{"id":79716,"date":"2016-12-05T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=79716"},"modified":"2016-09-16T18:54:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:54:32","slug":"this-week-in-history-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/12\/this-week-in-history-105\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"TWH logo history\" width=\"500\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Dec 5-11<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/haydenconsulting.wordpress.com\/tag\/tom-hopkins\/\" >\u201cBeing miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.\u201d<\/a><\/em> &#8211; Tom Hopkins<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Today is <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Volunteer_Day\" >INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY<\/a><\/strong><\/em><em><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exploration_Flight_Test_1\" >first flight test<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orion_%28spacecraft%29\" >Orion spacecraft<\/a> launches successfully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>Militants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Sana%27a_attack\" >attack<\/a> a Defense Ministry compound in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sana%27a\" >Sana\u2019a<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yemen\" >Yemen<\/a>, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westroads_Mall_shooting\" >Westroads Mall shooting<\/a>: A gunman opens fire with a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semi-automatic_rifle\" >semi-automatic rifle<\/a> at an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omaha,_Nebraska\" >Omaha, Nebraska<\/a>, mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Commodore <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Bainimarama\" >Frank Bainimarama<\/a> overthrows the government in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiji\" >Fiji<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Lake_Tanganyika_earthquake\" >Lake Tanganyika earthquake<\/a> causes significant damage, mostly in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004\" >Civil Partnership Act<\/a> comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom\" >civil partnership<\/a> is registered there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lankan<\/a> government announces the conquest of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_people\" >Tamil<\/a> stronghold of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaffna\" >Jaffna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sri Lankan Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Sri_Lanka\/fl\/The-Sri-Lankan-Civil-War.htm\" >The Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/terrorist-organizations-and-networks\/sri-lankan-conflict\/p11407\" >The Sri Lankan Conflict \u2013 Backgrounder \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/194\/Sri-Lankan-Civil-War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casualties_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Casualties of the Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iconicphotos.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/16\/sri-lankan-civil-war-1983-2009\/\" >Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009) \u2013 2011\/04\/16 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of the Sri Lankan Civil War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zum.de\/whkmla\/sp\/0809\/kyungmook\/kyungmook1.html\" >History of the Civil War in Sri Lanka since 1983, by Kim, Kyung Mook \u2013 Korean Minjok Leadership Academy International Program \u2013 Term Paper, AP World History Class, November 2006 \u2013 Zum.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srilankahistory.weebly.com\/sri-lankan-civil-war.html\" >Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 SRI LANKA HISTORY \u2013 Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/5339374\/Sri-Lankas-civil-war-The-history-of-the-Tamil-conflict.html\" >Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war \u2013 The history of the Tamil conflict \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Origins_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war\" >Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/myapologetics.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/20\/sri-lankan-civil-war-history-the-closing-days-for-the-ltte-rebels\/\" >Sri Lankan Civil War History: The Closing Days for the LTTE Rebels \u2013 November 20, 2015 \u2013 My Apologetics \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x4dxl1_short-history-of-sri-lankan-civil-w_news\" >YouTube video (7 min. 52 sec.): Short History of Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PlN_copvSmg\" >YouTube video (4 min. 14 sec.): History of the war in Sri Lanka \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vDMAh9flF9E\" >YouTube video (26 min. 12 sec.): Truth of the LTTE \u2013 Full documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2000\/06\/edit-j12.html\" >The historical roots of Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war \u2013 12 June 2000 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalecco.org\/the-sri-lankan-civil-war-a-personal-reminiscence-col-sylvester-perera-sri-lankan-army\" >The Sri Lankan Civil War: A Personal Reminiscence, by COL Sylvester Perera;, Sri Lankan Army \u2013 GlobalEcco.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/sri-lanka\/history\" >Birth of the Tigers, Attempts at peace \u2013 History of Sri Lanka \u2013 LonenlyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sri_Lanka\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/sri-lanka\/history\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lankalibrary.com\/geo.html\" >Sri Lanka History \u2013 LankaLibrary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanka.com\/about\/history\/\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 Lanka.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Sri_Lanka\/p\/Sri-Lanka-Facts-and-History.htm\" >Sri Lanka | Facts &amp; History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/srilanka.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF SRI LANKA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/sri-lanka-history.