{"id":71710,"date":"2016-04-11T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=71710"},"modified":"2016-04-10T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T14:39:27","slug":"this-week-in-history-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/04\/this-week-in-history-71\/","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=\"500\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Apr 11-17<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/550436-give-every-day-the-chance-to-become-the-most-beautiful\" >\u201cGive every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.\u201d<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Mark Twain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0APRIL 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Indian_Ocean_earthquakes\" >earthquake<\/a> of 8.2 magnitude hits <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia<\/a>, off northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumatra\" >Sumatra<\/a> at a depth of 16.4\u00a0km. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsunami\" >tsunami<\/a> hits the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nias\" >Nias<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Minsk_Metro_bombing\" >explosion<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minsk_Metro\" >Minsk Metro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belarus\" >Belarus<\/a> kills 15 people and injures 204 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/11_April_2007_Algiers_bombings\" >2007 Algiers bombings<\/a>: Two bombings in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algerian<\/a> capital of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algiers\" >Algiers<\/a> kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>2007 Algiers Bombings:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/11_April_2007_Algiers_bombings#Details_and_context_of_the_bombings\" >Details and context of the bombings \u2013 2007 Algiers bombings \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/PRST\/2007\/10\" >Statement of the President of the Security Council \u2013 12 April 2007 \u2013 S\/PROST\/2007\/10 &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/PV.5659\" >Security Council 5659<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting \u2013 Thursday, 12 April 2007 \u2013 New York &#8211; S\/PV.5659 &#8211;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Algerian Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/concernedafricascholars.org\/bulletin\/issue77\/slisli\/\" >The Algerian Civil War: Washington\u2019s Model for \u2018New Middle East\u2019, by Fauzi Slisli \u2013 August 2007 \u2013 ConcernedAfricaScholars.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/warfiles\/algerian_civil_war_warfile.htm\" >War File: Algerian Civil War \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.h-net.org\/reviews\/showrev.php?id=7319\" >The Logic of the Algerian Civil War \u2013 H-Net.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/148\/Algerian-Civil-War\" >Algerian Civil War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr90\/algeriancivilwar1991.htm\" >Algerian Civil War 1991-2002 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faculty.virginia.edu\/j.sw\/uploads\/research\/Schulhofer-Wohl%202007%20Algeria.pdf\" >Algeria (1992-present) \u2013 Virginia.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/2010\/11\/2010118122224407570.html\" >Uncovering Algeria\u2019s civil war, by Yasmine Ryan \u2013 18 Nov 2010 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Algeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/africa\/algeria.html\" >Algeria \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Algeria\" >Algeria \u2013 Data \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Algeria\" >Algeria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/algeria.html\" >Algeria \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/algeria\/\" >Algeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14118852\" >Algeria country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Algeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Algeria\" >History of Algeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/algeria-history.html\" >Algeria \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.algeria.com\/history\/\" >A Synopsis of Algeria\u2019s History \u2013 Algeria.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/algeria\/history\" >Algeria \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Algeria-history.htm\" >History of Algeria \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac92\" >HISTORY OF ALGERIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algerian_War\" >Algerian War (of Independence) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algerian_Civil_War\" >Algerian Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/A-Bo\/Algeria.html\" >Culture of Algeria \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_Algeria\" >Culture of Algeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/algeria\/l\/Bl-Algeria-Timeline-1.htm\" >Algeria Timeline \u2013 Part I: Prehistory to Colonization<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Algeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Algeria\" >Economy of Algeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/algeria-economy.html\" >Algeria \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.algeria.com\/economy\/\" >Algeria \u2013 Economy \u2013 Algeria.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/algeria\" >Algeria \u2013 The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/algeria\/overview\" >Algeria \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/algeria\" >Algeria \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Algeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Algeria\" >Foreign relations of Algeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/algeria\/ri354\" >Algeria \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/8005.htm\" >US Relations with Algeria \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/algeria\/forrel.htm\" >Algeria \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arso.org\/Algerian_Foreign_Policy.doc\" >Some elements about the Algerian Foreign Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/posts\/algerian-foreign-policy-in-the-context-of-the-arab-spring\" >ALGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARAB SPRING, by Anouar Boukhars \u2013 January 14, 2013 \u2013 USMA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country-facts.com\/en\/country\/africa\/35-algeria\/69-algeria-foreign-relations-a-military.pdf\" >Algeria \u2013 Foreign Relations &amp; Military \u2013 Country-Facts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Algeria and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/algeria\/\" >Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations, New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/embassy-finder.com\/algeria_in_geneva_switzerland\" >Permanent Mission to the United Nations of Algeria in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_president\" >Iranian president<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad\" >Mahmoud Ahmadinejad<\/a> announces that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> has successfully enriched <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uranium\" >uranium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Iran\u2019s Enrichment of Uranium:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aeoi.org.ir\/Portal\/Home\/Default.aspx?CategoryID=3fe2bc57-c1a6-47dc-9d1d-e1290fe3ad77\" >Atomic Energy Agency of Iran \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enriched_uranium\" >Enriched Uranium &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_program_of_Iran#2002.E2.80.932006\" >\u201c<em>On 11 April 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had successfully enriched uranium. President Ahmadinejad made the announcement in a televised address from the northeastern city of Mashhad, where he said &#8220;I am officially announcing that Iran joined the group of those countries which have nuclear technology.&#8221; The uranium was enriched to 3.5% using over a hundred centrifuges<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 2002-2006 \u2013 <strong>Nuclear program of Iran<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2006\/02\/14\/report-iran-begins-uranium-enrichment.html\" >Report: Iran Begins Uranium Enrichment \u2013 February 14, 2006 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2006-04-12-irannuclear_x.htm\" >Iran plans large-scale uranium enrichment \u2013 April 12, 2006 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-to-enrich-uranium-in-russia\/\" >Iran to Enrich Uranium in Russia \u2013 April 22, 2006 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2006\/sc8792.doc.htm\" >SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IRAN SUSPEND URANIUM ENRICHMENT BY 31 AUGUST, OR FACE POSSIBLE ECONOMIC, DIPLOMATIC SANCTIONS \u2013 31 July 2006 \u2013 Security Council \u2013 United Nations \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2006\/sc8928.doc.htm\" >SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN FOR FAILURE TO HALT URANIUM ENRICHMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1737 (2006) \u2013 Security Council \u2013 United Nations \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt\" >Over two hundred thousand people marched<\/a> in Caracas towards the Presidential <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miraflores_Palace\" >Palace of Miraflores<\/a>, to demand the resignation of President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez\" >Hugo Ch\u00e1vez<\/a>. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucas_Rinc%C3%B3n_Romero\" >Lucas Rincon<\/a> announces Hugo Ch\u00e1vez resignation on national TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>2002 Coup Attempt and Hugo Ch\u00e1vez:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/Venezuelan%20coup%20d'\u00e9tat%20attempt\">Background &#8211; 2002 Venezuelan coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat attempt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2013\/03\/09\/nytc-m09.html\" >New York Times describes 2002 US-backed coup against Hugo Chavez as \u201cunwise\u201d, by Bill Van Auken \u2013 9 March 2013 \u2013 WSWS,org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oig.state.gov\/system\/files\/13682.pdf\" >A Review of U.S. Policy toward Venezuela, November 2001 \u2013 April 2002 \u2013 US Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors \u2013 Office of Inspector General \u2013 State.gov &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliott_Abrams#2002_Venezuelan_coup\" >2002 Venezuelan coup \u2013 Elliot Abrams &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/04\/13\/opinion\/hugo-chavez-departs.html\" >Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Departs \u2013 April 13, 2002 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/06\/02\/magazine\/in-the-time-of-hugo-chavez.html\" >In the Time of Hugo Chavez, by Deborah Sontag \u2013 June 2, 2002 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/venezuela-coup-and-countercoup-revolution\/18618\" >Venezuela: Coup and, Countercoup, Revolution, by Eva Golinger \u2013 11 April 2010 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghriba_synagogue_bombing\" >Ghriba synagogue bombing<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" >al-Qaeda<\/a> kills 21 in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tunisia\" >Tunisia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ghriba Synagogue Bombing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghriba_synagogue_bombing\" >Bombing &#8211; Ghriba synagogue bombing &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aldeilis.net\/bpb\/djerba.html\" >The bombing at the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, 2002, by Elias Davidsson \u2013 Aldeilis.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/topic\/djerba-synagogue-bombing-2002\/\" >GHRIBA SYNAGOGUE BOMBING 2002 \u2013 TimesOfIsrael.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/historic-jewish-community-holds-out-on-tunisia-island\/\" >Historic Jewish Community holds out on Tunisia island \u2013 May 29, 2914 \u2013 TimesOfIsrael.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikiislam.net\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Non-Muslims_%28Tunisia%29\" >Persecution of Non-Muslims (Tunisia) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The detained crew of a United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EP-3E\" >EP-3E<\/a> aircraft that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_Island_incident\" >landed<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan\" >Hainan<\/a>, China after a collision with a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shenyang_J-8\" >J-8<\/a> fighter, is released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>Customs officers in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Middlesbrough\" >Middlesbrough<\/a>, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supergun\" >massive gun<\/a> on a ship bound for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Hextall\" >Ron Hextall<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goaltender\" >goaltender<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Hockey_League\" >NHL<\/a> history to score a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goal_%28ice_hockey%29\" >goal<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Cup_playoffs\" >playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peres%E2%80%93Hussein_London_Agreement\" >London Agreement<\/a> is secretly signed between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> Foreign Affairs Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shimon_Peres\" >Shimon Peres<\/a> and King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hussein_of_Jordan\" >Hussein of Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Peres-Hussein London Agreement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov.il\/NR\/rdonlyres\/DDEDC327-51E0-45E3-BABC-ACB0605609CA\/0\/shamir07aENG.pdf\" >Accord between the Government of Jordan and the Foreign Minister of Israel \u2013 Archives.gov.il \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>A massive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981_Brixton_riot\" >riot<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brixton\" >Brixton<\/a>, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Ugandan<\/a> dictator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idi_Amin\" >Idi Amin<\/a> is deposed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Idi Amin and His Deposition:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisdeity.com\/11th-april-1979-%E2%80%93-the-end-of-idi-amins-reign-of-terror\/\" >11<sup>TH<\/sup> APRIL 1979: THE END OF IDI AMIN\u2019S REIGN OF TERROR \u2013 OnThisDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/idi-amin-overthrown\" >APR 11 1979: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Idi Amin overthrown \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01wr8g2\" >The Fall of Idi Amin 1979 \u2013 BBC-co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/idi-amin\" >IDI AMIN \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idi_Amin#Deposition_and_exile\" >\u201c<em>In January 1979, Nyerere mobilised the Tanzania People&#8217;s Defence Force and counterattacked, joined by several groups of Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). Amin&#8217;s army retreated steadily, and, despite military help from Libya&#8217;s Muammar Gaddafi, Amin was forced to flee into exile by helicopter on 11 April 1979, when Kampala was captured. H In January 1979, Nyerere mobilised the Tanzania People&#8217;s Defence Force and counterattacked, joined by several groups of Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). Amin&#8217;s army retreated steadily, and, despite military help from Libya&#8217;s Muammar Gaddafi, Amin was forced to flee into exile by helicopter on 11 April 1979, when Kampala was captured<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Deposition and exile<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Idi Amin<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/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:\/\/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=\"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>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>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>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>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_Transport_Executive_%28GLC%29\" >London Transport<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II\" >Silver Jubilee<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Routemaster\" >buses<\/a> are launched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_I\" >Apple I<\/a> is created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of and Apple Inc. and Apple Computers:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com\/chi-130611-apple-macintosh-computer-history-pictures\/\" >History of Apple products \u2013 June 11, 2013 \u2013 ChicagoTribune.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/inventors.about.com\/od\/cstartinventions\/a\/Apple_Computers.htm\" >The History of Apple Computers, by Mary Bellis \u2013 About money\u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thescreamonline.com\/technology\/applehistory\/applehistory.html\" >Apple History \u2013 Apple-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1873486_1873491_1873530,00.html\" >The Apple Revolution: 10 Key Moments \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/applemuseum.bott.org\/sections\/history.html\" >Apple History Timeline \u2013 Bott.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lowendmac.com\/2014\/apple-and-macintosh-history\/\" >Apple and Macintosh History \u2013 LowEndMac.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mac-history.net\/top\/2011-01-24\/the-history-of-the-apple-macintosh\" >THE HISTORY OF APPLE MACINTOSH \u2013 Mac-History.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyofapple.com\/\" >History of Apple \u2013 HELLO AND WELCOM. THIS IS HISTORY OF APPLE, A BEAUTIFUL APPLE RESOURCE. &#8211; HistoryOfApple.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/computerhistory.org\/atchm\/early-apple-business-documents\/\" >Early Apple Business Documents \u2013 ComupterHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/Brief-History-Of-Apple-Computers-94267.html\" >Brief History of Apple Computers \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brighthub.com\/computing\/mac-platform\/articles\/79509.aspx\" >A Brief Look at How Apple Got to Where It Is, by M.S. Smith \u2013 BrightHub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>First edition of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC\" >BBC<\/a> comedy panel game <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I%27m_Sorry_I_Haven%27t_A_Clue\" >I&#8217;m Sorry I Haven&#8217;t A Clue<\/a><\/em> is broadcast, one of the longest-running British radio shows in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >USSR performs underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_13\" >Apollo 13<\/a><\/em> is launched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Apollo 13:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/apollo\/missions\/apollo13.html\" >Apollo 13 \u2013 NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_13#Mission_highlights\" >Mission highlights \u2013 Apollo 13 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h3RSqdj_VnY\" >Apollo 13 \u2013 The Real Story \u2013 YouTube video (40 min. 25 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/space.about.com\/od\/spaceexplorationhistory\/a\/apollo13.htm\" >Apollo 13, by Nick Greene \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/17250-apollo-13-facts.html\" >Apollo 13: Facts About NASA\u2019s Near-Disaster, by Elizabeth Howell \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968\" >Civil Rights Act of 1968<\/a>, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Civil Rights Act of 1968:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilrightsmovement.net\/civil-rights-act-1968\/\" >What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968? \u2013 CivilRightsMovement.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legcounsel.house.gov\/Comps\/Civil%20Rights%20Act%20Of%201968.pdf\" >CIVIL RIGHTS OF 1968 \u2013 House.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968#Types_of_banned_discrimination\" >Types of banned discrimination \u2013 Civil Rights Act of 1968 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/fair-housing-act\" >FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 [<em>e. Civil Rights Act of 1968<\/em>] \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com\/Civil+Rights+Act+of+1968\" >Fair Housing Act of 1968 \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/definitions.uslegal.com\/c\/civil-rights-act-of-1968%20\/\" >Civil Rights Act of 1968 Law &amp; Definition \u2013 USLegal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/civil-rights-act-of-1968\" >Civil Rights Act of 1968, by Patricia Hysell \u2013 Examiner.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/monitor\/august1988\/art3p4.html\" >Civil Rights Monitor \u2013 Civil Rights Act of 1968 \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palm_Sunday_tornado_outbreak_of_1965\" >Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965<\/a>: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midwestern\" >Midwestern<\/a> states, killing 256 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \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>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_XXIII\" >Pope John XXIII<\/a> issues <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacem_in_terris\" >Pacem in terris<\/a><\/em>, the first encyclical addressed to all instead of to Catholics alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Pacem in Terris:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-xxiii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_j-xxiii_enc_11041963_pacem.html\" >PACEM IN TERRIS &#8211; ENCYCLICAL OF POPE JOHN XXIII ON ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL PEACE IN TRUTH, JUSTICE, CHARITY, AND LIBERTY \u2013 APRIL 11, 1963 \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicaustralia.com.au\/church-documents\/papal-documents\/124-pacem-in-terris-1963-pope-john-xxiii?highlight=WyJ3ZWFwb25zIiwib2YiLCJtYXNzIiwiZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24iLCJ3ZWFwb25zIG9mIiwid2VhcG9ucyBvZiBtYXNzIiwib2YgbWFzcyIsIm9mIG1hc3MgZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24iLCJtYXNzIGRlc3RydWN0aW9uIl0=\" >PACEM IN TERRIS (1963) \u2013 POPE JOHN XXIII \u2013 CatholicAustralia.com.au<\/a> <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicaustralia.com.au\/pdf\/papaldocuments\/Pacem%20in%20Terris.pdf\" >Pacem in Terris \u2013 Historical Context \u2013 CatholicAustralia.com.au &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacem_in_terris#History\" >History \u2013 Pacem in terris \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/library\/docs_jo23pt.htm\" >Pacem in Terris &#8211; Encyclical on Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justic, Charity, and Liberty &#8211; His Holiness Pope John XXIII &#8211; Promulgated on April 11, 1963- NewAdvent.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicaustralia.com.au\/church-documents\/papal-documents\/124-pacem-in-terris-1963-pope-john-xxiii?highlight=WyJ3ZWFwb25zIiwib2YiLCJtYXNzIiwiZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24iLCJ3ZWFwb25zIG9mIiwid2VhcG9ucyBvZiBtYXNzIiwib2YgbWFzcyIsIm9mIG1hc3MgZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24iLCJtYXNzIGRlc3RydWN0aW9uIl0=\" >PACEM IN TERRIS (1963) \u2013 POPE JOHN XXIII \u2013 CatholicAustralia.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shc.edu\/theolibrary\/resources\/bibliog_pacem.htm\" >John XXIII \u2013 Pacem in Terris \u2013 A Bibliography by Gerald Darring \u2013 Sch.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The trial of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Eichmann\" >Adolf Eichmann<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Eichmann#Trial\" >Trial \u2013 Adolf Eichmann \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005179\" >EICHMANN TRIAL \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia \u2013 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/juger-eichmann.memorialdelashoah.org\/index-en.html\" >Eichmann on Trial \u2013 1961 Jerusalem \u2013 MemorialDelaShoah.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1960s\/qt\/Eichmann-Trial.htm\" >Eichmann Trial \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xoxol.org\/eichmann\/eichmann.html\" >Adolf Eichmann in Two Of His Pre-Trial Manifestations \u2013 1961 Jerusalem trial of Adolf Eichmann \u2013 XOXO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/a-triumph-of-justice-on-the-trail-of-holocaust-organizer-adolf-eichmann-a-754133.html\" >A Triumph of Justice: On the Trail of Holocaust Organizer Adolf Eichmann \u2013 Spiegel.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kb5yOKIDtDo\" >YouTube video (4 min. 30 sec.): Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1961)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>United Kingdom agrees to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" >Singaporean<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-governance_of_Singapore\" >self-rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Singaporean Self-Rule:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/flashback-friday-island-colony-singapore-granted-self-rule-on-april-11-1957\" >Flash Back Friday: Island colony Singapore granted self-rule on April 11, 1957 \u2013 SINGAPORE \u2013 The Strait Times \u2013 StraitTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-governance_of_Singapore#Partial_internal_self-government_.281955.E2.80.931959.29\" >\u201c<em>The British government approved of Lim&#8217;s tough stance against communist agitators, and when a new round of talks was held beginning 11 March 1957, they were amenable to granting almost complete self-government, only retaining control over external security, and allowing internal security to be an area of shared responsibility between the local government and them<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Partial internal self-government (1955-1959) \u2013 Self-governance of Singapore &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Singapore:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Singapore\" >History of Singapore \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yoursingapore.com\/about-singapore\/singapore-history.html\" >Singapore \u2013 Our History \u2013 YourSingapore.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Singapore_History_Culture\/p\/Singapore-Facts-And-History.htm\" >Singapore | Facts and History \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Singapore-history.htm\" >History of Singapore \u2013 NationalOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporeexpats.com\/about-singapore\/brief-history.htm\" >Brief History of Singapore \u2013 SingaporeExpats.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidemesingapore.com\/relocation\/introduction\/brief-history-of-singapore\" >A Brief History of Singapore \u2013 Hawskford \u2013 GuideMeSingapore.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/singapore\/history\" >Singapore \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history%20of%20singapore&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=15\" >History of Singapore \u2013 Pertinent web links &#8211; When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Singapore:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/app.sgdi.gov.sg\/\" >Singapore Government Directory- SGDI.gov.sg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/sn.html\" >Singapore \u2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Singapore\" >Singapore \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/singapore.html\" >Singapore \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Singapore\" >Singapore \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_India\" >Air India<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kashmir_Princess\" >Kashmir Princess<\/a> is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhou_Enlai\" >Zhou Enlai<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang\" >Kuomintang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Kashmir Conflict:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/pakistan\/a\/kashmir-history-backgrounder.htm\" >Kashmir: History and Background \u2013 About news \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/1399992\/A-brief-history-of-the-Kashmir-conflict.html\" >A brief history of the Kashmir conflict \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bharatadesam.com\/history\/history_of_kashmir_conflict.php\" >Kashmir Conflict \u2013 Bharatadesam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/10537286\" >Q&amp;A: Kashmir dispute \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.susmitkumar.net\/index.php\/history-of-kashmir-conflict\" >History of the Kashmir Conflict \u2013 SusmitKumar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hinduism.about.com\/od\/history\/a\/Kashmir-Paradise-Lost.htm\" >Kashmir: Paradise Lost, by Subhamoy Das \u2013 About religion \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of the Kashmir Conflict:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Kashmir_conflict\" >Timeline of the Kashmir conflict \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insightonconflict.org\/conflicts\/kashmir\/conflict-profile\/conflict-timeline\/\" >Kashmir: Conflict Timeline \u2013 InsightOnConflict.