{"id":72798,"date":"2016-05-02T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=72798"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T14:44:59","slug":"this-week-in-history-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/05\/this-week-in-history-74\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"TWH logo history\" width=\"500\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>May 2\u20138<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/l\/leotolstoy163923.html\" >\u201c<em>All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do<\/em>.\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Leo Tolstoy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MAY 02<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Badakhshan_mudslides\" >Two mudslides<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Badakhshan\" >Badakhshan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a>, leave up to 2,500 people missing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Odessa_clashes\" >Odessa Clashes<\/a> occur between supporters of a united Ukraine and supporters of Federalization; 48 casualties result.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Ukraine:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Ukraine\" >Western Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ukraine\" >History of Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2014\/02\/140224-ukraine-protests-president-ousted-history-geography-background\/\" >Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis, by Eve Conant \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukrainetrek.com\/western-district\" >Western Ukraine \u2013 UkraineTrek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brama.com\/ukraine\/history\/century20.html\" >BRAMA \u2013 History of Ukraine \u2013 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 Chronologically Synchronized Tables \u2013 BRAMA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Ukraine.html\" >Ukraine \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.summer.harvard.edu\/blog-news-events\/conflict-ukraine-historical-perspective\" >The Conflict in Ukraine \u2013 a Historical Perspective, by Lauren McLaughlin \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ukraine.uazone.net\/history.html\" >Ukraine History \u2013 Chronological Table \u2013 UAZone.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ukraine-Russian Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations#History_of_relations\" >History of relations \u2013 Russia-Ukraine relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com\/category\/russian-ukrainian-relations\/\" >Category Archives: Russian-Ukraine relations \u2013 UkraineAnalysis.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine_after_the_Russian_Revolution\" >Ukraine after the Russian Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/ukraine\/forrel-ru.htm\" >Ukraine-Russian Relations \u2013 GlobalSecuirty.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-relations\/\" >Ukraine Russian Relations \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Ukraine#Russia\" >Russia \u2013 Foreign relations of Ukraine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=94297069\" >In Ukraine, A Conflict Over Russian Relations \u2013 published September 5, 2008 \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com\/category\/russian-ukrainian-relations\/\" >Category: Russian-Ukrainian relations \u2013 UkraineAnalysis.WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.minecreek.info\/bolshevik-revolution\/ukraine.html\" >\u201c<em>Developments in Ukraine were especially important. Its large territorial size and population (just under a fifth of the total population of Russia in 1917), economic importance, and strategic geographic location made it a key area<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Mine Creek Battlefield \u2013 Bolshevik Revolution \u2013 MineCreek.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Relations: Ukraine, the West and Russia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/speeches\/2011\/01\/28-ukraine-pifer\" >Ukraine: Walking the Line Between the West and Russia \u2013 January 28, 2011 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taraskuzio.net\/International%20Relations_files\/ukraine_west_relations.pdf\" >Ukraine\u2019s Relations with the West: Disinterest, Partnership, Disillusionment, by Taras Kuzio \u2013 TrasKuzio.net \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/09662839.2012.655272\" >Ukraine&#8217;s relations with the West since the Orange Revolution \u2013 Taylors &amp; Francis Online \u2013 tandfonline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/ukraine\/index_en.htm\" >The EU\u2019s relations with Ukraine \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/article\/1070178.html\" >Ukraine: Relations With The West On &#8216;Pause&#8217; \u2013 July 28, 2006 \u2013 Radio Free Europe Liberty \u2013 RFEL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/ukraine\/n1-magazine-ukraine-putin-west\/p32541\" >n + 1 Magazine: Ukraine, Putin, and the West \u2013 March 7, 2014 \u2013 Council on Foreign Affairs \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/docu\/review\/2014\/Russia-Ukraine-Nato-crisis\/Ukraine-crisis-NATO-Russia-relations\/EN\/index.htm\" >The Ukraine crisis and NATO-Russia relations \u2013 NATO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/russia-fsu\/2014-08-18\/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault\" >Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West\u2019s Fault? , by John J Mearsheimer \u2013 ForeignAffiairs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/russia-fsu\/2015-02-10\/west-should-arm-ukraine\" >The West Should Arm Ukraine: Here\u2019s Why-And How, by Alexander J. Motyl \u2013 February 10, 2015 \u2013 ForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rbth.com\/international\/2014\/09\/08\/fyodor_lukyanov_russias_relations_with_the_west_are_ruined_for_39627.html\" >Fyodor Lukyanov: Russia&#8217;s relations with the West are ruined for long time \u2013 Russia Beyond The Headlines &#8211; September 28, 2014 &#8211; RBHL.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/russia-us-churkin-relations-745\/\" >Crimea &#8216;chill&#8217; in Russian-Western relations will be short-lived \u2013 Russia\u2019s UN envoy \u2013 6 Apr 2014 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/russia-say-west-doesn-t-understand-its-close-relations-with-ukraine-anna-dolgov\/506123.html%20\/\" >Russia Says West Doesn&#8217;t Understand Its &#8216;Close Relations&#8217; With Ukraine, by Anna Dolgov \u2013 Aug. 29, 2014 \u2013 TheMoscowTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/08\/council-foreign-relations-ukraine-crisis-wests-putins-fault.html\" >Council On Foreign Relations: The Ukraine Crisis Is the West\u2019s \u2013 Not Putin\u2019s \u2013 Fault \u2013 posted August 20, 2014 &#8211; WashingtonPostBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-edge\/249657-ukraine-crisis-west-russia-relations\/\" >Ukraine: Which way to Europe and for Europe? , by Dr Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Deputy foreign minister (2005-2011) \u2013 14 Apr 2015 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecfr.eu\/article\/commentary_the_origins_of_russias_new_conflict_with_the_west330\" >The Origins of Russia\u2019s New Conflict with the West \u2013 European Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 ECFR.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaffairsjournal.org\/article\/putin%E2%80%99s-zugzwang-russia-ukraine-standoff\" >Putin\u2019s Zugzwang: The Russia-Ukraine Standoff \u2013 July\/August 2014 &#8211; Alexander J. Motyl \u2013 WorldAffairsJournal.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/ukraine\/tug-war-between-east-west\/p31948\" >Interview: A Tag of War between East and West &#8211; Interviewee: Jan Techau, Director, Carnegie Europe \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-ukraine-crisis-china-idUSBREA1Q06J20140227\" >China paper slams West&#8217;s &#8220;Cold War mentality&#8221; over Ukraine &#8211; Wed Feb 26, 2014 \u2013 Reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pastel\" >pastel<\/a> version of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Scream\" >The Scream<\/a><\/em>, by Norwegian painter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edvard_Munch\" >Edvard Munch<\/a>, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_federal_election,_2011\" >41st Canadian federal election<\/a> is held, in which the governing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservative_Party_of_Canada\" >Conservative Party<\/a>, led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incumbent\" >incumbent<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Canada\" >Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Harper\" >Stephen Harper<\/a>, increases their number of seats from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minority_government\" >minority<\/a> to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Majority_government\" >majority<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_E._coli_O104:H4_outbreak\" >E. coli outbreak<\/a> strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bacteria\" >bacteria<\/a> outbreak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osama_bin_Laden\" >Osama bin Laden<\/a>, the suspected mastermind behind the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_11_attacks\" >September 11 attacks<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\" >FBI<\/a>&#8216;s most wanted man is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden\" >killed<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy_SEALs\" >United States special forces<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbottabad\" >Abbottabad<\/a>, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>UN Security Council Resolution 1390 (2002) of 16 January 2002:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/RES\/1390%282002%29\" >UN Security Council Resolution 1390 (2002) of 16 January 2002 -\u201c<em>Reaffirming its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attacks which took place in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on 11 September 2001, expressing its determination to prevent all such acts, noting the continued activities of Usama bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network in supporting international terrorism, and expressing its determination to root out this network<\/em>\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Osama bin Laden:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/osama-bin-laden\" >OSAMA BIN LADEN \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/osama-bin-laden-37172\" >Osama bin Laden (1957-2011) \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/person\/osama-bin-laden-19572011\" >Osama bin Laden (1957-2011) \u2013 News Archive \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/binladen\/who\/bio.html\" >A BIOGRAPHY OF OSAMA BIN LADEN \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/osamabinladen.html\" >Osama bin Laden \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/topten\/usama-bin-laden\" >FBI \u2013 USAMA BIN LADEN<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Death of Osama bin Laden:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden\" >Death of Osama bin Laden \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/osama-bin-laden-is-dead\/\" >Osama bin Laden is dead \u2013 May 2, 2011 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/osama-bin-laden-killed\/story?id=13505703\" >Osama bin Laden Killed: \u2018Justice Is Done,\u2019 President Says, by Dean Schabner and Karen Travers \u2013 ABCNews.go.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>What was the Cause of the Death of Osama bin Laden? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/humansarefree.com\/2011\/05\/proof-that-osama-bin-laden-was-cia-and.html\" >Proof that Osama bin Laden Was CIA and Died in 2001 \u2013 Bush \u2013 Laden \u2013 CIA Connections \u2013 HumansAreFree.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2001\/12\/26\/international\/asia\/26LADE.html\" >High-Level Murmurings That bin Laden Is Dead, by John Burns \u2013 December 26, 2001 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1212851\/Has-Osama-Bin-Laden-dead-seven-years--U-S-Britain-covering-continue-war-terror.html\" >Has Osama Bin Laden been dead for seven years \u2013 and are the US and Britain covering it up to continue war on terror? \u2013 11 September 2009 \u2013 DailMail.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/red-alert-government-had-osama-bin-laden-frozen-for-years\/\" >RED ALERT: GOVERNMENT HAD OSAMA BIN LADEN FROZEN FOR YEARS, by Kurt Nimmo and Alex Jones \u2013 May 1, 2011 \u2013 Infowars.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/beforeitsnews.com\/eu\/2014\/11\/bin-laden-died-in-december-2001-of-renal-failure-as-reported-on-fox-news-at-the-time-2572700.html\" >\u201cOsama bin Laden died in December 2001 of renal failure and other health problems, having denied in his last recorded video any responsibility for 9\/11, instead directing Americans to look inside their own government. The FBI itself has stated that there is no evidence that Osama bin Laden is responsible for 9\/11.\u201d \u2013 Bin Laden died in December 2001 of renal failure, as reported on Fox News at the time \u2013 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 \u2013 BeforeItsNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FgnxyY_v99U\" >NEW YORK TIMES \u2013 OSAMA BIN LADEN DIED of KIDNEY FAILURE 2001: YouTube video (14 min. 14 sec.)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/osama-died-in-2001-msnbc-hit-piece-unwittingly-reveals-corroboration-for-dr-steve-r-pieczenik-s-assertion\/24753\" >\u201cPieczenik, a State Department official in three different administrations and an award-winning Harvard Medical School luminary, told The Alex Jones Show last week that the alleged raid on Bin Laden\u2019s compound was a fable because Osama had already been dead for the best part of a decade. Pieczenik originally appeared on the show back in April 2002 when he asserted that Bin Laden had been \u201cdead for months,\u201d and that the government was waiting for the most politically expedient time to roll out his corpse.\u201d \u2013 Osama died in 2001: MSNBC hit piece unwittingly reveals corroborations for Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik\u2019s assertion \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Bush Family, CIA, and Osama bin Laden:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/archive\/item\/69782:ties-between-the-bush-family-and-osama-bin-laden\" >Ties Between Bush Family and Osama bin Laden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lundissimo.info\/wtc\/bushbinladen.html\" >The Bush \u2013 Bin Laden Connection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/humansarefree.com\/2011\/05\/proof-that-osama-bin-laden-was-cia-and.html\" >Proof That Osama bin Laden Was CIA Died in 2001! Bush \u2013 Laden \u2013 CIA Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/binladen_cia.html\" >Osama bin Laden, A.K.A. CIA Asset \u201cTim Osman\u201c<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newsone.com\/1205745\/cia-osama-bin-laden-al-qaeda\/\" >How The CIA Created Osama Bin Laden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aangirfan.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/bin-laden-wife-is-cia-fake.html\" >Bin Laden Wife Is a CIA Fake<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Osama bin Laden, 9\/11, and Iraq:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolwords.org\/date\/2004\/06\/01\/H3568-7_the-connection-between-saddam-hussein-and-osama-bi\/\" >The Connection Between Saddam Hussein And Osama Bin Laden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911myths.com\/index.php\/Connecting_bin_Laden_to_9-11\" >Connecting bin Laden to 9-11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/myth\/binladen.html\" >9\/11 Review: Osama bin Laden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911hardfacts.com\/report_19.htm\" >9\/11 Hard Facts: Bin Laden \u2018Confession\u2019 Tapes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article13664.htm\" >FBI says, it has \u201cNo hard evidence connecting bin Laden to 9\/11\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2009\/10\/30\/bin-laden-and-9-11-the-evidence\/\" >Bin Laden and 9\/11: The Evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tvnewslies.org\/html\/bin_laden_ties.html\" >Bin Laden Ties \u2013 TvNewLIES.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/5223932\/ns\/us_news-security\/t\/panel-sees-no-link-between-iraq-al-qaida\/#.VecPnZeufX4\" >9\/11 panel sees no link between Iraq, al-Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A47812-2004Jun16.html\" >Al-Qaeda-Hussein Link Dismissed \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/5228545\/ns\/msnbc-hardball_with_chris_matthews\/t\/commission-no-link-between-bin-laden-saddam\/#.VecQhJeufX4\" >9\/11 commission: No link between bin Laden and Saddam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Al-Qaeda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" >Al-Qaeda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dqn0bm4E9yw\" >YouTube video (1 min. 35 sec.): Hillary Clinton: We created Al-Qaeda<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYKD_Qjhcwg\" >YouTube video (1 min. 32 sec.): Hillary Clinton Admits U.S. Government Created al-Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PJLR1LhxiN0\" >YouTube video (4 min. 04 sec.): Hillary Clinton ADMITS that the CIA Started and Funded Al Qaeda<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WnLvzV9xAHA\" >YouTube video (1 min. 23 sec.): Hillary Clinton: \u2018We Created al-Qaeda\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WHijBQn6lVk\" >YouTube video (10 min. 40 sec.): The United States is Arming, Funding Al-Qaeda, Syrian Rebels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allegations_of_CIA_assistance_to_Osama_bin_Laden\" >CIA \u2013 al-Qaeda controversy \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/polidics.com\/cia\/top-ranking-cia-operatives-admit-al-qaeda-is-a-complete-fabrication.html\" >Top Ranking CIA Operative Admit Al-qaeda Is a Complete Fabrication \u2013 Polidics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/context.jsp?item=a86operationcyclone\" >Context of \u20181986-1992: CIA and British Recruit and Train Militants Worldwide to Help Fight Afghan War\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/planet.infowars.com\/worldnews\/australia-oceania\/the-usas-role-in-creating-al-qaeda\" >The USA\u2019s Role in Creating \u2018Al-Qaeda\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/forums\/offtopic-discussion-314159273\/former-british-foreign-secretary-robin-cook-says-t-26723843\/\" >Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook says there is no Al Qaeda<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911myths.com\/index.php\/Al_Qaeda_does_not_exist\" >Al Qaeda does not exist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/conservativebyte.com\/2013\/09\/cia-begins-delivering-weapons-al-qaeda-syria\/\" >CIA Begins Delivering Weapons to al-Qaeda in Syria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longwarjournal.org\/archives\/2013\/09\/report_american-supplied_arms.php\" >Report: American-supplied arms fell into al Qaeda\u2019s hands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cLjZoA3GaVE\" >CIA Agent: America creates its own enemies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/al-qaeda\/alleged-cia-involvement.html\" >Al-Qaeda \u2013 Alleged CIA involvement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oilempire.us\/qaeda.html\" >Al-Qaeda: al-CIA-duh!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/afghanistan\/2005-10-01\/blowback-revisited\" >Blowback Revisited \u2013 Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blowback_%28intelligence%29\" >Blowback (intelligence) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/cia-created-9-11-blowback-american-citizens-paid\" >CIA created 9\/11 blowback, American citizens paid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rense.com\/general73\/cia.htm\" >More Evidence \u2018al Qaeda\u2019 Is a CIA-ISI Contrivance \u2013 rense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fAawF22QUMs\" >Former CIA Agent Exposes the 9\/11 Cover up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/09\/sleeping-with-the-devil-how-u-s-and-saudi-backing-of-al-qaeda-led-to-911.html\" >Sleeping with the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al-Qaeda Led to 9\/11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/fakealqaeda.php#axzz3kaQnTMqO\" >Fake Al Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/how-the-cia-gave-al-qaeda-1-million-and-what-that-money-was-used-for\/\" >How The CIA Gave Al-Qaeda $1 Million and What That Money Used For<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2013\/04\/20\/the-cias-founding-of-al-qaeda-documented\" >The CIA\u2019s \u201cFounding\u201d of Al Qaeda Documented<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/report-cia-money-given-to-al-qaeda\/\" >Report: CIA money was given to al Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3ekmAeiEk2U\" >US Pentagon Gives Al-Qaeda And ISIS $500 MILLION In Weapons And CASH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/03\/14\/us-afghanistan-alqaeda-cia-idUSKBN0MA0S620150314\" >Afghanistan gave CIA money to al Qaeda for diplomat\u2019s ransom: NYT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syrianews.cc\/syria-cia-sends-weapons-terrorists\/\" >Syria: CIA sends Weapons to Terrorist within next weeks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oSvOciUYYMw\" >What\u2019s the difference between ISIS and Al Qaeda?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c3I3ahtwrZE\" >US in bed with Al-Qaeda: George Galloway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/former-al-qaeda-commander-isis-works-for-the-cia\/\" >Former Al Qaeda Commander: ISIS Works for the CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/a\/al_qaeda\/index.html\" >Al Qaeda: Chronology of Coverage \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/FA\/FA18\/20131212\/101591\/HHRG-113-FA18-Wstate-LewisJ-20131212.pdf\" >Middle East Security Report 14, September 2013, by Jessica D. Lewis, \u2013 Al-Qaeda in Iraq Resurgent: Breaking the Walls Campaign Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Taliban:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-11451718\" >Who are the Taliban? \u2013 July 29, 2015 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.org\/what-is-the-taliban.htm\" >What is the Taliban? \u2013 WiseGeek.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/afghanista1\/f\/Who-Are-the-Taliban.htm\" >Who Are the Taliban?, by Kalie Szczepanski \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Taliban.aspx\" >Taliban \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/taliban.html\" >Who Are the Taliban \u2013 Their history and their resurgence, by Laura Hay, Borgna Brunner, and Beth Rowen \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Taliban\" >Taliban \u2013 Political and religious faction, Afghanistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/special_reports\/taliban_conflict\" >Taliban conflict \u2013 BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/afghanistan\/taliban-afghanistan\/p10551\" >The Taliban in Afghanistan, by Zachary Laub \u2013 July 4, 2014 \u2013 CFR Backgrounders \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taliban_treatment_of_women\" >Taliban treatment of women \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Taliban:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-pub.naz.edu\/%7Eaamghar6\/History%20of%20the%20Taliban.htm\" >History of the Taliban \u2013 NAZ.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/asia\/2009\/03\/2009389217640837.html\" >Timeline: Taliban in Afghanistan \u2013 4 Jul 2009 \u2013 ALJAZEERA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/spot\/taliban-time.html\" >Timeline \u2013 The Taliban \u2013 FactMosnter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Is the Taliban a Terrorist Organization? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2014\/03\/yes-the-taliban-are-terrorists\/\" >Yes, The Taliban Are Terrorists, by Aziz Hikimi \u2013 March 25, 2014 \u2013 TheDiplomat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2014\/06\/02\/is-the-taliban-still-considered-a-terrorist-group-jay-carney-wont-say\/\" >Is Taliban Still Considered a \u2018Terrorist Group?\u2019 Jay Carney Won\u2019t Say, by Fred Lucas \u2013 Jun. 2, 2014 \u2013 TheBaze.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/white-house-taliban-terrorist-organization\/story?id=23981888\" >White House: Yes, The Taliban Is a Terrorist Organization, by John Parkinson and Lee Ferran \u2013 June 4, 2014 \u2013 ABCNews.go.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/white-house-spokesman-taliban-not\/2015\/01\/28\/id\/621364\/\" >White House Spokesman: Taliban Not a Terrorist Group, by Joel Himelfarb \u2013 Wednesday, 28 Jan. 2015 \u2013 NewsMax.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2015\/01\/28\/white-house-embarrasses-itself-with-claim-taliban-is-not-a-terrorist-group\/\" >White House embarrasses itself with claim Taliban is not a terrorist group \u2013 January 28, 2015 \u2013 HotAir.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2015\/01\/29\/white-house-the-taliban-isnt-a-terrorist-group-n1949938\" >White House: The Taliban Isn\u2019t a Terrorist Group, by Katie Pavlich \u2013 Jan.29, 2015 \u2013 TownHall.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chait%C3%A9n_%28volcano%29\" >Chait\u00e9n Volcano<\/a> begins erupting in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a>, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyclone_Nargis\" >Cyclone Nargis<\/a> makes landfall in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma\" >Burma<\/a> killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yelwa_massacre\" >Yelwa massacre<\/a> ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nomad\" >nomad<\/a> Muslims were killed by Christians in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Yelwa Massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yelwa_massacre#Background\" >Background \u2013 Yelwa massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/2005\/nigeria0505\/4.htm\" >The Conflict in Yelwa \u2013 HRW.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pambazuka.org\/human-security\/nigeria-prevent-further-bloodshed-plateau-state\" >Nigeria: Prevent Further Bloodshed in Plateau State \u2013 Pambazuka.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.canadiancontent.net\/hot-topics\/52078-christian-muslim-murderers-nigeria.html\" >Christian and Muslim Murders in Nigeria \u2013 CandadianContent.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/frjakestopstheworld.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/abp-akinola-and-massacre-of-yelwa.html\" >Abp Akinora and the Massacre in Nigeria \u2013 frjakestopstheworld.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/archbishop_akinola_owes_the_world_some_answers\/\" >Archbishop Akinola owes the world some answers \u2013 March 1, 2008 \u2013 Episcopalcafe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wwrn.org\/articles\/10317\/?&amp;place=nigeria&amp;section=sectarian-violence\" >Religious riot rages in Nigeria, by Mike Oboh \u2013 May 12, 2004 \u2013 WORLDWIDE RELIGIOUS NEWS \u2013 WWRN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Nigeria:<\/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\/ni.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/\" >Nigeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/nigeria.