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 TASS Russian News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >Novaya Zemlya: birds, animals adapt nuclear test site, by Tatyana Sinitsyna \u2013 RIA Novosti, Russia \u2013 15 August 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRPAPHICAL SURVEY \u2013 Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501 \u2013 Reston, Virginia &#8211; 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riot\" >Riots<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago\" >Chicago<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illinois\" >Illinois<\/a>, during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1968_Democratic_National_Convention\" >Democratic National Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/dayinhistory\/August-28\" >1964<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>Anti-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ce6\/history\/A0850869.html\" >Vietnam war<\/a> protesters and police clashed in the streets of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0108493.html\" >Chicago<\/a> while the Democratic National Convention nominated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ce6\/people\/A0824528.html\" >Hubert H. Humphrey<\/a> for president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\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 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor_Albert_D._Rosellini_Bridge%E2%80%94Evergreen_Point\" >Evergreen Point Bridge<\/a>, the longest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontoon_bridge\" >floating bridge<\/a> in the world, opens between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle\" >Seattle<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medina,_Washington\" >Medina, Washington<\/a>, US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Career_Girls_Murders\" >Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie<\/a> are murdered in their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upper_East_Side\" >Manhattan<\/a> apartment, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miranda_warning\" >Miranda Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom\" >March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom<\/a>: The Reverend <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.\" >Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a> gives his <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Have_a_Dream\" >I Have a Dream<\/a><\/em> speech.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thekingcenter.org\/king-philosophy\" >The King Philosophy \u2013 TheKingCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/martin-luther-king-jr\" >MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatwillmatter.com\/2012\/01\/commentarythe-wisdom-and-philosophy-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-757-4\/\" >COMMENTARY: The Wisdom and Philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 758.3 \u2013 What Will Matter, by Michael Josephson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1964\/king-facts.html\" >Martin Luther King Jr. \u2013 Nobelprize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >U.S. Senator<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strom_Thurmond\" >Strom Thurmond<\/a> begins a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filibuster\" >filibuster<\/a> to prevent the Senate from voting on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957\" >Civil Rights Act of 1957<\/a>; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_American\" >Black<\/a> teenager <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmett_Till\" >Emmett Till<\/a> is brutally murdered in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi\" >Mississippi<\/a>, galvanizing the nascent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_Rights_Movement\" >American Civil Rights Movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-movement\" >CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/American-civil-rights-movement\" >American civil rights movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/civilrights\/\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/civilrightstimeline1.html\" >Civil Rights Timeline \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>150 US personnel land at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atsugi,_Kanagawa\" >Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture<\/a>, Japan, after Japan\u2019s surrender.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Japan\" >\u201c<em>On August 28, 150 U.S. personnel flew to <\/em><em>Atsugi<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>Kanagawa Prefecture<\/em><em>. They were followed by <\/em><em>USS Missouri<\/em><em>, whose accompanying vessels landed the <\/em><em>4th Marine Division<\/em><em> on the southern coast of Kanagawa. Other Allied personnel followed. MacArthur arrived in <\/em><em>Tokyo<\/em><em> on August 30<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 Occupation of Japan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedropzone.org\/pacific\/litherland.htm\" >Atsugi \u2013 The Beginning of the Occupation of Japan, by Robert Litherland of the 188<sup>th<\/sup> of GIR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marseille\" >Marseille<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toulon\" >Toulon<\/a> are liberated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denmark\" >Denmark<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_strike\" >general strike<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazi<\/a> occupation starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" >Georgian<\/a> opposition stages the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_Uprising\" >August Uprising<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiilibrary.com\/articles\/August_Uprising_in_Georgia\" >AUGUST UPRINSING IN GEORGIA \u2013 HawaiiLibrary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/4796520\/THE_CHURCH_ISSUE_IN_THE_AUGUST_UPRISING_OF_1924\" >THE CHURCH ISSUE IN THE AUGUST UPRISING IN 1924 \u2013 Written in Georgian \u2013 PDF \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Committee_for_the_Independence_of_Georgia\" >Committee for the Independence