{"id":66963,"date":"2015-11-30T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=66963"},"modified":"2015-11-29T20:13:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:13:11","slug":"this-week-in-history-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/11\/this-week-in-history-52\/","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;\">Nov 30\u2013Dec 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.goodreads.com\/quotes\/11741-the-weak-can-never-forgive-forgiveness-is-the-attribute-of\" >\u201cThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.\u201d<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NOVEMBER 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilyushin_Il-76\" >Ilyushin Il-76<\/a> cargo plane belonging to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%C3%A9ro-Service\" >A\u00e9ro-Service<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_A%C3%A9ro-Service_Ilyushin_Il-76T_crash\" >crashes into houses<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maya-Maya_Airport\" >Maya-Maya Airport<\/a> during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Sentamu\" >John Sentamu<\/a> becomes the first black archbishop in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_of_England\" >Church of England<\/a> with his enthronement as the 97th <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archbishop_of_York\" >Archbishop of York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lion_Air_Flight_538\" >Lion Air Flight 538<\/a> crash lands in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surakarta\" >Surakarta<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Java\" >Central Java<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia<\/a>, killing 26.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Aerospace\" >British Aerospace<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marconi_Electronic_Systems\" >Marconi Electronic Systems<\/a> merge to form <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BAE_Systems\" >BAE Systems<\/a>, Europe&#8217;s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>BAE Systems:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search;_ylt=AnTXqV_VWsdeLf_ath6CgVibvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&amp;toggle=1&amp;fp=1&amp;cop=mss&amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;p=bae%20systems\" >BAE Systems \u2013 Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Defense Industry:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defense_industry\" >Defense industry \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arms_industry\" >Arms industry &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseindustrydaily.com\/\" >Defense Industry Daily \u2013 DefenseIndustryDaily.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reportlinker.com\/report\/best\/keywords\/Defence?utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=Aerospace_&amp;_Defense&amp;utm_adgroup=Defence\" >Defense Industry Market Reports \u2013 ReportLinker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Military-Industrial Complex<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>Military -Congressional Complex:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex\" >Military-industrial complex \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/military-industrial-complex\/\" >Military Industrial Complex \u2013 Pertinent Articles Archives \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Military-Industrial_Complex.aspx\" >MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2014\/01\/big-money-behind-war-military-industrial-complex-20141473026736533.html\" >Big money behind war: the military-industrial complex \u2013 11 Jan 2014 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/06\/12\/the-military-industrial-complex-is-real-and-it-s-bigger-than-ever.html\" >The Military-Industrial Complex Is Real and It\u2019s Bigger Than Ever, by John Avlon \u2013 06.12.13 \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/military-industrial-complex\" >Military-industrial complex \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Eisenhower\u2019s Farewell Address on the Military-Industrial Complex:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/eisenhower-warns-of-the-military-industrial-complex\" >\u201c<em>In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns the American people to keep a careful eye on what he calls the \u201cmilitary-industrial complex\u201d that has developed in the post-World War II years<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 JAN 17, 1961: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mcadams.posc.mu.edu\/ike.htm\" >Eisenhower\u2019s Farewell Adress to the Nation \u2013 January 17, 1961 \u2013 MU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eisenhower.archives.gov\/research\/online_documents\/farewell_address.html\" >Audio recording of Eisenhower\u2019s farewell address \u2013 Dwight D. Eisenhower \u2013 Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home \u2013 Abilene, Kansas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle\" >Seattle<\/a>, United States, demonstrations against a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WTO_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999_protest_activity\" >World Trade Organization meeting<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-globalization_movement\" >anti-globalization protesters<\/a> catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>World Trade Organization:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wto.org\/english\/docs_e\/legal_e\/04-wto.pdf\" >Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) \u2013 WTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wto.org\/\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/World_Trade_Organization.aspx\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/World-Trade-Organization\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/world-trade-organization.html\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/country_profiles\/2429503.stm\" >Profile: World Trade Organization \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/world-trade-organization\/\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 News Archive &#8211; The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Globalization:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/np\/exr\/key\/global.htm\" >Globalization \u2013 International Monetary Fund \u2013 IMF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Globalization\" >Globalization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/globalproblemsandissues\/a\/globalization.htm\" >Globalization \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalization101.org\/what-is-globalization\/\" >What Is Globalization? \u2013 Globalization101.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/globalization.html\" >Globalization \u2013 Global Policy Forum \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/oasam\/programs\/history\/herman\/reports\/futurework\/conference\/trends\/trendsVI.htm\" > Globalization \u2013 Trends and Challenges of Work in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 United States Department of Labor<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/g\/globalization.asp\" >GLOBALIZATION \u2013 Investopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/globalization\/\" >Globalization \u2013 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy \u2013 Sandford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/topics\/globalization\" >Globalization \u2013 Center for Global Development \u2013 CGDev.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/globalization-theory-and-experience\/\" >Globalization: theory and experience \u2013 Infed.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sociology.emory.edu\/faculty\/globalization\/\" >The Globalization Website \u2013 Emory.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/globalization\" >Globalization \u2013 Yale Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Globalization:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_globalization\" >History of Globalization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/about\/history.jsp\" >The History of Globalization \u2013 Yale Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economic-geography.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=94:history-of-globalization&amp;catid=98:inf&amp;Itemid=85\" >History of Globalization \u2013 Economic-Geography.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/connection.ebscohost.com\/businessfinances\/globalization\/history-globalization\" >History of Globalization \u2013 EbscoHost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/freeexchange\/2013\/09\/economic-history-1\" >When did globalization start? \u2013 Sep 23<sup>rd<\/sup> 2013 \u2013 The Economist \u2013 Economist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sas.upenn.edu\/~dludden\/global1.htm\" >Globalization Since the Fourteenth Century \u2013 UPenn.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/business\/BERA\/issue1\/history.html\" >History of Globalization \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larchi\/history-of-globalisation\" >Globalization \u2013 SlideShare.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The End of Globalization? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefinancialist.com\/the-end-of-globalization\/\" >The End of Globalization? \u2013 October 5, 2015 \u2013 TheFinacialist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-end-of-globalization\/2015\/09\/20\/b48b9f60-5e2f-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html\" >The End of Globalization \u2013 September 20, 2015 \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/2014\/09\/article55336298\/opinion-the-end-of-globalization\" >Opinion: The End of Globalization? ,by Hussein Shobokshi &#8211; Sunday, 7 Sep. 2014 \u2013 AAWSAT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/west-wing-the-end-of-globalization-a-522628.html\" >The End of Globalization and End of the Looming Tech Trade War, by John Butler &#8211; May 29, 2014 \u2013 FinancialSense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com\/tag\/end-of-globalization\/\" >The End of Globalization? \u2013 January 11, 2014 \u2013 World Politics News Review \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/04\/have-we-reached-the-end-of-globalization\/\" >Have we reached the end of globalization? \u2013 January 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014 \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/2013\/04\/07\/the-end-of-globalization\/\" >The End of Globalization, by Richard Fernandez \u2013 April 8, 2013 \u2013 PJMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/Articles\/2013\/02\/28\/Is-This-the-End-of-Globalization\" >Is This the End of Globalization? \u2013 February 28, 2013 \u2013 TheFiscalTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/end-free-trade-globalization\/\" >The End of Free-Trade Globalization, by William Greider \u2013 November 4, 2010 \u2013 TheNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/content\/end-globalization-0\" >The End of Globalization, by Gabor Steingart \u2013 12 December 2007 \u2013 Yale Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/content\/end-globalization\" >Is This the End of Globalization? ,by Heather Stewart \u2013 10 March 2006 \u2013 Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utne.com\/community\/the-end-of-globalization.aspx\" >The End of Globalization? , by Michael Shuman \u2013 July\/August 2002 \u2013 UTNE.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> visits <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a> and speaks in favor of the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland_peace_process\" >Northern Ireland peace process<\/a>&#8221; to a huge rally at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_City_Hall\" >Belfast City Hall<\/a>. He calls terrorists &#8220;yesterday&#8217;s men&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> visits <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a> and speaks in favor of the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland_peace_process\" >Northern Ireland peace process<\/a>&#8221; to a huge rally at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_City_Hall\" >Belfast City Hall<\/a>. He calls terrorists &#8220;yesterday&#8217;s men&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act\" >Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act<\/a> (the Brady Bill) into law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deutsche_Bank\" >Deutsche Bank<\/a> board member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Herrhausen\" >Alfred Herrhausen<\/a> is killed by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army_Faction\" >Red Army Faction<\/a> terrorist bomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO&#8217;s Arafat visa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Refusal of Arafat\u2019s Visa by the US Department of State:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/11\/27\/world\/statement-denying-visa-for-arafat.html\" >\u201c<em>WASHINGTON, Nov. 26\u2014 Following is the official text of the statement issued today by the State Department on Yasir Arafat&#8217;s application for a visa:<\/em> \u2026\u201d &#8211; Statement Denying Visa for Arafat \u2013 November 27, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/24822\/ARAFAT-DENIED-VISA-TO-VISIT-UN.html?pg=all\" >\u201c<em>The State Department said Secretary of State George Shultz decided to deny Arafat a visa because the Palestine Liberation Organization chief condoned terrorist attacks on Americans. The decision brought protests from the Palestine Liberation Organization and American Arabs but was welcomed by Israel and American Jews<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 ARAFAT DENIED VISA TO VISIT U.N. PLO PROTESTS, SAYS ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE TO MEET OUTSIDE U.S. \u2013 Sunday, November 27, 1988 \u2013 Deseret News \u2013 DeseretNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Arguments on the Refusal of Arafat\u2019s Visa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/1988-12-06\/news\/26224743_1_farouk-kadoumi-pnc-meeting-arafat-issue\" >Shultz Was Right In Barring Arafat Issue Isn\u2019t Free Speech, It\u2019s Terrorism, by Cal Thomas \u2013 December 6, 1988 \u2013 Philly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.law.yale.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1753&amp;context=fss_papers\" >The Arafat Visa Affair: Exceeding the Bounds of the Host-State Decision, by W. Michael Reisman \u2013 1-1-1989 \u2013 Yale Law School \u2013 Yale.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Yasser Arafat:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.passia.org\/Arafat\/Arafat.pdf\" >Yasser Arafat (1929-2004) \u2013 Passia.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/yasser-arafat-9187265\" >Yasser Arafat (1929-2004) \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/arafat-yasir.html\" >Yasser Arafat \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Yasser-Arafat\" >Yasser Arafat \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/biography\/arafat.html\" >Yasser Arafat (1929-2004) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Liberation_Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1991to_now_plo_arafat.php\" >Background: Yasser Arafat and the PLO \u2013 PalestineFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/palestine-liberation-organization.html\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Palestine-Liberation-Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/plo.htm\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/the-middle-east-1917-to-1973\/the-palestinian-liberation-organisation\/\" >The Palestine Liberation Organisation \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/palestineun.org\/about-palestine\/palestine-liberation-organization\/\" >Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medea.be\/en\/countries\/occupied-palestinian-territories\/eu-plo-agreement\/\" >EU-PLO Agreement \u2013 Media.be<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=the+Palestine+Liberation+Organization\" >YouTube videos on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the PLO:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1948to1967_plo_backgd.php\" >Founding the Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 What led to the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/plocov.asp\" >Palestinian National Charter: Resolutions of the Palestine National Council July 1-17, 1968<\/a> \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Terrorism\/plo.html\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/schoolworkhelper.net\/palestinian-liberation-organization-plo-history-formation\/\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): History &amp; Formation \u2013 SchoolWorkHelper.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.mit.edu\/V109\/N2\/israel.02n.html\" >PLO\u2019s history of terrorism is a barrier to peace talks, by Andrew L. Fish \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PLO_in_Lebanon\" >PLO in Lebanon (1960s-1982) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1991to_now_plo_fatah.php\" >What is Fatah? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/palestinian-state.html\" >Palestinian State (proposed) \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcj.org\/site\/PageNavigator\/sfi_about_war_plo\" >Terror Campaigns and Funding of the PLO \u2013 War, Peace &amp; Politics \u2013 International Fellowship of Christians &amp; Jews \u2013 IFCJ.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eretzyisroel.org\/~samuel\/plohistory.html\" >The history of the PLO and the International Legitimization of Terrorism \u2013 EretzYisroel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imninalu.net\/myths-pals.htm\" >The True Identity of the So-called Palestinians \u2013 Myths, Hypothesis and Facts \u2013 Imninal.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_nationalism\" >Palestinian nationalism &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.targetofopportunity.com\/palestinian_truth.htm\" >The Truth About the Palestine People \u2013 TargetOfOpportunity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/westbank\/index_en.htm\" >European Union and the Palestinians \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/18\/world\/europe\/hamas-palestinian-statehood-vote-european-parliament.html?_r=0\" >European Court Reverses Designation of Hamas as a Terrorist Organization \u2013 December 18, 2014 &#8211; The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/plohistoryofrevolution\/2009\/07\/200974133438561995.html\" >Chronicling the PLO \u2013 31 Aug 2009 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jackson\" >Michael Jackson<\/a>&#8216;s second solo album, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thriller_%28Michael_Jackson_album%29\" >Thriller<\/a><\/em> is released worldwide. It will become the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_best-selling_albums\" >best-selling record album in history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaeljackson.com\/us\/thriller-video\" >THRILLER \u2013 Michael Jackson \u2013 Video \u2013 MichaelJackson.