{"id":67492,"date":"2015-12-14T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=67492"},"modified":"2015-12-11T13:32:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T13:32:20","slug":"this-week-in-history-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/12\/this-week-in-history-54\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-62806\"><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;\"><span id=\"__caret\"><\/span>Dec 14-20<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/s\/stacylondo531806.html\" >Don&#8217;t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don&#8217;t like them<\/a><\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Stacy London<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DECEMBER 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_South_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt\" >A reported coup attempt<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Sudan\" >South Sudan<\/a> leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>A Coup Attempt in South Sudan of 2013:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/12\/16\/south-sudan-coup-attempt_n_4451868.html\" >South Sudan Coup Attempt: Disgruntled Soldiers And Politicians Tried To Overthrow Government, Official Says \u2013 12\/16\/2013 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/17\/world\/africa\/attempted-coup-in-south-sudan-president-says.html?_r=0\" >President Says a Coup Failed in South Sudan \u2013 December 16, 2013 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crescent-news.com\/latest%20headlines\/2013\/12\/16\/south-sudan-president-says-coup-has-been-repulsed\" >South Sudan president says coup has been repulsed, by Charlton Doki Rodney Muhumuza \u2013 December 16, 2013 \u2013 The Crescent-News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-25444406\" >South Sudan rebels take Bor town after \u2018coup attempt\u2019 \u2013 19 December 2013 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/southsudannewsagency.com\/opinion\/analyses\/december-coup-attempt-in-south-sudan\" >December 19 Update: The Coup Attempt in South Sudan: What we know now \u2013 South Sudan News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Some Analytical Reports on the South Sudan Crisis:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/row\/R43344.pdf\" >The Crisis in South Sudan, by Lauren Ploch Blanchard \u2013 January 9, 2014 \u2013 FAS.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gurtong.net\/ECM\/Editorial\/tabid\/124\/ctl\/ArticleView\/mid\/519\/articleId\/15078\/SSHRC-Interim-Report-on-South-Sudan-Internal-Conflict-December-15-2013--March-15-2014.aspx\" >SSHRC International Report on South Sudan Internal Conflict December 15, 2013 \u2013 March 15, 2014 \u2013 Gurtong.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/~\/media\/Files\/africa\/horn-of-africa\/south%20sudan\/217-south-sudan-a-civil-war-by-any-other-name.pdf\" >South Sudan: A Civil War by Any Other Name \u2013 10 April 2014 \u2013 International Crisis Group &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/southsudan0814_ForUpload.pdf\" >South Sudan\u2019s New War: Abuses by Government and Opposition Forces \u2013 August 2014 \u2013 Human Rights Watch \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millau_Viaduct\" >Millau Viaduct<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_tallest_bridges_in_the_world\" >tallest bridge in the world<\/a>, is formally inaugurated near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millau\" >Millau<\/a>, France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>Pakistani President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pervez_Musharraf\" >Pervez Musharraf<\/a> narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Assassination Attempts against Musharraf:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pervez_Musharraf#Assassination_attempts\" >Assassination attempts \u2013 Pervez Musharraf \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/context.jsp?item=a121403musharrafassassination\" >Context of \u2018December 14 and 25, 2003: Pakistani President Musharraf Survives Two Al-Qaeda-Linked Assassination Attempts\u2019 \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2003\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/12\/14\/blast.musharraf\/\" >Musharraf eludes assassination bid \u2013 Monday, December 15, 2003 &#8211; CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/library\/news\/pakistan\/2003\/pakistan-031215-rferl-171433.htm\" >\u201c<em>Prague, 15 December 2003 (RFE\/RL) &#8212; Pakistan&#8217;s President Pervez Musharraf has escaped injury in the latest apparent assassination attempt against him. A powerful bomb detonated shortly after his motorcade drove over a bridge yesterday in the northern city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pakistan: Investigation Continues Into Musharraf Assassination Attempt, by Breffni O&#8217;Rourke \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vargas_tragedy\" >Torrential rains<\/a> cause <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flash_flood\" >flash floods<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vargas,_Venezuela\" >Vargas, Venezuela<\/a>, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>Yugoslav Wars: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro\" >Yugoslav Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_14,_1998_Albanian%E2%80%93Yugoslav_border_clashes\" >ambushes<\/a> a group of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_Liberation_Army\" >Kosovo Liberation Army<\/a> fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timeline of the December 14, Ambushes:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_14,_1998_Albanian%E2%80%93Yugoslav_border_ambush#Timeline\" >Timeline of the Ambushes \u2013 December 14, 1998 Albanian-Yugoslav border ambush &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Kosovo Liberation Army:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_Liberation_Army#Foreign_support\" >Foreign support \u2013 Kosovo Liberation Army &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/2001\/kosovo\/undword.htm\" >UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo. executive summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Kosovo Conflict:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/docs\/appeals\/98\/179808.pdf\" >ALBANIA: REFUGEE INFLUX FROM KOSOVO \u2013 December 16, 1998 \u2013 IFRC.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/robert-bideleux\/kosovos-conflict\" >Kosovo\u2019s Conflict \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Kosovo-conflict\" >Kosovo conflict \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/war_koso.htm\" >Religious aspects of the Yugoslavia \u2013 Kosovo conflict \u2013 ReligiousTolerance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ulPsNrMMZ3E\" >YouTube video (10 min. 16 sec.): 1999 \u2013 a documentary about Kosovo War ethnic cleansing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_massacres_in_the_Kosovo_War\" >List of massacres in the Kosovo war &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/5165042.stm\" >Flashback to Kosovo\u2019s war \u2013 Monday 10 July 2006 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/kosovo\/etc\/cron.html\" >A Kosovo Chronology \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The United States, NATO and the Kosovo Conflict:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.needham.k12.ma.us\/nhs\/cur\/Baker_00\/03-04\/baker%20-%20p1%20-%20yao\/us-kosovo.html\" >A Historic Intervention: Kosovo Conflict \u2013 MA.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/publications\/congressional-testimony\/us-role-kosovo\" >The US Role in Kosovo, by Doug Bandow \u2013 March 10, 1999 \u2013 CATO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/kosovo\/history.htm\" >NATO\u2019s role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo \u2013 NATO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/acad\/fellow\/97-99\/brovkin.pdf\" >Discourse on NATO in Russia During the Kosovo War, by Vladimir Brovkin \u2013 NATO.int &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/article\/the-kosovo-war-between-two-eras-2\" >Kosovo war: between two eras, by Martin Shaw \u2013 1 April 2009 \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/easternapproaches\/2013\/09\/balkans-and-syria\" >What did America learn from the 1999 Kosovo war? \u2013 Sep 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013 \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia\" >NATO\u2019s bombing of Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-u-s-nato-military-intervention-in-kosovo\/1666\" >US-NATO Military Intervention in Kosovo \u2013 19 December 2005 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/monograph_reports\/MR1365.html\" >NATO\u2019s Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment, by Benjamin S Lambeth \u2013 Rand.org \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/ALLPOLITICS\/stories\/1999\/05\/13\/clinton.kosovo\/transcript.html\" >Transcript: Clinton justifies US involvement in Kosovo \u2013 May 13, 1999 \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/en\/regions\/europe\/balkans\/kosovo\/061-war-in-the-balkans-consequences-of-the-kosovo-conflict-and-future-options-for-kosovo-and-the-region.aspx\" >War in The Balkans: Consequences of the Kosovo Conflict and Future Options for Kosovo and the Region &#8211; 19 April 1999 \u2013 CrisisGroup.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EEhgwdJldeU\" >YouTube video (4 min. 51 sec.): Noam Chomsky About Serbia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia and NATO War 1<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourepeat.com\/watch\/?v=EEhgwdJldeU#!\" >the same video on this site: YouRepeat.com<\/a>. The transcription of this video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chomsky.info\/20060425\/\" >On the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Danilo Mandi\u0107 \u2013 RTS Online, April 25, 2006 \u2013 Chomsky.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Kosovo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Kosovo\">History of Kosovo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/kosovo\/history\" >Kosovo \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kosovo.net\/hist.html\" >History of Kosovo and Metohija \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kosovo-history.html\" >Kosovo \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-18331273\" >Kosovo profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history%20of%20kosovo&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=16\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Kosovo \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslav_Wars\" >Yugoslav Wars<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dayton_Agreement\" >Dayton Agreement<\/a> is signed in Paris by the leaders of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia_and_Montenegro\" >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Dayton Peace Agreement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/peacemaker.un.org\/sites\/peacemaker.un.org\/files\/BA_951121_DaytonAgreement.pdf\" >GENERAL FRAMWORK AGREEMENT FOR PEACE ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA \u2013 Letter dated 29 November 1995 from the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General \u2013 A\/50\/79C \u2013 S\/1995\/999 \u2013 30 November 1995 \u2013 General Assembly \u2013 Security Council \u2013 United Nations &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/bih\/126173?download=true\" >Text of <em>The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/em> \u2013 pdf &#8211; OSCE.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/icty\/dayton\/daytonsum.html\" >Summary of the Dayton Peace Agreement on Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/acad\/intrel\/bostalk.htm\" >Excerpts of the Dayton Peace Agreement, signed Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/icty\/dayton\/daytonaccord.html\" >The Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohr.int\/dpa\/default.asp?content_id=380\" >The General Framework Agreement for Peace on Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 OHR.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/p\/eur\/rls\/or\/dayton\/\" >Dayton Accords \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Dayton-Accords\" >Dayton Accords \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/Dayton_Peace_Accords?rec=1640\" >Dayton Peace Accords \u2013 Ohio History Central \u2013 OhioHistoryCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/women-war-and-peace\/features\/interactive-map-understanding-the-dayton-accords\/\" >Interacting Map: Understanding the Dayton Accords \u2013 Women, War &amp; Peace \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Background and Analysis of the Dayton Peace Agreement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.tufts.edu\/data\/12\/244825.pdf\" >An Analysis of the Dayton Negotiations and Peace Accords, by Adriana Camisar, Boris Diechtiareff, Bartol Leitica, Christine Switzer \u2013 Tufts.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB171\/index.htm\" >The Secret History of Dayton \u2013 US Diplomacy and Bosnia Peace Process 1995, by Derek Chollet and Bennett Freeman \u2013 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 171 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yorkspace.library.yorku.ca\/xmlui\/bitstream\/handle\/10315\/2602\/H%20A%20Historical%20Background%20to%20the%20Dayton%20Agreement.PDF?sequence=1\" >CHAPTER 2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE DAYTON AGREEMENT \u2013 Yorku.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sablon.sdu.edu.tr\/dergi\/sosbilder\/dosyalar\/27\/OS_9.pdf\" >Implications of Dayton Peace Agreement on Current Political Issues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, by Hasan KORUKT and Muhidin MULALI\u0106 &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/military\/etc\/peace.html\" >\u201c<em>The path to peace in Bosnia was a long one, its final phase marked by tragedy, a change in the fortunes of war and NATO military intervention. Events during the summer of 1995, including the Serb massacre of thousands of Muslims at Srebrenica and the marketplace shelling of Sarajevo, energized a U.S.- led negotiating effort. Bloodied by an increasingly successful Muslim-Croat ground offensive and two weeks of NATO air strikes, the Bosnian Serbs finally agreed to talk peace in Dayton, Ohio<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nation Building in Bosnia, by Jim Mokhiber and Rick Young \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org.au\/news\/comments\/850\/\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Dayton and beyond \u2013 Amnesty International \u2013 Amnesty.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yugoslavia-history.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>War in Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnian_War\" >Bosnian War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1993-2000\/bosnia\" >The War in Bosnia 1992-1995 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr90\/fbosnia1992.htm\" >The Bosnian War 1992-1995 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Bosnian-conflict\" >Bosnian Conflict \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/~bonne20s\/causes.html\" >Bosnian War 1992-1995 \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h2071.html\" >US Involvement in Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/bosnian-genocide\" >BOSNIAN GENOCIDE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldhistory\/genocide\/bosnia.htm\" >Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-1995 200,000 Deaths \u2013 Genocide in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/nick-hawton\/conflicting-truths-bosnian-war\" >Conflicting Truths: The Bosnian War, by Nick Hawton \u2013 Volume 59, Issue 8 August 2009 \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/familylinks.icrc.org\/bosnia\/en\/Pages\/background-information.aspx\" >Background information: For persons unaccounted for in connection with the conflict on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 ICRC.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/~srbin_iz_srpske\/history.html\" >HISTORY OF REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bosnian War on the Ground:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=bosnian+war\" >Various YouTube videos on Bosnian War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vb6va1KXzHU\" >YouTube video (2 min. 58 sec.):The last scene of <strong><em>Welcome to Sarajevo <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Albinoni\u2019s Adajo G in minor<\/a>, <strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vedran_Smailovi%C4%87\" >Vedran Smailovi\u0107 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dSkyZXANKoI\" >YouTube video (1 h. 37 min. 24 sec.): <strong><em>Dobordodo\u0161li u Sarajevo<\/em><\/strong> (<strong><em>Welcome to Sarajevo<\/em><\/strong>) full movie.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jnQ1lTAVjhw\" >YouTube video (1 h. 28 min. 30 sec.): <strong><em>Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Documentary film<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4WXfR3gOPAQ\" >YouTube video (3 min. 39 sec.): Admira Ismi\u0107 and Bo\u0161ko Briki\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timeline of the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/selenasol.com\/selena\/struggle\/bosnia_timeline.html\" >War in Bosnia: Timeline \u2013 Original Timeline appropriated from Kristina Lerman \u2013 Selenasol.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1993-2000\/bosnia\" >The War in Bosnia 1992-1995 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN &#8211; US Department of the State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2008\/07\/21\/us-warcrimes-karadzic-bosnia-idUSL2164446420080721\" >TIMELINE: What happened during the war in Bosnia? \u2013 Mon Jul 21, 2008 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.findfast.org\/history-and-events-timeline-bosnia.htm\" >Bosnia History Timeline &amp; Facts \u2013 FindFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/inatl\/longterm\/balkans\/timeline.htm\" >Balkans 1940s to 1999 \u2013 The WashingtonPost \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Abkhazia_%281992%E2%80%9393%29\" >War in Abkhazia<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Tkvarcheli\" >Siege of Tkvarcheli<\/a> \u2013 A helicopter carrying evacuees from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tkvarcheli\" >Tkvarcheli<\/a> is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalysis more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>War in Abkhazia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cria-online.org\/5_3.html\" >The 1992-93 Georgia-Abkhazia War: A Forgotten Conflict \u2013 Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abkhazeti.com\/history\/war-in-abkhazia\" >The War in Abkhazia \u2013 Armed Conflict \u2013 Abkhazeti.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upper_Abkhazia\" >\u201c<strong><em>Upper Abkhazia<\/em><\/strong><em> (Georgian: <\/em><em>\u10d6\u10d4\u10db\u10dd<\/em> <em>\u10d0\u10e4\u10ee\u10d0\u10d6\u10d4\u10d7\u10d8, Zemo Apkhazeti; Abkhaz: \u0410\u04a7\u0441\u043d\u044b \u0445\u044b\u0445\u044c\u0442\u0259\u0438, Apsny khykh&#8217;twi) is a term introduced in 2006, to denote the northeastern part of the disputed territory of Abkhazia, that had remained under Georgian control after the 1992-1993 War in Abkhazia<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Upper Abkhazia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/233\/War-in-Abkhazia\" >War in Abkhazia \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Abkhazia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abkhazia.gov.ge\/index.php?lang_id=ENG&amp;sec_id=30\" >Government of Abkhazia \u2013 Official Site in English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abkhazia\" >Abkhazia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Abkhazia\" >Abkhazia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/abkhazia.html\" >Abkhazia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/georgia\/western-georgia\/abkhazia\" >Abkhazia \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_Abkhazia\" >Culture of Abkhazia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demographics_of_Abkhazia\" >Demographics of Abkhazia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-18175030\" >Abkhazia \u2013 country profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Abkhazia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Abkhazia\" >History of Abkhazia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia\" >Kingdom of Abkhazia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dailygeonews.