of Georgia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>Ten <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suffragettes\" >Suffragettes<\/a> are arrested while picketing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\" >White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italy<\/a> declares war on Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: Germany declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Romania\" >Romania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: German troops take the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namur_%28city%29\" >Namur<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgium\" >Belgium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >German<\/a> fleet in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight_%281914%29\" >Battle of Heligoland Bight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands\" >Queen Wilhelmina<\/a> opens the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace_Palace\" >Peace Palace<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hague\" >The Hague<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vredespaleis.nl\/index.php?tl=1\" >VREDESPALEIS \u2013 Peace Palace Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.denhaag.nl\/en\/residents\/to\/Peace-Palace.htm\" >Peace Palace \u2013 DenHaag.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peacepalacelibrary.nl\/\" >Peace Palace Library \u2013 PeacePalaceLibrary.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/Peace+Palace,+The+Hague\" >The Peace Palace, The Hague Pictures and Images \u2013 PhotoBucket.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>A group of mid-level <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Army\" >Greek Army<\/a> officers launches the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goudi_coup\" >Goudi coup<\/a>, seeking wide-ranging reforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silliman_University\" >Silliman University<\/a> is founded in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>. The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >American<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Private_school\" >private school<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cetshwayo\" >Cetshwayo<\/a>, last king of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulu_people\" >Zulus<\/a>, is captured by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland\" >British<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midway_Atoll\" >Midway Atoll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carrington_event\" >Carrington event<\/a> disrupts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electrical_telegraph\" >electrical telegraph<\/a> services and causes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurora\" >aurora<\/a> to shine so brightly that they are seen clearly over the Earth&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Middle_latitudes\" >middle latitudes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1849\u00a0 <\/strong>After a month-long siege, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venice\" >Venice<\/a>, which had declared itself independent as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_San_Marco\" >Republic of San Marco<\/a>, surrenders to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria\" >Austria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1833\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833\" >Slavery Abolition Act 1833<\/a> receives <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Assent\" >Royal Assent<\/a>, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1810\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Grand_Port\" >Battle of Grand Port<\/a>: The French accept the surrender of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Navy\" >British Navy<\/a> fleet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1789\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Herschel\" >William Herschel<\/a> discovers a new moon of Saturn: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enceladus\" >Enceladus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>TODAY IS THE <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/againstnucleartestsday\/history.shtml\" >INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident\" >2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident<\/a>: Six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minot_Air_Force_Base\" >Minot Air Force Base<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base\" >Barksdale Air Force Base<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/analysis\/articles\/close-calls\/\" >\u201c<em>On August 29, 2007, at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, 12 cruise missiles were scheduled to be flown to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to be decommissioned.\u00a0 Instead, six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were strapped onto one of the wings of a B-52 bomber not certified to carry nuclear weapons. The nuclear missiles were flown by pilots who did not know they were carrying nuclear weapons to an airbase that did not know they were coming<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Who\u2019s Minding the Nukes? \u2013 Close Call with Nuclear Weapons \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcemag.com\/SiteCollectionDocuments\/Reports\/2007\/October\/Day22\/nukesequence101907.pdf\" >Sequence of Events \u2013 AirForceMag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2007\/US\/09\/05\/loose.nukes\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>Six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Air Force investigates mistaken transport of nuclear warheads \u2013 September 6, 2007 &#8211; CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Katrina\" >Hurricane Katrina<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Effects_of_Hurricane_Katrina_in_New_Orleans\" >devastates<\/a> much of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Gulf_Coast\" >U.S. Gulf Coast<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana\" >Louisiana<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida_Panhandle\" >Florida Panhandle<\/a>, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Schumacher\" >Michael