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriaworld.com\/\" >Nigeria \u2013 NigeriaWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/topics\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Nigeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Nigeria\" >Foreign relations of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/80.htm\" >Foreign Relations of Nigeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/democratization\/nigeria\/p30819\" >Nigeria \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2836.htm\" >US Relations with Nigeria \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Nigeria and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria_and_the_United_Nations\" >Nigeria and the United Nations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nigeriaunmission.org\/\" >PERMANENT MISSION OF NIGERIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigerian-mission.ch\/\" >Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ng.undp.org\/\" >United Nations Development Programme \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unodc.org\/nigeria\/\" >United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/disastersandconflicts\/CountryOperations\/Nigeria\/tabid\/54124\/Default.aspx\" >United Nations Environmental Programme \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/unesco\/worldwide\/africa\/nigeria\/\" >UNESCO: Building peace in the minds of men and women \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Nigeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Nigeria\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Nigeria\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/nigeria-history.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad41\" >HISTORY OF NIGERIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123independenceday.com\/nigeria\/history.html\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 123IndependenceDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/3.htm\" >History \u2013 Nigeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.glpinc.org\/Classroom%20Activities\/Nigeria%20Articles\/Nigeria-history%20since%201960.htm\" >History of Nigeria since 1960 \u2013 GLPINC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriaembassyusa.org\/index.php?page=nigeria-past-present-and-future\" >NIGERIA \u2013 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE \u2013 NigeriaEmbassyUSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Nigerian_history\" >Timeline of Nigerian history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13951696\" >Nigeria profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/nigeria\/history\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Nigeria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Nigeria\" >Economy of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/52.htm\" >Nigeria \u2013 Economy \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/nigeria-economy.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123independenceday.com\/nigeria\/economy.html\" >Economy of Nigeria \u2013 123IndependenceDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-economic-outlook\/\" >Nigeria Economic Outlook \u2013 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >Bill Clinton<\/a> announces that accurate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Positioning_System\" >GPS<\/a> access would no longer be restricted to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Armed_Forces\" >United States military<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panamanian_election,_1999\" >Panamanian election, 1999<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mireya_Moscoso\" >Mireya Moscoso<\/a> becomes the first woman to be elected <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Panama\" >President of Panama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mireya Moscoso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mireya_Moscoso#Background\" >Background \u2013 Mireya Moscoso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/mireya-moscoso-39819\" >Mireya Moscoso \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/m\/mireya_moscoso\/index.html\" >Mireya Moscoso \u2013 Relevant Articles \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Panama:<\/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_Panama\" >History of Panama \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/nationbynation\/Panama\/History1.html\" >Panama History \u2013 HistoryCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab28\" >HISTORY OF PANAMA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbean-panama-real-estate.com\/panama-history.php\" >History Of Panama \u2013 Caribbean and Panama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/panama\/history\" >Panama \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/panama\/\" >HISTORY \u2013 Panama \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/panama\" >A Guide to the United States\u2019 History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Panama \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19889251\" >Panama country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Panama:<\/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\/pm.html\" >PANAMA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Panama\" >Panama \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Panama\" >Panama \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/panama.html\" >Panama \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/panama.htm\" >Panama \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19888936\" >Panama profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Panama:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Panama\" >Foreign relations of Panama \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/countrystudies.us\/panama\/62.htm\" >Panama \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/panama\/ri340\" >Panama \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2030.htm\" >US Relations with Panama \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Panama-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/panama\/government\/panama_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Panama FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/panama-foreign-relations\" >Panama \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 Articles \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Panama:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Panama\" >Economy of Panama \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/panama-country-central-america-economy.html\" >Panama \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/panama\" >Panama \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/panama\" >Panama \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/panama\" >Panama \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Central_Bank\" >European Central Bank<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brussels\" >Brussels<\/a> in order to define and execute the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union\" >European Union<\/a>&#8216;s monetary policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>European Central Bank:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/\" >European Central Bank \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Central_Bank#History\" >History \u2013 European Central Bank &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/organization\/european-central-bank\" >European Central Bank \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/topics\/european-central-bank\" >European Central Bank &#8211; Related News \u2013 The Economist \u2013 Economist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/europe\/role-european-central-bank\/p28989\" >Role of the European Central Bank \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/european-central-bank\/\" >European Central Bank \u2013 Related Articles \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatian_War_of_Independence\" >Croatian War of Independence<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Serb_Krajina\" >Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zagreb_rocket_attacks\" >fires cluster bombs<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zagreb\" >Zagreb<\/a>, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>Hungary begins <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Removal_of_Hungary%27s_border_fence_with_Austria\" >dismantling its border fence with Austria<\/a>, which allows a number of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >East Germans<\/a> to defect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl_disaster\" >Chernobyl disaster<\/a>: The City of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl\" >Chernobyl<\/a> is evacuated six days after the disaster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/nuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl\" >APR 26 1986 \u2013 THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/environment.about.com\/od\/chernobyl\/p\/chernobyl.htm\" >The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident \u2013 About news &#8211; About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/pages\/interactives\/chernobyl\/\" >CHERNOBYL DISASTER \u2013 30 YEARS LATER \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chernobyl-disaster.org\/\" >WHAT IS CHERNOBYL DISASTER \u2013 Chernobyl-Disaster.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl_disaster#Overview\" >Overview \u2013 Chernobyl disaster \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Effects_of_the_Chernobyl_disaster\" >Effects of the Chernobyl disaster &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.world-nuclear.org\/information-library\/safety-and-security\/safety-of-plants\/chernobyl-accident.aspx\" >Chernobyl Accident 1986 \u2013 World-Nuclear.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/155072-chernobyl-images-now-then\/\" >Chernobyl then and now: 28 haunting images from nuclear disaster \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/terms\/chernobyl_disaster.htm\" >\u201c<em>A plume of radioactive fallout drifted over parts of the western Soviet Union, Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, the UK, Ireland and eastern North America. Large areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people. About 60 percent of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus, according to official post-Soviet data. Contamination from the Chernobyl accident was not evenly spread across the surrounding countryside, but scattered irregularly depending on weather conditions<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Chernobyl disaster \u2013 ScienceDaily.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenfacts.org\/en\/chernobyl\/index.htm\" >Chernobyl Nuclear Accident \u2013 GreenFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2016\/04\/17\/chernobyl-timeline-disaster-30th-anniversary\/82899108\/\" >Chernobyl: Timeline of a nuclear nightmare \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/apr\/20\/chernobyl-disaster-30-years-on-what-do-you-remember\" >Chernobyl disaster 30 years on: what do you remember? \u2013 April 20, 2016 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/TheWire\/chernobyl-disaster-extreme-tourism\/2016\/04\/18\/id\/724476\/\" >Chernobyl 30 years later: \u201cExtreme Tourism Flourishes\u201d \u2013 April 18, 2016 \u2013 NewsMax.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985<\/strong><strong>\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>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1985 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>198<\/strong><strong>2\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falklands_War\" >Falklands War<\/a>: The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_submarine\" >nuclear submarine<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Conqueror_%28S48%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Conqueror<\/em><\/a> sinks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentine<\/a> cruiser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARA_General_Belgrano\" >ARA <em>General Belgrano<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Falklands\/Malvinas War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/malvinas.htm\" >Falklands \/ Malvinas War \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/f\/fa\/falklands_war.html\" >Falklands War \u2013 FactIndex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/warsandbattles\/a\/The-Falklands-War.htm\" >The Falklands War, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwaronline.com\/Falklands.html\" >Falklands War \u2013 HistoryOfWarOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1900s\/p\/falklands.htm\" >The Falklands War: An Overview \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_falklands.html\" >The Falklands War 1982 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falklandswar.org.uk\/\" >The Falklands Conflict 1982 \u2013 FalklandsWar.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Falkland-Islands-War\" >Falklands War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-art.com\/falklands_war.htm\" >Falklands War \u2013 War-Art.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casahistoria.net\/Malvinas_Falklands.htm\" >Falklands Malvinas War \u2013 Casahistoria.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/falklands-war\/\" >Falklands War \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naval-history.net\/NAVAL1982FALKLANDS.htm\" >Royal Navy post-World War 2: BATTLE ATLAS of the FALKLANDS WAR 1982 by Land, Sea and Air, by Gordon Smith \u2013 Naval-History.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of Falklands\/Malvinas War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falklandswar.org.uk\/chron.htm\" >The Falklands War Conflict \u2013 Chronology of Events \u2013 FalkandsWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yendor.com\/vanished\/falklands-war.html\" >Chronicle of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) History &amp; the Falklands War of 1982 \u2013 Yendor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/softschools.com\/timelines\/falklands_war_timeline\/413\/\" >Falklands War Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/southamerica\/falklandislands\/9181252\/The-Falklands-War-timeline.html\" >The Falklands War: timeline \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-17444526\" >The Falklands War: Key dates \u2013 BBC<\/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<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1985 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nepalese_governmental_system_referendum,_1980\" >Referendum on system of government<\/a> held in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\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><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1985 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_ascent\" >First ascent<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shishapangma\" >Shishapangma<\/a> the fourteenth highest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mountain\" >mountain<\/a> in the world and the lowest of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eight-thousander\" >Eight-thousanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: An explosion sinks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Card_%28CVE-11%29\" >USS <em>Card<\/em><\/a> while it is docked at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saigon\" >Saigon<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viet_Cong\" >Viet Cong<\/a> forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1964:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>; <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War#November\" >November, 1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamgear.com\/war1963.aspx\" >Vietnam Timeline: 1963-1964 \u2013 VietnamGear.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/4-vietnam\/1-overview\/4-1964-1968\/\" >Lyndon B Johnson: 1963-1964 \u2013 Vietnam War Overview Part 4: 1964-1968 \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1961.html\" >Timeline \u2013 The History Place Presents Vietnam War \u2013 America Commits 1961-1964 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Viet Cong:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viet_Cong#History\" >History \u2013 Viet Cong \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Viet-Cong\" >Viet Cong (VC) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/glossarytz\/g\/VietCongGlos.htm\" >The Viet Cong \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/guerrilla\/index.html\" >The Guerilla Tactics: An Overview \u2013 The Vietcong \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnampix.com\/popvc.htm\" >People\u2019s Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF)\/Viet Cong (VC) \u2013 VietnamPix.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1962\/may_19_1962_125381.html\" >US performs atmospheric nuclear test, at Christmas Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests at Christmas Islands:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiritimati\" >Kiritimati &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hansard.millbanksystems.com\/commons\/1962\/mar\/26\/christmas-island-nuclear-tests\" >CHIRSTMAS ISLAND (NUCLEAR TESTS) \u2013 MillBankSystem.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.janeresture.com\/christmas_bombs\/index.htm\" >CHRISTMAS ISLAND BOMB TEST \u2013 Janeresture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Dominic\" >Operation Dominic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiZK5jucOL4\" >YouTube video (3 min. 58 sec.): Christmas Island operation Dominic 1962 Nuclear Bomb blast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tennessee_Williams\" >Tennessee Williams<\/a> wins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama\" >Pulitzer Prize for Drama<\/a> for <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof\" >Cat on a Hot Tin Roof<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The world&#8217;s first ever <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jet_airliner\" >jet airliner<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Havilland_Comet\" >De Havilland Comet<\/a> 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johannesburg\" >Johannesburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Alcatraz\" >Battle of Alcatraz<\/a>&#8221; takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Battle of Alcatraz:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Battle-of-Alcatraz\" >Battle of Alcatraz \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Alcatraz#Takeover\" >Takeover &#8211; Battle of Alcatraz &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bellaonline.com\/articles\/art22733.asp\" >Battle of Alcatraz (May 2-4, 1946) \u2013 BellaOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crimemagazine.com\/battle-alcatraz\" >Battle of Alcatraz \u2013 CrimeMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historybyzim.com\/2013\/05\/battle-of-alcatraz\/\" >Battle of Alcatraz \u2013 HistoryByZim.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alcatrazhistory.com\/battle1.htm\" >Battle of Alcatraz \u2013 AlcatrazHistory.com \u2013 page 1<\/a> <strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alcatrazhistory.com\/battle2.htm\" >page 2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W%C3%B6bbelin_concentration_camp\" >W\u00f6bbelin concentration camp<\/a> finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29\" >Italian Campaign<\/a>: General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinrich_von_Vietinghoff\" >Heinrich von Vietinghoff<\/a> signs the official instrument of surrender of all <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" >Wehrmacht<\/a> forces in Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Berlin\" >Fall of Berlin<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_building\" >Reichstag building<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Fall of Berlin of 1945:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ed101.bu.edu\/StudentDoc\/Archives\/fall05\/sammylup\/berlin.htm\" >The Fall of Berlin, 1945 \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Berlin#Background\" >Background \u2013 Battle of Berlin &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/oct\/27\/berlin-wall-short-history\" >The Berlin Wall: a short history \u2013 Oct 27, 2009 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/berlin.htm\" >Battle of Berlin, 1945 \u2013 EyeWitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/wwtwo\/berlin_01.shtml\" >The Battle for Berlin in World War Two &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3524807\/after-the-fall-photos-of-hitlers-bunker-and-the-ruins-of-berlin\/\" >After the Fall: Photos of Hitler\u2019s Bunker and the Ruins of Berlin, by Ben Cosgrove \u2013 April 15, 2014 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w63Mbo25NYY\" >YouTube video (3 min. 02 sec.): The Fall of Berlin (1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secondworldwarhistory.com\/fall-of-berlin.asp\" >Timeline of the Fall of Berlin (April 16<sup>th<\/sup>, 1945 \u2013 May 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 1945) \u2013 SecondWorldWarHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Following the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941_Iraqi_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a><\/em> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a> Crown Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%27Abd_al-Ilah\" >&#8216;Abd al-Ilah<\/a> earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Iraqi_War\" >Anglo-Iraqi War<\/a> to restore him to power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Anglo-Iraq War of 1941:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941_Iraqi_coup_d\" %C3%A9tat\">1941 Iraqi coup d\u2019\u00e9tat &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Iraqi_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 Anglo-Iraqi War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/anglo-iraqi_war_of_1941.html\" >Anglo-Iraq War of 1941 \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiessays.com\/free-essays\/Anglo-Iraqi-War-Of-1941-88237.html\" >Anglo-Iraqi War Of 1941 Essay \u2013 Antiessasys.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gleichschaltung\" >Gleichschaltung<\/a><\/em>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> bans <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trade_union\" >trade unions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Motors\" >General Motors<\/a> acquires the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chevrolet_Motor_Company\" >Chevrolet Motor Company<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delaware\" >Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong>Closing ceremony of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1906_Intercalated_Games\" >Intercalated Games<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a>, Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1889\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menelik_II\" >Menelik II<\/a>, Emperor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopia<\/a>, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eritrea\" >Eritrea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Modern History of Ethiopia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ethiopia#Modern\" >Modern \u2013 History of Ethiopia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9fUa58Qxa38\" >History of Modern Ethiopia \u2013 YouTube (4 min. 27 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=pdx#2114\" >History of Ethiopia \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 Manelik II \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bereabebe65.blogspot.com\/#!\" >Ethiopia \u2013 A Brief History \u2013 Bereabebe65.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constitutionnet.org\/country\/constitutional-history-ethiopia\" >Constitutional history of Ethiopia \u2013 ConstitutionNet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=ethiopian%20history%20modern&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=16\" >Ethiopian History, Modern \u2013 Relevant web links &#8211; When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Modern and Contemporary History of Eritrea:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Eritrea\" >Italian Eritrea &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_East_Africa\" >Italian East Africa &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Eritrea#Italian_Eritrea\" >Italian Eritrea \u2013 History of Eritrea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=pfa\" >History of Eritrea \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eritrea.be\/old\/eritrea-history.htm\" >19<sup>th<\/sup> century expansion \u2013 <strong>History of Eritrea<\/strong> \u2013 Eritrea.be<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/eritrea\/history\" >History \u2013 Eritrea \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/TED\/ice\/eritrea-ethiopia.htm\" >Eritrea and Ethiopia \u2013 Continual Conflict \u2013 Author: Jon Stephenson \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congo_Free_State\" >Congo Free State<\/a> is established by King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A9opold_II_of_Belgium\" >L\u00e9opold II of Belgium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Congo Free State:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Congo-Free-State\" >Congo Free State \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congo_Free_State#Background\" >Background \u2013 Congo Free State \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34\" >Congo Free State: 1885-1908 \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/congo-free-state\" >CONGO FREE STATE \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Congo_Free_State_History_and_governance_\" >Congo Free State (History and Governance) \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thecivilisingmission.com\/2010\/04\/16\/the-congo-free-state-a-latifundium-of-terror\/\" >The Congo Free State \u2013 A Latifundium of Terror \u2013 posted 16\/04\/2010 \u2013 TheCivilisingMission.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/genocong.htm\" >The Congo Free State genocide \u2013 Cica 1885-1912 \u2013 ReligiousTorrelance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congofreestate.com\/?lang=en\" >Selling the Congo and Belgium Imperialism\u2019 \u2013 September 7, 2015 \u2013 Online Discussion \u2013 CongoFreeState.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congofreestate.com\/?page_id=136&amp;lang=en\" >Timeline &#8211; Congo Free State \u2013 CongoFreeState.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Belgian Congo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgian_Congo\" >Belgian Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/history-of-the-belgian-congo-imperialism-genocide-atrocities.html\" >History of the Belgian Congo: Imperialism, Genocide &amp; Atrocities \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Belgian-Congo\" >Belgian Congo \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatehistoryproject.com\/belgian-congo.html\" >BELIGAIN COLONIAL EDUCATION POLICY: A POOR FOUNDATION OF STABILITY, by Jessica Achberger \u2013 The Ultimate History Project \u2013 UltimateHistoryProject.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loki.stockton.edu\/%7Ekinsellt\/projects\/hod\/history.html\" >FROM KONGO TO CONGO: THE HISTORY OF THE BELGIAN CONGO (TO 1963) \u2013 HEART OF DARKNESS \u2013 Stockton.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Portal: Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34\" >THE DEMOCRACTIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/democratic-republic-of-congo\/history-politics\" >DP Congo \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/congo-democratic-republic-the-history.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the, \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/1120825.stm\" >DP Congo\u2019s troubled history \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loki.stockton.edu\/~kinsellt\/projects\/hod\/history.html\" >From Kongo to Congo: The History Of The Belgian Congo (To 1963) \u2013 HEART OF DARKNESS \u2013 Stockton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13286306\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/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\/cg.html\" >CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/democratic-republic-of-congo.