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/abkhazia-unfalsified-history_09.html\" >Abkhazia \u2013 Unfalsified History \u2013 Sep 9, 2010 &#8211; Caucasus Regional News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=aolsem&amp;s_chn=88&amp;q=abkhazia%20history\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Abkhazia \u2013 Wow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>The third Congress of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Youth_of_Greece\" >Communist Youth of Greece<\/a> starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict\" >Arab\u2013Israeli conflict<\/a>: Israel&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knesset\" >Knesset<\/a> ratifies the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golan_Heights_Law\" >Golan Heights Law<\/a><\/em>, extending Israeli law to the occupied <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golan_Heights\" >Golan Heights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\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>1979\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>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs 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>1980 <\/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>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Cernan\" >Eugene Cernan<\/a> is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrison_Schmitt\" >Harrison Schmitt<\/a> complete the third and final <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extra-vehicular_activity\" >extra-vehicular activity<\/a> (EVA) of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_17\" >Apollo 17<\/a><\/em> mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1979<\/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>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh_Liberation_War\" >Bangladesh Liberation War<\/a>: Over 200 of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Pakistan\" >East Pakistan<\/a>\u2019s intellectuals are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971_killing_of_Bengali_intellectuals#14_December_executions\" >executed<\/a> by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyred_Intellectuals_Day\" >Martyred Intellectuals Day<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bangladesh Liberation War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/liberation-war.htm\" >Bangladesh Liberation War \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.banglapedia.org\/index.php?title=War_of_Liberation,_The\" >War of Liberation, The \u2013 BANGLAPEDIA \u2013 Banglapedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bengalrenaissance.com\/war.html\" >Bangladesh War of Independence \u2013 BengalRenaissance.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.banglastories.org\/about-the-project\/migration-themes\/war.html\" >Background to the war \u2013 Bangla Stories \u2013 BanglaStories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genocidebangladesh.org\/\" >Bangladesh Genocide Archive \u2013 GenocideBangladesh.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/photogallery\/0,29307,1844754,00.html\" >Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Forgotten War &#8211; TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Bangladesh_Liberation_War\" >Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent-bangladesh.com\/history\/liberation-war-of-bangladesh.html\" >Liberation War of Bangladesh \u2013 BANGLADESH NEWS \u2013 Independent-Bangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theaerogram.com\/women-bangladeshi-liberation-war\/\" >Women\u2019s Victim Role &amp; The Bangladeshi Liberation War \u2013 TheAerogram.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16207201\" >Bangladesh war \u2013 The article that changed history \u2013 16 December 2011 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/insidestory\/2013\/02\/20132161077954941.html\" >Bangladesh\u2019s war wounds \u2013 16 Feb 2013 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/cgi-bin\/texis\/vtx\/refdaily?pass=52fc6fbd5&amp;id=537998b18\" >Children of War: Horrors of Bangla Liberation War revisited, by Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury \u2013 18\/05\/2014 \u2013 UNHCR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/article\/bangladesh-sentences-opposition-leader-to-hang-for-war-crimes\" >Bangladesh Sentences Opposition Leaders to Hang for War Crimes, by Syed Tashfin Chowdhury \u2013 February 18, 2015 \u2013 ViceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Bangladesh:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bangladesh\" >History of Bangladesh \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bangladesh-history.html\" >Bangladesh \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/bangladesh\/p\/bangladeshprof.htm\" >Bangladesh | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bangla2000.com\/Bangladesh\/history.shtm\" >History \u2013 Bangladesh \u2013 History2000.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/discoverybangladesh.com\/history.html\" >History of Bangladesh \u2013 DiscoveryOfBangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/bangladesh\/history\" >Bangladesh \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualbangladesh.com\/the-basics\/history-of-bangladesh\/independence\/history-independence-postscripts\/\" >Bangladesh History: Independent postscripts \u2013 Important links and events from after the end of the Independence War \u2013 VirtualBangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history+of+bangladesh&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=13\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Bangladesh \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12651483\" >Bangladesh profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >American Civil Rights Movement<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel_v._United_States\" >Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States<\/a><\/em> \u2013 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a> rules that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >Congress<\/a> can use the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" >Constitution&#8217;s<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commerce_Clause\" >Commerce Clause<\/a> to fight discrimination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>&#8216;s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariner_2\" >Mariner 2<\/a><\/em> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spacecraft\" >spacecraft<\/a> to fly by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\" >Venus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1979<\/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>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanganyika\" >Tanganyika<\/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>Tanganyika (Tanzania):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanganyika\" >\u201c<strong><em>Tanganyika<\/em><\/strong><em> \/\u02cct\u00e6\u014b\u0261\u0259n\u02c8ji\u02d0k\u0259\/ was a sovereign state that existed from 1961 until 1964\u2026 On 26 April 1964, Tanganyika joined with the People&#8217;s Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, a new state that changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania within a year<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Tanganyika &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/tz.html\" >TANZANIA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK &#8211; CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=United%20Republic%20of%20Tanzania\" >United Republic of Tanzania \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/tanzania.html\" >Tanzania \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Tanzania\" >Tanzania \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14095776\" >Tanzania country profile \u2013 Overview &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Tanzania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Tanzania\" >Foreign relations of Tanzania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreign.go.tz\/en\" >Ministry of International Affairs and International Co-operation \u2013 The United Republic of Tanzania<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2843.htm\" >US Relations With Tanzania \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/regions\/tanzania\" >Foreign Affairs magazine \u2013 Articles on Tanzania \u2013 ForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Tanzania and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tanzania-un.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/D160DF0E4A59A844C1256F4100452088\" >Permanent Mission of Tanzania to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tanzania-mission.ch\/\" >this website: Official Website of Tanzania Mission to the UN, Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Tanzania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Tanzania\" >History of Tanzania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/tanzania\/history\" >Tanzania \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad23\" >HISTORY OF TANZANIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/tanzania-history.html\" >Tanzania \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Tanzanian_history\" >Timeline of Tanzanian history &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14095868\" >Tanzania profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Tanzania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Tanzania\" >Economy of Tanzania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/tanzania-economy.html\" >Tanzania \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/tanzania\" >Tanzania \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/tanzania\" >Tanzania \u2013Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/tanzania\" >Tanzania \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/east-africa\/tanzania\/tanzania-economic-outlook\/\" >Tanzanian Economic Outlook \u2013 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3rd_Soviet_Antarctic_Expedition\" >3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition<\/a> becomes the first to reach the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Southern_pole_of_inaccessibility\" >southern pole of inaccessibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albania<\/a>, Austria, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Cambodia_%281953%E2%80%9370%29\" >Cambodia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominion_of_Ceylon\" >Ceylon<\/a>, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan\" >Jordan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laos\" >Laos<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nepal\" >Nepal<\/a>, Portugal, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a> and Spain join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/995%28X%29\" >UN General Assembly Resolution: 995 (X) Admission of new Members to the United Nations \u2013 A\/RES\/995(X)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly\" >United Nations General Assembly<\/a> votes to establish its headquarters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" >New York, New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/daccess-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/RESOLUTION\/GEN\/NR0\/033\/51\/IMG\/NR003351.pdf?OpenElement\" >RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS COMMITTEE \u2013 100 (1). Headquarters of the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwar-2.net\/timelines\/asia-and-the-pacific\/asian-mainland\/asian-mainland-index-1941.htm\" >Thailand formally allies herself with Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand_in_World_War_II#Occupation_and_alliance\" >Thailand in World War II &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_between_Thailand_and_Japan_%281940%29\" >Treaty between Thailand and Japan (1940) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlii.org\/int\/other\/LNTSer\/1941\/37.html\" >Treaty concerning the Continuance of Friendly Relations between the Two Countries and the Mutual Respect of Each Other\u2019s Territorial Integrity, signed at Tokyo, June 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 1940 [1941] LNTSer 37, 204 LNTS 131<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/astro.temple.edu\/%7Erimmerma\/address_by_foreign_minister_of_j.htm\" >Address by Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka before the Japanese Parliament, January 21, 1941, mentioning the Japanese-Thai treaty<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/astro.temple.edu\/%7Erimmerma\/address_by_foreign_minister_of_j.htm\" >Address by Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka before the Japanese Parliament, January 21, 1941, mentioning the Japanese-Thai treaty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winter_War\" >Winter War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> is expelled from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Nations\" >League of Nations<\/a> for invading Finland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Portugal\" >Portuguese President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sid%C3%B3nio_Pais\" >Sid\u00f3nio Pais<\/a> is assassinated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales\" >New South Wales<\/a> Premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Wade\" >Charles Wade<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seat_of_Government_Surrender_Act_1909\" >Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909<\/a>, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Capital_Territory\" >Australian Capital Territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1903\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright_brothers\" >Wright brothers<\/a> make their first attempt to fly with the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright_Flyer\" >Wright Flyer<\/a><\/em> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kitty_Hawk,_North_Carolina\" >Kitty Hawk, North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1902<\/strong> The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commercial_Pacific_Cable_Company\" >Commercial Pacific Cable Company<\/a> lays the first Pacific <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telegraphy\" >telegraph<\/a> cable, from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honolulu\" >Honolulu<\/a>.<strong>02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quantum_mechanics\" >Quantum mechanics<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Planck\" >Max Planck<\/a> presents a theoretical derivation of his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planck%27s_law\" >black-body radiation law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Black-Body Radiation:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/mod6.html\" >Black Body Radiation \u2013 GSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/galileo.phys.virginia.edu\/classes\/252\/black_body_radiation.html\" >Black Body Radiation \u2013 Modern Physics \u2013 Virginia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lectureonline.cl.msu.edu\/~mmp\/applist\/blackbody\/black.htm\" >Applet: Black Body Spectrum \u2013 MSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/voyager.egglescliffe.org.uk\/physics\/astronomy\/blackbody\/bbody.html\" >Black Body Radiation \u2013 Egglescliffe.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/physics.info\/planck\/\" >BLACK BODY RADIATION \u2013 THE PYSICS HYPERTEXTBOOK \u2013 OPUS IN PROFECTUS \u2013 Physics.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1836\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toledo_War\" >Toledo War<\/a> unofficially ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_1812\" >War of 1812<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Lake_Borgne\" >seizes control<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Borgne\" >Lake Borgne<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana\" >Louisiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_invasion_of_Russia\" >French invasion of Russia<\/a> comes to an end as the remnants of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grande_Arm%C3%A9e\" >Grande Arm\u00e9e<\/a> are expelled from Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1782\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgolfier_brothers\" >Montgolfier brothers<\/a>&#8216; first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1751\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theresian_Military_Academy\" >Theresian Military Academy<\/a> is founded as the first military academy in the world.<\/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 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong>A boat carrying 90 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Refugee#Asylum_seekers\" >asylum seekers<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Christmas_Island_boat_disaster\" >crashes into rocks<\/a> off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_Island\" >Christmas Island<\/a>, Australia, killing 48 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing\" >Boeing<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_787_Dreamliner\" >787 Dreamliner<\/a> makes its maiden flight from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle\" >Seattle, Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II\" >Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Introduction of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor\" >Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor<\/a> into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force\" >USAF<\/a> active service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa\" >Leaning Tower of Pisa<\/a> reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Leaning Tower of Pisa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/leaning-tower-of-pisa-reopens\" >DEC 15, 2001: Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.wired.com\/science\/discoveries\/news\/2008\/12\/dayintech_1215\" >Dec 15, 2001: Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens With New Angle, by Randy Alfred \u2013 12.15.08 \u2013 WIRED.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leaningtower-ofpisa.com\/leaning-tower-of-pisa\/\" >Leaning Tower of Pisa \u2013 LeaningTower-OfPisa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/photographyblog.dallasnews.com\/2012\/12\/today-in-photo-history-13.html\/\" >Today in photo history \u2013 2001: Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens, by Chris Wilkins \u2013 December 15, 2012 \u2013 DallasNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/leaningtowerofpisa.net\/history-tower-of-pisa.html\" >The History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa \u2013 LeaningTowerOfPisa.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towerofpisa.org\/leaning-tower-of-pisa-history\/\" >Leaning Tower of Pisa History \u2013 TowerOfPisa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.udemy.com\/leaning-tower-of-pisa-facts\/\" >Leaning Tower of Pisa Facts: History and Engineering, by C. Paris \u2013 April 21, 2014 \u2013 Blog.Udemy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The third reactor at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant\" >Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant<\/a> is shut down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Chernobyl Third Reactor Shut-down:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl_disaster\" >Chernobyl disaster \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/newscenter\/focus\/chernobyl\/\" >Chernobyl Nuclear Accident \u2013 International Atomic Energy Agency \u2013 IAEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2000\/dec\/14\/entertainment\/ca-65220\" >Reluctant Ukraine to Shut Down Last Reactor at Chernobyl \u2013 December 14, 2000 \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn257-chernobyl-closes\/\" >\u201c<em>The last reactor at Chernobyl has been permanently shut down. It was an accident on the site in Ukraine that destroyed the nuclear dream 14 years ago<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Chernobyl closes \u2013 14 December 2000 \u2013 NewsScientist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/1071344.stm\" >\u201c<em>The ill-fated Chernobyl nuclear plant has been permanently shut down. The closure comes more than 14 years after a reactor at the site exploded in the world&#8217;s worst civil nuclear catastrophe<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Chernobyl shut down for good \u2013 Friday, 15 December 2000 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.world-nuclear.org\/info\/Safety-and-Security\/Safety-of-Plants\/Chernobyl-Accident\/\" >Chernobyl Accident 1986 \u2013 WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION \u2013 WorldNuclear.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palau\" >Palau<\/a> becomes a member of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Palau:<\/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\/ps.html\" >PALAU \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Palau\" >Palau \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/palau.html\" >Palau \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/profiles\/palau.html\" >Palau \u2013 FactMoster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Palau\" >Palau \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/oceania\/pw.htm\" >Palau \u2013 World Atlas \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/country-profile\/palau.html\" >Palau \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-15446659\" >Palau country profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Palau:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Palau\" >Foreign relations of Palau \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/palaugov.org\/bureau-of-foreign-affairs\/\" >Bureau of Foreign Relations \u2013 REPULIC OF PALAU \u2013 PaluGov.