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/the-history-of-sri-lanka-1.776957\" >The history of Sri Lanka \u2013 CBC News \u2013 CBC.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mahavamsa.org\/history-of-sri-lanka\/\" >History of Sri Lanka \u2013 Mahavamsa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12004081\" >Sri Lanka profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ce.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Sri%20Lanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/sri-lanka.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-11999611\" >Sri Lanka country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Sri_Lanka\" >Foreign relations of Sri Lanka \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/sri-lanka\/74.htm\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.lk\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5249.htm\" >US Relations With Sri Lanka \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/sri-lanka\/ri254\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/regions\/sri-lanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 ForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Sri Lanka:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka\" >Economy of Sri Lanka \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/srilanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/sri-lanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/srilanka\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/sri-lanka-economy.html\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/sri-lanka\/economy\" >Sri Lanka \u2013 Economy \u2013 Asia Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>The mayor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helmut_Zilk\" >Helmut Zilk<\/a>, is injured by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letter_bomb\" >letter bomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>Dissolution of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Reorganization_Process\" >Military Junta<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1982<\/strong><strong>\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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >(underground)<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR nuclear tests in 1982:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1982 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2009\/11\/kazakhstans_radioactive_legacy.html\" >Kazakhstan\u2019s radioactive legacy \u2013 Boston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/semipalatinsk_test_site\" >\u201cMy home: nuclear base Semipalatinsk \u2013 21\u201d, Episode 02 \u201cMain Testing Field\u201d (Video: 3 min. 14 sec.) \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death In Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carlwillis.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/13\/visit-to-the-semipalatinsk-nuclear-test-site\/\" >Visit to the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 SPEICAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-ns.iaea.org\/appraisals\/semipalatinsk.asp\" >The Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan \u2013 IAEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/732\/\" >Semipalatinsk Test Site \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5988266\/the-tragic-story-of-the-semipalatinsk-nuclear-test-site\" >The Tragic Story of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, by Vincze Mikl\u00f3s \u2013 io9.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/Sixty_Years_After_First_Soviet_Nuclear_Test_Legacy_Of_Misery_Lives_On\/1809712.html\" >60 Years After First Soviet Nuclear Test, Legacy Of Misery Lives On In Kazakhstan \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 Monday, August 10, 2015 \u2013 RFERL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/8236431.stm\" >Soviet nuclear tests leave Kazakh fallout \u2013 Sunday, 6 September 2009 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2010\/02\/24\/ST2010022403314.html?sid=ST2010022403314\" >In Kazakhstan, the race for uranium goes nuclear, by Philip P. Pan \u2013 Thursday, February 25, 2005 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?17456\" >Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 NuclearNo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/listverse.com\/2012\/05\/15\/top-10-nuclear-test-sites\/\" >Top 10 Nuclear Test Sites, Michael Affleck, May 15, 2012 \u2013 Our World \u2013 ListVerse.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Health, and Ecological Issues in Kazakhstan\/Semipalatinsk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/kazakhstan\/kazakhstan17.html\" >Kazakstan\/Kazakhstan \u2013 Environmental Problems \u2013 Reference.AllRefer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdfs\/HBWW_EN\/Semipalatinsk_EN_web.pdf\" >\u201cIn Semipalatinsk, the local population was exposed to high levels of radioactivity from nuclear weapon tests for several decades\u2026\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear test site \u2013 Nuclear-Risk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/testing\/PDFs\/JC-143920%5B1%5D.pdf\" >Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakhstan\u2019s Semipalatinsk Test Site Implications on Human and Ecological Heath, by T.M. Carlsen, L.E. Peterson, B.A. Ulsh, C.A. Werner, K.L.Purvis, A.C. Sharber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nukefreetexas.org\/downloads\/plutominum_uranium_semipalatinsk_test_site.pdf\" >Plutonium and Uranium in Human Bones from Areas surrounding the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 NukeFreeTexas.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2013\/0828\/Secrets-of-Semipalatinsk-How-nuclear-theft-was-averted-in-Central-Asia\" >\u201cTheir research done on sample villages near the test site found cancer mortality rates 2-1\/2 times greater than those in a control village. The agency says some 356,000 people face radiation risk, with 70 percent of those being descendants of exposed villagers\u2026\u201d \u2013 Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cajgh.pitt.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/cajgh\/article\/view\/127\/0\" >Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Kazakhstan, by Bernd Grosche, Tamara Zhunussova, Kazbek Apsalikov, Ausrele Kesminiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/wasj\/wasj23%285%2913\/19.pdf\" >Information Report on Biological Studies Conducted At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 IDOSI.