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13283212\" >Democratic Republic of Congo country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/87\/the-democratic-republic-of-congo\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Foreign Relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/ri179\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the, \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2823.htm\" >US Relations With the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/EN\/Aussenpolitik\/Laender\/Laenderinfos\/01-Nodes\/KongoDemokratischeRepublik_node.html\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Federal Foreign Office \u2013 Germany \u2013 Arswaertiges-Amt.de<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/drc\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/congo-dem-rep\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/democraticrepubliccongo\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/congo-democratic-republic-the-economy.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cree\" >Cree<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assiniboine\" >Assiniboine<\/a> warriors win the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cut_Knife\" >Battle of Cut Knife<\/a>, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North-West_Rebellion\" >North-West Rebellion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party\" >Spanish Socialist Workers&#8217; Party<\/a> is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers&#8217; leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pablo_Iglesias\" >Pablo Iglesias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1876\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_Uprising\" >April Uprising<\/a> breaks out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peru\" >Peruvian<\/a> defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Callao\" >Battle of Callao<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1829\u00a0 <\/strong>After anchoring nearby, Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Fremantle\" >Charles Fremantle<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Challenger_%281826%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Challenger<\/em><\/a>, declares the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swan_River_Colony\" >Swan River Colony<\/a> in Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Cuautla\" >Siege of Cuautla<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_War_of_Independence\" >Mexican War of Independence<\/a> ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Morelos_y_Pav%C3%B3n\" >Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Morelos y Pav\u00f3n<\/a> abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F%C3%A9lix_Mar%C3%ADa_Calleja\" >F\u00e9lix Mar\u00eda Calleja<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Siege of Cuautla:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cuautla_%281911%29\" >Battle of Cuautla (1911) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Cuautla#Context\" >Context \u2013 Siege of Cuautla \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/iiif.lib.harvard.edu\/manifests\/view\/drs:2583104$1i\" >The siege of Cuautla, the Bunker Hill of Mexico :\u00a0 an address before the New York Historical Society, April 4th, 1893 \u00a0 \/\u00a0by Walter S. Logan. \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Mexican War of Independence:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_War_of_Independence#Background\" >Background \u2013 Mexican War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/mexico\/struggle-for-mexican-independence\" >STRUGGLE FOR MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tshaonline.org\/handbook\/online\/articles\/qdmcg\" >MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE \u2013 TSHAonline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mexicanhistory.org\/Independence.htm\" >The War for Independence 1810-1821 \u2013 MexicanHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/mexicoindependence\/\" >The Mexican War of Independence \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mexinsider.com\/mexican-war-of-independence.html\" >Mexican War of Independence \u2013 MEXinsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donquijote.org\/culture\/mexico\/history\/mexican-independence\" >Mexican War of Independence \u2013 DonQuijote.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/mexican-war-of-independence-father-miguel-hidalgos-revolt.htm\" >Mexican War of Independence: Father Miguel Hidalgo\u2019s Revolt, by Diana Serra Cary \u2013 History.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/independenceinmexico\/tp\/09hidalgoandindependence.htm\" >Miguel Hidalgo and Mexican War of Independence, by Christopher Minster \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ed101.bu.edu\/StudentDoc\/Archives\/ED101sp10\/cowan\/mexican%20war%20of%20independence.html\" >Mexican War of Independence \u2013 Mexico \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gogringo.com\/mexican-war-of-independence\/\" >Mexican War of Independence \u2013 GoGringo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/17\/Mexican-War-of-Independence\" >Mexican War of Independence \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of Mexican War of Independence:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/mexican-war-of-independence-begins\" >SEP 16, 1810: Mexican War of Independence begins \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelineindex.com\/content\/view\/3450\" >Mexican War Independence \u2013 TIMELINE INDEX \u2013 TimelineIndex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/mexican-war-of-independence--2\" >Mexican War of Independence \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1808\u00a0 <\/strong>Outbreak of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peninsular_War\" >Peninsular War<\/a>: The people of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madrid\" >Madrid<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dos_de_Mayo_Uprising\" >rise up in rebellion<\/a> against French occupation. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_de_Goya\" >Francisco de Goya<\/a> later memorializes this event in his painting <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Second_of_May_1808\" >The Second of May 1808<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Peninsular War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_peninsular.html\" >Peninsular War, 1807-14 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peninsular_War#Origins\" >Origins \u2013 Peninsular War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peninsularwar200.org\/history.html\" >Peninsular War \u2013 History \u2013 1808-1814 \u2013 PeninsularWar200.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Peninsular-War\" >Peninsular War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/peninsular-war\/\" >Peninsular War \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/peninsular-war-results-war.html\" >Peninsular War \u2013 Infoplease.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>MAY 03<\/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_Press_Freedom_Day\" >WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY<\/a>: [<\/em><\/strong><em>Also see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Press_Freedom_Index\" ><strong>Press Freedom Index <\/strong>\u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>, and the website of the <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\" >REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS<\/a><\/strong>.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>Two gunmen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curtis_Culwell_Center_attack\" >launch an attempted attack<\/a> on an anti-Islam event in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garland,_Texas\" >Garland, Texas<\/a>, which was held in response to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting\" ><em>Charlie Hebdo<\/em> shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Hampshire\" >New Hampshire<\/a>&#8216;s famous <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain\" >Old Man of the Mountain<\/a> collapses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>A military <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MiG-21\" >MiG-21<\/a> aircraft crashes into the Bank of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rajasthan\" >Rajasthan<\/a> in India, killing eight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States loses its seat on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.N._Human_Rights_Commission\" >U.N. Human Rights Commission<\/a> for the first time since the commission was formed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1947\" >1947<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>A crash by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Allison\" >Bobby Allison<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talladega_Superspeedway\" >Talladega Superspeedway<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama\" >Alabama<\/a> fencing at the start-finish line would lead <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASCAR\" >NASCAR<\/a> to develop the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Restrictor_plate\" >restrictor plate<\/a> for the following season both at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daytona_International_Speedway\" >Daytona International Speedway<\/a> and Talladega.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo\" >Colombo<\/a> airport in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1983\/may_3_1983_155950.html\" >US bishops condemn nuclear weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>After the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1979\" >general election<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Thatcher\" >Margaret Thatcher<\/a> forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The first unsolicited bulk commercial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email\" >email<\/a> (which would later become known as &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spam_%28electronic%29\" >spam<\/a>&#8220;) is sent by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Equipment_Corporation\" >Digital Equipment Corporation<\/a> marketing representative to every <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARPANET\" >ARPANET<\/a> address on the west coast of the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1971\/may_3_1971_140534.html\" >Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The police force in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham,_Alabama\" >Birmingham, Alabama<\/a> switches tactics and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham_campaign#Fire_hoses_and_police_dogs\" >responds with violent force<\/a> to stop the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham_campaign\" >Birmingham campaign<\/a>&#8221; protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to 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>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Free_Trade_Association\" >The European Free Trade Association<\/a> (EFTA) is established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Frank_House\" >Anne Frank House<\/a> museum opens in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amsterdam\" >Amsterdam<\/a>, Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Off-Broadway\" >Off-Broadway<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musical_comedy\" >musical comedy<\/a>, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fantasticks\" >The Fantasticks<\/a><\/em>, opens in New York City&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenwich_Village\" >Greenwich Village<\/a>, eventually becoming the longest-running <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musical_theatre\" >musical<\/a> of all time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kentucky_Derby\" >Kentucky Derby<\/a> is televised nationally for the first time, on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS\" >CBS<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lieutenant_Colonel\" >Lieutenant Colonels<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_O._Fletcher\" >Joseph O. Fletcher<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_P._Benedict\" >William P. Benedict<\/a> of the United States land a plane at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Pole\" >North Pole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services\" >United States Senate Committee on Armed Services<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations\" >United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations<\/a> begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\" >Douglas MacArthur<\/a> by U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\" >Harry Truman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Supreme_Court\" >US Supreme Court<\/a> rules in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shelley_v._Kraemer\" >Shelley v. Kraemer<\/a> that covenants prohibiting the sale of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Real_estate\" >real estate<\/a> to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>New post-war <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Japan\" >Japanese constitution<\/a> goes into effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Sinking of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prison_ship\" >prison ships<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Cap_Arcona_%281927%29\" >Cap Arcona<\/a><\/em>, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Thielbek_%281940%29\" >Thielbek<\/a><\/em> and <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Deutschland_%281923%29\" >Deutschland<\/a><\/em> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Air_Force\" >Royal Air Force<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%BCbeck_Bay\" >L\u00fcbeck Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> naval troops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Tulagi_%28May_1942%29\" >invade Tulagi<\/a> Island in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon_Islands\" >Solomon Islands<\/a> during the first part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Mo\" >Operation Mo<\/a> that results in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea\" >Battle of the Coral Sea<\/a> between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_India_Forward_Bloc\" >All India Forward Bloc<\/a> is formed by Netaji <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subhas_Chandra_Bose\" >Subhas Chandra Bose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gone_with_the_Wind\" >Gone with the Wind<\/a><\/em>, a novel by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Mitchell\" >Margaret Mitchell<\/a>, wins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction\" >Pulitzer Prize for Fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ireland\" >Ireland<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partition_of_Ireland\" >divides<\/a> into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Ireland_%281921%E2%80%9322%29\" >Southern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1920_Georgian_coup_attempt\" >Bolshevik coup<\/a> fails in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia\" >Democratic Republic of Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong>The poem <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In_Flanders_Fields\" >In Flanders Fields<\/a><\/em> is written by Lieutenant Colonel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_McCrae\" >John McCrae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raja_Harishchandra\" >Raja Harishchandra<\/a><\/em> the first full-length Indian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feature_film\" >feature film<\/a> is released, marking the beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinema_of_India\" >Indian film industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company\" >Hudson&#8217;s Bay Company<\/a> gives up all claims to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vancouver_Island\" >Vancouver Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1855\u00a0 <\/strong>American adventurer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Walker_%28filibuster%29\" >William Walker<\/a> departs from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a> with about 60 men to conquer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1849\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_Uprising_in_Dresden\" >May Uprising in Dresden<\/a> begins \u2013 the last of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolutions_of_1848_in_the_German_states\" >German revolutions of 1848<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neapolitan_War\" >Neapolitan War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joachim_Murat\" >Joachim Murat<\/a>, King of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Naples\" >Naples<\/a> is defeated by the Austrians at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tolentino\" >Battle of Tolentino<\/a>, the decisive engagement of the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1808\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peninsular_War\" >Peninsular War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madrid\" >Madrid<\/a> rebels who rose up on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_2\" >May 2<\/a> are executed near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pr%C3%ADncipe_P%C3%ADo\" >Pr\u00edncipe P\u00edo<\/a> hill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1808\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finnish_War\" >Finnish War<\/a>: Sweden loses the fortress of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sveaborg\" >Sveaborg<\/a> to Russia.<\/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>MAY 04<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Firefighters\" _Day\">INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS\u2019 DAY<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars_Day\" >STAR WARS DAY<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parliament_of_Malta\" >Parliament of Malta<\/a> moves from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grandmaster%27s_Palace_%28Valletta%29\" >Grandmaster&#8217;s Palace<\/a> to a purpose-built <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parliament_House_%28Malta%29\" >Parliament House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>Three people are killed and 62 injured in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Nairobi_bus_bombings\" >pair of bombings<\/a> on buses in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nairobi,_Kenya\" >Nairobi, Kenya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greensburg,_Kansas\" >Greensburg, Kansas<\/a> is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7\u00a0mi wide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enhanced_Fujita_scale\" >EF5<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tornado\" >tornado<\/a>. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enhanced_Fujita_scale\" >Enhanced Fujita scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EAS_Airlines_Flight_4226\" >EAS Airlines Flight 4226<\/a> crashes in a suburb of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kano\" >Kano<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a> shortly after takeoff, killing 149 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Israeli <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister\" >Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yitzhak_Rabin\" >Yitzhak Rabin<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Liberation_Organization\" >PLO<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasser_Arafat\" >Yasser Arafat<\/a> sign <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oslo_I_Accord\" >a peace accord<\/a>, granting self-rule in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaza_Strip\" >Gaza Strip<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jericho\" >Jericho<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_the_Restoration_of_Independence_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia\" >proclaims the renewal of its independence<\/a> after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> occupation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\" >White House<\/a> aide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oliver_North\" >Oliver North<\/a> is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PEPCON_disaster\" >PEPCON disaster<\/a> rocks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henderson,_Nevada\" >Henderson, Nevada<\/a>, as tons of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle\" >Space Shuttle<\/a> fuel detonate during a fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalitinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josip_Broz_Tito\" >Josip Broz Tito<\/a>, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Yugoslavia\" >President of Yugoslavia<\/a> (b. 1892) dies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Thatcher\" >Margaret Thatcher<\/a> becomes the first female <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manaslu\" >Manaslu<\/a>, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don%27t_Make_A_Wave_Committee\" >Don&#8217;t Make A Wave Committee<\/a><\/em>, a fledgling <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_organization\" >environmental organization<\/a> founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenpeace\" >Greenpeace Foundation<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent_State_shootings\" >Kent State shootings<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ohio_National_Guard\" >Ohio National Guard<\/a>, sent to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent_State_University\" >Kent State University<\/a> after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States&#8217; invasion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodia\" >Cambodia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1962\/may_19_1962_125381.html\" >US performs atmospheric nuclear test, at Christmas Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests at Christmas Islands:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiritimati\" >Kiritimati &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hansard.millbanksystems.com\/commons\/1962\/mar\/26\/christmas-island-nuclear-tests\" >CHIRSTMAS ISLAND (NUCLEAR TESTS) \u2013 MillBankSystem.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.janeresture.com\/christmas_bombs\/index.htm\" >CHRISTMAS ISLAND BOMB TEST \u2013 Janeresture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Dominic\" >Operation Dominic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiZK5jucOL4\" >YouTube video (3 min. 58 sec.): Christmas Island operation Dominic 1962 Nuclear Bomb blast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_civil_rights_movement\" >American civil rights movement<\/a>: The &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Riders\" >Freedom Riders<\/a>&#8221; begin a bus trip through the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_United_States\" >South<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Freedom Riders:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/freedom-rides\" >FREEDOM RIDE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Freedom-Rides\" >Freedom Rides \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watson.org\/~lisa\/blackhistory\/civilrights-55-65\/freeride.html\" >Freedom Rides \u2013 Watson.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Riders#Starting_point\" >Starting point \u2013 Freedom Riders \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2006\/01\/12\/5149667\/get-on-the-bus-the-freedom-riders-of-1961\" >Get on the Bus: The Freedom Riders of 1961, by Terry Gross \u2013 NPR.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/kennedy-administration-and-civil-rights-movement\" >JFK, Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement \u2013 EDSITEment.neh.gov<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2011\/05\/the-freedom-riders-for-civil-rights-half-a-century-later-life-photos\/238342\/\" >The Freedom Riders for Civil Rights, Half a Century Later (LIFE Photos), by John Handel \u2013 May 4, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/politics-society\/history\/info-05-2011\/freedom-riders-breach.html\" >10 Freedom Riders Then and Now \u2013 AARP.org<\/a><\/em><\/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>1959\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Annual_Grammy_Awards\" >1st Annual Grammy Awards<\/a> are held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway\" >Ernest Hemingway<\/a> wins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize\" >Pulitzer Prize<\/a> for <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea\" >The Old Man and the Sea<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Old Man and the Sea:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea#Background_and_publication\" >Background and publication \u2013 <em>The Old Man and the Sea<\/em> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litcharts.com\/lit\/the-old-man-and-the-sea\" >The Old Man and the Sea Study Guide \u2013 LitCharts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/oldman\/\" >THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA \u2013 Summary &amp; Analysis \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shmoop.com\/old-man-the-sea\/\" >THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA \u2013 In a Nutshell \u2013 Shmoop.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Old Man and the Sea \u2013 PDF Downloadable:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arvindguptatoys.com\/arvindgupta\/oldmansea.pdf\" >The Old Man and the Sea \u2013 arvidguptatoys.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B_Xu94L2z5lDNDgzZjIyNDctYWQ0OS00Zjk5LWFhOTMtMDkxYTUzMTZhNWY0\/edit?hl=en_US&amp;pref=2&amp;pli=1#!\" >The Old Man and the Sea \u2013 google.com &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebicyclist.tv\/the-old-man-and-the-sea-pdf-by-ernest-hemingway\/\" >The Old Man and the Sea \u2013 PDF download \u2013 TheByciclist.tv<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The entire <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torino_F.C.\" >Torino<\/a> football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tom\u00e0, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Superga_air_disaster\" >a plane crash<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Superga\" >Superga<\/a> hill at the edge of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turin\" >Turin<\/a>, Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Bay\" >San Francisco Bay<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marine_Corps\" >US Marines<\/a> from the nearby <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treasure_Island_Naval_Base\" >Treasure Island Naval Base<\/a> stop a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Alcatraz\" >two-day riot<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary\" >Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary<\/a>. Five people are killed in the riot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Denmark is liberated when Germany is forced to withdraw, thus ending five years of occupation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_surrender_at_L%C3%BCneburg_Heath\" >German surrender at L\u00fcneburg Heath<\/a>, the North German Army surrenders to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Field_Marshal\" >Field Marshal<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Law_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein\" >Bernard Montgomery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neuengamme_concentration_camp\" >Neuengamme concentration camp<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamburg\" >Hamburg<\/a> is liberated by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Army\" >British Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Neuengamme Concentration Camp:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neuengamme_concentration_camp#Camp_operation\" >Camp operation &#8211; Neuengamme concentration camp &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005539\" >NEUENGAMME \u2013 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/ForgottenCamps\/Camps\/NeuengammeEng.html\" >Neuengamme (Germany) \u2013 Jewishgen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Neuengamme.html\" >Neuengamme: History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/page\/286020423_neuengamme_concentration_camp#description\" >Neuengamme Concentration Camp \u2013 fold3.