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country-facts.com\/en\/country\/australia-and-oceania\/272-palau\/4193-palau-foreign-relations.pdf\" >Palau \u2013 Foreign relations \u2013 Country-Facts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/1840.htm\" >US Relations With Palau \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Palau and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/palauun.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Palau to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Palau:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Palau\" >History of Palau \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/palau-history.html\" >Palau \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palaunet.com\/pw_history.aspx\" >History of Palau \u2013 PalauNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iexplore.com\/travel-guides\/australia-and-south-pacific\/palau\/history-and-culture\" >Palau \u2013 History and Culture \u2013 iExplore.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/No-Sa\/Palau.html\" >Palau \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palautours.com\/palau-history.html\" >HISTOR OF PALAU, MICRONESIA \u2013 PalatuTours.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/palau_history.html\" >Palau History \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safaritheglobe.com\/palau\/history\/\" >History of Palau \u2013 SafariTheGlobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/palaudiving.wordpress.com\/a-short-history-of-palau\/\" >A Short History of Palau, by Jim Caldwell \u2013 PalauDiving.WorldPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Asia-and-Oceania\/Palau-HISTORY.html\" >Palau \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopeida.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Palau:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Palau\" >Economy of Palau \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pacificislands\" >Pacific Islands (including Palau) \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/palau\" >Palau \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/palau\/economy\" >Palau: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\" >The Troubles<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downing_Street_Declaration\" >Downing Street Declaration<\/a> is issued by British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Major\" >John Major<\/a> and Irish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoiseach\" >Taoiseach<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Reynolds\" >Albert Reynolds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981_Iraqi_embassy_bombing\" >suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beirut\" >Beirut<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq&#8217;s ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_attack\" >suicide bombing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Carter\" >Jimmy Carter<\/a> announces that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> will <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese-U.S._relations\" >recognize the People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The oil tanker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MV_Argo_Merchant\" >MV\u00a0<em>Argo Merchant<\/em><\/a> runs aground near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nantucket\" >Nantucket<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts\" >Massachusetts<\/a>, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samoa\" >Western Samoa<\/a> (\u201c<em>Samoa\u201d<\/em> since July 1997; officially the \u201c<strong><em>Independent State of Samoa\u201d<\/em><\/strong>) becomes a member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Samoa:<\/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\/ws.html\" >SAMOA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Samoa\" >Western Samoa \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samoagovt.ws\/\" >Government of Samoa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/samoa.html\" >Samoa \u2013 Infopleasec.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/samoa.htm\" >Samoa \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Samoa.aspx\" >Samoa \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Samoa-island-nation-Pacific-Ocean\" >Samoa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/samoa.html\" >Samoa \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/No-Sa\/Samoa.html\" >Samoa \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-15655855\" >Samoa country profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Samoa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Samoa\" >Foreign relations of Western Samoa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfat.gov.ws\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Samoa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographyiq.com\/countries\/ws\/Samoa_relations_summary.htm\" >Samoa Foreign Relations \u2013 GeopraphyIQ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/1842.htm\" >US Relations With Samoa \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Western Samoa and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/samoa\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Independent State of Samoa to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Samoa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Samoa\" >History of Samoa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samoa.travel\/page\/history-of-samoa\" >History of Samoa \u2013 Samoa.travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polynesia.com\/polynesian_culture\/samoa\/history-and-discovery.html\" >Samoa \u2013 History \u2013 Polynesia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/live.isitesoftware.co.nz\/samoa2012\/abriefhistoryofsamoa\/\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAMOA \u2013 IsiteSoftware.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-15673462\" >Samoa profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Samoa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Samoa\" >Economy of Samoa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pacificislands\" >Pacific Islands (including Samoa) \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/samoa\" >Samoa \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/samoa\" >Samoa \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERIGATE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/samoa\/economy\" >Samoa: Economy \u2013 ASIA DEVELOPMENT BANK \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Psychiatric_Association\" >American Psychiatric Association<\/a> votes 13\u20130 to remove <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homosexuality\" >homosexuality<\/a> from its official list of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mental_disorder\" >psychiatric disorders<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders\" >DSM-II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Paul_Getty_III\" >John Paul Getty III<\/a>, grandson of American billionaire <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._Paul_Getty\" >J. Paul Getty<\/a>, is found alive near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naples,_Italy\" >Naples, Italy<\/a>, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalitinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Korea\" >South Korean<\/a> ferry <em>Namyong Ho<\/em> capsizes in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korea_Strait\" >Korea Strait<\/a>, killing over 300 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet spacecraft <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_7\" >Venera 7<\/a><\/em> successfully land on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\" >Venus<\/a>. It is the first successful soft <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_landings_on_extraterrestrial_bodies\" >landing on another planet<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Gemini\" >Project Gemini<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gemini_6A\" >Gemini 6A<\/a><\/em>, crewed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wally_Schirra\" >Wally Schirra<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_P._Stafford\" >Thomas Stafford<\/a>, is launched from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral\" >Cape Kennedy<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a>. Four orbits later, it achieves the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_rendezvous\" >space rendezvous<\/a>, with <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gemini_7\" >Gemini 7<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Eichmann\" >Adolf Eichmann<\/a> is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judicial_system_of_Israel\" >Israeli court<\/a> of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adolf Eichmann:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Adolf-Eichmann\" >Adolf Eichmann \u2013 Encyclopedia Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/adolf-eichmann-9285259#!\" >Adolf Eichmann \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nizkor.org\/hweb\/people\/e\/eichmann-adolf\/\" >Adolf Eichmann \u2013 The Nizkor Project \u2013 Nizkor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/biographies\/eichmann-biography.htm\" >Adolf Eichmann \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10007412\" >ADOLF EICHMANN \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Trial of Adolf Eichmann:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Eichmanntoc.html\" >Adolf Eichmann: War Crime Trials \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nizkor.org\/hweb\/people\/e\/eichmann-adolf\/transcripts\/\" >Trial of Adolf Eichmann \u2013 The Nizkor Project \u2013 Nizkor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/remember.org\/eichmann\/timeline\" >Trial of Adolf Eichmann \u2013 Eichmann Timeline \u2013 Remember.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005179\" >EICHMANN TRIAL \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1960s\/qt\/Eichmann-Trial.htm\" >Eichmann Trial \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/holocaustresearchproject.org\/trials\/eichmanntrial.html\" >The Trial of Adolf Eichmann \u2013 Holocaust Education &amp; Archive Research Team \u2013 HolocauseResearchProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahendra_of_Nepal\" >Mahendra of Nepal<\/a> suspends the country&#8217;s constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands\" >Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands<\/a> is signed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_India_Representative_Assembly_election,_1946\" >election to the Representative Assembly<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_India\" >French India<\/a> was held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>US-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Mahabad\" >Republic of Mahabad<\/a>, putting an end to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran_crisis_of_1946\" >Iran crisis of 1946<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Japan\" >Occupation of Japan<\/a>: General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\" >Douglas MacArthur<\/a> orders that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shinto\" >Shinto<\/a> be abolished as the state religion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Arawe\" >Battle of Arawe<\/a> begins during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Britain_Campaign\" >New Britain Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mount_Austen,_the_Galloping_Horse,_and_the_Sea_Horse\" >Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse<\/a> begins during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guadalcanal_Campaign\" >Guadalcanal Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> troops murder over 15,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jews\" >Jews<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drobytsky_Yar\" >Drobytsky Yar<\/a>, a ravine southeast of the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kharkiv\" >Kharkiv<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drobytskyyar.org\/index.php?form_page=1&amp;lang=en\" >\u201c<strong><em>Between December 14<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 1941<\/em><\/strong><em> several hundred sick and elderly people, who could not make it to the place of relocation, were gathered and locked in the synagogue on Meshchanskaya Street (now Grazhdanskaya) where they all died of hunger and cold<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Drobytsky Yar on Kharkov\u2019s eastern outskirts\u2026 &#8211; DrobytskyYar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlemissadventuress.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/10\/drobytsky-yar-kharkiv\/\" >Drobytsky Yar, Kharkiv \u2013 LittleMissAdventuress.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/holocaustcontroversies.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/drobitski-yar.html\" >Drobytsky Yar \u2013 Holocaust Controversies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_massacres_in_Ukraine\" >List of massacre in Ukraine &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29\" >Gone with the Wind<\/a><\/em> receives its premiere at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loew%27s_Grand_Theatre\" >Loew&#8217;s Grand Theatre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta\" >Atlanta, Georgia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wo5n_yJL8cs\" >YouTube video (1h. 45 min. 23 sec.): Gone with the Wind \u2013 Full Movies 1939<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1mO2nDpCX_U\" >YouTube video (1h. 42 min. 11 sec.): Gone with the Wind \u2013 Full MoVies (1939)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>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> officially becomes effective, repealing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Eighteenth Amendment<\/a> that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prohibition_in_the_United_States\" >prohibited<\/a> the sale, manufacture, and transportation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcoholic_beverage\" >alcohol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: An armistice is reached between the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik\" >Bolshevik<\/a> government and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Powers\" >Central Powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbian_Army\" >Serbian Army<\/a> recaptures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade\" >Belgrade<\/a> from the invading <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austro-Hungarian_Army\" >Austro-Hungarian Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Belgrade, Serbia in World War I:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/histclo.com\/essay\/war\/ww1\/cou\/ser\/w1cs-bel.html\" >World War I: Occupied Serbia \u2013 Belgrade (1914-1918) \u2013 Historical Boy\u2019s Clothing \u2013 Histclo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/belgradenet.com\/belgrade_history_world_war.html\" >World War I \u2013 BelgradeNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/european\/ww1\/section1.rhtml\" >WORLD WAR I (1914-1919) \u2013 SparksNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/marcoabal\/wwi-serbia\/\" >WWI SERBIA \u2013 Pinterest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serbia.com\/tag\/world-war-one\/\" >Tag Archives \u2013 World War One \u2013 Serbia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/Q\/Was_Serbia_responsible_for_World_War_I\" >Was Serbia Responsible for World War \u2013 Answer by Viperamodite \u2013 Answer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a> becomes a signatory to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires_Convention\" >Buenos Aires Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Buenos Aires Convention and Some Other Pertinent International Treaties:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Text of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ipmall.info\/hosted_resources\/lipa\/copyrights\/The%20Buenos%20Aires%20Convention.pdf\" >the <strong>Copyright convention between the United States and other American Republics. Signed at Buenos Aires, August 11, 1910; ratification advised by the Senate, February 15, 1911; ratified by the President, March 12, 1911; ratification deposited with the Government of Argentina, May 1, 1911; proclaimed, July 13, 1914<\/strong> &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/wipolex\/en\/other_treaties\/details.jsp?treaty_id=208\" >Universal Copyright Convention (Geneva Text&#8211;September 6, 1952)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Copyright_Convention\" >Universal Copyright Convention &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/treaties\/en\/text.jsp?file_id=283698\" >Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berne_Convention\" >Bern Convention &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Nicaragua:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Nicaragua\" >History of Nicaragua \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nicaragua\/3.htm\" >Nicaragua \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2532&amp;HistoryID=ac30\" >HISTORY OF NICARAGUA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Americas\/Nicaragua-HISTORY.html\" >Nicaragua \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncylopeida.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/nicaragua-history.html\" >Nicaragua \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/nicaragua\/history.html\" >History of Nicaragua \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/central-american-history\/history-of-nicaragua.htm\" >History of Nicaragua \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nicaragua-guide.com\/history.html\" >History of Nicaragua \u2013 Nicaragua Guide \u2013 The Nica Sagas \u2013 Nicaragua-Guide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.studylands.com\/guide\/NI-history.htm\" >A Brief History of Nicaragua \u2013 StudyLands.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/nicaragua.htm\" >Political and Economic History of Nicaragua \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/nicaragua.htm\" >Nicaragua \u2013 NationsOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/nicaragua.htm\" >Timeline: Nicaragua \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19909695\" >Nicaragua profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>Militants belonging to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan\" >Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Peshawar_school_attack\" >attacked<\/a> an Army Public School in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistani\" >Pakistani<\/a> city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peshawar\" >Peshawar<\/a> killing 145 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>Official adoption of the name of &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euro\" >Euro<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Euro:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1995\/12\/16\/business\/worldbusiness\/16iht-tkb.t_1.html\" >Currency Gets a Name Nobody Loves: Introducing the, uh, Euro, by Erik Ipsen \u2013 December 16, 1995 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism\" >European Exchange Rate Mechanism &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Problems of Euro:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/econ.economicshelp.org\/2007\/03\/economic-problems-of-european-union.html\" >\u201c<em>Since 2007, the EU has experienced a deteriorating economic situation. This has been most concerning for southern members of the Eurozone, such as Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Economic Problems of European Union \u2013Monday, January 14, 2013 \u2013 EconomicsHelp.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/econ.economicshelp.org\/2008\/04\/problem-with-euro.html\" >Problems with Euro &#8211; Tuesday, May 7, 2013 \u2013 EconomicsHelp.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/leaders\/21627620-deflation-euro-zone-all-too-close-and-extremely-dangerous-worlds-biggest-economic\" >The Euro Zone: The world\u2019s biggest economic problem \u2013 Oct 25<sup>th<\/sup> 2014 \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/01\/20\/why-europe-has-bigger-problems-than-the-euro\/\" >Why Europe has bigger problem than the Euro, by Mauro F Guill\u00e9n \u2013 January 20, 2015 \u2013 FORTUNE \u2013 Fortune.