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Timeline-of-the-Kashmir-conflict\" >TIMELINE OF THE KASHMIR CONFLICT \u2013 EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/spotlight\/kashmirtheforgottenconflict\/2011\/07\/2011727134530154224.html\" >Timeline: The Kashmir Conflict \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Nanri_Island\" >Battle of Nanri Island<\/a> takes place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_of_Scone\" >Stone of Scone<\/a>, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arbroath_Abbey\" >Arbroath Abbey<\/a>. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westminster_Abbey\" >Westminster Abbey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\" >Harry Truman<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_Truman%27s_relief_of_General_Douglas_MacArthur\" >relieves<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_of_the_Army_%28United_States%29\" >General of the Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\" >Douglas MacArthur<\/a> of overall command in Korea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>President Truman\u2019s Decision on Relieving General MacArthur:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/48797\" >Why Did Truman Fire MacArthur? (And Why Did He Wait So Long to Do It?), by Michael Pearlman \u2013 HistoryNewsnetwork.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/deadpresidents.tumblr.com\/post\/22696785143\/why-did-truman-fire-macarthur-was-he-justified-in\" >Why did Truman fire MacArthur? Was he justified in doing so? How popular was the decision? \u2013 Tumblr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/3503971\/8th-history-truman-macarthur-the-korean-war-flash-cards\/\" >8<sup>th<\/sup> History \u2013 Truman, MacArthur &amp; Korean War \u2013 Quizlet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/b-29s-over-korea.com\/Why-Truman-Fired-General-MacArthur\/Why-Truman-Fired-General-MacArthur.html\" >WHY TRUMAN FIRED GENERAL MacARTHUR \u2013 Plans to Drop Atomic Bombs Would Have Caused WWIII \u2013 B-29s-Over-Korea.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Douglas MacArthur\u2019s Farewell Speech:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.house.gov\/HistoricalHighlight\/Detail\/36088?ret=True\" >General Douglas MacArthur Delivered his Farewell Address to a Joint Meeting of Congress \u2013 April 19, 1951 \u2013 House.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/MacArthur\" s_Farewell_Speech_to_Congress\">MacArthur\u2019s Farewell Speech at Congress \u2013 Wikisource.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Korean War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/korean-war\" >KOREAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/whistlestop\/study_collections\/koreanwar\/index.php\" >Korean War and Its Origins \u2013 Documents \u2013 TrumanLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/alic\/reference\/military\/korean-war.html\" >Military Resources: Korean War \u2013 NARA Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/korean-war-2\" >Korean War, 1951-1953 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1900s\/tp\/The-Korean-War.htm\" >The Korean War: An Overview, by Kennedy Hickman \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Korean-War\" >Korean War \u2013 1950-1953 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/korean-war.html\" >Korean War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Korean_War.aspx\" >Korean War \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/bomb\/peopleevents\/pandeAMEX58.html\" >People &amp; Events \u2013 The Korean War \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/52e.asp\" >The Korean War \u2013 US History.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-world.org\/korean_war.htm\" >KOREAN WAR, edited by R A Guisepi \u2013 History-World.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/coldwar\/korea_hickey_01.shtml\" >The Korean War: An Overview \u2013 History \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/korean-war\/videos\" >KOREAN WAR VIDEOS \u2013 KOREAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/korea\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>The Korean War is the forgotten war of the 20th century. Maybe it was because it took place so soon after the end of of Wolrd War II, or maybe because it ended in a stalment and to this day that stalemate has not been resolved. For whatever reason it was a war that no great movie(other then the TV show Mash) were done about it, there was never much discussion about it. But for the 5,720,000 US troops who served, of which 36,995 died and another 103,235 were wounded it was every bit a war<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/history\/korean-war.htm\" >Korean War News \u2013 ABC.go.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Timelines of the Korean War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/koreanwar\/timeline.html\" >THE KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) \u2013 Timeline \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwar60.com\/timeline-korean-war-events\" >Timeline of the Korean War Events \u2013 KoreanWar60.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shmoop.com\/korean-war\/timeline.html\" >THE KOREAN WAR TIMELINE \u2013 Shmoop.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/korean_war_timeline\/36\/\" >Korean War \u2013Timeline Description \u2013 SoftSchool.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/korean_war_timeline.htm\" >Korean War \u2013 Timeline \u2013 The History Guy \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/us-history\/korean-war\/\" >Korean War \u2013 Pre-Korean War Timeline and the Korean War Timeline \u2013 TotallyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanwaronline.com\/arms\/TimeLine.htm\" >KOREAN WAR TIMELINE \u2013 KoreanWarOnline.com<\/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>: American forces liberate the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\" >Buchenwald concentration camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Buchenwald Concentration Camp:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/buchtoc.html\" >Buchenwald Concentration Camp \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chgs.umn.edu\/museum\/memorials\/buchenwald\/\" >Buchenwald Concentration Camp \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/othercamps\/buchenwald.html\" >BUCHENWALD \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia \u2013 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/Forgottencamps\/Camps\/BuchenwaldEng.html\" >Buchenwald \u2013 Germany \u2013 JewishGen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/Buchenwald\/JedemDasSeine.html\" >Buchenwald Concentration Camp \u2013 ScrapbookPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emir\" >Emir<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan\" >Abdullah<\/a> establishes the first centralized government in the newly created <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_protectorate\" >British protectorate<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emirate_of_Transjordan\" >Transjordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Emirate of Trans Jordan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emirate_of_Transjordan#History\" >History \u2013 Emirate of Transjordan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kinghussein.gov.jo\/his_transjordan.html\" >History \u2013 The Making of Transjordan \u2013 KingHussein.gov.jo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/551773\/The_Hashemite_Emirate_of_Transjordan._Politics_and_Tribal_Culture\" >The Hashemite Emirate of Transjordan. Politics and Tribal Culture, by Paolo Maggiolini \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Labour_Organization\" >International Labour Organization<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the International Labour Organization:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/about-the-ilo\/history\/lang--en\/index.htm\" >Origins and history \u2013 International Labour Organization \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Labour_Organization#History\" >History \u2013 International Labour Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1969\/labour-history.html\" >International Labour Organization \u2013 History Organization \u2013 NobelPrize.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv\" >Tel Aviv<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Tel Aviv:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jbuff.com\/c121202.htm\" >The History of Tel Aviv \u2013 Tel Aviv-Jaffa \u2013 JBuff.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/israel-and-the-palestinian-territories\/mediterranean-coast\/tel-aviv\/history\" >History \u2013 Tel Aviv \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv#History\" >History \u2013 Tel Aviv &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vie\/Telaviv.html\" >Tel Aviv &amp; Jaffa \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.go-telaviv.com\/the-history-of-tel-aviv.html\" >The History of Tel Aviv is Dramatic \u2013 Go-TelAviv.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Tel_Aviv\" >Timeline of Tel Aviv &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1908\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMS_Bl%C3%BCcher\" >SMS\u00a0<em>Bl\u00fccher<\/em><\/a>, the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armored_cruiser\" >armored cruiser<\/a> to be built by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_German_Navy\" >Imperial German Navy<\/a>, launches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concertgebouw\" >Concertgebouw<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amsterdam\" >Amsterdam<\/a> is inaugurated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1881\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spelman_College\" >Spelman College<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta\" >Atlanta, Georgia<\/a> as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1876\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks\" >Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks<\/a> is organized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong>Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shogun\" >Shogun<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu\" >Tokugawa Yoshinobu<\/a> surrenders <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edo_Castle\" >Edo Castle<\/a> to Imperial forces, marking the end of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokugawa_shogunate\" >Tokugawa shogunate<\/a>. This leads Japan to the end of the samurai society and to the modernization of the state system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1856\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Battle_of_Rivas\" >Battle of Rivas<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Santamar%C3%ADa\" >Juan Santamar\u00eda<\/a> burns down the hostel where <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Walker_%28filibuster%29\" >William Walker<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filibuster_%28military%29\" >filibusters<\/a> are holed up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Fontainebleau_%281814%29\" >Treaty of Fontainebleau<\/a> ends the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition\" >War of the Sixth Coalition<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_Bonaparte\" >Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a>, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1809\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Basque_Roads\" >Battle of the Basque Roads<\/a> Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1727\u00a0 <\/strong>Premiere of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johann_Sebastian_Bach\" >Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Matthew_Passion\" >St Matthew Passion<\/a> BWV 244b at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Thomas_Church,_Leipzig\" >St. Thomas Church, Leipzig<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bach\u2019s St Matthew Passion BWV 244b:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=St+Matthew+Passion+BWV+244\" >YouTube videos: St Matthew Passion BWV 244<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1713\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession\" >War of the Spanish Succession<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Anne%27s_War\" >Queen Anne&#8217;s War<\/a>): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Utrecht\" >Treaty of Utrecht<\/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>APRIL 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Fire_of_Valpara%C3%ADso\" >Great Fire of Valpara\u00edso<\/a> ravages the Chilean city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valpara%C3%ADso\" >Valpara\u00edso<\/a>, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Great Fire of Valpara\u00edso:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Fire_of_Valpara%C3%ADso#Origin\" >Origin &#8211; Great Fire of Valpara\u00edso &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/13152688\/THE_GREAT_FIRE_OF_VALPARAISO_2014_SOCIAL_CLASS_DIFFERENCES_AND_PEOPLE_S_VULNERABILITY._A_CASE_STUDY_OF_WILDLAND-URBAN_FIRE\" >THE \u2018GREAT FIRE\u2019 OF VALPARAISO 2014: SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES AND PEOPLE\u2019S VULNERABILITY. A CASE STUDY OF WILDLAND-URBAN FIRE, by Victor Salinas Silva \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usa.heartshome.org\/Valparaiso-Fire-I-was-waiting-for-you.html\" >Great Fire of Valpara\u00edso: \u201cI was waiting for you!\u201d &#8211; by Hortense Doulcet \u2013 Heart\u2019s Home USA \u2013 HeartsHome.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-chile-fire-idUSBREA3C01U20140413\" >Fire engulfs parts of Chile&#8217;s Valparaiso port, 100 houses destroyed \u2013 Sat April 12, 2014 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0 Two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Kidal_suicide_attack\" >suicide bombers<\/a> kill three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_of_Chad\" >Chadian soldiers<\/a> and injure dozens of civilians at a market in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kidal\" >Kidal<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mali\" >Mali<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe\" >Zimbabwe<\/a> officially abandons the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwean_dollar\" >Zimbabwean dollar<\/a> as its official currency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Abandonment of the Zimbabwean Dollar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwean_dollar#Abandonment_and_demonetization\" >Abandonment and demonetization \u2013 Zimbabwean dollar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banknotes_of_Zimbabwe\" >Banknotes of Zimbabwe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oanda.com\/currency\/iso-currency-codes\/ZWD\" >Zimbabwe Dollar \u2013 OANDA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe\" >Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/zimbabwe-ditches-worthless-currency-dollar-article-1.2256966\" >Zimbabwe ditches worthless currency for the US dollar, by David Harding \u2013 Saturday, June 30, 2015 \u2013 NYDailyNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong>A suicide bomber <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_Iraqi_Parliament_bombing\" >penetrates the Green Zone and detonates<\/a> in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammed_Awad\" >Mohammed Awad<\/a> and wounding more than twenty other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_bomber\" >suicide bomber<\/a> blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahane_Yehuda_Market\" >Mahane Yehuda Market<\/a>, killing 7 and wounding 104.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> is cited for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contempt_of_court\" >contempt of court<\/a> for giving &#8220;intentionally false statements&#8221; in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_harassment\" >sexual harassment<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_lawsuit\" >civil lawsuit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canter_%26_Siegel\" >Canter &amp; Siegel<\/a> post the first commercial mass <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Usenet\" >Usenet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newsgroup_spam\" >spam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em>Euro Disney Resort<\/em> officially opens with its theme park <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disneyland_Park_%28Paris%29\" >Euro Disneyland<\/a><\/em>. The resort and its park&#8217;s name are subsequently changed to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disneyland_Paris\" >Disneyland Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Gary\" >Jim Gary<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Twentieth Century Dinosaurs&#8221; exhibition opens at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smithsonian_Institution\" >Smithsonian Institution<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Museum_of_Natural_History\" >National Museum of Natural History<\/a> in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solo_show\" >solo exhibition<\/a> there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\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>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The first launch of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle\" >Space Shuttle<\/a> (<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Columbia\" >Columbia<\/a><\/em>) takes place &#8211; the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-1\" >STS-1<\/a> mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of the Space Shuttle Program:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/12085-nasa-space-shuttle-history-born.html\" >How the Space Shuttle Was Born, by Mike Wall \u2013 June 28, 2011 \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/07\/the-history-of-the-space-shuttle\/100097\/\" >The History of the Space Shuttle, by Alan Taylor \u2013 Jul 1, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1732.html\" >Space Shuttle Program \u2013 United States History \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.nasa.gov\/shuttlehistory.html\" >History of the Space Shuttle \u2013 NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.century-of-flight.net\/Aviation%20history\/space\/Space%20Shuttle%20history.htm\" >Space Shuttle history \u2013 THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE \u2013 Century-of-Flight.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceline.org\/rocketsum\/shuttle-program.html\" >History of the Space Shuttle Program, by Cliff Lethbridge \u2013 SpaceLine.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2011\/03\/22\/the-space-shuttle-program-stunning-success-or-dismal-failure\/\" >The space shuttle program: stunning success or dismal failure? , by Stephen M Walt \u2013 March 22, 2011 \u2013 ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brighthub.com\/science\/space\/articles\/68771.aspx\" >History of the Space Shuttle Program, by Jason C Chavis \u2013 5\/18\/2011 \u2013 BrightHub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.nationalgeographic.com\/video\/news\/space-shuttle-sci\" >Space Shuttle History \u2013 Video \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2003\/02\/01\/timeline-us-space-program-history.html\" >Timeline: US Space Program History \u2013 February 1, 2003 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/spaceshuttletimeline.html\" >Space Shuttle Timeline \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program\" >Criticism of the Space Shuttle program \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Space Shuttle Program and Its Military Purposes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/space.about.com\/od\/spacemissions\/a\/Does-The-U-S-Military-Have-A-Secret-Space-Shuttle.htm\" >Does the US Military Have a Secret Space Shuttle? , by John P Millis \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whale.to\/b\/nasa1.html\" >Secret American Military Program? , by Linda Houlton Howe \u2013 December 7, 2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/space_shuttle.aspx\" >\u201c<em>Although NASA is a civilian space agency, the United States military has used the space shuttle fleet to carry classified military payloads into space. The Department of Defense (DoD) had generally received priority in scheduling national security related flights. In addition to fully classified missions, the Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted shuttle research time and lifted unclassified early warning satellites into orbit. Satellites deployed from the shuttle, or serviced by shuttle crews, are used for electronic intelligence, photographic and radar reconnaissance, and defense communications<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Space Shuttle \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/space\/IB92011.pdf\" >US Space Programs: Civilian, Military and Commercial \u2013 CRS Issue Brief for Congress \u2013 FAS.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rense.com\/general34\/thespaceshuttlessecret.htm\" >The Space Shuttle\u2019s Secret Military Mission, by Yoichi Clark Shimatsu \u2013 Rense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com\/the-space-shuttle-s-military-launch-complex-in-californ-1710303170\" >The Space Shuttle\u2019s Military Launch Complex In California That Never Was, by Tyler Rogoway \u2013 6\/10\/15 \u2013 Foxtrot Alpha \u2013 Jalopnik.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/military-space-plane-lands-after-secret-mision\/\" >Space plane lands after record of 674-day secret mission \u2013 October 17, 2014 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/space\/private-spaceflight\/top-secret-military-mini-shuttle-marks-500-days-in-orbit-140424.htm\" >Secret Military Mini-Shuttle Marks 500 Days In Orbit, by Irene Kltoz \u2013 Apr 24, 2014 \u2013 Discovery.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelivingmoon.com\/45jack_files\/03files\/Military_Missions_of_the_Space_Shuttle.html\" >SECRET SPACE SHIPS: Military Missions of the Space Shuttle \u2013 TheLivingRoom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abovetopsecret.com\/forum\/thread329997\/pg1\" >The Top Secret US Military Space Program. Is The Future Already Here? \u2013 AboveTopSecret.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_Fox\" >Terry Fox<\/a> begins his &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marathon_of_Hope\" >Marathon of Hope<\/a>&#8221; at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador\" >St. John&#8217;s, Newfoundland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Terry Fox\u2019s Marathon of Hope:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/archives\/categories\/sports\/exploits\/terry-foxs-marathon-of-hope\/marathon-of-hope-day-1.html\" >Terry Fox\u2019s Marathon of Hope \u2013 CDC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_Fox#Marathon_of_Hope\" >Marathon of Hope \u2013 Terry Fox \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terryfox.org\/TerryFox\/The_Marathon_of_Hope.html\" >THE TERRY FOX FOUNDATION \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZF8k8hpyp_A\" >YouTube video (5 min. 36 sec.): Terry Fox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.findingdulcinea.com\/news\/on-this-day\/Sept\/Terry-Fox-Marathon-of-Hope.html\" >September 1, 1980: On This Day: Terry Fox\u2019s Marathon of Hope Comes to End, by Denis Cummings \u2013 FindingDulcinea.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Doe\" >Samuel Doe<\/a> takes control of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberia\" >Liberia<\/a> in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a>, ending over 130 years of minority <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Americo-Liberian\" >Americo-Liberian<\/a> rule over the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Liberian Coup of 1980:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/liberia-1980.htm\" >Liberia \u2013 Coup \u2013 1980 \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tlcafrica.com\/1980_coup.htm\" >The Coup of 1980 \u2013 Liberia\u2019s Dark History \u2013 TLCAfrica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africaportal.org\/dspace\/articles\/coup-detat-liberia\" >The Coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in Liberia \u2013 AfricaPortal.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200808061031.html\" >Liberia: CIA Agents Executed 1980 Coup, by Alloycious David \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blojlu.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/31\/history-of-coups-in-liberia\/\" >Liberia &#8211; Coup \u2013 1980 \u2013 Blojlu\u2019s Blog \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/april\/22\/newsid_2525000\/2525477.stm\" >22 April 1980: Deposed ministers executed in Liberia \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rarehistoricalphotos.com\/cabinet-ministers-execution-liberia-1980\/\" >Rare Historical Photos: Cabinet ministers lined up for execution after a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in Liberia, 1980 \u2013 RareHistorialPhotos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Be2ZdSiJhc0\" >YouTube video (10 min. 14 sec.): Liberian Coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, 1980<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_submarine_K-8\" >Soviet submarine K-8<\/a>, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_of_Biscay\" >Bay of Biscay<\/a> four days after a fire on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> nuclear-powered submarine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_submarine_K-33\" >K-33<\/a> collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M\/S <em>Finnclipper<\/em> in the Danish straits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosmonaut\" >cosmonaut<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuri_Gagarin\" >Yuri Gagarin<\/a> becomes the first human to travel into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outer_space\" >outer space<\/a> and perform the first manned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orbit\" >orbital<\/a> flight, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vostok_1\" >Vostok 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armaghplanet.com\/blog\/yuri-gagarin-first-man-in-space.html\" >Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space \u2013 ArmaghPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/shuttle\/sts1\/gagarin_anniversary.html\" >Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space \u2013 NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1960s\/a\/yurigagarin.htm\" >Yuri Gagarin \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuri_Gagarin#Vostok_1\" >Voskok 1 \u2013 Yuri Gagarin &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/11346-photos-yuri-gagarin-vostok1-human-spaceflight.html\" >Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space (Photo Gallery) \u2013 Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >atmospheric nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Soviet Nuclear Tests (including those performed in 1958):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1958_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1958 Soviet Nuclear Tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of the nuclear test of the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Soviet Atmospheric Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovatmtest.html\" >Soviet Atmospheric Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/ussrnuks.shtml\" >USSR Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Database \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\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>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polio_vaccine\" >polio vaccine<\/a>, developed by Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonas_Salk\" >Jonas Salk<\/a>, is declared <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonas_Salk#Test_results_announced\" >safe and effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Polio Vaccine:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polio_vaccine#History\" >History \u2013 Polio vaccine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/suburbs\/post-tribune\/news\/ct-ptb-bicentennial-polio-st-0410-20160408-story.html\" >Area children treated with Salk polio vaccine in 1955 \u2013 Post-Tribune \u2013 ChicagoTribune.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonas_Salk#Developing_a_vaccine\" >Developing a vaccine \u2013 Jonas Salk \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/polio-vaccine-turns-58-a-look-back\/\" >Polio vaccine: A look back \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4585992\" >Salk Polio Vaccine Conquered Terrifying Disease, by Joe Palca \u2013 April 12, 2005 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sph.umich.edu\/polio\/\" >1955 Polio Vaccine Trial Announcement \u2013 University of Michigan \u2013 UMich.