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/othercamps\/neuengamme.html\" >Neuengamme Concentration Camp \u2013 Holocaust Education &amp; Archive Research Team \u2013 HolocaustResearchProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/Neuengamme\/index.html\" >Neuengamme Concentration Camp \u2013 Photos of Memorial Site by Bonnie M Harris \u2013 ScrapbookPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea\" >Battle of the Coral Sea<\/a> begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_carrier\" >aircraft carrier<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Yorktown_%28CV-5%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Yorktown<\/em><\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> naval forces at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tulagi\" >Tulagi<\/a> Island in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon_Islands\" >Solomon Islands<\/a>. The Japanese forces had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Tulagi_%28May_1942%29\" >invaded Tulagi<\/a> the day before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Battle of the Coral Sea:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-battle-of-the-coral-sea-begins\" >MAY 03, 1942: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 The Battle of the Coral Sea begins \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea#Background\" >Background \u2013 Battle of the Coral Sea \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/battles_coral_sea.html\" >Battle of the Coral Sea, 3-8 May 1942 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/OnlineLibrary\/photos\/events\/wwii-pac\/coralsea\/cs-3.htm\" >Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942 \u2013 The Events of 7 May 1942 \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_Fourth_Movement\" >May Fourth Movement<\/a>: Student demonstrations take place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square\" >Tiananmen Square<\/a> in Beijing, China, protesting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Versailles\" >Treaty of Versailles<\/a>, which transferred <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China_%281912%E2%80%9349%29\" >Chinese<\/a> territory to Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>China and the Treaty of Versailles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_Fourth_Movement#Background\" >Background \u2013 <strong>May Fourth Movement<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/chinese-students-protest-treaty-versailles-may-fourth-incident-1919\" >Chinese students protest the Treaty of Versailles (the May Fourth Incident), 1919 \u2013 Global Nonviolent Action Database \u2013 Swarthmore.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolhistory.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/china-and-treaty-of-versailles.html\" >China and The Treaty of Versailles \u2013 InternationalSchoolHistory.Blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shandong_Problem\" >Standong Problem \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-German_cooperation_until_1941\" >Sino-German cooperation until 1941 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/answers.yahoo.com\/question\/index;_ylt=A0LEVz5mRiJXVPEAD3lXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMHZ0NG9yBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM3BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--?qid=20100204220310AABcYDv&amp;p=china%20and%20the%20treaty%20of%20versaille\" >How did the Treaty of Versailles add China\u2019s problem? \u2013 Answeers.Yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 156 of the Treaty of Versailles<\/strong><strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/net.lib.byu.edu\/~rdh7\/wwi\/versa\/versa3.html\" >\u201c<strong><em>SECTION VIII &#8211; SHANTUNG<\/em><\/strong><em>. &#8211; <\/em><strong><em>ARTICLE 156<\/em><\/strong><em>: Germany renounces, in favour of Japan, all her rights, title and privileges\u00afparticularly those concerning the territory of Kiaochow, railways, mines and submarine cables\u00adwhich she acquired in virtue of the Treaty concluded by her with China on March 6 1898, and of all other arrangements relative to the Province of Shantung. All German rights in the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railway, including its branch lines together with its subsidiary property of all kinds, stations, shops, fixed and rolling stock, mines, plant and material for the exploitation of the mines, are and remain acquired by Japan, together with all rights and privileges attaching thereto. The German State submarine cables from Tsingtao to Shanghai and from Tsingtao to Chefoo, with all the rights, privileges and properties attaching thereto, are similarly acquired by Japan, free and clear of all charges and encumbrances<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Peace Treaty of Versailles \u2013 Articles 118-158 \u2013 German Rights and Interest Outside Germany \u2013 BYU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Treaty of Versailles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10007428\" >WORLD WAR I: TREATIES AND REPARATIONS \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia \u2013 USHMMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Versailles\" >Treaty of Versailles \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/versailles_menu.asp\" >Text of the Versailles Treaty June 28, 1919 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong>Italy occupies the Greek island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhodes\" >Rhodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Canadian_Navy\" >Royal Canadian Navy<\/a> is created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Rolls\" >Charles Stewart Rolls<\/a> meets <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Royce\" >Frederick Henry Royce<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midland_Hotel,_Manchester\" >Midland Hotel<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manchester\" >Manchester<\/a>, England.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Rolls-Royce:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com\/en-GB\/the-rolls-royce-story.html\" >THE ROLLS-ROYCE STORY \u2013 RollsRoyceMotorCars.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com\/en-GB\/the-rolls-royce-story\/the-history-of-rolls-royce.html\" >THE HISTORY BEHIND ROLLS-ROYCE \u2013 RollsRoyceMotorCars.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolls-royce.com\/about\/our-story\/rolls-royce-history-timeline.aspx\" >Rolls Royce history timeline \u2013 Rolls-Royce.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolls-royceandbentley.co.uk\/history-of-rolls-royce.html\" >History of Rolls-Royce \u2013 Rolls Royce and Bentley &#8211; RollsRoyceAndBetley.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States begins construction of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panama_Canal\" >Panama Canal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1902\u00a0 <\/strong>Eight fishermen lose their lives in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galway_Bay\" >Galway Bay<\/a>, Ireland in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galway_Bay_drowning_tragedy\" >a drowning tragedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haymarket_affair\" >Haymarket affair<\/a>: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labor_movement\" >labor<\/a> rally in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago\" >Chicago<\/a>, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1869\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_Battle_of_Hakodate\" >Naval Battle of Hakodate<\/a> is fought in Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1836\u00a0 <\/strong>Formation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Order_of_Hibernians\" >Ancient Order of Hibernians<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1799\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourth_Anglo-Mysore_War\" >Fourth Anglo-Mysore War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Seringapatam\" >Battle of Seringapatam<\/a>: The siege of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seringapatam\" >Seringapatam<\/a> ends when the city is invaded and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tipu_Sultan\" >Tipu Sultan<\/a> killed by the besieging British army, under the command of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Harris,_1st_Baron_Harris\" >General George Harris<\/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>MAY 05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Midwives\" _Day\">INTERNATIONAL MIDWIVES\u2019 DAY<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>22 people die after two boats carrying illegal immigrants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Aegean_Sea_yacht_and_dinghy_capsizing\" >collide<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aegean_Sea\" >Aegean Sea<\/a> off the coast of Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-austerity_movement_in_Greece\" >Mass protests<\/a> in Greece erupt in response to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austerity\" >austerity<\/a> measures imposed by the government as a result of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_government-debt_crisis\" >Greek government-debt crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan\" >Sudan<\/a> signs an accord with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan_Liberation_Army\" >Sudan Liberation Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>The signing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishkek_Protocol\" >Bishkek Protocol<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenia\" >Armenia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a> effectively freezes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict\" >Nagorno-Karabakh conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_Washington,_D.C._riot\" >riot<\/a> breaks out in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Pleasant,_Washington,_D.C.\" >Mt. Pleasant<\/a> section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvadoran\" >Salvadoran<\/a> man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\" >Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: Start of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >Congressional<\/a> televised hearings in the United States of America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bitburg\" >Bitburg<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp\" >Bergen-Belsen<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> visits the military cemetery at Bitburg, Germany, and the site of the Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, where he makes a speech.<\/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;\"><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>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Sands\" >Bobby Sands<\/a> dies in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Kesh\" >Long Kesh<\/a> prison hospital after 66 days of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunger_strike\" >hunger-striking<\/a>, aged 27.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Bobby Sands:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/bobby-sands-20941955#%21\" >Bobby Sands \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Sands#Hunger_strike\" >Hunger strike \u2013 Bobby Sands \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irishhungerstrike.com\/bobbysands.html\" >Bobby Sands \u2013 Died May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 1981 \u2013 IrishHungerStrike.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobby-sands.com\/biography.html\" >Bobby Sands \u2013 Bobby-Sands.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbysandstrust.com\/\" >Bobby Sands MP \u2013 Bobby Sands Trust \u2013 BobbySandsTrust.com<\/a>, <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbysandstrust.com\/multimedia\/hunger-strike-book\" >the same web page on Hunger Stroke Book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/may\/5\/newsid_2728000\/2728309.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 5 May 1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0chC9zibyo\" >YouTube video (1 h. 42 min. 54 sec.): Bobby Sands and the 1981 Hunger Strike Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Irish Republican Army (IRA)\/Provisional Republican Army (PIRA):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/separatist-terrorism\/provisional-irish-republican-army-ira-aka-pira-provos-oglaigh-na-heireann-uk-separatists\/p9240\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) (aka, PIRA, \u201cthe provos,\u201d \u00d3glaigh na h\u00c9ireann) (UK separatists) \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations, by Kathryn Gregory \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/ira.htm\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA), Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) the Provos Direct Action Against Drugs (DADD) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army \u2013 Military.Wikia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/static\/in_depth\/northern_ireland\/2001\/provisional_ira\/\" >Provisional IRA: War, ceasefire, endgame? \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/search\/provisional%20irish%20republican%20army\" >PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY \u2013 Tumblr.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Irish-Republican-Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/irish-republican-army\/\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 News Archives \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/groupsleader1\/p\/IRA.htm\" >Guide to the Irish Republican Army \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Irish-Republican-Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/irish-republican-army.html\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/ira.htm\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA) \u2013 Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) \u2013 the Provos \u2013 Direct Action Against Drugs (DADD) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/groupsleader1\/p\/IRA.htm\" >Guide to the Irish Republican Army \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emich.edu\/cerns\/downloads\/papers\/PoliceStaff\/Unsorted\/Irish%20Republican%20Army.pdf\" >Terrorism \u2013 Irish Republican Army, by Michele Koznicki, Corey Willett, Michal Griffin, Eric Manley, and Ronald Matten \u2013 Eastern Michigan University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>IRA\u2019s Terrorism:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London#Irish_republican_attacks_during_.22the_Troubles.22\" >Irish republican attacks during the \u201cTroubles\u201d \u2013 List of terrorist incidents in London \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldreportnews.com\/europe-archived\/terrorism-and-the-ira-methodologies-and-context\" >Terrorism and the IRA: Methodologies and Context \u2013 WorldReportNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chronology_of_Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_actions_%281990%E2%80%9399%29\" >Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990-99) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2005\/jul\/07\/terrorism.july73\" >London past terror attacks \u2013 Thursday, 7 July 2005 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/terrorism-in-the-uk\/11071080\/IRA-terror-suspects-to-lose-immunity-from-prosecution.html\" >IRA terror suspects to lose immunity from prosecution \u2013 2 Sep 2014 \u2013 TheTelegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.prisonplanet.com\/index.php?topic=178608.35;wap2\" >New 7\/7 London Bombings Documentary \u2013 PrisonPlanet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.stedwards.edu\/craigc-culf331111fa2014\/group-europe\/the-gunpowder-plot\/\" >IRA Terrorism \u2013 Global Issues on Terrorism \u2013 Fall 2014 \u2013 Stedwards.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism09.wikispaces.com\/Irish+Republican+Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 History Assignment: Terrorism in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century, by Luke Styles and Tom Nicol \u2013 WikiSpaces.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/96\/html\" >The Impact of Terrorism on Democracy in Northern Ireland, by Alex Schmidt \u2013 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM \u2013 TerrorismAnalysists.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trackingterrorism.org\/group\/irish-republican-army-ira\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA) \u2013 TERRORISM RESEARCH &amp; ANALYSIS CONSORTIUM \u2013 TrackingTerrorism.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Great_Britain\" >List of terrorism incidents in Great Britain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/1982170\/posts\" >Irish Terrorism goes to Islamic (IRA and Muslim terrorists) \u2013 3\/7\/2008 \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the IRA:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/irishistory.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/08\/history-of-irish-republican-army-irish.html\" >History of the Irish Republican Army \u2013 Irish History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/history-of-the-irish-republican-army-history-essay.php\" >History of the Irish Republican Army History Essay \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/history-of-the-irish-republican-army\" >History of the Irish Republican Army \u2013 Video \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Nimrod\" >Operation Nimrod<\/a>: The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Air_Service\" >Special Air Service<\/a> storms the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iranian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Embassy\" >embassy<\/a> in London after a six-day siege.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The first of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nixon_Interviews\" >The Nixon Interviews<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Frost\" >David Frost<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> are broadcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alitalia_Flight_112\" >Alitalia Flight 112<\/a> crashes into Mount Longa near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palermo\" >Palermo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sicily\" >Sicily<\/a>, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1983 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>,\u201d <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The Warlocks, later known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Grateful_Dead\" >The Grateful Dead<\/a>, make their first public appearance in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menlo_Park,_California\" >Menlo Park, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Europe\" >Council of Europe<\/a> declares May 5 as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe_Day\" >Europe Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Mercury\" >The Mercury program<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercury-Redstone_3\" >Mercury-Redstone 3<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Shepard\" >Alan Shepard<\/a> becomes the first American to travel into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outer_space\" >outer space<\/a>, on a sub-orbital flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >atmospheric nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rrbrownlee.com\/images\/user\/enewetaktripnovideo.pdf\" >Enewetak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Enwetak Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enewetak_Atoll#Summary_of_nuclear_tests_at_Eniwetok\" >Summary of nuclear tests at Eniwetok \u2013 Enewetak Atoll \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marshallislands.llnl.gov\/enewetak.php\" >Enewetak \u2013 MARSHALL ISLANDS ASSESSMENT &amp; RADIAOECOLOGY PROGRAM<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rrbrownlee.com\/images\/user\/enewetaktripnovideo.pdf\" >Vising the Nuclear Test Site Enewetak Atoll: October 2000 \u2013 RRBrownlee.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amusingplanet.com\/2013\/01\/runit-dome-radioactive-trash-can-on.html\" >Runit Dome: The Radioactive Trash Can on Enewetak Atoll \u2013 Sunday, January 13, 2013 \u2013 AmusingPlanet.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/bikini-and-enewetak-atolls.html\" >Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, Marshall Islands \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/04\/opinion\/a-pacific-isle-radioactive-and-forgotten.html?_r=0\" >Pacific Isle \u2013 Radioactive and Forgotten, by Michael B. Gerrard \u2013 Dec.3, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >Years of Atmospheric Testing: 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Website \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>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>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>West Germany gains full <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sovereignty\" >sovereignty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>End of the Occupation of West Germany:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/allies-end-occupation-of-west-germany\" >MAY 05, 1955: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Allied end occupation of West Germany \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Germany_%281945%E2%80%9390%29\" >History of Germany (1945-1990) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hallstein_Doctrine\" >\u201c<em>The <strong>Hallstein Doctrine<\/strong>, named after Walter Hallstein, was a key doctrine in the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) after 1955. As usually presented, it prescribed that the Federal Republic would not establish or maintain diplomatic relations with any state that recognized the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). In fact it was more nuanced. There was no public official text of the &#8220;doctrine&#8221;, but it was explained publicly in a radio interview<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2026<strong>Hallstein Doctrine<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bonn%E2%80%93Paris_conventions\" >\u201c<em>The <strong>Bonn\u2013Paris conventions<\/strong> were signed in May 1952 and came into force after the 1955 ratification. The conventions put an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Bonn-Paris conventions<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.essay.uk.com\/free-essays\/history\/adenauers-policy-1949-1955.php\" >Examine Adenauers policy &#8211; Pursuing west germany&#8217;s sovereignty by integration into the west \u2013 Free History essays &#8211; Essay.UK.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Allied Control Council:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usa.usembassy.de\/etexts\/decla3945.htm\" ><strong>Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany and the Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers<\/strong> \u2013 US Diplomatic Mission to Germany \u2013 USA.USEmbassy.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/frd\/Military_Law\/enactments-home.html\" >Allied Control Authority, Germany (1945 \u2013 1948) \u2013 Enactment and Approved Papers of the Control Council and Coordinating Committee \u2013 Military Legal Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org\/sub_document.cfm?document_id=2298\" >Documents \u2013 Allied Policies, 1944 \u2013 1955 \u2013 The Establishment of the Allied Control Council (June 5, 1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com\/ContentPages\/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1161785\" >Allied Control Council of Germany \u2013 History and the Headlines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warhistoryfans.com\/the-allied-control-council-151.html\" >The Allied Control Council \u2013 War History Fans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Allied-Control-Council\" >Allied Control Council \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Four+Power+Allied+Control+Council\" >Allied Control Council \u2013 The Free Dictionary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/imt\/imt10.asp\" >Nuremberg Trials Final Report Appendix D : Control Council Law No. 10 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Occupation of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/cwr\/107189.htm\" >Allied Occupation of Germany 1945 \u2013 52 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/Occ-GY\/\" >THE US ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1944 \u2013 1946, by Earl F. Ziemke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nations.wikia.com\/wiki\/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany\" >Allied Occupation Zones in Germany \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/germany\/44.htm\" >Postwar Occupation and Division \u2013 Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandpolicy.org\/policy-papers\/papers\/germany-1945-1949-a-case-study-in-post-conflict-reconstruction\" >Germany 1945 \u2013 1949: a case study in post-conflict reconstruction \u2013 HistoryAndPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perforations.net\/europe\/france\/french-occupation-of-germany-1945-1946\/\" >French Occupation of Germany \u2013 Perforations.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mappery.com\/Occupation-Areas-of-Germany-after-1945-Map\" >Occupation Areas of Germany after 1945 Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany\" >Occupation Zones in Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/Occ-GY\/ch18.htm\" >CHAPTER XVIII \u2013 The Occupation Troops \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.axishistory.com\/viewtopic.php?t=69515\" >Documents of the US Occupation of Germany \u2013 AxisHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejucketts.com\/ww2website\/19452.htm\" >1945 The Occupation \u2013 Germany \u2013 TheJucketts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.3ad.com\/history\/wwll\/feature.pages\/occupation.booklet.htm\" >German Occupation Booklet 1945 \u2013 DON\u2019T BE A SUCKER IN GERMANY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/gm.html\" >Germany \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/germany\/\" >Germany \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Germany\" >Germany \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/germany.html\" >Germany \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germany.travel\/en\/travel-information\/germany-at-a-glance\/germany-at-a-glance.html?utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_term=Germany&amp;utm_content=8520527451-20601799177&amp;utm_campaign=AN:GNTO%7CPB:M%7CTT:SN%7CCD:Locations%7CCS:Country\" >Germany at a glance: a brief summary of important facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germany.info\/\" >Welcome to Germany.