{"id":69187,"date":"2016-01-25T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=69187"},"modified":"2016-01-25T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T11:44:07","slug":"this-week-in-history-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/01\/this-week-in-history-60\/","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;\"><em>Jan 25-31<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/01\/decide-to-be-a-spiritual-person\/\" >\u201c<em>Render others spiritual. Irradiate your spirituality. Treat every moment of your life with divine respect.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Robert Muller<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JANUARY 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi make progress in the areas of defense and nuclear trade; the countries plan to cooperate on defense issues, military manufacturing initiatives and nuclear power development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>US-India Nuclear Trade Meeting of January 2015:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/obama-modi-say-progress-made-on-range-of-issues-1422193731\" >US and India Advance Nuclear Trade, by Colleen McCain Nelson \u2013 Jan. 25, 2015 \u2013 The Wall Street Journal \u2013 WSJ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2015\/1\/25\/obama-modi-india-nuclear-breakthrough.html\" >Obama and Modi announce nuclear \u2018breakthrough\u2019 during India visit \u2013 January 25, 2015 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/obama-modi-say-progress-made-on-civil-nuclear-trade\/ar-AA8ApSR\" >Obama, Modi say progress made on civil nuclear trade \u2013 January 25, 2015 \u2013 MSN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons of United States and India:<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Nuclear_weapons\" >Nuclear weapons [of India] \u2013 India and weapons of mass destruction \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons\" >List of states with nuclear weapons &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Power of the United States and India:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States\" >Nuclear power in the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.world-nuclear.org\/info\/Country-Profiles\/Countries-T-Z\/USA--Nuclear-Power\/\" >Nuclear Power in the USA \u2013 World-Nuclear.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/needtoknow.nas.edu\/energy\/energy-sources\/nuclear\/\" >Our Energy Sources \u2013 Nuclear \u2013 NAS.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_power_in_India\" >Nuclear power in India &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.world-nuclear.org\/info\/Country-Profiles\/Countries-G-N\/India\/\" >Nuclear Power in India \u2013 World-Nuclear.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indianuclearenergy.net\/\" >India Nuclear Energy \u2013 IndiaNuclearEnergy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/\" >IAEA website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2015_Mamasapano_clash\" >clash<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamasapano,_Maguindanao\" >Mamasapano, Maguindanao<\/a> in the Philippines killing 44 members of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Action_Force\" >Special Action Force<\/a> (SAF), at least 18 from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front\" >Moro Islamic Liberation Front<\/a> and five from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangsamoro_Islamic_Freedom_Fighters\" >Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Uribana_prison_riot\" >prison riot<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barquisimeto\" >Barquisimeto<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" >Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011\" >first wave<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011\" >Egyptian revolution<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a>, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labor strikes, and violent clashes in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo\" >Cairo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandria\" >Alexandria<\/a>, and throughout other cities in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb\" >OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb<\/a> through <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gravitational_microlensing\" >gravitational microlensing<\/a>, the first cool rocky\/icy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extrasolar_planet\" >extrasolar planet<\/a> around a main-sequence star.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opportunity_%28rover%29\" ><em>Opportunity<\/em> rover<\/a> (MER-B) lands on surface of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_invasion_of_Iraq\" >Invasion of Iraq<\/a>: A group of people leave London, England, for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad\" >Baghdad<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_shield_action_to_Iraq\" >serve as human shields<\/a>, intending to prevent the U.S.-led <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coalition_of_the_willing\" >coalition<\/a> troops from bombing certain locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>A suicide attack by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam\" >Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Temple_of_the_Tooth\" >Temple of the Tooth<\/a> kills eight and injures 25 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>A suicide attack by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam\" >Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Temple_of_the_Tooth\" >Temple of the Tooth<\/a> kills eight and injures 25 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>During a historic visit to Cuba, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norwegian_rocket_incident\" >Norwegian rocket incident<\/a>: Russia almost launches a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear<\/a> attack after it mistakes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Brant_XII\" >Black Brant XII<\/a>, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trident\" >Trident<\/a> missile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clementine_mission\" >Clementine<\/a> space probe launches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993_shootings_at_CIA_Headquarters\" >Five people are shot<\/a> outside the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CIA_Headquarters\" >CIA Headquarters<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Langley,_Virginia\" >Langley, Virginia<\/a>. Two are killed and three wounded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>National Resistance Movement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Resistance_Movement\" >National Resistance Movement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/National-Resistance-Movement\" >National Resistance Movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/first-thoughts.org\/on\/National+Resistance+Movement\/\" >NATIONL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT \u2013 First-Thoughts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theafricareport.com\/national-resistance-movement.html\" >NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT \u2013 TheAfricaReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.ug\/internal-strife-in-ugandas-national-resistance-movement\/\" >Internal strife in Uganda\u2019s National Resistance Movement \u2013 September 3, 2015 &#8211; StateOfTheNation.ug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-r.org\/accord-article\/peace-process-northern-uganda-1986-1990-2002\" >The peace process in northern Uganda 1986-1990 (2002) \u2013 C-R.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tito_Okello\" ><strong>Tito Okello<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoweri_Museveni\" >Yoweri Kaguta Museveni &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movement_House\" >\u201c<strong><em>Movement House<\/em><\/strong><em> is a building under construction in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The building is sometimes referred to as <strong>NRM House<\/strong>, in reference to its largest tenant, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), the ruling political party in Uganda since 1986<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Movement House \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.enoughproject.org\/conflicts\/lra\/beginnings-in-uganda\" >Beginning in Uganda \u2013 Idi Amin and Post-Colonial Uganda \u2013 EnoughProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Uganda\" >History of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad22\" >HISTORY OF UGANDA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/uganda\/history\" >Uganda: History \u2013 TheCommonWealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/uganda\/history-politics\" >History &amp; Politics \u2013 Uganda \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Uganda.html\" >Culture of Uganda \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14112446\" >Uganda profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Uganda &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ug.html\" >Uganda \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crname=Uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Data \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/uganda.html\" >Uganda \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buganda\" >\u201c<strong><em>Buganda<\/em><\/strong><em> is a subnational kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Ganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda, comprising all of Uganda&#8217;s Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Buganda &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14107906\" >Uganda country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mofa.go.ug\/\" >REPUBLIC OF UGANDA \u2013 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFIARS \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Uganda\" >Foreign relations of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gardeningillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_Uganda\" >Foreign relations of Uganda \u2013 GardeningIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uganda\/65.htm\" >Uganda \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Uganda and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newyork.mofa.go.ug\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations \u2013 New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ugandamission.ch\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/un-ug.org\/\" >United Nations \u2013 UGANDA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ug.undp.org\/\" >UNDP Uganda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Countries\/AFRICARegion\/Pages\/UGIndex.aspx\" >Uganda \u2013 United Nations Human Rights \u2013 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uganda-economy.html\" >Economy of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uganda-economy.html\" >Uganda \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uganda\/37.htm\" >The Economy of Uganda \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/uganda\/economy-industry\" >Economy &amp; Industry \u2013 Uganda \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiang_Qing\" >Jiang Qing<\/a>, the widow of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mao_Zedong\" >Mao Zedong<\/a>, is sentenced to death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Teresa\" >Mother Teresa<\/a> is honored with India&#8217;s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bharat Ratna Award and Mother Teresa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bharat_Ratna\" >Bharat Ratna &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knowindia.gov.in\/myindia\/myindia_frame.php?id=12\" >Bharat Ratna Award \u2013 KnowIndia.gov.in<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/noteszaroka.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/bharat-ratna-mother-teresa.html\" >Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-did-Mother-Theresa-who-was-a-Christian-missionary-get-a-Bharat-Ratna\" >Why did Mother Theresa, who was a Christian missionary, get a Bharat Ratna? \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/news\/india\/why-mother-teresa-given-bharat-ratna-before-ambedkar-asks-rss_1578793.html\" >Why Mother Teresa given Bharat Ratna before Ambedkar, asks RSS \u2013 ZeeNews.India.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Mother Teresa and Her Biography:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1979\/teresa-bio.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Biographical \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/news_services\/liturgy\/saints\/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html\" >Bibliography: Mother Teresa of Calcutta \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fSoqd3G13_E&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (1h. 55 min. 01 sec.): M\u00e8re Teresa \u2013 Mother Teresa \u2013 Multi-subs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b8w81qOc5nU&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (2 min. 02 sec.): Mother Teresa Film Trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mother-Teresa\" >Blessed Mother Teresa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americancatholic.org\/Features\/Teresa\/Sainthood.asp\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 The Road to Official Sainthood \u2013 AmericanCatholic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.handwriting.org\/mother-theresa.html\" >Mother Teresa \u2013 Handwriting Analysis \u2013 Handwriting.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Controversies:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa\" >Criticism of Mother Teresa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mukto-mona.com\/Articles\/mother_teresa\/sanal_ed.htm\" >India has no reason to be grateful to Mother Teresa, by Sanal Edamaruku \u2013 Mukto-Mona.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/02\/26\/mother-teresas-legacy-disrupts-indian-parliament\/\" >Mother Teresa\u2019s legacy disrupts Indian parliament \u2013 February 26, 2015 \u2013 Religion News Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/prism\/oct97\/mothert.html\" >Mother Teresa-She can\u2019t put us out of our misery any more, by Mark Cook \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca\/udem-news\/news\/20130301-mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint.html\" >Mother Teresa: anything but a saint\u2026- 1 MAR. 2013 \u2013 UMontreal.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/28746\/mother-teresa-not-a-saint-new-study-suggests-she-was-a-fraud\" >Mother Teresa Not a Saint: New Study Suggests She Was a Fraud, by Zainab Akande \u2013 March 7, 2013 \u2013 Mic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/the-silence-of-the-nuns-missionaries-refuse-to-get-drawn-into-controversy-over-mother-teresa\/article1-1326493.aspx\" >Silence of the nuns: Missionaries refuse to get drawn into controversy over Mother Teresa, by Arindam Sarkar \u2013 March 15, 2015 \u2013 HundustanTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Miracles and Mother Teresa:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americancatholic.org\/Features\/teresa\/Sainthood.asp\" >The Road to Official Sainthood \u2013 AmericanCatholic.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guardianlv.com\/2013\/10\/mother-teresa-was-no-saint-says-study\/\" >Mother Teresa Was No Saint Says Study \u2013 October 3, 2013 \u2013 GuardianLV.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/554631\/mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint-researchers-claim\/\" >MOTHER TERESA \u2018ANYTHING BUT A SAINT\u2019 RESEARCHERS CLAIM \u2013 March 4, 2013 \u2013 INQUISTIR.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/the-miracle-that-was-mother-teresa\/article2397132.ece\" >The Miracle that was Mother Teresa \u2013 September 21, 2011 \u2013 TheHundu.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/1562284\/Mother-Teresa-miracle-patient-accuses-nuns.html\" >Mother Teresa Miracle patient accuses nuns \u2013 5 September 2007 \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-approves-mother-teresa-miracle\/\" >Pope Approves Mother Teresa Miracle \u2013 December 19, 2002 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bahamas\" >The Bahamas<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a> and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Uganda<\/a>&#8216;s president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For some more pertinent information on Uganda, see <\/em>\u201c<strong>1986 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Resistance_Movement\" >National Resistance Movement<\/a> topples the government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tito_Okello\" >Tito Okello<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Uganda<\/a>\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Idi Amin\u2019s Coup of 1971:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idi_Amin\" >Idi Amin &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_Obote\" >Milton Obote &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971_Ugandan_coup_d\" %C3%A9tat\">1971 Ugandan coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/january\/25\/newsid_2506000\/2506423.stm\" >25 January 1971: ON THIS DAY: Idi Amin ousts Uganda president \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/publishistory.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/14\/how-did-idi-amin-dada-lead-a-successful-coup-in-1971\/\" >How did Idi Amin Dada lead a successful coup in 1971? (Part 1, by William Miles) \u2013 PublishHistory.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/links.org.au\/node\/2784\" >How the West brought Idi Amin to power \u2013 LINKS.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/markcurtis.wordpress.com\/2007\/02\/13\/the-rise-of-idi-amin-in-uganda-1971-72\/\" >The rise of Idi Amin in Uganda, 1971-1972, by Mark Curtis \u2013 MarkCurtis.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idi_Amin#Seizure_of_power\" >\u201cHaving learned that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup on 25 January 1971, while Obote was attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore. Troops loyal to Amin sealed off Entebbe International Airport and took Kampala. Soldiers surrounded Obote&#8217;s residence and blocked major roads.\u201d \u2013 Seizure of power &#8211; Idi Amin \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/idi-amin-9183487\" >Idi Amin \u2013 Biogrpaphy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afrol.com\/News2002\/uga004_amin_uk.htm\" >Documents on Idi Amin\u2019s 1971 coup released \u2013 afro.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Apollo Milton Obote:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statehouse.go.ug\/past-presidents\/president-apollo-milton-obote\" >President Apollo Milton Obote \u2013 PAST PRESIDENTS OF UGANDA<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Milton-Obote\" >Milton Obote \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/milton-obote-9426306#!\" >Milton Obote \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OWPlg3tkbWo\" >Milton Obote Speech-1969.wmv \u2013 YouTube video (3 min. 47 sec.)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Army\" >Brazilian Army<\/a> captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Lamarca\" >Carlos Lamarca<\/a> deserts in order to fight against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_military_government\" >military dictatorship<\/a>, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ending the US Involvement in the Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1969 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1969-1976\/ending-vietnam\" >Ending the Vietnam War 1969-1973 \u2013 MILESTONES 1969-1976 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN &#8211; US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/guide-to-sources-on-vietnam-1969-1975\" >Foreign Relations of the United States Guide to Source on Vietnam, 1969-1975 &#8211; Prepared by Edward C. Keefer, John M. Carland, and Bradley L. Coleman \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN &#8211; US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1969.html\" >The Bitter End: 1969-1975 \u2013 HISTORY PLACE Presents The Vietnam War &#8211; HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index3.html\" >Battlefield: Vietnam \u2013 Timeline 1969-1972 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&amp;psid=3470\" >Chronology of Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events \u2013 Digital History \u2013 DigitalHistory.UH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1965.