{"id":63022,"date":"2015-08-31T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=63022"},"modified":"2015-08-30T01:56:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T00:56:49","slug":"this-week-in-history-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/this-week-in-history-39\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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 history\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aug 31-Sep 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/h\/hypatia414122.html\" >\u201cAll formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.\u201d<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Hypatia of Alexandria<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUGUST 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Hong_Kong_protests\" >2014\u00a0 Protests erupt after China issues a decision to not allow free elections in Hong Kong<\/a><\/strong>, instead requiring government approval of any candidate running for office.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_development_in_Hong_Kong\" >Democratic development in Hong Kong \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/03\/opinion\/hong-kongs-democracy-dilemma.html?_r=0\" >Hong Kong\u2019s Democracy Dilemma, by Margaret Ng \u2013 September 2, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2014\/10\/what-next-for-hong-kongs-democracy\/\" >What Next for Hong Kong\u2019s Democracy? , by Zhiqun Zhu \u2013 TheDiplomat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2014\/09\/28\/hong-kong-pro-democracy-movement-gets-global-support\/\" >Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement Gets Global Support \u2013 September 28, 2014 \u2013 The Wall Street Journal \u2013 WSJ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thegrio.com\/2010\/08\/30\/southern-sudan-to-purge-child-soldiers-from-army\/\" >In Sudan, the People&#8217;s Liberation Army announces it will demobilize its child soldiers by the end of 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.child-soldier.org\/sudan\" >Child Soldiers in Sudan \u2013 Child-Soldier.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/emerg\/files\/childsoldiers.pdf\" >FACTSHEET: Child Soldiers \u2013 UNICEF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/childrenandarmedconflict.un.org\/children-not-soldiers\/\" >Children, Not Soldiers \u2013 Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/g\/tip\/rls\/fs\/2005\/50941.htm\" >The Facts About Child Soldiers \u2013 August 8, 2005 \u2013 Archive &#8211; US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/9-000-child-soldiers-fighting-south-sudans-brutal-civil-war-n93531\" >9,000 Child Soldiers Fighting in South Sudan\u2019s Brutal Civil War: UN \u2013 April 30, 2014 \u2013 NBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-29762263\" >Child soldier still recruited in South Sudan, by Tom Burridge \u2013 27 October 2014 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/02\/16\/south-sudan-government-forces-recruiting-child-soldiers\" >South Sudan: Government Forces Recruiting Child Soldiers \u2013 February 16, 2015 \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edvard_Munch\" >Edvard Munch<\/a>&#8216;s famous painting <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Scream\" >The Scream<\/a><\/em>, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norway\" >Norwegian<\/a> police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad_bridge_stampede\" >stampede<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Aaimmah_bridge\" >Al-Aaimmah bridge<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad\" >Baghdad<\/a> kills 1,199 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The first of a series of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Apartment_Bombings\" >bombings<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow\" >Moscow<\/a> kills one person and wounds 40 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a> reportedly launches <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-1\" >Kwangmy\u014fngs\u014fng-1<\/a><\/em>, its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_satellite\" >satellite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautix.com\/craft\/kwagsong.htm\" >Kwangmyongsong \u2013 Encyclopedia Astronautica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/spp\/guide\/dprk\/index.html\" >North Korea Space Guide \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/news\/dprk\/1998\/\" >1998 North Korea Special Weapons: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile: Proliferation News \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales\" >Diana, Princess of Wales<\/a>, her companion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dodi_Fayed\" >Dodi Fayed<\/a> and driver <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Paul\" >Henri Paul<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales\" >die in a car crash<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" >Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/august\/31\/newsid_2510000\/2510615.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 31 August 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/WORLD\/9803\/04\/diana.will\/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD\" >Diana\u2019s Will: The Full Text \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fantompowa.net\/Flame\/diana.htm\" >The death of Princess Diana: What caused the crash at the Point d\u2019Alma? By Se\u00e1n Mac Math\u00fana, John Heathcote \u2013 FantomPowa.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saddam_Hussein\" >Saddam Hussein<\/a>&#8216;s troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masoud_Barzani\" >Masoud Barzani<\/a> appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan\" >PUK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraqi_Kurdish_Civil_War#1996_Iraq_government_offensive\" >1996 Iraq government offensive \u2013 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/WORLD\/9609\/08\/iraq.update\/index.html\" >Saddam\u2019s allies advance on rival Kurds \u2013 Iraqi troop involved, US officials say \u2013 September 8, 1996 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/saddam\/kurds\/\" >The Kurd\u2019s Story \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/saddam\/kurds\/cron.html\" >A Chronology of US \u2013 Kurdish History \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army<\/a> declares a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceasefire\" >ceasefire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/august\/31\/newsid_3605000\/3605348.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 31 August \u2013 IRA declares \u2018complete\u2019 ceasefire &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pascal_Lissouba\" >Pascal Lissouba<\/a> is inaugurated as the President of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Republic of the Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >History of the Republic of Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1990s_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >1990s in the Republic of Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/view\/article\/155714\/\" >Republic of Congo \u2013 The Encyclopedia of Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/profiles\/congo-%28brazzaville%29.html\" >Republic of Congo \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\/Kyrgyzstan\" >Kyrgyzstan<\/a> declares its independence 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_Kyrgyzstan\" >History of Kyrgyzstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/kyrgyzstan\/\" >Kyrgyzstan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kyrgyzstan-history.html\" >Kyrgyzstan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kyrgyzmusic.com\/kyrgyz_history.html\" >A Brief History \u2013 The Kyrgyz People of Central Asia \u2013 KyrgyzMusic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16185772\" >Kyrgyzstan profile: Timeline \u2013 24 February 2015 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldstatesmen.org\/Kyrgyzstan.htm\" >Kyrgyzstan \u2013 Chronology \u2013 WorldStatesmen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Kyrgyz%20Republic%208-2012.pdf\" >Kyrgyz Republic Overview \u2013 The International Republican Institute \u2013 IRI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/kyrgyzstan.htm\" >Kyrgyzstan \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> passenger liner <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Admiral_Nakhimov\" ><em>Admiral Nakhimov<\/em><\/a> sinks in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Sea\" >Black Sea<\/a> after colliding with the bulk carrier <em>Pyotr Vasev<\/em>, killing 423.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.pravda.ru\/science\/tech\/12-09-2003\/3708-wreckage-0\/\" >The Mystery of the Russian Titanic \u2013 Science &gt;&gt; Technologies and Discoveries \u2013 Pravda.ru<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_31,_1982_demonstrations_in_Poland\" >Anti-government demonstrations<\/a> are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gda%C5%84sk_Agreement\" >Gda\u0144sk Agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\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><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><em>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia &#8211; 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ogunpa_River\" >Flood<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibadan\" >Ibadan<\/a> after 12 hours of heavy downpour killed over 300 people and properties worth million destroyed.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indjst.org\/index.php\/indjst\/article\/download\/30450\/26378\" >Historical rainfall-runoff modeling of river Ogunpa, Ibadan, Nigeria, by A.A. Adegbola, and J.K. Jolayemi<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/257432201_Flood_Routing_in_the_Ogunpa_River_in_Nigeria_Using_Hec-Ras\" >Food Routing in the Ogunpa River in Nigeria Using Hec-Ras, by P.O. Odewale, et al.<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3635305\/Anthropogenetics_factors_of_urban_flooding_Ibadan_city_OYO_state_Nigeria_\" >Anthropologenetics factors of urban flooding (Ibadan city, OYA state, Nigeria), by Adegoke Olatundedamilola<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>After two weeks of nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_action\" >strikes<\/a>, the Polish government was forced to sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gda%C5%84sk_Agreement\" >Gda\u0144sk Agreement<\/a>, allowing for the creation of the trade union <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solidarity_%28Polish_trade_union%29\" >Solidarity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/article\/1060898.html\" >Poland: Solidarity \u2013 The Trade Union That Changed The World \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFERL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local-life.com\/gdansk\/articles\/solidarity\" >The Story of the Solidarity Movement \u2013 Local-Life.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inyourpocket.com\/gdansk\/Solidarity_71303f\" >Gdansk \u2013 The Story of Solidarity \u2013 InYourPocket.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/POLwalesa.htm\" >Lech Walesa \u2013 Spartucas-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyguide.org\/europe\/walesa.html\" >Lech Walesa \u2013 The History Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\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>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy\" >Aero Spacelines Super Guppy<\/a> aircraft makes its first flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Borneo\" >North Borneo<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabah\" >Sabah<\/a>) achieve a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self_governance\" >self governance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trinidad_and_Tobago\" >Trinidad and Tobago<\/a> becomes independent.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" >History of Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/trinidad-tobago-history.html\" >Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotrinidadandtobago.com\/trinidad-tobago-history\/\" >Trinidad &amp; Tobago History \u2013 GoTrinidadAndTobago.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discover-tt.com\/trinidad\/history.html\" >HISTORY OF TRINIDAD \u2013 Discover-TT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/caribbean-islands\/40.htm\" >\u201c<em>Self-government was gradually increased between 1946 and 1961. The elections of those years served as dress rehearsals for independence. From 1946 to 1955, East Indians were the best organized group in Trinidad and Tobago<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Road to Independence \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parcel_bomb\" >parcel bomb<\/a> sent by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Nhu\" >Ngo Dinh Nhu<\/a>, younger brother and chief adviser of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Diem\" >Ngo Dinh Diem<\/a>, fails to kill King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norodom_Sihanouk\" >Norodom Sihanouk<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodia\" >Cambodia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federation_of_Malaya\" >Federation of Malaya<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a>) gains its independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Malaysia\" >History of Malaysia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/malaysia-history.html\" >Malaysia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123independenceday.com\/malaysia\/history.html\" >History of Malaysia \u2013 123IndependenceDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographia.com\/malaysia\/history05.htm\" >Malaysia \u2013 Independence and Onward: 1957 \u2013 Present \u2013 Geographia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lomography.com\/magazine\/94808-history-of-malaysia-independence-day\" >History of Malaysia Independence Day \u2013 Lomography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federation_of_Malaya_Independence_Act_1957\" >Federation of Malaya Independence Act of 1957 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchies_of_Malaysia\" >Monarchies of Malaysia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The retreat of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Army_of_Greece\" >Democratic Army of Greece<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albania<\/a> after its defeat on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gramos\" >Gramos<\/a> mountain marks the end of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Civil_War\" >Greek Civil War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_Party_of_Australia\" >Liberal Party of Australia<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Menzies\" >Robert Menzies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\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\/Chetniks\" >Serbian paramilitary forces<\/a> defeat Germans in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Loznica_%281941%29\" >Battle of Loznica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a> mounts a staged <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gleiwitz_incident\" >attack on the Gleiwitz radio station<\/a>, creating an excuse to attack <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a> the following day thus starting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Theatre_of_World_War_II\" >World War II in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>In an attempt to stay out of the growing turmoil in Europe, the United States passes the first of its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neutrality_Acts_of_1930s\" >Neutrality Acts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_Prague\" >Radio Prague<\/a>, now the official <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_broadcasting\" >international broadcasting<\/a> station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio\" >radio<\/a> news program is broadcast by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WWJ_%28AM%29\" >8MK<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Detroit,_Michigan\" >Detroit, Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish-Bolshevik_War\" >Polish-Bolshevik War<\/a>: A decisive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Polish<\/a> victory in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Komar%C3%B3w\" >Battle of Komar\u00f3w<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: Start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mont_Saint-Quentin\" >Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin<\/a>, a successful assault by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Corps\" >Australian Corps<\/a> during 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>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>Count <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Izvolsky\" >Alexander Izvolsky<\/a> and Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Nicolson,_1st_Baron_Carnock\" >Arthur Nicolson<\/a> sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Russian_Entente\" >St. Petersburg Convention<\/a>, which results in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triple_Entente\" >Triple Entente<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_alliance\" >alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> patents the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinetoscope\" >Kinetoscope<\/a>, the first movie projector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1895\u00a0 <\/strong>German Count <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin\" >Ferdinand von Zeppelin<\/a> patents his <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeppelin\" >Navigable Balloon<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Ann_Nichols\" >Mary Ann Nichols<\/a> is murdered. She is the first of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_the_Ripper\" >Jack the Ripper<\/a>&#8216;s confirmed victims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1876\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Sultan\" >Ottoman Sultan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murat_V\" >Murat V<\/a> is deposed and succeeded by his brother <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abd-ul-Hamid_II\" >Abd-ul-Hamid II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong>At the final stage of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peninsular_War\" >Peninsular War<\/a>, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Sebasti%C3%A1n\" >San Sebasti\u00e1n<\/a>), resulting in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n\" >rampage and eventual destruction<\/a> of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_San_Marcial\" >Battle of San Marcial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1803\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition\" >Lewis and Clark<\/a> start their expedition to the west by leaving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania\" >Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/a> at 11 in the morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798\" >Irish Rebellion of 1798<\/a>: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Connacht\" >Republic of Connacht<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1795\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_First_Coalition\" >War of the First Coalition<\/a>: The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_Trincomalee_%281795%29\" >capture Trincomalee<\/a> (present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis\" >Beslan school hostage crisis<\/a> commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beslan\" >Beslan<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Ossetia\" >North Ossetia<\/a>, Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uzbekistan\" >Uzbekistan<\/a> declares 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><em>Uzbekistan and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Uzbekistan\" >History of Uzbekistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uzbekistan-history.html\" >Uzbekistan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uzbekistan.org\/uzbekistan\/history\/\" >About Uzbekistan \u2013 History \u2013 Embassy of Uzbekistan to the United States<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.advantour.com\/uzbekistan\/history.htm\" >History of Uzbekistan: General Information \u2013 Advantour.