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/one-third-of-euro-area-government-bonds-now-have-negative-yields-2015-12\" >A third of all euro-are government bonds are now negative, by Jim Edwards \u2013 Dec. 7, 2015 \u2013 Business Insider \u2013 BusinessInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan<\/a> declares independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Kazakhstan:<\/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\/kz.html\" >KAZAKHSTAN \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/kazakhstan.html\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ja-Ma\/Kazakhstan.html\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Kazakhstan\" >Foreign relations of Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/mfa.kz\/index.php\/en\">Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Kazakhstan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/centralasia\/kazak-forrel.htm\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/kazakhstan\/ri380\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5487.htm\" >US Relations With Kazakhstan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Human Rights in Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/europe\/central-asia\/kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Human Rights Watch \u2013 HWR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_rights_in_Kazakhstan\" >Human rights in Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/europe\/kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ombudsman.kz\/en\/about\/history.php\" >History of the Kazakhstan Human Rights Ombudsman \u2013 Ombudzman.kz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/anrights.einnews.com\/news\/child-abuse\/kazakhstan\">Kazakhstan Child Abuse News \u2013 EinNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kazakhstanhumanrights.com\/\" >KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW \u2013 KazakhstanHumanRights.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/kerry-in-kazakhstan-human-rights-abuses-feed-extremism\/2015\/11\/02\/edc39c8e-7daa-11e5-bfb6-65300a5ff562_story.html\" >Kerry in Kazakhstan: Human rights abuses feed extremism, by Carol Morello \u2013 November 2, 2015 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/keckjournal.com\/2015\/11\/secretary-kerry-visits-kazakhstan\/\" >\u201c<em>Despite affirmation in its National Human Rights Action Plan of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2009-2012, The Kazakhstan government has consistently violated a wide array of its citizens\u2019 human rights<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Secretary Kerry Visits Kazakhstan, by Eric Millman \u2013 November 5, 2015 \u2013 KeckJournal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Kazakhstan\" >History of Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kazakhstan-history.html\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/about-kazakhstan-history\" >KazakhsKatan History \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Kazakhstan\/p\/Kazahkstan-Facts-And-History.htm\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.advantour.com\/kazakhstan\/history.htm\" >History of Kazakhstan \u2013 Advantour.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Kazakhstan\" >Economy of Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/kazakhstan\" >KAZAKHSTAN \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/kazakhstan\/economy\" >Kazakhstan: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanian_Revolution\" >Romanian Revolution<\/a>: Protests break out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timi%C8%99oara\" >Timi\u0219oara<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_T%C5%91k%C3%A9s\" >L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u0151k\u00e9s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Romanian Revolution of 1989:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com\/\" >The Archive of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 \u2013 RomanianRevolutionOfDecember1989.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/realromania.wordpress.com\/category\/romanian-revolution-of-december-1989\/\" >Romanian Revolution of 1989 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chnm.gmu.edu\/1989\/exhibits\/unique-experience-of-romania\/introduction\" >MAKING THE HISTORY OF 1989 \u2013 THE UNIQUES EXPERIENCE OF ROMANIA \u2013 GNU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gennady_Kolbin\" >Gennady Kolbin<\/a> replaces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinmukhamed_Konayev\" >Dinmukhamed Konayev<\/a> as First Secretary of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_Kazakhstan\" >Kazakh Communist Party<\/a>, prompting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeltoqsan\" >Jeltoqsan<\/a> protests which began the next day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a> joins four other <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OPEC\" >OPEC<\/a> nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>OPEC:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opec.org\/opec_web\/en\/\" >OPEC \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opec.org\/opec_web\/en\/about_us\/25.htm\" >OPECE \u2013 Member Countries \u2013 OPEC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-is-opec.htm\" >What is OPECE \u2013 WiseGeek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dailyreckoning.com\/end-opec\/\" >The End of OPEC, posted by Matt Insley \u2013 December 4, 2014 \u2013 DAIY RECKONING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theenergycollective.com\/eliashinckley\/2181166\/oil-prices-saudi-arabia-and-end-of-opec\" >Everything Has Changed: Oil, Saudi Arabia, and the End of OPEC, posted by Elias Hinckley \u2013 January 9, 2015 \u2013 TheEnergyCollective.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/opinions\/2015\/01\/14-end-of-opec-perry\" >The End of OPEC as we have known it is here, by George L Perry \u2013 January 14, 2015 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-03-10\/opec-beware-cartels-tend-to-end-in-tears\" >History Suggests OPEC\u2019s Days Numbered: Could lower oil prices be the end of OPEC? , by Andrew Mayeda \u2013 March 10, 2015 \u2013 Bloomberg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/12\/04\/investing\/opec-saudi-arabia-war-oil-prices\/index.html\" >OPEC is at war \u2013 and it\u2019s sending shockwaves around the world, by Matt Egan \u2013 December 4, 2015 &#8211; CNNMoney<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of OPEC:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opec.org\/opec_web\/en\/about_us\/24.htm\" >Brief History \u2013 OPEC \u2013 OPEC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web1.cnre.vt.edu\/lsg\/Intro\/oil.pdf\" >HISTORY OF OPEC \u2013 VT.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/business\/energy\/a-brief-history-of-opec\" >A brief history of OPEC \u2013 CalgaryHerald.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelinesdb.com\/listevents.php?subjid=405&amp;title=OPEC\" >OPEC \u2013 TIMELINES \u2013 TheTimelinesDB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Libya:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya\" >History of Libya \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa83\" >HISTORY OF LIBYA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libyaweb.com\/History.html\" >THE HISTORY OF LYBIA \u2013 LibyaWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/libya\/3.htm\" >Libya \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/libya-history.html\" >Libya \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/libya\/23.htm\" >Libya \u2013 WORLD WAR II AND INDPENDENCE \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/country\/Libya\" >Libya \u2013 World War II Database, by C Peter Chen \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13755445\" >Libya profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Libya:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Libya\" >Economy of Libya \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/libya\" >LIBYA \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/libya\" >Libya \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/libya\" >Libya \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/libya-economy.html\" >Libya \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/north-africa\/libya\/libya-economic-outlook\/\" >Libya Economic Outlook\u2013 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland\" >Cleveland<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ohio\" >Ohio<\/a>, becomes the first major American city to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland_Public_Power\" >default on its financial obligations<\/a> since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Depression\" >Great Depression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\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>1974\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>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom recognizes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bahrain\" >Bahrain<\/a>&#8216;s independence. This is commemorated annually as Bahrain&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_Day_%28Bahrain%29\" >National Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bahrain:<\/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\/ba.html\" >BAHRAIN \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Bahrain\" >Bahrain \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/bahrain.html\" >Bahrain \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Bahrain\" >Bahrain \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14540571\" >Bahrain country profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Bahrain:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Bahrain\" >Foreign relations of Bahrain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mofa.gov.bh\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bahrain \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/bahrain\/ri355\" >Bahrain \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/26414.htm\" >US Relations With Bahrain \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Human Rights in Bahrain:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_rights_in_Bahrain\" >Human rights in Bahrain &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/middle-east\/n-africa\/bahrain\" >Bahrain \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bahrainrights.org\/\" >BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS \u2013 BahrainRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/bahrain\" >Bahrain Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Bahrain:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bahrain\" >History of Bahrain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bahrain-history.html\" >Bahrain \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/bahrain\/history\" >Bahrain \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bahrain.com\/en\/About-Bahrain\/Pages\/History.aspx\" >Bahrain \u2013 History \u2013 Bahrain.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeolink.com\/bahrain_history.htm\" >Bahrain \u2013 History \u2013 Pertinent Web Links \u2013 Archaeolink.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Bahrain:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Bahrain\" >Economy of Bahrain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bahrain-economy.html\" >Economy of Bahrain \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/gcc\/overview\" >Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including BAHRAIN \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/bahrain\" >Bahrain \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/bahrain\" >Bahrain \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country.eiu.com\/bahrain\" >Bahrain \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bahrain.com\/en\/About-Bahrain\/Pages\/Economy.aspx\" >Bahrain \u2013 Economy \u2013 Bahrain.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh_Liberation_War\" >Bangladesh Liberation War<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971\" >Indo-Pakistani War of 1971<\/a>: The surrender of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Army\" >Pakistan Army<\/a> brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victory_Day_%28Bangladesh%29\" >Victory Day<\/a> in Bangladesh, and as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vijay_Diwas_%28India%29\" >Vijay Diwas<\/a> in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bangladesh Liberation War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/liberation-war.htm\" >Bangladesh Liberation War \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.banglapedia.org\/index.php?title=War_of_Liberation,_The\" >War of Liberation, The \u2013 BANGLAPEDIA \u2013 Banglapedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bengalrenaissance.com\/war.html\" >Bangladesh War of Independence \u2013 BengalRenaissance.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.banglastories.org\/about-the-project\/migration-themes\/war.html\" >Background to the war \u2013 Bangla Stories \u2013 BanglaStories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genocidebangladesh.org\/\" >Bangladesh Genocide Archive \u2013 GenocideBangladesh.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/photogallery\/0,29307,1844754,00.html\" >Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Forgotten War &#8211; TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Bangladesh_Liberation_War\" >Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent-bangladesh.com\/history\/liberation-war-of-bangladesh.html\" >Liberation War of Bangladesh \u2013 BANGLADESH NEWS \u2013 Independent-Bangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theaerogram.com\/women-bangladeshi-liberation-war\/\" >Women\u2019s Victim Role &amp; The Bangladeshi Liberation War \u2013 TheAerogram.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16207201\" >Bangladesh war \u2013 The article that changed history \u2013 16 December 2011 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/insidestory\/2013\/02\/20132161077954941.html\" >Bangladesh\u2019s war wounds \u2013 16 Feb 2013 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/cgi-bin\/texis\/vtx\/refdaily?pass=52fc6fbd5&amp;id=537998b18\" >Children of War: Horrors of Bangla Liberation War revisited, by Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury \u2013 18\/05\/2014 \u2013 UNHCR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/article\/bangladesh-sentences-opposition-leader-to-hang-for-war-crimes\" >Bangladesh Sentences Opposition Leaders to Hang for War Crimes, by Syed Tashfin Chowdhury \u2013 February 18, 2015 \u2013 ViceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Bangladesh:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bangladesh\" >History of Bangladesh \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bangladesh-history.html\" >Bangladesh \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/bangladesh\/p\/bangladeshprof.htm\" >Bangladesh | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bangla2000.com\/Bangladesh\/history.shtm\" >History \u2013 Bangladesh \u2013 History2000.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/discoverybangladesh.com\/history.html\" >History of Bangladesh \u2013 DiscoveryOfBangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/bangladesh\/history\" >Bangladesh \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualbangladesh.com\/the-basics\/history-of-bangladesh\/independence\/history-independence-postscripts\/\" >Bangladesh History: Independent postscripts \u2013 Important links and events from after the end of the Independence War \u2013 VirtualBangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history+of+bangladesh&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=13\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Bangladesh \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12651483\" >Bangladesh profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/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, \u201c<\/em><strong>1974 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>as mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Vatican_Council\" >Second Vatican Council<\/a>: Official revocation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alhambra_Decree\" >Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Westmoreland\" >William Westmoreland<\/a> sends <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense\" >U.S. Secretary of Defense<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_McNamara\" >Robert McNamara<\/a> a request for 243,000 more men by the end of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1966\" >1966<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs<\/a> atmospheric nuclear test at Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >There are four US nuclear weapon test sites at the Pacific Ocean: 1) Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands; 2) Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands; 3) Johnston Island, and 4) Christmas Island, Kiribati<\/a>. However, the name of the above-mentioned nuclear weapon test site at the Pacific Ocean is unidentified. TWH assumes that the site was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclear-news.net\/2015\/02\/12\/forgotten-pacific-island-nuclear-bomb-atrocities-example-kalama-island-and-sand-island\/\" >Johnston Island<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/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\/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:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/historical\/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests \u2013 July 1945 through September 1992 \u2013 US Department of Energy &#8211; pdf<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/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>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Airlines\" >United Airlines<\/a> Douglas DC-8 and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trans_World_Airlines\" >TWA<\/a> Lockheed Super Constellation <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1960_New_York_mid-air_collision\" >collide<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Staten_Island\" >Staten Island<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" >New York<\/a> and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and 6 more on the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feroz_Khan_Noon\" >Feroz Khan Noon<\/a> replaces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibrahim_Ismail_Chundrigar\" >Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar<\/a> as <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>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >US President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_S._Truman\" >Harry S Truman<\/a> declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >communist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Korean War and the Chinese Intervention:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/truman-declares-state-of-emergency\/print\" >DECEMBER 16, 1950: TRUMAN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENGY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/news\/807123\/posts\" >ON THIS DAY: Dec. 16 1950 &#8211; Dec 16 1950-PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS NATIONAL EMERGENCY-ALLIES GIVE UP HAMHUNG; WU REJECTS TRUCE \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/chinese-counterattacks-in-korea-change-nature-of-war\" >NOV 26, 1950: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Chinese counterattacks in Korea change nature of war \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/chinese-overwhelm-allies-in-north-korea\" >NOV 29, 1950: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Chinese overwhelm Allies in North Korea \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/brochures\/kw-chinter\/chinter.htm\" >The Koran War \u2013 The Chinese Intervention \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/section6.rhtml\" >The Korean War \u2013 The Chinese Intervention \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War#China_intervenes_.28October_.E2.80.93_December_1950.29\" >Chinese interventions \u2013(October \u2013 December 1950) \u2013 Korean War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/southkorea\/7853746\/China-rewrites-history-of-Korean-War.html\" >China rewrites history of Korean War \u2013 25 Jun 2010 &#8211; Telepgraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/korean-war\/korean-war4.htm\" >Korean War \u2013 China enters the war \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/AMH\/AMH-25.htm\" >Chapter 25: The Korean War (1950-1953) \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johndclare.net\/cold_war10.htm\" >The Korean War (1950-1953) \u2013 JohndClare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People\" s_Volunteer_Army\">Peoples\u2019 Volunteer Army &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Korean War in 1950:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwar60.com\/timeline-korean-war-events\" >TIMELINE OF KOREAN WAR EVENTS \u2013 KoreanWar60.