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/hcp\/vis\/vis-statements\/ipv.html\" >Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) \u2013 Polio VIS \u2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention &#8211; CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ninth_United_States_Army\" >US Ninth Army<\/a> under General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Hood_Simpson\" >William H. Simpson<\/a> crosses the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elbe\" >Elbe River<\/a> astride <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magdeburg\" >Magdeburg<\/a>, and reached <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tangerm%C3%BCnde\" >Tangerm\u00fcnde<\/a>\u2014only 50 miles from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin\" >Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> dies while in office; Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\" >Harry Truman<\/a>, becomes President upon Roosevelt&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Death of FDR:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/fdr-dies\" >APR 12, 1945: FDR dies \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Last_days.2C_death_and_memorial\" >Last days, death and memorial \u2013 Franklin D. Roosevelt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/fdrdeath.htm\" >The Death of President Franklin Roosevelt, 1945 \u2013 EyeWitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=411MrvRC2-0\" >YouTube video (7 min. 41 sec.): FDR dies, 1945<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-JObv-iKKzA&amp;nohtml5=False\" >YouTube video (4 min. 51 sec.): Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fp1r45PHPHg\" >YouTube video (6 min. 11 sec.): Death of FDR President Roosevelt 1945, Homage to Conquering FEAR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong>Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Whittle\" >Frank Whittle<\/a> ground-tests the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jet_engine\" >jet engine<\/a> designed to power an aircraft, at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rugby,_Warwickshire\" >Rugby, England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristol_Blenheim\" >Bristol Blenheim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bremen_%28aircraft%29\" >Bremen<\/a><\/em>, a German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junkers_W_33\" >Junkers W 33<\/a> type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shanghai_massacre_of_1927\" >Shanghai massacre of 1927<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiang_Kai-shek\" >Chiang Kai-shek<\/a> orders the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_China\" >Communist Party of China<\/a> members executed in Shanghai, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_United_Front\" >First United Front<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force\" >Canadian<\/a> forces successfully complete the taking of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge\" >Vimy Ridge<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germans\" >Germans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMS_Zr%C3%ADnyi\" >SMS\u00a0<em>Zr\u00ednyi<\/em><\/a>, one of the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-dreadnought_battleship\" >pre-dreadnought battleships<\/a> built by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austro-Hungarian<\/a> Navy, is launched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a> annexes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_Republic\" >Transvaal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Transvaal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Transvaal\" >Transvaal \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/transvaal.html\" >Transvaal \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Transvaal.aspx\" >Transvaal \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/autocww.colorado.edu\/%7Eflc\/E64ContentFiles\/AfricanHistory\/Transvaal.html\" >Transvaal \u2013 Colorado.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu\/webbin\/book\/browse?type=lcsubc&amp;key=Transvaal%20%28South%20Africa%29%20--%20History\" >Transvaal \u2013 Online Books Page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Transvaal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Transvaal\" >\u201c<em>In 1877 Sir Theophilus Shepstone annexed the financially bankrupt republic to Britain over the halfhearted protest of its then-president, Thomas F. Burgers. The British failed to fulfill their promises of internal self-government to the Boers, however, and late in 1880 the Afrikaners revolted against the British and declared a new Transvaal republic. They regained their independence\u2014subject to certain provisos\u2014in 1881 after overwhelming British forces at the Battle of Majuba Hill. Paul Kruger became the new republic\u2019s first president<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Transvaal<\/strong> &#8211; Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/transvaal-history.html\" >Transvaal \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/britishempire.co.uk\/maproom\/transvaal.htm\" >Transvaal \u2013 Brief History \u2013 BritishEmpire.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/althistory.wikia.com\/wiki\/Transvaal_Republic_%28Austria_and_others%29\" >Transvaal Republic (Austria and others) \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lionsworld.co.za\/history.asp\" >History of Transvaal \u2013 LionsWorld.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1831\u00a0 <\/strong>Soldiers marching on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge\" >Broughton Suspension Bridge<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manchester\" >Manchester<\/a>, England cause it to collapse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1820\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Ypsilantis\" >Alexander Ypsilantis<\/a> is declared leader of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filiki_Eteria\" >Filiki Eteria<\/a>, a secret organization to overthrow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman<\/a> rule over Greece.<\/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>APRIL 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>A bus traveling from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Villahermosa\" >Villahermosa<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexico_City\" >Mexico City<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acayucan_bus_crash\" >crashes<\/a> into a tractor-trailer and catches fire, killing at least 36 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiger_Woods\" >Tiger Woods<\/a> becomes the youngest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golf\" >golfer<\/a> to win the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masters_Tournament\" >Masters Tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The Great <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_flood\" >Chicago flood<\/a> devastates much of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Loop\" >central Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portugal\" >Portugal<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> sign an agreement in which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macau\" >Macau<\/a> would be returned to China in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999\" >1999<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>India moves into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siachen_Glacier\" >Siachen Glacier<\/a> thus annexing more territory from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Line_of_Control\" >Line of Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \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>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Treasury_Department\" >United States Treasury Department<\/a> reintroduces the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_two-dollar_bill\" >two-dollar bill<\/a> as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Reserve_Note\" >Federal Reserve Note<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Jefferson\" >Thomas Jefferson<\/a>&#8216;s 233rd birthday as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Bicentennial\" >United States Bicentennial<\/a> celebration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bus_massacre\" >Bus massacre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>: An attack by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kataeb_Party\" >Phalangist<\/a> resistance kills 26 militia members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine\" >Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine<\/a>, marking the start of the 15-year <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanese_Civil_War\" >Lebanese Civil War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Union\" >Western Union<\/a> (in cooperation with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hughes_Aircraft\" >Hughes Aircraft<\/a>) launches the United States&#8217; first commercial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geosynchronous_satellite\" >geosynchronous<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communications_satellite\" >communications satellite<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westar_1\" >Westar 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_An_L%E1%BB%99c\" >Battle of An L\u1ed9c<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Vietnam War in 1972:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_in_the_Vietnam_War#March\" >March \u2013 1972 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/Audio\/Events-of-1972\/Vietnam-War-and-Deaths\/\" >1972 YEAR REVIEW \u2013 Vietnam War and Deaths \u2013 Published: 1972 \u2013 UPI.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.citizendium.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >1972 \u2013 South Vietnam\u2019s ground war, 1972-1975 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magnumphotos.com\/Catalogue\/Bruno-Barbey\/1972\/SOUTH-VIETNAM-Vietnam-War-1972-NN145549.html\" >SOUTH VEITNAM 1972: Vietnam War \u2013 Bruno Barbey \u2013 MagnamPhotos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index3.html\" >Battlefield Timeline \u2013 1969-1972 \u2013 Battlefield Vietnam \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Postal_Union\" >Universal Postal Union<\/a> decides to recognize the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China\" >Republic of China<\/a> administering <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxygen\" >oxygen<\/a> tank aboard <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_13\" >Apollo 13<\/a> explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>At the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/36th_Academy_Awards\" >Academy Awards<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidney_Poitier\" >Sidney Poitier<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American\" >African-American<\/a> male to win the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor\" >Best Actor<\/a> award for the 1963 film <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilies_of_the_Field_%281963_film%29\" >Lilies of the Field<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transit_%28satellite%29\" >Transit 1-B<\/a>, the world&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite_navigation\" >satellite navigation<\/a> system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Van_Cliburn\" >Van Cliburn<\/a> wins the inaugural <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Tchaikovsky_Competition\" >International Tchaikovsky Competition<\/a> in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\" >CIA<\/a> director <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allen_Dulles\" >Allen Dulles<\/a> launches the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mind-control\" >mind-control<\/a> program <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra\" >Project MKUltra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Project MK-Ultra:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/ask-history\/did-the-cia-secretly-dose-people-with-lsd\" >Did the CIA secretly dose people with LSD? \u2013 ASK HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra\" >\u201c<em><strong>Project MKUltra<\/strong><\/em><em>\u2014sometimes referred to as the <\/em><strong><em>CIA\u2019s mind control program<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014was the code name given to an illegal program of experiments on human subjects, designed and undertaken by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs and procedures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to force confessions through mind control<\/em>\u2026<em>Early CIA efforts focused on LSD, which later came to dominate many of MKUltra\u2019s programs<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 Project MKUltra \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mindspring.com\/%7Etxporter\/sec3.htm\" >MK-ULTRA \u2013 The CIA program on Mind Control \u2013 Rense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mindspring.com\/%7Etxporter\/sec3.htm\" >History of MK-ULTRA. CIA Program on Mind Control \u2013 MindSpring.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/050626mkultra.shtml\" >MK-ULTRA \u2013 WantToKnow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/03\/top-psychologists-personal-history-of-mk-ultra-the-cia-lsd-story-in-retrospect\/\" >Top Psychologist\u2019s Personal History of MK-ULTRA: \u201cThe CIA-LSD Story in Retrospect\u201d \u2013 Valtin, Invictus \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/10\/the-10-most-egregious-u-s-abuses-of-psychology-and-psychiatry\/\" >The 10 Most Egregious U.S. Abuses of Psychology and Psychiatry, by Bruce E. Levine \u2013 Alternet \u2013 Salon &#8211; TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>CIA and Mind Control:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mind_control\" >Mind control &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra#MKUltra\" >MKUltra \u2013 Project MKUltra \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skewsme.com\/cia.html\" >CIA Mind Control \u2013 SkewsMe.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/mind_control\/cia_mind_control_experiments_sex_abuse.shtml\" >CIA Mind Control Experiments \u2013 Declassified Documents Reveals Sex Abuse, More \u2013 WantToKnow.info<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2008962_2008964_2008992,00.html\" >CIA Mind Control Experiments \u2013 Friday, Aug. 06, 2010 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/drugs\/how-cias-lsd-mind-control-experiments-destroyed-my-healthy-high-functioning-fathers-brilliant\" >How the CIA&#8217;s LSD Mind-Control Experiments Destroyed My Healthy, High-Functioning Father&#8217;s Brilliant Mind, by W. Henry Wall, Jr. \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforbiddenknowledge.com\/hardtruth\/cia_mind_control_children.htm\" >CIA, Mind Control &amp; Children \u2013 TheForbiddenKnowledge.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/educate-yourself.org\/mc\/\" >Mind Control \u2013 The Ultimate Terror \u2013 Educate Yourself \u2013 Educate-Yourself.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2009\/09\/03\/cia-mind-control-doctors\/\" >CIA Mind Control Doctors: From Harvard to Guantanamo \u2013 September 3, 2009 \u2013 CCHRInt.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of the CIA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/about-cia\/history-of-the-cia\/index.html\" >History of the CIA \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/cia\/ciahist.htm\" >HISTORY \u2013 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/58164\/the_true_--_and_shocking_--_history_of_the_cia\/\" >The True \u2013 The Shocking \u2013 History of the CIA \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency\" >History of the Central Intelligence Agency \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/2WWcia.htm\" >Central Intelligence Agency \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/cia\/product\/fact97\/keyevent.htm\" >Key Events in CIA\u2019s History \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2013\/10\/women-cia-history-sexism\" >The Secret History of CIA Women \u2013 MotherJones.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hadassah_medical_convoy_massacre\" >Hadassah medical convoy massacre<\/a>: In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hadassah_Hospital\" >Hadassah Hospital<\/a> and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Hadassah Medical Convoy Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1948\/4\/13\/hadassah-medical-convoy-massacre\" >Apr 13 1948 \u2013 Hadassah medical convoy massacre \u2013 HistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killings_and_massacres_during_the_1948_Palestine_war#Massacres\" >\u201c<em>With 80 deaths, the Hadassah medical convoy attack is also reported in some sources as a massacre because it included the mass killing of medical personnel by Arabs<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Massacres \u2013 Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestinian war \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/on-day\/47759\/on-day-the-hadassah-medical-convoy-massacre\" >On this day: April 13, 1948: Murder on the road in Jerusalem &#8211; Hadassah medical convoy massacre, by Libby Galvin \u2013 TheJC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionism-israel.com\/his\/Hadassah_convoy_Massacre1.htm\" >Hadassah in Jerusalem, 1948 \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isracast.com\/article.aspx?id=1079\" >The Hadassah Medical Convoy Massacre \u2013 IsraCast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hadassah_medical_convoy_massacre#The_attack\" >Hadassah medical convoy massacre \u2013 The attack \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria\" >Bulgarian<\/a> forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna_Offensive\" >capture<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>, Austria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gardelegen_%28war_crime%29\" >Gardelegen<\/a>, Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >Diplomatic relations<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\" >New Zealand<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> are established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jefferson_Memorial\" >Jefferson Memorial<\/a> is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Jefferson\" >Thomas Jefferson<\/a>&#8216;s birth.<\/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 discovery of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass_grave\" >mass graves<\/a> of Polish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_war\" >prisoners of war<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass_execution\" >killed<\/a> by Soviet forces in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katyn_massacre\" >Katy\u0144 Forest Massacre<\/a> is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_government-in-exile\" >Polish government-in-exile<\/a> in London from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, which denies responsibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Katy\u0144 Forest Massacre (a.k.a. <em>Katy<\/em>\u0144<em> Massacre):<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Katyn-Massacre\" >Katyn Massacre \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katyn_massacre#Background\" >Background \u2013 Katyn massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/poland\/p\/katyn-massacre.htm\" >The Katyn Massacre, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1940s\/a\/Katyn-Massacre.htm\" >The Katyn Forest Massacre, by Jennifer L. Goss \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katyn.org.au\/\" >Katyn Forest Massacre \u2013 Katyn.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/csi-studies\/studies\/winter99-00\/art6.html\" >Katyn Controversy: Stalin\u2019s Killing Field, by Benjamin B. Fischer \u2013 Library \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/foreign-policy\/katyn-massacre\/\" >Records Relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre at the National Archives \u2013 Summary of Events \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/anti-communist-net.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/katyn-massacre.html\" >Anti-Communism \u2013 Katyn Massacre \u2013 Anti-Communist-Net.Blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katyn.org.au\/naziphotos.html\" >Katyn Forest Massacre \u2013 This section contains photos taken in 1943 by the Nazis, during their exhumations of the Polish dead from the Katyn forest sites where the NKVD had murdered them on orders from Stalin in 1940. \u2013 Katyn.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warsawuprising.com\/katyn.htm\" >Katyn Forest Massacre \u2013 Minutes of the Politburo of the Central Committee meeting on March 5, 1940, excerpts. \u2013 WARSAW UPRISING 1944 \u2013 WarsawUprising.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/katyn-massacre-hushed-stalin-slaughter-polish-officers-released-memos-show-article-1.1156361\" >Katyn massacre: US hushed up Stalin\u2019s slaughter of Polish officers, released memos show \u2013 Monday, September 10, 2012 \u2013 Daily News \u2013 NYDailyNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-19552745\" >US \u2018hushed up\u2019 Soviet guilt over Katyn \u2013 11 September 2012 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katynbaltimore.com\/massacre.html\" >The Katy\u00f1 Massacre \u2013 NATIONAL KATYN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION \u2013 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND \u2013 KatynBaltimore.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/soviets-admit-to-katyn-massacre\" >APR 13 1990: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Soviets admit to Katyn Massacre \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2010\/nov\/26\/russian-parliament-guilt-katyn-massacre\" >\u201c<em>Symbolic acknowledgment of culpability over Katyn murders in 1940 signals Russia\u2019s willingness to face up to its past<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Russian parliament admits guilt over Polish massacre<\/strong> \u2013 Nov 26, 2010 \u2013 TheGuaridan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N1aFsh5WLII\" >YouTube video (8 min. 15 sec.): Katyn Massacre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Neutrality_Pact\" >Pact of neutrality<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >USSR<\/a> and Japan is signed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_V._Debs\" >Eugene V. Debs<\/a> is imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conscription_in_the_United_States\" >the draft<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre\" >Jallianwala Bagh massacre<\/a>: British troops gun down at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amritsar\" >Amritsar<\/a>, India; at least 1200 are wounded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The establishment of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Korea\" >Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Turkish<\/a> military <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/31_March_Incident\" >reverses<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_countercoup_of_1909\" >Ottoman countercoup of 1909<\/a> to force the overthrow of Sultan <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdul_Hamid_II\" >Abdul Hamid II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ottoman Countercoup of 1909:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_countercoup_of_1909\" >\u201c<em>On 13 April 1909 Army units revolted, joined by masses of theological students and turbaned clerics shouting, &#8220;We want Sharia&#8221;, and moving to restore the Sultan&#8217;s absolute power. The Sultan in turn promised to bring about the rule of religion, were he to be returned to power. Characterized as a counterrevolution, chaos reigned briefly and several people were killed in the confusion. The leader Dervish Vahdeti reigned supreme in Istanbul for 11 days<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Events \u2013 Ottoman countercoup of 1909 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Ottoman Empire:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Ottoman_Empire\" >History of the Ottoman Empire \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/ottoman-empire-history.html\" >Ottoman Empire \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a> <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/ottoman-empire.html\" >Ottoman Empire \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.umich.edu\/%7Eturkish\/links\/ottemp_brhist.html\" >A Brief History of Ottoman Empire \u2013 UMICH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theottomans.org\/english\/history\/index.asp\" >History \u2013 The Ottomans \u2013 TheOttomans.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/islam\/history\/ottomanempire_1.shtml\" >Ottoman Empire (1301-1922) \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turizm.net\/turkey\/history\/ottoman3.html\" >THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE \u2013 1600 \u2013 1023 \u2013 Turizm.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/historyofgeography\/a\/The-Ottoman-Empire.htm\" >The Ottoman Empire \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1873\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colfax_massacre\" >Colfax massacre<\/a>, in which more than 60 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_Americans\" >African Americans<\/a> are murdered, takes place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Colfax Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theroot.com\/articles\/history\/2013\/07\/what_was_the_colfax_massacre.html\" >What Was the Colfax Massacre? ,by Henry Louis Gates \u2013 TheRoot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colfax_massacre#State_and_national_background\" >State and national background \u2013 Colfax massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/general-article\/grant-colfax\/\" >General Article: The Colfax Massacre \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong>The New York City <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art\" >Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1849\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848\" >Hungary<\/a> becomes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic\" >republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Hungary:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Hungary\" >History of Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/hungary\/\" >Hungary \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gotohungary.com\/history\/\" >HUNGARY\u2019S HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL \u2013 GoToHungary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab87\" >HISTORY OF HUNGARY \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hungarianhistory.tripod.com\/\" >The History of Hungary \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/hungary\/history\" >Hungary \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Hungary\" >History of Hungary \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17383522\" >Hungary profile: Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Hungary:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/hu.html\" >Hungary \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/hungary.html\" >Hungary \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/countries\/member-countries\/hungary\/index_en.htm\" >Hungary \u2013 European Union \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/hungary\/index.html\" >Hungary \u2013 CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17380792\" >Hungary country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Hungary:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Hungary\" >Foreign relations of Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wealthillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_Hungary\" >Foreign Relations of Hungary \u2013 WealthIllustratedMaganize.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungary%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Hungary-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/26566.htm\" >US Relations with Hungary \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/hungary\/ri284\" >Hungary \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographyiq.com\/countries\/hu\/Hungary_relations_summary.htm\" >Hungary \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GeographyIQ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Hungary:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Hungary\" >Economy of Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/hungary-economy.html\" >Hungary \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.hu\/kulkepviselet\/CN\/en\/en_Bilateralis\/economy.htm?printable=true\" >Economy of Hungary \u2013 MFA.gov.hu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finances.worldbank.org\/en\/countries\/Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1829\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1829\" >Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829<\/a> gives <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_United_Kingdom\" >Roman Catholics<\/a> in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.