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/germany\" >Germany \u2013 REUTERS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Germany\" >Foreign relations of Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/germanysara.weebly.com\/foreign-relations.html\" >Germany \u2013 foreign relation \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/3997.htm\" >US Relations with Germany \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/countryprofil2\/p\/usgermany.htm\" >The Relationship of the United States with Germany \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/foreign-relations-of-germany-diplomatic-missions-contributions-alliances.html\" >Foreign Relations of Germany: Diplomatic Missions, Contributions &amp; Alliances \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/germany\/ri281\" >Germany \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/germany\/government\/germany_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Germany Foreign Relations \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.german-foreign-policy.com\/en\/news\/\" >GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY \u2013 German-Foreign-Policy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germany.info\/Vertretung\/usa\/en\/06__Foreign__Policy__State\/00\/__Home.html\" >Foreign Policy &amp; State \u2013 Germany.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of Germany:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Germany\" >History of Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/motherearthtravel.com\/history\/germany\/\" >History of Germany \u2013 MotherEarthTravel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Germany\" >History of Germany \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/germany-history.html\" >Germany \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac62\" >HISTORY OF GERAMNY \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Germany-history.htm\" >Outline of Germany\u2019s History \u2013 NationslOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germanculture.com.ua\/library\/history\/bl_german_history.htm\" >German HISTORY \u2013 All Facts and Events \u2013 GermanCulture.com.ua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justgermany.org\/germany-history.asp\" >GERMANY HISTORY \u2013 GERAMNY TRAVEL \u2013 JustGermany.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_East_Germany\" >Foreign relations of East Germany \u2013 MusicIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005203\" >German Foreign Policy 1933-1945 \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholocaustexplained.org\/ks3\/the-nazi-rise-to-power\/economic-issues\/1919-1933-an-economic-overview\/#.VgAVu5eufX4\" >1919-1933: an economic review \u2013 THE HOLOCAUSE EXPLAINED \u2013 TheHolocaustExplained.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.german-way.com\/history-and-culture\/germany\/history-of-germany\/\" >History of Germany \u2013 Germany is Younger Than You Think \u2013 The German Way &amp; More \u2013 German-Way.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/germany.htm\" >THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF GERMANY \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ge-It\/Germany.html\" >Germany \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/europe\/germany\/detimeln.htm\" >Germany Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_German_history\" >Timeline of German History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301646\" >Germany profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Germany:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/germany\" >Germany \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/germany\" >Germany \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Germany\" >Economy of Germany \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/germany\" >Germany \u2013 Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/germany-economy.html\" >Germany \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/useconomy.about.com\/od\/worldeconomy\/p\/Germany.htm\" >Germany\u2019s Economy \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country.eiu.com\/Germany\" >Germany \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/germany.htm\" >THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF GERMANY \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/country-info\/profiles\/Germany\/Economy\" >Germany Economy Stats \u2013 NationMaster.com<\/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> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Teapot\" >atmospheric: Operation Teapot<\/a>) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>First Nuclear Test at the Nevada Test Site:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/first-atomic-detonation-at-the-nevada-test-site\" >JAN 27, 1951: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/specials\/testing-times\/27-january-1951-the-first-nuclear-test-at-the-nevada-test-site\/\" >27 January 1951 \u2013 the first nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>US Nuclear Tests at Nevada Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"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>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhumibol_Adulyadej\" >Bhumibol Adulyadej<\/a> is crowned King Rama IX of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_London_%281949%29\" >Treaty of London<\/a> establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Europe\" >Council of Europe<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strasbourg\" >Strasbourg<\/a> as the first European institution working for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_integration\" >European integration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Treaty of London of 1949:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Treaty_of_London_%281949%29&amp;redirect=no\" >Treaty of London (1949) &#8211; Wikipeida = Statute of the Council of Europe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Council of Europe:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/\" >Council of Europe \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/about-us\/who-we-are\" >Council of Europe \u2013 Who we are \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Europe#History\" >History \u2013 Council of Europe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statute_of_the_Council_of_Europe\" >Statute of the Council of Europe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/treaties.un.org\/doc\/Publication\/UNTS\/Volume%2087\/volume-87-I-1168-English.pdf\" >Statute of the Council of Europe \u2013 UN.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>European Integration and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hague_Congress_%281948%29\" >Hague Congress (1948) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Schuman\" >Robert Shuman \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_European_Coal_and_Steel_Community_%281945%E2%80%9357%29\" >History of the European Coal and Steel Community (1947-57) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_European_Union\" >History of the European Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Europe#History\" >History \u2013 Council of Europe \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Communities\" >European Communities \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federalist_flag#Symbolism\" >\u201c<em>Today, the flag no longer simply stands for European unity, but for the political struggle for a European federation<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Symbolism \u2013 Federalist flag \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supranational_union\" >Supranational union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schuman_Declaration\" >Schuman Declaration &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_integration\" >European integration \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/europe\/\" >The History of the European Union \u2013 The European Citizenship \u2013 Historiasiglo20.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/europe\/integra.htm\" ><strong>European integration process<\/strong> \u2013 The History of the European Union \u2013 The European Citizenship \u2013 Historiasiglo20.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/europe\/anteceden2.htm\" ><strong>The Origins 1945-1957<\/strong> \u2013 The History of the European Union \u2013 The European Citizenship \u2013 Historiasiglo20.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vlib.iue.it\/hist-eur-integration\/Index.html\" >European Integration History Index \u2013 IUe.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/a-Brief-History-Of-European-Integration-150134.html\" >A Brief History of European Integration \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/eu-history\/index_en.htm\" >History of the European Union \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_European_Union\" >History of the European Union &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/why-europe\" >Why the European Union? A Brief History of the European Integration \u2013 FutureLearn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daveursillo.com\/origins-of-the-european-union\/\" >Origins of the European Union \u2013 DaveUrsillo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/one-europe.info\/eurographics\/history-of-the-european-integration\" >History of the European Integration \u2013 One-Europa.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_integration\" >European integration &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/pubs\/ft\/fandd\/2014\/03\/moghadam.htm\" >Europe\u2019s Road to Integration \u2013 IMF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.tufts.edu\/enricospolaore\/files\/2012\/08\/Euro-June-2013.pdf\" >What Is European Integration Really About? : A Political Guide for Economists, by Enrico Spolaore \u2013 June 2013 \u2013 Tufts.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East\" >International Military Tribunal for the Far East<\/a> begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crime\" >war crimes<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimes_against_humanity\" >crimes against humanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>International Military Tribunal for the Far East:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East\" >International Military Tribunal for the Far East \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/International-Military-Tribunal-for-the-Far-East\" >International Military Tribunal for the Far East \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trial-ch.org\/index.php?id=899&amp;L=5\" >The International Military Tribunal for the Far East \u2013 TRIAL-ch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libraryguides.law.marquette.edu\/c.php?g=318583&amp;p=2127110\" >International Military Tribunal for the Far East \u2013 Some pertinent videos \u2013 Marquette.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/japanese-war-crime-trials.htm\" >Japanese War Crime Trials \u2013 6\/12\/2006 \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lib.law.virginia.edu\/imtfe\/\" >\u201c<em>The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), informally known as the Tokyo War Crimes trial, lasted two and a half years, from April 29, 1946, to November 12, 1948. In contrast, the far better known international Nuremberg Trial lasted a little less than a year.\u00a0 Established to try Japanese officials involved with perpetrating World War II, the IMTFE set a greater precedence for international law than Nuremberg yet is relatively under-studied in comparison<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Tokyo War Crime Trial \u2013 Virginia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jus.uio.no\/english\/services\/library\/treaties\/04\/4-06\/military-tribunal-far-east.xml\" >International Military Tribunal for the Far East Charter (IMTFE) \u2013 UiO.no<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/%7Etam\/HIST194%20War%20Crimes\/documents\/Nuremberg\/Charter%20of%20the%20International%20Military%20Tribunal%20Far%20East.htm\" >the same Charter on this site \u2013 Macaleter.edu<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Judgement by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and Other Pertinent Documents:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/werle.rewi.hu-berlin.de\/tokio.pdf\" >INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST \u2013 Judgement of 4 November 1948 \u2013 HU-Berlin.- pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/PTO\/IMTFE\/index.html\" >Judgement: International Military Tribunal for the Far East \u2013 digitalized version \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/us-treaties\/bevans\/m-ust000004-0020.pdf\" >INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST \u2013 Special Proclamation by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers at Tokyo January 19, 1946 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Radhabinod Pal and His Judgement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radhabinod_Pal\" >Radhabinod Pal \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwporter.com\/pal1.htm\" >DISSENTIENT JUDGEMENT OF JUSTICE R.B. PAL, TOKYO TRIBUNAL \u2013 CWPorter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sdh-fact.com\/CL02_1\/63_S2.pdf\" >The Tokyo Trial and the Truth of \u201cPal\u2019s Judgement\u201d \u2013 Summary \u2013 SDF-fact.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/japanfocus.org\/-Nakajima-Takeshi\/3627\/article.html\" >The Tokyo Tribunal, Justice Pal and the Revisionist Distortion of History, by Nakajima Takeshi \u2013 JapanFocus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/31\/world\/asia\/31memo.html?_r=0\" >\u201c<em>A monument to the judge \u2014 erected two years ago at the Yasukuni Shrine, the memorial to Japan\u2019s war dead and a rallying point for Japanese nationalists \u2014 provides a clue to his identity: Radhabinod Pal, the only one out of 11 Allied justices who handed down a not guilty verdict for Japan\u2019s top wartime leaders at the post-World War II International Military Tribunal for the Far East, or the Tokyo trials<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Decades After War Trials, Japan Still Honors a Dissenting Judge, by Norimitsu Onishi \u2013 August 31, 2007 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toshiba-scandal.blogspot.hr\/2014\/12\/judge-pal-international-military.html\" >Bibliography \u2013 Judge Pal: International Military Tribunal for the Far East and Indian nationalism, by Nariaki NAKAZATO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>War Crimes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.ll.georgetown.edu\/WarCrimes\" >War Crimes Research Guide \u2013 GEORGETOWN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_war_crimes\" >List of war crimes \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/society\/war-crimes.html\" >War Crimes \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/war-crime\" >War Crime \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/war_crimes.aspx\" >War Crimes \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crimesofwar.org\/\" >CRIMES OF WAR \u2013 CrimesOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.ubc.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/courses\/lectures\/%5Brealname%5D\/9a_war_crimes_1.pdf\" >Criminalizing War \u2013 UBC.ca \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crimesofwar.org\/a-z-guide\/sexual-violence\/\" >SEXUAL VIOLENCE, by Thom Shaker \u2013 CRIMES OF WAR \u2013 CrimesOfWar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topdocumentaryfilms.com\/war-crimes\/\" >War Crimes \u2013 TopDocumentaryFilms.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/ethics\/war\/overview\/crimes_1.shtml\" >War crimes \u2013 Ethics guide \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-21226068\" >\u201c<em>Japanese people often fail to understand why neighbouring countries harbour a grudge over events that happened in the 1930s and 40s. The reason, in many cases, is that they barely learned any 20th Century history<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 What Japanese history lessons leaves out, by Mariko Oi \u2013 14 March 2013 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gtr5.com\/evidence\/warcrimes.pdf\" >A Report: War Crimes Committed Against US Personnel, June 8, 1967 \u2013 GTR5.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/tag\/war-crimes\" >\u201c<em>For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Noam Chomsky \u2013 Quotes About War Crimes \u2013 GoodReads.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondintractability.org\/essay\/int-war-crime-tribunals\" >International War Crimes Tribunals, by Chris McMorran \u2013 Beyond Intractability \u2013 BeyondIntractability.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>History of War Crimes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/general-history.com\/war-crimes\/\" >War Crimes \u2013 General-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/151689\" >A short history of war crimes \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/warisacrime.org\/node\/40712\" >A History of War Crimes \u2013 WarIsACrimes.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cisd.soas.ac.uk\/substrand\/history-of-the-united-nations-war-crimes-commission-and-the-development-of-the-laws-of-war,77444094\" >History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War \u2013 SOAS.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/item_98661.aspx\" >9 Lesser-Known Yet Horrific War Crimes and Atrocities \u2013 Oddee.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/crime-history\/war-crimes\" >Chronology \u2013 History of War Crimes \u2013 OnThisDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Development of the \u201cCrimes of Aggression\u201d or the \u201cCrimes against Peace\u201d in the Modern Times:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_aggression\" >War of aggression \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crime_of_aggression\" >Crimes of aggression \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crimesofwar.org\/a-z-guide\/aggression\/\" >AGGRESSION \u2013 CRIMES OF WAR \u2013 CrimesOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Article_231_of_the_Treaty_of_Versailles\" >Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a> <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/imt\/partviii.asp\" >Article 231 of the same treaty on this website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-90-6704-927-6_1\" >Historical Background of the Criminalization of Aggression, by Sergey Sayapin \u2013 11 January 2014<\/a>, <em><strong>and\/or <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-90-6704-927-6\" >Crimes of Aggression in International Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/imt\/imtconst.asp#art6\" ><em>Crimes against Peace<\/em> and Other Pertinent Crimes: Article 6 of the Charter of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jus.uio.no\/english\/services\/library\/treaties\/04\/4-06\/military-tribunal-far-east.xml\" ><em>Crimes against Peace<\/em> and Other Pertinent Crimes: Article 5 of the Charter of the Military Tribunal for the Far East<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/%7Etam\/HIST194%20War%20Crimes\/documents\/Nuremberg\/Charter%20of%20the%20International%20Military%20Tribunal%20Far%20East.htm\" >the same article on this website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crime_of_aggression#Article_8_bis\" >Article 8 <em>bis<\/em> of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crime_of_aggression#Article_15_bis\" >Article 15 <em>bis<\/em> of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crime_of_aggression#Article_15_ter\" >Article 15 <em>ter<\/em> of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/crimeofaggression.info\/documents\/6\/General_Assembly_%20Resolution_%203314.pdf\" >Definition of \u201cAggression\u201d \u2013 UN General Assembly 3314 (XXIX) \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internationaljusticeproject.com\/on-the-crime-of-aggression-and-the-icc-in-a-quasi-westphalian-system\/\" >ON THE CRIMES OF AGGRESSION AND THE ICC IN A QUASI-WESTPHALIAN SYSTEM, by \u2013 August 22, 2014 \u2013 International Justice Project \u2013 InternationalJusticeProject.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Some Pertinent Articles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/law.emory.edu\/eilr\/_documents\/volumes\/27\/2\/symposium\/kaufman.pdf\" >Zachary D. Kaufman, \u201cTransitional Justice for Tojo\u2019s Japan: the United States Role in the Establishment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and Other Transitional Justice Mechanisms for Japan after World War II\u201d <em>Emory International Law Review<\/em>, vol. 27 (2013)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cardozolawreview.com\/content\/27-4\/ZHANG.WEBSITE.pdf\" >Zhang Wanhong, \u201cFrom Nuremberg to Tokyo: Some Reflections on the Tokyo Trial\u201d <em>Cardozo Law Review<\/em>, vol. 27 (2006)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/04\/sinister-efforts-to-minimise-japanese-war-crimes-and-portray-the-empire-as-a-victim-must-be-exposed\/\" >Sinister Efforts to Minimise Japanese War Crimes and Portray the Empire As a Victim Must Be Exposed, by Robert Fisk \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Six people <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire_balloon#Single_lethal_attack\" >are killed<\/a> when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bly,_Oregon\" >Bly, Oregon<\/a>. They are the only Americans killed in the continental US during the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_uprising\" >Prague uprising<\/a> begins as an attempt by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czech_resistance\" >Czech resistance<\/a> to free the city from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia\" >German occupation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Canadian and British troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >German<\/a> occupation when <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" >Wehrmacht<\/a> troops capitulate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kleisoura,_Kastoria\" >Kleisoura<\/a> in Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haile_Selassie\" >Haile Selassie<\/a> returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Day\" >Liberation Day<\/a> or Patriots&#8217; Victory Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norwegian_Campaign\" >Norwegian Campaign<\/a>: Norwegian squads in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Hegra_Fortress\" >Hegra Fortress<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Vinjesvingen\" >Vinjesvingen<\/a> capitulate to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German forces<\/a> after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.<\/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>: Norwegian refugees form a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government-in-exile\" >government-in-exile<\/a> in London<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>Italian troops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_of_the_Iron_Will\" >occupy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Addis_Ababa\" >Addis Ababa<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Italia\u2019s Occupation of Ethiopia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War\" >Second Italo-Ethiopian War &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Italo-Ethiopian-War-1935-1936\" >Italo-Ethiopian War 1935-1936 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr30\/fitalyethiopia1935.htm\" >SECOND ITALO-ABBYSSIAN WAR 1935-1936 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/italys-invasion-ethiopia\" >Italy\u2019s Invasion of Ethiopia \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Italy_relations\" >Ethiopia-Italy relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ethiopia#Italian_period_.281936.E2.80.931941.29\" >Italian period \u2013 History of Ethiopia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/dated-event\/ww2-italy-invades-ethiopia\" >WW2: Italy invades Ethiopia \u2013 South African History Online \u2013 SAHistory.org.za<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Modern History of Ethiopia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/p\/passages\/4761530.0003.014?rgn=main;view=fulltext\" >A History of Modern Ethiopia \u2013 UMich.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.evgethiopia.com\/tourist\/history\/recent-ethiopia.html\" >MODERN ETHIOPIAN HISTORY \u2013 Everything Ethiopia \u2013 EvgEthiopia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alibris.com\/A-History-of-Modern-Ethiopia-1855-1974-Bahru-Zewde\/book\/29193517\" >A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855-1974, by Bahru Zewde \u2013 Alibris.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/~lnp3\/mydocs\/state_and_revolution\/ethiopia.htm\" >Ethiopian History and Politics \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/ethiopia\/3.htm\" >Ethiopia \u2013 History \u2013 CoutryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1372322\/A_History_of_Traditional_and_Modern_Legal_and_Justice_Systems_of_Ethiopia_C._1907-1974\" >A History of Traditional and Modern Legal and Justice Systems of Ethiopia C. 1907-1974, by Haile Muluken \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constitutionnet.org\/country\/constitutional-history-ethiopia\" >Constitutional History of Ethiopia \u2013 ConstitutionNet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9fUa58Qxa38\" >History of Modern Ethiopia \u2013 YouTube video (4 min. 27 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Three_Stooges\" >Three Stooges<\/a> short, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woman_Haters\" >Woman Haters<\/a>,<\/em> is released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong>The government of South Africa declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afrikaans\" >Afrikaans<\/a> an official language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scopes_Trial\" >Scopes Trial<\/a>: Serving of an arrest warrant on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_T._Scopes\" >John T. Scopes<\/a> for teaching <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolution\" >evolution<\/a> in violation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Butler_Act\" >Butler Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pravda\" >Pravda<\/a><\/em>, the &#8220;voice&#8221; of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Communist Party of the Soviet Union<\/a>, begins publication in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" >Saint Petersburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>The trial in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stratton_Brothers_case\" >Stratton Brothers case<\/a> begins in London, England; it marks the first time that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fingerprint\" >fingerprint<\/a> evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pitcher\" >Pitching<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia_Athletics\" >Philadelphia Athletics<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huntington_Avenue_Grounds\" >Huntington Avenue Grounds<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cy_Young\" >Cy Young<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Red_Sox\" >Boston Americans<\/a> throws the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perfect_game\" >perfect game<\/a> in the modern era of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\" >baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1891\u00a0 <\/strong>The Music Hall in New York City (later known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnegie_Hall\" >Carnegie Hall<\/a>) has its grand opening and first public performance, with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky\" >Tchaikovsky<\/a> as the guest conductor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_View_Massacre\" >Bay View Massacre<\/a>: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milwaukee\" >Milwaukee<\/a>, killing seven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sitting_Bull\" >Sitting Bull<\/a> leads his band of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakota_people\" >Lakota<\/a> into Canada to avoid harassment by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a> under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_%28United_States%29\" >Colonel<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Miles\" >Nelson Miles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memorial_Day\" >Memorial Day<\/a> first celebrated in United States at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterloo,_New_York\" >Waterloo, New York<\/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>MAY 06<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>After a radio-interview at the Mediapark in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hilversum\" >Hilversum<\/a> the Dutch politician <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pim_Fortuyn\" >Pim Fortuyn<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Pim&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" >Assassination of Pim<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>During a trip to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> becomes the first pope to enter a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mosque\" >mosque<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The first elections to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devolution\" >devolved<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottish_Parliament\" >Scottish Parliament<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_Assembly\" >Welsh Assembly<\/a> are held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_England\" >Bank of England<\/a> is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank&#8217;s 300-year history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a> of the United Kingdom and French President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand\" >Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand<\/a> officiate at the opening of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Channel_Tunnel\" >Channel Tunnel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cedar_Point\" >Cedar Point<\/a> opens <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnum_XL-200\" >Magnum XL-200<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roller_coaster\" >roller coaster<\/a> to break the 200 feet height barrier, therefore spawning what is known as the &#8220;coaster wars&#8221;.