Schumacher<\/a> wins his 5th consecutive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions\" >Formula One Drivers&#8217; championship<\/a> (and 7th overall) at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2004_Belgian_Grand_Prix\" >2004 Belgian Grand Prix<\/a> to beat the 47 year old record held by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Manuel_Fangio\" >Juan Manuel Fangio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayatollah\" >Ayatollah<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sayed_Mohammed_Baqir_al-Hakim\" >Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shia_Muslim\" >Shia Muslim<\/a> leader in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination\" >assassinated<\/a> in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrorism\" >terrorist<\/a> bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mosque\" >mosque<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Najaf\" >Najaf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armed_Islamic_Group\" >GIA<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rais_massacre\" >Rais massacre<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libero_Grassi\" >Libero Grassi<\/a>, an Italian businessman from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palermo\" >Palermo<\/a> is killed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mafia\" >Mafia<\/a> after taking a solitary stand against their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extortion\" >extortion<\/a> demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union<\/a> suspends all activities of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Communist_Party\" >Soviet Communist Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The synthetic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemical_element\" >chemical element<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meitnerium\" >Meitnerium<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_number\" >atomic number<\/a> 109, is first synthesized at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gesellschaft_f%C3%BCr_Schwerionenforschung\" >Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Schwerionenforschung<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darmstadt\" >Darmstadt<\/a>, Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicano_Moratorium\" >Chicano Moratorium<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Los_Angeles,_California\" >East Los Angeles, California<\/a>. Police riot kills three people, including journalist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rub%C3%A9n_Salazar\" >Rub\u00e9n Salazar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force_Academy\" >United States Air Force Academy<\/a> opens in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado\" >Colorado Springs, Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_people\" >British<\/a> troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_atomic_bomb_project\" >Soviet atomic bomb project<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> tests its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bomb\" >atomic bomb<\/a>, known as <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Lightning\" >First Lightning<\/a><\/em> or <em>Joe 1<\/em>, at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/specials\/testing-times\/29-august-1949-first-soviet-nuclear-test\/\" >29 AUGUST 1949 \u2013 FIRST SOVIET NUCLEAR TEST &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/2011\/08\/29\/semipalatinsk-from-nuclear-testing-site-to-test-ban-treaty-support\/\" >\u201c<em>August 29 is a red letter day for nuclear testing. On that day in 1949, the Soviet military began forty years of nuclear tests\u2014456 in all\u2014at Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in the steppes of Kazakhstan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk: From Nuclear Testing Site to Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Support, by Togzhan Kassenova \u2013 Carnegie Endowment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb\" >Soviet explode atomic bomb \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/bomb\/peopleevents\/pandeAMEX53.html\" >People &amp; Events &#8211; First Soviet Test \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE SOVIET UNION\u2019S NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >The Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RDS-1\" >\u201c<em>It was exploded on 29 August 1949 at 7:00 AM, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, after a top-secret R&amp;D project<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 RDS -1 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/saving-the-world-at-plutonium-mountain\/2013\/08\/16\/1d43dd3a-0381-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html\" >Saving the world at Plutonium Mountain, by David E. Hoffman and Eben Harrell \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C--McQyOy4k&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (20 sec.): First Soviet atomic bomb (1949)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tu36SD7CBz0&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (1 min. 35 sec.): Aug 29, 1949: Soviet Union\u2019s first nuclear bomb test \u2013 RIA Novosti 100829<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CrMyQu6u6AQ&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (1 min. 37 sec.): A Day In History: The Soviet Union\u2019s Atomic Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=leVzgLd7wKo&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (23 min. 46 sec.): History File The Soviets: Stalin and the Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XCoTWXP6pWY&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (2 min. 11 sec.): Russian Atom Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Nevada_%28BB-36%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Nevada<\/em><\/a> is decommissioned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovak_National_Uprising\" >Slovak National Uprising<\/a> takes place as 60,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovaks\" >Slovak<\/a> troops turn against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1944\/8\/29\/slovak-national-uprising-begins\" >Aug 29 1944 Slovak National Uprising Begins \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/milankalis.