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/articles\/PMC3866702\" >Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Semipalatinsk Historical Cohort, 1960 \u2013 1999, and its Relationship to Radiation Exposure \u2013 Europe PubMed Central<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> signs a \u201cfriendship treaty\u201d with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan\" >Democratic Republic of Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR-Afghanistan Friendship Treaty of 1978:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/ussr-and-afghanistan-sign-friendship-treaty\/print\" >DECEMBER 05, 1978 : USSR AND AFGHANISTAN SIGN \u201cFRIENDSHIP TREAY\u201d \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan\" >Foreign relations of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/afghanistan\/ri218\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.af\/en\/page\/3883\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u2013 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/2015\/03\/04\/neutrality-in-afghanistan-s-foreign-policy\" >Neutrality in Afghanistan\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2013 United States Institute of Peace \u2013 USIP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Afghanistan-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5380.htm\" >US Relations With Afghanistan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/programs\/foreign-policy\/afghanistan-index\" >Afghanistan Index \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/afghanistan.htm\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Country Profile \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12011352\" >Afghanistan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >\u201c<em>The Soviets began a major economic assistance program in Afghanistan in the 1950s. Between 1954 and 1978, Afghanistan received more than $1 billion in Soviet aid, including substantial military assistance. In 1973, the two countries announced a $200-million assistance agreement on gas and oil development, trade, transport, irrigation, and factory construction. Following the 1979 invasion, the Soviets augmented their large aid commitments to shore up the Afghan economy and rebuild the Afghan military. They provided the Karmal regime an unprecedented $800 million. The Soviet Union supported the Najibullah regime even after the withdrawal of Soviet troops in February 1989<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Afghanistan-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academicroom.com\/article\/soviet-afghan-relations-cooperation-occupation\" >Soviet-Afghanistan Relations from Cooperation to Occupation, by Alam Payind \u2013 AcademcRoom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanchamber.com\/about\/FOREIGNRELATIONS.htm\" >Foreign Relations \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 AfghanistanChamber.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/auctions\/ecatalogue\/2013\/travel-atlases-maps-natural-history-l13401\/lot.206.html\" >Afghanistan-Soviet relations \u2013 Sothebys.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Afghan War (1978-1992):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War\" >Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghan-War\" >\u201c<em>Afghan War, in the history of Afghanistan, the internal conflict (1978\u201392) between anticommunist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979\u201389 by Soviet troops)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Afghan War (1978-1992) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: 1979 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/afghanistan-war.html\" >Afghanistan War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/s\/so\/soviet_invasion_of_afghanistan.html\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/afghanistan\/29.htm\" >COMMUNISM, REBELLIION, AND SOVIET INTERVENTION \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/u__-nvho8zdx\/the-soviet-afghan-war\/\" >The Soviet-Afghan war \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/h_marroquin\/Soviet-Afghanistan.html\" >AFGHANISTAN; IN DEFESE OF SOVIET MILITARY ACTION \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ir.info\/2010\/01\/03\/the-soviet-union%E2%80%99s-last-war\/\" >Why Did the Soviet Union Invade Afghanistan? , by Daryl Morini \u2013 Jan 3, 2010 \u2013 E-INTERNATIONAL RELATION STUDIES \u2013 E-IR.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativeinsight.com\/Afghan_War.html\" >The Origins of the Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 AlternativeInsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyofrussia.org\/russian-invasion-of-afghanistan\/\" >RUSSIAN INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, by Andy Young \u2013 HISTORY OF RUSSIA \u2013 HistoryOfRussia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-july-dec06-soviet_10-10\/\" >The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS News Hour \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewashingtonreview.org\/articles\/the-kremlin-and-kabul-the-1979-soviet-invasion-of-afghanistan-in-retrospect.html\" >The Kremlin and Kabul: The 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in Retrospect, by Charles J Sullivan \u2013 September 2011 \u2013 TheWashingtonReview.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidetorussia.com\/russia-afghanistan.asp\" >SOVIET INVASTION OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 GuideToRussia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index4.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/af.html\" >AFGHANISTAN \u2013 WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/afghanistan.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Afghanistan and the United Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/news\/dh\/latest\/afghan\/un-afghan-history.shtml\" >Afghanistan &amp; the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistan-un.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mission-afghanistan.ch\/Mission\/index.php\" >Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Afghanistan\" >History of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-history.