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tashkent.org\/uzland\/history.html\" >Uzbekistan History \u2013 Tashkent.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/essays\/uzbekistan-independence-to-the-andijan-massacre\" >Uzbekistan: Independence to Andijan Massacre \u2013 Gerogetown.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Uzbekistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uzbekistan\/14.htm\" >Independence of Uzbekistan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/anydayguide.com\/calendar\/1329\" >Independence of Uzbekistan \u2013 AnyDayGuide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cis-legislation.com\/document.fwx?rgn=799\" >About bases of the state independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan \u2013 LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN from August 31, 1991 of No. 336-XII<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007\" >Korean Air Lines Flight 007<\/a> is shot down by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> airspace. All 269 on board die, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >Congressman<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_McDonald\" >Lawrence McDonald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/korean-airlines-flight-shot-down-by-soviet-union\" >Korean Airlines flight shot down by Soviet Union \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/september\/1\/newsid_2493000\/2493469.stm\" >ON THIS DAY 1 September 1983: Korean airliner \u2018shot down\u2019 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/newsweek-rewind-when-korean-air-lines-flight-007-was-shot-down-259653\" >Newsweek Rewind: When Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Was Shot Down, by Rob Verger \u2013 July 17, 2014 \u2013 Newsweek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/mrctv-blog\/eric-scheiner\/flashback-reagan-kal-007-we-want-see-never-happens-again\" >Flashback: Reagan on KAL 007 \u2018We Want\u2026To See That This Never Happens Again\u2019, by Eric Scheiner \u2013 July 17, 2014 \u2013 CNSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ussr-shootdown-korean-air-2014-7\" >There Are Many Parallels Between The MH17 Crash And When Russia Shot Down A Civilian Airliner In 1983, by Paul Szoldra \u2013 July 20, 2014 \u2013 BusinessInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\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>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Force_Space_Command\" >Air Force Space Command<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981_Central_African_Republic_coup_d\" %C3%A9tat\">1981\u00a0 A <em>coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/em> in the Central African Republic<\/a><\/strong> overthrows <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Central_African_Republic_and_Central_African_Empire\" >President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Dacko\" >David Dacko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_African_Republic\" >Central African Republic &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Central_African_Republic\" >History of Central African Republic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad36\" >History \u2013 THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/central-african-republic.html\" >Central African Republic \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13150044\" >Central African Republic profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.systemicpeace.org\/inscr\/CSPCoupsCodebook2013.pdf\" >COUP D\u2019\u00c9TAT EVENTS, 1946 \u2013 2013 \u2013 CODEBOOK, by Monty G. Marshall, and Donna Ramsey Marshall \u2013 March 28, 2014 &#8211; SystemicPeace.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Dacko\" >David Dacko &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_Kolingba\" >Andr\u00e9-Dieudonn\u00e9 Kolingba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>Major General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chun_Doo-hwan\" >Chun Doo-hwan<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_South_Korea\" >President of South Korea<\/a>, following the resignation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Choi_Kyu-hah\" >Choi Kyu-hah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_Fox\" >Terry Fox<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marathon_of_Hope\" >Marathon of Hope<\/a> ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>The American space probe <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pioneer_11\" >Pioneer 11<\/a><\/em> becomes the first spacecraft to visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn\" >Saturn<\/a> when it passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planet\" >planet<\/a> at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000\u00a0mi).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\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>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SR-71_Blackbird\" >SR-71 Blackbird<\/a><\/em> sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353\u00a0km\/h).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>Attempted assassination of King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hussein_of_Jordan\" >Hussein of Jordan<\/a> by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_September_in_Jordan\" >Black September in Jordan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/jordan\/a\/jordan-black-september.htm\" >\u201cBlack September\u201d: The Jordanian-PLO Civil War of 1970 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/israelipalestinian.procon.org\/view.answers.php?questionID=000435\" >What Was the 1970 Jordanian \u2013 Palestinian Conflict Known as \u201cBlack September\u201d? \u2013 ProCon.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><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> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leaders_of_South_Vietnam\" >Prime Minister<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a> under President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Thi%E1%BB%87u\" >Nguy\u1ec5n V\u0103n Thi\u1ec7u<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_Libyan_coup_d\" %C3%A9tat\">coup in Libya<\/a> brings <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" >Muammar Gaddafi<\/a> to power.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/september\/1\/newsid_3911000\/3911587.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 1 September \u2013 1969: Bloodless coup in Libya \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi\" >History under Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/harvardpolitics.com\/world\/looking-libya\/\" >Looking at Libya, by Andrew Ma \u2013 November 19, 2013 \u2013 Harvard Political Review \u2013 HarvardPolitics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/biography\/Qaddafi.html\" >Muammar Gaddafi (1942 \u2013 2011) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sas-space.sas.ac.uk\/3623\/3\/Libya_III.pdf\" >Libya: The Illusive Revolution \u2013 Part III: An Army for Islam, by Ruth First \u2013 SAS.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.systemicpeace.org\/inscr\/CSPCoupsCodebook2013.pdf\" >COUP D\u2019\u00c9TAT EVENTS, 1946 \u2013 2013 \u2013 CODEBOOK, by Monty G. Marshall, and Donna Ramsey Marshall \u2013 March 28, 2014 &#8211; SystemicPeace.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer%E2%80%93Chinese_Friendship_Association\" >Khmer\u2013Chinese Friendship Association<\/a> is banned in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodia\" >Cambodia<\/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-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>1961\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>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eritrean_War_of_Independence\" >Eritrean War of Independence<\/a> officially begins with the shooting of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopian<\/a> police by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamid_Idris_Awate\" >Hamid Idris Awate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Eritrea and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eritrea\" >Eritrea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geography_of_Eritrea\" >Geography of Eritrea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics_of_Eritrea\" >Politics of Eritrea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Eritrea\" >Religion of Eritrea &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/eritrea.html\" >Eritrea \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Eritrea\" >Eritrea \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Eritrea\" >History of Eritrea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/eritrea\/p\/EritreaHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Eritrea Part 1 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad18\" >HISTORY OF ERITREA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eritreadaily.net\/Menu\/History.htm\" >Brief geo-political history of Eritrea \u2013 EritreaDaily.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13349395\" >Eritrea profile: Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Eritrean War of Independence:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Eritrean_War_of_Independence\" >Eritrean War of Independence \u2013 New World Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.self.gutenberg.org\/articles\/eritrean_war_of_independence\" >ERITREAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE \u2013 Gutenberg.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2014\/12\/eritreas-struggle-for-independence\/\" >Eritrea\u2019s Struggle for Independence, by Andre Vltchek \u2013 December 14, 2014 \u2013 DissidentVoice.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iceland\" >Iceland<\/a> expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cod_Wars\" >Cod Wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/britishseafishing.co.uk\/the-cod-wars\/\" >The Cod Wars \u2013 BritishSeaFishing.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/icefish.htm\" >The Cod War \u2013 TED Case Studies \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nat.is\/travelguideeng\/12_miles_fishing_limits_and_the_.htm\" >COD WARS \u2013 12 MILES FISHING LIMITS 1958 \u2013 1961 \u2013 Nordic Adventure Travel \u2013 NAT.is<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com\/contentpages\/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1161993&amp;currentSection=1130228&amp;productid=4\" >Cod War (1952 \u2013 1976) \u2013 ABC-Clio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk\/documents\/SN06511\/SN06511.pdf\" >Icy fishing: UK and Iceland fish stock disputes, by Oliver Bennett<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea\" >The Old Man and the Sea<\/a><\/em>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction\" >Pulitzer Prize<\/a>-winning novel by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway\" >Ernest Hemingway<\/a>, is first published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ANZUS_Treaty\" >ANZUS Treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/anzus\" >The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty, or ANZUS Treaty \u2013 Office of the Historian \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/anzus-treaty.html\" >Anzus Treaty \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/usmu002.asp\" >Security Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS); September 1, 1951 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archives.govt.nz\/gallery\/v\/Walter+Nash+Exhibition\/New+Zealand+Politics+and+Economy\/Treaties+and+Organisations\/ANZUS\/\" >The ANZUS Treaty \u2013 Archives.govt.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/ANZUS-Pact\" >ANZUS Pact \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/About_Parliament\/Parliamentary_Departments\/Parliamentary_Library\/Publications_Archive\/CIB\/cib0102\/02CIB03\" >ANZUS After Fifty Years, by Gary Brown and Laura Rayner \u2013 28 August 2001 \u2013 APH.gov.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/amycatalinac\/files\/catalinac_fpa.pdf\" >Why New Zealand Took Itself out of ANZUS: Observing \u201cOpposition for Autonomy\u201d<em> in Asymmetric Alliances<\/em> \u2013 Amy L. Catalinac \u2013 <em>Foreign Policy Analysis<\/em> &#8211; 2010 (6) &#8211; Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swiss_Parliament\" >Swiss Parliament<\/a> elects <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Guisan\" >Henri Guisan<\/a> to head the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swiss_Army\" >Swiss Army<\/a> (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wound_Badge\" >Wound Badge<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" >Wehrmacht<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS\" >SS<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kriegsmarine\" >Kriegsmarine<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftwaffe\" >Luftwaffe<\/a> soldiers is instituted. The final version of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Cross\" >Iron Cross<\/a> is also instituted on this date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_C._Marshall\" >George C. Marshall<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff\" >Chief of Staff<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovak_Republic_%281939%E2%80%9345%29\" >Slovakia<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Poland\" >invade<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Polish_Republic\" >Poland<\/a>, beginning the European phase of World War II.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMJK_Sam_Tet\" >SMJK Sam Tet<\/a> is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ipoh\" >Ipoh<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perak\" >Perak<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmet_Zogu\" >Ahmet Zogu<\/a> declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albania<\/a> to be a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy\" >monarchy<\/a> and proclaims himself king.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake\" >Great Kant\u014d earthquake<\/a> devastates Tokyo and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yokohama\" >Yokohama<\/a>, killing about 105,000 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Petersburg\" >St. Petersburg<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russia<\/a>, changes its name to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrograd\" >Petrograd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Federation_of_Intellectual_Property_Attorneys\" >International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1880\u00a0 <\/strong>The army of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad_Ayub_Khan_%28Emir_of_Afghanistan%29\" >Mohammad Ayub Khan<\/a> is routed by the British at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Kandahar\" >Battle of Kandahar<\/a>, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War\" >Second Anglo-Afghan War<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garenewing.co.uk\/angloafghanwar\/sitestuff\/faq.php\" >The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878 \u2013 1880 \u2013 Garenewing.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britainexpress.com\/History\/Second-Afghan-War.htm\" >The Second Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 BritainExpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iranicaonline.org\/articles\/anglo-afghan-wars\" >ANGLO-AFGHAN WARS \u2013 IranciaOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1800s.about.com\/od\/colonialwars\/a\/second-anglo-afghan-war.htm\" >Britain\u2019s Second War in Afghanistan Was Marked by Miscalculations and Heroics &#8211; About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Battle_of_Kandahar\" >The Battle of Kandahar \u2013 New World Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbattles.com\/second-afghan-war\/kandahar.htm\" >General Robert\u2019s March to Kandahar and the Battle of Baba Wali \u2013 BritishBattles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1878\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emma_Nutt\" >Emma Nutt<\/a> becomes the world&#8217;s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Graham_Bell\" >Alexander Graham Bell<\/a> to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1873\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cetshwayo\" >Cetshwayo<\/a> ascends to the throne as king of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulu_Kingdom\" >Zulu<\/a> nation following the death of his father <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mpande\" >Mpande<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War\" >Franco-Prussian War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sedan\" >Battle of Sedan<\/a> is fought, resulting in a decisive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1804\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3_Juno\" >Juno<\/a>, one of the four largest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asteroid\" >asteroids<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Belt\" >Main Belt<\/a>, is discovered by the German astronomer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Ludwig_Harding\" >Karl Ludwig Harding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >UN<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda\" >International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda<\/a> finds <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Paul_Akayesu\" >Jean-Paul Akayesu<\/a>, the former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayor\" >mayor<\/a> of a small town in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rwanda\" >Rwanda<\/a>, guilty of nine counts of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genocide\" >genocide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unictr.org\/\" >United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unictr.org\/en\/cases\/ictr-96-4\" >AKAYESU, Jean Paul (ICTR-96-4) \u2013 UNICTR.org<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/4084f42f4.html\" >same case on the website of RefWorld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.law.scu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1626&amp;context=facpubs\" >Engendering Genocide: The Akayesu Case Before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, by Beth Van Schaack<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1998\/09\/05\/opinion\/when-rape-becomes-genocide.html\" >\u201c<em>The guilty verdict the war crimes tribunal for Rwanda pronounced on Jean-Paul Akayesu this week marked the first judgment for the crime of genocide under international law. In making rape part of Mr. Akeyesu&#8217;s genocide conviction, the decision also advances the world&#8217;s legal treatment of rape and sexual violence<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 When Rape Becomes Genocide \u2013 September 5, 1998 &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trial-ch.org\/en\/ressources\/trial-watch\/trial-watch\/profils\/profile\/160\/action\/show\/controller\/Profile.html\" >Jean-Paul Akayesu \u2013 Trial-ch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swissair_Flight_111\" >Swissair Flight 111<\/a> crashes near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peggys_Cove,_Nova_Scotia\" >Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia<\/a>. All 229 people on board are killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_Nicaragua_earthquake\" >earthquake in Nicaragua<\/a> kills at least 116 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transnistria\" >Transnistria<\/a> is unilaterally proclaimed a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> republic; the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidium_of_the_Supreme_Soviet\" >Soviet president<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" >Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a> declares the decision null and void.