<\/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>APRIL 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chibok_schoolgirls_kidnapping\" >abducted<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boko_Haram\" >Boko Haram<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chibok\" >Chibok<\/a>, Northeastern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>School Girls Abduction by Boko Haram:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chibok_schoolgirls_kidnapping#Background\" >Background &#8211; Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/04\/16\/world\/africa\/nigeria-girls-abducted\/index.html\" >Nigerian military: Over 100 girls abducted from school are freed, 8 still missing, by Animu Abubakar \u2013 April 17, 2014 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kidnapped-nigeria-school-girls-reportedly-sold-as-brides-to-islamic-boko-haram-militants\/\" >Kidnapped Nigeria school girls reportedly sold as brides to Islamic Boko Haram militants \u2013 April 30, 2014 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/events\/year-2014\/people-and-society\/nigerian-school-girls-abduction.html\" >\u201c<em>On the fateful night of 14-15 April 2014, Islamist militants abducted around 276 female students from a government school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping of school girls. Boko Haram, which means \u201cWestern education is sinful\u201d, has long been opposing the westernization of Nigeria. Their main motive is to establish the Sharia law in the whole of Nigeria<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Remember 2014 \u2013 Boko Haram\u2019s Role in Nigerian Schoolgirls Abduction &#8211; MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of the Abduction of School Girls by Boko Haram:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/nigeria\/10815532\/Nigerian-schoolgirls-kidnap-timeline.html\" >Nigerian schoolgirls kidnap: timeline \u2013 08 May 2014 \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news2\/interactives\/timeline-nigeria-schoolgirls-abduction\/index.html\" >Timeline | Nigerian schoolgirls abduction \u2013 May 12, 2014 \u2013 CBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africandevjobs.com\/devstories\/abducted-nigerian-schoolgirls-timeline-events\/\" >Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls: A Timeline \u2013 July 24, 2014 \u2013 Africandevjobs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-27342757\" >Nigeria abductions: Timeline of events \u2013 12 May 2014 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Boko Haram:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boko_Haram_insurgency#Background\" >Background &#8211; Boko Haram insurgency \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/what-boko-haram\" >What Is Boko Haram? \u2013 United State Institute for Peace \u2013 USIP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13809501\" >Who are Nigeria\u2019s Boko Haram Islamists? \u2013 4 May 2015 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/nigeria\/boko-haram\/p25739\" >Boko Haram \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_2014_Abuja_bombing\" >Twin bomb blasts<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abuja\" >Abuja<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong>Nearly 2,700 are killed in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Yushu_earthquake\" >magnitude 6.9 earthquake<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture\" >Yushu<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qinghai\" >Qinghai<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>2010 Yushu Earthquake:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Yushu_earthquake#Damage\" >Damage \u2013 2010 Yushu earthquake \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/topic\/disasters-accidents\/earthquakes\/yushu-earthquake-%282010%29-EVHST0000240-topic.html\" >Yushu Earthquake (2010) \u2013 Related Articles &#8211; Los Angeles Times &#8211; LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/04\/earthquake_in_yushu_china.html\" >Earthquake in Yushu, China \u2013 The Big Picture \u2013 Photographs \u2013 Boston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_Protests\" >At least 200,000 demonstrators<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ankara\" >Ankara<\/a>, Turkey, protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan\" >Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oregon_Supreme_Court\" >Oregon Supreme Court<\/a> nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multnomah_County,_Oregon\" >Multnomah County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>US troops in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad\" >Baghdad<\/a> capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abu_Abbas\" >Abu Abbas<\/a>, leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_people\" >Palestinian<\/a> group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_Achille_Lauro\" >MS\u00a0<em>Achille Lauro<\/em><\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1985\" >1985<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>200<\/strong><strong>3\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_Genome_Project\" >Human Genome Project<\/a> is completed with 99% of the human <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genome\" >genome<\/a> sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Human Genome Project:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genome.gov\/10001772\" >All About Human Genome Project \u2013 National Human Genome Research Institute \u2013 Genome.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genome.gov\/12011238\" >An Overview of the Human Genome Project \u2013 National Human Genome Research Institute &#8211; Genome.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Human-Genome-Project\" >Human Genome Project \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/human-genome-project\" >Human Genome Project \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_Genome_Project#History\" >History \u2013 Human Genome Project &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" >Venezuelan<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez\" >Hugo Ch\u00e1vez<\/a> returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country&#8217;s military.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999_Sydney_hailstorm\" >severe hailstorm<\/a> strikes Sydney, Australia causing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_dollar\" >A$<\/a>2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albanian<\/a> refugees. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslav<\/a> officials say 75 people were killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Kosovo War Timelines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Kosovo_War\" >Timeline of the Kosovo War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/the-kosovo-war-causes-timeline-nato-involvement.html\" >The Kosovo War: Causes, Timeline &amp; NATO Involvement \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/kosovo-war\" >Kosovo war \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/kosovo\/etc\/cron.html\" >A Kosovo Chronology \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Kosovo War\/Conflict:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/docs\/appeals\/98\/179808.pdf\" >ALBANIA: REFUGEE INFLUX FROM KOSOVO \u2013 December 16, 1998 \u2013 IFRC.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/robert-bideleux\/kosovos-conflict\" >Kosovo\u2019s Conflict \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Kosovo-conflict\" >Kosovo conflict \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/war_koso.htm\" >Religious aspects of the Yugoslavia \u2013 Kosovo conflict \u2013 ReligiousTolerance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ulPsNrMMZ3E\" >YouTube video (10 min. 16 sec.): 1999 \u2013 a documentary about Kosovo War ethnic cleansing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_massacres_in_the_Kosovo_War\" >List of massacres in the Kosovo war \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/5165042.stm\" >Flashback to Kosovo\u2019s war \u2013 Monday 10 July 2006 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/kosovo\/etc\/cron.html\" >A Kosovo Chronology \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Independence of Kosovo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-serbia-idUSHAM53437920080217\" >Kosovo declares independence from Serbia, by Douglas Hamilton \u2013 Sun Feb 17, 2008 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.assembly-kosova.org\/common\/docs\/Dek_Pav_e.pdf\" >Kosovo Declaration of Independence \u2013 February 17, 2008 \u2013 Assembly-Kosova.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence#Political_background\" >Political background \u2013 Kosovo declaration of independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/specificplacesofinterest\/a\/kosovoindependence.htm\" >Kosovo Independence \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2008\/02\/19\/the-independence-of-kosovo\/\" >The independence of Kosovo, by Gary Leupp \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_recognition_of_Kosovo\" >International recognition of Kosovo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Kosovo Liberation Army:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_Liberation_Army#Foreign_support\" >Foreign support \u2013 Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/2001\/kosovo\/undword.htm\" >UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo. executive summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>The United States, NATO and the Kosovo Conflict:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.needham.k12.ma.us\/nhs\/cur\/Baker_00\/03-04\/baker%20-%20p1%20-%20yao\/us-kosovo.html\" >A Historic Intervention: Kosovo Conflict \u2013 MA.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/publications\/congressional-testimony\/us-role-kosovo\" >The US Role in Kosovo, by Doug Bandow \u2013 March 10, 1999 \u2013 CATO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/kosovo\/history.htm\" >NATO\u2019s role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo \u2013 NATO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/acad\/fellow\/97-99\/brovkin.pdf\" >Discourse on NATO in Russia During the Kosovo War, by Vladimir Brovkin \u2013 NATO.int \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/article\/the-kosovo-war-between-two-eras-2\" >Kosovo war: between two eras, by Martin Shaw \u2013 1 April 2009 \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/easternapproaches\/2013\/09\/balkans-and-syria\" >What did America learn from the 1999 Kosovo war? \u2013 Sep 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013 \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia\" >NATO\u2019s bombing of Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-u-s-nato-military-intervention-in-kosovo\/1666\" >US-NATO Military Intervention in Kosovo \u2013 19 December 2005 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/monograph_reports\/MR1365.html\" >NATO\u2019s Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment, by Benjamin S Lambeth \u2013 Rand.org \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/ALLPOLITICS\/stories\/1999\/05\/13\/clinton.kosovo\/transcript.html\" >Transcript: Clinton justifies US involvement in Kosovo \u2013 May 13, 1999 \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/en\/regions\/europe\/balkans\/kosovo\/061-war-in-the-balkans-consequences-of-the-kosovo-conflict-and-future-options-for-kosovo-and-the-region.aspx\" >War in The Balkans: Consequences of the Kosovo Conflict and Future Options for Kosovo and the Region \u2013 19 April 1999 \u2013 CrisisGroup.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EEhgwdJldeU\" >YouTube video (4 min. 51 sec.): Noam Chomsky About Serbia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia and NATO War 1<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourepeat.com\/watch\/?v=EEhgwdJldeU#%21\" >the same video on this site: YouRepeat.com<\/a>. The transcription of this video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chomsky.info\/20060425\/\" >On the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Danilo Mandi\u0107 \u2013 RTS Online, April 25, 2006 \u2013 Chomsky.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Kosovo:<\/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_Kosovo\" >History of Kosovo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/kosovo\/history\" >Kosovo \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kosovo.net\/hist.html\" >History of Kosovo and Metohija \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kosovo-history.html\" >Kosovo \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-18331273\" >Kosovo profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history%20of%20kosovo&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=16\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Kosovo \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>In a US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friendly_fire\" >friendly fire<\/a> incident during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Provide_Comfort\" >Operation Provide Comfort<\/a> in northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force\" >United States Air Force<\/a> aircraft mistakenly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1994_Black_Hawk_shootdown_incident\" >shoot-down<\/a> two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_%28country%29\" >Republic of Georgia<\/a> introduces the post of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Georgia\" >President<\/a> after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> ceremony in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geneva\" >Geneva<\/a>, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Departure of the Soviet Army from Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/partners.nytimes.com\/library\/world\/africa\/021689afghan-laden.html\" >Last Soviet soldiers leave Afghanistan, by Bill Keller \u2013 February 16, 1989 \u2013 International \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/02\/14\/weekinreview\/the-world-neighbors-of-afghanistan-seek-orderly-departure-by-russians.html\" >Neighbors of Afghanistan Seek Orderly Departure By Russians, by Steven R. Wiseman \u2013 February 14, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan\" >Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mepc.org\/articles-commentary\/commentary\/lessons-soviet-withdrawal-afghanistan?print\" >Lessons of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, by Mark N. Kaz \u2013 Middle East Policy Council \u2013 MEPC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmso.leavenworth.army.mil\/documents\/Withdrawal.pdf\" >BREAKING CONTACT WITHOUT LEAVING CHAOS: THE SOVIET WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN \u2013 Lester W. Grau \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/sep\/27\/10-myths-about-afghanistan\" >10 myths about Afghanistan: In 1988, the Soviet army left Afghanistan after a\u00a0concerted campaign by the western-backed mujahideen. But since then, many enduring myths have grown up about the war-torn country. In his new book, Jonathan Steele sorts the fact from the fiction \u2013 Jonathan Steele \u2013 Tuesday 27 September 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1989-05-22\/news\/mn-428_1_soviet-troops-soviet-departure-soviet-military-involvement\" >After Soviet Departure, Patriotic Enthusiasm : Pilots\u2019 Skill, Morale Give Afghan Regime a Lift, by Mark Fineman \u2013 May 22, 1989 \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/04\/12\/world\/afghan-war-soviet-army-loses-luster.html\" >Afghan War: Soviet Army Loses Luster, by Bernard E Trainor \u2013 April 12, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2014\/08\/the-soviet-war-in-afghanistan-1979-1989\/100786\/\" >The Soviet War in Afghanistan, 1979-1989, by Alan Taylor \u2013 Aug. 4, 2014 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/april\/14\/newsid_4419000\/4419833.stm\" >14 April 1988: ON THIS DAY: USSR pledges to leave Afghanistan \u2013- BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/afghanistan\/invasion.htm\" >\u201c<em>In 1988 the Geneva accords were signed, which included a timetable that ensured full Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan by February 15, 1989. About 14,500 Soviet and an estimated one million Afghan lives were lost between 1979 and the Soviet withdrawal in 1989<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Soviet Invasion \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conservapedia.com\/Soviet-Afghan_War#Aftermath\" >Aftermath \u2013 Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/afghanistan\/29.htm\" >COMMUNISM, REBELLION AND SOVIET INTERNVENTION \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/%7Eieresgwu\/assets\/docs\/ponars\/pm_0202.pdf\" >The Soviet Military Experience in Afghanistan: A Precedent of Dubious Relevance, by Mark Kramer \u2013 October 2001 \u2013 GWU.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armedforcesjournal.com\/leaving-afghanistan\/\" >Leaving Afghanistan \u2013 Lessons from the last time superpower departed, by Lt. Col. Shane A. Smith \u2013 June 1, 2013 \u2013 ArmedForcesJournal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/soviet-us-afghanistan-anniversary-130\/\" >Lessons learned? 25 years since Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan \u2013 15 Feb 2015 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Afghan War (1978-1992):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War\" >Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghan-War\" >\u201c<em>Afghan War, in the history of Afghanistan, the internal conflict (1978\u201392) between anticommunist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979\u201389 by Soviet troops)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Afghan War (1978-1992) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: 1979 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/afghanistan-war.html\" >Afghanistan War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/s\/so\/soviet_invasion_of_afghanistan.html\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/afghanistan\/29.htm\" >COMMUNISM, REBELLIION, AND SOVIET INTERVENTION \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/u__-nvho8zdx\/the-soviet-afghan-war\/\" >The Soviet-Afghan war \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/h_marroquin\/Soviet-Afghanistan.html\" >AFGHANISTAN; IN DEFESE OF SOVIET MILITARY ACTION \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ir.info\/2010\/01\/03\/the-soviet-union%E2%80%99s-last-war\/\" >Why Did the Soviet Union Invade Afghanistan? , by Daryl Morini \u2013 Jan 3, 2010 \u2013 E-INTERNATIONAL RELATION STUDIES \u2013 E-IR.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativeinsight.com\/Afghan_War.html\" >The Origins of the Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 AlternativeInsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyofrussia.org\/russian-invasion-of-afghanistan\/\" >RUSSIAN INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, by Andy Young \u2013 HISTORY OF RUSSIA \u2013 HistoryOfRussia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-july-dec06-soviet_10-10\/\" >The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS News Hour \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewashingtonreview.org\/articles\/the-kremlin-and-kabul-the-1979-soviet-invasion-of-afghanistan-in-retrospect.html\" >The Kremlin and Kabul: The 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in Retrospect, by Charles J Sullivan \u2013 September 2011 \u2013 TheWashingtonReview.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidetorussia.com\/russia-afghanistan.asp\" >SOVIET INVASTION OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 GuideToRussia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index4.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Relations between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >\u201c<em>The Soviets began a major economic assistance program in Afghanistan in the 1950s. Between 1954 and 1978, Afghanistan received more than $1 billion in Soviet aid, including substantial military assistance. In 1973, the two countries announced a $200-million assistance agreement on gas and oil development, trade, transport, irrigation, and factory construction. Following the 1979 invasion, the Soviets augmented their large aid commitments to shore up the Afghan economy and rebuild the Afghan military. They provided the Karmal regime an unprecedented $800 million. The Soviet Union supported the Najibullah regime even after the withdrawal of Soviet troops in February 1989<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Afghanistan-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academicroom.com\/article\/soviet-afghan-relations-cooperation-occupation\" >Soviet-Afghanistan Relations from Cooperation to Occupation, by Alam Payind \u2013 AcademcRoom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanchamber.com\/about\/FOREIGNRELATIONS.htm\" >Foreign Relations \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 AfghanistanChamber.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/auctions\/ecatalogue\/2013\/travel-atlases-maps-natural-history-l13401\/lot.206.html\" >Afghanistan-Soviet relations \u2013 Sothebys.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan\" >Foreign relations of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/afghanistan\/ri218\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.af\/en\/page\/3883\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u2013 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/2015\/03\/04\/neutrality-in-afghanistan-s-foreign-policy\" >Neutrality in Afghanistan\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2013 United States Institute of Peace \u2013 USIP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Afghanistan-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5380.htm\" >US Relations With Afghanistan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/programs\/foreign-policy\/afghanistan-index\" >Afghanistan Index \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/afghanistan.htm\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Country Profile \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12011352\" >Afghanistan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Afghanistan and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/news\/dh\/latest\/afghan\/un-afghan-history.shtml\" >Afghanistan &amp; the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistan-un.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mission-afghanistan.ch\/Mission\/index.php\" >Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Afghanistan:<\/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\/af.html\" >AFGHANISTAN \u2013 WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/afghanistan.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Afghanistan\" >History of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-history.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghangovernment.com\/briefhistory.htm\" >A Brief History of Afghanistan: By Adam Ritscher \u2013 AfghanGovernment.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad09\" >HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/afghanistan\/history\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/afghanista1\/p\/ProfAfghanistan.htm\" >Afghanistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-jan-june11-timeline-afghanistan\/\" >A Historical Timeline of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-Web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12024253\" >Afghanistan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Afghanistan\" >Economy of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/afghanistan\/economy\" >Afghanistan: Economy \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-economy.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistans.com\/Information\/Economy\/default.htm\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Afghanistan\u2019s Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_%28FFG-58%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Samuel B. Roberts<\/em><\/a> strikes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_mine\" >mine<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_Gulf\" >Persian Gulf<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Earnest_Will\" >Operation Earnest Will<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The heaviest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hailstone\" >hailstones<\/a> ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2\u00a0lb)) fall on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gopalganj_District_%28Bangladesh%29\" >Gopalganj district of Bangladesh<\/a>, killing 92.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>In retaliation for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_5\" >April 5<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986_Berlin_discotheque_bombing\" >bombing<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Berlin\" >West Berlin<\/a> that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> orders <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon\" >major bombing raids<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a>, killing 60 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-1\" >STS-1<\/a>: The first operational <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle\" >Space Shuttle<\/a>, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Columbia\" >Columbia<\/a><\/em> completes its first test flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978_Tbilisi_Demonstrations\" >Tbilisi Demonstrations<\/a>: Thousands of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_%28country%29\" >Georgians<\/a> demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgian_language\" >Georgian language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Tbilisi Demonstrations of April 1978:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978_Georgian_demonstrations#Background\" >Background \u2013 1978 Georgian demonstrations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nekropole.info\/en\/events\/Demonstrations-against-russification-of-Georgia-in-Tbilisi\" >Demonstration against russifications of Georgia in Tbilisi \u2013 Nekropole.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>At the US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Awards\" >Academy Awards<\/a> there is a tie for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress\" >Academy Award for Best Actress<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katharine_Hepburn\" >Katharine Hepburn<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbra_Streisand\" >Barbra Streisand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gnassingb%C3%A9_Eyad%C3%A9ma\" >Gnassingb\u00e9 Eyad\u00e9ma<\/a> overthrows <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Togo\" >President of Togo<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicolas_Grunitzky\" >Nicolas Grunitzky<\/a> and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Togo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Togo\">History of Togo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/togo\/history\" >History of Togo \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Togo\" >History of Togo \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/togo-history.html\" >Togo: History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad42\" >HISTORY OF TOGO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14107024\" >Toto profile \u2013 Timeline &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Togo:<\/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\/to.html\" >TOGO \u2013 WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Togo\" >Togo \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Togo\" >Togo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/togo.html\" >Togo \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/togo.htm\" >Togo \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \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;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \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>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>Element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Element 103 (Lawrencium):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lawrencium\" >Lawrencium \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danword.com\/crossword\/Chemical_element_symbol_Lr_atomic_number_103\" >Chemical element, symbol Lr, atomic number 103 \u2013 DanWord.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chemical-elements.findthedata.com\/l\/49\/Lawrencium\" >Lawrencium &#8211; (Lr) \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chemical-elements.findthedata.com\/l\/49\/Lawrencium\" >Lawrencium \u2013 ChemicalElements.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> satellite <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sputnik_2\" >Sputnik 2<\/a> falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_space_dogs\" >dog<\/a> named <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laika\" >Laika<\/a>. The female dog likely lived only a few hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>In Chicago, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quadruplex_videotape\" >videotape<\/a> is first demonstrated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Videotape:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Videotape#Broadcast_video\" >\u201c<em>The first practical professional broadcast quality videotape machines capable of replacing kinescopes were the two-inch quadruplex videotape machines introduced by Ampex on April 14, 1956 at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Chicago. Quad employed a transverse (scanning the tape across its width) four-head system on a two-inch (5.08 cm) tape, and linear heads for the sound track<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Broadcast video \u2013 <strong>Videotape<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutmovieposters.com\/NewSite\/INDEX\/ARTICLES\/Video\/VideoHistory.asp\" >History of Videotape \u2013 LearnAboutMoviePosters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cedmagic.com\/history\/ampex-commercial-vtr-1956.html\" >1956: Ampex VRX-1000- The First Commercial Videotape Recorder \u2013 CedMagic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edinformatics.com\/inventions_inventors\/videotape.htm\" >Videotape \u2013 History \u2013 EDInformatics.com<\/a>`<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombay_Explosion_%281944%29\" >Bombay Explosion<\/a>: A massive explosion in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombay\" >Bombay<\/a> harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bombay Explosion:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/explosion-on-cargo-ship-rocks-bombay-india\" >APR 14 1944: THIS DAY IN HISTORY &#8211; Explosion cargo ship rocks Bombay, India \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1944\/4\/14\/bombay-docks-explosion\" >Apr 14 1944: Bombay Docks Explosion \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1944_Bombay_explosion#Incident\" >Incident \u2013 1944 Bombay explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a> receives the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Cross\" >George Cross<\/a> for its gallantry. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Cross\" >George Cross<\/a> was given by King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_VI\" >George VI<\/a> himself and is now an emblem on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Malta\" >Maltese national flag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: German general <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Rommel\" >Erwin Rommel<\/a> attacks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Tobruk\" >Tobruk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\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\/Royal_Marines\" >Royal Marines<\/a> land in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namsos\" >Namsos<\/a>, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Grapes_of_Wrath\" >The Grapes of Wrath<\/a><\/em>, by American author <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Steinbeck\" >John Steinbeck<\/a> is first published by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viking_Press\" >Viking Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Sunday_%28storm%29\" >Black Sunday Storm<\/a>&#8220;, the worst dust storm of the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dust_Bowl\" >Dust Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>First edition of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Highway_Code\" >The Highway Code<\/a> published in Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cortes_Generales\" >Spanish Cortes<\/a> deposes King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain\" >Alfonso XIII<\/a> and proclaims the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Spanish_Republic\" >Second Spanish Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bremen_%28aircraft%29\" >Bremen<\/a>, a German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junkers_W33\" >Junkers W33<\/a> type aircraft, reaches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenly_Island,_Canada\" >Greenly Island, Canada<\/a> &#8211; the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volvo\" >Volvo<\/a> car premieres in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothenburg\" >Gothenburg<\/a>, Sweden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong>The British passenger liner <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RMS_Titanic\" >RMS\u00a0<em>Titanic<\/em><\/a> hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>RMS Titanic:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RMS_Titanic#Sinking\" >\u201c<em>At 11:40 p.m. (ship&#8217;s time) on 14 April, lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg immediately ahead of Titanic and alerted the bridge. First Officer William Murdoch ordered the ship to be steered around the obstacle and the engines to be put in reverse, but it was too late; the starboard side of Titanic struck the iceberg, creating a series of holes below the waterline<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sinking \u2013 Titanic &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/titanic\" >TITANIC \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/titanic.htm\" >The Sinking of <em>Titanic<\/em>, 1912 \u2013 EyewitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.titanic-facts.com\/\" >Titanic Facts \u2013 Titanic-Facts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/history\/tags\/titanic.htm\" >\u201cTitanic\u201d \u2013 News.Discovery.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.titanic-titanic.com\/\" >TITANIC-TITANIC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/subject\/titanic\" >Titanic \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/titanic\" >Titanic \u2013 HISTORY &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adana_massacre\" >A massacre<\/a> is organized by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a> against Armenian population of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cilicia\" >Cilicia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adana Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adana_massacre#Background\" >Background \u2013 Adana massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/armenia-1909.htm\" >Cilician Massacre of 1909 \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genocide-museum.am\/eng\/online_exhibition_7.php\" >ANANA MASSACRE 1909: UNKNOWN SCENES OF TRAGEDY \u2013 Genocide-Museum.am<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/genocide.am\/article\/adana_massacres_1909.html\" >ADANA MASSACRES 1909 \u2013 Genocide.am<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armenian-genocide.org\/adana.html\" >Adana Massacre \u2013 Armenian-Genocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azusa_Street_Revival\" >Azusa Street Revival<\/a> opens and will launch <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pentecostalism\" >Pentecostalism<\/a> as a worldwide movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1894\u00a0 <\/strong>The first ever commercial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Film\" >motion picture<\/a> house opened in New York City using ten <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinetoscope\" >Kinetoscopes<\/a>, a device for peep-show viewing of films.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1890\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan-American_Union\" >Pan-American Union<\/a> is founded by the First <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Conference_of_American_States\" >International Conference of American States<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1881\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Dead_in_Five_Seconds_Gunfight\" >Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight<\/a> is fought in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Paso,_Texas\" >El Paso, Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_State\" >US Secretary of State<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_H._Seward\" >William H. Seward<\/a> and his family are attacked in his home by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lewis_Powell_%28conspirator%29\" >Lewis Powell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln\" >shot<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford%27s_Theatre\" >Ford&#8217;s Theatre<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Wilkes_Booth\" >John Wilkes Booth<\/a> (died April 15th).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Assassination of Abraham Lincoln:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/abraham-lincoln-assassination\" >ABRAHAM LINCOLN\u2019S ASSASSINATION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln#Day_of_the_assassination\" >Day of the assassination \u2013 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/assassination-of-Abraham-Lincoln\" >Assassination of Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/abraham-lincoln-assassination\" >Abraham Lincoln Assassination \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaslibrary.gov\/jb\/civil\/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html\" >The Assassination of President Lincoln: April 14, 1865 \u2013 America\u2019s Library \u2013 AmericasLibrary.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/34f.asp\" >The Assassination of the President \u2013 USHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rogerjnorton.com\/Lincoln75.html\" >Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Assassination \u2013 AN OVERVIEW OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH&#8217;S ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN \u2013 RogerJNorton.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/1600\/presidents\/abrahamlincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln \u2013 WhiteHouse.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us-history.com\/the-life-and-death-of-abraham-lincoln\/\" >The Life and Death of Abraham Lincoln \u2013 US-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/lincoln.htm\" >The Death of President Abraham Lincoln, 1865 \u2013 EyewitnessHistory.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>APRIL 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>More than 200 female students are declared missing after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chibok_schoolgirls_kidnapping\" >mass kidnapping<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borno_State\" >Borno State<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>School Girls Abduction by Boko Haram:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chibok_schoolgirls_kidnapping#Background\" >Background &#8211; Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/04\/16\/world\/africa\/nigeria-girls-abducted\/index.html\" >Nigerian military: Over 100 girls abducted from school are freed, 8 still missing, by Animu Abubakar \u2013 April 17, 2014 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kidnapped-nigeria-school-girls-reportedly-sold-as-brides-to-islamic-boko-haram-militants\/\" >Kidnapped Nigeria school girls reportedly sold as brides to Islamic Boko Haram militants \u2013 April 30, 2014 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/events\/year-2014\/people-and-society\/nigerian-school-girls-abduction.html\" >\u201c<em>On the fateful night of 14-15 April 2014, Islamist militants abducted around 276 female students from a government school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping of school girls. Boko Haram, which means \u201cWestern education is sinful\u201d, has long been opposing the westernization of Nigeria. Their main motive is to establish the Sharia law in the whole of Nigeria<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Remember 2014 \u2013 Boko Haram\u2019s Role in Nigerian Schoolgirls Abduction &#8211; MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of the Abduction of School Girls by Boko Haram:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/nigeria\/10815532\/Nigerian-schoolgirls-kidnap-timeline.html\" >Nigerian schoolgirls kidnap: timeline \u2013 08 May 2014 \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news2\/interactives\/timeline-nigeria-schoolgirls-abduction\/index.html\" >Timeline | Nigerian schoolgirls abduction \u2013 May 12, 2014 \u2013 CBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africandevjobs.com\/devstories\/abducted-nigerian-schoolgirls-timeline-events\/\" >Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls: A Timeline \u2013 July 24, 2014 \u2013 Africandevjobs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-27342757\" >Nigeria abductions: Timeline of events \u2013 12 May 2014 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Boko Haram:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boko_Haram_insurgency#Background\" >Background &#8211; Boko Haram insurgency \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/what-boko-haram\" >What Is Boko Haram? \u2013 United State Institute for Peace \u2013 USIP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13809501\" >Who are Nigeria\u2019s Boko Haram Islamists? \u2013 4 May 2015 &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/nigeria\/boko-haram\/p25739\" >Boko Haram \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Marathon_bombings\" >Two bombs explode<\/a> near the finish line at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Boston_Marathon\" >Boston Marathon<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston\" >Boston<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts\" >Massachusetts<\/a>, killing three people and injuring 264 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Conclusion of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uruguay_Round\" >Uruguay Round<\/a> (eight round) of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade\" >GATT<\/a>, officially establishing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" >WTO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>World Trade Organization (WTO):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wto.org\/english\/docs_e\/legal_e\/04-wto.pdf\" >Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) \u2013 WTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wto.org\/\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/World_Trade_Organization.aspx\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/World-Trade-Organization\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/world-trade-organization.html\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/country_profiles\/2429503.stm\" >Profile: World Trade Organization \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/world-trade-organization\/\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Globalization:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/np\/exr\/key\/global.htm\" >Globalization \u2013 International Monetary Fund \u2013 IMF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Globalization\" >Globalization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/globalproblemsandissues\/a\/globalization.htm\" >Globalization \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalization101.org\/what-is-globalization\/\" >What Is Globalization? \u2013 Globalization101.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/globalization.html\" >Globalization \u2013 Global Policy Forum \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/oasam\/programs\/history\/herman\/reports\/futurework\/conference\/trends\/trendsVI.htm\" >Globalization \u2013 Trends and Challenges of Work in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 United States Department of Labor<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/g\/globalization.asp\" >GLOBALIZATION \u2013 Investopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/globalization\/\" >Globalization \u2013 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy \u2013 Sandford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/topics\/globalization\" >Globalization \u2013 Center for Global Development \u2013 CGDev.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/globalization-theory-and-experience\/\" >Globalization: theory and experience \u2013 Infed.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sociology.emory.edu\/faculty\/globalization\/\" >The Globalization Website \u2013 Emory.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/globalization\" >Globalization \u2013 Yale Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Globalization:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_globalization\" >History of Globalization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/about\/history.jsp\" >The History of Globalization \u2013 Yale Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economic-geography.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=94:history-of-globalization&amp;catid=98:inf&amp;Itemid=85\" >History of Globalization \u2013 Economic-Geography.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/connection.ebscohost.com\/businessfinances\/globalization\/history-globalization\" >History of Globalization \u2013 EbscoHost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/freeexchange\/2013\/09\/economic-history-1\" >When did globalization start? \u2013 Sep 23<sup>rd<\/sup> 2013 \u2013 The Economist \u2013 Economist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sas.upenn.edu\/%7Edludden\/global1.htm\" >Globalization Since the Fourteenth Century \u2013 UPenn.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/business\/BERA\/issue1\/history.html\" >History of Globalization \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larchi\/history-of-globalisation\" >Globalization \u2013 SlideShare.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The End of Globalization? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefinancialist.com\/the-end-of-globalization\/\" >The End of Globalization? \u2013 October 5, 2015 \u2013 TheFinacialist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-end-of-globalization\/2015\/09\/20\/b48b9f60-5e2f-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html\" >The End of Globalization \u2013 September 20, 2015 \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/2014\/09\/article55336298\/opinion-the-end-of-globalization\" >Opinion: The End of Globalization? ,by Hussein Shobokshi \u2013 Sunday, 7 Sep. 2014 \u2013 AAWSAT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/west-wing-the-end-of-globalization-a-522628.html\" >The End of Globalization and End of the Looming Tech Trade War, by John Butler \u2013 May 29, 2014 \u2013 FinancialSense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com\/tag\/end-of-globalization\/\" >The End of Globalization? \u2013 January 11, 2014 \u2013 World Politics News Review \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/04\/have-we-reached-the-end-of-globalization\/\" >Have we reached the end of globalization? \u2013 January 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014 \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/2013\/04\/07\/the-end-of-globalization\/\" >The End of Globalization, by Richard Fernandez \u2013 April 8, 2013 \u2013 PJMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/Articles\/2013\/02\/28\/Is-This-the-End-of-Globalization\" >Is This the End of Globalization? \u2013 February 28, 2013 \u2013 TheFiscalTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/end-free-trade-globalization\/\" >The End of Free-Trade Globalization, by William Greider \u2013 November 4, 2010 \u2013 TheNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/content\/end-globalization-0\" >The End of Globalization, by Gabor Steingart \u2013 12 December 2007 \u2013 Yale Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yaleglobal.yale.edu\/content\/end-globalization\" >Is This the End of Globalization? ,by Heather Stewart \u2013 10 March 2006 \u2013 Global Online \u2013 Yale.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utne.com\/community\/the-end-of-globalization.aspx\" >The End of Globalization? , by Michael Shuman \u2013 July\/August 2002 \u2013 UTNE.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>Upon <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hu_Yaobang\" >Hu Yaobang<\/a>&#8216;s death, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989\" >Tiananmen Square protests of 1989<\/a> begin in China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-27404764\" >Timeline: Tiananmen protests \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/06\/01\/asia\/gallery\/tiananmen-crackdown-timeline\/index.html\" >Timeline: The Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/china_1950_tiananmen_timeline.htm\" >A Brief Chronology of Events at Tiananmen Square (1989) \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB124394384728776431\" >Timeline of Tiananmen Square \u2013 The Wall Street Journal \u2013 WSJ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelineindex.com\/content\/view\/885\" >Tiananmen Square Protests, China \u2013 TimelineIndex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/users.manchester.edu\/student\/kmhughes\/ProfWeb\/worldlitpres.pdf\" >TIMELINE of TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTEST 1989 \u2013 Manchester.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillsborough_disaster\" >Hillsborough disaster<\/a>: A human crush occurs at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillsborough_Stadium\" >Hillsborough Stadium<\/a>, home of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.\" >Sheffield Wednesday<\/a>, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liverpool_F.C.\" >Liverpool<\/a> fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon\" >Operation El Dorado Canyon<\/a>, its bombing raids against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi#Great_Socialist_People.27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya_.281977.E2.80.932012.29\" >Libyan targets<\/a> in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs 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>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>The inaugural <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Youth_Day\" >World Youth Day<\/a> is held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Peter%27s_Square\" >St. Peter&#8217;s Square<\/a>, Vatican City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Disneyland\" >Tokyo Disneyland<\/a> opens to the public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodian_Civil_War\" >Cambodian Civil War<\/a>, massacres of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnamese_Cambodians\" >Vietnamese minority<\/a> results in 800 bodies flowing down the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mekong\" >Mekong<\/a> river into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EC-121_shootdown_incident\" >EC-121 shootdown incident<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a> shoots down a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >United States Navy<\/a> aircraft over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_of_Japan\" >Sea of Japan<\/a>, killing all 31 on board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Mustang\" >Ford Mustang<\/a> rolls off the show room floor, two days before it is set to go on sale nationwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaw_University\" >Shaw University<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raleigh,_North_Carolina\" >Raleigh, North Carolina<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ella_Baker\" >Ella Baker<\/a> leads a conference that results in the creation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee\" >Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee<\/a>, one of the principal organizations of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >African-American Civil Rights Movement<\/a> in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McDonald%27s\" >McDonald&#8217;s<\/a> restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Kroc\" >Ray Kroc<\/a>, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Des_Plaines,_Illinois\" >Des Plaines, Illinois<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of McDonald\u2019s:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_McDonald\" s\">History of McDonald\u2019s \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/us\/en\/our_story\/our_history.html\" >Our History \u2013 McDonalds.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutmcdonalds.com\/content\/mcd\/our_company\/mcdonalds-history.html\" >McDonald\u2019s History \u2013 AboutMcDonalds.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1932839,00.html\" >McDonald\u2019s Abroad, by Randy James \u2013 Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/history_of_mcdonalds_timeline\/272\/\" >History of McDonalds \u2013 SoftSchool.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/us\/en\/our_story.html\" >Our Story \u2013 McDonalds.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcspotlight.org\/company\/company_history.html\" >A brief history of McDonald\u2019s \u2013 McSpotlight.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mcdpopculture.blogspot.hr\/p\/katie.html\" >History of McDonald\u2019s \u2013 McDPopCulture.BlogSpot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutmcdonalds.com\/mcd\/country\/map.html\" >Discover McDonald\u2019s Around the Globe \u2013 AboutMcDonalds.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_with_McDonald\" s_restaurants\">List of countries with McDonald\u2019s restaurants &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>McWorkers and McDonald\u2019s:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/disinfo.com\/2014\/09\/lets-talk-fast-food-worker-exploitation\/\" >Let\u2019s Talk About Fast Food Worker Exploitation \u2013 posted by Marcie Gainer \u2013 Sep 3, 2014 \u2013 DisInfo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article39607.htm\" >Modern Slavery<strong>: <\/strong>US Fast-food Industry Thriving on Poverty-stricken Workers \u2013 Finian Cunningham \u2013 September 08, 2014 \u2013 InformationClearingHouse.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/business.time.com\/2013\/08\/29\/fast-food-companies-can-afford-to-pay-their-workers-more\/\" >Fast-Food Companies Probably Can Afford to Pay Workers More, by Christopher Matthews \u2013 Aug 19, 2013 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2013\/08\/201381117450273488.html\" >McDuped: Why American fast food chains are exploiting their workers \u2013 13 Aug 2013 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lo-de-alla.org\/2011\/03\/mcdonalds-in-brazil-a-campaign-to-cover-up-exploitation\/\" >McDonald\u2019s in Brazil: A campaign to cover up exploitation, by Michelle Amaral \u2013 llo-de-alla.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nourishingobscurity.com\/2014\/02\/mcdonalds-exploitation-widespread\/\" >McDonald\u2019s exploitation \u2013 how widespread? \u2013 February 24, 2013 \u2013 NourishingObscurity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guestworkeralliance.org\/2013\/03\/work-stoppage-exposes-mcdonalds-labor-abuse\/\" >Work Stoppage Exposes McDonald\u2019s Labor Abuse \u2013 Wednesday, 06 March 2013 \u2013 GuestWorkerAlliance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/student-mcdonalds-foreign-rios-163\/\" >Students claim exploitation after they paid thousands to work for McDonalds \u2013 12 Mar 2013 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/may\/15\/poverty-wages-exploited-workers-mcdonalds-protests\" >You want fries with your poverty wages and exploited McDonald\u2019s workers? , by Julia Carrier Wong \u2013 May 15, 2014 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jwj.org\/tell-mcdonalds-stop-exploiting-workers\" >Tell McDonald\u2019s: Stop exploiting workers \u2013 JOBS WITH JUSTICE \u2013 JWJ.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liberationnews.org\/virginian-workers-battle-blatant-racism-at-mcdonalds\/\" >Virginia workers battle blatant racism at McDonalds, by Cale Holmes \u2013 Jan 26, 2015 \u2013 LiberationNews.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/07\/18\/mcdonalds-nlrb-firing_n_5599678.html\" >McDonald\u2019s Workers Claim That They Were Fired For Union Activity \u2013 07\/18\/2014 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toledoblade.com\/Retail\/2014\/12\/19\/Labor-Board-McDonald-s-violated-workers-rights.html\" >Labor Board: McDonald\u2019s violated workers\u2019 rights, by Alejandra Cancino and Jessica Wohl \u2013 Chicago Tribune (TNS) \u2013 12\/19\/2014 \u2013 THE BLADE \u2013 ToledoBlade.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2014\/07\/29\/mcdonalds-worker-rights-wages-nlrb\/\" >McDonald\u2019s loses big on labor ruling, by Clair Zillman \u2013 July 29, 2014 \u2013 Furtune.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/30\/business\/nlrb-holds-mcdonalds-not-just-franchisees-liable-for-worker-treatment.html?_r=0\" >McDonald\u2019s Ruling Could Open Door for Unions, by Steven Greenhouse \u2013 July 29, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rense.com\/general12\/labor.htm\" >McDonald\u2019s Fined For Exploiting Child Labour \u2013 Rense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcspotlight.org\/people\/interviews\/vandana_transcript.html\" >INTERVIEW: Vandana Shiva on McDonald\u2019s Exploitation and the Global Economy \u2013 McSpotlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/mcdonalds-workers-detail-burns-job-hazards-in-complaints\/ar-AA9Qb5u\" >McDonald\u2019s workers detail burns, job hazards in complaints, by Candice Choi \u2013 3\/16\/2015 \u2013 AP \u2013 MSN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/03\/08\/17227684-pennsylvania-mcdonalds-franchisee-accused-of-abusing-foreign-workers?lite\" >Pennsylvania McDonald\u2019s franchisee accused of abusing foreign workers \u2013 Friday, Mar 8, 2013 \u2013 NBCNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/news\/mcdonalds-exploited-student-workers\/\" >McDonald\u2019s cuts ties with franchisee that exploited workers, by Michelle Jaworski \u2013 Mar 15, 2013 \u2013 The Daily Dot \u2013 DailyDot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/action.sumofus.org\/a\/mcdonalds-guestworkers\/4\/1\/?sub=homepage\" >\u201c<em>McDonald\u2019s has just been caught hijacking a program that\u2019s supposed to allow young people to come to the U.S. for cultural exchange programs and professional training. Instead, the fast food giant used it as a source of cheap, exploitable labor<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; McDonald\u2019s: Stop Exploiting Guest Workers. \u2013 Sumofus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/03\/18\/174410945\/u-s-probes-abuse-allegations-under-worker-visa-program\" >US Probes Abuse Allegations Under Worker Visa Program, by Yuki Noguchi \u2013 March 18, 2013 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/anti-mcdonalds-protests-korea-battle-low-wages-unfair-working-conditions-say-labor-1809904\" >Anti-McDonald&#8217;s Protests In Korea Battle Low Wages, Unfair Working Conditions, Say Labor Activists [VIDEO], by Shuan Sim \u2013 02\/09\/15 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/China\/206431.htm\" >Fast Food Wage Scandal in S. China \u2013 China.org.cn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/atlantablackstar.com\/2014\/10\/10\/12-mainstream-corporations-benefiting-from-the-prison-industrial-complex\/\" >13 Mainstream Corporations Benefiting from the Prison Industrial Complex \u2013 October 10, 2014 \u2013 AtlantaBlackStar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Environmental Issues and McDonald\u2019s:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/en\/campaigns\/forests\/asia-pacific\/Junking-the-Jungle-How-KFC-is-driving-rainforest-destruction-and-tiger-extinction\/Fast-Food-Forest-Destruction\/\" >Fast-Food Forest Destruction \u2013 GreenPeace.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2006\/04\/07\/greenpeace-mcdonald-fueling-rainforest-destruction.html\" >Greenpeace: McDonald\u2019s Fueling Rainforest Destruction \u2013 April 07, 2006 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/old_articles\/corp\/amazon0410.php\" >McDonald\u2019s Linked to Amazon Destruction \u2013 Organic Consumers Association \u2013 OrganicConsumers.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcspotlight.org\/case\/pretrial\/defence\/environment.html\" >DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT \u2013 McSpotlight.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/8736803\/Environmental_Analysis_on_McDonalds_Inc\" >Environmental Analysis on McDonald\u2019s Inc., uploaded by Wahid Haq \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essaysforstudent.com\/essays\/Mcdonald\" S-Environmental-Analysis\/20263.html\">McDonald\u2019s Environmental Analysis \u2013 EssayForStudents.