<\/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>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>One hundred three <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_Martyrs\" >Korean Martyrs<\/a> are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canonized\" >canonized<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seoul\" >Seoul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hitler_Diaries\" >Hitler Diaries<\/a> are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maya_Ying_Lin\" >Maya Ying Lin<\/a>&#8216;s design for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial\" >Vietnam Veterans Memorial<\/a> from 1,421 other entries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1987 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR,\u201d <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_Friuli_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> strikes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friuli\" >Friuli<\/a> region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>During a lull in fighting, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/60th_anniversary_of_the_Armenian_Genocide_commemorations_in_Beirut\" >100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut<\/a> to commemorate 60th anniversary of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenian_Genocide\" >Armenian Genocide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1970\/may_6_1970_138584.html\" >Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Mart%C3%ADn_de_Porres\" >St. Mart\u00edn de Porres<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canonized\" >canonized<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_XXIII\" >Pope John XXIII<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1962\/may_19_1962_125381.html\" >US performs atmospheric nuclear test, at Christmas Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Operation Dominic:<\/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#United_States_of_America\" >\u201c<em>Shot Frigate Bird of Operation Dominic on 6 May 1962, was the only U.S. test of an operational ballistic missile with a live nuclear warhead (yield of 600 kilotons), at Kiritimati (formerly Christmas Island) in the Pacific<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 United States &#8211; <strong>List of nuclear weapons tests <\/strong>\u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Dominic\" >Operation Dominic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4SsS-b5tOF0\" >YouTube video (0 min. 49 sec.): <strong>Pacific Nuclear Tests \u2013 1962<\/strong> &#8211; \u201c<em>The May 6, 1962, date loomed for the nuclear detonation FRIGATE BIRD, part of the Operation Dominic\/Nougat test series. The test was conducted approximately 525 miles from Christmas Island, the nearest land mass, at coordinates for ground zero of North 4 degrees 50 minutes, West 149 degrees 25 minutes.<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests at Christmas Islands:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiritimati\" >Kiritimati &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hansard.millbanksystems.com\/commons\/1962\/mar\/26\/christmas-island-nuclear-tests\" >CHIRSTMAS ISLAND (NUCLEAR TESTS) \u2013 MillBankSystem.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.janeresture.com\/christmas_bombs\/index.htm\" >CHRISTMAS ISLAND BOMB TEST \u2013 Janeresture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Dominic\" >Operation Dominic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiZK5jucOL4\" >YouTube video (3 min. 58 sec.): Christmas Island operation Dominic 1962 Nuclear Bomb blast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon\" >Princess Margaret<\/a> marries <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antony_Armstrong-Jones,_1st_Earl_of_Snowdon\" >Anthony Armstrong-Jones<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westminster_Abbey\" >Westminster Abbey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Bannister\" >Roger Bannister<\/a> becomes the first person to run the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Middle_distance_track_event#Mile\" >mile<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four-minute_mile\" >under four minutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_Delay_Storage_Automatic_Calculator\" >EDSAC<\/a>, the first practical electronic digital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Von_Neumann_architecture\" >stored-program computer<\/a>, runs its first operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_Offensive\" >Prague Offensive<\/a>, the last major battle of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Front_%28World_War_II%29\" >Eastern Front<\/a>, begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mildred_Gillars\" >Axis Sally<\/a> delivers her last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propaganda\" >propaganda<\/a> broadcast to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied<\/a> troops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: On <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corregidor\" >Corregidor<\/a>, the last American forces in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Corregidor\" >surrender<\/a> to the Japanese.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\" >California<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_Field\" >March Field<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Hope\" >Bob Hope<\/a> performs his first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Service_Organizations\" >USO<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Steinbeck\" >John Steinbeck<\/a> is awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction\" >Pulitzer Prize<\/a> for his novel <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Grapes_of_Wrath\" >The Grapes of Wrath<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindenburg_disaster\" >Hindenburg disaster<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeppelin\" >zeppelin<\/a> <em>Hindenburg<\/em> catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakehurst,_New_Jersey\" >Lakehurst, New Jersey<\/a>. Thirty-six people are killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Deal\" >New Deal<\/a>: Executive Order 7034 creates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Works_Progress_Administration\" >Works Progress Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deutsche_Studentenschaft\" >Deutsche Studentenschaft<\/a> attacked <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnus_Hirschfeld\" >Magnus Hirschfeld<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissenschaft\" >Institut f\u00fcr Sexualwissenschaft<\/a>, later burning many of its books.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1930\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1930_Salmas_earthquake\" >Salmas earthquake<\/a> of 7.1 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moment_magnitude_scale\" >Mw<\/a> shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercalli_intensity_scale\" >Mercalli intensity<\/a> of X (<em>Extreme<\/em>). Up to three-thousand people were killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916 <\/strong>Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists executed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyrs%27_Square,_Beirut\" >Martyrs&#8217; Square, Beirut<\/a> by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman w\u0101li.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babe_Ruth\" >Babe Ruth<\/a> hits his first major league home run while pitching for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Red_Sox\" >Boston Red Sox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Constitution_of_1906\" >Russian Constitution of 1906<\/a> is adopted (on April 23rd by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_calendar\" >Julian calendar<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1902\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macario_Sakay\" >Macario Sakay<\/a> establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tagalog_Republic\" >Tagalog Republic<\/a> with himself as President.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1889\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eiffel_Tower\" >Eiffel Tower<\/a> is officially opened to the public at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exposition_Universelle_%281889%29\" >Universal Exposition<\/a> in Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >United States Congress<\/a> passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Exclusion_Act\" >Chinese Exclusion Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1857\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_East_India_Company\" >British East India Company<\/a> disbands the 34th Regiment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bengal_Regiment\" >Bengal Native Infantry<\/a> whose <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sepoy\" >sepoy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mangal_Pandey\" >Mangal Pandey<\/a> had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_Independence_of_1857\" >War of Indian Independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1801\u00a0 <\/strong>Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald\" >Thomas Cochrane<\/a> in the 14-gun <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Speedy_%281782%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Speedy<\/em><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Action_of_6_May_1801\" >captures<\/a> the 32-gun <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_frigate_El_Gamo\" >Spanish frigate <em>El Gamo<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1757\u00a0 <\/strong>The end of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Konbaung%E2%80%93Hanthawaddy_War\" >Konbaung\u2013Hanthawaddy War<\/a>, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740\u20131757).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1757\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Prague_%281757%29\" >Battle of Prague<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> army fights an Austrian army in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague\" >Prague<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Years%27_War\" >Seven Years&#8217; War<\/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>MAY 07<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> archaeologists discover the tomb of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herod_the_Great\" >Herod the Great<\/a> south of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>American businessman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Berg\" >Nick Berg<\/a>, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Decapitation\" >beheaded<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_militants\" >Islamic militants<\/a>. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Northern_Airlines_Flight_6136\" >China Northern Airlines MD-82<\/a> plunges into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yellow_Sea\" >Yellow Sea<\/a>, killing 112 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Putin\" >Vladimir Putin<\/a> is inaugurated as president of Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea-Bissau\" >Guinea-Bissau<\/a>, President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jo%C3%A3o_Bernardo_Vieira\" >Jo\u00e3o Bernardo Vieira<\/a> is ousted in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_coup\" >military coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<\/a>, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade\" >Belgrade<\/a>. [<em>Note that some reports indicate that this event occurred on May 8, 1999, because the bombing was performed in the night of May 7-8, 1999<\/em>.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>NATO Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade#Sequence_of_events\" >Sequence of events \u2013 <strong>United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade\" >Talk: United State bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/1999\/05\/12\/cia_2\/\" >Why the Chinese embassy was bombed \u2013 May 12, 1999 \u2013 SALON.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/1999\/oct\/17\/balkans\" >Nato bombed Chinese deliberately \u2013 October 17, 1999 &#8211; TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/may\/9\/newsid_2519000\/2519271.stm\" >May 9, 1999: ON THIS DAY \u2013 Chinese anger at embassy bombing &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/adst.org\/2013\/05\/dealing-with-a-pr-disaster-the-u-s-bombing-of-the-chinese-embassy-in-belgrade\/\" >Dealing with a PR Disaster \u2013 The U.S. Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade \u2013 Moments in US Diplomatic History \u2013 Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training \u2013 ADST.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/natos-1999-war-on-yugoslavia-the-bombing-of-the-chinese-embassy-in-belgrade-was-it-deliberate\/5325156\" >NATO\u2019s 1999 War on Yugoslavia: The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Was it Deliberate? , by Ilija Trajanovic \u2013 March 4, 2013 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectcensored.org\/4-did-the-us-deliberately-bomb-the-chinese-embassy-in-belgrade\/\" >Did the US Deliberately Bomb the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade? \u2013 ProjectCensored.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/regions\/asia-pacific\/china\/140430\/china-US-bombing-belgrade-embassy\" >How China used the US bombing of its Belgrade embassy to win a PR victory \u2013 James Griffths \u2013 May 5, 2014 \u2013 GlobalPost.com<\/a><\/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>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;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_Paul_II\" >Pope John Paul II<\/a> travels to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a> becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Orthodox_Church\" >Eastern Orthodox<\/a> country since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East%E2%80%93West_Schism\" >Great Schism<\/a> in 1054.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercedes-Benz\" >Mercedes-Benz<\/a> buys <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chrysler\" >Chrysler<\/a> for US$40 billion USD and forms <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DaimlerChrysler\" >DaimlerChrysler<\/a> in the largest industrial merger in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edvard_Munch\" >Edvard Munch<\/a>&#8216;s iconic painting <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Scream\" >The Scream<\/a><\/em> is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery_of_Norway\" >National Gallery of Norway<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The <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_Endeavour\" >Endeavour<\/a><\/em> is launched on its first mission, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-49\" >STS-49<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michigan\" >Michigan<\/a> ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" >United States Constitution<\/a> making the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >27th Amendment<\/a> law. This amendment bars the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >U.S. Congress<\/a> from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Muruora:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of France Nuclear Tests in the Pacific:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981%E2%80%9382_French_nuclear_tests\" >1981-82 French nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part I \u2013 1966-1974 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/%E2%80%A2%09History%20of%20the%20French%20Nuclear%20Tests%20in%20the%20Pacific:%20Part%202%20%E2%80%93%201974-1992%20%E2%80%93%20OhmnyNews.com\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part II \u2013 1974-1992 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part III \u2013 1995-1996 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/FR-ntests0.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, France: Introduction, by Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/novaya-zemlya\" >NOVAYA ZEMLYA \u2013 AtlasObscura.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/novaya-zemlya\/3035-3167\/\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GiantBomb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arkcode.com\/custom3_64.html\" >NOVA ZEMLYA (NOVAYA ZEMLYA) 58 MEGA TON H BOMB TEST \u2013 ArkCode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlya, by Carrie McVicker \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39591\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 Image \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novayazemlya.net\/\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 NovayaZemlya.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/novaya-zemlya.html\" >Novaya Zemlya, Russia \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/russia\/743105\" >Novaya Zemlya: test site for most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 TASS Russian News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >Novaya Zemlya: birds, animals adapt nuclear test site, by Tatyana Sinitsyna \u2013 RIA Novosti, Russia \u2013 15 August 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRPAPHICAL SURVEY \u2013 Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501 \u2013 Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/%7Erichards\/my_papers\/khalturin_NZ_1-42%20.pdf\" >A Review of the Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955 \u2013 1990, by Vitaly I. Khalturin, Tatyana G. Rautian, Paul G. Richards, and William S. Leith \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>Canadian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Morrow\" >Patrick Morrow<\/a> becomes the first person to climb each of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Summits\" >Seven Summits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> 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 Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"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>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>West German Chancellor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willy_Brandt\" >Willy Brandt<\/a> resigns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Willy Brandt:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/willy-brandt-9224412#%21\" >Willy Brandt 1913 \u2013 1992 \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1971\/brandt-facts.html\" >Willy Brandt Facts \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willy_Brandt#Chancellor\" >Chancellor \u2013 Willy Brandt &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biographyonline.net\/politicians\/europe\/willy-brandt.html\" >Willy Brandt Biography \u2013 BiographyOnline.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.age-of-the-sage.org\/historical\/biography\/willy_brandt_ostpolitik.html\" >Willy Brandt biography \u2013 The Ostpolitik policy \u2013 Age-of-the-sage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Willy-Brandt\" >Willy Brandt \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=11449\" >Willy Brandt 1913-1992 \u2013 FindAGranve.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/the-era-of-willy-brandt-1969-1974\/a-16762082\" >The Era of Willy Brandt (1969-1974) \u2013 DW.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/judaica\/ejud_0002_0004_0_03444.html\" >Willy Brandt \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Willy Brandt\u2019s Apologetic Gesture at Warsaw:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warschauer_Kniefall\" >Warschau Kniefall &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.binghamsplace.com\/uploads\/4\/8\/0\/5\/4805013\/silent_aplogy.pdf\" >\u201cWhat People Do When Words Fail Them\u201d: Willy Brandt\u2019s Silent Apology \u2013 BinghamSpace.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eui.eu\/Documents\/RSCAS\/RestrictedPapers\/BrandtWarsaw.pdf\" >Willy Brandt Knee Fall before the Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 EUI.eu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/345862446353765499\/\" >\u201c<em>On December 6, 1970, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt travelled to Warsaw, Poland and dropped to his knees before the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943. Many in Poland and Germany were deeply moved by this famous gesture of repentance and apology<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pinterest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.willy-brandt.org\/en\/willy-brandt.html\" >BUNDESKANZLER WILLY BRANDT 1913-1992 \u2013 Willy-Brandt.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Willy Brandt, Israel, and the PLO:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/1973\/01\/19\/archive\/brandt-israels-right-to-exist-is-incontestable\" >Brandt: Israel\u2019s Right to Exist is Incontestable \u2013 January 19, 1973 \u2013 JTA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.willy-brandt.de\/fileadmin\/stiftung\/Downloads\/Schriftenreihe\/Brandt_Israel_Peace.pdf\" >GERMAN CHANCELLOR WILLY BRANDT\u2019S EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST \u2013 <strong>FROM HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY, MORAL OBLIGATION, AND POLITICAL CONVICTION<\/strong>, by Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt \u2013 Willy-Brandt.de \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quotenqueen.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/07\/als-willy-brandt-israel-verriet\/\" >Als Willy Brandt Israel verriet \u2013 QUOTENQUEEN \u2013 2013\/10\/07 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.osu.edu\/dspace\/bitstream\/handle\/1811\/29438\/Ostpolitik%20and%20Israel%2c%201966-74.pdf?sequence=1\" >\u201c<em>When Willy Brandt became West Germany\u2019s foreign minister in 1966 and its chancellor in 1969, he instituted a bold new policy called Ostpolitik. Literally translated as \u201cEastern politics,\u201d Ostpolitik referred to Brandt\u2019s efforts to normalize relations with the Soviet Union, East Germany, and the other Eastern European states. Brandt\u2019s goal was to end confrontation across the Iron Curtain and peacefully overcome Europe\u2019s divisions<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Ostpolitik and Israel, 1966-1974<\/strong>, by Carole Fink \u2013 OSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ivarfjeld.com\/2012\/08\/28\/germany-made-peace-with-plo-after-1972-massacre\/\" >Germany Made Peace with PLO after 1972 massacre \u2013 NEWS THAT MATTERS \u2013 2012\/08\/28<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/israelsdocuments.blogspot.com\/2013\/06\/willy-brandt-and-israels-secret.html\" >Willy Brandt and Israel\u2019s Secret Approach to Egypt, June-July 1973 \u2013 Sunday, June 9, 2013 \u2013 Israel State Archives (ISA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov.il\/ArchiveGov_Eng\/Publications\/ElectronicPirsum\/BrandtGermany\/\" >\u201c\u2026<em>These two documents represent the high point of Chancellor Brandt\u2019s historic visit to Israel, the first visit by a German chancellor in office, which took place during 7 \u2013 11 June 1973<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Publication Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Historic Visit to Israel of Chancellor Willy Brandt of West Germany, published on 09\/06\/2013 \u2013 Israel State Archives \u2013 Prime Minister\u2019s Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willy_Brandt_Center_Jerusalem\" >Willy Brandt Center in Jerusalem \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/willybrandtcenter.org\/en\/\" >Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem \u2013 Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Political Apology:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/when-apology-is-not-apology.html\" >When an apology is not an apology \u2013 Tuesday, June 28, 2005 \u2013 IDEALISTIC PRAGMATIST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/crafting-better-political-apology\" >Crafting a Better Political Apology \u2013 July 22, 2007 \u2013 The American Prospect \u2013 Prospect.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/05\/the-art-of-the-political-apology-106458\" >The Art of the Political Apology, by Edwin Battistella \u2013 May 7, 2014 \u2013 Politico.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Apologies and Politicians:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/1997-07-15\/news\/9707150135_1_willy-brandt-apologizing-warsaw-ghetto-uprising\/2\" >\u201c<em>Coming when and where it did, Brandt\u2019s act of atonement punctured a wall of denial about a past that could not be undone\u2026Clinton\u2019s apologies for past racism are appropriate when specific, but when they become habitual or purely ceremonial, they only deepen the race lines they ought to erase<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Clinton\u2019s Meaningless Gesture<\/strong>, by Jim Sleeper \u2013 July 15, 1997 \u2013 Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/australia-apologizes-to-aborigines\/\" >Australia Apologies to Aborigines \u2013 February 12, 2008 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.gov.au\/about-australia\/our-country\/our-people\/apology-to-australias-indigenous-peoples\" >Apology to Australia\u2019s Indigenous Peoples \u2013 Australia.gov.