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghangovernment.com\/briefhistory.htm\" >A Brief History of Afghanistan: By Adam Ritscher \u2013 AfghanGovernment.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad09\" >HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/afghanistan\/history\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/afghanista1\/p\/ProfAfghanistan.htm\" >Afghanistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-jan-june11-timeline-afghanistan\/\" >A Historical Timeline of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-Web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12024253\" >Afghanistan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Afghanistan\" >Economy of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/afghanistan\/economy\" >Afghanistan: Economy \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/afghanistan\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-economy.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistans.com\/Information\/Economy\/default.htm\" >Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Afghanistan\u2019s Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a> breaks diplomatic relations with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Yemen\" >South Yemen<\/a>. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The four node <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARPANET\" >ARPANET<\/a> network is established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>US Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong><em>Ecological and Health Issues in and around the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cdclv.unlv.edu\/healthnv\/environment.html\" >Environment and the Quality of Life in Nevada \u2013 UNLV.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" ><em>ECONLGOY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVE SUMMARY, KEY WORD INDEX, AND SPECIES LISTS<\/em> \u2013 DOE\/NEV\/11718-594<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osti.gov\/scitech\/biblio\/6458066\" ><em>Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center: a review of technical information support provided to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group<\/em> \u2013 Sci-Tech Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologycenter.org\/terrainmagazine\/summer-2002\/sovereignty-at-shoshone-mountain\/\" >\u201c<em>Between 1951 and 1992, the United States bombed its own soil with nuclear weapons \u2014 945 times. All but 17 of those explosions took place on a stretch of basin-and-range desert northwest of Las Vegas called the Nevada Test Site (NTS),\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Sovereignty at Shoshone Mountain \u2013 EcologyCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/%7Eota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/8909.PDF\" ><em>The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions<\/em> \u2013 Princeton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lloyd_J._Old\" >Lloyd J Old<\/a> discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease\u2014mouse leukemia\u2014opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Donlon\" >Roger Donlon<\/a> is awarded the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medal_of_Honor\" >Medal of Honor<\/a> of the war.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1964:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1961.html\" >The Vietnam War: 1961-1964 \u2013 historyplace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Viet Nam War and Some Pertinent Events:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-history\" >VIETNAM WAR HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&amp;psid=3470\" >Chronology of Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events \u2013 Digital History \u2013 DigitalHistory.UH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1965.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 The Jungle War 1965 \u2013 1968 \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atvaudio.com\/ata_vietnamwar.php\" >The VIETNAM WAR: US Involvement &amp; Escalation \u2013 ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO Inc. \u2013 RESEARCH REPORT \u2013 PART ONE \u2013 April 23, 1961 \u2013 May 27, 1968 \u2013 ATVAudio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/anderson.htm\" >The Diplomatic Course of the Vietnam War, by David L Anderson \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1888.html\" >America\u2019s Vietnam War in Indochina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1964-68v07\/sources\" >Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume VII, Vietnam, September 1968-January 1969 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allempires.com\/article\/index.php?q=britain_tet_offensive\" >Britain and the Tet Offensive 1967-1968: A \u2018Turning Point\u2019 in British Foreign Policy? \u2013 All Empires \u2013 AllEmpires.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sukarno\" >Sukarno<\/a> expels all Dutch people from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" >Indonesia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._D._Nixon\" >E D Nixon<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_Parks\" >Rosa Parks<\/a> lead the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott\" >Montgomery Bus Boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Federation_of_Labor\" >American Federation of Labor<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations\" >Congress of Industrial Organizations<\/a> merge and form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AFL%E2%80%93CIO\" >AFL\u2013CIO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Smog\" >Great Smog<\/a>: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_19\" >Flight 19<\/a> is lost in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bermuda_Triangle\" >Bermuda Triangle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bermuda Triangle:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/ask-history\/what-is-the-bermuda-triangle\" >What is the Bermuda Triangle?\u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/bermuda-triangle\/videos\/mysteries-of-the-bermuda-triangle\" >BERMUDA TRIANGLE \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/myth-bermuda-triangle\/\" >THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE \u2013 todayifoundout.