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/music\/posts\/la-et-ms-google-play-michael-jackson-thriller-20151120-story.html\" >\u201c<em>Still don\u2019t have Michael Jackson\u2019s seminal \u201cThriller\u201d album? Well, you\u2019re in luck if you\u2019re a Google Play user. To mark the 33rd anniversary of the best-selling record of all time, the digital retailer is giving it away for free, starting Friday<\/em> [November 20, 2015].\u201d &#8211; Google Play is giving away Michael Jackson\u2019s \u2018Thriller\u2019 album for free, by Gerrick D Kennedy \u2013 November 20, 2015 \u2013 Los Angeles Times &#8211; LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/2010\/07\/michael-jackson-thriller-201007\" >The \u201cThriller Diaries\u201d \u2013 June 30, 2010 &#8211; VanityFair.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/thriller-mw0000056882\/\" >\u201c<em>Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success was simply unimaginable<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 All Music Review, by Stephen Thomas Erlewine \u2013 AllMusic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/michael-jackson-38211\" >\u201c<em>Michael Jackson enjoyed a chart-topping career both with the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist. He released the best-selling album in history, &#8216;Thriller,&#8217; in 1982<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Michael Jackson Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0 <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>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[<em>Note that although both<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/november\/30\" >OnThisDay.com on November 30<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/november_30.html\" >Brainy History on November 30<\/a> <em>indicate this USSR\u2019s nuclear test,<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1979 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a> <em>does not mention it at all<\/em>.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geneva\" >Geneva<\/a>, representatives from the United States and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> begin to negotiate intermediate-range <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear weapon<\/a> reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/11\/30\/nyregion\/news-summary-monday-november-30-1981.html\" >\u201c<em>International Soviet-American talks begin today in Geneva on reducing medium-range missiles in Europe. Leaders in other countries are watching to see if the superpowers are ready for serious negotiations<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 New Summary; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1981 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/nuclear-talks\/recent\/2\" >Nuclear Talks \u2013 News Archives \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\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<\/strong><strong>\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\/White_House\" >White House<\/a> Press Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Ziegler\" >Ron Ziegler<\/a> tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a> because troop levels are now down to 27,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>1972 in the Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1972 in Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamgear.com\/war1971.aspx\" >Vietnam War Timeline: 1971-1972 \u2013 VietnamGear.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1969.html\" >History Place Presents The Vietnam War: Bitter End 1969-1975 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/Vietnam\/mounted\/chapter8.htm\" >Chapter VIII: The Enemy Spring Offensive of 1972 \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LRXPP2SyONo\" >YouTube video (44 sec.): Vietnam War 1972<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pahlavi_dynasty\" >Iran<\/a> seizes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_and_Lesser_Tunbs\" >Greater and Lesser Tunbs<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates\" >United Arab Emirates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\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<\/em> \u201c<strong>1979<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malayang_Pagkakaisa_ng_Kabataan_Pilipino\" >Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino<\/a> as its new youth wing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Peoples_Party\" >Pakistan Peoples Party<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto\" >Zulfikar Ali Bhutto<\/a>, who becomes its first chairman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Democratic_Republic_of_Yemen\" >People&#8217;s Democratic Republic of Yemen<\/a> becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ym.html\" >Yemen \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/yemen\/p\/me080103.htm\" >Yemen: Country Profile \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/yemen.html\" >Yemen \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14704852\" >Yemen profile \u2013 Overview &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Yemen\" >Foreign relations of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/yemen\/ri374\" >Yemen \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35836.htm\" >US Relations With Yemen \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/world\/yemen\" >UK and Yemen \u2013 Gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/tag\/yemen\/\" >Yemen \u2013 Article Archives \u2013 Foreign Policy magazine \u2013 ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Yemen\" >History of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yemen-history.html\" >Yemen \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yemen.com\/history-of-yemen\/\" >History of Yemen \u2013 Yemen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yemenweb.com\/History.htm\" >History \u2013 Yemen \u2013 YemenWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Yemen-history.htm\" >History of Yemen \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14704951\" >Yemen profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Yemen\" >Economy of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yemen-economy.html\" >Yemen \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/yemen-republic\" >Yemen \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yemeneconomy.org\/\" >Yemen Economy Watch \u2013 YemenEconomy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbados\" >Barbados<\/a> becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sylacauga,_Alabama\" >Sylacauga, Alabama<\/a>, United States, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hodges_meteorite\" >Hodges meteorite<\/a> crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap. This is the only documented case in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Hemisphere\" >Western Hemisphere<\/a> of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human\" >human<\/a> being hit by a rock from space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mutesa_II_of_Buganda\" >Edward Mutesa II<\/a>, the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabaka_of_Buganda\" >kabaka<\/a><\/em> (king) of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buganda\" >Buganda<\/a> is deposed and exiled to London by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Cohen_%28colonial_governor%29\" >Sir Andrew Cohen<\/a>, Governor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Uganda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1947%E2%80%9348_Civil_War_in_Mandatory_Palestine\" >1947\u201348 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine<\/a> begins, leading up to the creation of the state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tassafaronga\" >Battle of Tassafaronga<\/a>; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raiz%C5%8D_Tanaka\" >Raiz\u014d Tanaka<\/a> defeats a US cruiser force under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carleton_H._Wright\" >Carleton H. Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winter_War\" >Winter War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helsinki\" >Helsinki<\/a> and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Costa_Rica\" >Costa Rica<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires_Convention\" >Buenos Aires Convention<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copyright\" >copyright<\/a> treaty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1853\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimean_War\" >Crimean War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sinop\" >Battle of Sinop<\/a> \u2013 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Russian_Navy\" >Imperial Russian Navy<\/a> under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pavel_Nakhimov\" >Pavel Nakhimov<\/a> destroys the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_of_the_Ottoman_Empire#Ottoman_Navy\" >Ottoman fleet<\/a> under Osman Pasha at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinop,_Turkey\" >Sinop<\/a>, a sea port in northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Battle of Sinop:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.worldofwarships.eu\/index.php?\/topic\/1864-battle-of-sinop\/\" >Battle of Sinop \u2013 World of Warships \u2013 WorldOfWarship.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/history\/crimea\/sinope.html\" >\u201c<em>On the morning of 30 November the Russian squadron put in at Sinope, and demanded that Osman hoist the white flag. Osman refused and fired the first shot. Minutes later the Russian battleships answered his guns. Before morning was out every Turkish ship had been destroyed and 3,000 Turkish soldiers were killed<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Battle of Sinop \u2013 The Victorian Web \u2013 VictorianWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Battle-of-Sinope\" >Battle of Sinop &#8211; Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/battle-of-sinop\/\" >Battle of Sinop \u2013 Spiritus-Temporis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prlib.ru\/en-us\/History\/Pages\/Item.aspx?itemid=740\" >The Sea Battle of Sinop was fought \u2013 30 November 1853 \u2013 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY \u2013 PrLib.ru<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Sinop%2c+Battle+of+1853\" >Sinop, Battle of 1853 \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Crimean War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/british-history\/crimean-war\" >CRIMEAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwreenactors.com\/~crimean\/criwar.htm\" >The Crimean War, 1853-1856 \u2013 CWReenActors.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Crimean-War\" >Crimean War 1953-1856 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_crimean.html\" >Crimean War 1853-1856 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusartnet.com\/russia\/history\/romanov\/war\/crimean-war-1853%E2%80%9356\" >Crimean War 1853-56 \u2013 RusArtNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/victorians\/crimea_01.shtml\" >The Crimean War \u2013 History \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa47\" >THE HISTORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preceden.com\/timelines\/33371-cause-of-the-crimean-war\" >The Cause of the Crimean War \u2013 Preceden.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hereandnow.wbur.org\/2014\/03\/13\/history-crimean-war\" >How The Crimean War Still Echoes Today \u2013 March 13, 2014 &#8211; Here&amp;Now \u2013 WBUR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timeline of Crimean War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.russianwarrior.com\/STMMain.htm?1854_crimeanhist.htm&amp;1\" >Timeline of Crimean War (1853-1856) \u2013 RussianWarrior.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/timesearch\/default.asp?conid=static_timeline&amp;timelineid=315&amp;page=1&amp;keywords=Crimean+War+timeline\" >Crimean War Timeline \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Crimea:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Crimea\" >Crimea \u2013 Encyclopedia Briatannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Crimea\" >History of Crimea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/ukraine\/crimea\/history\" >Crimea \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/crimea-history.html\" >Crimea \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/the-history-of-crimea---in-brief-\/1860431.html\" >A Brief History of Crimea \u2013 Voice of America \u2013 VOANews.com<\/a>, <strong><em>and\/or <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/crimeas-complicated-history-in-brief\/1865120.html\" >Crimea\u2019s Complicated History in Brief \u2013 Voice of America \u2013 VOANews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksea-crimea.com\/history1.html\" >Black Sea \u2013 Crimea \u2013 History \u2013 BlackSea-Crimea.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2014\/03\/140305-maps-crimea-history-russia-ukraine\/\" >300 Years of Embattled Crimea in 6 Maps \u2013 National Geographic \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1803\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Orleans\" >New Orleans<\/a>, Spanish representatives officially transfer the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana_Territory\" >Louisiana Territory<\/a> to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana_Purchase\" >Louisiana Purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1786\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany\" >Grand Duchy of Tuscany<\/a>, under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leopold_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor\" >Pietro Leopoldo I<\/a>, becomes the first modern state to abolish the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >death penalty<\/a> (later commemorated as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cities_for_Life_Day\" >Cities for Life Day<\/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>DECEMBER 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Today is the<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_AIDS_Day\" >WORLD AIDS DAY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >China<\/a> launches <em>Yutu<\/em> or <em>Jade Rabbit<\/em>, its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lunar_rover\" >lunar rover<\/a>, as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chang%27e_3\" >Chang&#8217;e 3<\/a> lunar exploration mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Lisbon\" >Treaty of Lisbon<\/a>, which amends the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_on_European_Union\" >Treaty on European Union<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Rome\" >Treaty establishing the European Community<\/a>, which together comprise the constitutional basis of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union\" >European Union<\/a>, comes into effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>Captain Bill Compton brings <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trans_World_Airlines\" >Trans World Airlines<\/a> Flight 220, an MD-83, into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis_International_Airport\" >St Louis International Airport<\/a> bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA&#8217;s purchase by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Airlines\" >American Airlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>In the Indian state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bihar\" >Bihar<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranvir_Sena\" >Ranvir Sena<\/a> attacked the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Organising_Committee,_Communist_Party_of_India_%28Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist%29_Party_Unity\" >CPI(ML) Party Unity<\/a> stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Cold War: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukrainian<\/a> voters overwhelmingly approve a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_independence_referendum,_1991\" >referendum for independence<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Channel_Tunnel\" >Channel Tunnel<\/a> sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\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\/East_Germany\" >East Germany<\/a>&#8216;s parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/people\/john-paul-ii\" >John Paul II<\/a> at the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Philippine_coup_attempt\" >Philippine coup attempt<\/a>: The right-wing military rebel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reform_the_Armed_Forces_Movement\" >Reform the Armed Forces Movement<\/a> attempts to oust <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_Philippines\" >Philippine President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corazon_Aquino\" >Corazon Aquino<\/a> in a failed bloody <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benazir_Bhutto\" >Benazir Bhutto<\/a> is appointed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan\" >Prime Minister of Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> conducts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Controlled_Impact_Demonstration\" >Controlled Impact Demonstration<\/a>, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inex-Adria_Aviopromet_Flight_1308\" >Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80\" >McDonnell Douglas MD-80<\/a>, crashes in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corsica\" >Corsica<\/a>, killing all 180 people on board.<\/p>\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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs &#8211; January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century &#8211; Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah &#8211; October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angola<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/b\/2007\/11\/11\/11-november-1975-angola-gains-independence.htm\" >November 11, 1975 \u2013 Angola Gains Independence \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sahistory.org.za\/dated-event\/angola-becomes-independent-portuguese-colonial-rule\" >Angola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule \u2013 Tuesday, 11 November 1975 \u2013 SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angolan_War_of_Independence\" >Angolan War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/war-memorial.net\/Angolan-War-of-Independence-3.154\" >Angolan War of Independence \u2013 War-Memorial.