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Transnistria\" >History of Transnistria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.europe-east.com\/transnistria\/history.html\" >\u201c<em>The PMR republic was founded in the year 1990, making it the youngest republic in the territory of former Soviet Union. Nevertheless the PMR is not recognized by any other &#8216;official&#8217; country. The conflict between Moldova and Transnistria is much older. Moldova united with \u2192Romania in the year 1918, whereas the area east of the Dniestr remained under Russian resp. Soviet control. The small strip of land was named <\/em>Moldavian Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (MASSR)<em> and belonged to the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic. Already at that time, Slavic minorities outnumbered the Moldovan population &#8211; in contradiction to the area west of the Dniestr, historically known as <\/em>\u201d \u2013 Transnistria \u2013 History \u2013 a short overview \u2013 Europe-East.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Transnistria_to_1792\" >History of Transnistria to 1792 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_status_of_Transnistria\" >Political status of Transnistria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conflicts.rem33.com\/images\/moldova\/nistru_konflikt.htm\" >The Conflict in Transnitria: National Consensus is a Long Way off (1990 \u2013 present), by Andrew Anderson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/epu.ac.at\/fileadmin\/downloads\/research\/Lungu.pdf\" >Peaceful Conflict Transformation in Transnistria, by Anna Lung \u2013 European Peace University<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nizkor.org\/hweb\/people\/c\/carmelly-felicia\/transnistria-forgotten-cemetary.html\" >History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria \u2013 Nizkor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transnistria_War\" >\u201c<em>The Transnistria War was a limited conflict that broke out in November 1990 at Dub\u0103sari (Russian: <\/em><em>\u0414\u0443\u0431\u043e\u0441\u0441\u00e1\u0440\u044b<\/em><em>, Dubossary) between pro-Transnistria forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and Cossack units, and supported by elements of the Russian 14th Army, and pro-Moldovan forces, including Moldovan troops and police<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Transnistria War &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/moldova.htm\" >Transnistria\u2013Moldova Conflict, by Olga Savceac \u2013 ICE Case Studies: Number 182, May 2006 \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/moldova\/35.htm\" >\u201c<em>As efforts to reach some form of accord foundered, more decisive measures were taken. On August 21, 1990, the Gagauz announced the formation of the &#8220;Gagauz Republic&#8221; in the five southern raioane where their population was concentrated, separate from the Moldavian SSR and part of the Soviet Union. The Transnistrians followed suit on September 2, proclaiming the formation of the &#8220;Dnestr Moldavian Republic,&#8221; with its capital at Tiraspol, as a part of the Soviet Union<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Conflict in Transnistria and Gagauzia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a>, <strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong> also see the same website more comprehensively <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/moldova\/\" >Moldova \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gallery\/2015\/jan\/26\/-sp-transnistria-moldova-russia-in-pictures\" >Inside Transnistria, the breakaway nation loyal to Russia \u2013 in pictures \u2013 Monday, 26 January 2015 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Transnistria\" >\u201c<em>Transnistria (locally called by its Russian name: Pridnestrovie; and occasionally, in English: Trans-Dniester) is a de facto state in Eastern Europe that has declared independence from Moldova, although it is only recognized by other breakaway states such as Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It roughly corresponds to the territory between the Dniester River and Ukraine<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Transnistria \u2013 WikiTravel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/features\/5070\/transnistria-the-nation-that-doesnt-exist\" >\u201c<em>Home to more than half a million predominantly Russian-speaking people, Transnistria has its own government, currency, flag (complete with hammer and sickle), national anthem, police and armed forces. It is an overlooked and forgotten corner of Europe, often described as the world\u2019s largest open-air museum, a place where the Soviet Union never collapsed<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TRANSNISTRIA: THE NATION THAT DOESN\u2019T EXIST, by Steven Mackenzie \u2013 April 7, 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2015\/7\/19\/breakaway-transnistria-region-flashpoint-russia.html\" >Breakaway Transnistria region could become next flashpoint with Russia \u2013 July 19, 2015 \u2013 by Matthew Luxmoore \u2013 ALJAZEERA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/magazine.good.is\/slideshows\/transnistria-russia-soviet-nostalgia-putin-de-facto\" >Waiting for a Soviet Reunion \u2013 The Self-Declared state of Transnistria is a microcosm of Putin\u2019s ideal Eastern Europe, by Mark Hay \u2013 July 23, 2015 \u2013 Good.is<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<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>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><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> announces the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canceled_Apollo_missions\" >cancellation<\/a> of two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo<\/a> missions to the Moon, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_15\" >Apollo 15<\/a> (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canceled_Apollo_missions#Apollos_18.E2.80.9320\" >Apollo 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_OAU\" >Operation OAU<\/a> begins during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigerian_Civil_War\" >Nigerian Civil War<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nigeria and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\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\/\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 The Society and Its Environment \u2013 The Economy \u2013 Government \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Nigeria\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/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:\/\/emmyboy.tripod.com\/sitebuildercontent\/Nigeria_files\/\" >Brief History of Nigeria \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nigerian Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africamasterweb.com\/BiafranWarCauses.html\" >The Nigerian Civil War, Causes, Strategies, And Lessons Learnt, by Major Abubakar A. Atofarati: CSC 1992 \u2013 AfricanMasterWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/frus\/nixon\/e5\/c15646.htm\" >Nigerian Civil War \u2013 US Department of State \u2013 Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/gah\/nigerian-civil-war-1967-1970\" >Nigerian Civil War (1967 \u2013 1970) \u2013 BlackPast.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Nigerian_Civil_War\" >Nigerian Civil War \u2013 New World Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/105\/Nigerian-Civil-War\" >Nigerian Civil War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nairaland.com\/582396\/biafra-nigerian-civil-war-pictures\/2\" >The Nigerian Civil War in Pictures \u2013 Nairaland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS_Evening_News\" >CBS Evening News<\/a><\/em> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >U.S.<\/a> network <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Television\" >television<\/a>&#8216;s first half-hour weeknight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News\" >news<\/a> broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.<\/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 <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>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The first election of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parliament_of_the_Central_Tibetan_Administration\" >Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration<\/a>, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Tibet\" >history of Tibet<\/a>. The Tibetan community observes this date as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Democracy_Day_%28Tibet%29&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" >Democracy Day<\/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\" >United States Air Force<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C-130_Hercules\" >C-130A-II<\/a> is shot down by fighters over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yerevan\" >Yerevan<\/a> in Armenia when it strays into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> airspace while conducting a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Signals_intelligence\" >sigint<\/a> mission. All crew members are killed.<\/p>\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=\"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>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Di%E1%BB%87m\" >Ng\u00f4 \u0110\u00ecnh Di\u1ec7m<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia\" >the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interim_government_of_India\" >interim government of India<\/a> is formed, headed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jawaharlal_Nehru\" >Jawaharlal Nehru<\/a> as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a> declares its independence, forming the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >Democratic Republic of Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Vietnam\" >History of Vietnam \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Vietnam_since_1945\" >History of Vietnam since 1945 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vietventures.com\/Vietnam\/history_vietnam.asp\" >BRIEF HISTORY OF VIETNAM \u2013 VietVentures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnam\/p\/Vietnam-Facts-And-History.htm\" >Vietnam | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asia.isp.msu.edu\/wbwoa\/southeast_asia\/vietnam\/history.htm\" >Vietnam \u2013 History \u2013 WINDOWS ON ASIA \u2013 MSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/vietnam\/history\" >Vietnam \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/vietnam-independence-proclaimed\" >SEP 02 THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1945 Vietnam independence proclaimed \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thehistoryclub-chamara.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/vietnam-declares-independence-september.html\" >Vietnam Declares Independence; September 2, 1945 \u2013 The History Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1187503\/Vietnamese_Declaration_of_Independence_1945\" >Vietnamese Declaration of Independence 1945 \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5139\" >Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam \u2013 History Matters \u2013 GMU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1945.html\" >\u201c<em>September 2, 1945 &#8211; Japanese sign the surrender agreement in Tokyo Bay formally ending World War II in the Pacific. On this same day, Ho Chi Minh proclaims the independence of Vietnam by quoting from the text of the American Declaration of Independence which had been supplied to him by the OSS &#8212; &#8220;We hold the truth that all men are created equal<\/em>\u2026.\u201d \u2013 The History Place presents The Vietnam War: Seeds of Conflict 1945 \u2013 1960 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Combat ends in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_War\" >Pacific Theater<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender_%281945%29\" >Instrument of Surrender<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japan\" >Japan<\/a> is signed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_%28Japan%29\" >Japanese Foreign Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamoru_Shigemitsu\" >Mamoru Shigemitsu<\/a> and accepted aboard the battleship <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Missouri_%28BB-63%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Missouri<\/em><\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Bay\" >Tokyo Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some pertinent information on the Occupation of Japan, visit<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/this-week-in-history-38\/\" >\u201c<strong>AUGUST 30,<\/strong> <strong>1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied &#8211; Powers (SCAP), arrives at Atsugi Airfield, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan\u201d <em>of <strong>This Week in History<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrender_of_Japan\" >Surrender of Japan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/japan-surrenders\" >Japan surrenders \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.answers.com\/military-history\/the-surrender-of-japan-2-september-1945\" >The Surrender of Japan: September 2, 1945 \u2013 Answer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/social-media\/transcripts\/transcript-japanese-sign-final-surrender-39079.pdf\" >Japan sign final surrender \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=80\" >Surrender of Japan 1945 \u2013 OurDocuments.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fold3.com\/image\/1\/4346691\/\" >Original documents of Japan\u2019s surrender \u2013 Fold3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Tsuyoshi-Hasegawa\/2501\/article.html\" >The Atomic Bombs and the Soviet Invasion: What Drove Japan\u2019s Decision to Surrender?, by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gyokuon-h%C5%8Ds%C5%8D#Full_text\" >English translation text of the Japanese Emperor\u2019s surrender speech, broadcasted on 15 August 1945<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/ideas\/articles\/2011\/08\/07\/why_did_japan_surrender\/\" >Why did Japan surrender \u2013 Boston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v5MMVd5XOK8\" >YouTube video (9 min. 41 sec.): Japanese Surrender in Color<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p09gugpF_hE&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (8 min. 36 sec.): Japanese Sign Final Surrender 1945 Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q4DsCQUWkVw&amp;spfreload=10\" >the same video (8 min. 16 sec.): Japanese Surrender<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: following the start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Poland\" >invasion of Poland<\/a> the previous day, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_City_of_Danzig\" >Free City of Danzig<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gda%C5%84sk\" >Gda\u0144sk<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a>) is annexed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labor_Day_Hurricane_of_1935\" >Labor Day Hurricane of 1935<\/a>: a large <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropical_cyclone\" >hurricane<\/a> hits the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida_Keys\" >Florida Keys<\/a> killing 423.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Rose_Eldred\" >Arthur Rose Eldred<\/a> is awarded the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eagle_Scout_%28Boy_Scouts_of_America%29\" >Eagle Scout<\/a> award of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boy_Scouts_of_America\" >Boy Scouts of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vice_President_of_the_United_States\" >Vice President of the United States<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\" >Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> utters the famous phrase, &#8220;Speak softly and carry a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Stick_ideology\" >big stick<\/a>&#8221; at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minnesota_State_Fair\" >Minnesota State Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Omdurman\" >Battle of Omdurman<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >British<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egyptian<\/a> troops defeat <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan\" >Sudanese<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tribe\" >tribesmen<\/a> and establish British dominance in Sudan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_Springs_massacre\" >Rock Springs massacre<\/a>: in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_Springs,_Wyoming\" >Rock Springs, Wyoming<\/a>, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Overseas_Chinese\" >Chinese<\/a> fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War\" >Franco-Prussian War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sedan\" >Battle of Sedan<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> forces take <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_III_of_France\" >Napoleon III of France<\/a> and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong>Mutsuhito, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emperor_Meiji\" >Emperor Meiji<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a>, marries Masako Ichij\u014d. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_consort\" >Empress consort<\/a> is thereafter known as <em>Lady Haruko<\/em>. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empress_Sh%C5%8Dken\" >Empress Sh\u014dken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1864\u00a0 <\/strong>American Civil War: Union forces enter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta\" >Atlanta, Georgia<\/a>, a day after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederate_States_of_America\" >Confederate<\/a> defenders flee the city, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta_Campaign\" >Atlanta Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1862\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_War\" >American Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> reluctantly restores <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >Union<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_officer\" >General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_B._McClellan\" >George B. McClellan<\/a> to full command after General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Pope_%28military_officer%29\" >John Pope<\/a>&#8216;s disastrous defeat at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run\" >Second Battle of Bull Run<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurora_%28astronomy%29#Auroral_events_of_historical_significance\" >solar<\/a> super storm affects <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electrical_telegraph\" >electrical telegraph<\/a> service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1856\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tianjing_Incident\" >Tianjing Incident<\/a> takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nanjing\" >Nanjing<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1833\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oberlin_College\" >Oberlin College<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Jay_Shipherd\" >John Jay Shipherd<\/a> and Philo P. Stewart in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oberlin,_Ohio\" >Oberlin, Ohio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1811\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Oslo\" >University of Oslo<\/a> is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark\" >Frederick VI of Denmark<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norway\" >Norway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1807\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Copenhagen_%281807%29\" >bombards Copenhagen<\/a> with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denmark\" >Denmark<\/a> from surrendering its fleet to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1806\u00a0 <\/strong>A massive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Landslide\" >landslide<\/a> destroys the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goldau\" >Goldau<\/a>, Switzerland, killing 457.