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/30\/slovak-national-uprising-1944\/\" >Slovak National Uprising 1944 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Slovak+National+Uprising+of+1944\" >Slovak National Uprising of 1944 \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovak-republic.org\/history\/world-war-2\/\" >Slovak National Uprising \u2013 World War II \u2013 Slovak-Republic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovakiasite.com\/history-world-war-second.php\" >Slovakia and World War II \u2013 Slovak National Uprising (1944) \u2013 SlovakiaSite.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Denmark\" >German-occupied Denmark<\/a> scuttles most of its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Navy\" >navy<\/a>; Germany dissolves the Danish government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tallinn\" >Tallinn<\/a>, the Capital of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a> is occupied by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a> following an occupation by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1930\u00a0 <\/strong>The last 36 remaining inhabitants of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Kilda,_Scotland\" >St Kilda<\/a> are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bapaume\" >Bapaume<\/a> taken by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Division\" >New Zealand Division<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hundred_Days_Offensive\" >Hundred Days Offensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jones_Law_%28Philippines%29\" >Philippine Autonomy Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>Start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_St._Quentin_%281914%29\" >Battle of St. Quentin<\/a> in which the French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fifth_Army_%28France%29\" >Fifth Army<\/a> counter-attacked the invading Germans at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint-Quentin,_Aisne\" >Saint-Quentin, Aisne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1911\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ishi\" >Ishi<\/a>, considered the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States\" >Native American<\/a> to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\" >California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company\" >Goodyear<\/a> tire company is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gottlieb_Daimler\" >Gottlieb Daimler<\/a> patents the world&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_combustion\" >internal combustion<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motorcycle\" >motorcycle<\/a>, the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daimler_Reitwagen\" >Reitwagen<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1842\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Nanking\" >Treaty of Nanking<\/a> signing ends the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Opium_War\" >First Opium War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1831\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Faraday\" >Michael Faraday<\/a> discovers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electromagnetic_induction\" >electromagnetic induction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1825\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Portugal\" >Kingdom of Portugal<\/a> recognizes the Independence of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1807\u00a0 <\/strong>British troops under Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington\" >Arthur Wellesly<\/a> defeat a Danish militia outside <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copenhagen\" >Copenhagen<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_K%C3%B8ge\" >Battle of K\u00f8ge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1786\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shays%27_Rebellion\" >Shays&#8217; Rebellion<\/a>, an armed uprising of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts\" >Massachusetts<\/a> farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1778\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\" >American Revolutionary War<\/a>: British and American forces battle indecisively at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Rhode_Island\" >Battle of Rhode Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1758\u00a0 <\/strong>The first American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_reservation\" >Indian reservation<\/a> is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1756\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_the_Great\" >Frederick the Great<\/a> attacks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electorate_of_Saxony\" >Saxony<\/a>, beginning the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Years%27_War\" >Seven Years&#8217; War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1728\u00a0 <\/strong>The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuuk\" >Nuuk<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenland\" >Greenland<\/a> is founded as the fort of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flyfind.demo.episerver.com\/Destinations\/Nuuk\/\" >Godt-Haab<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_governors_of_Greenland\" >royal governor<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claus_Paarss\" >Claus Paarss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1541\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Turks\" >Ottoman Turks<\/a> capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buda\" >Buda<\/a>, the capital of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungarian_Kingdom\" >Hungarian Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>TODAY IS THE <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/disappearancesday\/\" >INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>While being towed across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barents_Sea\" >Barents Sea<\/a>, the de-commissioned Russian submarine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K-159\" >K-159<\/a> sinks, taking nine of her