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr60\/fangola1961.htm\" >ANGOLAN WAR OF INDEPENDECE 1961-1974 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africasacountry.com\/2011\/11\/angolan-independence\/\" >ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE \u2013 November 16, 2011 &#8211; AfricaAsACountry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/angola\/independence-day.html\" >Angola Independence Day \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guerracolonial.org\/intro\" >GUERRA COLONIAL 1961 \u2013 1974 \u2013 GuerraColonia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ao.html\" >Angola \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Angola\" >Angola \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Angola\" >Angola \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/angola.html\" >Angola \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/angola\/\" >Angola \u2013 All Africa \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/Angola_news\" >News from Angola \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13036732\" >Angola country profile \u2013 Overview &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Angola\" >Foreign relations of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/angola\/forrel.htm\" >Angola \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/angola\/ri169\" >Angola \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Angola-United States relations &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/6619.htm\" >US Relations with Angola \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.georgetown.edu\/handle\/10822\/552695\" >US foreign policy in Angola \u2013 The Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archive \u2013 Georgetown.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/angola.org\/\" >Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Washington D C<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Angola and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/angola\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mission-angola.ch\/english\/\" >Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Angola\">History of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/angola\/\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad33\" >HISTORY OF ANGOLA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/angola\/history\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/angola-history.html\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/angola\/p\/AngolaHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Angola \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonial_history_of_Angola\" >Colonial history of Angola &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/angola\/history-politics\" >History &amp; Politics \u2013 Angola \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780821443040?auth=0\" >\u201c<strong>Intonations<\/strong> tells the story of how Angola&#8217;s urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped to gain from independence. Author Marissa J. Moorman presents a social and cultural history of the relationship between Angolan culture and politics.\u201d <strong>Intonations<\/strong>, by Marissa J. Moorman, published by Ohio University Press, 2008 \u2013 JHU.edu &#8211; pdf downloadable<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/angola\/aotimeln.htm\" >Angola Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/angola\/l\/Bl-Angola-Timeline.htm\" >Angola Timeline &#8212; Prehistory to Present Day \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13037271\" >Angola profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Angola\" >Economy of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angola.org\/index.php?page=economy\" >Economy \u2013 Angola \u2013 Embassy of Angola in Washington D.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/angola-economy.html\" >Angola \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/angola\/economy-industry\" >Angola \u2013 Economy \u2013 An oil-transformed economy \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/angola\" >Angola \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/angola\" >Angola \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/angola\" >Angola \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TWA_Flight_514\" >TWA Flight 514<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_727\" >Boeing 727<\/a>, crashes northwest of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dulles_International_Airport\" >Dulles International Airport<\/a>, killing all 92 people on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papua_New_Guinea\" >Papua New Guinea<\/a> gains self-governance from Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodian_Civil_War\" >Cambodian Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_Rouge\" >Khmer Rouge<\/a> rebels intensify assaults on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodia\" >Cambodian<\/a> government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>Vietnam War: The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Draft_lottery_%281969%29\" >draft lottery<\/a> in the United States is held since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>India&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Border_Security_Force\" >Border Security Force<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malawi\" >Malawi<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zambia\" >Zambia<\/a> join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B Johnson<\/a> and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>; <strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War#November\" >November, 1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamgear.com\/war1963.aspx\" >Vietnam Timeline: 1963-1964 \u2013 VietnamGear.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/4-vietnam\/1-overview\/4-1964-1968\/\" >Lyndon B Johnson: 1963-1964 \u2013 Vietnam War Overview Part 4: 1964-1968 \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1961.html\" >Timeline &#8211; The History Place Presents Vietnam War \u2013 America Commits 1961-1964 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: Opening date for signature of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antarctic_Treaty\" >Antarctic Treaty<\/a>, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continent\" >continent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_School_fire\" >Our Lady of the Angels School fire<\/a> in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_African_Republic\" >Central African Republic<\/a> attains self-rule within the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Union\" >French Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955-1968%29\" >American Civil Rights Movement<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgomery,_Alabama\" >Montgomery, Alabama<\/a>, seamstress <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_Parks\" >Rosa Parks<\/a> refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racial_segregation\" >racial segregation<\/a> laws, an incident which leads to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott\" >Montgomery Bus Boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiorello_La_Guardia\" >Fiorello La Guardia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayor_of_New_York_City\" >Mayor of New York City<\/a> and Director of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_of_Civilian_Defense\" >Office of Civilian Defense<\/a>, signs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Administrative_Order_9\" >Administrative Order 9<\/a>, creating the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Air_Patrol\" >Civil Air Patrol<\/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>: Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hirohito\" >Hirohito<\/a> of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politburo\" >Politburo<\/a> member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sergey_Kirov\" >Sergey Kirov<\/a> is shot dead by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leonid_Nikolaev\" >Leonid Nikolaev<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Communist Party<\/a> headquarters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" >Leningrad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The first issue of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Di%C3%A1rio_de_Noite\" >Di\u00e1rio de Noite<\/a><\/em> is published from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goa\" >Goa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Astor\" >Lady Astor<\/a> becomes the first female <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_of_Parliament#United_Kingdom\" >Member of Parliament<\/a> to take her seat in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >House of Commons of the United Kingdom<\/a>. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia\" >Kingdom of Yugoslavia<\/a>) is proclaimed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Iceland\" >Kingdom of Iceland<\/a> becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transylvania\" >Transylvania<\/a> unites with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Romania\" >Kingdom of Romania<\/a>, following the incorporation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bessarabia\" >Bessarabia<\/a> (March 27) and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bukovina\" >Bukovina<\/a> (November 28), thus concluding the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_of_Transylvania_with_Romania\" >Great Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Transylvania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Transylvania\" >History of Transylvania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/transylvania-history.html\" >Transylvania &#8211; History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hungarianhistory.com\/lib\/faf\/toc02.htm\" >A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANSYLVANIA \u2013 HungarianHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/romania\/transylvania\/history\" >Transylvania \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 LonelyPlenet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magtudin.org\/HARASZTI_ENDRE_Ethnic_History_of_Transylvania.pdf\" >THE ETHNIC HISTORY OF TRANSYLVANIA, by Endre Haraszti \u2013 Magtudin.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eliznik.org.uk\/RomaniaHistory\/transylvania-history.htm\" >\u201c<em>The modern region of Transylvania generally includes the medieval region of Transylvania plus the Banat, Cri\u015fana and Maramure\u015f. These regions were incorporated into Romania in 1920<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Transylvania (<em>Romanian<\/em>: Ardeal, Transilvania, <em>Hungarian<\/em>: Erd\u00e9ly) \u2013 Eliznik.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.exploring-castles.com\/draculas_castle.html\" >\u201c<em>If you&#8217;re searching for Dracula&#8217;s Castle, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. I&#8217;ve uncovered a truly terrifying selection of castles connected to Dracula, all in deepest Transylvania, Romania<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Exploring-Castles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crete\" >Crete<\/a>, having obtained <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self_rule\" >self rule<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a> after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>, is annexed by Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Crete Autonomous Government:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstamps.com\/?p=2456\" >Crete, autonomous government (1898-1913) \u2013 DCStamps.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-crete.com\/history_unification_en.html\" >\u201c<em>In 1908 the Cretans declared union of Crete with Greece. In 1913 this was internationally recognized<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Unification with Greece (1913-1941) \u2013 Holiday-Crete.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/acad\/intrel\/boshtml\/bos134.htm\" >The Cretan Question, 1908-1913 \u2013 Mytholyoke.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Crete:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Crete\" >History of Crete \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/interkriti.org\/crete\/history_of_crete.html\" >History of Crete \u2013 Intekriti.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.west-crete.com\/cretan-history.htm\" >The History of Crete \u2013 West-Crete.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greeka.com\/crete\/history.htm\" >Crete History \u2013 Greeka.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/greece\/crete\/history\" >Crete \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.we-love-crete.com\/crete-history.html\" >Crete History \u2013 We-love-Crete.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/crete\/\" >Crete \u2013 ANCENIT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA \u2013 Ancietn.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explorecrete.com\/history\/crete-history.html\" >CRETE \u2013 8,000 YEARS OF HISTORY (6000BC-2000BC) \u2013 ExploreCrete.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crete-greece.net\/history-of-crete\/\" >History of Crete \u2013 Crete-Greece.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/saylor.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HIST101-2.3.2-MinoanCrete-FINAL1.pdf\" >History of Minoan Crete \u2013 Saylor.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/christiansincrete.org\/history\/\" >History of Christianity in Crete \u2013 ChristiansInCrete.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Balkan Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >Balkan Military History \u2013 BalkanHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Balkan-Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/balkan-wars.html\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Balkan War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenagain.info\/WebChron\/EastEurope\/FirstBalkan.html\" >The First Balkan War 1912-1913 \u2013 ThenAgain.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >\u201c<em>In Macedonia, the Serbian army defeated the Turks at Kumanovo that enabled it to join forces with the Montenegrins and enter Skopje. Meanwhile, the Greeks occupied Salonika and advanced on Io\u00e1nnina. In Albania, the Montenegrins besieged Shkod\u00ebr, and the Serbs entered Durr\u00ebs<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The First Balkan War \u2013 Balkan Military History<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellenicaworld.com\/Greece\/History\/en\/FirstBalkanWar.html\" >First Balkan War \u2013 HellenicaWorld.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/first-balkan-war-1912\" >First Balkan War 1912 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tc-america.org\/resource-center\/tca-fact-sheet-the-first-balkan-war-571.htm\" >TCA Fact Sheet: The 1912-1913 Balkan Wars \u2013 Turkish Coalition of America &#8211; TC-America.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Motor_Company\" >Ford Motor Company<\/a> introduces the first moving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assembly_line\" >assembly line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires_Metro\" >Buenos Aires Metro<\/a>, the first underground railway system in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Hemisphere\" >Southern Hemisphere<\/a> and in Latin America, begins operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong>First serving of the soft drink <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr_Pepper\" >Dr Pepper<\/a> at a drug store in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco,_Texas\" >Waco, Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaw_University\" >Shaw University<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Historically_black_university\" >historically black university<\/a> in the southern United States, is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raleigh,_North_Carolina\" >Raleigh, North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1864\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Fire_of_Brisbane\" >Great Fire of Brisbane<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1862\u00a0 <\/strong>In his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_the_Union_Address\" >State of the Union Address<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emancipation_Proclamation\" >Emancipation Proclamation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1834\u00a0 <\/strong>Slavery is abolished in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Colony\" >Cape Colony<\/a> in accordance with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833\" >Slavery Abolition Act 1833<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Slavery in the Cape Colony:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_South_Africa\" >Slavery in South Africa &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/dated-event\/slavery-abolished-cape\" >Slavery was abolished at the Cape: Monday, 1 December 1834 \u2013 SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE \u2013 SAHistory.org.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/v1.sahistory.org.za\/pages\/chronology\/thisday\/1834-12-01.htm\" >1 December 1834 \u2013 Slavery is abolished at the Cape \u2013 \u201c<em>This date signaled the end of slavery in the Cape Colony. The Slavery Abolition Bill 1833 was passed by the British House of Commons and by the House of Lords in August 1833 and came into force on 1 August 1834. On that date slavery was abolished throughout the vast British Empire, with a few exceptions, one being the Cape Colony, where it was delayed for four months until 1 December. The Act apprenticed slaves to their masters for a period of four years. This enabled them to learn trades and afforded a transition period for the owners<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 SAHistory.org\/za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com\/slaves-in-south-africa.html\" >\u201c<em>The importation of slaves in South Africa &#8216;s Cape Colony greatly enlarged its population. Imported from other parts of Africa, Madagascar, India and East Asia, they were mainly used as labourers and servants but many of them were skilled carpenters and bricklayers<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 South-Africa-Tours-and-Travel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/slaveryinsouthafrica\/p\/SlaveTimeline.htm\" >Timeline: Slavery in the Cape Colony, by Alistair Boddy-Evans \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.evanshine.com\/history_files\/Page448.htm\" >\u201c<em>Many South Africans are the descendents of slaves brought to the Cape Colony from 1653 until 1822<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Timeline: Slavery in the Cape Colony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Cape Colony:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cape-Colony\" >Cape Colony \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Cape_Colony_from_1806_to_1870\" >History of the Cape Colony from 1806 to 1870 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishempire.co.uk\/maproom\/capecolony.htm\" >Cape Colony \u2013 Brief History \u2013 BritishEmpire.