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1792\u00a0 <\/strong>During what became known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_Massacres\" >September Massacres<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>, rampaging mobs slaughter three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic_Church\" >Roman Catholic Church<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop\" >bishops<\/a>, more than two hundred <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priest\" >priests<\/a>, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1752\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Britain\" >Great Britain<\/a> adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregorian_calendar\" >Gregorian calendar<\/a>, nearly two centuries later than most of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Europe\" >Western Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>Heavy monsoon rains and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_India_%E2%80%93_Pakistan_floods\" >flash floods<\/a> leave over 200 people dead across <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" >India<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis\" >Beslan school hostage crisis<\/a> ends on its third day with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of whom are children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast\" >Belfast<\/a>, Protestant <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulster_loyalism\" >loyalists<\/a> begin a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Cross_dispute\" >picket of Holy Cross<\/a>, a Catholic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primary_school\" >primary school<\/a> for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-Soviet_split\" >Sino-Soviet split<\/a>: Russia and the People&#8217;s Republic of China agree to de-target their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear weapons<\/a> against each other.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/governmentandlaw\/fl\/The-Sino-Soviet-Split.htm\" >The Sino-Soviet Split 1960-1989, by Kallie Szczepanski \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/s\/si\/sino_soviet_split.html\" >Sino-Soviet split \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/HIS242\/Notes\/SinoSoviet.html\" >Note on the Sino-Soviet Split \u2013 NVCC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/history\/international\/comintern\/sino-soviet-split\/\" >The Great Debate \u2013 Documents of the Sino-Soviet Split \u2013 Marxists.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zainabkhawaja.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/11\/the-sino-soviet-split-a-timeline\/\" >The Sino-Soviet Split \u2013 a timeline \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1987_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat in Burundi<\/a>, President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Baptiste_Bagaza\" >Jean-Baptiste Bagaza<\/a> is deposed by Major <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Buyoya\" >Pierre Buyoya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Burundian Coup d\u2019etat in 1987:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/Wars_and_Conflicts_of_Burundi.htm\" >\u201cBurundi Coup (1987)&#8211;The \u00a01987 Burundian coup d&#8217;\u00e9tatwas a bloodless military\u00a0coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat\u00a0that took place in\u00a0Burundi\u00a0on September 3,1987.\u00a0President\u00a0Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, a member of the Tutsi minority,\u00a0was deposed while overseas at a conference in Canada.\u00a0 The leader of the coup was a fellow\u00a0Tutsi, army\u00a0Major\u00a0Pierre Buyoya.\u201d \u2013 War and Conflict of Burundi \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/midfield.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/27\/the-1987-coup-incident-who-is-charlotte-datiles\/\" >The 1987 Coup Incident: Who Is Charlotte Datiles? (Updated With Butch Abad Statement) \u2013 October 27, 2009 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/pdfid\/3ae6a987c.pdf\" >Burundi \u2013 Leader are changing, but human rights abuses continue Wunabated \u2013 Refworld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Burundi:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Burundi\" >History of Burundi \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Burundi\" >History of Burundi \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burundi-history.html\" >Burundi \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/burundi\/history\" >Burundi \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad25\" >HISTORY OF BRUNDI \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Burundian_history\" >Timeline of Burundian history &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13087604\" >Burundi profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viking_program\" >Viking program<\/a>: The American <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viking_2\" >Viking 2<\/a><\/em> spacecraft lands at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Utopia_Planitia\" >Utopia Planitia<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qatar\" >Qatar<\/a> becomes an independent state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Qatar and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Qatar\" >Qatar \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/qatar.html\" >Qatar \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/qatar.htm\" >Qatar \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Qatar\" >History of Qatar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/qatar-history.html\" >Qatar \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/persian-gulf-states\/68.htm\" >Qatar \u2013 Historical Background \u2013 Persian Gulf States &#8211; CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14702609\" >Qatar profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Qatar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/cgi-bin\/query\/r-11034.html\" >Qatar \u2013INDEPENDENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/essays\/qatar-independence-and-development-of-the-modern-state\" >Qatar: Independence and Development of the Modern State \u2013 Berkley Center \u2013 Georgetown.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/anydayguide.com\/calendar\/2405\" >Independence Day in Qatar \u2013 AnyDayGuide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.iloveqatar.net\/2013\/09\/why-did-qatar-change-their-national-day\/\" >Why did Qatar change their National Day? (A bit of Qatar\u2019s history and Independence)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Qatar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Qatar\" >Foreign relations of Qatar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishempire.co.uk\/maproom\/qatar.htm\" >Qatar \u2013 BritishEmpire.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/2812544\/Welcome-to-Qatar-the-UKs-new-best-friend.html\" >Welcome to Qatar, the UK\u2019s new best friend \u2013 21 July 2007 \u2013 The Telegraph<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/persian-gulf-states\/80.htm\" >Qatar \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 Persian Gulf States &#8211; CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dagen_H\" >Dagen H<\/a> in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-boat\" >U-boat<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-505\" >U-505<\/a><\/em> begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_%28Chicago%29\" >Museum of Science and Industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >People&#8217;s Liberation Army<\/a> begins shelling the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China\" >Republic of China<\/a>-controlled islands of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quemoy\" >Quemoy<\/a> (a.k.a. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/taiwan\/kinmen.htm\" >Kinmen<\/a>), starting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis\" >First Taiwan Strait Crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Taiwan Strait Crisis:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/ops\/quemoy_matsu.htm\" >First Taiwan Strait Crisis \u2013 Quemoy and Matsu Islands \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp\/publictn\/eurasia_border_review\/Vol3SI\/matsumoto.pdf\" >The First Taiwan Strait Crisis and China\u2019s \u201cBorder\u201d Dispute Around Taiwan, by Haruka Matsumoto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.nccu.edu.tw\/~lorenzo\/Gordon%20Use%20of%20Force%20in%20Taiwan%20Strait.pdf\" >United States Opposition to Use of Force in the Taiwan Strait, 1954 \u2013 1962, by Leonard H.D. Gordon \u2013 NCCU.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/war-memorial.net\/First-Taiwan-Strait-Crisis-3.305\" >Taiwan Strait Crisis \u2013 Years 1949 \u2013 1954 \u2013 The Polynational War Memorial \u2013 War-Memorial.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Quemoy a.k.a. Kinmen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinmen\" >Kinmen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Quemoy-Island\" >Quemoy Island \u2013 Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/quemoy.html\" >Quemoy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Taiwan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/taiwan.html\" >Taiwan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Taiwan\" >History of Taiwan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Taiwan\" >History of Taiwan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/taiwan\/history\" >Taiwan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eng.taiwan.net.tw\/m1.aspx?sNo=0002007\" >Taiwan \u2013 History \u2013 Discover Taiwan \u2013 Taiwan.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taiwandc.org\/history.htm\" >Taiwan\u2019s 400 years of history \u2013 TaiwanDC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chineseculture.about.com\/od\/historyofchina\/a\/Taiwan-History_2.htm\" >Taiwan History \u2013 A Brief History of Taiwan \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preceden.com\/timelines\/36327-the-history-of-taiwan-timeline\" >History of Taiwan Timeline \u2013 Preceden.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Taiwanese_history\" >Timeline of Taiwanese history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16178545\" >Taiwan profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>A three-day celebration begins in China, following the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victory_over_Japan_Day#China\" >Victory over Japan Day<\/a> on September 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>Holocaust: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diarist\" >Diarist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Frank\" >Anne Frank<\/a> and her family are placed on the last transport train from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westerbork_transit_camp\" >Westerbork transit camp<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz concentration camp<\/a>, arriving three days later.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/\" >Anne Frank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/anne-frank-9300892\" >Anne Frank Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/annefrank.com\/about-anne-frank\/who-is-anne\/\" >Who is Anne? \u2013 The Anne Frank Center USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/anne-frank\" >ANNE FRANK \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyanswers.co.uk\/history-of-war\/anne-frank-in-bergen-belsen-we-were-both-skeletons\/\" >WRITE FOR THE WORLD\u2019S TOP BRANDS, by James Hoare \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup> March 2015 \u2013 History of War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005210\" >ANNE FRANK \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Final Days of Anne Frank:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1988-10-23\/entertainment\/ca-196_1_anne-frank\" >The Final Days of Anne Frank : Fellow Auschwitz Internees Pick Up the Tale Where Her Diary Ends, by Paul Chutkow \u2013 October 23, 1988 \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/natgeotv.com\/za\/final-days-of-anne-frank\" >FANAL DAYS OF ANNE FRANK \u2013 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CAHNNEL \u2013 NatGeoTV.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/anne-frank-after-the-diary-stopped-1618257.html\" >Anne Frank: after diary stopped, by Angela Lambert \u2013 Friday, 5 May 1995 \u2013 Independent.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/what-happened-to-anne-frank-after-the-secret-annex\/\" >What happened to Anne Frank after the Secret Annex?, by Matt Lebovic \u2013 September 14, 2014 \u2013 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/holocaust.georgia.gov\/sites\/holocaust.georgia.gov\/files\/related_files\/document\/The%20Last%20Days%20of%20Anne%20Frank.pdf\" >THE LAST DAYS OF ANNE FRANK \u2013 Georgia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/yom-hashoah\/saw-anne-frank-die\/\" >\u201cI Saw Anne Frank Die.\u201d by IRMA SONNENBERG MENKEL \u2013 OU.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/en\/Anne-Frank\/Discovery-and-arrest\/The-destiny-of-the-people-in-hiding\/The-fate-of-the-women-from-the-Secret-Annex\/\" >The fate of women \u2013 Anne and Margot die in Bergen-Belsen. \u2013 AnneFrank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/auschwitz.org\/en\/history\/\" >AWSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU &#8211; MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/auschbirk.html\" >Awschwitz-Birkenau: History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/the-holocaust\/pictures\/holocaust-concentration-camps\/poland-auschwitz-birkenau-death-camp\" >THE HOLOCAUST \u2013 PHOTO GALLERIES \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005189\" >AWSCHWITZ \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jan\/27\/auschwitz-short-history-liberation-concentration-camp-holocaust\" >Awschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history, by George Arnett \u2013 Tuesday, 27 January 2015 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/yv\/en\/holocaust\/about\/05\/auschwitz_birkenau.asp\" >The Holocaust \u2013 The Implementation of the Final Solution \u2013 Awschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp \u2013 YadVashem.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/en\/Anne-Frank\/Discovery-and-arrest\/Deported-to-the-camps\/\" >Deported to the camp \u2013 First to Westerbork, then to Awschwitz \u2013 AnneFrank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrankguide.net\/en-us\/bronnenbank.asp?oid=15929\" >From Awschwitz to Bergen-Belsen \u2013 AnneFrankGuide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_invasion_of_Italy\" >Allied invasion of Italy<\/a> begins on the same day that U.S. General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\" >Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> and Italian Marshal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pietro_Badoglio\" >Pietro Badoglio<\/a> sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armistice_of_Cassibile\" >Armistice of Cassibile<\/a> aboard the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> battleship <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Nelson_%2828%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Nelson<\/em><\/a> off <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/italy01.asp\" >Full text of the Armistice with Italy; September 3, 1943 \u2013 Avalon Project &#8211; Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofmalta.com\/articles\/view\/20140112\/life-features\/Secret-signing-in-Malta-of-final-Italian-armistice-during-World-War-II.502485\" >\u201c<em>At 6.30pm on September 3, the armistice was signed at Cassibile by Bedell Smith and Castellano<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Secret signing in Mala of final Italian armistice during World War II, by Joseph Caruana \u2013 Sunday, January 12, 2014 \u2013 TimesOfMalta.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iapss.org\/2015\/06\/26\/the-fascist-foreign-policy-and-its-legacy-in-the-post-war-world\/\" >\u201c<em>On the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> September 1943 Italy signed the Armistice of Cassibile, which forced the country to surrender unconditionally<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Fascist foreign policy and its legacy in the post-War world \u2013 June 26, 2015 &#8211; International Association for Political Science Students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dov_Lopatyn\" >Dov Lopatyn<\/a> leads an uprising in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%81achwa_Ghetto#Uprising_and_massacre\" >Ghetto<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakhva\" >Lakhva<\/a>, in present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belarus\" >Belarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%81achwa_Ghetto\" >\u0141achwa (or Lakhva) Ghetto \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a> <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%81achwa_Ghetto#Uprising_and_massacre\" >Uprising and massacre<\/a> on the same website.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/features\/this-day-in-jewish-history\/this-day-in-jewish-history-the-jews-rise-up-in-lachwa-ghetto-1.462403\" >\u201c<em>On September 3, 1942, the residents of the Lachwa Ghetto began what may have been the first armed uprising by a Jewish population against the Nazis<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 This Day in Jewish History \u2013 The Jews Rise Up in Lachwa Ghetto, by David B. Green \u2013 Sep.3, 2012 &#8211; HAARETZ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jewishpartisans.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/this-month-in-jewish-partisan-history.html\" >This Month in Jewish Partisan History: \u0141achwa Ghetto Uprising \u2013 JEWISH PARTISAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/untoldstories\/database\/index.asp?cid=399\" >\u201c<em>On September 3, 1942, a revolt broke out in the \u0141achwa ghetto in response to German preparations for a mass murder operation. The revolt was organized by Dov Lopatin and Yitzhak Rochzyn, a member of Beitar. The Germans surrounded the ghetto<\/em> \u2026\u201d \u2013 \u0141achwa \u2013 THE MURDER SITES OF THE JEWS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF THE FORMER USSR \u2013 THE UNTOLD STORIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ico.my\/?q=Lakhva\" >Lakhva \u2013 IOC.my<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yivoencyclopedia.org\/article.aspx\/Armed_Resistance\" >\u201c<em>Uprisings also took place in a number of smaller ghettos and small towns. The best known occurred in Kleck (21 July 1942), Nie\u015bwie\u017c (22 July 1942), Mir (9 August 1942), Lachwa (3 September 1942)<\/em>,\u2026\u201d \u2013 Armed Resistance \u2013 The YIVO ENCYCLOPEDIA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941<\/strong>\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Fritzsch\" >Karl Fritzsch<\/a>, deputy camp commandant of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz concentration camp<\/a>, experiments with the use of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zyklon_B\" >Zyklon B<\/a> in the gassing of Soviet POWs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blockade_of_Germany_%281939%E2%80%9345%29\" >naval blockade of Germany<\/a> that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Atlantic\" >Battle of the Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Poland\" >invasion of Poland<\/a>, forming 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>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malcolm_Campbell\" >Malcolm Campbell<\/a> reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bonneville_Salt_Flats\" >Bonneville Salt Flats<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Utah\" >Utah<\/a>, becoming the first person to drive an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automobile\" >automobile<\/a> over 300\u00a0mph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yevgeniy_Abalakov\" >Yevgeniy Abalakov<\/a> is the first man to reach the highest point in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, Communism Peak (now called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ismoil_Somoni_Peak\" >Ismoil Somoni Peak<\/a> and situated in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tajikistan\" >Tajikistan<\/a>) (7495 m).