crew and 800\u00a0kg of spent nuclear fuel with her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Timor\" >East Timor<\/a> votes for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/93\/what-happened-in-east-timor#VotesforIndependencemetwithViolence\" >Votes For Independence Met With Violence \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.momentum.tl\/en\/vision.html\" >A Vision of Independence \u2013 East Timor \u2013 Momentum.tl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_East_Timor\" >History of East Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/east-timor\/history\" >East Timor \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-14919009\" >East Timor country profile \u2013 overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/east-timor.html\" >East Timor \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msf.org\/east-timor-independence\" >East Timor \u2013 Independence \u2013 MSF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/92\/crisis-in-east-timor\" >Crisis in East Timor, by Anup Shah \u2013 December 12, 2001 \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/1996673.stm\" >East Timor: Birth of a nation \u2013 19 May 2002 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Congo_War\" >Second Congo War<\/a>: Armed forces of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> (DRC) and their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angolan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe\" >Zimbabwean<\/a> allies recapture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matadi\" >Matadi<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inga_dams\" >Inga dams<\/a> in the western DRC from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rally_for_Congolese_Democracy\" >RCD<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rwanda\" >Rwandan<\/a> troops.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/depts\/diplomat\/AD_Issues\/amdipl_16\/weiss\/weiss_congo4.html\" >The Second Congo War and Its Consequences \u2013 UNC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/second-congo-war\/1998-1999.html\" >Second Congo War \u2013 Spiritus-Temporis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congojustice.com\/overview\/second-congo-war\/\" >Second Congo War \u2013 CongoJustice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/afonseca\/CongoWar.htm\" >Four Million Dead \u2013 The Second Congolese War, 1998 \u2013 2004 \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2008\/jan\/23\/congo.international\" >War in Congo kills 4,5000 people each month \u2013 Wednesday, 23 January 2008 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnian_War\" >Bosnian War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Deliberate_Force\" >Operation Deliberate Force<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnian_Serb\" >Bosnian Serb<\/a> forces.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/ops\/deliberate_force.htm\" >Operation Deliberate Force \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu\/files\/carrcenter\/files\/owen2001.pdf\" >OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE: A CASE STUDY IN HUMANITARIAN CONSTRAINS IN AEROSPACE WARFARE, by Robert C. Owen \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a>, <strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9781597976381?auth=0\" >the same paper on A History of Warfare \u2013 JHU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hri.org\/docs\/nato\/summary.html\" >Operation Deliberate Force \u2013 SUMMARY DATA \u2013 HRI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/docu\/review\/2005\/issue3\/english\/history.html\" >\u201c<em>Early in the morning of 30 August 1995 NATO aircraft launched a series of precision strikes against selected targets in Serb-held Bosnia and Herzegovina. This heralded the start of Operation Deliberate Force, NATO s first air campaign, that lasted for two-and-a-half weeks, shattered Bosnian Serb communications<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 History \u2013 Crossing the Rubicon \u2013 NATO Review<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/docu\/update\/2005\/08-august\/e0830a.htm\" >the same article on the different page of NATO website.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/ofh3tgy7jbzh\/1995-bosnia-sebia-operation-deliberate-force\/\" >1995: Bosnia &amp; Serbia: Operation \u2018Deliberate Force\u2019 \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/planken.org\/balkans\/unprofor\/operation-deliberate-force\" >Operation Deliberate Force \u2013 Planken.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\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>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-41-D\" >STS-41-D<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle\" >Space Shuttle<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Discovery\" >Discovery<\/a><\/em> takes off on its maiden voyage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad-Ali_Rajai\" >Mohammad-Ali Rajai<\/a> and Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad-Javad_Bahonar\" >Mohammad-Javad Bahonar<\/a> of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran\" >People&#8217;s Mujahedin of Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>A powerful bomb explodes at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries\" >Mitsubishi Heavy Industries<\/a> headquarters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marunouchi\" >Marunouchi<\/a>, Tokyo, Japan. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\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 style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade\" >Belgrade<\/a>\u2013<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dortmund\" >Dortmund<\/a> express train <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zagreb_train_disaster\" >derails<\/a> at the main train station in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zagreb\" >Zagreb<\/a> killing 153 passengers.