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/culturalgeography\/a\/bermudatriangle.htm\" >Bermuda Triangle \u2013 by Matt Rosenberg \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bermuda_Triangle\" >Bermuda Triangle \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unmuseum.org\/triangle.htm\" >The \u201cMystery\u201d of the Bermuda Triangle \u2013 unmuseum.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/adventure.howstuffworks.com\/bermuda-triangle.htm\" >How the Bermuda Triangle Works \u2013 howstuffworks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bermuda-attractions.com\/bermuda2_00004e.htm\" >Bermuda Triangle \u2013 Facts and Myths \u2013 bermuda-attractions.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany\u2019s secret weapons bases in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Crossbow\" >Operation Crossbow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Moscow\" >Battle of Moscow<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgy_Zhukov\" >Georgy Zhukov<\/a> launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> adopts a new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1936_Soviet_Constitution\" >constitution<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kirghiz_SSR\" >Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic<\/a> is established as a full <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Union Republic<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >USSR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Constitution of 1936:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1936_Soviet_Constitution\" >1936 Soviet Constitution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.departments.bucknell.edu\/russian\/const\/1936toc.html\" >1936 CONSTITUTION OF THE USSR \u2013 bucknell.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abyssinia_Crisis\" >Abyssinia Crisis<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italian<\/a> troops attack Wal Wal in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Abyssinia<\/a>, taking four days to capture the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prohibition_in_the_United_States\" >Prohibition in the United States<\/a> ends: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Utah\" >Utah<\/a> becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >18th Amendment<\/a> which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>German-born Swiss <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Physicist\" >physicist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\" >Albert Einstein<\/a> is granted an American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visa_%28document%29\" >visa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour\" >Cathedral of Christ the Saviour<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow\" >Moscow<\/a> was destroyed by an order of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Stalin\" >Joseph Stalin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dimitrios_Rallis\" >Dimitrios Rallis<\/a> forms a government in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Greece\" >Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chincha_Islands_War\" >Chincha Islands War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peru\" >Peru<\/a> allies with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a> against Spain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Gold_Rush\" >California Gold Rush<\/a>: In a message to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >United States Congress<\/a>, U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_K._Polk\" >James K. Polk<\/a> confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\" >California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1831\u00a0 <\/strong>Former US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Quincy_Adams\" >John Quincy Adams<\/a> takes his seat in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\" >House of Representatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong>Foundation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macei%C3%B3\" >Macei\u00f3<\/a>, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 06<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Greek_riots\" >2008 Greek riots<\/a> break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> reveals photographs taken by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Global_Surveyor\" >Mars Global Surveyor<\/a> suggesting the presence of liquid <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water_on_Mars\" >water on Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_Air_Force\" >Iranian Air Force<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules\" >C-130<\/a> military transport aircraft <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Iranian_Air_Force_C-130_crash\" >crashes into a ten-floor apartment building<\/a> in a residential area of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehran\" >Tehran<\/a>, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Several villagers are shot dead during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dongzhou_protests_of_2005\" >protests in Dongzhou<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>A Russian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonov_An-124\" >Antonov An-124<\/a> cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irkutsk\" >Irkutsk<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siberia\" >Siberia<\/a>, killing 67.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babri_Masjid\" >Babri Masjid<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayodhya\" >Ayodhya<\/a>, India, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid\" >demolished<\/a>, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a>, forces of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army\" >Yugoslav People\u2019s Army<\/a> bombard <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dubrovnik\" >Dubrovnik<\/a> after laying siege to the city since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May\" >May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Siege of Dubrovnik of 1991:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Dubrovnik\" >Siege of Dubrovnik \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_Yugoslav_campaign_in_Croatia\" >1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roughguides.com\/destinations\/europe\/croatia\/dubrovnik-around\/siege-dubrovnik-1991-92\/\" >THE SIEGE OF DUBROVNIK 1991 \u2013 92 \u2013 Rough Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justdubrovnik.com\/event\/dubrovnik-in-the-war-1991-1995\/\" >Dubrovnik in the war 1991-1995 \u2013 JustDubrovnik.