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1997272_1997273_1997274,00.html\" >Top 10 National Apologies \u2013 Thursday, June 17, 2010 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/8594625.stm\" >Serbian MPs offer apology for Srebrenica massacre \u2013 31 March 2010 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2013\/feb\/20\/david-cameron-amritsar-massacre-india\" >David Cameron defends lack of apology for British massacre at Amritsar \u2013 February 20, 2013 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=271_1396270652\" >British Bleiburg Massacre Confession \u2013 Mar-31-2014 \u2013 LiveLeak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Magazine\/Opinion\/Time-to-confront-Croatias-hidden-Holocaust-314896\" >\u201c<em>Indeed, even though Croatian leaders have traveled to Jerusalem to offer words of apology at the Knesset, the legacy of the Ustashe remains very much alive and even admired among some Croats\u2026The Croatian authorities need to drastically revise the memorial at Jasenovac and stop hiding behind blurry language. Bans should be imposed on holding memorial services for Ustashe officials, and Holocaust education should be made a priority in Croatia\u2019s schools<\/em>.\u2026\u201d \u2013 <strong>Time to confront Croatia\u2019s hidden Holocaust<\/strong>, by Michael Freund \u2013 05\/30\/2013 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post \u2013 JPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/commentary\/prime-minister-abe-youre-no-willy-brandt-9874\" >\u201c<em>Japan\u2019s leader can\u2019t successfully imitate the German chancellor\u2019s famous gesture of atonement.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Prime Minister Abe, You Are No Willy Brandt<\/strong>, by Alexander Lanoszka \u2013 February 13, 2014 \u2013 The National Interest \u2013 NationalInterest.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan\" >List of war apology statements issued by Japan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/globe-debate\/editorials\/sorry-no-apology-from-turkey-to-armenians-at-least-not-yet\/article18134837\/\" >Sorry, No Apology from Turkey to Armenia, at least not yet \u2013 Apr. 23, 2014 \u2013 The Global and Mail \u2013 TheGlobalAndMail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Air_Lines_Flight_773\" >Pacific Air Lines Flight 773<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairchild_Aircraft\" >Fairchild<\/a> F-27 airliner, crashes near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Ramon,_California\" >San Ramon, California<\/a>, killing all 44 aboard; the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\" >FBI<\/a> later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1962\/may_19_1962_125381.html\" >US performs atmospheric nuclear test, at Christmas Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests at Christmas Islands:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiritimati\" >Kiritimati &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hansard.millbanksystems.com\/commons\/1962\/mar\/26\/christmas-island-nuclear-tests\" >CHIRSTMAS ISLAND (NUCLEAR TESTS) \u2013 MillBankSystem.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.janeresture.com\/christmas_bombs\/index.htm\" >CHRISTMAS ISLAND BOMB TEST \u2013 Janeresture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Dominic\" >Operation Dominic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiZK5jucOL4\" >YouTube video (3 min. 58 sec.): Christmas Island operation Dominic 1962 Nuclear Bomb blast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-2_Crisis_of_1960\" >U-2 Crisis of 1960<\/a>: Soviet leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikita_Khrushchev\" >Nikita Khrushchev<\/a> announces that his nation is holding American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_U-2\" >U-2<\/a> pilot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Powers\" >Gary Powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indochina_War\" >Indochina War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu\" >Battle of Dien Bien Phu<\/a> ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Battle of Dien Bien Phu:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_Ph%E1%BB%A7\" >\u0110i\u1ec7n Bi\u00ean Ph\u1ee7 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/french-defeated-at-dien-bien-phu\" >MAY 07, 1954: French defeated at Dien Bien Phu \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1953-1960\/dien-bien-phu\" >Dien Bien Phu and the Fall of French Indochina, 1954 \u2013 OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm\" >Battle of Dien Bien Phu \u2013 Historynet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/academic.mu.edu\/meissnerd\/dienbienphu.htm\" >The Battle of Dien Bien Phu \u2013 MU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Battle-of-Dien-Bien-Phu\" >Battle of Dien Bien Phu \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnamwar\/p\/dienbienphu.htm\" >First Indochina War: Battle of Dien Bien Phu \u2013 About education &#8211; About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/timelinesofvietnamwar\/a\/Battle-of-Dien-Bien-Phu-1954.htm\" >The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1954 \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>First Indochina War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dingeengoete.blogspot.com\/2013\/12\/this-day-in-history-dec-19-1946-start.html\" >This Day in History: Dec 19, 1946: Start of the First Indochina War \u2013 Dinge en Goete<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldwar.org\/articles\/40s\/FirstIndochinaWar.asp\" >FIRST INDOCHINA WAR \u2013 ColdWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/First-Indochina-War\" >First Indochina War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/indochina_war_first.htm\" >First Indochina War \u2013 The History Guy \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnam\/first-indochina-war\/\" >The First Indochina War \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of the Indochina Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indochina_Wars\" >Indochina Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Indochina_War#Timeline\" >Timeline \u2013 First Indochina War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/the-first-indochina-war\" >The First Indochina War \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamgear.com\/Indochina1945.aspx\" >Indochina War Timeline 1945 \u2013 VietnamGear.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/warsinasia\/tp\/TimelineVietnamWar.htm\" >Timeline of the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War), by Kallie Szczepanski \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/significant-events-in-the-first-indochina-war.html\" >Significant Events in the First Indochina War \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The concept of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Integrated_circuit\" >integrated circuit<\/a>, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geoffrey_Dummer\" >Geoffrey Dummer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Concept of the Integrated Circuit:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2010\/05\/0507integrated-circuit-concept-published\/\" >May 7, 1952: Integrated Circuit \u2026What a Concept! \u2013 Wired.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geoffrey_Dummer#The_Integrated_Circuit\" >The integrated circuit \u2013 Geoffrey Dummer \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/search\/Geoffrey%20Dummer\" >GEOFFREY DUMMER \u2013 Tumblr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/Geoffrey_Dummer\" >About: Geoffrey Dummer \u2013 DBpedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/date\/1952\/may\/7\" >Historical Events on May 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 1952 \u2013 OnThisDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the Integral Circuit:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invention_of_the_integrated_circuit\" >Invention of the integrated circuit \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ideafinder.com\/history\/inventions\/integratedcircuit.htm\" >INGETRATED CIRCUIT \u2013 IdeaFinder.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/circle.org\/jsource\/the-history-of-the-integrated-circuit\/\" >The History of the Integrated Circuit \u2013 Circle.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.electronics-radio.com\/articles\/history\/integrated-circuit-ic\/history.php\" >Integrated Circuit History \u2013 Electronics-Radio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/inventors.about.com\/od\/istartinventions\/a\/intergrated_circuit.htm\" >The History of the Integrated Circuit aka Microchip, &#8211; Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce \u2013 About money \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-computer.com\/ModernComputer\/Basis\/IC.html\" >The Integrated Circuit of Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce \u2013 History-computer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/transistor\/background1\/events\/icinv.html\" >Integrated Circuit \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.circuitstoday.com\/integrated-circuit-invention-history-and-story-behind-the-scenes\" >Integrated Circuit Invention History and the Story Behind the Scenes \u2013 CircuitsToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/history-integrated-circuit-hussein-messi\" >The History of the Integrated Circuit \u2013 Linkedin.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vlsiencyclopedia.com\/2011\/07\/history-and-evolution-of-integrated.html\" >History and Evolution Of Integrated Circuit \u2013 VLSIEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alpcentauri.info\/integrated_circuits.html\" >Integrated Circuits \u2013 alpcentauri.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danrock.com\/history-integrated-circuits.html\" >The History of the Integrated Circuit \u2013 Danrock.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/siliconengine\/first-planar-integrated-circuit-is-fabricated\/\" >1960: First Planer Integrated Circuit is Fabricated \u2013 ComputerHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ethw.org\/Integrated_Circuits\" >Integrated Circuits \u2013 ETHW.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/The-History-Of-The-Integrated-Circuit-94540.html\" >The History of the Integrated Circuit \u2013 StudyMode.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\/Council_of_Europe\" >Council of Europe<\/a> is founded during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hague_Congress_%281948%29\" >Hague Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Hague Congress of 1948:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hague_Congress_%281948%29\" >Hague Congress (1948) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cvce.eu\/en\/recherche\/unit-content\/-\/unit\/04bfa990-86bc-402f-a633-11f39c9247c4\" >The Congress of Europe in The Hague (7-10 May 1948) \u2013 CVCE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cvce.eu\/en\/obj\/the_hague_congress_7_10_may_1948-en-2b82af66-5a01-468d-a241-c214afa19407.html\" >The Hague Congress (7-10 May 1948) \u2013 Video &#8211; CVCE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Treaty of London of 1949:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Treaty_of_London_%281949%29&amp;redirect=no\" >Treaty of London (1949) &#8211; Wikipeida = Statute of the Council of Europe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Council of Europe:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/\" >Council of Europe \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/about-us\/who-we-are\" >Council of Europe \u2013 Who we are \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Europe#History\" >History \u2013 Council of Europe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statute_of_the_Council_of_Europe\" >Statute of the Council of Europe &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/treaties.un.org\/doc\/Publication\/UNTS\/Volume%2087\/volume-87-I-1168-English.pdf\" >Statute of the Council of Europe \u2013 UN.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>European Integration and Its History:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hague_Congress_%281948%29\" >Hague Congress (1948) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Schuman\" >Robert Shuman \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_European_Coal_and_Steel_Community_%281945%E2%80%9357%29\" >History of the European Coal and Steel Community (1947-57) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_European_Union\" >History of the European Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Europe#History\" >History \u2013 Council of Europe \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Communities\" >European Communities \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federalist_flag#Symbolism\" >\u201c<em>Today, the flag no longer simply stands for European unity, but for the political struggle for a European federation<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Symbolism \u2013 Federalist flag \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supranational_union\" >Supranational union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schuman_Declaration\" >Schuman Declaration &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_integration\" >European integration \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/europe\/\" >The History of the European Union \u2013 The European Citizenship \u2013 Historiasiglo20.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/europe\/integra.htm\" ><strong>European integration process<\/strong> \u2013 The History of the European Union \u2013 The European Citizenship \u2013 Historiasiglo20.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/europe\/anteceden2.htm\" ><strong>The Origins 1945-1957<\/strong> \u2013 The History of the European Union \u2013 The European Citizenship \u2013 Historiasiglo20.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vlib.iue.it\/hist-eur-integration\/Index.html\" >European Integration History Index \u2013 IUe.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/a-Brief-History-Of-European-Integration-150134.html\" >A Brief History of European Integration \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/eu-history\/index_en.htm\" >History of the European Union \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_European_Union\" >History of the European Union &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/why-europe\" >Why the European Union? A Brief History of the European Integration \u2013 FutureLearn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daveursillo.com\/origins-of-the-european-union\/\" >Origins of the European Union \u2013 DaveUrsillo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/one-europe.info\/eurographics\/history-of-the-european-integration\" >History of the European Integration \u2013 One-Europa.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_integration\" >European integration &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/pubs\/ft\/fandd\/2014\/03\/moghadam.htm\" >Europe\u2019s Road to Integration \u2013 IMF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.tufts.edu\/enricospolaore\/files\/2012\/08\/Euro-June-2013.pdf\" >What Is European Integration Really About? : A Political Guide for Economists, by Enrico Spolaore \u2013 June 2013 \u2013 Tufts.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sony\" >Sony<\/a>) is founded with around 20 employees.<\/p>\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>: General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Jodl\" >Alfred Jodl<\/a> signs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Instrument_of_Surrender\" >unconditional surrender terms<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reims\" >Reims<\/a>, France, ending Germany&#8217;s participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Alfred Jodl:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Alfred-Jodl\" >Alfed Jodl \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Jodl#Trial_and_execution\" >Trial and execution &#8211; Alfred Jodl &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Jodl.html\" >Nuremberg Trial Defendants: Alfred Jodl \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea\" >Battle of the Coral Sea<\/a>, United States Navy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_carrier\" >aircraft carrier<\/a> aircraft attack and sink the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Navy\" >Imperial Japanese Navy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light_aircraft_carrier\" >light aircraft carrier<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D\" >Sh\u014dh\u014d<\/a>. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norway_Debate\" >Norway Debate<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_House_of_Commons\" >British House of Commons<\/a> begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neville_Chamberlain\" >Neville Chamberlain<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\" >Winston Churchill<\/a> three days later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War\" >Spanish Civil War<\/a>: The German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Condor_Legion\" >Condor Legion<\/a>, equipped with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinkel_He_51\" >Heinkel He 51<\/a> biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Franco\" >Francisco Franco<\/a>&#8216;s forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Spanish Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 Spanish Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spanish-fiestas.com\/history\/civil-war\/\" >Spanish Civil War \u2013 Spanish-Fiestas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/1936-1939-the-spanish-civil-war-and-revolution\" >1936-1939: The Spanish civil war and revolution \u2013 libcom.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donquijote.org\/culture\/spain\/history\/the-spanish-civil-war\" >The Spanish Civil War \u2013 DonQuijote.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=157\" >Spanish Civil War: 17 Jul 1936 \u2013 4 Apr 1939 \u2013 Contributor: C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nopasaran36.org\/guerra_civil\/espana.php?57\/Spanish-Civil-War-1936-1939&amp;lang=en\" >SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939 \u2013 Nopasaran36.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.robinsonlibrary.com\/history\/spain\/spain\/20th\/civilwar.htm\" >Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 \u2013 RobisonLibary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.ca\/Spanish_Civil_War.htm\" >The Spanish Civil War: A Brief Synopsis, by JR \u2013 Skeptic.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/1936-1939-the-spanish-civil-war-and-revolution\" >1936-1939: The Spanish civil war and revolution \u2013 Libcon.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/misc\/5gkdsb.htm\" >The Spanish civil war (1936-1939) \u2013 ICRC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/scw\/overview.htm\" >The Spanish Civil War: An Overview, by Cary Nelson \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/feature\/spain%E2%80%99s-very-international-civil-war\" >Spain\u2019s very international civil war \u2013 HistoryExtra.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flag.blackened.net\/revolt\/spain\/pam_chron.html\" >The Spanish Civil War: Anarchism in Action \u2013 Chronology in Events \u2013 Flag.Blackened.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zonu.com\/detail-en\/2009-12-08-11358\/The-Spanish-Civil-War-1936-1939.html\" >The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 \u2013 A Civil War Map \u2013 Zuno.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crwflags.com\/fotw\/flags\/es%5Ecivil.html\" >Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 \u2013 CRWFlags.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unhistorical.tumblr.com\/post\/46851390507\/april-1-1939-the-spanish-civil-war-ends-on\" >April 1, 1939 \u2013 Spanish Civil War Ends On \u2013 Unhistorial.Tumblr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Timelines of the Spanish Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/econfaculty.gmu.edu\/bcaplan\/time.htm\" >Timeline of the Spanish Civil War \u2013 GMU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/downloadily.com\/docs\/spanish-civil-war-1937-timeline.html\" >Spanish Civil War 1937 Timeline Docs \u2013 Downloadily.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War#Course_of_the_war\" >Course of the war \u2013 Spanish Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spanish-civil-war.org\/scwbattleshome.shtml\" >Major Battles of the Spanish Civil War \u2013 Spanish-Civil-War.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelineindex.com\/content\/view\/1225\" >Spanish Civil War \u2013 TimelineIndex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/spanish-civil-war-events\" >Spanish Civil War Events \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/SPAchronology.htm\" >Spanish Civil War Chronology \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jinan_incident\" >Jinan incident<\/a> begins with Japanese forces killing the Chinese negotiating team in Jinan, China, and going on to kill over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Jinan Incident:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jinan_incident#Hostilities\" >Hostilities \u2013 <strong>Jinan incident<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/battle_spec.php?battle_id=243\" ><strong>Jinan Incident \u2013 3 May 1928 <\/strong>\u2013 Contributor C. Peter Chen \u2013 World War II Database \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3781561\/_Beyond_the_Front_Line_Chinas_rivalry_with_Japan_in_the_English-_language_press_over_the_Jinan_Incident_1928_Modern_Asian_Studies_Vol._48_No.1_January_2014_188-224\" >&#8220;<strong>Beyond the Front Line: China&#8217;s rivalry with Japan in the English-\u00adlanguage press over the Jinan Incident, 1928<\/strong>&#8221; <em>Modern Asian Studies<\/em>, Vol. 48, No.1 (January 2014): 188-224., by Shuge Wei \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34History7344.html\" ><strong>Jinan Incident (May 3rd Tragedy) <\/strong>&#8211; A Tragedy in the Republic of China \u2013 History -\u203a Historical Events \u2013 Cultural-China.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34H7344H12476.html\" ><strong>Hostilities in the Jinan Incident<\/strong> &#8211; History -\u203a Historical Events \u2013 Cultural-China.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2timelines.com\/japan\/incidents\/28jinanincident.htm\" ><strong>Timeline of the Jinan Incident <\/strong>\u2013 WW2Timelines.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art_Gallery_of_Ontario\" >Art Gallery of Ontario<\/a>, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Group_of_Seven_%28artists%29\" >Group of Seven<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Moscow_%281920%29\" >Treaty of Moscow<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_SFSR\" >Soviet Russia<\/a> recognizes the independence of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia\" >Democratic Republic of Georgia<\/a> only to invade the country six months later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Treaty of Moscow of 1920:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Moscow_%281920%29#Background\" >Background \u2013 Treaty of Moscow (1920) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/matiane.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/01\/treaty-of-moscow-1920\/\" >Treaty of Moscow (1920) \u2013 Matiane.WordPress.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Democratic Republic of Georgia and Its First Constitution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia#Background\" >Background \u2013 Democratic Republic of Georgia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fed-soc.org\/publications\/detail\/a-retrospective-on-the-1921-constitution-of-the-democratic-republic-of-georgia\" >A Restrospective on the 1921 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, by George Papusashvili \u2013 May 09, 2012 \u2013 Fed-Soc.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Georgia (country):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Georgia_%28country%29\" >History of Georgia (country) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/georgia-country-asia-history.html\" >Georgia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/georgia\/history\" >Georgia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ggdavid.tripod.com\/georgia\/history.htm\" >History of Georgia \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/georgia.gov\/popular-topic\/learning-about-georgias-facts-history\" >Learning about Georgia\u2019s Facts and History \u2013 Georgia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeolink.com\/country_of_georgia_history.htm\" >Country of Georgia History \u2013 Archaeolink.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/georgia.htm\" >Georgia \u2013 Sak\u2019art\u2019velo \u2013 Background \u2013 NationalOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/georgia.html\" >Georgia \u2013 History \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ge-It\/Georgia.html\" >Georgia \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Georgia\/Cultural-life#toc214120\" >Origins of the Georgian nation \u2013 Georgia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301647\" >Georgia country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=aolsem&amp;s_chn=32&amp;q=history+of+georgia+country\" >History of Georgia \u2013 Wow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Georgia &#8211; Russia Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Georgia-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8o1Xtx5-dMM\" >Georgia-Russia: History of Relations \u2013 YouTube video (7 min. 25 sec.)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gPnBS5RDq30\" >Georgia-Russia, history of Relations \u2013 YouTube video (4 min. 24 sec.)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Georgia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Georgia\" >Foreign relations of Georgia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5253.htm\" >US Relations with Georgia \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/georgia\/ri280\" >Georgia \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.tr\/relations-between-turkey-and-georgia.en.mfa\" >Relations between Turkey and Georgia \u2013 REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Georgia:<\/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\/gg.html\" >GEORGIA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/georgia.html\" >Georgia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301647\" >Georgia country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Democracy and Georgia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democracy_Index\" >Democracy Index \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/RuleOfLaw\/Pages\/Democracy.aspx\" >Rule of Law \u2013 Democracy and Human Rights \u2013 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/countries\/ENACARegion\/Pages\/GEIndex.aspx\" >the Human Rights of Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanrights.ge\/admin\/editor\/uploads\/pdf\/Annual%20Report%20HRIDC%202008.pdf\" >George: Flickering Beacon of Democracy \u2013 Human Rights in Georgia in 2007, by Human Rights Centre (HRIDC) \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Economy of Georgia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Georgia_%28country%29\" >Economy of Georgia (country) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/georgia\/overview\" >Georgia \u2013 Overview \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/georgia\/economy\" >Georgia \u2013 Economy \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/economy.ge\/en\/home\" >Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/us\/georgia-state-united-states-economy.html\" >Georgia \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev_Offensive_%281920%29\" >Kiev Offensive<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Polish_Republic\" >Polish<\/a> troops led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski\" >J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Rydz-%C5%9Amig%C5%82y\" >Edward Rydz-\u015amig\u0142y<\/a> and assisted by a symbolic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic\" >Ukrainian<\/a> force capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev\" >Kiev<\/a> only to be driven out by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a> counter-offensive a month later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Kiev Offensive:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev_Offensive_%281920%29#Battle\" >Battle &#8211; <strong>Kiev Offensive (1920)<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:Kiev_Offensive_%281920%29\/Archive_1\" >Talk: <strong>Kiev Offensive (1920)<\/strong> \u2013 Archive 1 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Kiev+Operation+of+1920\" >Kiev Operation of 1920 \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong>Japanese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-One_Demands#Japanese_ultimatum\" >21 Demands Ultimatum<\/a> to China (Commemorated as National Day of Humiliation)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>21 Demands Ultimatum:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Twenty-one-Demands\" >Twenty-one Demands \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-One_Demands#Japanese_ultimatum\" >\u201c<em>A reduced set of &#8220;Thirteen Demands&#8221; was transmitted on May 7 in the form of an ultimatum, with a two-day deadline for response. Yuan Shikai, competing with other local warlords to become the ruler of all China, was not in a position to risk war with Japan, and accepted appeasement, a tactic followed by his successors. The final form of the treaty was signed by both parties on May 25, 1915<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Japanese ultimatum &#8211; <strong>Twenty-One Demands<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstworldwar.com\/source\/21demands.htm\" >Primary Documents &#8211; &#8217;21 Demands&#8217; Made by Japan to China, 18 January 1915 \u2013 FirstWorldWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyindates.com\/7-may-1915\/\" >1915 &#8211; Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China \u2013 \u201c<em>The Twenty-One Demands were a set of demands made during the First World War by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister \u014ckuma Shigenobu sent to the weak government of the Republic of China on January 18, 1915<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>What Happened on May 7, 1915<\/strong> \u2013 HistoryOnDates.