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 The Jungle War 1965 \u2013 1968 \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atvaudio.com\/ata_vietnamwar.php\" >The VIETNAM WAR: US Involvement &amp; Escalation \u2013 ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO Inc. \u2013 RESEARCH REPORT \u2013 PART ONE \u2013 April 23, 1961 \u2013 May 27, 1968 \u2013 ATVAudio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/anderson.htm\" >The Diplomatic Course of the Vietnam War, by David L Anderson \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1888.html\" >America\u2019s Vietnam War in Indochina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1964-68v07\/sources\" >Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume VII, Vietnam, September 1968-January 1969 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allempires.com\/article\/index.php?q=britain_tet_offensive\" >Britain and the Tet Offensive 1967-1968: A \u2018Turning Point\u2019 in British Foreign Policy? \u2013 All Empires \u2013 AllEmpires.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Vietnam War Peace Talks\/Negotiations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnam\/vietnam-warpeace-talks\/\" >Vietnam War peace talks \u2013 DM BABYBONUS PROGRAM \u2013 Alpha History \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2378840\/The_1968_Paris_Peace_Negotiations_A_Two_Level_Game\" >The 1968 Paris Peace Negotiations: A Two Level Game \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/progressivepicks\/item\/13994-how-richard-nixon-sabotaged-1968-vietnam-peace-talks-to-get-elected-president\" >How Richard Nixon Sabotaged 1968 Vietnam Peace Talks to Get Elected President, by Robert Parry \u2013 18 January 2013 \u2013 Truth-Out.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>In Washington, DC, President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a> delivers the first live presidential television <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_conference\" >news conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>You Tube videos: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BF2YCJXFyJU\" >Clip from President John F Kennedy\u2019s 1<sup>st<\/sup> News Conference, January 25, 1961: (2 min. 04 sec.)<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YDaQRoUVJPg\" >the same conference video: (9 min. 07 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>US and Panama sign canal treaty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>US-Panama Treaty of 1955 (Remon-Eisenhower Treaty) and the Pertinent Treaties:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remon-Eisenhower_Treaty\" >Remon-Eisenhower Treaty of 1955 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/20669561?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" >Treaty of 1955 between the United States and Panama \u2013 JSTOR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hay%E2%80%93Bunau-Varilla_Treaty\" >Hay\u2013Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torrijos%E2%80%93Carter_Treaties\" >Torrijos\u2013Carter Treaties of 1977 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Panama:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Panama\" >History of Panama \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/nationbynation\/Panama\/History1.html\" >Panama History \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab28\" >HISTORY OF PANAMA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbean-panama-real-estate.com\/panama-history.php\" >History Of Panama \u2013 Caribbean and Panama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/panama\/history\" >Panama \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/panama\/\" >HISTORY \u2013 Panama \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/panama\" >A Guide to the United States\u2019 History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Panama \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19889251\" >Panama country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Panama:<\/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\/pm.html\" >PANAMA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Panama\" >Panama \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Panama\" >Panama \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/panama.html\" >Panama \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/panama.htm\" >Panama \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19888936\" >Panama profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Panama:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Panama\" >Foreign relations of Panama \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/countrystudies.us\/panama\/62.htm\" >Panama \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/panama\/ri340\" >Panama \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2030.htm\" >US Relations with Panama \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Panama-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/panama\/government\/panama_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Panama FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/panama-foreign-relations\" >Panama \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 Articles \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Panama:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Panama\" >Economy of Panama \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/panama-country-central-america-economy.html\" >Panama \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/panama\" >Panama \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/panama\" >Panama \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/panama\" >Panama \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> ends the state of war with Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Soviet Occupation of Germany (1945 \u2013 1954\/55):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/histclo.com\/essay\/war\/ww2\/after\/ger\/occ\/occ-sov.html\" >World War II Aftermath: Soviet Occupation of Germany (1945-54) \u2013 Histclo.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_occupations_by_the_Soviet_Union#Germany_.281945.29\" >Germany \u2013 Military occupations by the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstamps.com\/?p=825\" >Berlin-Brandenburg, Soviet Occupation (1945-1949) \u2013 DCStamps.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soviet-Occupation-Germany-Violence-1945-1947\/dp\/1107043816\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1453228566&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Soviet+Occupation+of+Germany%3A+Hunger%2C+Mass+Violence+and+the+Struggle+for+Peace%2C+1945-1947\" >Book: <em>Soviet Occupation of Germany: Hunger, Mass Violence and the Struggle for Peace<\/em>, by Flip Slaveski \u2013 Cambridge University Press &#8211; ISBN-13: 978-1107043817, ISBN-10: 1107043816<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org\/pdf\/eng\/Foreign%20and%20Security%206%20ENG.pdf\" >Germany History in Documents and Images; Volume 8 Occupation and the Emergence of Two States, 1945-1961 \u2013 GHI-DC.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Germany\" >History of Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/motherearthtravel.com\/history\/germany\/\" >History of Germany \u2013 MotherEarthTravel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Germany\" >History of Germany \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/germany-history.html\" >Germany \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac62\" >HISTORY OF GERAMNY \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Germany-history.htm\" >Outline of Germany\u2019s History \u2013 NationslOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanculture.com.ua\/library\/history\/bl_german_history.htm\" >German HISTORY \u2013 All Facts and Events \u2013 GermanCulture.com.ua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justgermany.org\/germany-history.asp\" >GERMANY HISTORY \u2013 GERAMNY TRAVEL \u2013 JustGermany.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_East_Germany\" >Foreign relations of East Germany \u2013 MusicIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005203\" >German Foreign Policy 1933-1945 \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholocaustexplained.org\/ks3\/the-nazi-rise-to-power\/economic-issues\/1919-1933-an-economic-overview\/#.VgAVu5eufX4\" >1919-1933: an economic review \u2013 THE HOLOCAUSE EXPLAINED \u2013 TheHolocaustExplained.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.german-way.com\/history-and-culture\/germany\/history-of-germany\/\" >History of Germany \u2013 Germany is Younger Than You Think \u2013 The German Way &amp; More \u2013 German-Way.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/germany.htm\" >THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF GERMANY \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ge-It\/Germany.html\" >Germany \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/europe\/germany\/detimeln.htm\" >Germany Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_German_history\" >Timeline of German History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301646\" >Germany profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Germany\" >Foreign relations of Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/germanysara.weebly.com\/foreign-relations.html\" >Germany \u2013 foreign relation \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/3997.htm\" >US Relations with Germany \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/countryprofil2\/p\/usgermany.htm\" >The Relationship of the United States with Germany \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/foreign-relations-of-germany-diplomatic-missions-contributions-alliances.html\" >Foreign Relations of Germany: Diplomatic Missions, Contributions &amp; Alliances \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/germany\/ri281\" >Germany \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/germany\/government\/germany_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Germany Foreign Relations \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.german-foreign-policy.com\/en\/news\/\" >GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY \u2013 German-Foreign-Policy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germany.info\/Vertretung\/usa\/en\/06__Foreign__Policy__State\/00\/__Home.html\" >Foreign Policy &amp; State \u2013 Germany.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of German Democratic Republic (East Germany):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/east-germany-created\" >OCT 7, 1949: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: East Germany created \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_East_Germany\" >History of East Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanplaces.com\/about-germany\/history-germany\/history-east-and-west.html\" >History of East Germany and West Germany \u2013 History of Germany \u2013 GermanPlaces.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/understandinggermany.de\/history\/differences-between-east-west-germany\/\" >Differences between East and West Germany \u2013 March 30, 2014 \u2013 Judith Meyer \u2013 Understanding Germany \u2013 UnderstandingGermany.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2014-09-30\/understand-life-east-germany-all-you-need-board-game\" >To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game \u2013 September 30, 2014 \u2013 PRI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/2WWeastGermany.htm\" >East Germany \u2013 Spartacus Educational \u2013 Spartucus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eastgermany.info\/TimeLine.htm\" >Timeline of East Germany History \u2013 EastGermany.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/germany\" >A Guide to the United States\u2019 History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Germany \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301646\" >Germany profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Occupation of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/cwr\/107189.htm\" >Allied Occupation of Germany 1945 \u2013 52 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/Occ-GY\/\" >THE US ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1944 \u2013 1946, by Earl F. Ziemke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nations.wikia.com\/wiki\/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany\" >Allied Occupation Zones in Germany \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/germany\/44.htm\" >Postwar Occupation and Division \u2013 Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandpolicy.org\/policy-papers\/papers\/germany-1945-1949-a-case-study-in-post-conflict-reconstruction\" >Germany 1945 \u2013 1949: a case study in post-conflict reconstruction \u2013 HistoryAndPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perforations.net\/europe\/france\/french-occupation-of-germany-1945-1946\/\" >French Occupation of Germany \u2013 Perforations.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mappery.com\/Occupation-Areas-of-Germany-after-1945-Map\" >Occupation Areas of Germany after 1945 Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany\" >Occupation Zones in Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/Occ-GY\/ch18.htm\" >CHAPTER XVIII \u2013 The Occupation Troops \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.axishistory.com\/viewtopic.php?t=69515\" >Documents of the US Occupation of Germany \u2013 AxisHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejucketts.com\/ww2website\/19452.htm\" >1945 The Occupation \u2013 Germany \u2013 TheJucketts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.3ad.com\/history\/wwll\/feature.pages\/occupation.booklet.htm\" >German Occupation Booklet 1945 \u2013 DON\u2019T BE A SUCKER IN GERMANY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/407620\/documents-on-germany-under-occupation-1945-1954\" >Documents on Germany under Occupation, 1945-1954 \u2013 Questia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Allied Control Council:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/frd\/Military_Law\/enactments-home.html\" >Allied Control Authority, Germany (1945 \u2013 1948) \u2013 Enactment and Approved Papers of the Control Council and Coordinating Committee \u2013 Military Legal Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org\/sub_document.cfm?document_id=2298\" >Documents \u2013 Allied Policies, 1944 \u2013 1955 \u2013 The Establishment of the Allied Control Council (June 5, 1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com\/ContentPages\/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1161785\" >Allied Control Council of Germany \u2013 History and the Headlines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warhistoryfans.com\/the-allied-control-council-151.html\" >The Allied Control Council \u2013 War History Fans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Allied-Control-Council\" >Allied Control Council \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Four+Power+Allied+Control+Council\" >Allied Control Council \u2013 The Free Dictionary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/imt\/imt10.asp\" >Nuremberg Trials Final Report Appendix D : Control Council Law No. 10 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Bulge\" >Battle of the Bulge<\/a> ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Battle of the Bulge:<\/strong><\/em><\/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>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florence_Li_Tim-Oi\" >Florence Li Tim-Oi<\/a> is ordained in China, becoming the first woman Anglican priest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a> declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Pius_XII\" >Pope Pius XII<\/a> elevates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_the_Hawaiian_Islands\" >Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands<\/a> to the dignity of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diocese\" >diocese<\/a>. It becomes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Honolulu\" >Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Sino-Japanese_War\" >Second Sino-Japanese War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China_%281912%E2%80%9349%29\" >Chinese<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Revolutionary_Army\" >National Revolutionary Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defense_of_Harbin\" >begins its defense<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harbin\" >Harbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a> declares independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik_Russia\" >Bolshevik Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Ukraine:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Ukraine\" >Western Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ukraine\" >History of Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2014\/02\/140224-ukraine-protests-president-ousted-history-geography-background\/\" >Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis, by Eve Conant \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukrainetrek.com\/western-district\" >Western Ukraine \u2013 UkraineTrek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brama.com\/ukraine\/history\/century20.html\" >BRAMA \u2013 History of Ukraine \u2013 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 Chronologically Synchronized Tables \u2013 BRAMA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Ukraine.html\" >Ukraine \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.summer.harvard.edu\/blog-news-events\/conflict-ukraine-historical-perspective\" >The Conflict in Ukraine \u2013 a Historical Perspective, by Lauren McLaughlin \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukraine.uazone.net\/history.html\" >Ukraine History \u2013 Chronological Table \u2013 UAZone.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ukraine-Russian Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations#History_of_relations\" >History of relations \u2013 Russia-Ukraine relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine_after_the_Russian_Revolution\" >Ukraine after the Russian Revolution &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/ukraine\/forrel-ru.htm\" >Ukraine-Russian Relations \u2013 GlobalSecuirty.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-relations\/\" >Ukraine Russian Relations \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Ukraine#Russia\" >Russia \u2013 Foreign relations of Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=94297069\" >In Ukraine, A Conflict Over Russian Relations \u2013 published September 5, 2008 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com\/category\/russian-ukrainian-relations\/\" >Category: Russian-Ukrainian relations \u2013 UkraineAnalysis.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.minecreek.info\/bolshevik-revolution\/ukraine.html\" >\u201c<em>Developments in Ukraine were especially important. Its large territorial size and population (just under a fifth of the total population of Russia in 1917), economic importance, and strategic geographic location made it a key area<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Mine Creek Battlefield \u2013 Bolshevik Revolution \u2013 MineCreek.