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/korean_war_timeline\/36\/\" >Korean War Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/timeline.html\" >KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) \u2013 TIMELINE \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonkent.com\/history\/timelines\/korean_war_1950.htm\" >Korean War Timeline \u2013 Year 1950 \u2013 EmersonKent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Korean-War\" >Korean War \u2013 1950-1953 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Shockley\" >William Shockley<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Bardeen\" >John Bardeen<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Houser_Brattain\" >Walter Brattain<\/a> build the first practical <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point-contact_transistor\" >point-contact transistor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/101%28I%29\" >UN General Assembly Resolution 101 (I) Admission of Siam to Membership to the United Nations \u2013 A\/RES\/101 (I)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Thailand:<\/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\/th.html\" >THAILAND \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Thailand\" >Thailand \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/thailand.html\" >Thailand \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Thailand\" >Thailand \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-15581957\" >Thailand country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Thailand:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Thailand\">Foreign relations of Thailand \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.go.th\/main\/en\/home\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thailand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/countrystudies.us\/thailand\/83.htm\">Thailand \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/democratization\/thailand\/p30817\" >Thailand \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2814.htm\" >US Relations With Thailand \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Thailand and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiembassy.org\/unmissionnewyork\/en\/home\" >Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/14C32A96EEEA99A3C1256F410045206F?OpenDocument\" >Permanent Mission of Thailand 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 Thailand:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Thailand\" >History of Thailand \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thailandsworld.com\/index.cfm?p=2\" >Thailand\u2019s Thailand History \u2013 ThailandsWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellosiam.com\/html\/thailand\/thailand-history.htm\" >HISTORY \u2013 Thailand \u2013 HelloSiam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/thailand\/history\" >Thailand \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Thailand-history.htm\" >History of Thailand \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-15641745\" >Thailand profile \u2013 timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Thailand:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Thailand\" >Economy of Thailand \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/thailand-economy.html\" >Economy &#8211; Thailand \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/thailand\" >THAILAND \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/thailand\" >Thailand \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/thailand\" >Thailand \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/thailand\/economy\" >Thailand: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Bulge\" >Battle of the Bulge<\/a> begins with the surprise offensive of three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Army_%28Wehrmacht%29\" >German armies<\/a> through the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ardennes\" >Ardennes<\/a> forest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schutzstaffel\" >Schutzstaffel<\/a> chief <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinrich_Himmler\" >Heinrich Himmler<\/a> orders that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romani_people\" >Roma<\/a> candidates for extermination be deported to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/autoc.html\" >Concentration Camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jan\/27\/auschwitz-short-history-liberation-concentration-camp-holocaust\" >Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/auschwitz.dk\/Auschwitz.htm\" >GATE TO HELL: AUSCHWITZ \u2013 Auschwitz.dk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005189\" >AUSCHWTIZ \u2013 Holoccaust Encyclopedia \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/auschwitz\" >AUSCHWITZ \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/auschwitz.org\/en\/\" >AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM \u2013 Auschwitz.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=136\" >Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005219\" >GENOCIDE OF EUROPEAN ROMA (GYPSIES), 1939-1945 \u2013 USHMMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porajmos\" >Porajmos \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/gypsies.html\" >Roma Victims of the Holocaust: Roma in Auschwitz \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/holocaust\/people\/VictRoma.htm\" >Sinti and Roma &#8211; A TEACHER\u2019S GUDIE TO THE HOLOCAUST \u2013 USF.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.ucsb.edu\/projects\/holocaust\/Research\/Proseminar\/romaholocast.htm\" >The Roma and the Holocaust of World War II: Victims, Then and Now \u2013 UCSB.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/romaandtheholocaust.weebly.com\/\" >ROMA AND THE HOLOCAUST \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.romasintigenocide.eu\/en\/home\" >The Fate of European Roma and Sinti During the Holocaust \u2013 RomaSintiGenocide.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.romasintigenocide.eu\/en\/teacher\/teachers-manual.pdf\" >The Fate of European Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust: Teacher\u2019s Manual \u2013 RomaSintiGenocide.eu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.momentmag.com\/roma-in-the-holocaust\/\" >ROMA IN THE HOLOCAUST \u2013 MomentMag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/j\/jii\/4750978.0014.103\/--hidden-sorrows-meeting-gypsy-roma-survivors-of-the-holocaust?rgn=main;view=fulltext\" >Hidden Sorrows: Meeting Gypsy (Roma) Survivors of the Holocaust in Romania, by Michelle Kelso \u2013 The Journal of International Institute \u2013 Volume 14, Issue 1, Fall 2006 \u2013 UMICH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaust.cz\/en\/education\/units\/the-holocaust-of-the-roma\/\" >THE HOLOCAUST OF THE ROMA \u2013 Holocaust.cz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/holoprelude\/romasinti.html\" >Sinti &amp; Roma: The \u201cGypsies\u201d \u2013 Holocaust Education &amp; Archive Research Team \u2013 HolocaustResarchProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3985526\/The_Roma_and_the_Holocaust_of_World_War_II\" >The Roma and the Holocaust of World War II, uploaded by Jonny Bislim \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/romove.radio.cz\/en\/article\/18158\" >The History and Origin of the Roma \u2013 Roma in the Czech Republic \u2013 Radio.cz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chgs.umn.edu\/histories\/victims\/romaSinti\/extermination.html\" >Extermination of Roma &amp; Sinti \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/page\/286161198_gypsies_sinti_roma_in_the_holocaust\/\" >Gypsies (Sinti and Roma) in the Holocaust \u2013 Fold3.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worlddialogue.org\/content.php?id=552\" >1938 and the Parrajmos [<em>sic<\/em>] : A Pivotal Year in Romani History, by Lan Hancock \u2013 WorldDialogue.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Some Relevant Resources:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cloud2.snappages.com\/ecc3fa83da15cf423fe3aaa342f545fa355b24f3\/Roma%20Holocaust%20brochure_FINAL.pdf\" >Useful resources on the Roma Holocaust \u2013 SapPage.com &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/preventgenocide.org\/edu\/pastgenocides\/nazi\/parajmos\/resources\/\" >Nazi Occupied Europe 1941-1945: Genocide of Roma-Sinti (<em>Parajmos<\/em>) \u2013 PreventGenocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/Holocaust\/people\/RomaBib.HTM\" >Roma and Sinti Bibliography \u2013 A TEACHER\u2019S GUIDE TO THE HOLOCAUST<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>: Japanese forces occupy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miri\" >Miri<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarawak\" >Sarawak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> institutes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother\" >Cross of Honor of the German Mother<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Cross of Honor of the German Mother:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/snyderstreasures.com\/pages\/motherscross.htm\" >\u201c<em>The medal is gilded with the traditional blue and white enamel. The white center disk has a gilt swastika with 17 diamonds embedded throughout. The reverse has the date of the original issue of the order, 16 Dezember 1938 and a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 German Mother\u2019s Cross Medals \u2013 SNYDER\u2019S TREASURES \u2013 SyndersTreasures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/luckylukeonline.com\/medal4.html\" >\u201c<em>The Honor Cross of the German Mother in Bronze was issued to mothers who had 4 or more children. The reverse of the medal features the 16 Dec 1938 commemorative date of the medals inception as well as a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 GERMAN THIRD REICH \u2013 LuckyLukeOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org\/sub_image.cfm?image_id=2044\" >&#8220;The Cross of Honor for the German Mother&#8221;: Three-Tiered Medal for Mothers with Four or More Children (1938) \u2013 Nazi Germany (1933- 1945) \u2013 GHI-DC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Poland\" >President of Poland<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gabriel_Narutowicz\" >Gabriel Narutowicz<\/a> is assassinated by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eligiusz_Niewiadomski\" >Eligiusz Niewiadomski<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zach%C4%99ta\" >Zach\u0119ta Gallery<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw\" >Warsaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1920_Haiyuan_earthquake\" >Haiyuan earthquake<\/a>, magnitude 8.5, rocks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gansu\" >Gansu<\/a> province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vincas_Mickevi%C4%8Dius-Kapsukas\" >Vincas Mickevi\u010dius-Kapsukas<\/a> declares the formation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281918%E2%80%9319%29\" >Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: German battleships under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_von_Hipper\" >Franz von Hipper<\/a> bombard the English ports of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hartlepool\" >Hartlepool<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire\" >Scarborough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hellenic_Navy\" >Royal Hellenic Navy<\/a> defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Navy\" >Ottoman Navy<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Elli\" >Battle of Elli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Naval Battle of Elli:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navyingallipoli.com\/teksty\/balkanwars.pdf\" >SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OTTOMAN NAVY IN THE BALKAN WARS 1912-1913, by Piotr Nykiel \u2013 NavyInGalliPoli.com &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.phantis.com\/index.php\/Naval_Battle_of_Elli\" >Naval Battle of Elli \u2013 Phantis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/NavalBattleOfElli.html\" >Naval Battle of Elli \u2013 Mlahanas.de<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellenicaworld.com\/Greece\/History\/en\/NavalBattleOfElli.html\" >the same article on this site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dawlishchronicles.com\/battle-of-elli-1912\/\" >A sea battle you\u2019ve never heard of \u2013 Elli 1912 \u2013 THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES \u2013 DawlishChronicles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/Battle_of_Elli\" >Battle of Elli \u2013 DBPedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.worldofwarships.eu\/index.php?\/topic\/570-battle-of-elli\/\" >Battle of Elli \u2013 WorldOfWarShips.eu<\/a><\/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><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><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<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1838\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Trek\" >Great Trek<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Blood_River\" >Battle of Blood River<\/a> \u2013 <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voortrekkers\" >Voortrekkers<\/a><\/em> led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andries_Pretorius\" >Andries Pretorius<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarel_Cilliers\" >Sarel Cilliers<\/a> defeat <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulu_people\" >Zulu<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impi\" >impis<\/a><\/em>, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ndlela_kaSompisi\" >Ndlela kaSompisi<\/a> in what is today <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KwaZulu-Natal\" >KwaZulu-Natal<\/a>, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1761\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Years%27_War\" >Seven Years&#8217; War<\/a>: After a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Kolberg_%28Seven_Years%27_War%29\" >four-month siege<\/a>, the Russians under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyotr_Rumyantsev\" >Pyotr Rumyantsev<\/a> take the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> fortress of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ko%C5%82obrzeg\" >Ko\u0142obrzeg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1707\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H%C5%8Dei_eruption_of_Mount_Fuji\" >Last recorded eruption<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Fuji\" >Mount Fuji<\/a> in Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>1707 Eruption of Mt Fuji:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.volcanodiscovery.com\/fuji-eruptions.html\" >\u201c<em>On 26th October 1707, a new eruption announced itself with a large 8.4 magnitude earthquake devastating Honshu island, followed by several smaller earthquakes felt near Mt Fuji. The eruption started on 16th December 1707 from a new vent on the SE flank of the volcano<\/em> \u2026\u201d \u2013 1700 eruption of Mt Fuji \u2013 Mt Fuji Volcano Eruptions \u2013 VolcanoDiscovery.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Warning of a Possible Re-eruption of Mt Fuji:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2006\/07\/060717-mount-fuji_2.html\" >Mt Fuji Overdue for Eruption, Experts Warn \u2013 Thursday, October 28, 2010 \u2013 National Geographic News \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/1511583\/mt-fuji-eruption-imminent-experts-say-volcano-under-great-pressure\/\" >MT FUJI ERUPTION IMMINENT \u2013 EXPERTS SAY VOLCANO \u2018UNDER GREAT PRESSURE\u2019, by Scott Falkner \u2013 Inquisitr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/07\/17\/mount-fuji-critical-state-ready-erupt_n_5596656.html\" >Mount Fuji Is In A \u2018Critical State\u2019 And Could Be Ready To Blow, Researchers Say, by Sara Gates \u2013 posted 07\/14\/2014 \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a> re-establish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >diplomatic relations<\/a> after severing them 55 years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>US-Cuba Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/18\/world\/americas\/us-cuba-relations.html?_r=0\" >US to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing a Last Trace of Cold War Hostility, by Peter Baker \u2013 December 17, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2886.htm\" >US Relations With Cuba \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Cuba-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/resource-center\/sanctions\/Programs\/pages\/cuba.aspx\" >Cuba Sanctions \u2013 US Department of Treasury<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cuba-embargo.procon.org\/\" >Should the United States Maintain Embargo against Cuba? \u2013 ProCon.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinpost.com\/articles\/28524\/20141226\/cuba-embargo-pros-cons-renewed-relations-sets-caps-limited-success.htm\" >US Cuba Embargo Pros and Cons: Renewed Relations Sets Caps and Limited Success for Business \u2013 December 26, 2014 \u2013 Latin Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/history\/funfacts\/embargo.htm\" >CUBA \u2013 ECONOMIC EMBARGO TIMELINE \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/cuba\/us-cuba-relations\/p11113\" >US-Cuba Relations \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/now\/politics\/cubatimeline.html\" >Cuba\/United States Timeline \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-cuba-relations\/\" >US Cuba Relations \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_corruption_scandal_in_Turkey\" >anti-corruption operation in Turkey<\/a> begins with high profile detainments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohamed_Bouazizi\" >Mohamed Bouazizi<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-immolation\" >sets himself on fire<\/a>. This act became the catalyst for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tunisian_Revolution\" >Tunisian Revolution<\/a> and the wider <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Spring\" >Arab Spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MV_Danny_F_II\" >MV\u00a0<em>Danny F II<\/em><\/a> sinks off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck\" >Jigme Singye Wangchuck<\/a> abdicates the throne as King of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhutan\" >Bhutan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Anti-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" >World Trade Organization<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005#17_December_2005\" >protesters riot<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wan_Chai\" >Wan Chai<\/a>, Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpaceShipOne\" >SpaceShipOne<\/a>, piloted by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Binnie\" >Brian Binnie<\/a>, makes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpaceShipOne_flight_11P\" >its first powered and first supersonic flight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Congo_War\" >Second Congo War<\/a>: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transitional_Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >transitional governance<\/a> and legislative and presidential elections within two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Second Congo War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/second-congo-war\/\" >Second Congo War \u2013 Spiritus-Temporis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.mcgill.ca\/~rwest\/wikispeedia\/wpcd\/wp\/s\/Second_Congo_War.htm\" >Second Congo War \u2013 McGill.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/congo_war.htm\" >The Congo War (1998-Present) \u2013 HistoryGuy.cm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/congo-world-war-nobody-knows-about-213207\" >Congo: The World War Nobody Knows About, by Palash Ghosh \u2013 January 02, 2012 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/borgenproject.org\/5-facts-congo-war\/\" >5 Facts About the Congo War, by Tara Young \u2013 SEP 2013 \u2013 BorgenProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/umv4uyfoyuvs\/congo-genocide-second-congo-war\/\" >Congo Genocide (Second Congo War) \u2013 Prez.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/neoncobra.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/second-congo-war.html\" >\u201c<strong><em>The Second Congo War<\/em><\/strong><em>, also known as <strong>Africa&#8217;s World War<\/strong> and the <strong>Great War of Africa<\/strong>, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly called Zaire), and officially ended in July 2003 when the Transitional Government of the <strong>Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/strong> took power (though hostilities continue to this day).<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Photos of the Second Congo War \u2013 December 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/congo.htm\" >Congo Civil War \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/87\/the-democratic-republic-of-congo\" >The Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/projectcongo.org\/images\/The_20International_20Dimensions_20of_20the_20Congo_20Crisis.pdf\" >The International Dimensions in the Congo Crisis, by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaya \u2013 ProjectCongo.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-11108589\" >Q&amp;A: DR Congo conflict \u2013 20 November 2012 &#8211; BBC<\/a>C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Background, Origins and\/or Causes of the Second Congo War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Congo_War#Background\" >Background of the Second Congo War \u2013 Second Congo War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2013\/06\/the-origins-of-war-in-the-drc\/277131\/\" >The Origins of the War in the DRC, by Armin Rosen \u2013 June 26, 2013 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/second_congo_war\" >Second Congo War \u2013 Pertinent Videos \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cps.org.za\/drc.htm\" >Whither the DRC?: Causes of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the way forward, by Claude Kabemba &#8211; Policy: Issues and Actors vol. 12 no 1, March 1999 Foreign policy series \u2013 CPS.org.za<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3372289\/Causes_of_Civil_War_in_Africa\" >Causes in Civil War in Africa, uploaded by Gavin Raymond \u2013 Acadmia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Congo War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Congo_War\" >First Congo War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/71\/First-Congo-War\" >First Congo War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-memorial.net\/First-and-Second-Congo-Wars-3.238\" >First and Second Congo Wars \u2013 The Polynational War Memorial \u2013 War-Memorial.