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/train-crashes-into-station-in-yugoslavia\" >Train crashes into station in Yugoslavia \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thurgood_Marshall\" >Thurgood Marshall<\/a> is confirmed as the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_American\" >African American<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Justice<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline\" >Moscow\u2013Washington hotline<\/a> between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> goes into operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml#site8\" >South Atlantic Ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YZu7et1dZlA\" >YouTube video (45 min. 26 sec.): Declassified Nuclear Test Film #27 \u2013 Operation Argus 1958<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 Wm. Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/atest00.html\" >Chronological Listing of Above Ground Nuclear Detonations: Explanation and Summary, by Wm. Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/accidents\/accidents-1950\" s.htm\">Accidents 1950s \u2013 NuclearFiles.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\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 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway\" >Lake Pontchartrain Causeway<\/a> opens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\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\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >atmospheric tests<\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_Revolution\" >August Revolution<\/a> ends as Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%E1%BA%A3o_%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i\" >B\u1ea3o \u0110\u1ea1i<\/a> abdicates, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_dynasty\" >Nguy\u1ec5n dynasty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945_in_Germany\" >1945<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_Control_Council\" >Allied Control Council<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied-occupied_Germany\" >governing Germany after World War II<\/a>, comes into being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Allied Control Council:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/frd\/Military_Law\/enactments-home.html\" >Allied Control Authority, Germany (1945 \u2013 1948) \u2013 Enactment and Approved Papers of the Control Council and Coordinating Committee &#8211; Military Legal Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org\/sub_document.cfm?document_id=2298\" >Documents &#8211; Allied Policies, 1944 \u2013 1955 \u2013 The Establishment of the Allied Control Council (June 5, 1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com\/ContentPages\/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1161785\" >Allied Control Council of Germany \u2013 History and the Headlines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warhistoryfans.com\/the-allied-control-council-151.html\" >The Allied Control Council \u2013 War History Fans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Allied-Control-Council\" >Allied Control Council \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Four+Power+Allied+Control+Council\" >Allied Control Council \u2013 The Free Dictionary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/imt\/imt10.asp\" >Nuremberg Trials Final Report Appendix D : Control Council Law No. 10 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Occupation of Germany:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/cwr\/107189.htm\" >Allied Occupation of Germany 1945 \u2013 52 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/Occ-GY\/\" >THE US ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1944 \u2013 1946, by Earl F. Ziemke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nations.wikia.com\/wiki\/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany\" >Allied Occupation Zones in Germany \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/germany\/44.htm\" >Postwar Occupation and Division \u2013 Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandpolicy.org\/policy-papers\/papers\/germany-1945-1949-a-case-study-in-post-conflict-reconstruction\" >Germany 1945 \u2013 1949: a case study in post-conflict reconstruction \u2013 HistoryAndPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perforations.net\/europe\/france\/french-occupation-of-germany-1945-1946\/\" >French Occupation of Germany \u2013 Perforations.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mappery.com\/Occupation-Areas-of-Germany-after-1945-Map\" >Occupation Areas of Germany after 1945 Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany\" >Occupation Zones in Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/Occ-GY\/ch18.htm\" >CHAPTER XVIII \u2013 The Occupation Troops \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.axishistory.com\/viewtopic.php?t=69515\" >Documents of the US Occupation of Germany \u2013 AxisHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejucketts.com\/ww2website\/19452.htm\" >1945 The Occupation \u2013 Germany \u2013 TheJucketts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.3ad.com\/history\/wwll\/feature.pages\/occupation.booklet.htm\" >German Occupation Booklet 1945 \u2013 DON\u2019T BE A SUCKER IN GERMANY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\" >General Douglas MacArthur<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers\" >Supreme Commander of the Allied &#8211; Powers (SCAP)<\/a>, arrives at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.benefits.military.com\/misc\/installations\/Base_Content.jsp?id=2500\" >Atsugi Airfield<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atsugi,_Kanagawa\" >Atsugi City<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kanagawa_Prefecture\" >Kanagawa Prefecture<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945_in_Japan\" >Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>General MacArthur\u2019s Arrival in Japan, and the Occupation of Japan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/macarthur-arrives-in-japan\/print\" >AUGUST 30, 1945: MACARTHUR ARRIVES IN JAPAN \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/image.php?image_id=3565\" >Douglas MacArthur, arriving at Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo, 30 August 1945 \u2013 Images \u2013 World War II Database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldwar2database.com\/gallery\/wwii1117\" >US Army General Douglas MacArthur Lands at Atsugi Airfield and Talks to Reporters \u2013 World War II Multimedia Database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/american-proconsul-how-douglas-macarthur-shaped-postwar-japan.htm\" >American Proconsul: How Douglas MacArthur Shaped Postwar Japan \u2013 History.