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Cape_Colony_history\" >Cape Colony history \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sahistory.org.za\/south-africa-1652-1806\/history-slavery-and-early-colonisation-sa\" >History of slavery and early colonization in South Africa \u2013 SAHisotry.org.za<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1828\u00a0 <\/strong>Argentine general <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Lavalle\" >Juan Lavalle<\/a> makes a coup against governor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Dorrego\" >Manuel Dorrego<\/a>, beginning the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Decembrist_revolution_%28Argentina%29\" >Decembrist revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1826\u00a0 <\/strong>French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philhellene\" >philhellene<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Nicolas_Fabvier\" >Charles Nicolas Fabvier<\/a> forces his way through the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkish<\/a> cordon and ascends the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acropolis_of_Athens\" >Acropolis of Athens<\/a>, which had been under siege.<\/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>DECEMBER 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Today is the<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Day_for_the_Abolition_of_Slavery\" >INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enron\" >Enron<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enron_scandal#Bankruptcy\" >files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom devolves political power in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland_Executive\" >Northern Ireland Executive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_program\" >Space Shuttle program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-61\" >STS-61<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> launches the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour\" >Space Shuttle Endeavour<\/a> on a mission to repair the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubble_Space_Telescope\" >Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombia\" >Colombian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drug_lord\" >drug lord<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pablo_Escobar\" >Pablo Escobar<\/a> is shot and killed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medell%C3%ADn\" >Medell\u00edn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Canada and Poland become the first nations on earth to recognize the independence of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benazir_Bhutto\" >Benazir Bhutto<\/a> is sworn in as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan\" >Prime Minister of Pakistan<\/a>, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>UN votes 151-2 (Israel &amp; US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/1988-12-03\/news\/26228662_1_zehdi-labib-terzi-plo-headquarters-agreement\" >UN moves to Plo Session to Geneva \u2013 December 3, 1988 \u2013 Philly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/12\/02\/world\/us-declines-to-reverse-decision-on-arafat.html\" >\u201c<em>UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 1\u2014 The United States today refused an appeal to reverse its decision to deny a visa to Yasir Arafat, a United Nations spokesman said<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; US Declines to Reverse Decision on Arafat \u2013 December 2, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Refusal of Arafat\u2019s Visa by the US Department of State:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/11\/27\/world\/statement-denying-visa-for-arafat.html\" >\u201c<em>WASHINGTON, Nov. 26\u2014 Following is the official text of the statement issued today by the State Department on Yasir Arafat&#8217;s application for a visa:<\/em> \u2026\u201d &#8211; Statement Denying Visa for Arafat \u2013 November 27, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/24822\/ARAFAT-DENIED-VISA-TO-VISIT-UN.html?pg=all\" >\u201c<em>The State Department said Secretary of State George Shultz decided to deny Arafat a visa because the Palestine Liberation Organization chief condoned terrorist attacks on Americans. The decision brought protests from the Palestine Liberation Organization and American Arabs but was welcomed by Israel and American Jews<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 ARAFAT DENIED VISA TO VISIT U.N. PLO PROTESTS, SAYS ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE TO MEET OUTSIDE U.S. \u2013 Sunday, November 27, 1988 \u2013 Deseret News \u2013 DeseretNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Arguments on the Refusal of Arafat\u2019s Visa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/1988-12-06\/news\/26224743_1_farouk-kadoumi-pnc-meeting-arafat-issue\" >Shultz Was Right In Barring Arafat Issue Isn\u2019t Free Speech, It\u2019s Terrorism, by Cal Thomas \u2013 December 6, 1988 \u2013 Philly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.law.yale.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1753&amp;context=fss_papers\" >The Arafat Visa Affair: Exceeding the Bounds of the Host-State Decision, by W. Michael Reisman \u2013 1-1-1989 \u2013 Yale Law School \u2013 Yale.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs &#8211; January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century &#8211; Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah &#8211; October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs 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>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>At the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Utah\" >University of Utah<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barney_Clark_%28patient%29\" >Barney Clark<\/a> becomes the first person to receive a permanent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_heart\" >artificial heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvadoran_Civil_War\" >Salvadoran Civil War<\/a>: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ita_Ford\" >Ita Ford<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maura_Clarke\" >Maura Clarke<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Donovan\" >Jean Donovan<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dorothy_Kazel\" >Dorothy Kazel<\/a>, are murdered by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_squad#El_Salvador\" >military death squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\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<\/em> \u201c<strong>1984<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR,\u201d <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidel_Castro\" >Fidel Castro<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Cuba\" >President of Cuba<\/a>, replacing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osvaldo_Dortic%C3%B3s_Torrado\" >Osvaldo Dortic\u00f3s Torrado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laotian_Civil_War\" >Laotian Civil War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pathet_Lao\" >Pathet Lao<\/a> seizes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laos\" >Laotian<\/a> capital of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vientiane\" >Vientiane<\/a>, forces the abdication of King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sisavang_Vatthana\" >Sisavang Vatthana<\/a>, and proclaims the Lao People&#8217;s Democratic Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abu_Dhabi_%28emirate%29\" >Abu Dhabi<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajman\" >Ajman<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fujairah\" >Fujairah<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sharjah_%28emirate%29\" >Sharjah<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dubai\" >Dubai<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Umm_al-Quwain\" >Umm al-Quwain<\/a> form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates\" >United Arab Emirates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency\" >United States Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> begins operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>US President Richard Nixon names <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/people\/henry-kissinger\" >Henry Kissinger<\/a> security advisor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Henry Kissinger:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/henry-kissinger\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/henry-kissinger-9366016\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Henry-Kissinger\" >Henry A. Kissinger \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamwar.net\/HenryKissinger.htm\" >Henry A. Kissinger &#8211; VietnamWar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1966.html\" >\u201c<em>Henry Kissinger, also known as &#8220;Henry the K&#8221; and &#8220;Dr. K,&#8221; was arguably the single most visible, powerful, and controversial figure in world politics the U.S. has ever fielded<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Henry Kissinger \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/international-justice\/rogues-gallery\/henry-kissinger.html\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 Articles on Kissinger \u2013 GPF \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2096389_2096388_2096386,00.html\" >Top 10 Nobel Prize Controversies \u2013 Henry Kissinger, by Jak Philips \u2013 Friday, Oct 07, 2011 &#8211; TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Kissinger and the Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huongduongtxd.com\/kissingerandvietnamwar.pdf\" >Henry Kissinger and the Vietnam War \u2013 Khuong Huu Dieu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2015\/10\/henry-kissinger-vietnam-diaries-213236\" >The Henry Kissinger Diaries: What He Really Thought About Vietnam, by Niall Fergusoni \u2013 October 10, 2015 \u2013 Politico.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vietnamawbb.weebly.com\/henry-kissinger-negotiation.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 Henry Kissinger Negotiations \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomdispatch.com\/blog\/176066\/\" >Kissinger the Bombardier \u2013 TomDispatch.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/henry-kissinger-on-vietnam-78576448\/?no-ist\" >Kissinger on Vietnam \u2013 Smithsonian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/09\/29\/henry-kissinger-vietnam-we-did-to-ourselves_n_744337.html\" >Henry Kissinger: \u2018Vietnam Failures We Did To Ourselves\u2019, by Robert Burns \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/interview-with-henry-kissinger-on-state-of-global-politics-a-1002073-2.html\" >Interview with Henry Kissinger: Do We Achieve World Order Through Chaos or Insight?\u2019 \u2013 Spiegel Online \u2013 Spiegle.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/opinion\/ci_28013567\/kissingers-betrayal-he-sold-out-south-vietnam-1973\" >Kissinger\u2019s betrayal: He sold out South Vietnam in the 1973 Paris Accords, by Dieu Khuonghuu \u2013 04\/29\/2015 \u2013 San Jose Mercury News \u2013 &#8211; Opinion &#8211; MercuryNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2014\/11\/kissinger-on-diplomacy\/\" >Kissinger on diplomacy \u2013 HARVARD gazette \u2013 November 14, 2014 \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/olli\/files\/Nixon-Kissinger-Vietnam-1969-1973.pdf\" >Nixon, Kissinger and Vietnam, 1969-1973 \u2013 The Limits of American Power \u2013 Vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views02\/0611-03.htm\" >Is Kissinger a War Criminal? \u2013 Tuesday, June 11, 2002 \u2013 CommonDreams.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdworldtraveler.com\/Kissinger\/CaseAgainst1_Hitchens.html\" >The Case Against Henry Kissinger, by Christopher Hitchens \u2013 Third World Traveler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/la-oe-kissinger31may31-story.html\" >The Lessons of Vietnam, by Henry A. Kissinger \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: After a trip to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a> at the request of U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Senate_Majority_Leader\" >U.S. Senate Majority Leader<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Mansfield\" >Mike Mansfield<\/a> becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>In a nationally broadcast speech, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuban<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidel_Castro\" >Fidel Castro<\/a> declares that he is a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism\" >Marxist\u2013Leninist<\/a> and that Cuba is going to adopt <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >Communism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Granma_%28yacht%29\" ><em>Granma<\/em><\/a> reaches the shores of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oriente_Province\" >Oriente Province<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidel_Castro\" >Fidel Castro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Che_Guevara\" >Che Guevara<\/a> and 80 other members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/26th_of_July_Movement\" >26th of July Movement<\/a> disembark to initiate the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Revolution\" >Cuban Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-American_Mutual_Defense_Treaty\" >Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty<\/a>, between the United States and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a>, is signed in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McCarthyism\" >Cold War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senate<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_McCarthy#Censure_and_the_Watkins_Committee\" >votes 65 to 22 to censure<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_McCarthy\" >Joseph McCarthy<\/a> for &#8220;conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem_Riots_of_1947\" >Jerusalem Riots of 1947<\/a>: Riots break out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a> in response to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine\" >United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_raid_on_Bari\" >Luftwaffe bombing raid<\/a> on the harbour of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bari\" >Bari<\/a>, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_John_Harvey\" >SS\u00a0<em>John Harvey<\/em><\/a>, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mustard_gas\" >mustard gas<\/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>: During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan_Project\" >Manhattan Project<\/a>, a team led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Fermi\" >Enrico Fermi<\/a> initiates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Pile-1\" >first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1930\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Depression\" >Great Depression<\/a>: In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_the_Union_address\" >State of the Union message<\/a>, U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Hoover\" >Herbert Hoover<\/a> proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>Following 19 years of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Model_T\" >Ford Model T<\/a> production, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Motor_Company\" >Ford Motor Company<\/a> unveils the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Model_A_%281927%E2%80%9331%29\" >Ford Model A<\/a> as its new automobile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>Following more than a month of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish%E2%80%93Armenian_War\" >Turkish\u2013Armenian War<\/a>, the Turkish dictated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Alexandropol\" >Treaty of Alexandropol<\/a> is concluded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brest-Litovsk\" >Brest-Litovsk<\/a>, and peace talks leading to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk\" >Treaty of Brest-Litovsk<\/a> begin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1899\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War\" >Philippine\u2013American War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tirad_Pass\" >Battle of Tirad Pass<\/a>, termed &#8220;The Filipino Thermopylae&#8221;, is fought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859 <\/strong>Militant <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States\" >abolitionist<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Brown_%28abolitionist%29\" >John Brown<\/a> is hanged for his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_16\" >October 16<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry\" >raid<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia\" >Harpers Ferry, West Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1852\u00a0 <\/strong>Louis-Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_III\" >Napoleon III<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1851\u00a0 <\/strong>French President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_III\" >Louis-Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte<\/a> overthrows the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Second_Republic\" >Second Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Josef_I_of_Austria\" >Franz Josef I<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emperor_of_Austria\" >Emperor of Austria<\/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>DECEMBER 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" _International_Day_of_Persons_with_Disabilities\">UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/socdev\/enable\/rights\/ahc8adart.htm\" >Draft of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/socdev\/enable\/rights\/ahc8adart.htm#doptprotocol\" >Draft Optional Protocol to the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The Japanese space agency, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JAXA\" >JAXA<\/a>, launches the space explorer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hayabusa_2\" >Hayabusa 2<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanegashima_Space_Center\" >Tanegashima Space Center<\/a> on a six-year round trip mission to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/162173_Ryugu\" >asteroid<\/a> to collect rock samples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>In Northern Ireland, 15 police officers are injured during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_City_Hall_flag_protests\" >rioting<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_City_Hall\" >Belfast City Hall<\/a> following a vote to change <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_City_Council\" >Belfast City Council<\/a>&#8216;s policy on flying the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_flag\" >union flag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 475 people are killed after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typhoon_Bopha\" >Typhoon Bopha<\/a> makes landfall in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Hotel_Shamo_bombing\" >suicide bombing<\/a> at a hotel in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mogadishu\" >Mogadishu<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\" >Somalia<\/a>, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transitional_Federal_Government\" >Transitional Federal Government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XCOR_Aerospace\" >XCOR Aerospace<\/a> makes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocket_mail#Reusable_launch_vehicles\" >first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kern_County,_California\" >Kern County, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> loses radio contact with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Polar_Lander\" >Mars Polar Lander<\/a> moments before the spacecraft enters the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Martian<\/a> atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottawa\" >Ottawa<\/a>, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottawa_Treaty\" >Ottawa Treaty<\/a> prohibiting manufacture and deployment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-personnel_landmine\" >anti-personnel landmines<\/a>. The United States, People&#8217;s Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sc\/\" >UN Security Council<\/a> votes unanimous for US led forces to enter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\" >Somalia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>UN Resolution 794 (1992) of 1992:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3b00f21137.html\" >UN Resolution 794 (1992) Adopted by the Security Council at it\u2019s the 3145<sup>th<\/sup> meeting, on 3 December 1992 \u2013 S\/RES\/794 (1992) \u2013 RefWorld.org<\/a>; <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/somalia\/un-security-council-resolution-794-somalia\/p24237\" >the same resolution on this website: CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/DPKO\/Missions\/unosomi.htm\" >UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN SOMALIA I \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?35443-1\/un-intervention-somalia\" >UN Intervention in Somalia \u2013 December 3, 1992 \u2013 Video \u2013 C-Span.