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/environmentalhistory.as.ua.edu\/mcdonalds-ted\/\" >Environmental Story \u2013 McDonalds \u2013 September 3, 2014 \u2013 University of Alabama \u2013 UA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theecologist.org\/green_green_living\/behind_the_label\/941743\/behind_the_brand_mcdonalds.html\" >\u201c<em>The judge overseeing the case decided that, although the pair could not prove some of their accusations &#8211; that McDonald\u2019s destroyed rainforests, caused starvation in the third world or disease and cancer in developed countries &#8211; it could be agreed that the company exploited children, falsely advertised their food as nutritious, indirectly sponsored cruelty to animals and paid their workers low wages: a major blow to the brand in an age of increasing consumer-consciousness<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Behind the Brand: McDonald\u2019s, by Peter Salisbury \u2013 16<sup>th<\/sup> June 2011 \u2013 <strong>ECOLOGIST<\/strong> \u2013 TheEcologist.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foodserviceandcateringmcdonalds.weebly.com\/impact-on-the-environment.html\" >\u201c<em>McDonalds claims that they try to consider the environment in everything that they do, including the use of the \u201cThree R\u2019s\u201d (reduce, reuse, and recycle). They claim to encourage other companies, suppliers and customers to be environmentally friendly. However, some people say that troubles have been caused in the past by McDonalds, including the destruction of rainforest areas to create cattle farms<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Environmental impact <\/strong>\u2013 Food Service &amp; Catering \u2013 McDonalds \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcspotlight.org\/issues\/environment\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>One of the most well-known and sensitive questions about McDonald&#8217;s is: are they responsible for the destruction of tropical forests to make way for cattle ranching? McDonald&#8217;s say no. Many people say yes. So McDonald&#8217;s sue them. Not so many people say yes anymore, but does this mean McDonald&#8217;s aren&#8217;t responsible?<\/em>\u201d \u2013 the issues \u2013 environment \u2013 McSpotlight.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/article\/after-contributing-to-the-destruction-of-the-worlds-forests-mcdonalds-says-it-will-stop-cutting-down-trees\" >After Contributing to the Destruction of the World&#8217;s Forests, McDonald&#8217;s Says It Will Stop Cutting Down Trees, by Laura Dattaro \u2013 April 22, 2015 \u2013 New.Vice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Other Relevant Topics and McDonald\u2019s:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcspotlight.org\/case\/pretrial\/factsheet.html\" >What\u2019s Wrong with McDonald\u2019s \u2013 McSpotlight.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/07\/us\/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?smid=fb-share&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\" >Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime, by Richard A. Oppel, Jr. \u2013 April 6, 2013 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5KnbLyB68A\" >McDonalds Military Commercial \u2013 YouTube video (0 min. 29 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/discounts\/mcdonalds\" >MILITARY DISCOUTS &#8211; MCDONALD\u2019S \u2013 Miltary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/05\/16\/1298537\/-Fast-Food-locations-closing-on-military-bases\" >Fast Food locations closing on military bases, by Mark E Andersen \u2013 May 16, 2014 \u2013 DailyKos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/features\/4295\/mcdonalds-war-and-mcpeace\" >MCDONALD\u2019S: WAR AND MCPEACE \u2013 BigIssue.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/us\/en\/careers\/veterans.html\" >Careers for Veterans \u2013 McDonalds.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant.org\/News-Research\/News\/Restaurants-help-veterans-start-industry-careers\" >Restaurants help veterans start industry careers \u2013 November 9, 2015 \u2013 NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION \u2013 Restaurant.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/has-charlie-hebdo-comic-mocking-drowned-syrian-child-gone-too-far\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TrueActivist+%28True+Activist%29\" >Has Charlie Hebdo\u2019s Cartoon Mocking Drowned Syrian Child Gone Too Far? \u2013 TrueActivist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2011\/05\/america-the-beautiful-2\/\" >America the Beautiful, by Johan Galtung \u2013 TMS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\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>Operation Teapot \u2013 1955 Nevada Proving Ground:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/Teapot.html\" >Operation Teapot of 1955 at the Nevada Test Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Teapot\" >Operation Teapot &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/OperationTEAPOT_MilitaryEffectsStudies1955\" >Operation TEAPOT Military Effects Studies \u2013 Archive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Photos\/LANL\/Teapot.shtml\" >Operation Teapot \u2013 1955 Nevada Test Site \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historicaltimes.tumblr.com\/post\/80787845813\/operation-teapot-1955\" >Operation Teapot \u2013 1955 \u2013 A photograph \u2013 Tumblr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1BUJ4qralls\" >YouTube video (11 min. 51 sec.): Atomic Test Film: &#8220;Operation Teapot &#8221; pt2-3 1955 USAF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>US Nuclear Tests at Nevada:<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \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>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The maiden flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B-52_Stratofortress\" >B-52 Stratofortress<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>B-52 Stratofortress:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/bomber\/b-52.htm\" >B-52 Stratofortress \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress#Operational_history\" >Operational history \u2013 B-52 Stratofortress \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stratofortress.org\/\" >B-52 Stratofortress Association \u2013 Stratofortress.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/AboutUs\/FactSheets\/Display\/tabid\/224\/Article\/104465\/b-52-stratofortress.aspx\" >B-52 Stratofortress \u2013 US AIR FORCE \u2013 AF.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/history\/products\/b-52-stratofortress.page\" >B-52 STRATOFORTRESS \u2013 Boeing.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/equipment\/b-52-stratofortress\" >B-52 STARTOFORTRESS \u2013 Military.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackie_Robinson\" >Jackie Robinson<\/a> debuts for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers\" >Brooklyn Dodgers<\/a>, breaking <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball_color_line\" >baseball&#8217;s color line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Baseball Color Line:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/2004-02-01-color-line_x.htm\" >Baseball color line might have been broken in 1879 \u2013 February 1, 2004 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/mlb\/2013\/4\/11\/4190990\/jackie-robinson-42-integration-baseball-pumpsie-green\" >Breaking the barrier: Integrating the major leagues one team at a time 1947-1959, by Steven Goldman \u2013 Apr 11, 2013 \u2013 SBNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball_color_line#Jackie_Robinson_and_Larry_Doby_and_Pee_Wee_Reese\" >Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby and Pee Wee Reese \u2013 Baseball color line &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Sports and Racism:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Race_and_sports\" >Race and sports \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/serendip.brynmawr.edu\/local\/scisoc\/sports02\/papers\/aalexander.html\" >Culture, Race, and Gender in Sports, by Alisa Alexander<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/02\/my-tribute-to-serena-williams\/\" >My Tribute to Serena Williams, by Richard Falk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athleticinsight.com\/Vol9Iss3\/RaceDifference.htm\" >White Americans\u2019 Genetic Explanations for a Perceived Race Difference in Athleticism: The Relation to Prejudice toward and Stereotyping of Blacks, Jane P. Sheldon \u2013 Athletic Insight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/%7Ebawa\/race.htm\" >Ethnicity and racism in sports \u2013 personal.umich.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/157150-pumpsie-green-and-red-sox-racism\" >Pumpsie Green and the Boston Red Sox\u2019s Racism \u2013 BleacherReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redsoxareracist.blogspot.com\/\" >The Red Sox: Racist \u2013 RedSoxAreRacist.BlogSpot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.overthemonster.com\/2014\/2\/13\/5407754\/red-sox-yawkey-way-racist-history\" >Yawkey Way and the Red Sox\u2019 Racist History \u2013 OverTheMoster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/The-Boston-Red-Sox-Jackie-by-Chris-Lamb-120411-991.html\" >The Boston Red Sox, Jackie Robinson, and a Legacy of Racism \u2013 OpEdNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchomatic.com\/Racism-In-American-Baseball-4135.html\" >Racism in American Baseball \u2013 Rearchomatic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/johnnysbaseball.wordpress.com\/tag\/racism-in-baseball\/\" >Racism in baseball \u2013 Johnny\u2019s baseball blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp\" >Bergen-Belsen concentration camp<\/a> is liberated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp#Liberation\" >Liberation \u2013 Bergen-Belsen concentration camp &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/page\/94047639_\/bergenbelsen_concentration_camp#description\" >Fela Warschau Describes liberation by British forces at Bergen-Belsen [1995 interview] \u2013 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp \u2013 Fold3.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auschwitz.dk\/Bergenbelsen.htm\" >Bergen-Belsen \u2013 KZ Camp \u2013 Auschwitz.dk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Belsen.html\" >Overview of Bergen-Belsen \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005224-title=Bergen-Belsen-accessdate=April\" >BERGEN-BELSEN \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia \u2013 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUSE MEMORIAL MUSEUM \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/isurvived.org\/Bergen-Belsen_liberation.html\" >\u201cForget Not.\u201d Bergen-Belsen Death Camp \u2013 Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project \u2013 ISurvived.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Cross\" >George Cross<\/a> is awarded &#8220;to the island fortress of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a>: Its people and defenders&#8221; by King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_VI\" >George VI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_Blitz\" >Belfast Blitz<\/a>, two-hundred bombers of the German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftwaffe\" >Luftwaffe<\/a> attack <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast\" >Belfast<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>, United Kingdom killing one thousand people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allies<\/a> begin their attack on the Norwegian town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narvik\" >Narvik<\/a> which is occupied by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aer_Lingus\" >Aer Lingus<\/a> (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Ireland\" >Republic of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>First day of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1936%E2%80%9339_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine\" >Arab revolt<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mandatory_Palestine\" >Mandatory Palestine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1936%E2%80%9339_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine#Origins\" >Origins \u2013 1936-39 Arab revolt in Palestine &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_mandate_riots_1936-39.php\" >Palestine Arab Revolt 1936-39 \u2013 PalestineFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/riots36.html\" >The 1936 Arab Riot \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1936\/arab-revolt-in-palestine\" >1936-39 Arab Revolt in Palestine \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/charles-townshed\/first-intifada-rebellion-palestine-1936-39\" >The First Intifada: Rebellion in Palestine 1936-39 \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roerich_Pact\" >Roerich Pact<\/a> signed in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Roerich Pact of 1935:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roerich_Pact#Origins_of_the_Roerich_Pact\" >Origins of the Roerich Pact \u2013 Roerich Pact \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roerich.org\/roerich-pact.php\" >Roerich Pact and Banner of Peace \u2013 Roerich.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banner_of_Peace\" >Banner of Peace &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uscbs.org\/1935-roerich-pact.html\" >Roerich Pact \u2013 USCBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_1927\" >Great Mississippi Flood of 1927<\/a>, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rand_McNally\" >Rand McNally<\/a> publishes its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Road_atlas\" >road atlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Insulin\" >Insulin<\/a> becomes generally available for use by people with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diabetes_mellitus\" >diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>US Senator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_B._Kendrick\" >John B. Kendrick<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wyoming\" >Wyoming<\/a> introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teapot_Dome_scandal\" >Teapot Dome scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Friday_%281921%29\" >Black Friday<\/a>: Mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Braintree,_Massachusetts\" >South Braintree, Massachusetts<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anarchism\" >Anarchists<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacco_and_Vanzetti\" >Sacco and Vanzetti<\/a> would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong>The British passenger liner <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RMS_Titanic\" >RMS\u00a0<em>Titanic<\/em><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic\" >sinks<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_Ocean\" >North Atlantic<\/a> at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iceberg\" >iceberg<\/a>. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>RMS Titanic:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/titanic\" >TITANIC \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/titanic.htm\" >The Sinking of <em>Titanic<\/em>, 1912 \u2013 EyewitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.titanic-facts.com\/\" >Titanic Facts \u2013 Titanic-Facts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/history\/tags\/titanic.htm\" >\u201cTitanic\u201d \u2013 News.Discovery.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.titanic-titanic.com\/\" >TITANIC-TITANIC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/subject\/titanic\" >Titanic \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/titanic\" >Titanic \u2013 HISTORY &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFhLpXq2cMk\" >YouTube video (1 h. 26 min. 30 sec.): Titanic Real Story \u2013 NEW Full Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJQ6mW7ynIw\" >YouTube video (44 min. 13 sec.): How Titanic Was Built \u2013 BBC Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n_d_GEy8lr0\" >YouTube video (51 min. 54 sec.): Evidence Titanic Sunk on Purpose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MD5J43Z9AWI\" >YouTube video (13 min. 05 sec.): Eva Heart speaks about the Titanic.. survivor interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ez_iSh5JqVo\" >YouTube video (4 min. 14 sec.): Titanic Survivors: What They Saw (1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0HchZvjV_4o\" >YouTube video (41 min. 20 sec.): The Last Seven Survivors Tell Their Story (1997 REMASTER)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triangle_Fraternity\" >Triangle Fraternity<\/a> is founded at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign\" >University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War\" >Philippine\u2013American War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filipino_people\" >Filipino<\/a> guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Catubig\" >four-day siege<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catubig,_Northern_Samar\" >Catubig<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Philippine-American War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/PhilipineAmericanwar.html\" >Philippine-American War (1899-1902) \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Philippine-American-War\" >Philippine-American War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1899-1913\/war\" >The Philippine-American War (1899-1902) \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong>Closing ceremony of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1896_Summer_Olympics\" >Games of the I Olympiad<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a>, Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1892\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Electric\" >General Electric Company<\/a> is formed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> dies after being shot the previous evening by actor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Wilkes_Booth\" >John Wilkes Booth<\/a>. Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Johnson\" >Andrew Johnson<\/a>, becomes President upon Lincoln&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Death of Abraham Lincoln:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/president-lincoln-dies\" >APR 15, 1865: President Lincoln dies \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/abraham-lincoln-assassination\" >ABRAHAM LINCOLN\u2019S ASSASSINATION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln#Death_of_President_Lincoln\" >Death of Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us-history.com\/the-life-and-death-of-abraham-lincoln\/\" >The Life and Death of Abraham Lincoln \u2013 US-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/lincoln.htm\" >The Death of President Abraham Lincoln, 1865 \u2013 EyewitnessHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1861\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> calls for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_Lincoln%27s_75,000_Volunteers\" >75,000 Volunteers<\/a> to quell the insurrection that soon became the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_War\" >American Civil War<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1817\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Hopkins_Gallaudet\" >Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laurent_Clerc\" >Laurent Clerc<\/a> founded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_School_for_the_Deaf\" >American School for the Deaf<\/a>, the first American school for deaf students, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hartford,_Connecticut\" >Hartford, Connecticut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1802\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Wordsworth\" >William Wordsworth<\/a> and his sister, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dorothy_Wordsworth\" >Dorothy<\/a> see a &#8220;long belt&#8221; of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daffodil\" >daffodils<\/a>, inspiring the former to pen <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Wandered_Lonely_as_a_Cloud\" >I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1783\u00a0 <\/strong>Preliminary articles of peace ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\" >American Revolutionary War<\/a> (or American War of Independence) are ratified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1755\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Johnson\" >Samuel Johnson<\/a>&#8216;s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language\" >A Dictionary of the English Language<\/a><\/em> is published in London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Samuel Johnson\u2019s Dictionary of the English Language:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.com\/\" >A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE \u2013 A DIGITAL EDITION OF THE 1755 CLASSIC BY SAMUEL JOHNSON \u2013 JohnsonsDictionaryOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/langlit\/dic\/johnson\/1755johnsonsdictionary.html\" >1755 Johnson\u2019s Dictionary \u2013 DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE \u2013 British Library \u2013 BL.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samueljohnson.com\/definitions.html\" >Some Definitions \/ Definition from Johnson\u2019s Dictionary \u2013 SamuelJohnson.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1738\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serse\" >Serse<\/a><\/em>, an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_opera\" >Italian opera<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Frideric_Handel\" >George Frideric Handel<\/a> receives its premiere performance in London, England.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1715\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yamasee_War#Pocotaligo_massacre\" >Pocotaligo Massacre<\/a> triggers the start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yamasee_War\" >Yamasee War<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Province_of_Carolina\" >colonial South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1642\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Confederate_Wars\" >Irish Confederate Wars<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederate_Ireland\" >Confederate Irish<\/a> militia is routed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Kilrush\" >Battle of Kilrush<\/a> when it attempts to halt the progress of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roundhead\" >Parliamentarian army<\/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>APRIL 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MV_Sewol\" >MV <em>Sewol<\/em><\/a> ferry carrying more than 450 people <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinking_of_the_MV_Sewol\" >capsizes<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jindo_%28island%29\" >Jindo Island<\/a> off South Korea, leaving 295 passengers and crew dead and 9 more missing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Saravan_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> of 7.8-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moment_magnitude_scale\" >magnitude<\/a>strikes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province\" >Sistan and Baluchestan Province<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a>, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Pulitzer_Prize\" >Pulitzer Prize<\/a> winners were announced, it was the first time <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1977_Pulitzer_Prize\" >since 1977<\/a> that no book won the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction\" >Fiction Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trial_of_Anders_Behring_Breivik\" >trial<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anders_Behring_Breivik\" >Anders Behring Breivik<\/a>, the perpetrator of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Norway_attacks\" >2011 Norway attacks<\/a>, begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oslo\" >Oslo<\/a>, Norway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia_Tech_shooting\" >Virginia Tech shooting<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seung-Hui_Cho\" >Seung-Hui Cho<\/a> guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Accession_2003\" >Treaty of Accession<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a> admitting ten new member states to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union\" >European Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>European Union in 2003:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/European-Union-Year-In-Review-2003\" >European Union in 2003 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/enlargement\/archives\/key_documents\/reports_2003_en.htm\" >EU Enlargement \u2013 Reports 2003 \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/eu-history\/2000-2009\/2003\/index_en.htm\" >The history of the European Union \u2013 2003 \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>India and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh\" >Bangladesh<\/a> begin a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001_Bangladeshi-Indian_border_skirmish\" >five-day border conflict<\/a>, but are unable to resolve the disputes about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India%E2%80%93Bangladesh_border\" >their border<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>India-Bangladesh Five-Day Border Conflict of 2001:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001_Bangladeshi-Indian_border_skirmish#Conflict\" >Conflict \u2013 2001 Bangladesh-Indian border skirmish \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh%E2%80%93India_border\" >Bangladesh-India border \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/1283068.stm\" >India-Bangladesh border battle \u2013 Wednesday, 18 April 2001 \u2013 BBC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/05\/bang-m21.html\" >India-Bangladesh border still tense after worst clash in 30 years, by Nishanthi Priyangika \u2013 21 May 2001 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\" >George W. Bush<\/a> names April 16 as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selena\" >Selena<\/a> Day in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas\" >Texas<\/a>, after she was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Selena\" >killed<\/a> two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katina_P\" >Katina P<\/a><\/em> runs aground off of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maputo\" >Maputo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozambique\" >Mozambique<\/a> and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>The &#8220;Doctor of Death&#8221;, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Kevorkian\" >Jack Kevorkian<\/a>, participates in his first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assisted_suicide\" >assisted suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Assisted Suicide:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/assistedsuicide.org\/\" >Assisted Suicide \u2013 Information on the right to die \u2013 AssistedSuicide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/assisted-suicide\" >Assisted Suicide \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/subject\/assisted-suicide\" >Assisted Suicide \u2013 Relevant Articles \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scu.edu\/ethics\/focus-areas\/bioethics\/resources\/assisted-suicide-a-right-or-a-wrong\/\" >Assisted Suicide: A Right or Wrong? , by Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez \u2013 SCU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/assisted-suicide\" >Assisted dying \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.priestsforlife.org\/euthanasia\/euthanasiaqanda.htm\" >Reflections on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, by Fr. Frank Pavone \u2013 PRIEST FOR LIFE \u2013 PriestForLife.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Right to Commit Suicide or the Right to Die? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metanoia.org\/suicide\/\" >Suicide: Read This First \u2013 Metanonia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestar.edu\/rightto-assist-suicide.htm\" >THE RIGHT TO ASSISTED SUICIDE \u2013 LoneStar.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.debate.org\/opinions\/do-humans-have-the-right-to-commit-suicide\" >Do humans have the right to commit suicide \u2013 Debate.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Right_to_die\" >Right to die &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/article\/the-evolution-of-americas-right-to-die-movement\/\" >The Evolution of America\u2019s Right-to-Die Movement \u2013 THE SUICIDE PLAN \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/do-people-really-have-the-right-to-a-rational-suicide-29658\" >Do people really have the right to rationale suicide? \u2013 July 24, 2014 \u2013 TheConversation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philosophy_of_suicide\" >Philosophy of suicide &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\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>US Nuclear Tests at Nevada:<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \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>197<\/strong><strong>4\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalitinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: The launch of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_16\" >Apollo 16<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral,_Florida\" >Cape Canaveral, Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>Dr <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.\" >Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a> pens his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail\" >Letter from Birmingham Jail<\/a> while incarcerated in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham,_Alabama\" >Birmingham, Alabama<\/a> for protesting against segregation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Letter from Birmingham Jail:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/Articles_Gen\/Letter_Birmingham.html\" >\u201cLetter from Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]\u201d \u2013 AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER \u2013 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSILVANIA \u2013 Upenn.