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916 <\/strong>World War I: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leefe_Robinson\" >Leefe Robinson<\/a> destroys the German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airship\" >airship<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sch%C3%BCtte-Lanz_SL_11\" >Sch\u00fctte-Lanz SL 11<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuffley\" >Cuffley<\/a>, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.<\/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>: Start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Grand_Couronn%C3%A9\" >Battle of Grand Couronn\u00e9<\/a>, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy,_France\" >Nancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William,_Prince_of_Albania\" >William, Prince of Albania<\/a> leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_the_British_Residency_in_Kabul\" >Siege of the British Residency in Kabul<\/a>: British envoy Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari\" >Louis Cavagnari<\/a> and 72 men of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corps_of_Guides_%28India%29\" >The Guides<\/a> are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabul\" >Kabul<\/a>. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Empire\" >British Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War\" >Franco-Prussian War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Metz_%281870%29\" >Siege of Metz<\/a> begins, resulting in a decisive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> victory on October 23.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1855\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska\" >Nebraska<\/a>, 700 soldiers under United States General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_S._Harney\" >William S. Harney<\/a> avenge the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grattan_massacre\" >Grattan massacre<\/a> by attacking a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sioux\" >Sioux<\/a> village and killing 100 men, women and children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1843\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto_of_Greece\" >King Otto of Greece<\/a> is forced to grant a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Constitution_of_1844\" >constitution<\/a> following an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3_September_1843_Revolution\" >uprising<\/a> in Athens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1838\u00a0 <\/strong>Future <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States\" >abolitionist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Douglass\" >Frederick Douglass<\/a> escapes from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery\" >slavery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong>Twenty-four settlers are killed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pigeon_Roost_State_Historic_Site#Pigeon_Roost_Massacre\" >Pigeon Roost Massacre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiana\" >Indiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1802\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Wordsworth\" >William Wordsworth<\/a> composes the sonnet <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Composed_upon_Westminster_Bridge,_September_3,_1802\" >Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong>The week long battle of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_St._George%27s_Caye\" >St. George&#8217;s Caye<\/a> begins between Spain and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\" >Britain<\/a> off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belize\" >Belize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SEPTERMBER 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong>Three terrorists suspected to be a part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" >Al-Qaeda<\/a> are arrested in Germany after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_bomb_plot_in_Germany\" >allegedly planning attacks<\/a> on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more information on Al-Qaeda, visit the <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=al-qaeda\" >TMS Search \u201cAl Qaeda\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, <em>for instance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google\" >Google<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Page\" >Larry Page<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sergey_Brin\" >Sergey Brin<\/a>, two students at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_University\" >Stanford University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_on_Drugs\" >War on Drugs<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia\" >Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia<\/a> (FARC) attack a military base in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guaviare_Department\" >Guaviare<\/a>, starting three weeks of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerrilla_warfare\" >guerrilla warfare<\/a> in which at least 130 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombia\" >Colombians<\/a> are killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leipzig\" >Leipzig<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >East Germany<\/a>, the first of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monday_demonstrations_in_East_Germany\" >weekly demonstration<\/a> for the legalization of opposition groups and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democracy\" >democratic<\/a> reforms takes place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>The discovery of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buckminsterfullerene\" >Buckminsterfullerene<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fullerene\" >fullerene<\/a> molecule of carbon.<\/p>\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><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><em>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia &#8211; 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\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>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Dragon_massacre\" >Golden Dragon massacre<\/a> takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinai_Interim_Agreement\" >Sinai Interim Agreement<\/a> relating to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict\" >Arab\u2013Israeli conflict<\/a> is signed.<\/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<\/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;\"><em>For more pertinent information on underground nuclear weapons tests of the USSR, see <\/em>\u201c<strong>1982\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\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>.\u201d, <em>as mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Spitz\" >Mark Spitz<\/a> becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olympic_Games\" >Olympic Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvador_Allende\" >Salvador Allende<\/a> is elected President of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Swift\" >Operation Swift<\/a> begins when U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marines\" >Marines<\/a> engage the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnamese<\/a> in battle in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khe_Sanh\" >Que Son Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >American Civil Rights Movement<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Rock_Crisis\" >Little Rock Crisis<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orval_Faubus\" >Orval Faubus<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor_of_Arkansas\" >governor of Arkansas<\/a>, calls out the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arkansas_National_Guard\" >National Guard<\/a> to prevent African American students from enrolling in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Rock_Central_High_School\" >Central High School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/people\/harry-truman\" >Harry Truman<\/a> addresses opening of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/photographs\/view.php?id=2090\" >Japanese Peace Treaty Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/president-truman-makes-first-transcontinental-television-broadcast\/print\" >Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VYNv8nphW5o\" >YouTube video (44 sec.): President Truman makes first coast to coast TV broadcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/findery.com\/californiawilliam\/notes\/first-national-live-tv-broadcast\" >first live transcontinental television broadcast<\/a> takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a>, from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/photographs\/view.php?id=2090\" >Japanese Peace Treaty Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The First Transcontinental Live Television from the San Francisco Peace Conference:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/deadpresidentsdaily.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/september-4-1951-first-transcontinental.html\" >September 4, 1951: The First Transcontinental Television Transmission \u2013 Dead Presidents Daily<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lf8y38XnzMY\" >YouTube video (6 h. 3 min. 6 sec.): The Japanese Peace Conference (Sep. 04, 1951) | 1<sup>st<\/sup> Microwave TV Broadcast in the US<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DWkMKkqYKos&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (2 min. 18 sec.): Peace with Japan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/curiosity.com\/paths\/british-pathe-selected-originals-japanese-peace-treaty-1951-zp9a5yumnbg\/?ref=ptv#british-pathe-selected-originals-japanese-peace-treaty-1951-zp9a5yumnbg\" >Selected Originals \u2013 Japanese Peace Treaty (1951) \u2013 Curiousity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Treaty of Peace with Japan of 1951:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_Peace_Treaty_Conference\" >Treaty of San Francisco, signed on 8 September 1951 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taiwandocuments.org\/sanfrancisco01.htm\" >Full text of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, signed on 8 September 1951 (= Peace Treaty of San Francisco of 1951)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peekskill_Riots\" >Peekskill Riots<\/a> erupt after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Robeson\" >Paul Robeson<\/a> concert in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peekskill,_New_York\" >Peekskill, New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Finland exits from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continuation_War\" >war with Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/11th_Armoured_Division\" >11th Armoured Division<\/a> liberates the Belgian city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antwerp\" >Antwerp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Greer_%28DD-145%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Greer<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristol_Blenheim\" >Bristol Blenheim<\/a> is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong>Maiden flight of the first U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airship\" >airship<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Shenandoah_%28ZR-1%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Shenandoah<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk\" >Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk<\/a>, who founded the Republic of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a>, gathers a congress in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sivas_Congress\" >Sivas<\/a> to make decisions as to the future of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anatolia\" >Anatolia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thrace\" >Thrace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albanian<\/a> rebels succeed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albanian_Revolt_of_1912\" >their revolt<\/a> when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Eastman\" >George Eastman<\/a> registers the trademark <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kodak\" >Kodak<\/a><\/em> and receives a patent for his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camera\" >camera<\/a> that uses roll film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars<\/a>: After almost 30 years of fighting, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apache\" >Apache<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geronimo\" >Geronimo<\/a>, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Miles\" >Nelson Miles<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona\" >Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lower_Manhattan\" >lower Manhattan<\/a>. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong>Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_III\" >Napoleon III<\/a> of France is deposed and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Third_Republic\" >Third Republic<\/a> is declared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_1812\" >War of 1812<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Fort_Harrison\" >Siege of Fort Harrison<\/a> begins when the fort is set on fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1800\u00a0 <\/strong>The French garrison in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valletta\" >Valletta<\/a> surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maltese_people\" >Maltese<\/a>. The islands of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta_%28island%29\" >Malta<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gozo\" >Gozo<\/a> become the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta_Protectorate\" >Malta Protectorate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1797\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_of_18_Fructidor\" >Coup of 18 Fructidor<\/a> in France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1781\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" >Los Angeles<\/a> is founded as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Pueblo_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_La_Reina_de_los_%C3%81ngeles_de_Porci%C3%BAncula\" >El Pueblo de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora La Reina de los \u00c1ngeles de Porci\u00fancula<\/a> (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porziuncola\" >Porziuncola<\/a>) by 44 Spanish settlers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1774\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Caledonia\" >New Caledonia<\/a> is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Cook\" >James Cook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1666\u00a0 <\/strong>In London, England, the most destructive damage from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Fire_of_London\" >Great Fire<\/a> occurs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1479\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Alc%C3%A1%C3%A7ovas\" >Treaty of Alc\u00e1\u00e7ovas<\/a> is signed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_Monarchs\" >Catholic Monarchs<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_of_Castile\" >Castile<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_of_Aragon\" >Aragon<\/a> on one side and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afonso_V_of_Portugal\" >Afonso V<\/a> and his son, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_II_of_Portugal\" >Prince John<\/a> of Portugal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>TODAY IS THE <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/charityday\/\" >INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CHARITY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2014\/september_5_2014_400420.html\" >Ukrainian troops and separatist forces have halted fighting in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a cease-fire agreement between Ukraine, Russia and the rebel forces.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/ukraine-crisis-cease-fire-talks-begin-between-rebels-government-minsk-belarus-1679620\" >Ukraine Crisis: Cease-Fire Talks Begin Between Rebels And Government In Minsk, Belarus, by Dennis Lynch \u2013 September 5, 2014 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Donbass\" >\u201c<em>As a result of this, DPR and LPR insurgents regained much of the territory they had lost during the preceding government military offensive. A deal to establish a ceasefire, called the Minsk Protocol, was signed on 5 September 2014<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 War in Donbass &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Teresa\" >Mother Teresa of Calcutta<\/a> dies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Mother Teresa and Her Biography:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/news_services\/liturgy\/saints\/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html\" >Bibliography: Mother Teresa of Calcutta \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1979\/teresa-bio.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Biographical \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fSoqd3G13_E&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (1h. 55 min. 01 sec.): M\u00e8re Teresa &#8211; Mother Teresa \u2013 Multi-subs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b8w81qOc5nU&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (2 min. 02 sec.): Mother Teresa Film Trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mother-Teresa\" >Blessed Mother Teresa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americancatholic.org\/Features\/Teresa\/Sainthood.asp\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 The Road to Official Sainthood \u2013 AmericanCatholic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.handwriting.org\/mother-theresa.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Handwriting Analysis \u2013 Handwriting.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Controversies:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa\" >Criticism of Mother Teresa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mukto-mona.com\/Articles\/mother_teresa\/sanal_ed.htm\" >India has no reason to be grateful to Mother Teresa, by Sanal Edamaruku \u2013 Mukto-Mona.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/02\/26\/mother-teresas-legacy-disrupts-indian-parliament\/\" >Mother Teresa\u2019s legacy disrupts Indian parliament \u2013 February 26, 2015 \u2013 Religion News Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/prism\/oct97\/mothert.html\" >Mother Teresa-She can\u2019t put us out of our misery any more, by Mark Cook \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca\/udem-news\/news\/20130301-mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint.html\" >Mother Teresa: anything but a saint\u2026- 1 MAR. 2013 \u2013 UMontreal.