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>A test engineer for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sema_Group\" >Sema Group<\/a> uses a personal computer to send the world&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Text_message\" >text message<\/a> via the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vodafone\" >Vodafone<\/a> network to the phone of a colleague.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The Greek <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_tanker\" >oil tanker<\/a> <em>Aegean Sea<\/em>, carrying 80,000 tonnes of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crude_oil\" >crude oil<\/a>, runs aground in a storm while approaching <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Coru%C3%B1a\" >A Coru\u00f1a<\/a>, Spain, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aegean_Sea_oil_spill\" >spills much of its cargo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: In a meeting off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a>, US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush\" >George H W Bush<\/a> and Soviet leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" >Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a> release statements indicating that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> may be coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The End of the Cold War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/december\/3\/newsid_4119000\/4119950.stm\" >1989: Malt summit ends Cold War \u2013 ON THIS DAY: 3 December \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bt.com\/news\/world-news\/december-3-1989-gorbachev-and-bush-declare-cold-war-over-at-malta-summit-11363947495279\" >December 3, 1989: Gorbachev and Bush declare Cold War over at Malta summit \u2013 BT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/12\/04\/world\/the-malta-summit-transcript-of-the-bush-gorbachev-news-conference-in-malta.html\" >The Malta Summit; Transcript of the Bush-Gorbachev News Conference in Malta \u2013 December 4, 1989 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB296\/doc03.pdf\" >Document No. 3 Excerpts from the Soviet Transcript of the Malta Summit December 2-3, 1989 \u2013 GWU.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB298\/index.htm\" >Bush and Gorbachev at Malta <strong>Previously Secret Documents from Soviet U.S. Files<\/strong> <strong>on the 1989 Meeting, 20 Years Later<\/strong> &#8211; National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 298; Edited by Svetlana Savranskaya and Thomas Blanton \u2013 posted December 9,2009 &#8211; GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhopal_disaster\" >Bhopal disaster<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Methyl_isocyanate\" >methyl isocyanate<\/a> leak from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_Carbide\" >Union Carbide<\/a> pesticide plant in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhopal\" >Bhopal<\/a>, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000\u2013600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>A soil sample is taken from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Times_Beach,_Missouri\" >Times Beach, Missouri<\/a>, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polychlorinated_dibenzodioxins\" >dioxin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Times Beach and Dioxin:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greens.org\/s-r\/078\/07-09.html\" >The Times Beach Story \u2013 Greens.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/metro\/a-look-back-times-beach-disappeared-after-flood\/article_06941751-5727-589a-8a72-79ad13cd15f5.html\" >A Look Back \u2013 Times Beach disappeared after 1982 flood \u2013 December 05, 2010 \u2013 STLToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sciencewire.in\/studentgallery\/times-beach-missouri-1982\/\" >Times Beach, Missouri, 1982 by Allaudin \u2013 ScienceWire.in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/mo-timesbeach.html\" >Ill Fated Times Beach \u2013 MISSOURI LEGENDS \u2013 LEGENDES OF AMERICA &#8211; LegendsOfAmerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2010\/12\/28\/132368362\/a-chemical-conundrum-how-dangerous-is-dioxin\" >A Chemical Conundrum: How Dangerous Dioxin? , by Jon Hamilton \u2013 December 28, 2010 \u2013 NPR.org<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs &#8211; January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century &#8211; Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah &#8211; October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>Ayatollah <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruhollah_Khomeini\" >Ruhollah Khomeini<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran\" >Supreme Leader of Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ruhollah Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Ruhollah-Khomeini\" >Ruhollah Khomeini \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini-13680544\" >Ayatollahh Ruholla Khomeini \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/iran\/p\/Ayatollah-Khomeini-Bio.htm\" >The Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iranchamber.com\/history\/islamic_revolution\/revolution_and_iran_after1979_1.php\" >Iran after the victor of 1979\u2019s Revolution \u2013 History of Iran \u2013 Iran Chamber Society \u2013 IranChamber.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/persian\/revolution\" >Iranian Revolution \u2013 Parts 1 -4 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=3KL5FvOejKkC&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=RA1-PR13&amp;sig=36uCFkknLgj1lLxWODqicBkBxMU&amp;dq=%22Amuzegar%22+%22The+Dynamics+of+the+Iranian+Revolution:+The+Pahlavis%27+%E2%80%A6%22+&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Amuzegar%22%20%22The%20Dynamics%20of%20the%20Iranian%20Revolution%3A%20The%20Pahlavis%27%20%E2%80%A6%22&amp;f=false\" >Return to Islamic Purity \u2013 The Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution \u2013 Google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pioneer_program\" >Pioneer program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pioneer_10\" >Pioneer 10<\/a> sends back the first close-up images of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter\" >Jupiter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971\" >Indo-Pakistani War of 1971<\/a>: Pakistan launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Chengiz_Khan\" >a pre-emptive strike<\/a> against India and a full-scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Indo-Pakistan War of 1971:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/india-pakistan-wars-the-1971-war.html\" >The 1971 War \u2013 India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/december\/3\/newsid_2519000\/2519133.stm\" >1971: Pakistan intensifies air raids on India \u2013 3 December \u2013 ON THIS DAY \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1969-76ve07\/ch2\" >India-Pakistan: Crisis and War, March-December 1971 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/indo-pak_1971.htm\" >Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/slide-show\/slide-show-1-three-indian-blunders-in-the-1971-war\/20111212.htm\" >Three Indian blunders in the 1971 war \u2013 Rediff.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/on-this-day\/3rd-december-1971-the-indo-pak-war-began\" >3<sup>rd<\/sup> December 1971: The Indo-Pak war began \u2013 MapsOfIndia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldreporter.com\/2011\/10\/1971-india-pakistan-war-role-of-russia.html\" >1971 India Pakistan War: Role of Russia, China, America and Britain, by Sanskar Shrivastava \u2013 October 30, 2011 \u2013 The World Reporter \u2013 TheWorldReporter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk\/AWPReview\/TextContent.aspx?pId=197\" >1971 war \u2013 PAKISTAN ARMY \u2013 PakistanArmy.gov.pk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freeindia.org\/1971war\/\" >\u201c<em>On the 3rd of December 1971, the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) struck a number of Indian airfields in northern India. By midnight, India was officially at war with Pakistan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The 1979 India-Pakistan War \u2013 FreeIndia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/static\/in_depth\/south_asia\/2002\/india_pakistan\/timeline\/1971.stm\" >The 1971 war \u2013 India-Pakistan: Trouble relations \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/14200904\/1971-India-Pakistan-War#scribd\" >An Atlas of the 1979 India-Pakistan War: The Creation of Bangladesh, by John H Gill \u2013 Scribd.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the India-Pakistan Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/india-pakistan-wars.html\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 The 1947-48 War; The 1965 War; The 1971 War; Bibliography \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts\" >Indo-Pakistan wars and conflicts \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/India-Pakistan_Wars.aspx\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bharatadesam.com\/history\/india_pakistan_wars.php\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Bharatadesam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/india-pakistan-war\" >The India-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/war\/conflict-zones\/130814\/analysis-are-india-and-pakistan-headed-war\" >Analysis: Are India and Pakistan headed for war? , by Jason Overdorf \u2013 Aug 15, 2013 \u2013 GlobalPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/19\/icymi-india-pakistan-head-for-nuke-war.html\" >ICYMI: India-Pakistan Head for Nuke War, by Bruce Riedel \u2013 10.19.14 \u2013 The Daily Beast &#8211; TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/history\/military-history\/wars-battles-and-military-interventions\/india-pakistan-wars\" >India-Pakistan Wars: Selected full textbooks and articles \u2013 Questa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/view\/document\/obo-9780199791279\/obo-9780199791279-0145.xml\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Oxford Bibliographies \u2013 OxfordBibliographies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/spotlight\/kashmirtheforgottenconflict\/2011\/06\/2011615113058224115.html\" >Timeline: India-Pakistan relations, by Asad Hashim \u2013 27 May 2014 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1981<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>,\u201d <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groote_Schuur_Hospital\" >Groote Schuur Hospital<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Town\" >Cape Town<\/a>, South Africa, a transplant team headed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christiaan_Barnard\" >Christiaan Barnard<\/a> carries out the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heart_transplant\" >heart transplant<\/a> on a human (53-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Washkansky\" >Louis Washkansky<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\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 underground nuclear test<\/a> in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Project Sterling:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mshistory.k12.ms.us\/articles\/293\/nuclear-blasts-in-mississippi\" >\u201c<em>The Project Sterling blast, on December 3, 1966, was considerably weaker than the blast two years earlier, as it was intended to be.\u00a0 Instead of the force of 5,000 tons of TNT that Project Salmon had developed, Project Sterling\u2019s bomb had the force of 350 tons of TNT.\u00a0 Observers two miles away from the blast reported they barely felt a bump<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nuclear Blasts in Mississippi \u2013 MISSISSIPPI HISTORY NOW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/1969JGR....74.6623S\" >Project Sterling: Subsurface phenomenology measurements near a decoupled nuclear event \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/248785203_Project_Sterling_Subsurface_phenomenology_measurements_near_a_decoupled_nuclear_event\" >Project Sterling: Subsurface phenomenology measurements near a decoupled nuclear event, by Clyde J. Sisemore \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salmon_Site\" >Salmon Site &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_Speech_Movement\" >Free Speech Movement<\/a>: Police arrest over 800 students at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_California,_Berkeley\" >University of California, Berkeley<\/a>, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regents_of_the_University_of_California\" >UC Regents<\/a>&#8216; decision to forbid protests on UC property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Civil_War\" >Greek Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dekemvriana\" >Fighting<\/a> breaks out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >ELAS<\/a> and government forces supported by the British Army.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Modern History of Greece:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Greek Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Greek-Civil-War\" >Greek Civil War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ahistoryofgreece.com\/civilwar.htm\" >The Greek Civil War \u2013 History of Greece \u2013 AhistoryOfGreece.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldwar.org\/articles\/40s\/GreekCivilWar1945-1949.asp\" >THE GREEK CIVIL WAR &#8211; ColdWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/subject\/greek-civil-war\/index.htm\" >The Greek Civil War \u2013 Marxists.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/greek-civil-war.htm\" >Greek Civil War \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/warfiles\/greek_civil_war_warfile.htm\" >War File: Greek Civil War (1946-1949) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/library\/report\/1985\/KJC.htm\" >The Greek Civil War 1943-1949 \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uahsibhistory.wikispaces.com\/Greek+Civil+War\" >Greek Civil War \u2013 Uahsib History \u2013 WikiSpaces.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Greek_Civil_War\" >Greek Civil War \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a> aftermath: The final <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Locarno_Treaties\" >Locarno Treaty<\/a> is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Locarno Treaty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fransamaltingvongeusau.com\/documents\/dl1\/h2\/1.2.3.pdf\" >Text of the Treaties of Locarno &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/world-war-ii\/treaties-of-locarno.htm\" >Treaties of Locarno \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyindates.com\/3-december-1925\/\" >\u201c<em>World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, on 5\u201316 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 1 December, in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement, and return normalizing relations with defeated Germany<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 What happened on December 3, 1925 \u2013 HistoryDates.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec_Bridge\" >Quebec Bridge<\/a> opens to traffic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, Greece, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" >Montenegro<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a> (the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_League\" >Balkan League<\/a>) sign an armistice with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a>, temporarily halting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Balkan War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Balkan-Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/first-balkan-war-1912\" >First Balkan War 1912 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellenicaworld.com\/Greece\/History\/en\/FirstBalkanWar.html\" >First Balkan War \u2013 HellenicaWorld.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenagain.info\/WebChron\/EastEurope\/FirstBalkan.html\" >The First Balkan War 1912-1913 \u2013 ThenAgain.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >Balkan Military History \u2013 BalkanHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tc-america.org\/resource-center\/tca-fact-sheet-the-first-balkan-war-571.htm\" >TCA Fact Sheet: The 1912-1913 Balkan Wars \u2013 Turkish Coalition of America &#8211; TC-America.