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu\/encyclopedia\/encyclopedia\/enc_letter_from_birmingham_jail_1963\/\" >Letter from Birmingham Jail\u201d (1963) \u2013 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE GLOBAL FREEDOM STRUGGLE &#8211; Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2013\/04\/martin-luther-kings-letter-from-birmingham-jail\/274668\/\" >Martin Luther King\u2019s \u2018Letter from Birmingham Jail\u2019 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Martin Luther King, Jr.:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1964\/king-bio.html\" >Martin Luther King, Jr. \u2013 Nobelprize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vaview.vt.edu\/resources\/pdf\/publications\/MLK%20Timeline.pdf\" >MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TIMELINE \u2013 VT.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States \u2013 Overview:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-movement\" >CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/American-civil-rights-movement\" >American civil rights movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/civilrights\/\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Civil_Rights_Movement.aspx\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/ks3\/history\/20th_century\/civil_rights_movement_america\/revision\/2\/\" >Civil rights movement in America \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-now\/2006-06\/civil-rights-movement\" >The Civil Rights Movement \u2013 History Now (Summer 2006) \u2013 GliderLehrman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/articles\/history-archaeology\/civil-rights-movement\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 Civil Rights &amp; Modern Georgia, Since 1945 \u2013 New Georgia Encyclopedia \u2013 GeorgiaEncylopedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/black-culture\/explore\/civil-rights-movement\/\" >Civil Rights Movement (1954-1984) \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/recent\/civil_rights_america_03.shtml\" >Recent History \u2013 Better Day Coming: Civil Rights Movement in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century America, Professor Adam Fairclough \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/resources\/civilrights101\/chronology.html\" >Civil Rights Chronology \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/civilrightstimeline1.html\" >Civil Rights Timeline \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sitinmovement.org\/\" >International Civil Rights Center &amp; Museum \u2013 SitiMovement.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Civil Rights Movements of Various Ethnic Minorities in the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libguides.mnhs.org\/civilrights\" >African-American Civil Rights Movement \u2013 MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER \u2013 Libguides.MNHS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/resources\/civilrights101\/native.html\" >Native Americans \u2013 Civil Rights 101 \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albany.edu\/jmmh\/vol3\/chicano\/chicano.html\" >Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. \u2013 Albany.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/racerelations.about.com\/od\/historyofracerelations\/a\/RevisitingtheYellowPowerMovement.htm\" >Asian-American Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Cronkite\" >Walter Cronkite<\/a> takes over as the lead <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_anchor\" >news anchor<\/a> of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS_Evening_News\" >CBS Evening News<\/a><\/em>, during which time he would become &#8220;the most trusted man in America&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>In a nationally broadcast speech, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuban<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidel_Castro\" >Fidel Castro<\/a> declares that he is a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism\" >Marxist\u2013Leninist<\/a> and that Cuba is going to adopt <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >Communism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Fidel Castro:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/fidel-castro\" >FILDEL CASTRO \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/castro\/timeline\/\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.school-for-champions.com\/speeches\/castro_un_1960.htm#.VfameZeufX4\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s 1960 Address to the UN General Assembly: \u201cThe Problem of Cuba and its Revolutionary Policy\u201d \u2013 Part 1 of 4, by Ron Kurtus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/COLDcastroF.htm\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/biography\/var\/fidelcastro.html\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Political Leader \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/%7Eerpapers\/mep\/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn-fidcas\" >\u201c<em>President of Cuba, communist revolutionary, and implacable foe of US foreign policy, Fidel Castro began his life on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba<\/em>.\u201d Fidel Castro \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/fidel-castro-9241487\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefamouspeople.com\/profiles\/fidel-castro-14.php\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Biography \u2013 TheFamousPeople.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Fidel-Castro\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Political leader of Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_life_of_Fidel_Castro\" >Early life of Fidel Castro \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/p\/08fidelcastro.htm\" >Biography of Fidel Castro \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Cuba or the \u201cRepublic of Cuba\u201d (Rep\u00falica de Cuba):<\/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\/cu.html\" >CUBA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/cuba.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19583447\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/americas\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Cuba:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >Foreign relations of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/cuba\/ri327\" >Cuba \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CUBA \u2013 WORLD PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bwcentral.org\/2015\/03\/the-council-of-foreign-relations-and-cuba\/\" >THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATOINS OF CUBA \u2013 BWCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Cuba and USSR\/Russia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations\" >Cuba-Soviet Union relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Cuba-Russian relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/cuba-russia-now-and-then\/\" >Cuba-Russia Now and Then \u2013 February 24, 2010 \u2013 COHA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.victimsofcommunism.org\/cuba-and-the-ussr-a-love-story\/\" >CUBA AND THE USSR: A LOVE STORY, by Katarina Hall, March 24, 2015 \u2013 VictimsOfCommunism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/7575209\/Fidel_Castros_Relationship_with_the_U.S.S.R._during_the_Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion_and_Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s Relationship with the USSR during the Bay of Pig Invasion &amp; Cuban Missile Crisis, by Christian Martines \u2013 Academica.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History and Culture of Cuba:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Cuba\" >History of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecubanhistory.com\/\" >The Cuban History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-history.html\" >Cuba \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/cuba.htm\" >500 YEARS OF CUBAN HISTORY \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubahistory.org\/\" >History of Cuban Nation, from Colonial Days to the Present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/cuba\/history-language-culture\" >Cuba History, Language and Culture \u2013 World Travel Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Cuban_history\" >Timeline of Cuban history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19576144\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_Cuba\" >Culture of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubaheritage.com\/\" >CUBAN CULTURE, by CubaHeritage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubaheritage.org\/default.asp?lID=1\" >Cuba Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Cuba:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Cuba\" >Economy of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/cuba\/economy.htm\" >Cuba\u2019s Economy \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-economy.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/cuba.htm\" >The Economic History and Economy of Cuba \u2013 Department of Economics \u2013 San Jos\u00e9 State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/cuba\/indicators\" >Cuba | Economic Indications \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Data \u2013 World Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >atmospheric nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Soviet Nuclear Tests (including those performed in 1957):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1957_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1957 Soviet Nuclear Tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of the nuclear test of the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Soviet Atmospheric Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovatmtest.html\" >Soviet Atmospheric Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/ussrnuks.shtml\" >USSR Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Database \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\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>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a> launches the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Yacht\" >Royal Yacht<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMY_Britannia\" >HMY\u00a0<em>Britannia<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Baruch\" >Bernard Baruch<\/a> coins the term &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>&#8221; to describe the relationship between the United States and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_City_disaster\" >Texas City disaster<\/a>: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_City,_Texas\" >Texas City, Texas<\/a>, to catch fire, killing almost 600.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goya_%28ship%29\" >Goya<\/a><\/em> is sunk by a Soviet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a> liberates Nazi <em>Sonderlager<\/em> (high security) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner-of-war_camp\" >prisoner-of-war camp<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oflag_IV-C\" >Oflag IV-C<\/a> (better known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colditz_Castle\" >Colditz<\/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> begins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Berlin\" >final assault<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Seelow_Heights\" >Battle of the Seelow Heights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Allied forces start bombing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade\" >Belgrade<\/a>, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Hoffman\" >Albert Hoffman<\/a> accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LSD\" >LSD<\/a><sup><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_16#cite_note-1\" >[1]<\/a><\/sup> He intentionally takes the drug three days later on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_19\" >April 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Usta%C5%A1e\" >Usta\u0161e<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultranationalism\" >ultranationalist<\/a> organization is put in charge of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independent_State_of_Croatia\" >Independent State of Croatia<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_powers\" >Axis powers<\/a> after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia\" >Operation 25<\/a> is effected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The Italian convoy <em>Duisburg<\/em>, directed to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tunisia\" >Tunisia<\/a>, is attacked and destroyed by British ships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Feller\" >Bob Feller<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland_Indians\" >Cleveland Indians<\/a> throws the only <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opening_Day\" >Opening Day<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No-hitter\" >no-hitter<\/a> in the history of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Major_League_Baseball\" >Major League Baseball<\/a>, beating the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_White_Sox\" >Chicago White Sox<\/a> 1\u20130.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong>During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist\" >Communist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Nedelya_Church_assault\" >St Nedelya Church assault<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sofia\" >Sofia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Rapallo_%281922%29\" >Treaty of Rapallo<\/a>, pursuant to which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weimar_Republic\" >Germany<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> re-establish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >diplomatic relations<\/a>, is signed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War\" >Polish\u2013Soviet War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_Land_Forces\" >Polish army<\/a> launches the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vilna_offensive\" >Vilna offensive<\/a> to capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vilnius\" >Vilnius<\/a> in modern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Poland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Poland\" >History of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Poland_%281916%E2%80%9318%29\" >Kingdom of Poland (1916-1918) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab01\" >HISTORY OF POLAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/poland\/history\" >Poland \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Poland\" >History of Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/\" >Poland \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/poland.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 The Virtual Jewish World \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/%7Epolwgw\/history.html\" >Timeline of Polish History \u2013 Roots Web \u2013 Ancestry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/classroom\/maps\/task4.html\" >Historical Maps of Poland \u2013 Buffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-17754512\" >Poland country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Poland and Russia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Poland_%281945%E2%80%9389%29\" >History of Poland (1945-1989) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Territories_of_Poland_annexed_by_the_Soviet_Union\" >Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Poland-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eurodialogue.org\/History-of-Russian-Polish-Relations\" >HISTORY OF RUSSIAN-POLISH RELATIONS \u2013 Euro-Dialogue.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Warsaw#1918-1939\" >\u201c<em>The first years of independence were very difficult: war havoc, hyperinflation and the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1920. In the course of this war, the Battle of Warsaw was fought on the Eastern outskirts of the city, and the capital was successfully defended and the Red Army defeated. Poland stopped on itself the full brunt of the Red Army and defeated an idea of the \u2018export of the revolution.\u2019<\/em>\u201d \u2013 History of Warsaw \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/od-russia\/andrei-kolesnikov\/russia-poland-history-too-terrible\" >Russia-Poland: a history too terrible \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3215371\/POLISH-RUSSIAN_RELATIONS_HISTORY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_GEOPOLITICS\" >POLISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS, uploaded by Fatih \u00d6zbay \u2013 Academia.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/49.htm\" >POLAND \u2013 THE ECONOMY UNDER COMMUNISM \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/poland-vs-russia-in-a-war-of-words-rents-and-history\/a-18241767\" >Poland vs. Russia in a war of words, rent and history \u2013 DW.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/russian_polish_wars.htm\" >Russo-Polish Wars: Wars and Conflicts Between Russia and Poland \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/article\/openrussia\/russia-poland-and-the-history-wars\" >Russia, Poland and the history wars \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Poland:<\/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\/pl.html\" >POLAND \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Poland\" >Poland \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Poland\" >Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/polandmaps\/a\/polandgeography.htm\" >Geography of Poland \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17753718\" >Poland country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Poland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msz.gov.pl\/en\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Poland\" >Foreign relations of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/88.htm\" >Poland \u2013 FOREIGN RELATOINS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/democratization\/poland\/p30812\" >Poland \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Poland-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2875.htm\" >US Relations with Poland \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Poland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Poland\" >Economy of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/poland-economy.html\" >Poland \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahatma_Gandhi\" >Mohandas Gandhi<\/a> organizes a day of &#8220;prayer and fasting&#8221; in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre\" >Jallianwala Bagh massacre<\/a> by the British colonial troops three days earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Jallianwala Bagh Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre#Background\" >Background &#8211; Jallianwala Bagh massacre &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1919\/4\/13\/jallianwala-bagh-massacre\" >Apr 13, 1919 \u2013 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bharatadesam.com\/history\/jallianwala_bagh_massacre.php\" >Jallianwala Bagh Massacre \u2013 Bharatadesam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiacelebrating.com\/events\/jallianwala-bagh-massacre\/\" >Jallianwala Bagh Massacre \u2013 IndiaCelebrating.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.india.com\/topic\/Jallianwala-Bagh-Massacre\/\" >Jallianwala Bagh Massacre \u2013 India.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amritsar.com\/Jallian%20Wala%20Bagh.shtml\" >Amritsar Massacre &#8211; Jallianwala Bagh \u2013 Amritsar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sikh-history.com\/sikhhist\/events\/jbagh.html\" >Jallianwala Bagh Massacre \u2013 Sikh-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l1Ge5RgkSO8\" >YouTube video (3 min. 58 sec.): Jallianwala Bagh massacre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harriet_Quimby\" >Harriet Quimby<\/a> becomes the first woman to fly an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft\" >airplane<\/a> across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\" >English Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1858\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wernerian_Natural_History_Society\" >Wernerian Natural History Society<\/a>, a former Scottish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learned_society\" >learned society<\/a>, is wound up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1853\u00a0 <\/strong>The first passenger rail opens in India, from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bori_Bunder\" >Bori Bunder<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombay\" >Bombay<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thane\" >Thane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1847\u00a0 <\/strong>The accidental shooting of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C4%81ori_people\" >M\u0101ori<\/a> by an English sailor results in the opening of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wanganui_Campaign\" >Wanganui Campaign<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_land_wars\" >New Zealand land wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Wanganui Campaign:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wanganui_Campaign#Attack_and_siege\" >\u201c<em>On 16 April 1847 a minor chief of the Wanganui people was accidentally shot by a junior army officer, suffering a head injury. A small party of M\u0101ori decided to exact utu (revenge, or recompense) for the blood-letting and attacked the home of a settler named Gilfillan, severely wounding him and a daughter and killing his wife and three children with tomahawks. Five of the six killers were captured by lower Wanganui M\u0101ori; four were court-martialled in Wanganui and hanged at Rutland Stockade. The execution prompted a further revenge attack<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Attack and siege \u2013 <strong>Wanganui Campaign<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/w\/wa\/wanganui_campaign.html\" >Wanganui Campaign \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/wanganui-war\/1865-campaign\" >War in Wanganui \u2013 NEW ZEALAND HISTORY \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/Wanganui_Campaign\" >About: Wanganui Campaign \u2013 DBpedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Background and the Timelines of the New Zealand Land Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Wars#Background\" >Background &#8211; New Zealand Wars &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newzealandwars.co.nz\/land-wars-timeline\/\" >The New Zealand Wars &#8211; Land Wars Timeline \u2013 NewZealndWars.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newzealandwars.co.nz\/land-wars-timeline\/whanganui-1846\/\" >Wanganui 1847 \u2013 NewZealandWars.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/new-zealands-19th-century-wars\/nzwars-timeline\" >New Zealand\u2019s 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century Wars \u2013 NEW ZEALAND HISTORY \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1818\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senate<\/a> ratifies the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rush%E2%80%93Bagot_Treaty\" >Rush\u2013Bagot Treaty<\/a>, establishing the border with Canada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1799\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\" >Napoleonic Wars<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mount_Tabor_%281799%29\" >Battle of Mount Tabor<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon<\/a> drives <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Turks\" >Ottoman Turks<\/a> across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Jordan\" >River Jordan<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acre,_Israel\" >Acre<\/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>APRIL 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Federation_of_Hemophilia#World_Hemophilia_Day\" >WORLD HOMOPHILIA DAY<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kepler_Telescope\" >Kepler<\/a> confirms the discovery of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kepler-186f\" >the first Earth-size planet<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circumstellar_habitable_zone\" >habitable zone<\/a> of another star.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Discovery of the Earth-size Habitable Zone:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press\/2014\/april\/nasas-kepler-telescope-discovers-first-earth-size-planet-in-habitable-zone\" >NASA\u2019s Kepler Telescope Discovery First Earth-Size Planet in \u2018Habitable Zone\u2019 \u2013 April 17, 2014 \u2013 NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-news\/science-at-nasa\/2014\/17apr_firstearth\/\" >Earth-Size Planet Found In The &#8216;Habitable Zone&#8217; of Another Star \u2013 April 17, 2014 \u2013 NASA Science News \u2013 NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/news\/nasakeplernews\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=330\" >First Earth-Size Planet in &#8216;Habitable Zone&#8217; \u2013 Kepler.NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion\" >An explosion<\/a> at a fertilizer plant in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West,_Texas\" >West, Texas<\/a>, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_people\" >Palestinian<\/a> suicide bomber <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_Tel_Aviv_shawarma_restaurant_bombing\" >detonates an explosive device<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv\" >Tel Aviv<\/a>, killing 11 people and injuring 70.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\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>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nezar_Hindawi\" >Nezar Hindawi<\/a>&#8216;s attempt to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindawi_affair\" >detonate a bomb<\/a> aboard an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Al\" >El Al<\/a> flight from London to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv\" >Tel Aviv<\/a> is thwarted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War\" >Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years&#8217; War<\/a> between the Netherlands and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isles_of_Scilly\" >Isles of Scilly<\/a> ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>Police <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constable\" >Constable<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yvonne_Fletcher\" >Yvonne Fletcher<\/a> is killed by gunfire from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi#Great_Socialist_People.27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya_.281977.E2.80.932012.29\" >Libyan People&#8217;s Bureau<\/a> (Embassy) in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege\" >siege<\/a> of the building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>Patriation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_constitution\" >Canadian constitution<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottawa\" >Ottawa<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proclamation\" >Proclamation<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_of_Canada\" >Queen of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <em>US Nuclear Tests at Nevada:<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/nts.htm\" >NEVADA TEST SITE \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >Nevada Test Site Overview \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unlv.edu\/ntsohp\/\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Oral History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archure.net\/liberty\/nukenevada.html\" >NUKE TESTING in NEVADA \u2013 Archure.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECOLOGY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center \u2013 NevadaTestSite.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About the US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ncbdp\/nm\/nm_book_5_11\/index.htm\" >The Nuclear Matters Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/us\/2014\/231697.htm\" >Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges: Verifications and Entry into Force of the CTBT \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/avc\/rls\/202015.htm\" >US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Life Extension Programs \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>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mir_Akbar_Khyber\" >Mir Akbar Khyber<\/a> is assassinated, provoking a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saur_Revolution\" >communist coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodian_Civil_War\" >Cambodian Civil War<\/a> ends. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_Rouge\" >Khmer Rouge<\/a> captures the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phnom_Penh\" >Phnom Penh<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_National_Armed_Forces\" >Cambodian government forces<\/a> surrender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Lucas\" >George Lucas<\/a> begins writing the treatment for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars\" >The Star Wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Star Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars#Themes\" >Themes \u2013 Star Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/crazy-history-star-wars\" >THE CRAZY HISTORY OF \u201cSTAR WARS\u201d \u2013 December 17, 2014 \u2013 The New Yorker \u2013 NewYorker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=veinPUSqqts\" >YouTube video (4 min. 47 sec.): History Of Star Wars Movies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971 <\/strong>The People&#8217;s Republic of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh\" >Bangladesh<\/a> forms, under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman\" >Sheikh Mujibur Rahman<\/a> at Mujibnagor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Bangladesh:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bangladesh\" >History of Bangladesh \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bangladesh-history.html\" >Bangladesh \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/bangladesh\/p\/bangladeshprof.htm\" >Bangladesh | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bangla2000.com\/Bangladesh\/history.shtm\" >History \u2013 Bangladesh \u2013 History2000.