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History and the Timeline of Congo Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Africa\/Africa-Monitor\/2011\/1129\/A-brief-history-of-Congo-s-wars\" >A brief history of Congo\u2019s Wars \u2013 November 29, 2011 \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor \u2013 CSMonitor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huntingtontheatre.org\/articles\/Timeline-The-Congo-in-Conflict\/\" >THE TIMELINE CONGO CONFLICT \u2013 HungtingtonTheatre.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firearms_%28Amendment%29_%28No._2%29_Act_1997\" >Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997<\/a> comes into force, banning all handguns with the exception of antique and show weapons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_Collor_de_Mello\" >Fernando Collor de Mello<\/a> defeats <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva\" >Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/a> in the second round of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_presidential_election,_1989\" >Brazilian presidential election<\/a>, becoming the first democratically elected <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Brazil\" >President<\/a> in almost 30 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanian_Revolution\" >Romanian Revolution<\/a>: Protests continue in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timi%C8%99oara\" >Timi\u0219oara<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>, with rioters breaking into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanian_Communist_Party\" >Romanian Communist Party<\/a>&#8216;s District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.<\/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 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>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional IRA<\/a> members <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrods_bombing\" >detonate a car bomb<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrods\" >Harrods<\/a> Department Store in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London, England<\/a>, United Kingdom. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>American Brigadier General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_L._Dozier\" >James L. Dozier<\/a> is abducted by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Brigades\" >Red Brigades<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Verona\" >Verona<\/a>, Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_political_violence\" >Palestinian terrorists<\/a> on Rome&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leonardo_da_Vinci%E2%80%93Fiumicino_Airport\" >Leonardo da Vinci\u2013Fiumicino Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1988 <\/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>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<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/historical\/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests \u2013 July 1945 through September 1992 \u2013 US Department of Energy &#8211; pdf<\/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>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_1970_protests\" >Polish 1970 protests<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gdynia\" >Gdynia<\/a>, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Blue_Book\" >Project Blue Book<\/a>: The United States Air Force closes its study of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unidentified_flying_object\" >UFOs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Project Blue Book:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/project-blue-book\" >PROJECT BLUE BOOK \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluebookarchive.org\/\" >PROJECT BLUE BOOK ARCHIVE \u2013 BlueBookArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/military\/air-force\/ufos.html\" >Unidentified Flying Objects \u2013 Project BLUE BOOK \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES &#8211; Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ufoevidence.org\/topics\/projectbluebook.htm\" >Project Blue Book \u2013 UFO EVIDENCE \u2013 UFOEvidence.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>Troops loyal to Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haile_Selassie\" >Haile Selassie<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopia<\/a> crush the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1960_Ethiopian_coup_attempt\" >coup<\/a> that began <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_13\" >December 13<\/a>, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States successfully launches the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SM-65_Atlas\" >Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral\" >Cape Canaveral<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2009\/10\/live-atlas-600th-mission-launch-dmsp-f18-vandenberg\/\" >\u201c<em>Making its inaugural flight on December 17, 1957, the Atlas missile was originally conceived of and built as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) for the United States during the Cold War against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Atlas History \u2013 Atlas\u2019s 600<sup>th<\/sup> Mission launches with DMSP F18 from Vandenberg, by Chris Gebhardt \u2013 October 18, 2009 &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/1957\/12\/18\/air-force-successfully-launches-intercontinental-ballistic\/\" >Air Force Successfully Launches Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, NATO Examines Russian Talks, by The Associated Press \u2013 December 18, 1957 \u2013 TheCrimson.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warhistoryonline.com\/war-articles\/4-top-secret-naziweapons-that-are-still-part-of-our-military-inventry.html\/2\" >4 Top Secret Nazi Weapons That Are Still Part Of Our Military Inventory \u2013 Nov 28, 2015 \u2013 WarHistoryOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlas_%28rocket_family%29\" >Atlas (rocket family) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Congress\" >Civil Rights Congress<\/a> delivers &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/We_Charge_Genocide\" >We Charge Genocide<\/a>&#8221; to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/we-charge-genocide-historic-petition-united-nations-relief-crime-united-states-government-against\" >We Charge Genocide (1951) \u2013 BlackPast.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/-we-charge-genocide-the-cry-rings-true-52-years-later\/\" >We Charge Genocide: The cry rings true 52 years later \u2013 Feb 21, 2003 \u2013 People\u2019s World \u2013 PeoplesWorld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_American_F-86_Sabre\" >F-86 Sabre<\/a>&#8216;s first mission over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>F-86-Sabre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/F-86\" >\u201c<em>In December 1950, U.S. pilots flying F-86s began history\u2019s first large-scale jet fighter combat against Soviet-built MiG-15s in Korea.\u201d \u2013 <\/em>Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/systems\/aircraft\/f-86.htm\" >\u201c<em>Soon the Sabres and MiGs were mixing it up over northwest Korea, an area that became known as &#8220;MiG Alley.&#8221; On December 17, 1950, Lt. Col. Bruce Hinton was the first Sabre pilot to score the first of an estimated 818 MiG-15 kills<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 F-86 \u201cSabre\u201d \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aer.ita.br\/~bmattos\/mundo\/mig_x_sabre.htm\" >\u201c<em>The first encounter between MiGs and &#8220;Sabres&#8221;, that took place on December 17, 1950, resulted in the victory of Lt. Col. Bruce Hinton, the commander of the 336th Squadron, 4th Air Wing, when he downed a technical instructor of the 50th Fighter Aviation Division (IAD), Maj. Yakov Efromeyenko<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Air Craft of the World \u2013 Ita.br<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/MuseumExhibits\/FactSheets\/Display\/tabid\/509\/Article\/196384\/lt-col-bruce-hinton-first-f-86-mig-kill.aspx\" >\u201c<em>On Dec 17, 1950, Hinton led a flight of four F-86s over northwestern North Korea. To trick the communists, the Sabre pilots flew at the same altitude and speed as F-80s typically did on missions, and they used F-80 call signs<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Lt Col Bruce Hinton: First F-86 MiG Kill \u2013 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US AIR FORCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collections\/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19620066000\" >North American F-86A Sabre \u2013 SI.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anythingaboutaviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/North-American-F-86E-F-Flight-Manual.Stamped.pdf\" >FLIGHT MANUAL \u2013 F86E\/F-Sabre &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.letsgoseeit.com\/index\/county\/sd\/san_diego\/loc11\/jet\/f86\/f86.htm\" >F-86 vs MiG-15 \u2013 LetsGoSeeIt.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Korean War in 1950:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/korean-war\" >KOREAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/truman-declares-state-of-emergency\/print\" >DECEMBER 16, 1950: TRUMAN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENGY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/news\/807123\/posts\" >ON THIS DAY: Dec. 16 1950 &#8211; Dec 16 1950-PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS NATIONAL EMERGENCY-ALLIES GIVE UP HAMHUNG; WU REJECTS TRUCE \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwar60.com\/timeline-korean-war-events\" >TIMELINE OF KOREAN WAR EVENTS \u2013 KoreanWar60.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/korean_war_timeline\/36\/\" >Korean War Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/timeline.html\" >KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) \u2013 TIMELINE \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Korean-War\" >Korean War \u2013 1950-1953 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Bulge\" >Battle of the Bulge<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malmedy_massacre\" >Malmedy massacre<\/a> \u2013 American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_war\" >POWs<\/a> are shot by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waffen-SS\" >Waffen-SS<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kampfgruppe\" >Kampfgruppe<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joachim_Peiper\" >Peiper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Battle of the Bulge:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/battle-of-the-bulge\" >BATTLE OF THE BULGE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/p\/bulge.htm\" >World War II: Battle of the Bulge \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/battle-of-the-bulge\" >Battle of the Bulge \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/botb\/\" >Battle of the Bulge \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1753.html\" >Battle of the Bulge \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10006178\" >BATTLE OF THE BULGE \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/films\/bulge\/\" >BATTLE OF THE BULGE \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/7-8\/7-8_CONT.HTM\" >Book on the website: THE ARDENNES: BATTLE OF THE BULGE, by Hugh M. Cole \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Malmedy Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/massacre-at-malmedy-during-the-battle-of-the-bulge.htm\" >Massacre At Malm\u00e9dy During the Battle of the Bulge, by Michael Reynolds \u2013 6\/12\/2006 \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/timeline\/malmedy.htm\" >The Malmedy Massacre \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ww2f.com\/topic\/1691-victims-of-the-malmedy-massacre\/\" >Victims of the Malmedy Massacre \u2013 WW2f.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/world-war-two\/famous-battles-of-world-war-two\/the-battle-of-the-bulge\/the-malmedy-massacre\/\" >The Malmedy Massacre \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qmfound.com\/malmedy.htm\" >Mortuary Affairs Operations At Malmedy-Lessons Learned From A Historic Tragedy, by Major Scott T. Glass \u2013 US Army Quartermaster Foundation \u2013 QMFound.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/6726\/MalmAfAdy_Survivor_Recalls_Massacre\/\" >Malmedy Survivor Recalls Massacre \u2013 December 21, 2007 \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Malmedy.aspx\" >Malm\u00e9dy Massacre \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/discuss\/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=364x1333739\" >The Malm\u00e9dy Massacre: A Lesson In Pictures for Bill O&#8217;Reilly (photos) \u2013 DemocraticUnderground.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Historical Background:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.metapedia.org\/wiki\/Malmedy_massacre#Historical_Background\" >Historical background \u2013 Malmedy massacre &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/ww2\/Malmedy.html\" >Massacre at Malmedy: Background &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Malmedy Massacre Investigation:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/frd\/Military_Law\/pdf\/Malmedy_report.pdf\" >MALMEDY MASSACRE INVESTIGATION \u2013 REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/frd\/Military_Law\/Malmedy_investigation.html\" >Malmedy Massacre Investigation \u2013 December 17, 1944 \u2013 Military Legal Resources \u2013 Loc.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Malmedy Massacre Trial:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/DachauScrapbook\/DachauTrials\/MalmedyMassacre02A.html\" >Malmedy Massacre Trial \u2013 ScrapbookPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/ww2\/malmedy2.html\" >Massacre at Malmedy: War Crime Trial \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malmedy_massacre_trial\" >Malmedy massacre trail &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vho.org\/GB\/Journals\/JHR\/2\/2\/Merriam165-176.html\" >The Malm\u00e9dy Massacre and Trial, by RAY MERRIAM \u2013 Journal of Historical Review \u2013 VHO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Malmedy_massacre_trial\" >MALMEDY MASSACRE TRIAL \u2013 WORLD PUBLIC LIBRARY \u2013 WorldLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ww2incolor.com\/us-army\/baugnez13.html\" >Trial of Malm\u00e9dy Massacre \u2013 WW2InColor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2014\/12\/09\/part-4-the-malmedy-massacre-and-the-war-crime-tribunal\/\" >Part 4 The Malmedy Massacre and the War Crime Tribunal, by Ed Mattson \u2013 December 9, 2014 \u2013 VETERANS TODAY \u2013 VeteransToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u5X0VyAJUOo\" >YouTube video (53 min. 13 sec.): Malmedy Massacre Trial Uncut<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States with the repealing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Exclusion_Act\" >Act of 1882<\/a> and the introduction of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnuson_Act\" >Magnuson Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Army\" >Japanese forces<\/a> land in Northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borneo\" >Borneo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_River_Plate\" >Battle of the River Plate<\/a> \u2013 The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_cruiser_Admiral_Graf_Spee\" >Admiral Graf Spee<\/a><\/em> is scuttled by Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hans_Langsdorff\" >Hans Langsdorff<\/a> outside <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montevideo\" >Montevideo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto_Hahn\" >Otto Hahn<\/a> discovers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_fission\" >nuclear fission<\/a> of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_power\" >nuclear energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Discovery of Nuclear Fission:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aps.org\/publications\/apsnews\/200712\/physicshistory.cfm\" >\u201c<em>In December 1938, over Christmas vacation, physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch made a startling discovery that would immediately revolutionize nuclear physics and lead to the atomic bomb. Trying to explain a puzzling finding made by nuclear chemist Otto Hahn in Berlin, Meitner and Frisch realized that something previously thought impossible was actually happening: that a uranium nucleus had split in two<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Discovery of Nuclear Fission \u2013 APS NEWS &#8211; APS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chemwiki.ucdavis.edu\/Under_Construction\/Core_Construction\/ChemCases\/Nuclear_Chemistry_Discovery_of_the_Neutron_%281932%29\/Nuclear_Chemistry_The_Discovery_of_Fission_%281938%29\" >Nuclear Chemistry The Discovery of Nuclear Fission (1938) \u2013 UCDavis.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/science\/nuclear-energy-nuclear-fission.html\" >Nuclear Fission \u2013 Nuclear Energy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chemheritage.org\/discover\/online-resources\/chemistry-in-history\/themes\/atomic-and-nuclear-structure\/hahn-meitner-strassman.aspx\" >Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, and Fritz Strassmann \u2013 Chimical Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>Indian revolutionary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rajendra_Lahiri\" >Rajendra Lahiri<\/a> is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1926\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antanas_Smetona\" >Antanas Smetona<\/a> assumes power in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a> as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1926_Lithuanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >1926 coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a> is successful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uruguay\" >Uruguay<\/a> becomes a signatory to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires_Convention\" >Buenos Aires<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copyright\" >copyright<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty\" >treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darwin_Rebellion\" >Darwin Rebellion<\/a>: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_House,_Darwin\" >Government House<\/a> in Darwin, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Territory\" >Northern Territory<\/a>, Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ugyen_Wangchuck\" >Ugyen Wangchuck<\/a> is crowned first King of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhutan\" >Bhutan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1903\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright_brothers\" >Wright brothers<\/a> make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wright_Flyer\" >Wright Flyer<\/a><\/em> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kitty_Hawk,_North_Carolina\" >Kitty Hawk, North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1892\u00a0 <\/strong>First issue of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vogue_%28magazine%29\" >Vogue<\/a><\/em> is published<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>First performance of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symphony_No._8_%28Schubert%29\" >Unfinished Symphony<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Schubert\" >Franz Schubert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=unfinished+symphony+schubert+\" >YouTube videos: Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1819\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar\" >Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar<\/a> declares the independence of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gran_Colombia\" >Gran Colombia<\/a> in Angostura (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ciudad_Bol%C3%ADvar\" >Ciudad Bol\u00edvar<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" >Venezuela<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1807\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\" >Napoleonic Wars<\/a>: France issues the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milan_Decree\" >Milan Decree<\/a>, which confirms the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_System\" >Continental System<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1718\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance\" >War of the Quadruple Alliance<\/a>: Great Britain declares war on Spain.<\/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>DECEMBR 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Migrants_Day\" >INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates\" >United Arab Emirates<\/a> holds its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates_parliamentary_election,_2006\" >first-ever elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The first of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006%E2%80%9307_Malaysian_floods\" >series of floods<\/a> strikes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a>. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chadian_Civil_War_%282005%E2%80%9310%29\" >Chadian Civil War<\/a> begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighboring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan\" >Sudan<\/a>, launch an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Adr%C3%A9\" >attack in Adr\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> launches into orbit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terra_%28satellite%29\" >Terra<\/a> platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advanced_Spaceborne_Thermal_Emission_and_Reflection_Radiometer\" >ASTER<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clouds_and_the_Earth%27s_Radiant_Energy_System\" >CERES<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multi-angle_Imaging_SpectroRadiometer\" >MISR<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moderate-Resolution_Imaging_Spectroradiometer\" >MODIS<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MOPITT\" >MOPITT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTML\" >HTML<\/a> 4.0 is published by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Wide_Web_Consortium\" >World Wide Web Consortium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Economic_Community\" >European Economic Community<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Wall\" >Larry Wall<\/a> releases the first version of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perl\" >Perl<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Programming_language\" >programming language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atyrau\" >Atyrau<\/a> (Kazakhstan), Russia.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1978 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irinnews.org\/report\/21333\/kazakhstan-atyrau-former-nuclear-testing-site-still-a-health-hazard\" >KAZAKHSTAN: Atyrau former nucler testing site still a health hazard \u2013 11 November 2003 \u2013 IrinNews.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bnews.kz\/en\/news\/obshchestvo\/atyrau_investigates_consequences_of_nuclear_testing-2013_10_18-1004503\" >Atyrau investigates consequences of nuclear testing, by Batyr Kozhiev \u2013 18 October 2013 \u2013 BNews.kz<\/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><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>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominica\" >Dominica<\/a> joins the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[<em>Not to be confused with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/33\/107\" >UN General Assembly Resolution 33\/107 Admission of the Commonwealth of Dominica to membership to the United Nations \u2013 A\/RES\/33\/107<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Dominica:<\/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\/do.html\" >DOMINICA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK &#8211; CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Dominica\" >Dominica &#8211; UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/caribbean-islands\/59.htm\" >Dominica \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Dominica\" >Dominica \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/dominica.html\" >Dominica \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/dominica.html\" >Dominica \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19246342\" >Dominica country profile \u2013 Overview &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Dominica:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Dominica\">Foreign relations of Dominica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/dominica\/government\/foreign.html\" >Dominica Government \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/countrystudies.us\/caribbean-islands\/66.htm\">Dominica \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2295.htm\" >US Relations with Dominica \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/dominican-republic\/ri329\" >Dominica \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Dominica and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsceb.org\/content\/permanent-mission-commonwealth-dominica-un-new-york\" >Permanent Mission of the Common Wealth of Dominica to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/451A4C725A23D51AC1256F4100451EE9?OpenDocument\" >Permanent Mission of the Common Wealth of Dominica 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 Dominica:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Dominica\" >History of Dominica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/dominica\/history\" >Dominica \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/south-american-history\/history-of-dominica.htm\" >History of Dominica \u2013 HowStuffsWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/dominica\/history\" >Dominica: History \u2013 The Commonwealth \u2013TheCommonwealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/dominica_history.html\" >History of Dominica \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avirtualdominica.com\/historytimeline.cfm\" >Dominica\u2019s History timeline \u2013 AVirtualDominica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19409492\" >Dominica country profile &#8211; Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Dominica:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Dominica\">Economy of Dominica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/dominicanrepublic\/overview\" >Dominica \u2013 Overview &#8211; WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/dominica\">Dominica \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/dominica\" >Dominica \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/caribbean-islands\/64.htm\" >Dominica \u2013 Economy \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/dominica\/economy\" >Dominica: Economy \u2013 TheCommonwealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_Development_Bank\" >Islamic Development Bank<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isdb.org\/irj\/portal\/anonymous?guest_user=idb_en\" >Islamic Development Bank \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/urbanupgrading\/upgrading\/resources\/organizations\/Islamic-Devel-Bank.html\" >Islamic Development Bank \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islamicfinance.com\/2015\/02\/an-overview-of-the-history-of-islamic-finance\/\" >A History of Islamic Finance \u2013 IslamicFinance.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz_programme\" >Soviet Soyuz Programme<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz_13\" >Soyuz 13<\/a><\/em>, crewed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cosmonauts\" >cosmonauts<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentin_Lebedev\" >Valentin Lebedev<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyotr_Klimuk\" >Pyotr Klimuk<\/a>, is launched from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur\" >Baikonur<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\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\/President_of_the_United_States\" >President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> announces that the United States will engage <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnam<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Linebacker_II\" >Operation Linebacker II<\/a>, a series of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\" >Christmas<\/a> bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capitol_Reef_National_Park\" >Capitol Reef National Park<\/a> is established in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Utah\" >Utah<\/a>.<\/p>\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<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/historical\/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests \u2013 July 1945 through September 1992 \u2013 US Department of Energy &#8211; pdf<\/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>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<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1970<\/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>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom\" >Capital punishment in the United Kingdom<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Home_Secretary\" >Home Secretary<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Callaghan\" >James Callaghan<\/a>&#8216;s motion to make permanent the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_%28Abolition_of_Death_Penalty%29_Act_1965\" >Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965<\/a>, which had temporarily suspended <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >capital punishment<\/a> in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalitinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\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>1968<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR,\u201d <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn\" >Saturn<\/a>&#8216;s moon <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epimetheus_%28moon%29\" >Epimetheus<\/a> is discovered by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_L._Walker\" >Richard L. Walker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1970<\/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>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SCORE_%28satellite%29\" >Project SCORE<\/a>, the world&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communications_satellite\" >communications satellite<\/a>, is launched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>Japan joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/1113%28XI%29\" >UN General Assembly Resolution 1113 (XI): Admission of Japan to membership the United Nations &#8211; A\/RES\/1113(XI)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Japan:<\/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\/ja.html\" >JAPAN \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK &#8211; CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Japan\" >Japan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-14918801\" >Japan country profile &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-15219730\" >Japan profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Japan and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan_and_the_United_Nations\" >Japan and the United Nations &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rYLjlWDDkNk\" >YouTube video (2 min. 02 sec.): Prince Wan Waithayakon on Japan\u2019s admission to the United Nations &#8211; 1956<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sections\/un-charter\/chapter-xvii-0\/index.html\" ><strong>Article 107 of the UN Charter:<\/strong> \u201c<em>Nothing in the present Charter shall invalidate or preclude action, in relation to any state which during the Second World War has been an enemy of any signatory to the present Charter, taken or authorized as a result of that war by the Governments having responsibility for such action<\/em>.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sections\/un-charter\/chapter-viii\/index.html\" >Article 53 of the UN Charter: \u201c <em>The Security Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under its authority. But no enforcement action shall be taken under regional arrangements or by regional agencies without the authorization of the Security Council, with the exception of measures against any enemy state, as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article, provided for pursuant to Article 107 or in regional arrangements directed against renewal of aggressive policy on the part of any such state, until such time as the Organization may, on request of the Governments concerned, be charged with the responsibility for preventing further aggression by such a state. <\/em><em>2. <\/em><em>The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of this Article applies to any state which during the Second World War has been an enemy of any signatory of the present Charter<\/em>.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Seventy-seven <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress\" >B-29 Superfortress<\/a> and 200 other aircraft of US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourteenth_Air_Force\" >Fourteenth Air Force<\/a> bomb <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hankou\" >Hankow, China<\/a>, a Japanese supply base.<\/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>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Heligoland_Bight_%281939%29\" >Battle of the Heligoland Bight<\/a>, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party\" >Lanka Sama Samaja Party<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Ceylon<\/a>.<\/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\/Battle_of_Verdun\" >Battle of Verdun<\/a> ends when German forces under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_of_staff\" >Chief of staff<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erich_von_Falkenhayn\" >Erich von Falkenhayn<\/a> are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1892\u00a0 <\/strong>Premiere performance of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nutcracker\" >The Nutcracker<\/a><\/em> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky\" >Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" >Saint Petersburg<\/a>, Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wetherill\" >Richard Wetherill<\/a> and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cliff_Palace\" >Cliff Palace<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mesa_Verde_National_Park\" >Mesa Verde<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1878\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_Thani\" >Al-Thani<\/a> family become the rulers of the state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qatar\" >Qatar<\/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 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Park_Geun-hye\" >Park Geun-hye<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Korean_presidential_election,_2012\" >is elected<\/a> the first female <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_South_Korea\" >president of South Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%932002_Argentine_great_depression\" >Argentine economic crisis<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_2001_riots_in_Argentina\" >December 2001 riots<\/a> \u2013 Riots erupt in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires\" >Buenos Aires<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>A record high <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atmospheric_pressure\" >barometric pressure<\/a> of 1085.6 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pascal_%28unit%29\" >hPa<\/a> (32.06 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inch_of_mercury\" >inHg<\/a>) is recorded at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tosontsengel,_Kh%C3%B6vsg%C3%B6l\" >Tosontsengel, Kh\u00f6vsg\u00f6l<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolia\" >Mongolia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Labour_Party_of_Turkey\/Leninist\" >Communist Labour Party of Turkey\/Leninist<\/a> attack a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nationalist_Movement_Party\" >Nationalist Movement Party<\/a> office in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\" >Istanbul<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a>, killing one person and injuring three.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton\" >impeached<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\" >United States House of Representatives<\/a>, becoming the second President of the United States to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeached\" >impeached<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States Government restores federal recognition to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nottawaseppi_Huron_Band_of_Potawatomi\" >Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi<\/a> Native American tribe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" >Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a>, leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, releases <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrei_Sakharov\" >Andrei Sakharov<\/a> and his wife from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exile\" >exile<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nizhny_Novgorod\" >Gorky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration\" >Sino-British Joint Declaration<\/a>, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deng_Xiaoping\" >Deng Xiaoping<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Thatcher\" >Margaret Thatcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>China detonates its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/596_%28nuclear_test%29\" >nuclear weapon<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lop_Nur#Lop_Nur_Nuclear_Weapons_Test_Base\" >Lop Nor<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Lop Nor Nuclear Weapons Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/710\/\" >Lop Nor Nuclear Weapons Test Base \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/china\/facility\/lop_nor.htm\" >\u201c<em>US satellite intelligence imagery of 6-9 August 1964 showed that the previously suspect facility near Lop Nor in Sinkiang was almost certainly a nuclear testing site<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Base 21 Lop Nor \u2013 FAS.org<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong><em> the same article on the website of<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/china\/lop_nor.htm\" >org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/lop-nor.html\" >\u201c<em>Between 1964 and 1996, the People\u2019s Republic of China conducted 45 nuclear tests in Lop Nor, a lake region in the Western province of Xinjiang<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Lop Nor, China \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drben.net\/ChinaReport\/Xinjiang_Uyghur_AR\/Bayin_Gholin\/Lop_Nor-Lop_Nuur-History.html\" >History of Lop Nor \u2013 The Shihezi Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/~felixw\/research\/LopNor.html\" >Nuclear Explosion Location at the Lop Nor test site, China<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>China\u2019s Nuclear Weapon Programs:<\/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_China\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of China &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/specials\/testing-times\/16-october-1964-first-chinese-nuclear-test\/\" >16 OCTOBER 1964 \u2013 FIRST CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction\" >China and weapons of mass destruction \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/country-profiles\/china\/\" >China \u2013 Overview \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/proliferation\/china\/index.htm\" >China \u2013 NuclearFiles.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB26\/index.html\" >The Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program: Problems of Intelligence Collection and Analysis, 1964-1972\u2013 edited by William Burr &#8211; \u2013 published March 30, 2000 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/China\/ChinaArsenal.html\" >China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Present Capabilities \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/efogg\/Public\/chinanuclear.pdf\" >The China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Program and its Threat to the United States and Her Allies, by Erik Fogg \u2013 December 6, 2006 \u2013 MIT.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/project2049.net\/half_lives_china_nuclear_warhead_program.pdf\" >\u201c<em>As such, the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) is improving its nuclear deterrent to undermine the coercive effects of other countries nuclear weapons. The People\u2019s Liberation Army\u2019s (PLA) Second Artillery Force is building a next generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and the PLA Navy is gradually working toward the goal of fielding nuclear submarines capable of launching a new submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 HALVE LIVES: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT CHINA\u2019S NUCLEAR WARHEAD LIFE EXTENSION AND SAFETY PROGRAM \u2013 Project 2049 Institute \u2013 June 29, 2013 &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/china\/nuke\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>The first Chinese nuclear test was conducted at Lop Nor on 16 October 1964 (CHIC 1). It was a tower shot involving a fission device with a yield of 25 kilotons. Uranium 235 was used as the nuclear fuel, which indicates Beijing&#8217;s choice of the path of creating high-yield nuclear weapons right away<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearweaponarchive.org\/China\/ChinaTesting.html\" >China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 China\u2019s Nuclear Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/world-nuclear.org\/info\/Country-Profiles\/Countries-A-F\/China--Nuclear-Power\/\" >Nuclear Power in China \u2013 WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION \u2013 World-Nuclear.