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945_in_Japan\" >1945 in Japan \u2013 Chronology \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk\/assets\/hip\/gb\/hip_gb_pearsonhighered\/samplechapter\/M02_KING4518_02_SE_C02.pdf\" >2 | THE US OCCUPATION OF JAPAN, 1945 &#8211; 1952<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stonefamilyinaustralia.com.au\/family_history\/archive_items\/2945\" >The Australian Military Contribution to the Occupation of Japan 1945 \u2013 1952 \u2013 StoneFamilyInAustralia.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.directessays.com\/essays\/Occupation_Of_Japan.html\" >Occupation of Japan \u2013 DirectEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/pacific\/japan\/japanese-company-offers-limited-chance-to-view-macarthur-s-office-1.183346\" >Japanese company offers limited chance to view MacArthur\u2019s office, by Erik Slavin \u2013 July 19, 2012 \u2013 Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Research Guide on the Occupation of Japan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/holocaust\/finding-aid\/military\/rg-331-2.html\" >Records of the General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ SCAP) \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/MacArthur%20Reports\/MacArthur%20V1%20Sup\/Index.htm\" >Reports of General MacArthur: MACARTHUR IN JAPAN: THE OCCUPATION: MILITARY PHASE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/~hds2\/BIB95\/02occupation_augustine.htm\" >A Guide to Research on the Allied Occupation of Japan, by Matthew R. Augustine \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/japan-reconstruction\" >Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945 \u2013 52 \u2013 Office of the Historian \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/japan_1900_occupation.htm\" >The American Occupation of Japan, 1945 \u2013 1952 \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/4613\/Occupied_Japan____A_Progress_Report\/\" >Occupied Japan \u2013 Progress Report, by Major General Paul J. Mueller \u2013 Army.Mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/library.osu.edu\/projects\/bennett-in-japan\/5_bibliography.html\" >Occupation of Japan \u2013 REFERENCES TO LITERATURE IN TEXT \u2013 Library.OSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/c.php?g=131988&amp;p=863576\" >US Occupation of Japan: Books \u2013 Lib.UIowa.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ndl.go.jp\/constitution\/e\/etc\/bibliography.html\" >Bibliography \u2013 Birth of the Constitution of Japan \u2013 National Diet Library \u2013 NDL.go.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>A Few Selected Books:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Political-Reorientation-Japan-V1-September\/dp\/1258670402\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1439732183&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr2\" ><em>Political Reorientation of Japan<\/em>, by SCAP, Volume 1<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Political-Reorientation-Japan-September-Volumes\/dp\/B007BP5IZE\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439733006&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=political+reorientation+of+japan+volume+2.\" >Volume 2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Post-War-Occupation-Japan-1945-1952-Pre-surrender\/dp\/9004209700\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439733263&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=The+Post-War+Occupation+of+Japan%2C+1945-1952%3A+Selected+Contemporary+Readings%3A+From+Pre-Surrender+to+Post-San+Francisco+Peace+Treaty\" >The Post-War Occupation of Japan, 1945 \u2013 1952: Selected Contemporary Readings: From Pre-Surrender to Post-San Francisco Peace Treaty, edited by Roger Buckley<\/a>; <strong>or<\/strong> <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brill.com\/post-war-occupation-japan-1945-1952\" >the same series of books on other website<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Allied-Occupation-Japan-1945-52-Bibliography\/dp\/0838901271\" >Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-52: An Annotated Bibliography of Western Language Materials, edited by Robert E. Ward, and Frank Joseph Shulman<\/a><\/em>; <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/allied-occupation-of-japan-1945-1952-an-annotated-bibliography-of-western-language-materials\/oclc\/636845\" >the same book on other website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Report-Surrender-Occupation-Japan-World-ebook\/dp\/B00TXS8SSQ\/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439733605&amp;sr=1-11&amp;keywords=occupation+of+japan\" ><em>Report of the Surrender and Occupation of Japan in World War II: Original 1946 US Pacific Fleet Navy Report, Political and Military Background of Negotiations for Surrender, Korea, China, Islands<\/em>, by US Government, US Navy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Occupation-Japan-U-S-Department-State\/dp\/1410212440\/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439734923&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr1&amp;keywords=political+occupation+of+japan+scap\" >Occupation of Japan: Policy and Progress, by US Department of State<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>British Armed Forces recaptures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Hong_Kong\" >Hong Kong<\/a> from Japan.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cannonade.net\/entry.php?id=2719\" >Hong Kong Liberated \u2013 30 Aug 1945<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/china\/hong-kong\/history\" >Hong Kong \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/p\/World-War-Ii-Battle-Of-Hong-Kong.htm\" >World War II: Battle of Hong Kong \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkonghoteltour.com\/travel_guide\/history.htm\" >Hong Kong History \u2013 HongKongHotelTour.