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Graham_Bell\" >Alexander Graham Bell<\/a> inaugurates US transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_A._Watson\" >Thomas Watson<\/a> in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Strauss\" >Richard Strauss<\/a>&#8216;s opera <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elektra_%28opera%29\" >Elektra<\/a><\/em> receives its debut performance at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semperoper\" >Dresden State Opera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1890\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nellie_Bly\" >Nellie Bly<\/a> completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1881\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Graham_Bell\" >Alexander Graham Bell<\/a> form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oriental_Telephone_Company\" >Oriental Telephone Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgarian_National_Bank\" >Bulgarian National Bank<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1858\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wedding_March_%28Mendelssohn%29\" >Wedding March<\/a><\/em> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felix_Mendelssohn\" >Felix Mendelssohn<\/a> is played at the marriage of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Victoria\" >Queen Victoria<\/a>&#8216;s daughter, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria,_Princess_Royal\" >Victoria<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor\" >Friedrich of Prussia<\/a>, and becomes a popular wedding recessional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1792\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_Corresponding_Society\" >London Corresponding Society<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1787\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shays%27s_Rebellion\" >Shays&#8217;s Rebellion<\/a>: The rebellion&#8217;s largest confrontation, outside the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Springfield_Armory\" >Springfield Armory<\/a>, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1755\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow_State_University\" >Moscow University<\/a> is established on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tatiana_Day\" >Tatiana Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1704\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ayubale\" >Battle of Ayubale<\/a> results in the destruction of most of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_missions_in_Florida\" >Spanish missions in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1575\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luanda\" >Luanda<\/a>, the capital of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angola<\/a>, is founded by the Portuguese navigator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paulo_Dias_de_Novais\" >Paulo Dias de Novais<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Angola:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Angola\" >History of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/angola\/\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad33\" >HISTORY OF ANGOLA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/angola\/history\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/angola-history.html\" >Angola \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/angola\/p\/AngolaHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Angola \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonial_history_of_Angola\" >Colonial history of Angola \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/angola\/history-politics\" >History &amp; Politics \u2013 Angola \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780821443040?auth=0\" >\u201c<strong>Intonations<\/strong> tells the story of how Angola\u2019s urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped to gain from independence. Author Marissa J. Moorman presents a social and cultural history of the relationship between Angolan culture and politics.\u201d <strong>Intonations<\/strong>, by Marissa J. Moorman, published by Ohio University Press, 2008 \u2013 JHU.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/angola\/aotimeln.htm\" >Angola Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/angola\/l\/Bl-Angola-Timeline.htm\" >Angola Timeline \u2014 Prehistory to Present Day \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13037271\" >Angola profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 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>JANUARY 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libby_Lane\" >Libby Lane<\/a> becomes the first woman ordained a bishop of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_of_England\" >Church of England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>Rioting breaks out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antananarivo\" >Antananarivo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madagascar\" >Madagascar<\/a>, sparking a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis\" >political crisis<\/a> that will result in the replacement of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Madagascar\" >President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_Ravalomanana\" >Marc Ravalomanana<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andry_Rajoelina\" >Andry Rajoelina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> hits <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001_Gujarat_earthquake\" >Gujarat<\/a>, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Yeltsin\" >Boris Yeltsin<\/a> announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siad_Barre\" >Mohamed Siad Barre<\/a> is removed from power in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somalia\" >Somalia<\/a>, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_Mahdi_Muhammad\" >Ali Mahdi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>1991 in Somalia and the Somali Civil War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_in_Somalia\" >1991 in Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1991\/01\/30\/world\/in-somalia-graves-and-devastation.html\" >IN SOMALIA, GRAVES AND DEVASTATION \u2013 Reuters \u2013 January 30, 2001 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robertacucchiaro.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/19\/unosom-i-the-timing-issue-between-january-and-december-1991\/\" >UNSONOM I: The timing issue between January and December 1991 \u2013 Roberta\u2019s Blog \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peacekeeping\/missions\/past\/unosom2backgr2.html\" >Somalia \u2013 UNSONOM II \u2013 FULL TEXT \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theodora.com\/wfb1991\/somalia\/somalia_government.html\" >Somalia Government \u2013 1991 \u2013 Theodora.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.baltimoresun.com\/1991-01-31\/news\/1991031009_1_somalia-siad-barre-rebellion\" >Welcome Change in Somalia \u2013 January 31, 1991 &#8211; THE BALTIMORE SUN<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/ali-mahdi-mohamed\/featured\/2\" >Featured Articles on Mohamed Siad Barre \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digplanet.com\/wiki\/Ali_Mahdi_Muhammad\" >Ali Mahdi Muhammad \u2013 DigPlanet.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/darbysdigitalhistory\/home\/somali-civil-war\" >\u201c<em>With the fall of Siad Barre\u00a0\u00a0in 1991, a\u00a0civil war broke out. This has\u00a0caused the phase of fighting that the\u00a0Somalian\u00a0government\u00a0is now loosing the state to the rebel forces. The civil war has mostly consisted of tribalist factions but since the mid 2000&#8217;s it has taken over by a radical Islamist rebels. The war in Somalia has changed Somalia in many ways. It was once a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0place and now is a place of\u00a0violence\u00a0death and hunger<\/em>.\u00a0\u201d \u2013 Somali Civil War \u2013 Darby\u2019s Digital History \u2013 Sites.Google.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Somalia\" >History of Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/somalia\/\" >Somalia \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/somalia-history.html\" >Somalia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1993-2000\/somalia\" >Somalia, 1992-1993 \u2013 MILESTONES: 1993-2000 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3ae6a607b.html\" > Things Fall Apart \u2013 1 January 1993 \u2013 RefWorld.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14094632\" >Somalia profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/so.html\" >Somalia \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/somalia.html\" >Somalia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/somalia\/\" >Somalia \u2013 AllAfrcia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/somalia.htm\" >Somalia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/somalia.html\" >Somalia \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/somalia\/\" >Somalia \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/~jmroth\/\" >Somalia Facts \u2013 A Country in Turmoil \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14094503\" >Somalia profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Somalia\" >Foreign relations of Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/somalia\/somalia\/p21421\" >Somalia \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.somaligov.net\/\" >Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2863.htm\" >US Relations with Somalia \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Somalia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Somalia\" >Economy of Somalia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/somalia\" >Somalia \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The Ugandan government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tito_Okello\" >Tito Okello<\/a> is overthrown by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Resistance_Army\" >National Resistance Army<\/a>, led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoweri_Museveni\" >Yoweri Museveni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Uganda in January 1986:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_Uganda#Disunity_and_the_Ugandan_Bush_War_.281979.E2.80.931986.29\" >Disunity and the Ugandan Bush War (1979-1986) \u2013 Military history of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/yoweri-kaguta-museveni-9419209#synopsis\" >Yoweri Kaguta Museveni &#8211; Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Yoweri_Museveni.aspx\" >Yoweri Museveni \u2013 Encylcopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/uganda\/uganda142.html\" >\u201c<em>On December 17, 1985, after more than four months of negotiations, the NRA and the Military Council signed a peace accord in Nairobi. But then, on January 26, 1986, using Swedish and Libyan military assistance, the NRA abandoned the accord and seized control of the government. The new regime won some popular support by pledging it would end human rights violations, improve military discipline, and restore stability<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Rise of the National Resistance Army \u2013 Uganda \u2013 AllRefer.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr80\/fuganda1981.htm\" >THE WAR IN THE BUSH IN UGANDA 1981-1986 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1986\/01\/27\/nyregion\/news-summary-monday-january-27-1986.html\" >\u201c<em>International Victory for Ugandan rebels was claimed by the rebels&#8217; leaders. They announced that they had overthrown the Government after seizing Kampala, the capital<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 NEWS SUMMARY MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1986 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201301291350.html\" >Uganda: 26, 300 Ex-Combatants Have Received Amnesty Since 1986, by Julius Odeke \u2013 29 January 2013 \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/SpecialReports\/ugandaat50\/Uganda-after-1986--Insurgencies-in-the-north-and-east--Part-One-\/-\/1370466\/1640922\/-\/r3rf7\/-\/index.html\" >Uganda after 1986: Insurgencies in the north and east (Part One), by Timothy Kalyegira \u2013 December 10, 2012 \u2013 Monitor.co.ug<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sahistory.org.za\/dated-event\/yoweri-kaguta-moseveni-becomes-president-uganda\" >Yoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda \u2013 Wednesday, 29 January 1986 \u2013 SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE \u2013 SAHistory.org.za<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Uganda\" >History of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad22\" >HISTORY OF UGANDA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/uganda\/history\" >Uganda: History \u2013 TheCommonWealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/uganda\/history-politics\" >History &amp; Politics \u2013 Uganda \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Uganda.html\" >Culture of Uganda \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14112446\" >Uganda profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ug.html\" >Uganda \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crname=Uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Data \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/uganda.html\" >Uganda \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Uganda\" >List of heads of state of Uganda &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14107906\" >Uganda country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mofa.go.ug\/\" >REPUBLIC OF UGANDA \u2013 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFIARS \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Uganda\" >Foreign relations of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gardeningillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_Uganda\" >Foreign relations of Uganda \u2013 GardeningIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uganda\/65.htm\" >Uganda \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Uganda and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newyork.mofa.go.ug\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations \u2013 New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ugandamission.ch\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/un-ug.org\/\" >United Nations \u2013 UGANDA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ug.undp.org\/\" >UNDP Uganda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Countries\/AFRICARegion\/Pages\/UGIndex.aspx\" >Uganda \u2013 United Nations Human Rights \u2013 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uganda-economy.html\" >Economy of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uganda-economy.html\" >Uganda \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uganda\/37.htm\" >The Economy of Uganda \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/uganda\/economy-industry\" >Economy &amp; Industry \u2013 Uganda \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a> establish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomacy\" >diplomatic relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Israel-Egypt Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/israel.islandtrips.org\/israel-foreignrelations.php\" >Israel Foreign Relations \u2013 Israel Travel Guide \u2013 IsLandTrips.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_relations\" >Egypt-Israel relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Peace\/egyptisrael.html\" >Israel-Egypt Relations \u2013 A Review of Bilateral Ties &#8211; Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Peace\/egtoc.html\" >Egypt-Israel Relations \u2013 Israel International Relations &#8211; Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Egypt#.C2.A0Israel\" >With Israel \u2013 Foreign relations of Egypt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/topic\/israel-egypt-relations\/\" >TOPIC: ISRAEL-EGYPT RELATIONS \u2013 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL \u2013 TimesOfIsrael.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meforum.org\/565\/egypt-and-israel-a-reversible-peace\" >Egypt and Israel: An Reversible Peace, by Dan Eldar \u2013 Middle East Quarterly \u2013 Fall 2003, pp.57-65 \u2013 Middle East Forum \u2013 MEForum.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israel-a-history-of.com\/israel-and-egyptian-history.html\" >Israel and Egyptian history, by Ken Israel \u2013 Israel-a-History-of.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/overview-of-the-egyptian-israeli-conflict-history-essay.php\" >Overview Of The Egyptian Israeli Conflict History Essay \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=102322576\" >What\u2019s In Store For Egypt-Israel Relations? , by Peter Kenyon \u2013 March 25, 2009 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14603812\" >Egypt-Israel \u2018cold peace\u2019 suffers a further chill \u2013 10 September 2011 \u2013 BBC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/egypt\/repairing-egypt-israel-breach\/p25841\" >Repairing the Egypt-Israel Breach \u2013 September 13, 2011 \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mei.edu\/content\/article\/improved-egypt-israel-relations-through-sinai-crisis-will-they-last\" >Improved Egypt-Israel Relations through Sinai Crisis: Will They Last? , by Geoffrey Aronson \u2013 Jul 24, 2015 \u2013 Middle East Institute \u2013 MEI.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digplanet.com\/wiki\/Category:Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_relations\" >Egypt-Israel relations \u2013 DigPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.ac.uk\/reviews\/review\/264\" >Book: <strong><em>Israeli-Egyptian Relations, 1980-2000<\/em><\/strong>, by Ephraim Dowek &#8211; London &amp; Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 2001, ISBN: 9780714651620; 376pp. \u2013 Reviews in History \u2013 History.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iupress.indiana.edu\/product_info.php?products_id=19617\" >Book: <strong><em>Culture and Conflict in Egyptian and Israeli Relations: A Dialogue of the Death<\/em><\/strong>, by Raymond Cohen \u2013 1990 &#8211; ISBN: 978-0-253-31379-9 \u2013 Indiana University Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/content\/books\/9789004210691\" >Book: <strong><em>Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature<\/em><\/strong>, edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn and J.J. Shirley &#8211; \uf0b7 E &#8211; ISBN : 9789004210691<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.il\/mfa\" >Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Israel\" >Foreign relations of Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/israelforeignaffairs.com\/\" >Israeli Foreign Affairs \u2013 IsraeliForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/israel\/ri359\" >Israel \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/israel\/forrel.htm\" >Israel \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelcfr.com\/about-icfr.php?inp=1\" >Israel Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 IsraelCFR.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelhebrew.com\/israel-foreign-relations\/\" >Israel Foreign Relations \u2013 IsraelHebrew.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/israel\/government\/israel_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Israel \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/politicalgeography\/a\/israeldiplomacy.htm\" >Diplomatic and Foreign Relations of Israel \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/israel\/107.htm\" >Israel and Middle Eastern States \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/israel-foreign-relations\" >Articles on Israel Foreign Relations \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/israel\/106.htm\" >ISRAEL \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Israel -US Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/3581.htm\" >US Relations With Israel \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Israel-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifamericansknew.org\/us_ints\/history.html\" >THE HISTORY OF US-ISRAEL RELATIONS \u2013 IF AMERIANS KNEW \u2013 IfAmericansKnew.