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.croatianhistory.net\/etf\/et112.html\" >The Period of Croatia within ex-Yugoslavia (1918-1941, 1945-1991) \u2013 CroatiaHistory.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Yugoslav_breakup\" >Timeline of Yugoslav breakup \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre\" >\u00c9cole Polytechnique massacre<\/a> (or Montreal Massacre): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_L%C3%A9pine\" >Marc L\u00e9pine<\/a>, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_de_Montr%C3%A9al\" >\u00c9cole Polytechnique<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal\" >Montreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory\" >Australian Capital Territory<\/a> is granted self-government.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Australian Capital Territory:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australianexplorer.com\/australian_capital_territory.htm\" >Australian Capital Territory \u2013 AustralianExplorer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/australian-capital-territory.html\" >Australian Capital Territory \u2013 Infolpease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory\" >History of the Australian Capital Territory \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The Troubles: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_National_Liberation_Army\" >Irish National Liberation Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Droppin_Well_bombing\" >bombed a pub<\/a> frequented by British soldiers in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballykelly,_County_Londonderry\" >Ballykelly, Northern Ireland<\/a>. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>Spain approves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978\" >its latest constitution<\/a> in a referendum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>South Africa grants independence to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bophuthatswana\" >Bophuthatswana<\/a>, although it is not recognized by any other country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\" >The Troubles<\/a>: Fleeing from the police, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional IRA<\/a> unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balcombe_Street_siege\" >six-day siege<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >The Twenty-fifth Amendment<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\" >United States House of Representatives<\/a> votes 387 to 35 to confirm <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\" >Gerald Ford<\/a> as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vice_President_of_the_United_States\" >Vice President of the United States<\/a>. (On <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/November_27\" >November 27<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >Senate<\/a> confirmed him 92 to 3.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi\u2019s recognition of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh\" >Bangladesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >Mangystau, Kazakhstan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1969:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1969 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Mangystau:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mangystau_Region\" >Mangystau Region \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/mangystau-oblast\" >Mangystau (Mangistau) oblast, Kazakhstan \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adrian_Kantrowitz\" >Adrian Kantrowitz<\/a> performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1967\/december_6_1967_134085.html\" >1967\u00a0 USSR performs nuclear test<\/a><\/strong> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sary_Shagan\" >Sary-Shagan<\/a>, USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Nuclear Tests in 1967:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1967 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Note that this test at Sary-Shagan, on December 6, 1967, if it was actually, performed, is not indicated in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1967 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Sary-Shagan Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/682\/\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 NTI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aboutkazakhstan.com\/blog\/army\/missile-firing-at-sary-shagan-testing-ground\/\" >Missile firing at Sary-Shagan testing ground \u2013 AboutKazakhstan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautix.com\/sites\/sarhagan.htm\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Encyclopedia Astronautica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/missilethreat.com\/russian-tv-profiles-sary-shagan-test-range\/\" >Russian TV Profiles Sary-Shagan Test Range \u2013 MISSILE THREAT \u2013 MissileThreat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ausairpower.net\/APA-Rus-ABM-Systems.html\" >Russian\/Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems \u2013 AusAirPower.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ijkm.nl\/Sary-Shagan\" >Sary-Shagan \u2013 Russian Super Weapons Hypersonic Aircraft Igla Armas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesoberg.com\/140520-topol-ky.pdf\" >Russia\u2019s KYSS-08 \u2018Topol\u2019 \u2013 Mystery Missile Mission \u2013 Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagon \u2013 Eighth Launch \u2013 May 20, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siberianinsider.com\/russia-to-upgrade-neman-p-radar-in-sary-shagan.html\" >Russia to upgrade Neman-P rader in Sary-Shagon \u2013 28.08.2014 \u2013 Siberian Insider \u2013 SiberianInsider.