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/28746\/mother-teresa-not-a-saint-new-study-suggests-she-was-a-fraud\" >Mother Teresa Not a Saint: New Study Suggests She Was a Fraud, by Zainab Akande \u2013 March 7, 2013 \u2013 Mic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/the-silence-of-the-nuns-missionaries-refuse-to-get-drawn-into-controversy-over-mother-teresa\/article1-1326493.aspx\" >Silence of the nuns: Missionaries refuse to get drawn into controversy over Mother Teresa, by Arindam Sarkar \u2013 March 15, 2015 \u2013 HundustanTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\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:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1995\/09\/06\/world\/france-despite-wide-protests-explodes-a-nuclear-device.html\" >France, Despite Wide Protest, Explodes a Nuclear Device \u2013 September 6, 1995 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\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>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_and_Tribal_Peoples_Convention,_1989\" >Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989<\/a>, comes into force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>: Sri Lankan Army soldiers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_University_massacre\" >slaughter<\/a> 158 civilians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan_Am_Flight_73\" >Pan Am Flight 73<\/a> with 358 people on board is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_hijacking\" >hijacked<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi_International_Airport\" >Karachi International Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Australia\" >Western Australia<\/a> becomes the last Australian state to abolish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >capital punishment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more relevant information on the capital punishment or the death penalty, visit<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=capital+punishment+death+penalty\" >TMS Search \u201cdeath penalty capital punishment\u201d<\/a> <em>and\/or<\/em> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/this-week-in-history-32\/\" >\u201c<strong>JULY 14, 1976<\/strong>\u00a0 Capital punishment is abolished in Canada.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\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_Discovery\" >Space Shuttle <em>Discovery<\/em><\/a> lands after its maiden voyage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gotthard_Road_Tunnel\" >Gotthard Road Tunnel<\/a> opens in Switzerland as the world&#8217;s longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32\u00a0km) stretching from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%B6schenen\" >G\u00f6schenen<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airolo\" >Airolo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_David_Accords\" >Camp David Accords<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menachem_Begin\" >Menachem Begin<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anwar_Sadat\" >Anwar Sadat<\/a> begin peace discussions at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_David\" >Camp David<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryland\" >Maryland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voyager_program\" >Voyager program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voyager_1\" >Voyager 1<\/a> is launched after a brief delay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanns_Martin_Schleyer\" >Hanns Martin Schleyer<\/a> is kidnapped in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cologne\" >Cologne<\/a>, West Germany by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army_Faction\" >Red Army Faction<\/a> and is later murdered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacramento,_California\" >Sacramento, California<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynette_Fromme\" >Lynette Fromme<\/a> attempts to assassinate U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\" >Gerald Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munich_massacre\" >Munich massacre<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_terrorist\" >Palestinian terrorist<\/a> group called &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_September_Organization\" >Black September<\/a>&#8221; attacks and takes hostage 11 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> athletes at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_Summer_Olympics\" >Munich Olympic Games<\/a>. Two die in the attack and nine die the following day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jochen_Rindt\" >Jochen Rindt<\/a> becomes the only driver to posthumously win the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Formula_One\" >Formula One<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions\" >World Drivers&#8217; Championship<\/a> (in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1970_Formula_One_season\" >1970<\/a>), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Jefferson_Glenn\" >Operation Jefferson Glenn<\/a> begins: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/101st_Airborne_Division\" >United States 101st Airborne Division<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Division_%28South_Vietnam%29\" >1st Infantry Division<\/a> initiate a new operation in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%E1%BB%ABa_Thi%C3%AAn%E2%80%93Hu%E1%BA%BF_Province\" >Th\u1eeba Thi\u00ean\u2013Hu\u1ebf Province<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Lai_Massacre\" >My Lai Massacre<\/a>: U.S. Army <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lieutenant\" >Lieutenant<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Calley\" >William Calley<\/a> is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnamese<\/a> civilians in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Lai\" >My Lai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\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>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The first conference of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-Aligned_Movement\" >Non Aligned Countries<\/a> is held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade\" >Belgrade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mea.gov.in\/in-focus-article.htm?20349\/History+and+Evolution+of+NonAligned+Movement\" >History of Evolution of Non-Aligned Movement \u2013 August 22, 2012 \u2013 Documents \u2013 Ministry of External Affairs \u2013 Government of India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nam.gov.za\/background\/history.htm\" >The Non-Aligned Movement: Description and History \u2013 Background \u2013 Nam.gov.za<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historydiscussion.net\/wars\/non-aligned-movement-during-the-cold-war-period\/822\" >Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War Period, by Mamta Aggarwal \u2013 HistoryDiscussion.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Non-Aligned-Movement\" >Non-Aligned Movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/namiran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Declarations-of-All-Previous-NAM-Summits.pdf\" >Summit of Declarations \u2013 Non-Aligned Movement (1961 \u2013 2009)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pustakahpi.kemlu.go.id\/dir_dok\/01st%20Summit%20of%20the%20Non-Aligned%20Movement%20-%20Final%20Document%20%28Belgrade_Declaration%29.pdf\" >BELGRADE DECLARATION ON NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES, 1961 (Excerpts): Adopted at the First Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Belgrade, 6 September 1961<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1269997\/The_impact_of_the_first_Non_Aligned_summit_and_its_impact_on_Yugoslav\" >The impact of the first Non-Aligned summit and its impact on Yugoslav \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.b92.net\/eng\/news\/politics.php?yyyy=2011&amp;mm=09&amp;dd=05&amp;nav_id=76239\" >Belgrade hosts 50<sup>th<\/sup> Non-Aligned Movement summit \u2013 September 5, 2011 \u2013 B92.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.rs\/en\/diplomatic-tradition\/historical-diplomatic-papers\/38-nesvrstani-1961\" >THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF NON-ALIGNED HEADS OF STATE, AT WHICH 25 COUNTRIES WERE REPRESENTED, WAS CONVENED AT BELGRADE in September 1961 \u2013 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia [<em>written in Serbian with the Latin letters<\/em>]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdworldtraveler.com\/Third_World\/NonAligned_Movement.html\" >The Non-Aligned Movement: Description and History \u2013 THE THIRD WORLD TRAVELER \u2013 ThirdWorldTraveler.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see \u201c<\/em><strong>1968 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR\u201d, <em>as mentioned above<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Ali\" >Muhammad Ali<\/a> (then Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boxing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics\" >light heavyweight boxing competition<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olympic_Games\" >Olympic Games<\/a> in Rome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The poet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor\" >L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor<\/a> is elected as the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Senegal\" >President of Senegal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Revolution\" >Cuban Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fulgencio_Batista\" >Fulgencio Batista<\/a> bombs the revolt in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cienfuegos\" >Cienfuegos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>In France, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Schuman\" >Robert Schuman<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_Council_of_Ministers\" >President of the Council<\/a> while being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_minister\" >Foreign minister<\/a>, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iva_Toguri_D%27Aquino\" >Iva Toguri D&#8217;Aquino<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_American\" >Japanese American<\/a> suspected of being wartime radio propagandist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Rose\" >Tokyo Rose<\/a>, is arrested in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yokohama\" >Yokohama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Igor_Gouzenko\" >Igor Gouzenko<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>Belgium, Netherlands and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luxembourg\" >Luxembourg<\/a> constitute <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benelux\" >Benelux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/503rd_Infantry_Regiment\" >503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment<\/a> lands and occupies <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lae_Nadzab_Airport\" >Lae Nadzab Airport<\/a>, near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lae\" >Lae<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salamaua%E2%80%93Lae_campaign\" >Salamaua\u2013Lae campaign<\/a>.<\/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>: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Milne_Bay\" >Milne Bay<\/a>, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_War\" >Pacific War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Whole territory of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a> is occupied by Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a>: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Socialist_Movement_of_Chile\" >National Socialist Movement of Chile<\/a> are assassinated in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seguro_Obrero_massacre\" >Seguro Obrero massacre<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Llanes\" >Llanes<\/a> falls to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nationalist_faction_%28Spanish_Civil_War%29\" >Nationalists<\/a> following a one-day siege.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Upper_Volta\" >French Upper Volta<\/a> is broken apart between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivory_Coast\" >Ivory Coast<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Sudan\" >French Sudan<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niger\" >Niger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The original publication of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheka\" >Cheka<\/a> decree, &#8220;On <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Terror\" >Red Terror<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong>The pacifist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimmerwald_Conference\" >Zimmerwald Conference<\/a> begins.<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Battle_of_the_Marne\" >First Battle of the Marne<\/a> begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Japanese_War\" >Russo-Japanese War<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Hampshire\" >New Hampshire<\/a>, United States, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Portsmouth\" >Treaty of Portsmouth<\/a>, mediated by U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\" >Theodore Roosevelt<\/a>, ends the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>The first United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labor_Day\" >Labor Day<\/a> parade is held in New York City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oglala_Lakota\" >Oglala Sioux<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tribal_chief\" >chief<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crazy_Horse\" >Crazy Horse<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bayonet\" >bayoneted<\/a> by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Robinson\" >Fort Robinson<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska\" >Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1864\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Achille_Bazaine\" >Fran\u00e7ois Achille Bazaine<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshal_of_France\" >Marshal of France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1862\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Glaisher\" >James Glaisher<\/a>, pioneering meteorologist and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Tracey_Coxwell\" >Henry Tracey Coxwell<\/a> break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1840\u00a0 <\/strong>Premiere of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giuseppe_Verdi\" >Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>&#8216;s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Un_giorno_di_regno\" >Un giorno di regno<\/a><\/em> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Scala\" >La Scala<\/a> of Milan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1839\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Opium_War\" >war<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_dynasty\" >Qing dynasty<\/a> of China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1816\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_XVIII_of_France\" >Louis XVIII<\/a> has to dissolve the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambre_introuvable\" >Chambre introuvable<\/a> (&#8220;Unobtainable Chamber&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_1812\" >War of 1812<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Fort_Wayne\" >Siege of Fort Wayne<\/a> begins when Chief <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winamac\" >Winamac<\/a>&#8216;s forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort&#8217;s outhouses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conscription\" >Conscription<\/a> is made mandatory in France by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jourdan_law\" >Jourdan law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Conscription in France and\/or Europe:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conscription_in_France\" >Conscription in France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ieg-ego.eu\/en\/threads\/alliances-and-wars\/war-as-an-agent-of-transfer\/conscription\" >Conscription in Europe \u2013 European History Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww1facts.net\/people\/conscription\/\" >Conscription \u2013 WW1 Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/action\/displayAbstract?aid=2359684\" >Franco-British Relations and the Question of Conscription in Britain, 1938-1939, by Daniel Hucker \u2013 <em>Contemporary European History<\/em> \u2013 Cambridge.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/1414033.stm\" >\u201c<em>By the end of the year, France will have a purely professional army, joining the growing numbers of western European countries to end conscription<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; The death of conscription \u2013 29 June 2001 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Conscription in General:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/conscription\" >Conscription \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com\/Conscription\" >Conscription \u2013 The Free Dictionary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uspolitics.about.com\/od\/electionissues\/a\/draft.htm\" >Military Conscription, Recruiting and The Draft, by Kathy Gill \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ppu.org.uk\/learn\/infodocs\/st_conscription_l.html\" >Conscription into Military Service \u2013 PPU.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cypanthers.org\/prowler\/mandatory-military-service-the-cons-the-pros\/\" >MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE: THE CONS, THE PROS \u2013 April 28, 2012 \u2013 CYPanthers.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Conscientious Objection:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicpeacefellowship.org\/nextpage.asp?m=2003\" >What is Conscientious Objection? \u2013 Catholic Peace Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/conscientious-objector.html\" >Conscientious objector \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scn.org\/IP\/sdmcc\/co.htm\" >Who is a Conscientious Objector? \u2013 SCN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quakersintheworld.org\/quakers-in-action\/171\" >Conscientious Objection \u2013 Quakers in the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/now\/shows\/334\/conscientious-objection.html\" >A Close Look: Conscientious Objection \u2013 The week of 08.24.07 \u2013 Now \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/girightshotline.org\/en\/military-knowledge-base\/topic\/conscientious-objection-discharge\" >Conscientious Objection \u2013 Fact Sheet \u2013 GI Rights Hotline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2006\/11\/no-justification-for-a-military-draft\" >No Justification of Military Draft, by Tim Kane \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\/library\/peace\/conscientiousobjection\/co%20website\/pages\/HistoryNew.htm\" >BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSCIETIOUS OBJECTION \u2013 Conscientious Objection in America \u2013 Primary Source for Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.blog.gov.uk\/2014\/09\/30\/conscription-and-conscientious-objection\/\" >Conscription and Conscientious Objection, by Lucy Harris \u2013 30 September 2014 \u2013 Blog &#8211; History of Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nationalpeacemuseum.org\/history.html\" >The History of Conscientious Objection \u2013 NationalPeaceMuseum.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ppu.org.uk\/learn\/infodocs\/cos\/st_co_eurohistory.html\" >History of conscientious objection in Europe \u2013 PPU.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more relevant information on conscription, visit also <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=conscription\" >TMS Search \u201cconscription\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=draft\" >TMS Search \u201cconscientious objection\u201d<\/a><\/strong><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/04\/this-week-in-history-19\/\" >\u201c<strong>APRIL 13, 1919 <\/strong>Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I.