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >\u201c<em>In Macedonia, the Serbian army defeated the Turks at Kumanovo that enabled it to join forces with the Montenegrins and enter Skopje. Meanwhile, the Greeks occupied Salonika and advanced on Io\u00e1nnina. In Albania, the Montenegrins besieged Shkod\u00ebr, and the Serbs entered Durr\u00ebs<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The First Balkan War \u2013 Balkan Military History<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moons_of_Jupiter\" >Jovian moon<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Himalia_%28moon%29\" >Himalia<\/a> is discovered by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Dillon_Perrine\" >Charles Dillon Perrine<\/a> at California&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lick_Observatory\" >Lick Observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1854<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Eureka_Stockade\" >Battle of the Eureka Stockade<\/a>: More than 20 gold miners at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballarat,_Victoria\" >Ballarat, Victoria<\/a>, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1834\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zollverein\" >Zollverein<\/a> (German Customs Union) begins the first regular <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Census_in_Germany\" >census in Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1800<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>War of the Second Coalition: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Hohenlinden\" >Battle of Hohenlinden<\/a> \u2013 French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Victor_Marie_Moreau\" >General Moreau<\/a> decisively defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archduke_John_of_Austria\" >Archduke John of Austria<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munich\" >Munich<\/a>. Coupled with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Consul\" >First Consul<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_Bonaparte\" >Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a>&#8216;s earlier victory at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Marengo\" >Marengo<\/a>, this will force the Austrians to sign <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Lun%C3%A9ville\" >an armistice<\/a> and end the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1799\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Second_Coalition\" >War of the Second Coalition<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Wiesloch_%281799%29\" >Battle of Wiesloch<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austrian_Empire\" >Austrian<\/a> Lieutenant Field Marshal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anton_Szt%C3%A1ray\" >Anton Szt\u00e1ray<\/a> defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_French_Empire\" >French<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wiesloch\" >Wiesloch<\/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>DECEMBER 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xavier_Bettel\" >Xavier Bettel<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luxembourg\" >Luxembourg<\/a>&#8216;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Openly_gay\" >openly gay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister\" >Prime Minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jena_Six\" >Six black youths<\/a> assault a white teenager in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jena,_Louisiana\" >Jena, Louisiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_2005_protest_for_democracy_in_Hong_Kong\" >protest for democracy<\/a> and call on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hong_Kong_Government\" >government<\/a> to allow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_suffrage\" >universal and equal suffrage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unity_Module\" >Unity Module<\/a><\/em>, the second module of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Space_Station\" >International Space Station<\/a>, is launched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>A truce is concluded between the government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angola<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNITA\" >UNITA<\/a> rebels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Angolan Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/gah\/angolan-civil-war-1975-2002\" >Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) \u2013 BlackPast.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2002\/04\/ango-a13.html\" >The Angolan civil war and US foreign policy, by Ann Talbot \u2013 13 April 2002 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everything2.com\/title\/Angolan+Civil+War\" >Angolan Civil War \u2013 Everything2.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angolacivilwardays.com\/Home.html\" >Angolan Civil War Days: an American History Timeline Event \u2013 AngolaCivilWarDays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/1989\/WR89\/Angola.htm\" >ANGLOA \u2013 Human Rights Watch Report 1989<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/angolan_civil_war\" >Angolan Civil War Documentary Film \u2013 3 h.43 min. 58 sec. \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?9419-1\/angolan-civil-war\" >Angolan Civil War \u2013 Video \u2013 55 min. &#8211; C-SPAN \u2013 C-Span.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>UNITA:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/UNITA\" >UNITA \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flagspot.net\/flags\/ao%7Dunita.html\" >UNITA (Angola) \u2013 FlagSpot.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldpress.org\/Africa\/507.cfm\" >\u201c<em>One man who will not be missed is the former leader of Angola\u2019s long-fighting rebel group, UNITA\u2019s Jonas Savimbi, shot and killed by the Angolan army in late February<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 An Unmourned Death \u2013 Africa \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/angolan_opposition_party_unita_from_battlefield_to_ballot_box\/1503002.html\" >Angola\u2019s UNITA \u2013 From Battlefield to Ballot Box \u2013 VOANews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/sites\/files\/chathamhouse\/public\/Meetings\/Meeting%20Transcripts\/290413Samakuva.pdf\" >Change in Angola: The Role of UNITA \u2013 CharmHouse.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Angola\">History of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/angola\/\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad33\" >HISTORY OF ANGOLA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/angola\/history\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/angola-history.html\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/angola\/p\/AngolaHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Angola \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonial_history_of_Angola\" >Colonial history of Angola &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/angola\/history-politics\" >History &amp; Politics \u2013 Angola \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780821443040?auth=0\" >\u201c<strong>Intonations<\/strong> tells the story of how Angola&#8217;s urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped to gain from independence. Author Marissa J. Moorman presents a social and cultural history of the relationship between Angolan culture and politics.\u201d <strong>Intonations<\/strong>, by Marissa J. Moorman, published by Ohio University Press, 2008 \u2013 JHU.edu &#8211; pdf downloadable<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/angola\/aotimeln.htm\" >Angola Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/angola\/l\/Bl-Angola-Timeline.htm\" >Angola Timeline &#8212; Prehistory to Present Day \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13037271\" >Angola profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ao.html\" >Angola \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Angola\" >Angola \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Angola\" >Angola \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/angola.html\" >Angola \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/angola\/\" >Angola \u2013 All Africa \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/Angola_news\" >News from Angola \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13036732\" >Angola country profile \u2013 Overview &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Angola\" >Foreign relations of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/angola\/forrel.htm\" >Angola \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/angola\/ri169\" >Angola \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Angola-United States relations &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/6619.htm\" >US Relations with Angola \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.georgetown.edu\/handle\/10822\/552695\" >US foreign policy in Angola \u2013 The Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archive \u2013 Georgetown.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/angola.org\/\" >Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Washington D C<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Angola and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/angola\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mission-angola.ch\/english\/\" >Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Angola:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Angola\" >Economy of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angola.org\/index.php?page=economy\" >Economy \u2013 Angola \u2013 Embassy of Angola in Washington D.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/angola-economy.html\" >Angola \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/angola\/economy-industry\" >Angola \u2013 Economy \u2013 An oil-transformed economy \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/angola\" >Angola \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/angola\" >Angola \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/angola\" >Angola \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somali_Civil_War\" >Somali Civil War<\/a>: President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush\" >George H W Bush<\/a> orders 28,000 U.S. troops to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\" >Somalia<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horn_of_Africa\" >Northeast Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Captain Mark Pyle pilots <em>Clipper Goodwill<\/em>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan_American_World_Airways\" >Pan American World Airways<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_727\" >Boeing 727<\/a>-221ADV, to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami_International_Airport\" >Miami International Airport<\/a>, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Pan American World Airways\/Airlines:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.panam.org\/\" >The Pan Am Historical Foundation \u2013 PanAM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cruiselinehistory.com\/history-of-pan-american-airways-pan-am\/\" >HISTORY OF PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS \u2013 PAN NAM \u2013 CruiselineHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cruiselinehistory.com\/pan-american-world-airways\/\" >PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS\u2026 &#8211; CuriselineHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.library.miami.edu\/digital\/exhibits\/show\/panamerican\" >Cleared to Land: The Records of the Pan American World Airways, Inc. \u2013 Miami.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.century-of-flight.net\/Aviation%20history\/coming%20of%20age\/usairlines\/Pan%20American.htm\" >AIRLINES AND AIRLINERS \u2013 Pan American \u2013 Century-of-Flight.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1841.html\" >Pan American Airlines \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WTk4XJwb1sQ\" >YouTube video (6 min. 34 sec.): History of Pan Am Part 1 of 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Journalist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_A._Anderson\" >Terry A. Anderson<\/a> is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beirut\" >Beirut<\/a>. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/~richards\/my_papers\/khalturin_NZ_1-42%20.pdf\" >A Review of the Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955 \u2013 1990, by Vitaly I. Khalturin, Tatyana G. Rautian, Paul G. Richards, and William S. Leith \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hezbollah\" >Hezbollah<\/a> militants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_hijacking\" >hijack<\/a> a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuwait_Airlines\" >Kuwait Airlines<\/a> plane, killing four passengers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Hezbollah:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2013\/10\/the-origins-of-hezbollah\/280809\/\" >The Origins of Hezbollah, by Matthew Levitt \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/lebanon\/hezbollah-k-hizbollah-hizbullah\/p9155\" >Hezbollah \u2013 CFR Backgrounders \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Terrorism\/hizbollah.html\" >Hezbollah: History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1903301,00.html\" >A Brief History of Hezbollah, by Alissa Fetini \u2013 Monday, June 08, 2009 &#8211; TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/articles\/secret-history-hezbollah_767144.html\" >The Secret History of Hezbollah \u2013 NOV 25, 2013 \u2013 WeeklyStandard.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/hezbollah.html\" >Hezbollah \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mideastweb.org\/Middle-East-Encyclopedia\/hezbollah.htm\" >Hezbollah \u2013 Encyclopedia of the Middle East \u2013 MidEastWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/henryjacksonsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Timeline-of-Terror_Membership-version_low-res.pdf\" >TIMELINE OF TERROR: A CONCISE HISTORY OF HEZBOLLAH ATROCITIES \u2013 The Henry Jackson Society \u2013 HenryJacksonSociety.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/hezbollah-a-history-of-violence\/article8283044\/\" >Hezbollah \u2013 A history of violence \u2013 Patrick Martin \u2013 TheGlobeAndMail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorism-info.org.il\/en\/article\/20436\" >Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization \u2013 Terrorism-info.org.il<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/story?id=5203824&amp;page=1\" >Hezbollah\u2019s History of Violence, by S. TULLY MCLOUGHLIN and JOHN CALHOUN \u2013 June 19, 2008 \u2013 ABCNews.go.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Army\" >Sri Lankan Army<\/a> soldiers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Mannar_massacre\" >kill<\/a> 107\u2013150 civilians in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mannar,_Sri_Lanka\" >Mannar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Sri Lankan Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Sri_Lanka\/fl\/The-Sri-Lankan-Civil-War.htm\" >The Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/terrorist-organizations-and-networks\/sri-lankan-conflict\/p11407\" >The Sri Lankan Conflict \u2013 Backgrounder &#8211; CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/194\/Sri-Lankan-Civil-War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casualties_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Casualties of the Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iconicphotos.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/16\/sri-lankan-civil-war-1983-2009\/\" >Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009) \u2013 2011\/04\/16 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Sri Lankan Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zum.de\/whkmla\/sp\/0809\/kyungmook\/kyungmook1.html\" >History of the Civil War in Sri Lanka since 1983, by Kim, Kyung Mook &#8211; Korean Minjok Leadership Academy International Program &#8211; Term Paper, AP World History Class, November 2006 \u2013 Zum.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srilankahistory.weebly.com\/sri-lankan-civil-war.html\" >Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 SRI LANKA HISTORY \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/5339374\/Sri-Lankas-civil-war-The-history-of-the-Tamil-conflict.html\" >Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war \u2013 The history of the Tamil conflict \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Origins_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war\" >Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/myapologetics.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/20\/sri-lankan-civil-war-history-the-closing-days-for-the-ltte-rebels\/\" >Sri Lankan Civil War History: The Closing Days for the LTTE Rebels \u2013 November 20, 2015 \u2013 My Apologetics \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x4dxl1_short-history-of-sri-lankan-civil-w_news\" >YouTube video (7 min. 52 sec.): Short History of Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PlN_copvSmg\" >YouTube video (4 min. 14 sec.): History of the war in Sri Lanka \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vDMAh9flF9E\" >YouTube video (26 min. 12 sec.): Truth of the LTTE \u2013 Full documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2000\/06\/edit-j12.html\" >The historical roots of Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war \u2013 12 June 2000 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalecco.org\/the-sri-lankan-civil-war-a-personal-reminiscence-col-sylvester-perera-sri-lankan-army\" >The Sri Lankan Civil War: A Personal Reminiscence, by COL Sylvester Perera;, Sri Lankan Army \u2013 GlobalEcco.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/sri-lanka\/history\" >Birth of the Tigers, Attempts at peace \u2013 History of Sri Lanka \u2013 LonenlyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sri_Lanka\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/sri-lanka\/history\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lankalibrary.com\/geo.html\" >Sri Lanka History \u2013 LankaLibrary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanka.com\/about\/history\/\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 Lanka.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Sri_Lanka\/p\/Sri-Lanka-Facts-and-History.htm\" >Sri Lanka | Facts &amp; History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/srilanka.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF SRI LANKA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/sri-lanka-history.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/the-history-of-sri-lanka-1.776957\" >The history of Sri Lanka \u2013 CBC News \u2013 CBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mahavamsa.org\/history-of-sri-lanka\/\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 Mahavamsa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12004081\" >Sri Lanka profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ce.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Sri%20Lanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/sri-lanka.