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/discoverybangladesh.com\/history.html\" >History of Bangladesh \u2013 DiscoveryOfBangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/bangladesh\/history\" >Bangladesh \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualbangladesh.com\/the-basics\/history-of-bangladesh\/independence\/history-independence-postscripts\/\" >Bangladesh History: Independent postscripts \u2013 Important links and events from after the end of the Independence War \u2013 VirtualBangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history+of+bangladesh&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=13\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Bangladesh \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12651483\" >Bangladesh profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bangladesh Liberation War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/liberation-war.htm\" >Bangladesh Liberation War \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.banglapedia.org\/index.php?title=War_of_Liberation,_The\" >War of Liberation, The \u2013 BANGLAPEDIA \u2013 Banglapedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bengalrenaissance.com\/war.html\" >Bangladesh War of Independence \u2013 BengalRenaissance.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.banglastories.org\/about-the-project\/migration-themes\/war.html\" >Background to the war \u2013 Bangla Stories \u2013 BanglaStories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genocidebangladesh.org\/\" >Bangladesh Genocide Archive \u2013 GenocideBangladesh.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/photogallery\/0,29307,1844754,00.html\" >Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Forgotten War \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Bangladesh_Liberation_War\" >Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent-bangladesh.com\/history\/liberation-war-of-bangladesh.html\" >Liberation War of Bangladesh \u2013 BANGLADESH NEWS \u2013 Independent-Bangladesh.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theaerogram.com\/women-bangladeshi-liberation-war\/\" >Women\u2019s Victim Role &amp; The Bangladeshi Liberation War \u2013 TheAerogram.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-16207201\" >Bangladesh war \u2013 The article that changed history \u2013 16 December 2011 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/insidestory\/2013\/02\/20132161077954941.html\" >Bangladesh\u2019s war wounds \u2013 16 Feb 2013 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/cgi-bin\/texis\/vtx\/refdaily?pass=52fc6fbd5&amp;id=537998b18\" >Children of War: Horrors of Bangla Liberation War revisited, by Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury \u2013 18\/05\/2014 \u2013 UNHCR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/article\/bangladesh-sentences-opposition-leader-to-hang-for-war-crimes\" >Bangladesh Sentences Opposition Leaders to Hang for War Crimes, by Syed Tashfin Chowdhury \u2013 February 18, 2015 \u2013 ViceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: The ill-fated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_13\" >Apollo 13<\/a> spacecraft returns to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth\" >Earth<\/a> safely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia\" >Communist Party of Czechoslovakia<\/a> chairman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Dub%C4%8Dek\" >Alexander Dub\u010dek<\/a> is deposed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirhan_Sirhan\" >Sirhan Sirhan<\/a> is convicted of assassinating <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_F._Kennedy\" >Robert F. Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Mustang\" >Ford Mustang<\/a> is introduced to the North American market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerrie_Mock\" >Jerrie Mock<\/a> becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion\" >Bay of Pigs Invasion<\/a>: A group of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_exile\" >Cuban exiles<\/a> financed and trained by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\" >CIA<\/a> lands at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_of_Pigs\" >Bay of Pigs<\/a> in Cuba with the aim of ousting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidel_Castro\" >Fidel Castro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bay of Pigs Invasion:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion-begins\" >APR 17 1961: THIS DAY IN HISTORY &#8211; The Bay of Pigs invasion begins \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/bay-of-pigs-invasion\" >BAY OF PIGS INVASION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion#Invasion\" >Invasion \u2013 Bay of Pigs Invasion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1765.html\" >Bay of Pigs Invasion \u2013 United States History &#8211; U-S-History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/a\/09bayofpigs.htm\" >Cuba: The Bay of Pigs Invasion, by Christopher Minster \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Bay-of-Pigs-invasion\" >Bay of Pigs invasion \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/bay-pigs-invasion.html\" >Bay of Pigs Invasion \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/world-history\/euro-hist\/cold-war\/v\/bay-of-pigs-invasion?_escaped_fragment_=\" >BAY OF PIGS INVASION \u2013 KhanAcademy.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Cuba and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Cuba-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/us-cuba.htm\" >United States-Cuba Relations \u2013 LatinAmericanStudies.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/countryprof4\/p\/uscubaprofile.htm\" >The US-Cuban Relationship \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/diaz-verson.htm\" >WHEN CASTRO BECAME A COMMUNIST: The Impact on US-Cuba Policy, by Salvador Diaz-Verson \u2013 Institute for US-Cuba Relations \u2013 Occasional Paper Series Volume 1, No.1, November 3, 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/guidedhistory\/historians-craft\/manny-paula\/\" >John F Kennedy versus Fidel Castro in the Early 1960s \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpu.edu\/CHSS\/History\/GraduateDegree\/MADMSTheses\/files\/Ann_Marie_Holmes.pdf\" >United States and Cuba: 1898-1958, by Ann-Marie Holmes \u2013 HPU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1891359,00.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF US-CUBA RELATIONS, by Clair Suddah \u2013 Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aneki.com\/comparison.php?country_1=United%20States&amp;country_2=Cuba\" >United States vs Cuba \u2013 Comparison \u2013 Aneki.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country-facts.findthedata.com\/compare\/1-18\/United-States-vs-Cuba\" >United States vs Cuba \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/janefranklin.info\/Cuba.htm\" >Cuba and the United States: A Chronical History, by Jane Fanklin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-cuba-relations\/\" >US Cuba Relations \u2013 News Archives \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-12159943\" >Timeline: US-Cuba relations \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Fidel Castro:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/fidel-castro\" >FILDEL CASTRO \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/castro\/timeline\/\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.school-for-champions.com\/speeches\/castro_un_1960.htm#.VfameZeufX4\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s 1960 Address to the UN General Assembly: \u201cThe Problem of Cuba and its Revolutionary Policy\u201d \u2013 Part 1 of 4, by Ron Kurtus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/COLDcastroF.htm\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/biography\/var\/fidelcastro.html\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Political Leader \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/%7Eerpapers\/mep\/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn-fidcas\" >\u201c<em>President of Cuba, communist revolutionary, and implacable foe of US foreign policy, Fidel Castro began his life on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba<\/em>.\u201d Fidel Castro \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/fidel-castro-9241487\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefamouspeople.com\/profiles\/fidel-castro-14.php\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Biography \u2013 TheFamousPeople.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Fidel-Castro\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Political leader of Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_life_of_Fidel_Castro\" >Early life of Fidel Castro \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/p\/08fidelcastro.htm\" >Biography of Fidel Castro \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Cuba or the \u201cRepublic of Cuba\u201d (Rep\u00falica de Cuba):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/cu.html\" >CUBA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/cuba.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19583447\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/americas\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >Foreign relations of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/cuba\/ri327\" >Cuba \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CUBA \u2013 WORLD PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bwcentral.org\/2015\/03\/the-council-of-foreign-relations-and-cuba\/\" >THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATOINS OF CUBA \u2013 BWCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Cuba and USSR\/Russia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations\" >Cuba-Soviet Union relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Cuba-Russian relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/cuba-russia-now-and-then\/\" >Cuba-Russia Now and Then \u2013 February 24, 2010 \u2013 COHA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.victimsofcommunism.org\/cuba-and-the-ussr-a-love-story\/\" >CUBA AND THE USSR: A LOVE STORY, by Katarina Hall, March 24, 2015 \u2013 VictimsOfCommunism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/7575209\/Fidel_Castros_Relationship_with_the_U.S.S.R._during_the_Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion_and_Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s Relationship with the USSR during the Bay of Pig Invasion &amp; Cuban Missile Crisis, by Christian Martines \u2013 Academica.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Cuban Missile Crisis:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >CUMAN MISSILE CRISIS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/microsites.jfklibrary.org\/cmc\/oct16\/\" >THE WORLD ON THE BRINK: JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS \u2013 DAY 1 OCT 16<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubanmissilecrisis.org\/background\/dramatis-personae\/ussr\/\" >CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS \u2013 CubanMissileCrisis.org<\/a>, <strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>the same<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>website,<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubanmissilecrisis.org\/background\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" >Frequently Asked Questions \u2013 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS \u2013 CubanMissileCrisis.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/john-swift\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >The Cuban Missile Crisis, by John Swift \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/topics\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 World History Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/1982\/06\/the-soviet-military-buildup-in-cuba\" >The Soviet Military Buildup in Cuba \u2013 The Heritage Foundation \u2013 Heritage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/cuban-missile-crisis\" >The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 \u2013 Office of the Historian \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/cuban_missile_crisis_timeline\/108\/\" >Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecubancrisis.weebly.com\/timeline.html\" >Major Events of Cuban Missile Crisis \u2013 The Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/history\/cold-war\/cuban-missile-crisis\/timeline.htm\" >The Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline \u2013 Nuclear Files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History and Culture of Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Cuba\" >History of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecubanhistory.com\/\" >The Cuban History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-history.html\" >Cuba \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/cuba.htm\" >500 YEARS OF CUBAN HISTORY \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubahistory.org\/\" >History of Cuban Nation, from Colonial Days to the Present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/cuba\/history-language-culture\" >Cuba History, Language and Culture \u2013 World Travel Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Cuban_history\" >Timeline of Cuban history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19576144\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_Cuba\" >Culture of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubaheritage.com\/\" >CUBAN CULTURE, by CubaHeritage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubaheritage.org\/default.asp?lID=1\" >Cuba Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Cuba\" >Economy of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/cuba\/economy.htm\" >Cuba\u2019s Economy \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-economy.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/cuba.htm\" >The Economic History and Economy of Cuba \u2013 Department of Economics \u2013 San Jos\u00e9 State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/cuba\/indicators\" >Cuba | Economic Indications \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Data \u2013 World Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peak_District\" >Peak District<\/a> becomes the United Kingdom&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales\" >National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Commonwealth\" >British Commonwealth<\/a>. A 21-gun salute on O&#8217;Connell Bridge, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dublin\" >Dublin<\/a>, ushers in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Ireland\" >Republic of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ireland\u2019s Withdrawal from the British Commonwealth of 1949:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stairnaheireann.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/18\/1949-the-republic-of-ireland-withdraws-from-the-british-commonwealth\/\" >1949 \u2013 The Republic of Ireland withdraws from the British Commonwealth. \u2013 StairNaHeireann.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/irishhistorian.com\/Years\/1949.html\" >1949 in Ireland \u2013 IrishHistorian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Ireland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleyjohnston.com\/users\/ireland\/past\/history\/19191921.html\" >History of Ireland \u2013 WesleyJohnston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac70\" >HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/irehist.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination360.com\/europe\/ireland\/history\" >Ireland History \u2013 Destination360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oracleireland.com\/Ireland\/history\/history.htm\" >History of Ireland \u2013 OracleIreland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irelandseye.com\/aarticles\/history\/events\/index.shtm\" >Events in Irish History \u2013 IrelandsEye.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourirish.com\/history\/\" >History \u2013 YourIrish.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogypro.com\/articles\/Irish-history.html\" >A Brief History of Ireland, by John Howell \u2013 GenealogyPro.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Irish War of Independence:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theirishstory.com\/2012\/09\/18\/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview\/\" >The Irish War of Independence \u2013 A Brief Overview \u2013 TheIrishHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Irish-War-of-Independence\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theirishwar.com\/history\/irish-war-of-independence\/\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 THE IRISH WAR \u2013 TheIrishWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.askaboutireland.ie\/learning-zone\/primary-students\/subjects\/history\/history-the-full-story\/ireland-the-early-20th-ce\/the-war-of-independence\/\" >The War of Independence \u2013 AskAboutIreland.ie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/easterrising\/aftermath\/af04.shtml\" >The Anglo-Irish War \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Timeline of the Irish War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a> obtains its independence from the French occupation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Syria:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/syria\/10.htm\" >SYRIA \u2013 WORLD WAR II AND INDEPENDENCE \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syriatoday.ca\/Independance-Syria.htm\" >Syria\u2019s Independence Day: April 17, 1946 \u2013 SyriaToday.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/syria-timeline-19201960-from-french-mandate-to-merger-with-egypt\/article3609575.ece\" >Syria Timeline: (1920-1960) \u2014 From French mandate to merger with Egypt \u2013 TheHindu.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syrian_Republic_%281930%E2%80%9358%29\" >Syrian Republic (1935-58) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aglobalworld.com\/holidays-around-the-world\/syria-independence-day\/\" >Interesting Facts About Syria\u2019s Independence Day \u2013 AGlobalWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/syria-timeline-19201960-from-french-mandate-to-merger-with-egypt\/article3609575.ece\" >Syria Timeline: (1920-1960) \u2013 From French mandate to merger with Egypt \u2013 TheHindu.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.research-assistance.com\/essays\/SYRIA-SINCE-INDEPENDENCE-IN-1946-.html\" >SYRIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE IN 1946 \u2013 Research-Assistance.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Modern History of Syria:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modern_history_of_Syria\" >Modern history of Syria &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon\" >French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/arabs\/modsyria.html\" >History of Modern Syria \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uca.edu\/politicalscience\/dadm-project\/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region\/french-syria-1919-1946\/\" >French Syria (1919-1946) \u2013 UCA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/journal\/1P3-22653855\/modern-history-and-politics-the-formation-of-modern\" >Modern History and Politics-The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, by Patrick Seale \u2013 Questa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/discussions\/71434\" >A Brief History of Modern Syria \u2013 Geni.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article33247.htm\" >Brief History of Modern Syria \u2013 InformationClearingHouse.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=7854\" >A Short History of Modern Syria \u2013 TheRealNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syriatoday.ca\/syria-modern-history.htm\" >A Brief History of Modern Syria \u2013 SyriaToday.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/63247\/7-moments-in-modern-syrian-history-you-simply-have-to-know#.N3zYtjSmp\" >7 Moments in Modern Syrian History You Simply Have to Know, by Nicol\u00f3 Don\u00e1 dale Rose \u2013 Mic.com<\/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>: Brazilian forces liberate the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montese\" >Montese<\/a>, Italy, from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi\" >Nazi<\/a> forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>Forces of the Communist-controlled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >Greek People&#8217;s Liberation Army<\/a> attack the smaller <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_and_Social_Liberation\" >National and Social Liberation<\/a> resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dimitrios_Psarros\" >Dimitrios Psarros<\/a> is murdered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_war\" >prisoner of war<\/a> General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Giraud\" >Henri Giraud<\/a> escapes from his castle prison in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K%C3%B6nigstein_Fortress\" >K\u00f6nigstein Fortress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia\" >Kingdom of Yugoslavia<\/a> surrenders to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Yugoslavia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/yugo_his.htm\" >A brief History of Yugoslavia \u2013 ReligiousTorrelance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yugoslavia-history.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/thebalkansandturkey\/a\/Yugoslavia.htm\" >Yugoslavia, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/politicalgeography\/a\/fmryugoslavia.htm\" >The former Yugoslavia \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/didyouknow.org\/history\/yugoslavia\/\" >History of Yugoslavia \u2013 DidYouKnow.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcnl.org\/resources\/newsletter\/jul99\/a_brief_history_of_yugoslavia\/\" >A Brief History of Yugoslavia \u2013 Friends Commission on National Legislation \u2013 FCNL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Yugoslavia during World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia\" >World War II in Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/wwtwo\/partisan_fighters_01.shtml\" >History \u2013 Partisans: War in the Balkans 1941-1945, by Dr Stephen D Hart \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/cgi-bin\/query\/r-14923.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 World War II \u2013 Country-Data.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ww2f.com\/topic\/14673-yugoslavia-in-world-war-ii-1941-45\/\" >YUGOSLAVIA IN WORLD WAR II (1941-1945) \u2013 WW2f.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com\/History\/ww2\/index.html\" >YUGOSLAVIA DURING WORLD WAR II \u2013 Serbian contribution to the Victory \u2013 Srpska-Mreza.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/country\/yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia, by C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.croatia.eu\/article.php?lang=2&amp;id=23\" >History \u2013 Yugoslavia and World War II (1918-1990) \u2013 Croatia.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kingdom-of-yugoslavia-in-ww2.com\/en\/\" >The Kingdom of Yugoslavia in World War II \u2013 Kingdom-Of-Yugoslavia-In-WW2.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/balkansavage.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/17\/world-war-ii-in-yugoslavia-a-historiographical-review\/\" >World War II in Yugoslavia \u2013 A Historical Review \u2013 Balkan Savage \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>AVNOJ, Yugoslavia and World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.country-data.com\/cgi-bin\/query\/r-14783.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 The Resistance Movement \u2013 Country-Data.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arhivyu.gov.rs\/active\/en\/home\/glavna_navigacija\/leksikon_jugoslavije\/konstitutivni_akti_jugoslavije\/rezolucija_o_osnivanju_avnoja.html\" >The Resolution on the Establishment of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia, November 27, 1942 \u2013 Arhivyu.gov.rs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Anti-Fascist-Council-for-the-National-Liberation-of-Yugoslavia\" >Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dvhh.org\/history\/atrocities\/AVNOJ.htm\" >The AVNOJ-Regulations and the Genocide of Germans \u2013 Danube Swabian History \u2013 DVHH.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/entity.jsp?entity=avnoj_1\" >Profile: Anti-Fascist Council of the National Liberation of Yugoslavia \u2013 a.k.a. AVNOJ \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daffy_Duck\" >Daffy Duck<\/a>&#8216;s first appearance, in <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porky%27s_Duck_Hunt\" >Porky&#8217;s Duck Hunt<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russian<\/a> troops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lena_massacre\" >open fire<\/a> on striking goldfield workers in northeast <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siberia\" >Siberia<\/a>, killing at least 150.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ellis_Island\" >Ellis Island<\/a> immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a> decides <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lochner_v._New_York\" >Lochner v. New York<\/a><\/em>, which holds that the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_of_contract\" >right to free contract<\/a>&#8221; is implicit in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Due_process\" >due process clause<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurora,_Texas,_UFO_incident\" >Aurora, Texas, UFO incident<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Aurora, Texas, UFO Incident of 1897:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurora,_Texas,_UFO_incident#The_incident_as_reported\" >The incident as reported \u2013 Aurora, Texas, UFO incident \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ufos.about.com\/od\/bestufocrashcases\/p\/aurora.htm\" >1897-UFO Crash at Aurora, Texas \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ufocasebook.com\/Aurora.html\" >The Aurora, Texas Crash of 1897 \u2013 UFOCasebook.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rense.com\/general3\/aurora.htm\" >Aurora Texas UFO Crash of 1897 \u2013 Myth Or Mystery? \u2013 Rense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/skeptoid.com\/episodes\/4241\" >The Alien Buried in Texas \u2013 Skeptoid.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/houston\/article\/Aurora-UFO-crash-remains-a-Texas-alien-mystery-5410990.php\" >Aurora UFO crash remains a Texas alien mystery, by John Boyd \u2013 Chron.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alien-ufo-research.com\/aurora-texas-ufo-crash\/\" >The Aurora, Texas UFO Crash of 1897 \u2013 Alien-UFO-Research.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roadsideamerica.com\/story\/13501\" >Space alien pilot buried here \u2013 RoadsideAmerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nfmbTmWZpHM\" >YouTube video (50 min. 00 sec.); The 1897 Aurora UFO Crash (DOCUMENTARY)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1895\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki\" >Treaty of Shimonoseki<\/a> between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Sino-Japanese_War\" >First Sino-Japanese War<\/a>, and the defeated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_Empire\" >Qing Empire<\/a> is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liaoning\" >Fengtien<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_administrative_divisions_of_China\" >province<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pescadores_Islands\" >Pescadores Islands<\/a> to Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1797\u00a0 <\/strong>Citizens of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Verona\" >Verona<\/a>, Italy, begin an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veronese_Easter\" >eight-day rebellion<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_First_Republic\" >French<\/a> occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1797\u00a0 <\/strong>Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_Abercromby\" >Ralph Abercromby<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_San_Juan_%281797%29\" >attacks<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico\" >San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/a>, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.<\/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\/april_11\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/april_11<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to_april_17; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/april\/11\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/april\/11<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to april\/17; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/april_11.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/april_11.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to april_17.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.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 11-17  QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cGive every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.\u201d \u2013 Mark Twain<\/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-71710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71710","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=71710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}