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/russia-again-flight-tests-new-icbm-to-treaty-violating-range\/\" >\u201c<em>The RS-26 missile carried a dummy warhead from Russia\u2019s Kapustin Yar missile facility, located about 80 miles south of Volgograd in southern Russia, to an impact range at Sary Shagan in Kazakhstan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Russia Again Flight Tests New ICBM to Treaty-Violating Rage, by Bill Gertz \u2013 March 31, 2015 \u2013 FreeBeacon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Vanguard\" >Project Vanguard<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Launch_pad\" >launchpad<\/a> explosion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanguard_TV3\" >Vanguard TV3<\/a> thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite\" >satellite<\/a> into Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Everglades_National_Park\" >Everglades National Park<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a> is dedicated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continuation_War\" >Continuation War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>US federal judge <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_M._Woolsey\" >John M. Woolsey<\/a> rules that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Joyce\" >James Joyce<\/a>\u2018s novel <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulysses_%28novel%29\" >Ulysses<\/a><\/em> is not obscene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The government of Colombia <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banana_massacre\" >sends military forces<\/a> to suppress a month-long <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_action\" >strike<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Fruit_Company\" >United Fruit Company<\/a> workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Free_State\" >Irish Free State<\/a> comes into existence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Irish_Treaty\" >Anglo-Irish Treaty<\/a> is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Jacob_Jones_%28DD-61%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Jacob Jones<\/em><\/a> is the first American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destroyer\" >destroyer<\/a> to be sunk by enemy action when it is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torpedo\" >torpedoed<\/a> by German submarine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SM_U-53\" >SM\u00a0<em>U-53<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halifax_Explosion\" >Halifax Explosion<\/a>: A munitions explosion near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halifax_%28former_city%29\" >Halifax, Nova Scotia<\/a> kills more than 1,900 people in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions#Rank_order_of_largest_conventional_explosions.2Fdetonations_by_magnitude\" >largest artificial explosion up to that time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finnish_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Finland declares independence<\/a> from Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Powers\" >Central Powers<\/a> capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bucharest\" >Bucharest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monongah_Mining_disaster\" >coal mine explosion<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monongah,_West_Virginia\" >Monongah, West Virginia<\/a>, kills 362 workers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\" >Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> articulated his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roosevelt_Corollary\" >\u201cCorollary\u201d to the Monroe Doctrine<\/a>, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong>London becomes the world\u2019s first city to host licensed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taxicab\" >taxicabs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1884\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Monument\" >Washington Monument<\/a> in Washington, D.C., is completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong>The first edition of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post\" >The Washington Post<\/a><\/em> is published.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a> is ratified, banning slavery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1768\u00a0 <\/strong>The first edition of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica\" >Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/a><\/em> is published.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1745\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Edward_Stuart\" >Charles Edward Stuart<\/a>\u2018s army begins retreat during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobite_rising_of_1745\" >second Jacobite Rising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1704\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Chamkaur\" >Battle of Chamkaur<\/a>: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khalsa\" >Sikh Khalsa<\/a> defeats a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mughal_Empire\" >Mughal<\/a> army.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 07<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ante_Gotovina\" >Ante Gotovina<\/a>, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes but later acquitted, is captured in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Playa_de_las_Am%C3%A9ricas\" >Playa de las Am\u00e9ricas<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tenerife\" >Tenerife<\/a>, by Spanish police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_%28spacecraft%29\" >Galileo spacecraft<\/a> arrives at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter\" >Jupiter<\/a>, a little more than six years after it was launched by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis\" >Space Shuttle Atlantis<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-34\" >Mission STS-34<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colin_Ferguson_%28mass_murderer%29\" >Colin Ferguson<\/a> murders six people and injures 19 others on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Island_Rail_Road\" >LIRR<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassau_County,_New_York\" >Nassau County, New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasser_Arafat\" >Yasser Arafat<\/a> recognizes the right of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> to exist.