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-11999611\" >Sri Lanka country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Sri_Lanka\" >Foreign relations of Sri Lanka \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/sri-lanka\/74.htm\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.lk\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5249.htm\" >US Relations With Sri Lanka \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/sri-lanka\/ri254\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/regions\/sri-lanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 ForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka\" >Economy of Sri Lanka &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/srilanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/sri-lanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/srilanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/sri-lanka-economy.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/sri-lanka\/economy\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Economy &#8211; Asia Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> adopts its current <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China\" >constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE\u2019S REUBLIC OF CHINA:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/features\/89012.htm\" >Text of the Constitution of the People\u2019s Republic of China, adopted December 4, 1982 \u2013 China.org.cn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/context.montpelier.org\/document\/973#passage-3\" >Text of the Constitution of China (adopted 1982, <strong><em>revised 2004<\/em><\/strong>) \u2013 ConText.Montepelier.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_history_of_the_People\" s_Republic_of_China\">Constitutional history of the People\u2019s Republic of China &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>South Africa grants independence to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ciskei\" >Ciskei<\/a> &#8220;homeland&#8221; (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>Following the murder of Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Moscone\" >George Moscone<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dianne_Feinstein\" >Dianne Feinstein<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a>&#8216;s first female mayor. (She will serve until January 8, 1988.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysian_Airline_System_Flight_653\" >Malaysian Airline System Flight 653<\/a> is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johor\" >Johor<\/a>, killing 100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa\" >Jean-B\u00e9del Bokassa<\/a>, president of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_African_Republic\" >Central African Republic<\/a>, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_African_Empire\" >Central African Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suriname\" >Suriname<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\" >The Troubles<\/a>&#8220;: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulster_Volunteer_Force\" >Ulster Volunteer Force<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McGurk%27s_Bar_bombing\" >bombs a Catholic-owned pub<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast\" >Belfast<\/a>, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city&#8217;s highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreux_Casino\" >Montreux Casino<\/a> in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flare_gun\" >flare gun<\/a> during a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Zappa\" >Frank Zappa<\/a> concert; the incident would be noted in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Purple\" >Deep Purple<\/a> song &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smoke_on_the_Water\" >Smoke on the Water<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Navy\" >Indian Navy<\/a> attacks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Navy\" >Pakistan Navy<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council\" >United Nations Security Council<\/a> calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Panther_Party\" >Black Panther Party<\/a> members <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Hampton\" >Fred Hampton<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Clark_%28Black_Panther%29\" >Mark Clark<\/a> are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Black-Panther-Party\" >Black Panther Party \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/~ccarson\/articles\/am_left.htm\" >Black Panther Party \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/black-panthers.html\" >\u201c<em>Black Panthers, US African-American militant party, founded (1966) in Oakland, Calif., by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Originally aimed at armed self-defense against the local police, the party grew to espouse violent revolution as the only means of achieving black liberation<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Black Panthers \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbyseale.com\/sixtiesvideo.html\" >1960\u2019s and the Black Panther Party: Real Video History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/communistvoice.org\/WAS8506BPP.html\" >The Rise and the Fall of the Black Panther Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itsabouttimebpp.com\/Chapter_History\/BPP_Pieces_of_History.html\" >BLACK PANTHER PARTY: Pieces of History: 1966-1969<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/lefuqhml4i9k\/how-did-the-black-panther-party-impact-the-1960s\/\" >How did the Black Panther Party Impact the 1960s? \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: US and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese<\/a> forces engage <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viet_Cong\" >Viet Cong<\/a> troops in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mekong_Delta\" >Mekong Delta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1967:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-history\" >VIETNA WAR HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1967 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_allied_military_operations_of_the_Vietnam_War_%281967%29\" >List of allied military operations in the Vietnam War (1967) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facesfromthewall.com\/1967nov.html\" >VIETNAM WAR: NOVEMBER 1967 \u2013 FACES FROM THE WALL \u2013 FacesFromTheWall.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index2.html\" >Vietnam War \u2013 Battle Field: Timeline 1967 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p 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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs &#8211; January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century &#8211; Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah &#8211; October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>By a vote of 65 to 7, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senate<\/a> approves United States participation in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> closes down the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Works_Progress_Administration\" >Works Progress Administration<\/a>, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia<\/a>, resistance leader Marshal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josip_Broz_Tito\" >Josip Broz Tito<\/a> proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlson%27s_patrol\" >Carlson&#8217;s patrol<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guadalcanal_Campaign\" >Guadalcanal Campaign<\/a> ends.<\/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\/HMS_Nelson_%2828%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Nelson<\/em><\/a> is struck by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_mine\" >mine<\/a> (laid by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_submarine_U-31_%281936%29\" ><em>U-31<\/em><\/a>) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia_Rappe\" >Virginia Rappe<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manslaughter\" >manslaughter<\/a> trial against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roscoe_Arbuckle\" >Roscoe &#8220;Fatty&#8221; Arbuckle<\/a> ends in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hung_jury\" >hung jury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woodrow_Wilson\" >Woodrow Wilson<\/a> sails for the World War I peace talks in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palace_of_Versailles\" >Versailles<\/a>, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1893\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Matabele_War\" >First Matabele War<\/a>: A patrol of 34 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_South_Africa_Company\" >British South Africa Company<\/a> soldiers is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shangani_Patrol\" >ambushed and annihilated<\/a> by more than 3,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ndebele_people\" >Matabele<\/a> warriors on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shangani_River\" >Shangani River<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matabeleland\" >Matabeleland<\/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>DECEMBER 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Volunteer_Day\" >Today is the INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exploration_Flight_Test_1\" >first flight test<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orion_%28spacecraft%29\" >Orion spacecraft<\/a> launches successfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>Militants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Sana%27a_attack\" >attack<\/a> a Defense Ministry compound in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sana%27a\" >Sana&#8217;a<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yemen\" >Yemen<\/a>, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westroads_Mall_shooting\" >Westroads Mall shooting<\/a>: A gunman opens fire with a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semi-automatic_rifle\" >semi-automatic rifle<\/a> at an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omaha,_Nebraska\" >Omaha, Nebraska<\/a>, mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Commodore <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Bainimarama\" >Frank Bainimarama<\/a> overthrows the government in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiji\" >Fiji<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Lake_Tanganyika_earthquake\" >Lake Tanganyika earthquake<\/a> causes significant damage, mostly in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004\" >Civil Partnership Act<\/a> comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom\" >civil partnership<\/a> is registered there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lankan<\/a> government announces the conquest of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_people\" >Tamil<\/a> stronghold of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaffna\" >Jaffna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>The mayor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helmut_Zilk\" >Helmut Zilk<\/a>, is injured by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letter_bomb\" >letter bomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>Dissolution of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Reorganization_Process\" >Military Junta<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/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 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>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> signs a &#8220;friendship treaty&#8221; with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan\" >Democratic Republic of Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/ussr-and-afghanistan-sign-friendship-treaty\/print\" >DECEMBER 05, 1978 : USSR AND AFGHANISTAN SIGN \u201cFRIENDSHIP TREAY\u201d \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan\" >Foreign relations of Afghanistan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/afghanistan\/ri218\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.af\/en\/page\/3883\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u2013 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/2015\/03\/04\/neutrality-in-afghanistan-s-foreign-policy\" >Neutrality in Afghanistan\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2013 United States Institute of Peace \u2013 USIP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Afghanistan-United States relations &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5380.htm\" >US Relations With Afghanistan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/programs\/foreign-policy\/afghanistan-index\" >Afghanistan Index \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/afghanistan.htm\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Country Profile \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12011352\" >Afghanistan country profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >\u201c<em>The Soviets began a major economic assistance program in Afghanistan in the 1950s. Between 1954 and 1978, Afghanistan received more than $1 billion in Soviet aid, including substantial military assistance. In 1973, the two countries announced a $200-million assistance agreement on gas and oil development, trade, transport, irrigation, and factory construction. Following the 1979 invasion, the Soviets augmented their large aid commitments to shore up the Afghan economy and rebuild the Afghan military. They provided the Karmal regime an unprecedented $800 million. The Soviet Union supported the Najibullah regime even after the withdrawal of Soviet troops in February 1989<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Afghanistan-Russia relations &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academicroom.com\/article\/soviet-afghan-relations-cooperation-occupation\" >Soviet-Afghanistan Relations from Cooperation to Occupation, by Alam Payind \u2013 AcademcRoom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanchamber.com\/about\/FOREIGNRELATIONS.htm\" >Foreign Relations \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 AfghanistanChamber.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/auctions\/ecatalogue\/2013\/travel-atlases-maps-natural-history-l13401\/lot.206.html\" >Afghanistan-Soviet relations \u2013 Sothebys.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Afghan War (1978-1992):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War\" >Soviet-Afghan War &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghan-War\" >\u201c<em>Afghan War, in the history of Afghanistan, the internal conflict (1978\u201392) between anticommunist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979\u201389 by Soviet troops)<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Afghan War (1978-1992) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: 1979 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/afghanistan-war.html\" >Afghanistan War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/s\/so\/soviet_invasion_of_afghanistan.html\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/afghanistan\/29.htm\" >COMMUNISM, REBELLIION, AND SOVIET INTERVENTION \u2013 Afghanistan &#8211; CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/u__-nvho8zdx\/the-soviet-afghan-war\/\" >The Soviet-Afghan war \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/h_marroquin\/Soviet-Afghanistan.html\" >AFGHANISTAN; IN DEFESE OF SOVIET MILITARY ACTION \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ir.info\/2010\/01\/03\/the-soviet-union%E2%80%99s-last-war\/\" >Why Did the Soviet Union Invade Afghanistan? , by Daryl Morini \u2013 Jan 3, 2010 \u2013 E-INTERNATIONAL RELATION STUDIES \u2013 E-IR.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativeinsight.com\/Afghan_War.html\" >The Origins of the Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 AlternativeInsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyofrussia.org\/russian-invasion-of-afghanistan\/\" >RUSSIAN INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, by Andy Young \u2013 HISTORY OF RUSSIA \u2013 HistoryOfRussia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-july-dec06-soviet_10-10\/\" >The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS News Hour \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewashingtonreview.org\/articles\/the-kremlin-and-kabul-the-1979-soviet-invasion-of-afghanistan-in-retrospect.html\" >The Kremlin and Kabul: The 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in Retrospect, by Charles J Sullivan \u2013 September 2011 \u2013 TheWashingtonReview.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidetorussia.com\/russia-afghanistan.asp\" >SOVIET INVASTION OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 GuideToRussia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index4.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/af.html\" >AFGHANISTAN \u2013 WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/afghanistan.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Afghanistan and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/news\/dh\/latest\/afghan\/un-afghan-history.shtml\" >Afghanistan &amp; the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistan-un.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mission-afghanistan.ch\/Mission\/index.php\" >Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Afghanistan\" >History of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-history.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghangovernment.com\/briefhistory.htm\" >A Brief History of Afghanistan: By Adam Ritscher \u2013 AfghanGovernment.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad09\" >HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/afghanistan\/history\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/afghanista1\/p\/ProfAfghanistan.htm\" >Afghanistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-jan-june11-timeline-afghanistan\/\" >A Historical Timeline of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-Web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12024253\" >Afghanistan profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Afghanistan\" >Economy of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/afghanistan\/economy\" >Afghanistan: Economy \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-economy.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistans.com\/Information\/Economy\/default.htm\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Afghanistan\u2019s Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a> breaks diplomatic relations with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Yemen\" >South Yemen<\/a>. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The four node <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARPANET\" >ARPANET<\/a> network is established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs &#8211; January 3, 2013 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/articles\/2014\/04\/28-50-nuclear-facts\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons Today \u2013 April 28, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/lecture\/2012\/08\/the-future-of-the-us-nuclear-triad\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Michaela Dodge \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/1997_05\/nas\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/252183576_The_Future_of_the_U.S._Nuclear_Weapons_Program\" >The Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Program, by Linton F. Brooks \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/233254.