\u201d<\/a><em>, <strong>and\/or<\/strong> <\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/this-week-in-history-31\/\" >\u201c<strong>JULY 7<\/strong>, <strong>1863<\/strong> United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300\u201d<em>of <strong>This Week in History<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1793\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_National_Convention\" >French National Convention<\/a> initiates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reign_of_Terror\" >Reign of Terror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2013\/september_6_2013_399686.html\" >2013<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>Reports citing leaks of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/energy\/2013\/08\/130807-fukushima-radioactive-water-leak\/\" >radioactive water<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster\" >Fukushima nuclear plant<\/a> lead South Korea to ban all fishery imports from eight of Japan&#8217;s prefectures.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/japan-s-fukushima-region-fishery-products-banned-in-south-korea-1.1350410\" >Japan\u2019s Fukushima region fishery products banned in South Korea \u2013 Sep. 06, 2013 \u2013 CBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/0311disaster\/fukushima\/AJ201309070044\" >South Korean ban on Japanese seafood imports could hurt fisheries industry as a whole \u2013 September 7, 2013 \u2013 Asahi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fukushima_disaster_cleanup\" >Fukushima disaster cleanup &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-23578859\" >Fukushima radioactive water leak an \u2018emergency\u2019 \u2013 5 August 2013 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funeral_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales\" >Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales<\/a> takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/diana\/a\/diana_funeral.htm\" >Princess Diana\u2019s Funeral \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.eonline.com\/news\/35134\/farewell-mummy-princess-diana-s-funeral\" >Farewell, \u201cMummy\u201d: Princess Diana\u2019s Funeral \u2013 Sat. Sep, 1997, by Joal Ryan \u2013 eonline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/september\/6\/newsid_2502000\/2502307.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 6 September \u2013 1997: Diana\u2019s funeral, watched by millions \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princess-diana.com\/diana\/burial.htm\" >Burial \u2013 Princess-Diana.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/photogallery\/0,29307,2006621,00.html\" >Princess Diana\u2019s Funeral \u2013 The People\u2019s Princes is laid to rest \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/society\/life\/dianas-damage\/\" >How Diana damaged William, by Ken MacQueen \u2013 May 23, 2012 \u2013 MacLeans.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/princess-diana-9273782#!\" >Princess Diana Biography \u2013 Princess, Children\u2019s Activist (1961 \u2013 1997) \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>Hunters discover the emaciated body of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_McCandless\" >Christopher McCandless<\/a> at his camp 20 miles (32\u00a0km) west of the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Healy,_Alaska\" >Healy, Alaska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The name <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" >Saint Petersburg<\/a><\/em> is restored to Russia&#8217;s second largest city, which had been known as <em>Leningrad<\/em> since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1924\" >1924<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> recognizes the independence of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_state\" >Baltic states<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Historical Background of the Baltic States and the Soviet Union:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_states\" >Baltic States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/fjk\/www\/editor\/essays\/baltics.html\" >History of the Baltic states \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states\" >Occupation of the Baltic States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/russiasperiphery.blogs.wm.edu\/baltic-states\/\" >Russia\u2019s Periphery \u2013 Baltic States: Dealing with the Past in the Baltic States, by Frederick Corney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wikibin.org\/articles\/baltic-states-and-the-soviet-union.html\" >Baltic States and the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikibin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/fall-of-soviet-union\" >THE FALL OF SOVIET UNION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/balticstates.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Dissolution of the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/russia\/baltic_independence.php\" >Baltic Independence from the Soviet Union, by James Graham \u2013 OnThisDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Russia Reviews the 1991 Decision to Recognize the Independence of the Baltic States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uatoday.tv\/politics\/russia-to-review-1991-decision-to-recognise-independence-of-baltic-states-447681.html\" >\u201c<em>Russia is examining the legality of the decision to recognise the independence of the Baltic republics in 1991 by the State Council of the USSR &#8211; according to Russia&#8217;s state news service Interfax<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Russia to review 1991 decision to recognise independence of Baltic states \u2013 June 30, 2015 &#8211; UAToday.tv<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/russia-review-independence-recognition-baltic-states-report-1991235\" >Russia To Review Independence Recognition Of Baltic States: Report, by Aditya Tejas \u2013 July 1, 2015 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/russia-reviews-baltic-states-independence-2015-6\" >Russia is reviewing the \u2018legality\u2019 of Baltic states\u2019 independence, by Barbara Tasch \u2013 BusinessInsider.com.au<\/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.themoscowtimes.com\/article\/525643.html\" >How Russia Sees Baltic Sovereignty, by Agnia Grigas \u2013 July 14, 2015 \u2013 The Moscow Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\" >Istanbul<\/a>, two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrorist\" >terrorists<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abu_Nidal\" >Abu Nidal<\/a>&#8216;s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neve_Shalom_Synagogue\" >Neve Shalom Synagogue<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shabbat\" >Shabbat<\/a> services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> admits to shooting down <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007\" >Korean Air Lines Flight 007<\/a>, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more relevant information on this incident, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>SEPTEMBER 1,<\/strong> <strong>1983 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007\" >Korean Air Lines Flight 007<\/a> is shot down by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> airspace. All 269 on board die, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >Congressman<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_McDonald\" >Lawrence McDonald<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/31\/us\/kal-fight-007-anniversary\/index.html\" >The downing of Flight 007: 30 years later, a Cold War tragedy still seem surreal \u2013 August 31, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/context.jsp?item=a090183kal007\" >Context of \u201cSeptember 1, 1983: Soviet Shoot down Korean Airlines Passenger Plane, Sparks International Crisis\u2019 \u2013 History Commons \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.airliners.net\/aviation-articles\/read.main?id=77\" >KAL 007 Revisited (Part 3) \u2013 The Shootdown and the Escape of KAL 007: The Transcripts, by Bert Schlossberg \u2013 September 20, 2005 \u2013 Airliners.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1998\/01\/24\/world\/new-air-chief-in-russia-has-no-regret-on-korean-jet.html\" >\u201c<em>The new chief of the Russian Air Force acknowledged this week that he gave the order to shoot down a South Korean jetliner in 1983. But Col. Gen. Anatoly Kornukov, who was appointed by President Boris N. Yeltsin this week, said he did not regret the decision, which resulted in the death of all 269 aboard<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 A New Chief in Russia Has No Regret on Korean Jet, by Michael R. Gordon \u2013 January 24, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/759165?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" >The Shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 007 by the USSR and the Future of Air Safety for Passengers, by Farooq Hssan \u2013 The International and Comparative Law Quarterly \u2013 Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul. 1984), pp. 712 \u2013 725.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/newsweek-rewind-when-korean-air-lines-flight-007-was-shot-down-259653\" >Newsweek Rewind: When Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Was Shot Down, by Rob Verger \u2013 7\/17\/14 \u2013 Newsweek \u2013 Newsweek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.topsecretwriters.com\/2012\/03\/mysteries-russian-shootdown-kal-007\/\" >Mysteries Still Surround the 1983 Russian Shootdown of KAL 007 \u2013 20 March 2012 \u2013 Top Secret Writers \u2013 TopSecretWriters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/opinion\/article\/30-years-after-the-cold-war-tragedy-of-flight-007\/485554.html\" >\u201c<em>But the\u00a0truth that later emerged was more complex. It was not, as many believed, entirely the\u00a0action of\u00a0a trigger-happy Soviet pilot. Korean Airlines Flight 007 had been seriously off course. A\u00a0later United Nations investigation concluded that the\u00a0airliner was downed after a\u00a0catastrophic error made on\u00a0its own flight deck, as well as by\u00a0Soviet air defenses. The\u00a0fate of\u00a0Flight 007 shows what happens when military and\u00a0civil calculations fail and\u00a0get out of\u00a0hand<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 30 Years After the Cold War Tragedy of Flight 007, by Ronan Thomas \u2013 Sep. 05. 2013 \u2013 The Moscow Times \u2013 TheMoscowTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.alternatehistory.com\/doku.php\/timelines\/protect_and_survive_universe_chronological_timeline\" >\u201c<em>6 September 1983 &#8211; The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Airlines Flight 007<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; 1) Build-up to The Exchange (1982-21 February 1984) \u2013 Protect and Survive Universe \u2013 Chronological Timeline \u2013 Alternate History Wiki \u2013 AltenateHistory.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<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><em>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING &#8211; CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia &#8211; 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Air_Force\" >Soviet Air Force<\/a> pilot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lieutenant\" >Lieutenant<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viktor_Belenko\" >Viktor Belenko<\/a> lands a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25\" >Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25<\/a> jet fighter at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hakodate\" >Hakodate<\/a> on the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hokkaid%C5%8D\" >Hokkaid\u014d<\/a> in Japan and requests <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Refugee\" >political asylum<\/a> in the United States; his request is granted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> 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>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munich_massacre\" >Munich massacre<\/a>: Nine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> athletes taken hostage at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munich\" >Munich<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olympic_Games\" >Olympic Games<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_people\" >Palestinian<\/a> &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_September_Organization\" >Black September<\/a>&#8221; terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/massacre-begins-at-munich-olympics\" > 5 ON THIS DAY: 1972 Massacre beings at Munich Olympics \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/olympics-massacre-munich--the-real-story-524011.html\" >\u201c<em>Shortly after 4am on 5 September 1972, eight heavily armed militants from Black September, a faction of the PLO, arrived on the outskirts of Munich and scaled a perimeter fence protecting thousands of athletes sleeping in the Olympic Village<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Olympic Massacre: Munich \u2013 The real story \u2013 Sunday 22 January 2006 \u2013 The Independent \u2013 Independent.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/24489\/munich-massacre-1972-olympics-photos\/\" >Terror at the Olympics: Munich, 1972, by Ben Cosgrove \u2013 Aug. 5, 2013 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/summer-olympics-munich-massacre.html\" >Munich Massacre \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/famouscrimesscandals\/p\/munichmassacre.htm\" >Munich Massacre \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Terrorism\/munich.html\" >Munich Olympic Massacre \u2013 Background and Overview (September 5, 1972) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination-munich.com\/munich-massacre-1972.html\" >Munich Massacre \u2013 An In-depth look at the Munich Massacre 1972, a terrorist attack that cast a dark shadow over the Olympic dream \u2013 Bestination Munich \u2013 Bestination-Munich.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\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>Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_people\" >Palestinian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrorism\" >terrorist<\/a> members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine\" >PFLP<\/a> and taken to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings\" >Dawson&#8217;s Field<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan\" >Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swaziland\" >Swaziland<\/a> becomes independent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Swaziland, Its History, and Culture:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Swaziland\" >Swaziland, by John Richard Masson \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Swaziland\" >History of Swaziland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/swaziland.html\" >Swaziland \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/swaziland-history.html\" >Swaziland &#8211; History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Swaziland\" >History of Swaziland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/swaziland.html\" >Swaziland \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad30\" >HISTORY OF SWAZILAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/swaziland\/p\/SwazilandHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Swaziland \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jacanalodge.co.sz\/history.html\" >History of Swaziland \u2013 Experience Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Sa-Th\/Swaziland.html\" >Culture of Swaziland \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14095711\" >Swaziland profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Town\" >Cape Town<\/a>, South Africa, the architect of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apartheid\" >Apartheid<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister\" >Prime Minister<\/a> Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hendrik_Verwoerd\" >Hendrik Verwoerd<\/a>, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>India retaliates following Pakistan&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Grand_Slam\" >Operation Grand Slam<\/a> which results in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965\" >Indo-Pakistani War of 1965<\/a> that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tashkent_Declaration\" >Tashkent Declaration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centre_for_International_Industrial_Property_Studies\" >Centre for International Industrial Property Studies<\/a> (CEIPI) is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\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>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackfriars_Ships\" >Blackfriars Ships<\/a> dating back to the 2nd century AD in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackfriars,_London\" >Blackfriars<\/a> area of the banks of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Thames\" >River Thames<\/a> in London<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\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> nuclear test at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kapustin_Yar\" >Kapustin Yar<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Project_K_nuclear_tests\" >\u201c<em>The K project nuclear testing series were all high altitude tests fired by missiles from the Kapustin Yar launch site in Russia across central Kazakhstan toward the Sary Shagan test range (see map below)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Soviet Project K nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conspiracy-cafe.com\/apps\/videos\/videos\/show\/18773827-top-secret-kapustin-yar-russia\" >Top Secret Kapustin Yar \u2013 Russia\u2019s Area 51<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautix.com\/sites\/kapinyar.htm\" >Kapustin Yar \u2013 Encyclopedia Astronautica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-Google.shtml\" >South Atlantic Ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >Nuclear Weapons &#8211; US Atmospheric Nuclear tests page \u2013 zvis.com<\/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:\/\/navy.memorieshop.com\/Atlantic\/OperationArgus.html\" >\u201c<em>Operation Argus was a series of three high-altitude nuclear tests conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission in the South Atlantic Ocean in August and September 1958. The results of Operation Argus proved the validity of the Christofilos theory<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Operation Argus \u2013 South Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YZu7et1dZlA\" >YouTube video (45 min. 26 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #27 \u2013 Operation Argus 1958<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >\u201c<strong><em>Nuclear tests at high altitudes, summary:<\/em><\/strong><em> From 1958 to 1962, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. conducted over a dozen nuclear tests in the Earth&#8217;s upper atmosphere or in space&#8211;the highest at an altitude of 540 km. The table below lists information on all tests above 20 km altitude<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm. Robert Johnston \u2013 JohstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_test_sites\" >Nuclear test sites \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Nuclear weapons testing \u2013 Wikipedia<\/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.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Weapons \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/~ota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/890904.PDF\" >Chapter 2 \u2013 The Nuclear Testing Program \u2013 Priceton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/library.cqpress.com\/cqresearcher\/document.php?id=cqresrre1962032100\" >Nuclear Testing Dilemmas \u2013 CQPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.snipview.com\/q\/Nuclear%20weapons%20testing\" >Nuclear weapons testing \u2013 SnipView.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2011\/03\/radioactive-ocean\" >The Radioactive Ocean, by Julia Whitty \u2013 March 28, 2011 \u2013 MotherJones.