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/countryprofi3\/p\/usisraelprofile.htm\" >The US-Israel Relationship \u2013 2. Timeline of US-Israel Relations \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Israel-Vatican Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.il\/mfa\/foreignpolicy\/bilateral\/pages\/israel-vatican_diplomatic_relations.aspx\" >Israel-Vatican Diplomatic Relations \u2013 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jcpa.org\/article\/israels-relations-with-the-vatican\/\" >Israel\u2019s Relations with the Vatican, by Aharon Lopez \u2013 March 1, 1999 \u2013 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/vaticanholy-see\/vatican-israel-relations\/p19344\" >Vatican-Israel Relations \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_See%E2%80%93Israel_relations\" >Holy See-Israel relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbidavidrosen.net\/\" >VATICAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, by David Rosen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/is.html\" >ISRAEL \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a>, <\/em><strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/israel_cia.pdf\" >Israel \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 Israel \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Israel\" >Israel \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.science.co.il\/\" >Information about Israel \u2013 Israel Science and Technology Home Page<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/israel.html\" >Israel \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Israel\" >Israel \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14628835\" >Israel country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Israel\u2019s Nuclear Capability:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinproject.org\/countries\/israel\/nuke.html\" >Israel\u2019s Nuclear Weapon Capability: An Overview \u2013 T<em>he Risk Report<\/em> \u2013 Volume 2 Number 4 (July-August 1996). \u2013 WisconsinProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/israel\/nuke\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>Israel has not confirmed that it has nuclear weapons and officially maintains that it will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East. Yet the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons is a \u201cpublic secret\u201d by now due to the declassification of large numbers of formerly highly classified US government documents which show that the United States by 1975 was convinced that Israel had nuclear weapons<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2014\/01\/no_author\/israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal\/\" >The Truth about Israel\u2019s Secret Nuclear Arsenal, by Julian Borger \u2013 LewRockWell.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/programmes\/correspondent\/2841377.stm\" >Israeli nuclear power exposed, by Olenka Frenkiel \u2013 Sunday 16 March 2003 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/israel\/nuke\/farr.htm\" >THE THIRD TEMPLE\u2019S HOLY OF HOLIES: ISRAEL\u2019S NUCLEAR WEAPONS, by Warner D. Farr, LTC, U.S. Army \u2013 September 1999 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/canadian-mennonite-played-key-role-in-discovering-israels-nuclear-program\/article13193235\/\" >How Canada exposed Israel\u2019s secret nukes with help from a Mennonite, by Tu Thanh Ha \u2013 July 12, 2013 \u2013 The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jan\/15\/truth-israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal\" >The truth about Israel\u2019s nuclear arsenal, by Julian Borger \u2013 Wednesday, 15 January 2014 \u2013 The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependent.co.zw\/2014\/02\/21\/israels-nuclear-hypocrisy\/\" >Israel\u2019s Nuclear Hypocrisy \u2013 February 21, 2014 \u2013 TheIndependent.co.zw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/09\/israel-nuclear-weapons-secret-united-states\/380237\/\" >Israel\u2019s Worst-Kept Secret \u2013 Sep. 16, 2014 \u2013 The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Israel\" >History of Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factsofisrael.com\/en\/history.shtml\" >Israel \u2013 History \u2013 FactsOfIsrael.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israel-a-history-of.com\/\" >THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL \u2013 Israel-a-History-of. com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Israel\" >History of Israel \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Israeli_history\" >Timeline of Israeli history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionism-israel.com\/zionism_timeline.htm\" >Timeline: Concise Chronology of Israel, Zionism and Jewish History \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionismontheweb.org\/middle_east\/Israel\/timeline_of_Israel.htm\" >A TIMELINE OF ISRAEL \u2013 ZionismOnTheWeb.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-29123668\" >Israel profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Israel\" >Economy of Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finances.worldbank.org\/en\/countries\/Israel\" >ISRAEL \u2013 Country Summary \u2013 World Bank Group Finances<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/israel\" >Israel \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/israel\/gdp\" >Israel GDP \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelemb.org\/washington\/AboutIsrael\/Economy\/Pages\/ECONOMY-Israel.aspx\" >Economy of Israel \u2013 Embassy of Israel to the United States<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/israel\" >Israel \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/useconomy.about.com\/od\/worldeconomy\/p\/Israel_Economy.htm\" >Israel\u2019s Economy \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theodora.com\/wfbcurrent\/israel\/israel_economy.html\" >Israel Economy \u2013 Overview \u2013 Countries of the World \u2013 Theodora.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Egypt:<\/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\/eg.html\" >EGYPT \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Egypt\" >Egypt \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Egypt\" >Egypt \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/egypt.html\" >Egypt \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Egypt:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Egypt\" >Foreign relations of Egypt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/egypt\/ri356\" >Egypt \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/view\/egypts-evolving-foreign-policy\" >Egypt\u2019s Evolving Foreign Policy, by Adel El-Adawy \u2013 October 17, 2013 \u2013 POLICY ANALYSIS \u2013 WashingtonInstitute.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5309.htm\" >US Relations With Egypt \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of (Modern) Egypt:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Egypt\" >History of modern Egypt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharm-club.com\/history3.htm\" >Modern history of Egypt \u2013 Sham-Club.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/People\/Modern_Egyptian_History\" >Modern Egyptian History \u2013 Academic Papers \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/egymas.com\/index.pl\/modern_egypt_history\" >Modern Egypt History \u2013 EgyMAS.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/UsefulNotes\/HistoryOfModernEgypt\" >Useful Notes: History of Modern Egypt \u2013 TVTropes.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientandmodernegypt.weebly.com\/\" >Ancient &amp; Modern Egypt \u2013 AncientAndModernEgypt.Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.egypt.travel\/product\/index\/modern-egypt\" >Modern Egypt \u2013 Art &amp; Architecture \u2013 Egypt.travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/History_of_Islam\/Modern_period\/Egypt\" >History of Islam\/Modern period\/Egypt &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyguy.com\/egypt_history_timeline.htm\" >Timeline of Modern Egyptian History \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13315719\" >Egypt profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Egypt:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Egypt\" >Economy of Egypt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/egypt-economy.html\" >Egypt \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/egypt\/overview\" >EGYPT \u2013 Overview &#8211; WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/egypt-arab-republic\" >Egypt \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/egypt\" >Egypt \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/topics\/Egypt\" >Egypt \u2013 Articles \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Blizzard_of_1978\" >Great Blizzard of 1978<\/a>, a rare <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blizzard\" >severe blizzard<\/a> strikes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ohio\" >Ohio<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Lakes\" >Great Lakes<\/a> region with heavy snow and winds up to 100\u00a0mph (161\u00a0km\/h).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sary_Shagan\" >Sary Shagan<\/a>, USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/682\/\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 NTI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/blog\/army\/missile-firing-at-sary-shagan-testing-ground\/\" >Missile firing at Sary-Shagan testing ground \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautix.com\/sites\/sarhagan.htm\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Encyclopedia Astronautica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/missilethreat.com\/russian-tv-profiles-sary-shagan-test-range\/\" >Russian TV Profiles Sary-Shagan Test Range \u2013 MISSILE THREAT \u2013 MissileThreat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ausairpower.net\/APA-Rus-ABM-Systems.html\" >Russian\/Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems \u2013 AusAirPower.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ijkm.nl\/Sary-Shagan\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Russian Super Weapons Hypersonic Aircraft Igla Armas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesoberg.com\/140520-topol-ky.pdf\" >Russia\u2019s KYSS-08 \u2018Topol\u2019 \u2013 Mystery Missile Mission \u2013 Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagon \u2013 Eighth Launch \u2013 May 20, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siberianinsider.com\/russia-to-upgrade-neman-p-radar-in-sary-shagan.html\" >Russia to upgrade Neman-P rader in Sary-Shagon \u2013 28.08.2014 \u2013 Siberian Insider \u2013 SiberianInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/russia-again-flight-tests-new-icbm-to-treaty-violating-range\/\" >\u201c<em>The RS-26 missile carried a dummy warhead from Russia\u2019s Kapustin Yar missile facility, located about 80 miles south of Volgograd in southern Russia, to an impact range at Sary Shagan in Kazakhstan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Russia Again Flight Tests New ICBM to Treaty-Violating Rage, by Bill Gertz \u2013 March 31, 2015 \u2013 FreeBeacon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindi\" >Hindi<\/a> becomes the official language of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranger_program\" >Ranger program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranger_3\" >Ranger 3<\/a> is launched to study the Moon. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_probe\" >space probe<\/a> later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400\u00a0km).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a> appoints <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janet_G._Travell\" >Janet G. Travell<\/a> to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds the appointment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Physician_to_the_President\" >Physician to the President<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet Union hands <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porkkala\" >Porkkala<\/a> back to Finland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo_Fire\" >Black Saturday<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a>: rioters burn <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo\" >Cairo<\/a>&#8216;s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_India\" >Constitution of India<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coming_into_force\" >comes into force<\/a>, forming a republic. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rajendra_Prasad\" >Rajendra Prasad<\/a> is sworn in as its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_India\" >President of India<\/a>. Observed as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_Day_%28India%29\" >Republic Day<\/a> in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hale_telescope\" >Hale telescope<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palomar_Observatory\" >Palomar Observatory<\/a> sees <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_light_%28astronomy%29\" >first light<\/a> under the direction of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_Hubble\" >Edwin Hubble<\/a>, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BTA-6\" >BTA-6<\/a> is built in 1976).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audie_Murphy\" >Audie Murphy<\/a> in action for which he will be awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medal_of_Honor\" >Medal of Honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heiligenbeil_Pocket\" >begins encircling<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4th_Army_%28Wehrmacht%29\" >German Fourth Army<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heiligenbeil_Pocket\" >Heiligenbeil<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Prussia\" >East Prussia<\/a>, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.<\/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 first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War\" >Spanish Civil War<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalonia_Offensive\" >Catalonia Offensive<\/a>: Troops loyal to nationalist General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Franco\" >Francisco Franco<\/a> and aided by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italy<\/a> take <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barcelona\" >Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German%E2%80%93Polish_Non-Aggression_Pact\" >German\u2013Polish Non-Aggression Pact<\/a> is signed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1930\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_National_Congress\" >Indian National Congress<\/a> declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purna_Swaraj\" >Poorna Swaraj<\/a> (&#8220;Complete Independence&#8221;) which occurred 17 years later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" >Saint Petersburg<\/a>, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finnish_Civil_War\" >Finnish Civil War<\/a>: A group of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Guards_%28Finland%29\" >Red Guards<\/a> hangs a red lantern atop the tower of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helsinki_Workers%27_Hall\" >Helsinki Workers&#8217; Hall<\/a> to symbolically mark the start of the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocky_Mountain_National_Park\" >Rocky Mountain National Park<\/a> is established by an act of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Congress\" >US Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1911 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Strauss\" >Richard Strauss<\/a>&#8216; opera <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Der_Rosenkavalier\" >Der Rosenkavalier<\/a><\/em> receives its debut performance at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semperoper\" >Dresden State Opera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1911\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glenn_H._Curtiss\" >Glenn H. Curtiss<\/a> flies the first successful American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seaplane\" >seaplane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>The world&#8217;s largest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diamond\" >diamond<\/a> ever, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cullinan_Diamond\" >Cullinan<\/a> weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350\u00a0kg), is found at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Premier_Mine\" >Premier Mine<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretoria\" >Pretoria<\/a> in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong>Troops loyal to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Ahmad\" >The Mahdi<\/a> conquer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Khartoum\" >Khartoum<\/a>, killing the Governor-General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_George_Gordon\" >Charles George Gordon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1855\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point_No_Point_Treaty\" >Point No Point Treaty<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Territory\" >Washington Territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1841\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cession\" >cedes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1788\u00a0 <\/strong>The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Fleet\" >First Fleet<\/a>, led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Phillip\" >Arthur Phillip<\/a>, sails into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_Jackson\" >Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)<\/a> to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australia_Day\" >Australia Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JANUARY 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Today is the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day\" >INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, is elected as Prime Minister of Greece on an anti-austerity platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Spring\" >Arab Spring<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yemeni_Revolution\" >Yemeni Revolution<\/a> begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sana%27a\" >Sana&#8217;a<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Arab Spring:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impact_of_the_Arab_Spring\" >Impact of the Arab Spring &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.cornell.edu\/arab_spring\" >Arab Spring: A Research &amp; Study Guide \u2013 Cornell University Library \u2013 Cornell.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/humanrightsdemocracy\/a\/Definition-Of-The-Arab-Spring.htm\" >What is the Arab Spring? \u2013 Middle East Uprisings in 2011 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/arab-spring.html\" >Arab Spring \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/humanrightsdemocracy\/a\/Definition-Of-The-Arab-Spring.htm\" >Definition of the Arab Spring \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/12\/17\/143897126\/the-arab-spring-a-year-of-revolution\" >The Arab Spring: A Year of Revolution \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Arab-Spring\" >Arab Spring \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/jan\/16\/leader-2-arab-spring-tunisia-egypt\" >The Arab Spring, made in Tunisia, broken in Egypt \u2013 January 16, 2014 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-30003865\" >Who are the winners and losers of the Arab Spring? \u2013 12 November 2014 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.almanar.com.lb\/english\/adetails.php?eid=45439&amp;cid=31&amp;fromval=1\" >The Arab Spring: The Root Causes? , by Hamze Abbas Jamoul \u2013 Almanar.com.lb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2012\/12\/the-arab-spring-descends-into-islamist-winter-implications-for-us-policy\" >The Arab Spring Descends into Islamist Winter: Implications for US Policy, by James Philips \u2013 December 2012 &#8211; Heiratage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/interactive\/2011\/mar\/22\/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline\" >Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests \u2013 March 22, 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetower.org\/article\/the-real-big-winner-of-the-arab-spring\/\" >The Real Big Winner of the Arab Spring, by Gabriel Scheinmann \u2013 October 2013 \u2013 TheTower.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/01\/02\/144489844\/timeline-the-major-events-of-the-arab-spring\" >Timeline: The Major Events in the Arab Spring \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Arab_Spring\" >Timeline of the Arab Spring \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Arab Spring and the CIA:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/its-official-arab-spring-subversion-u-s-funded\/\" >It\u2019s Official: \u201cArab Spring\u201d Subversion US Funded \u2013 April 15, 2011 \u2013 Infowars.