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century &#8211; Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah &#8211; October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lloyd_J._Old\" >Lloyd J Old<\/a> discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease\u2014mouse leukemia\u2014opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Donlon\" >Roger Donlon<\/a> is awarded the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medal_of_Honor\" >Medal of Honor<\/a> of the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sukarno\" >Sukarno<\/a> expels all Dutch people from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._D._Nixon\" >E D Nixon<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_Parks\" >Rosa Parks<\/a> lead the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott\" >Montgomery Bus Boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Federation_of_Labor\" >American Federation of Labor<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations\" >Congress of Industrial Organizations<\/a> merge and form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AFL%E2%80%93CIO\" >AFL\u2013CIO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Smog\" >Great Smog<\/a>: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_19\" >Flight 19<\/a> is lost in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bermuda_Triangle\" >Bermuda Triangle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany&#8217;s secret weapons bases in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Crossbow\" >Operation Crossbow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/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>: In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Moscow\" >Battle of Moscow<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgy_Zhukov\" >Georgy Zhukov<\/a> launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> adopts a new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1936_Soviet_Constitution\" >constitution<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kirghiz_SSR\" >Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic<\/a> is established as a full <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Union Republic<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >USSR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abyssinia_Crisis\" >Abyssinia Crisis<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italian<\/a> troops attack Wal Wal in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Abyssinia<\/a>, taking four days to capture the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prohibition_in_the_United_States\" >Prohibition in the United States<\/a> ends: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Utah\" >Utah<\/a> becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >18th Amendment<\/a> which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>German-born Swiss <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Physicist\" >physicist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\" >Albert Einstein<\/a> is granted an American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visa_%28document%29\" >visa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour\" >Cathedral of Christ the Saviour<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow\" >Moscow<\/a> was destroyed by an order of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Stalin\" >Joseph Stalin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dimitrios_Rallis\" >Dimitrios Rallis<\/a> forms a government in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Greece\" >Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chincha_Islands_War\" >Chincha Islands War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peru\" >Peru<\/a> allies with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a> against Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Gold_Rush\" >California Gold Rush<\/a>: In a message to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >United States Congress<\/a>, U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_K._Polk\" >James K. Polk<\/a> confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\" >California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1831\u00a0 <\/strong>Former US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Quincy_Adams\" >John Quincy Adams<\/a> takes his seat in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\" >House of Representatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong>Foundation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macei%C3%B3\" >Macei\u00f3<\/a>, Brazil.<\/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>DECEMBER 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Greek_riots\" >2008 Greek riots<\/a> break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> reveals photographs taken by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Global_Surveyor\" >Mars Global Surveyor<\/a> suggesting the presence of liquid <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water_on_Mars\" >water on Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_Air_Force\" >Iranian Air Force<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules\" >C-130<\/a> military transport aircraft <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Iranian_Air_Force_C-130_crash\" >crashes into a ten-floor apartment building<\/a> in a residential area of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehran\" >Tehran<\/a>, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Several villagers are shot dead during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dongzhou_protests_of_2005\" >protests in Dongzhou<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>A Russian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonov_An-124\" >Antonov An-124<\/a> cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irkutsk\" >Irkutsk<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siberia\" >Siberia<\/a>, killing 67.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babri_Masjid\" >Babri Masjid<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayodhya\" >Ayodhya<\/a>, India, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid\" >demolished<\/a>, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a>, forces of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army\" >Yugoslav People&#8217;s Army<\/a> bombard <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dubrovnik\" >Dubrovnik<\/a> after laying siege to the city since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May\" >May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Siege of Dubrovnik of 1991:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Dubrovnik\" >Siege of Dubrovnik \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_Yugoslav_campaign_in_Croatia\" >1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roughguides.com\/destinations\/europe\/croatia\/dubrovnik-around\/siege-dubrovnik-1991-92\/\" >THE SIEGE OF DUBROVNIK 1991 \u2013 92 \u2013 Rough Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justdubrovnik.com\/event\/dubrovnik-in-the-war-1991-1995\/\" >Dubrovnik in the war 1991-1995 \u2013 JustDubrovnik.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.croatianhistory.net\/etf\/et112.html\" >The Period of Croatia within ex-Yugoslavia (1918-1941, 1945-1991) \u2013 CroatiaHistory.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Yugoslav_breakup\" >Timeline of Yugoslav breakup &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre\" >\u00c9cole Polytechnique massacre<\/a> (or Montreal Massacre): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_L%C3%A9pine\" >Marc L\u00e9pine<\/a>, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_de_Montr%C3%A9al\" >\u00c9cole Polytechnique<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal\" >Montreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory\" >Australian Capital Territory<\/a> is granted self-government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Australian Capital Territory:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australianexplorer.com\/australian_capital_territory.htm\" >Australian Capital Territory \u2013 AustralianExplorer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/australian-capital-territory.html\" >Australian Capital Territory \u2013 Infolpease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory\" >History of the Australian Capital Territory &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The Troubles: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_National_Liberation_Army\" >Irish National Liberation Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Droppin_Well_bombing\" >bombed a pub<\/a> frequented by British soldiers in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballykelly,_County_Londonderry\" >Ballykelly, Northern Ireland<\/a>. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>Spain approves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978\" >its latest constitution<\/a> in a referendum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>South Africa grants independence to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bophuthatswana\" >Bophuthatswana<\/a>, although it is not recognized by any other country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\" >The Troubles<\/a>: Fleeing from the police, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional IRA<\/a> unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balcombe_Street_siege\" >six-day siege<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >The Twenty-fifth Amendment<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\" >United States House of Representatives<\/a> votes 387 to 35 to confirm <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\" >Gerald Ford<\/a> as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vice_President_of_the_United_States\" >Vice President of the United States<\/a>. (On <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/November_27\" >November 27<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >Senate<\/a> confirmed him 92 to 3.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi&#8217;s recognition of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh\" >Bangladesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a> at Mangystau, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1969 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Mangystau:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mangystau_Region\" >Mangystau Region \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/mangystau-oblast\" >Mangystau (Mangistau) oblast, Kazakhstan \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adrian_Kantrowitz\" >Adrian Kantrowitz<\/a> performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sary_Shagan\" >Sary Shagan<\/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.nti.org\/facilities\/682\/\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 NTI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/blog\/army\/missile-firing-at-sary-shagan-testing-ground\/\" >Missile firing at Sary-Shagan testing ground \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautix.com\/sites\/sarhagan.htm\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Encyclopedia Astronautica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/missilethreat.com\/russian-tv-profiles-sary-shagan-test-range\/\" >Russian TV Profiles Sary-Shagan Test Range \u2013 MISSILE THREAT \u2013 MissileThreat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ausairpower.net\/APA-Rus-ABM-Systems.html\" >Russian\/Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems \u2013 AusAirPower.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ijkm.nl\/Sary-Shagan\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Russian Super Weapons Hypersonic Aircraft Igla Armas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesoberg.com\/140520-topol-ky.pdf\" >Russia\u2019s KYSS-08 \u2018Topol\u2019 \u2013 Mystery Missile Mission \u2013 Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagon \u2013 Eighth Launch \u2013 May 20, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siberianinsider.com\/russia-to-upgrade-neman-p-radar-in-sary-shagan.html\" >Russia to upgrade Neman-P rader in Sary-Shagon \u2013 28.08.2014 \u2013 Siberian Insider \u2013 SiberianInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/russia-again-flight-tests-new-icbm-to-treaty-violating-range\/\" >\u201c<em>The RS-26 missile carried a dummy warhead from Russia\u2019s Kapustin Yar missile facility, located about 80 miles south of Volgograd in southern Russia, to an impact range at Sary Shagan in Kazakhstan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Russia Again Flight Tests New ICBM to Treaty-Violating Rage, by Bill Gertz \u2013 March 31, 2015 &#8211; FreeBeacon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Vanguard\" >Project Vanguard<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Launch_pad\" >launchpad<\/a> explosion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanguard_TV3\" >Vanguard TV3<\/a> thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite\" >satellite<\/a> into Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Everglades_National_Park\" >Everglades National Park<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a> is dedicated.<\/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>: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continuation_War\" >Continuation War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>US federal judge <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_M._Woolsey\" >John M. Woolsey<\/a> rules that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Joyce\" >James Joyce<\/a>&#8216;s novel <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulysses_%28novel%29\" >Ulysses<\/a><\/em> is not obscene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The government of Colombia <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banana_massacre\" >sends military forces<\/a> to suppress a month-long <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_action\" >strike<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Fruit_Company\" >United Fruit Company<\/a> workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Free_State\" >Irish Free State<\/a> comes into existence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Irish_Treaty\" >Anglo-Irish Treaty<\/a> is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Jacob_Jones_%28DD-61%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Jacob Jones<\/em><\/a> is the first American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destroyer\" >destroyer<\/a> to be sunk by enemy action when it is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torpedo\" >torpedoed<\/a> by German submarine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SM_U-53\" >SM\u00a0<em>U-53<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halifax_Explosion\" >Halifax Explosion<\/a>: A munitions explosion near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halifax_%28former_city%29\" >Halifax, Nova Scotia<\/a> kills more than 1,900 people in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions#Rank_order_of_largest_conventional_explosions.2Fdetonations_by_magnitude\" >largest artificial explosion up to that time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finnish_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Finland declares independence<\/a> from Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Powers\" >Central Powers<\/a> capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bucharest\" >Bucharest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monongah_Mining_disaster\" >coal mine explosion<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monongah,_West_Virginia\" >Monongah, West Virginia<\/a>, kills 362 workers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\" >Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> articulated his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roosevelt_Corollary\" >&#8220;Corollary&#8221; to the Monroe Doctrine<\/a>, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong>London becomes the world&#8217;s first city to host licensed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taxicab\" >taxicabs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1884\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Monument\" >Washington Monument<\/a> in Washington, D.C., is completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong>The first edition of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post\" >The Washington Post<\/a><\/em> is published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a> is ratified, banning slavery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1768\u00a0 <\/strong>The first edition of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica\" >Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/a><\/em> is published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1745\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Edward_Stuart\" >Charles Edward Stuart<\/a>&#8216;s army begins retreat during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobite_rising_of_1745\" >second Jacobite Rising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1704\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Chamkaur\" >Battle of Chamkaur<\/a>: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khalsa\" >Sikh Khalsa<\/a> defeats a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mughal_Empire\" >Mughal<\/a> army.<\/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, visual\/audio documentation of nature and culture, and more. Being a member of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/em><\/a><em>, he is currently compiling <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/category\/history\/\" >This Week in History<\/a> <em>on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/\" >TMS<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(<em>Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/november_30\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/november_30<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to_december_6; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/november\/30\" >http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/november\/30<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to december\/6; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/november_30.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/november_30.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to December_6.html; and other pertinent web sites 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>Nov 30\u2013Dec 6 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cThe weak can never forgive. 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