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/search?q=nuclear+test+south+atlantic&amp;newwindow=1&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=588&amp;ei=okzbVbPKCcfcaLrbk6AJ&amp;start=20&amp;sa=N\" >South Atlantic Nuclear Test \u2013 October 22, 1979 \u2013 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\" >Istanbul<\/a>&#8216;s Greek, Jewish and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenians\" >Armenian<\/a> minority are the target of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul_pogrom\" >a government-sponsored pogrom<\/a>; dozens die in the ensuing riots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>US plane shot down above <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siberia\" >Siberia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air-to-air_combat_losses_between_the_USSR_and_US\" >Air-to-air combat losses between the USSR and US &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>A prototype aircraft <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1952_Farnborough_Airshow_DH.110_crash\" >crashes<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farnborough_Airshow\" >Farnborough Airshow<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hampshire\" >Hampshire<\/a>, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation\" >Canadian Broadcasting Corporation<\/a> makes its first televised broadcast on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boyd_Gang#Second_escape\" >second escape<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boyd_Gang\" >Boyd Gang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied<\/a> military authorities relinquish control of former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a> assets back to German control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands\" >Juliana<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_regnant\" >Queen<\/a> of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_State\" >United States Secretary of State<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_F._Byrnes\" >James F. Byrnes<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Restatement_of_Policy_on_Germany\" >announces<\/a> that the U.S. will follow a policy of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_reconstruction\" >economic reconstruction<\/a> in postwar Germany.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction_of_Germany\" >Reconstruction of Germany &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aftermath_of_World_War_II#Germany\" >Germany \u2013 Aftermath of World War II &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshall_Plan\" >Marshall Plan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/~molna22a\/classweb\/politics\/germanhistory.html\" >Background of Post-WWII German History \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/germany.htm\" >THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF GERMANY \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ebeysoman.hubpages.com\/hub\/Europe-After-1945-Reconstruction-of-the-German-Identity-after-World-War-II\" >Germany After 1945: Reconstruction of the German Identity after World War II \u2013 HubPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.econlib.org\/library\/Enc\/GermanEconomicMiracle.html\" >German Economic Miracle, by David R. Henderson \u2013 Library of Economics and Liberty \u2013 ECONLIB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/out-of-the-ashes-a-new-look-at-germany-s-postwar-reconstruction-a-702856.html\" >Out of Ashes: A New at Germany\u2019s Postwar Reconstruction, by Romain Leick, Matthias Schreiber and Hans-Ulrich Stoldt \u2013 Spiegel.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/foreign-aid-during-after-world-war-ii.html\" >Foreign Aid \u2013 During and after World War II \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/funfront.net\/hist\/europe\/econ-coop.htm\" >ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION 1945-1960 \u2013 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY \u2013 FunFront.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mercatus.org\/publication\/economic-recovery-lessons-post-world-war-ii-period\" >Economic Recovery: Lessons from Post-World War II Period, by Cecil Bohanon \u2013 Sep.10, 2012 \u2013 MERCATUS CENTER \u2013 George Mason University &#8211; Mercatus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Soviet forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tartu_Offensive\" >capture<\/a> the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tartu\" >Tartu<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" >Estonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Estonia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/\" >Estonia, by Walter R. Iwaskiw, ed. <em>Estonia: A Country Study<\/em>. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995 \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Estonia\" >Estonia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/p\/index.php?title=Estonia\" >Estonia \u2013 New World Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/estonia.html\" >Estonia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History 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 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factrover.com\/history\/Estonia_history.html\" >The History of Estonia \u2013 FactRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/History\/\" >History \u2013 Estonia \u2013 Estonica.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/estonia.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF ESTONIA, by Tim Lambert \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/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:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/estonia-history.html\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visitestonia.com\/en\/about-estonia\/estonian-culture\/estonian-history-a-timeline-of-key-events\" >Estonian History \u2013 VisitEstonia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/3.htm\" >The Soviet Era, 1940 \u2013 85 \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/estonia.eu\/about-estonia\/history\/estonias-history.html\" >Estonia\u2019s History: Chronology \u2013 Estonia.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Holocaust and Jewish People in Estonia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Estonia.html\" >Estonia \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Jews_in_Estonia\" >History of the Jews in Estonia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Jews_during_World_War_II\" >History of the Jews during World War II &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digplanet.com\/wiki\/Category:The_Holocaust_in_Estonia\" >The Holocaust in Estonia \u2013 DigPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/estonia.eu\/about-estonia\/society\/the-jewish-community-in-estonia.html\" >The Jewish Community in Estonia \u2013 Estonia.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Estonia during World War II:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia_in_World_War_II\" >Estonia in World War II &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_occupation_of_Estonia_during_World_War_II\" >German occupation of Estonia during World War II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quazoo.com\/q\/German_occupation_of_Estonia_during_World_War_II\" >German occupation of Estonia during World War II \u2013 Quazoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quazoo.com\/q\/Military_history_of_Estonia_during_World_War_II\" >Military history of Estonia during World War II \u2013 Quazoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/econc10.bu.edu\/economic_systems\/NatIdentity\/FSU\/Baltics\/Estonia\/estonia_wwii.htm\" >Estonia during World War II, by Erin Hubbard \u2013 February 2001 \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/History\/1939-1945_Estonia_and_World_War_II\/\" >1939 \u2013 1945. Estonia and World War II \u2013 Estonica.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/The_Estonian_soldiers_in_World_War_II_in_three_different_uniforms\/\" >The Estonian soldiers in World War II in three different uniforms \u2013 Estonica.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hitlernews.cloudworth.com\/estonia-ww2.php\" >Estonia: Nazis, Waffern SS &amp; WWII \u2013 CloudWorth.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20684093\" >Extermination of the Gypsies in Estonia during World War II- popular images and official policies \u2013 Weiss-Wendt A.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/country\/Estonia\" >Estonia, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Estonia and Soviet\/Russia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=129333023\" >Russian Minority Struggles in Post-Soviet Estonia, by David Greene \u2013 August 23, 2010 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2012\/apr\/15\/estonia-ussr-shadow-internet-titan\" >How tiny Estonia stepped out of USSR\u2019s shadow to become an internet titan, by Patrick Kingsley &#8211; Sunday, 15 April 2012 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Europe\/2014\/0321\/Moscow-rattles-Estonia-with-talk-of-concern-for-its-Russian-population\" >Moscow rattles Estonia with talk of \u2018concern\u2019 for its Russian population, by Michael Amundsen \u2013 March 21, 2014 &#8211; The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ypres\" >Ypres<\/a>, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monterrey_Institute_of_Technology\" >Monterrey Institute of Technology<\/a>, one of the largest and most influential private universities in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin_America\" >Latin America<\/a>, is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monterrey\" >Monterrey<\/a>, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_of_South_Africa\" >South Africa<\/a> declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: At the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Barking_Creek\" >Battle of Barking Creek<\/a>, Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War as a result of friendly fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1930\u00a0 <\/strong>Democratically elected <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentine<\/a> president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hip%C3%B3lito_Yrigoyen\" >Hip\u00f3lito Yrigoyen<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Argentina#World_War_II\" >deposed in a military coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Rumelia\" >Eastern Rumelia<\/a> declares its union with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgarian_unification\" >Bulgarian unification<\/a> is henceforth accomplished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisa_Ann_Swain\" >Louisa Ann Swain<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laramie,_Wyoming\" >Laramie, Wyoming<\/a> becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1807\" >1807<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Women\u2019s Suffrage in the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women\" s_suffrage_in_the_United_States\">Women\u2019s Suffrage in the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dpsinfo.com\/women\/history\/timeline.html\" >Timeline of Women\u2019s Suffrage in the United States \u2013 DPSInfo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/womens-history\/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage\" >THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States#Women\" >Women \u2013 Voting rights in the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhm.org\/education-resources\/history\/woman-suffrage-timeline\/\" >Woman Suffrage Timeline (1840 \u2013 1920) \u2013 National Women\u2019s History Museum \u2013 NWHM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/historical-docs\/document.html?doc=13&amp;title.raw=19th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution%3A+Women%27s+Right+to+Vote\" >19<sup>th<\/sup> Amendments to the US Constitution: Women\u2019s Rights to Vote \u2013 America\u2019s Historical Documents \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Women\u2019s Suffrage and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/activities\/suffrage\/history.htm\" >History of Women\u2019s Suffrage \u2013 Scholastic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/womens-suffrage-movement\" >WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT \u2013 Historynet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-world.org\/woman_suffrage.htm\" >Woman Suffrage \u2013 History-World.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.answers.com\/suffrage\/womens-suffrage-around-the-world\" >Women\u2019s Suffrage Around The World, by Kerilynn Engel \u2013 Answers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/portal_ur\/content\/voting_curriculum\/women_suffrage.html\" >Women\u2019s suffrage and World War I \u2013 CUNY.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhm.org\/online-exhibits\/progressiveera\/suffrage.html\" >Causes: The Woman Suffrage Movement \u2013 Reforming Their World: Women in the Progressive Era \u2013 The National Women\u2019s History Museum \u2013 NWHM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/suffrage\/a\/intl_timeline.htm\" >International Woman Suffrage Timeline \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/interactive\/2011\/jul\/06\/un-women-vote-timeline-interactive\" >A timeline of women\u2019s right to vote \u2013 interactive \u2013 Wednesday, 6 July, 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipu.org\/wmn-e\/suffrage.htm\" >WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE \u2013 IPU.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0931343.html\" >Timeline of Women\u2019s Suffrage Granted, by Country \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Women\u2019s Rights in General:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women\" s_rights\">Women\u2019s rights \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womensrightsworldwide.org\/\" >Women\u2019s Rights Worldwide \u2013 WomensRightsWorldwide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/166\/womens-rights\" >Women\u2019s Rights, by Anup Shah \u2013 Global Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/article\/brief-history-womens-rights-movements\" >A Brief History of Women\u2019s Rights Movements: The prominent figures and notable events of women\u2019s rights movements in America and beyond \u2013 Scholatic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unchronicle.un.org\/article\/womens-rights-human-rights\/\" >Women\u2019s Rights as Human Rights \u2013 UN Chronicle \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/Women\/WRGS\/Pages\/WRGSIndex.aspx\" >Women\u2019s Human Rights as Gender Equality \u2013 United Nations Human Rights \u2013 Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights \u2013 OHCHR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trust.org\/spotlight\/poll-womens-rights-in-the-arab-world\/\" >POLL: Women\u2019s Rights in the Arab World \u2013 THOMPSON REUTERS FOUNDATION &#8211; Trust.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/issues\/women-s-rights\" >Women\u2019s Rights are Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International USA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>International Instruments on Women\u2019s Rights:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/instree\/women\/engl-wmn.html\" >THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stopvaw.org\/united_nations_documents_that_protect_women_s_rights\" >United Nations Documents that Protect Women\u2019s Rights \u2013 Stop Violence Against Women \u2013 StopVAW.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women\" >The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/CEDAW.aspx\" >Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women New York, 18 December 1979 \u2013 United Nations Human Rights \u2013 Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Full text of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/cedaw\/text\/econvention.htm\" >Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)<\/a><\/em> in English, <strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/cedaw\/cedaw.htm\" >the same Convention in other UN official languages in addition to English<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/users.clas.ufl.edu\/halohead\/cedaw.htm\" >The full text of CEDAW in English is also available on this website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ha\/cedaw\/cedaw.html\" >Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, 18 December 1979 \u2013 Introductory Note by Duvravka \u0160imonovi\u0107 \u2013 Audio Visual Library of International Law \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/The%20General%20Framework%20and%20the%20Monitoring%20Mechanism%20of%20the%20Convention%20on%20the%20Elimination%20of%20All%20Forms%20of%20Discrimination%20Against%20Women\">UN Audio Visual Library of International Law: Lectures on Human Rights: Women &#8211; The General Framework and the Monitoring Mechanism of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Original Lecture:<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ls\/Acar_HR.html\" >English<\/a> (49 minutes) <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ls\/Acar_HR_video_1.html\" >this page on the same website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1847\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_David_Thoreau\" >Henry David Thoreau<\/a> leaves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walden_Pond\" >Walden Pond<\/a> and moves in with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson\" >Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/a> and his family in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concord,_Massachusetts\" >Concord, Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1803\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland\" >British<\/a> scientist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dalton\" >John Dalton<\/a> begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1781\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Groton_Heights\" >Battle of Groton Heights<\/a> takes place, resulting in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\" >British<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1634\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirty_Years%27_War\" >Thirty Years&#8217; War<\/a>: In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_N%C3%B6rdlingen_%281634%29\" >Battle of N\u00f6rdlingen<\/a> the Catholic Imperial army defeats Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1628\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puritan\" >Puritans<\/a> settle <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salem,_Massachusetts\" >Salem<\/a>, which will later become part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony\" >Massachusetts Bay Colony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1620<\/strong>\u00a0 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pilgrim_%28Plymouth_Colony%29\" >Pilgrims<\/a> sail from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plymouth\" >Plymouth<\/a>, England, on the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayflower\" >Mayflower<\/a><\/em> to settle in North America. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Style\" >Old Style<\/a> date; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_16\" >September 16<\/a> per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Style\" >New Style<\/a> date.)<\/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_31\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_31<\/a> \u00a0to September_6; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/day\/august\/31\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/day\/august\/31<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to september\/6; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/august_31.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/august_31.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to september_6.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>Aug 31-Sep 6 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cAll formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.\u201d \u2013 Hypatia of Alexandria<\/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-63022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022","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=63022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}