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tarpley.net\/2011\/06\/20\/cia-fake-arab-spring-becoming-summer-of-war\/\" >The CIA\u2019s Fake \u201cArab Spring\u201d Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of War, by Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. \u2013 June 20, 2011 \u2013 TARPLEY.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aangirfan.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/arab-spring-conspiracy.html\" >THE ARAB SPRING CONSPIRACY \u2013 Sunday, December 25, 2011 &#8211; AANGIRFAN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/dylan-evans\/the-arab-spring-and-the-cia_b_1246230.html\" >The Arab Spring and the CIA \u2013 One Year on, by Dylan Evans \u2013 01\/02\/2012 \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intelinet.org\/sg_site\/articles\/sg_cia_arab_spring.html\" >Did the CIA Miss the Arab Spring, by Servando Gonzalez \u2013 02\/16\/12<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong><strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intellihub.com\/did-the-cia-miss-the-arab-spring\/\" >the same article on this site IntelliHub.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.finalcall.com\/artman\/publish\/Perspectives_1\/article_8656.shtml\" >The Hijacked Arab Spring, by Ali Baghdadi &#8211; March 16, 2012 \u2013 The Final Call \u2013 FinalCall.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aangirfan.blogspot.hr\/2012\/06\/witnesses-to-houla-cias-arab-spring.html\" >WITNESS TO HOULA, CIA\u2019S ARAB SPRING &#8211; Monday, June 04, 2012 &#8211; AANGIRFAN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/the-cia-mi6-mossad-brotherhood-trick-egypt-with-muslim-trojan-horse\/\" >The CIA-MI6-Mossad Brotherhood Trick Egypt With Muslim Trojan Horse, by Saman Mohammadi \u2013 Monday, June 25, 2012 \u2013 Infowars.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ThearabSpringTheCiaAndCensorship-TheI-revolutionSeriesOnCnn\" >The \u201cArab Spring\u201d, the CIA, and Censorship \u2013 The I-Revolution Series on CNN, and the Control of \u201cNews Media\u201d as Propaganda &#8211; Sept 10, 2012 \u2013 Archive.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/intelnews.org\/tag\/arab-spring\/\" >CIA warned Tunisian officials about murder of opposition politician &#8211; September 23, 2013 \u2013 IntelNews.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/readersupportednews.org\/pm-section\/135-135\/19691-cia-made-the-arab-spring\" >CIA Made the Arab Spring, by JC MacQueen \u2013 Thursday, 03 October 2013 \u2013 ReadersSupportedNews.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stuartjeannebramhall.com\/2014\/01\/18\/the-cia-role-in-the-arab-spring\/\" >The CIA Role in the Arab Spring \u2013 January 18, 2014 \u2013 THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/grondamorin.com\/2015\/11\/07\/arab-spring-and-the-cia\/\" >2011 ARAB SPRING AND THE CIA &#8211; November 7, 2015 \u2013 GrondaMorin.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hubpages.com\/politics\/Arab-Spring-CIA-Construct\" >Arab Spring = CIA Construct? \u2013 HubPages.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ET-yfE5dubc\" >In director and the CIA He plans to the Arab Spring since 2006: YouTube video (2min. 09 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2P6HSRLZgQ\" >Noam Chomsky | Emerging World Order and the Arab Spring: YouTube video (1 h. 01 min. 05 sec.)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Arab+Spring+and+the+CIA\" >Other Pertinent YouTube videos on the Arab Spring and the CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/aug\/28\/arab-spring-intelligence-disaster-scheuer\" >\u201c<em>The Arab spring has &#8220;delighted al-Qaida&#8221; and caused &#8220;an intelligence disaster&#8221; for the US and Britain, the former head of the CIA unit in charge of pursuing Osama bin Laden has warned<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Arab Spring created \u2018intelligence disaster\u2019, warns former CIA boss \u2013 Sunday, 28 August 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/posts\/the-arab-spring-and-its-influence-on-al-qaida\" >The Arab Spring and its Influence on Al-Qa \u0340ida &#8211; May 22, 2012 \u2013 COBATING TERRORISM CENTER &#8211; USMA.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Security-Concerns-and-the-Arab-Uprisings.pdf\" >The Arab Spring and al-Qaeda\u2019s Peripheral Infiltration: A Tour d\u2019Horizon, by Michael Shkolnik &#8211; June 25, 2012 \u2013 pdf \u2013 UNAC.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/228\/html\" >Al-Qaeda\u2019s Response to the Arab Spring, by Donald Holbrook \u2013 RESPECTIVES ON TERRORISM \u2013 Vol.6, No. 6 &#8211; TerrorismAnalysts.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/full-comment\/thomas-joscelyn-al-qaeda-and-the-arab-spring\" >Thomas Joscelyn: Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring &#8211; January 11, 2013 \u2013 NationalPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2013\/08\/08\/the-gift\/\" >The Gift: How the Arab Spring turned out to be a win for al Qaeda. , by Marc Lynch &#8211; August 8, 2013 \u2013 ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/counterjihadreport.com\/2014\/01\/07\/how-the-arab-spring-unleashed-al-qaeda\/\" >How the Arab Spring Unleased Al Qaeda &#8211; January 7, 2014 \u2013 CounterJihadReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/former-cia-official-cites-agencys-failure-to-see-al-qaedas-rebound\/2015\/05\/03\/d68e7292-f028-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html\" >Former CIA official cists agency\u2019s failure to see al-Qaeda\u2019s rebound &#8211; by Greg Miller &#8211; May 3, 2015 \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashigtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wealthvest.com\/peter-bergen-on-al-qaeda\/\" >ARAB SPRING AND THE AL QAEDA: PETER BERGEN \u2013 Peter Bergen al Qaeda Interview Full Text &#8211; August 17, 2011 \u2013 WealthVest.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2015\/05\/cia-arab-spring-al-qaeda-150517075517498.html\" >\u2018Arab Spring was really a spring for al-Qaeda\u2019 \u2013 OPINION \u2013 17 May 2015 \u2013 Aljazera.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/AL-Qaeda-Arab-Spring-Ideological-Assessment\/dp\/1500578436\" >Book: <strong><em>Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring: An Ideological Assessment<\/em><\/strong>, by Naval Postgraduate School \u2013 published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform \u2013 July 2014 \u2013 ISBN-10: 1500578436; ISBN-13<strong>:<\/strong> 978-1500578435<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Arab+Spring+and+Al+Qaeda\" >Some Pertinent YouTube videos on the Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Arab Spring and Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/06\/16\/136860807\/a-west-bank-democracy-push-may-be-game-changer\" >What The Arab Spring Means For Israel and Palestine \u2013 June 16, 2011 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/israel-and-the-arab-spring\" >Israel and the Arab Spring, by Lucy kurtzer-Ellenbogen \u2013 May 3, 2011 \u2013 United States Institute for Peace \u2013 ISIP.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2013.presidentconf.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Arab-Spring-Final.pdf\" >Israel in the Wake of the Arab Spring: Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Challenges, by Elle Podeh and Nimrod Goren \u2013 May 2013 \u2013 pdf &#8211; 2013.PresidentConf.org.il<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/view\/arab-spring-arab-storm-implications-for-israel\" >Arab Spring, Arab Storm: Implications for Israel, by Dan Schueftan and Michael Singh \u2013 October 24, 2011 \u2013 The Washington Institute \u2013 WashingtonInstute.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hydrablog.csusm.edu\/2011\/05\/israels-palestinian-arab-sprin.html\" >Israel\u2019s Palestine Arab Spring, by Kent Bolton \u2013 May 16, 2011 \u2013 Hydrablog.CSUSM.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/sites\/files\/chathamhouse\/public\/Meetings\/Meeting%20Transcripts\/121211freedland.pdf\" >Israel and the Arab Spring, by Jonathan Freedland and Daniel Levy; Chair by Yossi Mekelberg \u2013 12 December 2011 \u2013 pdf &#8211; ChatmanHouse.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pij.org\/details.php?id=1408\" >Is the Arab Spring Israel\u2019s Winter? , by Menachem Klein \u2013 Vol. 18, No. 1, 2012 \u2013 PALESTINE-ISRAEL JOURNAL \u2013 PIJ.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aish.com\/j\/fs\/The_Arab_Spring_and_the_Israeli_Summer.html\" >Arab Spring Israeli Summer, by Richard Rabkin \u2013 AISH.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Opinion\/Op-Ed-Contributors\/Israel-and-the-Arab-Spring\" >Israel and the Arab Spring \u2013 12\/19\/2012 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post \u2013 JPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/arab-spring-and-israeli-enemy\" >Arab Spring and the Israeli enemy \u2013 Saturday, 6 October 2012 \u2013 ArabNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mitvim.org.il\/israel-and-the-arab-spring\" >Israel and the Arab Spring \u2013 The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies &#8211; MITVIM.org.il<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/honestreporting.com\/idns-092214-arab-spring-arrives-on-israels-doorstep\/\" >The Arab Spring Arrives Israel\u2019s Doorstep \u2013 September 22, 2014 \u2013 HonestReporting.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/06\/20\/5-arab-spring-opportunities-for-israel.html\" >5 Arab Spring Opportunities for Israel \u2013 06.20.13 \u2013 The Daily Beast \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/arab_spring_israeli_isolation\/\" >Arab Spring, Israeli Isolation, by Richard Yavad Heydarian \u2013 October 13, 2011 \u2013 Foreign Policy In Focus \u2013 FPIF.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelemb.org\/washington\/Speakers-Guide\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict-Arab-Spring\/Pages\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict-Arab-Spring.aspx\" >Arab-Israeli Conflict &amp; Arab Spring \u2013 The Embassy of Israel to the United States<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/1.698071\" >Why the Arab Spring Failed: Choosing survival over chaos \u2013 Haaretz.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Anti-Semitic-play-shown-on-Egyptian-TV-341571\" >Egyptian play suggests Mossad behind the Arab Spring \u2013 02\/16\/2014 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post \u2013 JPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/177548\" >Egyptian Play Blames Mossad for Arab Spring, by Elad Benari \u2013 2\/17\/2014 \u2013 IsraelNationalNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europe.newsweek.com\/real-arab-spring-happening-israel-321724?rm=eu\" >THE REAL ARAB SPRING IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL, by Adam Lebor \u2013 4\/13\/2015 \u2013 Newsweek.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-has-been-Mossads-involvement-in-the-Arab-Spring\" >\u201c<em>Let me remind you that the main consequence if the Arab Spring from Israel&#8217;s perspective has been the loss of its main ally in the region, Hosni Mubarrak. Another big result was the flow of Islamic extremists to Syria. Most of all, it&#8217;s shifted the world&#8217;s attention from the Irani nuclear situation, which is a big issue for Israel.<\/em> \u201d \u2013 What has been Mossad involvement in the Arab Spring, by Gil Eyal \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4085419,00.html\" >\u201c<em>F<\/em><em>ormer Mossad chief Meir Dagan doubted the &#8216;Arab Spring&#8217; Tuesday and said a Sunni government could succeed that of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which may inhibit Hezbollah<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Dagan doubts the Arab Spring, by Yaov Zitun \u2013 06.21.11 \u2013 YNetNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Yemen and the Arab Spring:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=this+week+in+history+arab+spring+yemen\" >Pertinent Articles on Yemen and the Arab Spring \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asithappens.spaces.wooster.edu\/the-effect-of-arab-spring-on-yemen\/\" >The Effect of the Arab Spring in Yemen \u2013 February 20, 2012 \u2013 Wooster.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharnoffsglobalviews.com\/yemens-arab-spring\/\" >Yemen\u2019s Arab Spring, by Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University \u2013 October 17, 2012 \u2013 SHARNOFF\u2019S GLOBAL VIEWS \u2013 SharnoffsGlobalViews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2015\/01\/yemen-arab-spring-leaderless-nation\/103692\/\" >Yemen: From the Arab Spring to a Leaderless Nation \u2013 DefenseOne.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/26\/world\/asia\/yemen-makes-strides-in-transition-to-democracy.html?_r=0\" >Yemen Making Strides in Transition to Democracy After Arab Spring, by Neil MacFarouhar \u2013 May 25, 2013 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/for-yemens-arab-spring-activists-hope-plummets-as-chaos-deepens\/2015\/02\/26\/ef5c87fe-b78a-11e4-bc30-a4e75503948a_story.html\" >For Yemen\u2019s Arab Spring activists, hope plummets as chaos deepens, by Hugh Maylor \u2013 Feburary 26, 2015 \u2013 The Washington post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Spring#Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Arab Spring &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0030438713000276\" >Yemen and the Arab Spring: Elite Struggles, State Collapse and Regional Security, by Thomas Juneau \u2013 ScienceDirect.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-12482293\" >Arab uprising country by country \u2013 Yemen \u2013 16 December 2013 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Arab_Spring#Yemen\" >Yemen &#8211; Arab Spring \u2013 SourceWatch.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hereandnow.wbur.org\/2013\/08\/08\/yemen-charles-schmitz\" >A Closer Look at Yemen, Post-Arab Spring \u2013 August 8, 2013 \u2013 Here &amp; Now \u2013 HereAndNow.WBUR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.fanack.com\/yemen\/history-past-to-present\/yemens-arab-spring\/\" >Yemen\u2019s Arab Spring \u2013 CHRONICLE \u2013 Fanack.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yemeni_Revolution#Timeline\" >Timeline of the Yemeni Revolution \u2013 Yemeni Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Yemen\" >History of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yemen-history.html\" >Yemen \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yemen.com\/history-of-yemen\/\" >History of Yemen \u2013 Yemen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yemenweb.com\/History.htm\" >History \u2013 Yemen \u2013 YemenWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Yemen-history.htm\" >History of Yemen \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14704951\" >Yemen profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ym.html\" >Yemen \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/yemen\/p\/me080103.htm\" >Yemen: Country Profile \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/yemen.html\" >Yemen \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14704852\" >Yemen profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Yemen\" >Foreign relations of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/yemen\/ri374\" >Yemen \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35836.htm\" >US Relations With Yemen \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/world\/yemen\" >UK and Yemen \u2013 Gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/tag\/yemen\/\" >Yemen \u2013 Article Archives \u2013 Foreign Policy magazine \u2013 ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Yemen:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Yemen\" >Economy of Yemen \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yemen-economy.html\" >Yemen \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/yemen-republic\" >Yemen \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/yemen\" >Yemen \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yemeneconomy.org\/\" >Yemen Economy Watch \u2013 YemenEconomy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Honduran_constitutional_crisis\" >2009 Honduran constitutional crisis<\/a> ends when <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porfirio_Lobo_Sosa\" >Porfirio Lobo Sosa<\/a> becomes the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Honduras\" >President of Honduras<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Union\" >Western Union<\/a> discontinues its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telegraphy\" >Telegram<\/a> and Commercial Messaging services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The first selections for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Recording_Registry\" >National Recording Registry<\/a> are announced by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Library_of_Congress\" >Library of Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagos_armoury_explosion\" >An explosion<\/a> at a military storage facility in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagos\" >Lagos<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>Germany first observes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day\" >International Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >military coup<\/a> Colonel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibrahim_Bar%C3%A9_Ma%C3%AFnassara\" >Ibrahim Bar\u00e9 Ma\u00efnassara<\/a> deposes the first democratically elected president of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niger\" >Niger<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahamane_Ousmane\" >Mahamane Ousmane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>The pilot shaft of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seikan_Tunnel\" >Seikan Tunnel<\/a>, the world&#8217;s longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85\u00a0km) between the Japanese islands of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honsh%C5%AB\" >Honsh\u016b<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hokkaid%C5%8D\" >Hokkaid\u014d<\/a>, breaks through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran_hostage_crisis\" >hostilities<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> in the culmination of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Caper\" >Canadian Caper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris_Peace_Accords\" >Paris Peace Accords<\/a> officially end the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>. Colonel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Nolde\" >William Nolde<\/a> is killed in action becoming the conflict&#8217;s last recorded American combat casualty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967 <\/strong>The United States, United Kingdom, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outer_Space_Treaty\" >Outer Space Treaty<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington,_D.C.\" >Washington, D.C.