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/soviet_policies_twrds_chinas_nuclear_weapons_prgm_1.pdf\" >THE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION INTERNATIOAL HISTORY PROJECT WORKING PAPER SERIES \u2013 Between Aid and Restriction: Changing Soviet Policies toward China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Program: 1954-1960, by Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia \u2013 NPIHP Working Paper #2 \u2013 May 2012 \u2013 WilsonCenter.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2013-06-02\/china-nuclear-weapons-stock-grows-as-india-matches-pakistan-rise\" >China Nuclear Stockpile as India Matches Pakistan Rise, by Robert Wall \u2013 June 3, 2013 \u2013 Bloomberg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/should-america-fear-chinas-nuclear-weapons-11046\" >Should America Fear China\u2019s Nuclear Weapons? ,by Robert Farley \u2013 August 10, 2014 \u2013 The National Interest \u2013 NationalInterest.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Republic_of_China\" s_nuclear_program\">Timeline of China\u2019s nuclear program &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora<\/a> Island.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1975%E2%80%9378_French_nuclear_tests\" >1975-78 French nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Muruora:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7NEa-qDqUCU\" >YouTube video (2 min. 11 sec.): Amazing nuclear tests in French Polynesia and Muruora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxmpVJhs2BU\" >YouTube video (5 min. 06 sec.): SOUTH PACIFIC: MURUORA: FRANCE TO GO AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HdC1SaOATjs\" >YouTube video (16 min. 27 sec.): Nuclear Mentality &#8211; France<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Paul_Stevens\" >John Paul Stevens<\/a> is appointed a justice of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: The last manned lunar flight, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_17\" >Apollo 17<\/a>, crewed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Cernan\" >Eugene Cernan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Evans_%28astronaut%29\" >Ronald Evans (astronaut)<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrison_Schmitt\" >Harrison Schmitt<\/a>, returns to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth\" >Earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese military junta<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Kh%C3%A1nh\" >Nguy\u1ec5n Kh\u00e1nh<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_1964_South_Vietnamese_coup\" >dissolve the High National Council<\/a> and arrest some of the members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>India <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_annexation_of_Goa\" >annexes<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daman_and_Diu\" >Daman and Diu<\/a>, part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_India\" >Portuguese India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>Start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Indochina_War\" >First Indochina War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Indochina War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dingeengoete.blogspot.com\/2013\/12\/this-day-in-history-dec-19-1946-start.html\" >This Day in History: Dec 19, 1946: Start of the First Indochina War \u2013 Dinge en Goete<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldwar.org\/articles\/40s\/FirstIndochinaWar.asp\" >FIRST INDOCHINA WAR \u2013 ColdWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/First-Indochina-War\" >First Indochina War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/indochina_war_first.htm\" >First Indochina War \u2013 The History Guy \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnam\/first-indochina-war\/\" >The First Indochina War \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Limpet_mine\" >Limpet mines<\/a> placed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Navy\" >Italian<\/a> divers heavily damage the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Valiant_%281914%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Valiant<\/em><\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%281913%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Queen Elizabeth<\/em><\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raid_on_Alexandria_%281941%29\" >Alexandria harbour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> becomes Supreme <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commander-in-chief\" >Commander-in-chief<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Army_%28Wehrmacht%29\" >German Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_World_Service\" >BBC World Service<\/a> begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>Three Indian revolutionaries, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ram_Prasad_Bismil\" >Ram Prasad Bismil<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roshan_Singh\" >Roshan Singh<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashfaqulla_Khan\" >Ashfaqulla Khan<\/a> are executed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Empire\" >British Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constantine_I_of_Greece\" >King Constantine I<\/a> is restored as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Greece\" >King of the Hellenes<\/a> after the death of his son <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_of_Greece\" >Alexander of Greece<\/a> and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Referendum\" >plebiscite<\/a>.<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Verdun\" >Battle of Verdun<\/a>: On the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Front_%28World_War_I%29\" >Western Front<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Army\" >French Army<\/a> successfully holds off the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Army#World_War_I_1914.E2.80.931918\" >German Army<\/a> and drives it back to its starting position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1796\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\" >French Revolutionary Wars<\/a>: Two British frigates under Commodore <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson\" >Horatio Nelson<\/a> and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Action_of_19_December_1796\" >engage in battle<\/a> off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murcia\" >Murcia<\/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 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>China successfully <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_National_Space_Administration\" >launches<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolivia\" >Bolivian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T%C3%BApac_Katari_1\" >T\u00fapac Katari 1<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center\" >Xichang Satellite Launch Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a> becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Victoria\" >Queen Victoria<\/a>, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch\" >Portrait of Suzanne Bloch<\/a><\/em> (1904), by the Spanish artist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pablo_Picasso\" >Pablo Picasso<\/a>, and <em>O Lavrador de Caf\u00e9<\/em> by Brazilian modernist painter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C3%A2ndido_Portinari\" >C\u00e2ndido Portinari<\/a>, are stolen from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Museum_of_Art\" >S\u00e3o Paulo Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a> becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Victoria\" >Queen Victoria<\/a>, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macau\" >Macau<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transfer_of_sovereignty_over_Macau\" >handed over<\/a> to China by Portugal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NeXT\" >NeXT<\/a> merges with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Inc.\" >Apple Computer<\/a>, starting the path to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OS_X\" >Mac OS X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> begins peacekeeping in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_invasion_of_Panama\" >United States invasion of Panama<\/a>: The United States sends troops into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama\" >Panama<\/a> to overthrow government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Noriega\" >Manuel Noriega<\/a>. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stealth_aircraft\" >stealth aircraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances\" >United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>, Austria.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/pdf\/convention_1988_en.pdf\" >United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The texts of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/unodc\/en\/commissions\/CND\/conventions.html\" >three main international drug control conventions: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and the <strong><em>United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988<\/em><\/strong> are now available as an e-book for download. \u2013 International Drug Control Conventions \u2013 UNODC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/treaties.un.org\/Pages\/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&amp;mtdsg_no=VI-19&amp;chapter=6&amp;lang=en\" >Status of treaty adherence \u2013 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 \u2013 UNODC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unawestminster.org.uk\/pdf\/drugs\/UNdrugsBewley_Taylor_IJDP14.pdf\" >Challenging the UN drug control conventions: problems and possibilities, by David R. Bewley-Taylor \u2013 International Journal of Drug Policy 14 (2003) &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/content\/sen\/committee\/371\/ille\/library\/history-e.htm\" >THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL CONVENTIONS, by Jay Sinha \u2013 21 February 2001 \u2013 LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT \u2013 PARLIAMENT of CANADA \u2013 Parl.gc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz\" >Do\u00f1a Paz<\/a><\/em> sinks after colliding with the oil tanker <em>Vector<\/em> in the Tablas Strait in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> announces the institution of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Youth_Day\" >World Youth Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/historical\/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests \u2013 July 1945 through September 1992 \u2013 US Department of Energy &#8211; pdf<\/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>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Djibouti\" >Djibouti<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/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><em>Djibouti:<\/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\/dj.html\" >DJIBOUTI \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Djibouti\" >Djibouti\u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/djibouti.html\" >Djibouti \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Djibouti\" >Djibouti \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Djibouti:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Djibouti\" >Foreign relations of Djibouti \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/djibouti\/forrel.htm\" >Djibouti \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecuirty.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5482.htm\" >US Relations With Djibouti \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Djibouti and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/djibouti\/malaysia\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/755485F808B2B853C1257206007E5C8C?OpenDocument\" >Permanent Mission of Djibouti 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 Djibouti:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Djibouti\" >History of Djibouti \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/djibouti\/p\/DjiboutiHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Djibouti \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/djibouti\/\" >Djibouti \u2013 Articles on Country History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/djibouti_history.html\" >Djibouti History \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/djibouti\/history\/\" >Djibouti History \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/djibouti\/history\" >Djibouti \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Djibouti:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Djibouti\" >Economy of Djibouti \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/djibouti-country-africa-economy.html\" >Djibouti \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/djibouti\" >Djibouti \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/djibouti\" >Djibouti \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/djibouti\" >Djibouti \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Vietnam:<\/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\/vm.html\" >VIETNAM \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Viet%20Nam\" >Viet Nam \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/vietnam.html\" >Vietnam \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Vietnam\" >Foreign relations of Vietnam \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mofa.gov.vn\/en\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vietnam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/vietnam\/forrel.htm\" >Vietnam \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/vietnam\/ri261\" >Vietnam \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/4130.htm\" >US Relations With Vietnam \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Vietnam and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnam-un.org\/en\/index.php\" >Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/unog\/website\/missions.nsf\/%28httpPermanentMissions_en%29\/FB55BEFCACCD1534C1256F4100452094?OpenDocument\" >Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 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 Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Vietnam\" >History of Vietnam \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Vietnam\" >History of Vietnam \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/vietnam\/history\" >Vietnam \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asia.isp.msu.edu\/wbwoa\/southeast_asia\/vietnam\/history.htm\" >Vietnam History \u2013 MSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnam-culture.com\/zones-25-1\/Vietnam-History.aspx\" >Vietnam History \u2013 Vietnam-Culture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terragalleria.com\/vietnam\/info\/timeline.html\" >Timeline of Vietnam History, by Quang-Tuang Loung \u2013 TerraGalleria.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Vietnam\" >Economy of Vietnam &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/vietnam-economy.html\" >Vietnam \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/vietnam\" >VIETNAM \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/vietnam\" >Vietnam \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/vietnam\" >Vietnam \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/viet-nam\/economy\" >Vietnam: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Spain\" >Prime Minister of Spain<\/a>, Admiral <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luis_Carrero_Blanco\" >Luis Carrero Blanco<\/a>, is assassinated by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Car_bomb\" >car bomb<\/a> attack in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madrid\" >Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The international aid organization <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res\" >Doctors Without Borders<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Kouchner\" >Bernard Kouchner<\/a> and a group of journalists in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" >Paris<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msf.org\/\" >M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (Doctors Without Borders) \u2013 MSF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msf.org\/msf-history\" >\u201c<em>M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) was founded in 1971 in France by a group of doctors and journalists in the wake of war and famine in Biafra. Their aim was to establish an independent organisation that focuses on delivering emergency medicine aid quickly, effectively and impartially<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; MSF History \u2013 MSF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1999\/msf-lecture.html\" >Nobel Lecture by James Orbinski, M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, Oslo, December 10, 1999 \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2011\/nov\/20\/medecins-sans-frontieres-book\" >\u201c<em>MSF&#8217;s collection of essays, Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed, has provided the most detailed and self-critical inside account of the deals aid agencies are forced to negotiate, often with groups and regimes which abuse human rights, to continue their work<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 M\u00e9decins sans Fronti\u00e8res book reveals aid agencies\u2019 ugly compromises \u2013 November 20, 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 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>1984 <\/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>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viet_Cong\" >National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam<\/a> is formed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>The initial production version of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_707\" >Boeing 707<\/a> makes its first flight.<\/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>: First battle of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Volunteer_Group\" >American Volunteer Group<\/a>, better known as the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flying_Tigers\" >Flying Tigers<\/a>&#8221; in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kunming\" >Kunming<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> is released from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Landsberg_Prison\" >Landsberg Prison<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rarenewspapers.com\/view\/589992\" >December 20, 1924: THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 20, 1924 &#8211; <strong>* Adolph Hitler released from prison (1st report)<\/strong> \u2013 RareNewspapers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/on-day\/42723\/on-day-hitler-released-prison\" >ON THIS DAY: Hitler released from prison \u2013 December 20, 1924, by Jennifer Lipman \u2013 TheJC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/germany\/6617804\/Adolf-Hitler-is-German-Mussolini-warns-1924-French-document.html\" >Adolf Hitler is \u2018German Mussolini\u2019 warns 1924 French document \u2013 20 Nov 2009 \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/weimar-germany\/adolf-hitler-1918-to-1924\/\" >Adolf Hitler 1918 to 1924 \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/GERhitler2.htm\" >Adolf Hitler: 1924-1932 \u2013 Spartacus-Educational \u2013 Spartucus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/hitler-sent-to-landsberg-jail\" >APR 1 1924: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Hitler sent to Landsberg jail \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheka\" >Cheka<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> secret police force, is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The last Australian troops are evacuated from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gallipoli_Campaign\" >Gallipoli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1522\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Rhodes_%281522%29\" >Siege of Rhodes<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suleiman_the_Magnificent\" >Suleiman the Magnificent<\/a> accepts the surrender of the surviving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knights_Hospitaller\" >Knights of Rhodes<\/a>, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a> and become known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knights_Hospitaller\" >Knights of Malta<\/a>.<\/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\/december_14\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/december_14<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to_december_20; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/december\/14\" >http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/december\/14<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to december\/20; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/december_14.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/december_14.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to December_20.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>Dec 14-20 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cDon&#8217;t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don&#8217;t like them.\u201d \u2013 Stacy London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}