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/hong-kong.html\" >Hong Kong \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=61\" >Battle of Hong Kong: 8 Dec. 1941 \u2013 25 Dec. 1941 \u2013 World War II Database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialfilm.org.uk\/node\/2874\" >JAPANESE SURRENDER OF HONG KONG (16\/9\/1945) \u2013 COLONIAL FILM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/branches.britishlegion.org.uk\/branches\/hong-kong\" >Welcome to the Hong Kong &amp; China Branch of The Royal British Legion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\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\/Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa\" >Battle of Alam el Halfa<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Vienna_Award\" >Second Vienna Award<\/a> reassigns the territory of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Transylvania\" >Northern Transylvania<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a> to Hungary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dumlup%C4%B1nar\" >Battle of Dumlup\u0131nar<\/a>: The final battle in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greco-Turkish_War_%281919%E2%80%9322%29\" >Greco-Turkish War<\/a> (&#8220;Turkish War of Independence&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fanni_Kaplan\" >Fanni Kaplan<\/a> shoots and seriously injures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik\" >Bolshevik<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Lenin\" >Vladimir Lenin<\/a>. This, along with the assassination of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik\" >Bolshevik<\/a> senior official <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moisei_Uritsky\" >Moisei Uritsky<\/a> days earlier, prompts the decree for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Terror\" >Red Terror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnamese<\/a> prison guards led by Tr\u1ecbnh V\u0103n C\u1ea5n <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A1i_Nguy%C3%AAn_uprising\" >mutiny<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A1i_Nguy%C3%AAn\" >Th\u00e1i Nguy\u00ean<\/a> penitentiary against local French authority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: Germans defeat the Russians in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tannenberg\" >Battle of Tannenberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burgess_Shale\" >Burgess Shale<\/a> fossils are discovered by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Doolittle_Walcott\" >Charles Doolittle Walcott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong>The town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambiky\" >Ambiky<\/a> is captured by France from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menabe\" >Menabe<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madagascar\" >Madagascar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippine_Revolution\" >Philippine Revolution<\/a>: After Spanish victory in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_San_Juan_del_Monte\" >Battle of San Juan del Monte<\/a>, eight provinces in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a> are declared under martial law by the Spanish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor-General_of_the_Philippines\" >Governor-General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ram%C3%B3n_Blanco_y_Erenas\" >Ram\u00f3n Blanco y Erenas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1873\u00a0 <\/strong>Austrian explorers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julius_von_Payer\" >Julius von Payer<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Weyprecht\" >Karl Weyprecht<\/a> discover the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archipelago\" >archipelago<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Josef_Land\" >Franz Josef Land<\/a> in the Arctic Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1836\u00a0 <\/strong>The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston\" >Houston<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augustus_Chapman_Allen\" >Augustus Chapman Allen<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kirby_Allen\" >John Kirby Allen<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1835\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melbourne\" >Melbourne<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creek_War\" >Creek War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Mims_massacre\" >Fort Mims massacre<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creek_people\" >Creek<\/a> &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Sticks\" >Red Sticks<\/a>&#8221; kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobile,_Alabama\" >Mobile, Alabama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Battle_of_Kulm\" >First Battle of Kulm<\/a>: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a>-Russian alliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>______________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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, audio\/visual 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<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(<em>Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_24\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_24<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to August_30; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/day\/august\/24\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/day\/august\/24<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to august\/30; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/august_24.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/august_24.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to august_30.html; and other pertinent websites and\/or documents, mentioned above.<\/em><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><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 through peace journalism.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 24-30 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cHasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.\u201d &#8211; Milarepa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62803","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=62803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}