<\/a>, banning deployment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >nuclear weapons<\/a> in space, and limiting use of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a> and other <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astronomical_object\" >celestial bodies<\/a> to peaceful purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astronaut\" >Astronauts<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gus_Grissom\" >Gus Grissom<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Higgins_White\" >Edward White<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Chaffee\" >Roger Chaffee<\/a> are killed in a fire during a test of their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_1\" >Apollo 1<\/a> spacecraft at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennedy_Space_Center\" >Kennedy Space Center<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> submarine <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_submarine_S-80\" >S-80<\/a><\/em> sinks with all hands lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_test\" >Nuclear testing<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a> begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frenchman_Flat\" >Frenchman Flat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Nuclear Test at the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/first-atomic-detonation-at-the-nevada-test-site\" >JAN 27, 1951: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/specials\/testing-times\/27-january-1951-the-first-nuclear-test-at-the-nevada-test-site\/\" >27 January 1951 \u2013 the first nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons &#8211; Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site:<\/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_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 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 \u2013 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;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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 \u2013 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 \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a> liberates the remained inmates of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp<\/a> built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The 900-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Leningrad\" >Siege of Leningrad<\/a> is lifted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelmshaven\" >Wilhelmshaven<\/a>, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning\" >Lockheed P-38 Lightning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibn_Saud\" >Ibn Saud<\/a> takes the title of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Hejaz_and_Nejd\" >King of Nejd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Young_Left_%28Norway%29\" >Young Left<\/a> is founded in Norway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Geographic_Society\" >National Geographic Society<\/a> is founded in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1880\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a> receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.<\/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>JANURARY 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>New anti-austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras halts the public asset privatizations required under Greece&#8217;s bailout agreement with its foreign creditors; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_%26_Poor\" s\">Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s<\/a> has lowered its rating on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaldebtclocks.org\/debtclock\/greece\" >Greek national debt<\/a> from stable to negative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Greek Economy and Its National Debt Problem:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_government-debt_crisis\" >Greek government-debt crisis \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Greece\" >Economy of Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/greece\/government-debt-to-gdp\" >Greece Government Debt to GDP \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/greece\" >Greece \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/greece\" >Greece \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/greece\" >Greece \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Modern History of Greece:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2013\/january_28_2013_399239.html\" >Hareetz&#8217;, Israel&#8217;s oldest daily newspaper, publishes a story in which Israel admits it has administered birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, without fully educating recipients of its effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants and Birth-Control Injection:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/national\/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519\" >Israel Admits Ethiopian Women Were Given Birth Control Shots, by Thalia Nesher \u2013 Jan. 27, 2013 &#8211; Haaretz.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/why-is-the-birth-rate-in-israel-s-ethiopian-community-declining.premium-1.483494\" >Why Is the Birth Rate in Israel\u2019s Ethiopian Community Declining? By Thalia Nesher \u2013 Dec 9, 2012 \u2013 Haaretz.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/01\/28\/ethiopian-women-israel-birth-control-shots_n_2567016.html\" >Ethiopian Women Claim Israel Forced Them To Accept Birth Control Shots \u2013 01\/28\/2013 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong>Five murderers of President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman\" >Sheikh Mujibur Rahman<\/a> of Bangladesh are hung.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TAME\" >TAME<\/a> Flight 120, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_727\" >Boeing 727<\/a>-100 crashes in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andes\" >Andes<\/a> mountains in southern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombia\" >Colombia<\/a>, killing 92.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_program\" >Space Shuttle program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-51-L\" >STS-51-L<\/a> mission \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Challenger\" >Space Shuttle Challenger<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster\" >explodes after liftoff<\/a>, killing all seven astronauts on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>Supergroup <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USA_for_Africa\" >USA for Africa<\/a> (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/We_Are_the_World\" >We Are the World<\/a><\/em>, to help raise funds for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Famine_relief\" >famine relief<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >US Army<\/a> general <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_L._Dozier\" >James L. Dozier<\/a> is rescued by Italian anti-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrorism\" >terrorism<\/a> forces from captivity by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Brigades\" >Red Brigades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\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> (underground test) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1984\/0023\/report.pdf\" >Bibliography of reports by US Geological Survey personnel on studies of underground nuclear test sites and on waste management studies at the Nevada Test Site and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Site, New Mexico, January 1 to December 31, 1982 \u2013 pdf \u2013 USGS.gov<\/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 \u2013 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;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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 \u2013 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 \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_energy_crisis\" >1979 energy crisis<\/a> and begin the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980s_oil_glut\" >1980s oil glut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> starts his first pastoral visit to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>unarmed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force\" >United States Air Force<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T-39_Sabreliner\" >T-39 Sabreliner<\/a> on a training mission is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_T-39_shootdown_incident\" >shot down<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erfurt\" >Erfurt<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >East Germany<\/a>, by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Air_Forces\" >Soviet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MiG-19\" >MiG-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>Republic of Rwanda proclaimed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Rwanda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rwanda\" >Rwanda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/rw.html\" >RWANDA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Rwanda\" >Rwanda \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gov.rw\/home\/\" >Government of Rwanda \u2013 Republic of Rwanda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/rwanda.html\" >Rwanda \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Rwanda\" >Rwanda \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Rwanda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Rwanda\" >Foreign relations of Rwanda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/rwanda\/ri203\" >Rwanda \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/rwanda\/rwanda-road-recovery\/p21853\" >Rwanda: Road to Recovery \u2013 April 7, 2010 \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/minaffet.gov.rw\/index.php?id=351\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation \u2013 Republic of Rwanda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2861.htm\" >US Relations With Rwanda \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Rwanda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Rwanda\" >History of Rwanda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/rwanda-history.html\" >Rwanda \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/preventgenocide\/rwanda\/education\/rwandagenocide.shtml\" >Rwanda: A Brief History of the Country \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad24\" >HISTORY OF RWANDA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/NEH\/rwhistory.htm\" >Rwanda \u2013 History \u2013 African Studies Center \u2013 UPenn.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/rwanda\/history\" >Rwanda \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/articles\/rwanda-burundi-history\" >A history of Rwanda and Burundi, 1894-1990, by Tony Sullivan \u2013 Libcom.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/rwanda\/etc\/cron.html\" >Rwanda \u2013 A Historical Chronology \u2013 FRONTLINE &#8211; PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14093322\" >Rwanda profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Rwanda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Rwanda\" >Economy of Rwanda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/rwanda-economy.html\" >Rwanda \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/rwanda\" >RWANDA \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/rwanda\" >Rwanda \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/rwanda\" >Rwanda \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lego\" >Lego<\/a> company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Lego:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/\" >LEGO &#8211; Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lego\" >History of Lego \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/aboutus\/lego-group\/the_lego_history\" >LEGO HISTORY TIMELINE \u2013 Lego.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ideafinder.com\/history\/inventions\/lego.htm\" >Fascinating facts about the invention of LEGO bricks<strong> by <\/strong>Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1949. \u2013 IdeaFinder.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1950s\/qt\/lego.htm\" >LOGO Toy Bricks First Introduced \u2013 About Education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elvis_Presley\" >Elvis Presley<\/a> makes his first US television appearance.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qy8oto5lWgk\" >YouTube video (8 min. 16 sec.): 1958 Elvis Presley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_test\" >Nuclear testing<\/a> (atmospheric\/High-altitude nuclear explosion testing) at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>, United States, is performed with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frenchman_Flat\" >Frenchman Flat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >Years of Atmospheric Testing: 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Website \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons &#8211; Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site:<\/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_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 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 \u2013 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;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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 \u2013 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 \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: Supplies begin to reach the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China_%281912%E2%80%9349%29\" >Republic of China<\/a> over the newly reopened <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma_Road\" >Burma Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Thai_War\" >Franco-Thai War<\/a>: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armistice\" >armistice<\/a> goes into effect later in the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iceland\" >Iceland<\/a> becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abortion\" >abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>The name <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neologism\" >coined<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Choudhry_Rahmat_Ali\" >Choudhry Rahmat Ali<\/a> Khan and is accepted by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Muslims\" >Indian Muslims<\/a> who then thereby adopted it further for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Movement\" >Pakistan Movement<\/a> seeking independence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>Japanese forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_28_Incident\" >attack Shanghai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Japan\u2019s Shanghai Attack of 1932:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=114\" >First Battle of Shanghai 28 Jan 1932 \u2013 8 Mar 1932, by C. Peter Chan \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/January%2028%20Incident%20or%20Shanghai%20Incident\">January 28 Incident or Shanghai Incident &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34History7426.html\" >January 28 Incident (Shanghai Incident) \u2013 Shanghai War of 1932 \u2013 History.Cultural-China.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr30\/fchinajapan1932.htm\" >SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN SHANGHAI 1932 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Shanghai\" >Battel of Shanghai \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.republicanchina.org\/ShanghaiProvocation1932.pdf\" >Shanghai Provocation \u2013 1\/28\/1932, by Ah Xiang \u2013 pdf \u2013 RepublicanChina.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/histclo.com\/essay\/war\/ww2\/camp\/pac\/china\/city\/w2c-shan.html\" >World War II: China \u2013 Shanghai \u2013 Historical Boys\u2019 Clothing \u2013 HistClo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talesofoldchina.com\/shanghai\/events\/t-war01.htm\" >The Shanghai War, 1932 \u2013 Tales of Old Shanghai \u2013 TalesOfOldChina.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/sino-japanese_wars.html\" >Sino-Japanese Wars (China vs. Japan) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhang_Zhizhong\" >Zhang Zhizhong &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2timelines.com\/japan\/incidents\/32shanghaiincident.htm\" >The Timeline of the Fist Battle of Shanghai \u2013 WW2Timelines.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/event\/timeline\/1932\/\" >1932 Shanghai \u2013 Timeline \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.world-guides.com\/asia\/china\/shanghai-municipality\/shanghai\/shanghai_history.html\" >Shanghai History, Facts and Timeline \u2013 <em>(Shanghai, China)<\/em> \u2013 World-Guides.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Shanghai\" >Timeline of Shanghai &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-Japanese_War\" >Sino-Japanese War \u2013 A list of Sino-Japanese wars &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knickerbocker_Storm\" >Knickerbocker Storm<\/a>, Washington D.C.&#8217;s biggest snowfall, causes the city&#8217;s greatest loss of life when the roof of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knickerbocker_Theatre_%28Washington,_D.C.%29\" >Knickerbocker Theatre<\/a> collapses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finnish_Civil_War\" >Finnish Civil War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rebellion\" >Rebels<\/a> seize control of the capital, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helsinki\" >Helsinki<\/a>, and members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_of_Finland\" >Senate of Finland<\/a> go underground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong>An act of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >US Congress<\/a> creates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Coast_Guard\" >United States Coast Guard<\/a> as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>United States troops leave <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a> with the exception of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base\" >Guantanamo Bay Naval Base<\/a> after being there since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War\" >Spanish\u2013American War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base#History\" >History &#8211; Guantanamo Naval Base \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/croatiamaps\/a\/Guantanamo-Bay.htm\" >Guantanamo Bay \u2013 About Education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1858364,00.html\" >A Brief History of Gitmo, by Alyssa Fetini \u2013 Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newsecurityaction.org\/pages\/get_facts\/history-of-guantanamo\" >History of Guantanamo \u2013 Get the Facts \u2013 NewSecurityAction.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/now\/shows\/220\/guantanamo-bay-history.html\" >Guantanamo Bay\u2019s Peculiar History \u2013 Week of 5.19.09 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2013\/09\/how-guantanamo-bay-became-the-place-the-us-keeps-detainees\/279308\/\" >How Guantanamo Became the Place the US Keeps Detainees \u2013 SEP 4, 2013 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/guantanamo-bay-history-1.775534\" >Guantanamo Bay history \u2013 posted Jan 22, 2009 \u2013 CBC News \u2013 CBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/history\/funfacts\/guantan.htm\" >Notes on Guant\u00e1namo Bay \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3672066\/guantanamo-bay-history\/\" >Why the United States Controls Guantanamo Bay: President Obama promised to close the prison there on Jan. 22, 2009, by Lily Rothman \u2013 Jan. 22, 2015 \u2013 History &#8211; TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.navy.mil\/sites\/gtmo\/Pages\/USNH-GTMO-History.aspx\" >History of US Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay 1741 to Present \u2013 Navy.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/politics-blog\/2014\/12\/18\/look-back-why-guantanamo-naval-base-is-us-outpost-in-cuba\/20584959\/\" >LOOK BACK: Why Guantanamo is US outpost in Cuba? , by James R. Carroll \u2013 December 18, 2014 \u2013 Courier-Journal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/origins.osu.edu\/review\/guantanamo-beginners\" >Review: Guantanamo, USA: The Untold History of America&#8217;s Cuban Outpost &#8211; (August Review, 2010) &#8211; by Stephen Irving Max Schwab (University Press of Kansas, 2009): Review by Jeffrey Vernon \u2013 Guantanamo For Beginners \u2013 ORIGINS: Current Events in Historical Perspective \u2013 Origins.OSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/11000\" >How Did Guantanamo Become a Prison? , by Jane Franklin \u2013 4-11-05 \u2013 HistoryNewsNetwork.