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarine<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SM_U-20_%28Germany%29\" ><em>U-20<\/em><\/a> sinks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Lusitania\" >RMS <em>Lusitania<\/em><\/a>, killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >German Empire<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1895\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" >Saint Petersburg<\/a>, Russian scientist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov\" >Alexander Stepanovich Popov<\/a> demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lightning\" >lightning<\/a> detector \u2014 a primitive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_receiver\" >radio receiver<\/a>. In some parts of the former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> the anniversary of this day is celebrated as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_Day\" >Radio Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Radio Day (Russia):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_Day#1895_demonstration_and_commemoration\" >1895 demonstration and commemoration \u2013 <strong>Radio Day<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1864\u00a0 <\/strong>The world&#8217;s oldest surviving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clipper\" >clipper<\/a> ship, the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_of_Adelaide_%281864%29\" >City of Adelaide<\/a><\/em> is launched by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Pile_%28shipbuilder%29\" >William Pile, Hay and Co.<\/a> in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1846\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge_Chronicle\" >Cambridge Chronicle<\/a><\/em>, America&#8217;s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge,_Massachusetts\" >Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1832\u00a0 <\/strong>The independence of Greece is recognized by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_London,_1832\" >Treaty of London<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto_of_Greece\" >Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria<\/a> is chosen king.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Treaty of London of 1832:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_Conference_of_1832\" >London Conference of 1832 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.phantis.com\/index.php\/Treaty_of_London%2C_1832\" >Treaty of London,1832 \u2013 Phantis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Greek War of Independence:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/War-of-Greek-Independence\" >War of Greek Independence \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crwflags.com\/fotw\/flags\/gr_indep.html\" >Greece: War of Independence (1821-1829) \u2013 CRWFlags.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Greek_War_of_Independence\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 Military.Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athensinfoguide.com\/history\/t8-3independence.htm\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 HISTORY OF ATHENS \u2013 ATHENS INFO GUIDE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1800s\/yr20\/fgreece1821.htm\" >GREEK WAR OF INDPENDENCE 1821-1832 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ga\/cfuvgreekradio\/Independence.html\" >WAR OF INDEPENDENCE \u2013 Angelfire.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Greek__War__of__Independence\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 FunIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Modern History of Greece:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Constitution_of_1822\" >Greek Constitution of 1822 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1824\u00a0 <\/strong>World premiere of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludwig_van_Beethoven\" >Ludwig van Beethoven<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symphony_No._9_%28Beethoven%29\" >Ninth Symphony<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>, Austria. The performance is conducted by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Umlauf\" >Michael Umlauf<\/a> under the composer&#8217;s supervision.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=beethoven+ninth+symphony+\" >Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony \u2013 YouTube:<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1794\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maximilien_Robespierre\" >Robespierre<\/a> introduces the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_of_the_Supreme_Being\" >Cult of the Supreme Being<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Convention\" >National Convention<\/a> as the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_religion\" >state religion<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_First_Republic\" >French First Republic<\/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>MAY 08<\/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_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Day\" >WORLD RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT DAY<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Today and tomorrow (May 8) are the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time_of_Remembrance_and_Reconciliation_for_Those_Who_Lost_Their_Lives_during_the_Second_World_War\" >TIME OF REMEMBRANCE AND RECONCILIATION FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Southern_Airlines\" >China Southern Airlines<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Southern_Airlines_Flight_3456\" >Flight 3456<\/a> crashes on approach into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shenzhen_Bao%27an_International_Airport\" >Bao&#8217;an International Airport<\/a>, killing 35 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>A fire at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illinois_Bell\" >Illinois Bell<\/a>&#8216;s Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1AESS\" >1AESS<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Network_outage\" >network outage<\/a> once considered the &#8220;worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loughgall_ambush\" >Loughgall ambush<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Air_Service\" >SAS<\/a> kills eight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army<\/a> volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loughgall\" >Loughgall<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Muruora:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of France Nuclear Tests in the Pacific:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981%E2%80%9382_French_nuclear_tests\" >1981-82 French nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part I \u2013 1966-1974 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/%E2%80%A2%09History%20of%20the%20French%20Nuclear%20Tests%20in%20the%20Pacific:%20Part%202%20%E2%80%93%201974-1992%20%E2%80%93%20OhmnyNews.com\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part II \u2013 1974-1992 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part III \u2013 1995-1996 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/FR-ntests0.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, France: Introduction, by Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thames_Barrier\" >Thames Barrier<\/a> is officially opened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>Corporal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denis_Lortie\" >Denis Lortie<\/a> enters the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Assembly_of_Quebec\" >Quebec National Assembly<\/a> and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ren%C3%A9_Jalbert\" >Ren\u00e9 Jalbert<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sergeant-at-Arms\" >Sergeant-at-Arms<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deliberative_assembly\" >assembly<\/a>, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cross_of_Valour_%28Canada%29\" >Cross of Valour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> announces that it will <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Summer_Olympics_boycott\" >boycott<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Summer_Olympics\" >1984 Summer Olympics<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" >Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Soviet Boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/soviets-announce-boycott-of-1984-olympics\" >MAY 08, 1984: ON THIS DAY \u2013 Soviets announce boycott of 1984 Olympics \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Summer_Olympics_boycott#Announcement_of_boycott\" >Announcement of boycott \u2013 1984 Summer Olympics boycott \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/may\/8\/newsid_2518000\/2518931.stm\" >May 8, 1984: ON THIS DAY &#8211; Moscow pulls out of US Olympics &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Health_Organization\" >World Health Organization<\/a> confirms the eradication of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smallpox\" >smallpox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Eradication of Smallpox:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/aso\/databank\/entries\/dm79sp.html\" >World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated in 1980 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vaccinationnews.org\/Scandals\/feb_8_02\/WHO1980EradicationNotice.htm\" >WHO declares smallpox eradication in 1980 \u2013 VacinationNews.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/features\/2010\/smallpox\/en\/\" >The Smallpox Eradication Programme SEP (1966-1980) \u2013 May 2010 \u2013 WHO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/who.int\/archives\/fonds_collections\/bytitle\/fonds_6\/en\/\" >Archives of the Smallpox Eradication Programme \u2013 WHO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/su48a6.htm\" >Eradication: Lessons from the Past, by Donald A Henderson \u2013 MMWR \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/page\/case-1-eradicating-smallpox\" >CASE 1: Eradicating smallpox \u2013 CGDEV.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofvaccines.org\/content\/articles\/disease-eradication\" >Disease Eradication \u2013 THE HISTORY OF VACCINES \u2013 HistoryOfVaccines.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The first ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Everest\" >Mount Everest<\/a> without supplemental oxygen, by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinhold_Messner\" >Reinhold Messner<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Habeler\" >Peter Habeler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wounded_Knee_incident\" >71-day standoff<\/a> between federal authorities and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Movement\" >American Native People Movement<\/a> members occupying the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pine_Ridge_Reservation\" >Pine Ridge Reservation<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wounded_Knee,_South_Dakota\" >Wounded Knee, South Dakota<\/a> ends with the surrender of the militants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>Four Black September terrorists hijack <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabena_Flight_571\" >Sabena Flight 571<\/a>. Israeli <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sayeret_Matkal\" >Sayeret Matkal<\/a> commandos recapture the plane the following day.<\/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>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> announces his order to place <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_mine\" >mines<\/a> in major <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnamese<\/a> ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.<\/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>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>The British band <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beatles\" >The Beatles<\/a> releases their last album <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Let_It_Be\" >Let It Be<\/a>, one month after they officially broke up the band.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hard_Hat_Riot\" >Hard Hat Riot<\/a> occurs in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wall_Street\" >Wall Street<\/a> area of New York City as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue-collar_worker\" >blue-collar<\/a> construction workers clash with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippine<\/a> province of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davao_province\" >Davao<\/a> is split into three: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davao_del_Norte\" >Davao del Norte<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davao_del_Sur\" >Davao del Sur<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davao_Oriental\" >Davao Oriental<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966 <\/strong>A plane crash at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connellsville,_Pennsylvania\" >Connellsville, Pennsylvania<\/a> kills <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennsylvania_Attorney_General\" >Pennsylvania Attorney General<\/a>, Walter E. Alessandroni, his wife, and other state officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnamese soldiers<\/a> of Catholic President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Diem\" >Ngo Dinh Diem<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hu%E1%BA%BF_Ph%E1%BA%ADt_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3n_shootings\" >open fire on Buddhists<\/a> defying a ban on the flying of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_flag\" >Buddhist flag<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ves%C4%81kha\" >Vesak<\/a>, killing nine and sparking the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_crisis\" >Buddhist crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1960\/may_8_1960_122593.html\" >USSR and Cuba resume diplomatic relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>USSR-Cuba Diplomatic Relations:<\/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#After_the_revolution\" >After the revolution \u2013 Cuba-Soviet Union relations &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.victimsofcommunism.org\/cuba-and-the-ussr-a-love-story\/\" >\u201c<em>The official diplomatic relations between the USSR and Cuba took place in May 1960, when the Soviet embassy opened in Havana<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 DISSIDENT \u2013 VictimsOfCommunism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/history\/havana\/sixties.htm\" >CUBA IN THE 1960s: AN INTRODCUTION \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/cuba-russia-now-and-then\/\" >Cuba \u2013 Russia Now and Then \u2013 February 24, 2010 \u2013 COHA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >atmospheric nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rrbrownlee.com\/images\/user\/enewetaktripnovideo.pdf\" >Enewetak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Enwetak Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enewetak_Atoll#Summary_of_nuclear_tests_at_Eniwetok\" >Summary of nuclear tests at Eniwetok \u2013 Enewetak Atoll \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marshallislands.llnl.gov\/enewetak.php\" >Enewetak \u2013 MARSHALL ISLANDS ASSESSMENT &amp; RADIAOECOLOGY PROGRAM<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rrbrownlee.com\/images\/user\/enewetaktripnovideo.pdf\" >Vising the Nuclear Test Site Enewetak Atoll: October 2000 \u2013 RRBrownlee.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amusingplanet.com\/2013\/01\/runit-dome-radioactive-trash-can-on.html\" >Runit Dome: The Radioactive Trash Can on Enewetak Atoll \u2013 Sunday, January 13, 2013 \u2013 AmusingPlanet.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/bikini-and-enewetak-atolls.html\" >Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, Marshall Islands \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/04\/opinion\/a-pacific-isle-radioactive-and-forgotten.html?_r=0\" >Pacific Isle \u2013 Radioactive and Forgotten, by Michael B. Gerrard \u2013 Dec.3, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >Years of Atmospheric Testing: 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Website \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>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>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonian<\/a> school girls <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aili_J%C3%B5gi\" >Aili J\u00f5gi<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ageeda_Paavel\" >Ageeda Paavel<\/a> blow up the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> memorial which stood in front of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bronze_Soldier_of_Tallinn\" >Bronze Soldier of Tallinn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halifax_Riot\" >The Halifax Riot<\/a> starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_of_Halifax\" >Halifax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>End of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_uprising\" >Prague uprising<\/a>, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-E_Day\" >V-E Day<\/a>, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reims\" >Reims<\/a>, France, to an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Instrument_of_Surrender\" >unconditional surrender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>Hundreds of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algerian<\/a> civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%C3%A9tif_massacre\" >S\u00e9tif massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cocos_Islands\" >Cocos Islands<\/a> rebel in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cocos_Islands_Mutiny\" >Cocos Islands Mutiny<\/a>. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Nations\" >British Commonwealth<\/a> soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea\" >Battle of the Coral Sea<\/a> comes to an end with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Navy\" >Imperial Japanese Navy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_carrier\" >aircraft carrier<\/a> aircraft attacking and sinking the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >United States Navy<\/a> aircraft carrier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Lexington<\/em><\/a>. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula\" >Battle of the Kerch Peninsula<\/a>: The German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/11th_Army_%28Wehrmacht%29\" >11th Army<\/a> begins Operation <em>Trappenjagd<\/em> (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bridgehead\" >bridgehead<\/a> of the three Soviet Armies (44th, 47th, and 51st) defending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerch_Peninsula\" >Kerch Peninsula<\/a>, in the eastern part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimea\" >Crimea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>The German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftwaffe\" >Luftwaffe<\/a> launches a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nottingham_Blitz\" >bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohandas_Gandhi\" >Mohandas Gandhi<\/a> begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>Attempting to make the first non-stop <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transatlantic_flight\" >transatlantic flight<\/a> from Paris to New York, French war heroes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Nungesser\" >Charles Nungesser<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coli\" >Fran\u00e7ois Coli<\/a> disappear after taking off aboard <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_White_Bird\" >The White Bird<\/a><\/em> biplane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaip%C4%97da_Convention\" >Klaip\u0117da Convention<\/a> is signed formally incorporating <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaip%C4%97da_Region\" >Klaip\u0117da Region<\/a> (Memel Territory) into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_George_Honey\" >Edward George Honey<\/a> proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armistice\" >Armistice<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paramount_Pictures\" >Paramount Pictures<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1902\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinique\" >Martinique<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e\" >Mount Pel\u00e9e<\/a> erupts, destroying the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint-Pierre,_Martinique\" >Saint-Pierre<\/a> and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Labor_Party\" >Australian Labour Party<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1899\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Literary_Theatre\" >Irish Literary Theatre<\/a> in Dublin produced its first play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong>Pharmacist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Pemberton\" >John Pemberton<\/a> first sells a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbonation\" >carbonated<\/a> beverage named &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coca-Cola\" >Coca-Cola<\/a>&#8221; as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patent_medicine\" >patent medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1846\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War\" >Mexican\u2013American War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Palo_Alto\" >Battle of Palo Alto<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zachary_Taylor\" >Zachary Taylor<\/a> defeats a Mexican force north of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rio_Grande\" >Rio Grande<\/a> in the first major battle of the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Mexican-American War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/mexican-american-war\" >MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War#Conduct_of_the_war\" >Conduct of the war \u2013 Mexican-American War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/kera\/usmexicanwar\/war\/\" >US-Mexican War \u2013 War (1846-1848) \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/Mexican-American_War.html\" >Mexican-American War \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Battle of Palo Alto:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/mexicanamericanwar\/p\/battle-of-palo-alto.htm\" >Mexican-American War: Battle of Palo Alto \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/thehistoryofmexico\/p\/The-Battle-Of-Palo-Alto.htm\" >The Battle of Palo Alto \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/kera\/usmexicanwar\/war\/palo_alto.html\" >The Battle of Palo Alto \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tshaonline.org\/handbook\/online\/articles\/qep01\" >PALO ALTO, BATTLE OF \u2013 TSHAOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1821\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_War_of_Independence\" >Greek War of Independence<\/a>: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Gravia_Inn\" >Battle of Gravia Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Battle of Gravia Inn:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Gravia_Inn#Background\" >Background \u2013 Battle of Gravia Inn \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DzFeGQH3w6g\" >YouTube video (2 min. 35 sec.): Battle of Gravia Inn<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Greek War of Independence:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/War-of-Greek-Independence\" >War of Greek Independence \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crwflags.com\/fotw\/flags\/gr_indep.html\" >Greece: War of Independence (1821-1829) \u2013 CRWFlags.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Greek_War_of_Independence\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 Military.Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athensinfoguide.com\/history\/t8-3independence.htm\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 HISTORY OF ATHENS \u2013 ATHENS INFO GUIDE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1800s\/yr20\/fgreece1821.htm\" >GREEK WAR OF INDPENDENCE 1821-1832 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ga\/cfuvgreekradio\/Independence.html\" >WAR OF INDEPENDENCE \u2013 Angelfire.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Greek__War__of__Independence\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 FunIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/155\/Greek-War-of-Independence\" >Greek War of Independence \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Modern History of Greece:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Constitution_of_1822\" >Greek Constitution of 1822 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/may_2\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/may_2<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to_may_8; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/may\/2\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/may\/2<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0to may\/8; \u00a0\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/may_2.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/may_2.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to may_8.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>May 2\u20138 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK:  \u201cAll violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.\u201d \u2013 Leo Tolstoy<\/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-72798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72798","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=72798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}