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/06\/04\/us\/gitmo-detainees-history\/index.html\" >Guantanamo Bay: What happens when detainees held for years get out? , by Greg Botelho and Faith Karimi \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Human Rights in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Guantanamo-Bay-detention-camp\" >Guant\u00e1namo Bay detention camp \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/guantanamo_10_report.pdf\" >USA GUANT\u00c1NO: A DECADE OF DAMAGE TO HUMAN RIGHTS \u2013 &#8211; pdf &#8211; Amnesty International USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=gitmo+guantanamo\" >Article related to Guantanamo Prison and\/or Human Rights in Guantanamo &#8211; TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1908\u00a0 <\/strong>Members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Republican_Party\" >Portuguese Republican Party<\/a> fail in their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Municipal_Library_Elevator_Coup\" >attempted coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a> against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jo%C3%A3o_Franco\" >Jo\u00e3o Franco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1902\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnegie_Institution_for_Science\" >Carnegie Institution of Washington<\/a> is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Carnegie\" >Andrew Carnegie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1878\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yale_Daily_News\" >Yale Daily News<\/a><\/em> becomes the first daily <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Student_newspaper\" >college newspaper<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1871\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War\" >Franco-Prussian War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Paris_%281870%E2%80%9371%29\" >Siege of Paris<\/a> ends in French defeat and an armistice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1846\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Aliwal\" >Battle of Aliwal<\/a>, India, is won by British troops commanded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Smith_%28army%29\" >Sir Harry Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1821\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Island\" >Alexander Island<\/a> is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1820\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russian<\/a> expedition led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen\" >Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Petrovich_Lazarev\" >Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev<\/a> discovers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antarctic\" >Antarctic<\/a> continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Austen\" >Jane Austen<\/a>&#8216;s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pride_and_Prejudice\" >Pride and Prejudice<\/a><\/em> is first published in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Jane Austin\u2019s Books:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_7?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=jane+austen&amp;sprefix=jane+au%2Cstripbooks%2C441\" >Jane Austin\u2019s books \u2013 Amazon.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>JANUARY 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a> has officially declared the disappearance of missing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia_Airlines\" >Malaysia Airlines<\/a> flight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysian_Airlines_Flight_370\" >MH370<\/a> an accident and its passengers and crew presumed dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Constitutional_Court_of_Egypt\" >Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt<\/a> rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Egypt#Recognized_religions\" >government-recognised religions<\/a>, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egyptian_identification_card_controversy\" >eligible to receive<\/a> government <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Identity_document\" >identity documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou\" >Guangzhou<\/a>) to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a> since 1949 arrived in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei\" >Taipei<\/a>. Shortly afterwards, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Airlines\" >China Airlines<\/a> flight lands in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>In his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_the_Union_address\" >State of the Union address<\/a>, President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\" >George W. Bush<\/a> describes &#8220;regimes that sponsor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrorism\" >terror<\/a>&#8221; as an <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_of_evil\" >Axis of evil<\/a><\/em>, in which he includes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>Thousands of student protesters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia<\/a> storm parliament and demand that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Indonesia\" >President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdurrahman_Wahid\" >Abdurrahman Wahid<\/a> resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham,_Alabama\" >Birmingham, Alabama<\/a>, a bomb explodes at an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abortion\" >abortion<\/a> clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Robert_Rudolph\" >Eric Robert Rudolph<\/a> is suspected as the culprit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Chirac\" >Jacques Chirac<\/a> announces a &#8220;definitive end&#8221; to French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_testing\" >nuclear weapons testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Khafji\" >Battle of Khafji<\/a>, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungary%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations\" >Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea<\/a>, making it the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Bloc\" >Eastern Bloc<\/a> nation to do so.<\/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<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>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The &#8220;ultimate high&#8221; of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hippie\" >hippie<\/a> era, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantra-Rock_Dance\" >Mantra-Rock Dance<\/a>, takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a> and features <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janis_Joplin\" >Janis Joplin<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grateful_Dead\" >Grateful Dead<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allen_Ginsberg\" >Allen Ginsberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Socialist_Party\" >Pakistan Socialist Party<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Pakistan\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/pakistan.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistan4ever.com\/pakistan_history\/history.php\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 British Rule and Muslim League \u2013 Pakistan4ever.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/storyofpakistan.com\/\" >Story of Pakistan \u2013 StoryOfPakistan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/pakistan\/p\/PakistanProf.htm\" >Pakistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/infopak.gov.pk\/History.aspx\" >PAKISTAN \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER \u2013 Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.personal.kent.edu\/%7Ermuhamma\/Personal\/Pakistan\/PakHistory\/timeLinePak.htm\" >Quick History of Pakistan \u2013 Kent.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bologna\" >Bologna<\/a>, Italy, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anatomical_theatre_of_the_Archiginnasio\" >Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio<\/a> is destroyed in an air-raid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kani%C5%ABkai\" >Kani\u016bkai<\/a>, Lithuania) is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koniuchy_massacre\" >attacked<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_partisan\" >Soviet partisan<\/a> units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>The first day of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Rennell_Island\" >Battle of Rennell Island<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Chicago_%28CA-29%29\" >U.S. cruiser <em>Chicago<\/em><\/a> is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandros_Koryzis\" >Alexandros Koryzis<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Greece\" >Prime Minister of Greece<\/a> upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ioannis_Metaxas\" >Ioannis Metaxas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>Ukrainian\u2013Soviet War: An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev_Arsenal_January_Uprising\" >armed uprising<\/a> organized by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolsheviks\" >Bolsheviks<\/a> in anticipation of the encroaching <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a> begins at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev_Arsenal\" >Kiev Arsenal<\/a>, which will be put down six days later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian%E2%80%93Soviet_War\" >Ukrainian\u2013Soviet War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik\" >Bolshevik<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a>, on its way to besiege <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev\" >Kiev<\/a>, is met by a small group of military students at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Kruty\" >Battle of Kruty<\/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>: Paris is first bombed by German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeppelin\" >zeppelins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1891\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liliuokalani\" >Liliuokalani<\/a> is proclaimed the last monarch and only <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_regnant\" >queen regnant<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Hawaii\" >Kingdom of Hawaii<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Benz\" >Karl Benz<\/a> patents the first successful <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gasoline\" >gasoline<\/a>-driven automobile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1863\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bear_River_Massacre\" >Bear River Massacre<\/a>: A detachment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Volunteers\" >California Volunteers<\/a> led by Colonel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Edward_Connor\" >Patrick Edward Connor<\/a> engage the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shoshone\" >Shoshone<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bear_River_%28Washington%29\" >Bear River<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Territory\" >Washington Territory<\/a>, killing hundreds of men women and children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1819\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stamford_Raffles\" >Stamford Raffles<\/a> lands on the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" >Singapore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition\" >War of the Sixth Coalition<\/a>: France defeats Russia and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussia<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Brienne\" >Battle of Brienne<\/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>JANUARY 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naro-1\" >Naro-1<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Launch_vehicle\" >carrier rocket<\/a> launched by South Korea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgium\" >Kingdom of Belgium<\/a> officially recognizes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Same-sex_marriage\" >same-sex marriages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>Off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivory_Coast\" >Ivory Coast<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenya_Airways_Flight_431\" >Kenya Airways Flight 431<\/a> crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>Workers from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Institutes_of_Health\" >National Institutes of Health<\/a> announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sickle-cell_disease\" >sickle-cell disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>Closure of the American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Embassy\" >embassy<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabul\" >Kabul<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan\" >Democratic Republic of Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Skrenta\" >Richard Skrenta<\/a> writes the first PC <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_virus\" >virus<\/a> code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Inc.\" >Apple<\/a> boot program called &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elk_Cloner\" >Elk Cloner<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Skrenta\" >Richard Skrenta<\/a> writes the first PC <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_virus\" >virus<\/a> code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Inc.\" >Apple<\/a> boot program called &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elk_Cloner\" >Elk Cloner<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Varig\" >Varig<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_707-323C\" >Boeing 707-323C<\/a> freighter, flown by the same commander as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Varig_Flight_820\" >Flight 820<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_Boeing_707-323C_disappearance\" >disappears over the Pacific Ocean<\/a> 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monitor_National_Marine_Sanctuary\" >Monitor National Marine Sanctuary<\/a> is established as the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_National_Marine_Sanctuary\" >United States National Marine Sanctuary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> withdraws from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Nations\" >Commonwealth of Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\" >The Troubles<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloody_Sunday_%281972%29\" >Bloody Sunday<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parachute_Regiment_%28United_Kingdom%29\" >British Paratroopers<\/a> open fire on and kill fourteen unarmed civil rights\/anti-internment marchers in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derry\" >Derry<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carole_King\" >Carole King<\/a>&#8216;s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tapestry_%28Carole_King_album%29\" >Tapestry<\/a><\/em> album is released to become the longest charting album by a female solo artist and sell 24 million copies worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\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\/Tet_Offensive\" >Tet Offensive<\/a> launch by forces of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viet_Cong\" >Viet Cong<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Army_of_Vietnam\" >North Vietnamese Army<\/a> against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>Some one million people attend former Prime Minister Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\" >Winston Churchill<\/a>&#8216;s funeral, the biggest in the United Kingdom up to that point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>In a bloodless coup, General <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\/1964_South_Vietnamese_coup\" >overthrows<\/a> General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_Minh\" >D\u01b0\u01a1ng V\u0103n Minh<\/a>&#8216;s military junta in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranger_program\" >Ranger program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranger_6\" >Ranger 6<\/a> is launched.<\/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> (atmospheric test) 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><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >Years of Atmospheric Testing: 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Website \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons &#8211; Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site:<\/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_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 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 \u2013 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;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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 \u2013 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 \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_National_Party\" >African National Party<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad\" >Chad<\/a>, through the merger of traditionalist parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_Hans_Hedtoft\" >MS\u00a0<em>Hans Hedtoft<\/em><\/a>, said to be the safest ship afloat and &#8220;unsinkable&#8221; like the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RMS_Titanic\" >RMS\u00a0<em>Titanic<\/em><\/a>, strikes an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iceberg\" >iceberg<\/a> on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>African-American civil rights leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.\" >Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a>&#8216;s home is bombed in retaliation for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott\" >Montgomery Bus Boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>Mahatma Gandhi known for his non-violent freedom struggle, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi\" >assassinated<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathuram_Godse\" >Nathuram Godse<\/a>, a Hindu extremist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raid_at_Cabanatuan\" >Raid at Cabanatuan<\/a>: One hundred twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KdF_Ship_Wilhelm_Gustloff\" >Wilhelm Gustloff<\/a><\/em>, overfilled with German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Refugee\" >refugees<\/a>, sinks in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_Sea\" >Baltic Sea<\/a> after being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torpedo\" >torpedoed<\/a> by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people in what is the deadliest known maritime disaster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: American troops land on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Majuro\" >Majuro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshall_Islands\" >Marshall Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\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_Cisterna\" >Battle of Cisterna<\/a>, part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Shingle\" >Operation Shingle<\/a>, begins in central Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Second day of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Rennell_Island\" >Battle of Rennell Island<\/a>. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Chicago_%28CA-29%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Chicago<\/em><\/a> is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torpedo\" >torpedoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ambon\" >invade<\/a> the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambon_Island\" >Ambon<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_East_Indies\" >Dutch East Indies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machtergreifung\" >is sworn in<\/a> as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chancellor_of_Germany_%28German_Reich%29\" >Chancellor of Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Adolf Hitler and History of Nazi Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=adolf+hitler\" >Articles on Adolf Hitler \u2013 TMS Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123helpme.com\/view.asp?id=22684\" >History of Nazi Germany \u2013 World War II History \u2013 123HelpMe.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=adolf+hitler&amp;sprefix=adolf+h%2Cstripbooks%2C285&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aadolf+hitler\" >Books related to Adolf Hitler \u2013 Amazon.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Germany\" >History of Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/motherearthtravel.com\/history\/germany\/\" >History of Germany \u2013 MotherEarthTravel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Germany\" >History of Germany \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/germany-history.html\" >Germany \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac62\" >HISTORY OF GERAMNY \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Germany-history.htm\" >Outline of Germany\u2019s History \u2013 NationslOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanculture.com.ua\/library\/history\/bl_german_history.htm\" >German HISTORY \u2013 All Facts and Events \u2013 GermanCulture.com.ua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justgermany.org\/germany-history.asp\" >GERMANY HISTORY \u2013 GERAMNY TRAVEL \u2013 JustGermany.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_East_Germany\" >Foreign relations of East Germany \u2013 MusicIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005203\" >German Foreign Policy 1933-1945 \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholocaustexplained.org\/ks3\/the-nazi-rise-to-power\/economic-issues\/1919-1933-an-economic-overview\/#.VgAVu5eufX4\" >1919-1933: an economic review \u2013 THE HOLOCAUSE EXPLAINED \u2013 TheHolocaustExplained.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.german-way.com\/history-and-culture\/germany\/history-of-germany\/\" >History of Germany \u2013 Germany is Younger Than You Think \u2013 The German Way &amp; More \u2013 German-Way.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/germany.htm\" >THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF GERMANY \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ge-It\/Germany.html\" >Germany \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/europe\/germany\/detimeln.htm\" >Germany Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_German_history\" >Timeline of German History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301646\" >Germany profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/gm.html\" >Germany \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/germany\/\" >Germany \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Germany\" >Germany \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/germany.html\" >Germany \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germany.travel\/en\/travel-information\/germany-at-a-glance\/germany-at-a-glance.html?utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_term=Germany&amp;utm_content=8520527451-20601799177&amp;utm_campaign=AN:GNTO%7CPB:M%7CTT:SN%7CCD:Locations%7CCS:Country\" >Germany at a glance: a brief summary of important facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germany.info\/\" >Welcome to Germany.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/germany\" >Germany \u2013 REUTERS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong>The Government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a> throws <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constantine_VI_of_Constantinople\" >Patriarch Constantine VI<\/a> out of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\" >Istanbul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1911\u00a0 <\/strong>The Canadian Naval Service becomes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Canadian_Navy\" >Royal Canadian Navy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1911\u00a0 <\/strong>The destroyer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Terry_%28DD-25%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Terry<\/em><\/a> makes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airplane\" >airplane<\/a> rescue at sea saving the life of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Alexander_Douglas_McCurdy\" >Douglas McCurdy<\/a> ten miles from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Havana\" >Havana<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1908\u00a0 <\/strong>Indian pacifist and leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahatma_Gandhi\" >Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi<\/a> is released from prison by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_C._Smuts\" >Jan C. Smuts<\/a> after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1902\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Japanese_Alliance\" >Anglo-Japanese Alliance<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1889\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archduke\" >Archduke<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_Prince_Rudolf_of_Austria\" >Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria<\/a>, heir to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austro-Hungarian<\/a> crown, is found dead with his mistress <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baroness_Mary_Vetsera\" >Baroness Mary Vetsera<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayerling_Incident\" >Mayerling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1841\u00a0 <\/strong>A fire destroys two-thirds of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayag%C3%BCez,_Puerto_Rico\" >Mayag\u00fcez, Puerto Rico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1835\u00a0 <\/strong>In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Lawrence_%28failed_assassin%29\" >Richard Lawrence<\/a> attempts to shoot president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Jackson\" >Andrew Jackson<\/a>, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1826\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menai_Suspension_Bridge\" >Menai Suspension Bridge<\/a>, considered the world&#8217;s first modern suspension bridge, connecting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isle_of_Anglesey\" >Isle of Anglesey<\/a> to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1820\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Bransfield\" >Edward Bransfield<\/a> sights the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trinity_Peninsula\" >Trinity Peninsula<\/a> and claims the discovery of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antarctica\" >Antarctica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1790\u00a0 <\/strong>The first boat specializing as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lifeboat_%28rescue%29\" >lifeboat<\/a> is tested on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Tyne\" >River Tyne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1789\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T%C3%A2y_S%C6%A1n_dynasty\" >T\u00e2y S\u01a1n<\/a> forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_H%E1%BB%93i-%C4%90%E1%BB%91ng_%C4%90a\" >emerge victorious<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_dynasty\" >Qing<\/a> armies and liberate the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C4%83ng_Long\" >Th\u0103ng Long<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1667\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth\" >Polish\u2013Lithuanian Commonwealth<\/a> cedes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev\" >Kiev<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smolensk\" >Smolensk<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Left-bank_Ukraine\" >left-bank Ukraine<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsardom_of_Russia\" >Tsardom of Russia<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Andrusovo\" >Treaty of Andrusovo<\/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>JANUARY 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Today is the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jugend_Eine_Welt#Street_Children.27s_Day\" >STREET CHILDREN\u2019S DAY<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torre_Ejecutiva_Pemex_explosion\" >An explosion<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torre_Ejecutiva_Pemex\" >Pemex Executive Tower<\/a> in Mexico City kills at least 33 people and injures more than 100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenya\" >Kenya<\/a>, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molo_fire\" >oil spillage ignition<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molo,_Kenya\" >Molo<\/a>, days after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Nakumatt_supermarket_fire\" >a massive fire<\/a> at a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nakumatt\" >Nakumatt<\/a> supermarket in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nairobi\" >Nairobi<\/a> killed at least 25 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libyan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdelbaset_al-Megrahi\" >Abdelbaset al-Megrahi<\/a> and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan_Am_Flight_103\" >Pan Am Flight 103<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockerbie\" >Lockerbie<\/a>, Scotland in 1988.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comet_Hyakutake\" >Comet Hyakutake<\/a> is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuji_Hyakutake\" >Yuji Hyakutake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Sri_Lanka\" >Central Bank of Sri Lanka<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo\" >Colombo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a> killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Mexico\" >economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McDonald%27s\" >McDonald&#8217;s<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> opens in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winter_Soldier_Investigation\" >Winter Soldier Investigation<\/a>, organized by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Veterans_Against_the_War\" >Vietnam Veterans Against the War<\/a> to publicize <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crime\" >war crimes<\/a> and atrocities by Americans and allies in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a>, begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Detroit\" >Detroit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\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\/Apollo_14\" >Apollo 14<\/a>: Astronauts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Shepard\" >Alan Shepard<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stuart_Roosa\" >Stuart Roosa<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_Mitchell\" >Edgar Mitchell<\/a>, aboard a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn_V\" >Saturn V<\/a>, lift off for a mission to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fra_Mauro_formation\" >Fra Mauro Highlands<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nauru\" >Nauru<\/a> gains independence from Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\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\/Viet_Cong\" >Viet Cong<\/a> attack the United States embassy in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saigon\" >Saigon<\/a>, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tet_Offensive\" >Tet Offensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\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;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons Tests of the US:<\/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_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 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 \u2013 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><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/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;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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 \u2013 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 \u2013 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary\u00a0for Arms Control and International Security, \u00a0Dixie State University, St. George, Utah \u2013 October 21, 2014 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> launches the unmanned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_9\" >Luna 9<\/a> spacecraft as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_programme\" >Luna program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Mercury\" >Project Mercury<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercury-Redstone_2\" >Mercury-Redstone 2<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ham_the_Chimp\" >Ham the Chimp<\/a> travels into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_science\" >outer space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Van_Allen\" >James Van Allen<\/a> discovers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Van_Allen_radiation_belt\" >Van Allen radiation belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Explorer_program\" >Explorer program<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Explorer_1\" >Explorer 1<\/a><\/em>: The first successful launch of an American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite\" >satellite<\/a> into orbit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Sea_flood_of_1953\" >North Sea flood<\/a> causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>United States President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_S._Truman\" >Harry S. Truman<\/a> announces a program to develop the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrogen_bomb\" >hydrogen bomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >Democratic Republic of Vietnam<\/a> introduces the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnamese_%C4%91%E1%BB%93ng\" >\u0111\u1ed3ng<\/a> to replace the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Indochinese_piastre\" >French Indochinese piastre<\/a> at par.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia<\/a>&#8216;s new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1946_Yugoslav_Constitution\" >constitution<\/a>, modeling that of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, establishes six constituent republics (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Macedonia\" >Macedonia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" >Montenegro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The end of fighting in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Hill_170\" >Battle of Hill 170<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma_Campaign\" >Burma Campaign<\/a>, in which the British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3_Commando_Brigade\" >3 Commando Brigade<\/a> repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rakhine_State\" >Arakan<\/a> Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stutthof_concentration_camp\" >Stutthof concentration camp<\/a> are forcibly marched into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_Sea\" >Baltic Sea<\/a> at Palmnicken (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yantarny\" >Yantarny<\/a>, Russia) and executed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>US Army private <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eddie_Slovik\" >Eddie Slovik<\/a> is executed for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Desertion\" >desertion<\/a>, the first such execution of an American soldier since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_War\" >Civil War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Anzio\" >Anzio campaign<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Ranger_Battalion\" >1st Ranger Battalion<\/a> (Darby&#8217;s Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cisterna\" >Battle of Cisterna<\/a>, Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: American forces land on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kwajalein_Atoll\" >Kwajalein Atoll<\/a> and other islands in the Japanese-held <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshall_Islands\" >Marshall Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: German Field Marshal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Paulus\" >Friedrich Paulus<\/a> surrenders to the Soviets at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Stalingrad\" >Stalingrad<\/a>, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war&#8217;s fiercest battles.<\/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>: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Malaya\" >Battle of Malaya<\/a> and retreat to the island of Singapore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1930\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3M\" >3M<\/a> begins marketing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scotch_Tape\" >Scotch Tape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1929\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> exiles <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leon_Trotsky\" >Leon Trotsky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_George_Square\" >Battle of George Square<\/a> takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glasgow\" >Glasgow<\/a>, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_May_Island\" >series of accidental collisions<\/a> on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarines<\/a> with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: Germany announces that its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-boat\" >U-boats<\/a> will <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-boat_Campaign_%28World_War_I%29\" >resume unrestricted submarine warfare<\/a> after a two-year hiatus.<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >Germany<\/a> is the first to make large-scale use of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I\" >poison gas<\/a> in warfare in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Bolim%C3%B3w\" >Battle of Bolim\u00f3w<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong>Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mat_Salleh_Rebellion\" >Mat Salleh Rebellion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1891\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Portugal_%281834%E2%80%931910%29\" >History of Portugal<\/a>: The first attempt at a Portuguese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republicanism\" >republican<\/a> revolution breaks out in the northern city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porto\" >Porto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovak_Trade_Union_Association\" >Czechoslav Trade Union Association<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague\" >Prague<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maronite\" >Maronite<\/a> nationalist leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Youssef_Bey_Karam\" >Youssef Bey Karam<\/a> leaves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a> on board a French ship bound for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1862\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alvan_Graham_Clark\" >Alvan Graham Clark<\/a> discovers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_dwarf\" >white dwarf<\/a> star Sirius B, a companion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirius\" >Sirius<\/a>, through an 18.5-inch (47\u00a0cm) telescope now located at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northwestern_University\" >Northwestern University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gervasio_Antonio_de_Posadas\" >Gervasio Antonio de Posadas<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Director_of_the_United_Provinces_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata\" >Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the R\u00edo de la Plata<\/a> (present-day Argentina).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1578\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Gembloux_%281578%29\" >Battle of Gembloux<\/a> takes place.<\/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, science and technology, 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\/january_25\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/january_25<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to_january_31; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/january\/25\" >http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/january\/25<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to january\/31; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/january_25.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/january_25.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to January_31.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>Jan 25-31 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cRender others spiritual.  Irradiate your spirituality.  Treat every moment of your life with divine respect.\u201d \u2013 Robert Muller<\/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-69187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69187","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=69187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}