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PLO\u2019s Recognition of Israel:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/1988-12-07\/news\/26228866_1_rita-hauser-plo-chief-yasser-arafat-jewish-delegation\" >Plo\u2019s Arafat recognizes State of Israel \u2013 December 07, 1988 \u2013 Philly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/12\/08\/world\/arafat-says-plo-accepted-israel.html\" >\u201c<em>STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7\u2014 Yasir Arafat said today that the Palestine Liberation Organization accepted the existence of the state of Israel. His statement, which he presented as a milestone, was immediately dismissed in Israel and greeted coldly by the United States<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>ARAFAT SAYS PLO ACCEPTED ISRAEL<\/strong>, by Steve Lohr \u2013 December 8, 1988 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jcpa.org\/article\/arafat-jewish-state-setting-record-straight\/\" >\u201c<em>In the last quarter of 1988, an intense effort was undertaken to facilitate the opening of a diplomatic dialogue between the PLO and the U.S. \u2026 Arafat did not issue a clear declaration recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, but only summarized the language of UN General Assembly Resolution 181. The U.S. government concluded that Arafat\u2019s statement did not meet Washington\u2019s demand that the PLO unequivocally recognize the State of Israel, and thus no dialogue was launched between the U.S. and the PLO at that time<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Arafat and the Jewish State: Setting the Record Straight<\/strong>, by Amb. Alan Baker \u2013 March 17, 2014 \u2013 JCPA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Israeli-Palestine Conflict:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict\" >Israeli-Palestine conflict \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/publication\/CGME_transcript.html\" >CRISIS GUIDE: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINE CONFLICT \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merip.org\/primer-palestine-israel-arab-israeli-conflict-new\" >Primer on Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict \u2013 Middle East Research and Information Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bookzz.org\/book\/713313\/832d85\" >The Israeli-Palestine Conflict: A Documentary Record, 1967-1990, by Yuhuda Lukacs<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bookzz.org\/\" >The world\u2019s largest e-book library \u2013 BookZZ.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldwarstudies.com\/2012\/12\/10\/palestine-israel-timeline-1977-1990\/\" >PALESTINE-ISRAEL TIMELINE: 1977 \u2013 1990, by Lisa Reynolds Wolfe, December 10, 2012 \u2013 Cold War \u2013 ColdWarStudies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wrmea.org\/1990-march\/1990-march-table-of-contents.html\" >March 1990 Table of Contents \u2013 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs \u2013 WRMEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/shared\/spl\/hi\/middle_east\/03\/v3_ip_timeline\/html\/\" >A HISTORY OF CONFLICT \u2013 ISRAELI AND THE PALESTINIANS \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastweb.org\/timeline.htm\" >HISTORY OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONLIFCT \u2013 pdf \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of Israel-Palestine Conflict:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict\" >Timeline of Israeli-Palestinian conflict \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/world\/countries\/israel-palestine-conflict\/timeline.html\" >Timeline: Israeli-Palestine Conflict 1948-2000 \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastweb.org\/timeline.htm\" >Timeline of Palestinian Israeli History and the Israel-Arab Conflict \u2013 MidEastWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/world\/countries\/israel-palestine-conflict\/timeline.html\" >Timeline: Israeli-Palestine Conflict 1948-2000 \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/time90s.html\" >Timeline of Jewish History: Modern Israel &amp; the Diaspora \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Liberation_Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1991to_now_plo_arafat.php\" >Background: Yasser Arafat and the PLO \u2013 PalestineFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/palestine-liberation-organization.html\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Palestine-Liberation-Organization\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/plo.htm\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/the-middle-east-1917-to-1973\/the-palestinian-liberation-organisation\/\" >The Palestine Liberation Organisation \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/palestineun.org\/about-palestine\/palestine-liberation-organization\/\" >Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medea.be\/en\/countries\/occupied-palestinian-territories\/eu-plo-agreement\/\" >EU-PLO Agreement \u2013 Media.be<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=the+Palestine+Liberation+Organization\" >YouTube videos on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of the PLO:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1948to1967_plo_backgd.php\" >Founding the Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 What led to the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/plocov.asp\" >Palestinian National Charter: Resolutions of the Palestine National Council July 1-17, 1968<\/a> \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Terrorism\/plo.html\" >Palestine Liberation Organization \u2013 History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/schoolworkhelper.net\/palestinian-liberation-organization-plo-history-formation\/\" >Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): History &amp; Formation \u2013 SchoolWorkHelper.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.mit.edu\/V109\/N2\/israel.02n.html\" >PLO\u2019s history of terrorism is a barrier to peace talks, by Andrew L. Fish \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PLO_in_Lebanon\" >PLO in Lebanon (1960s-1982) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1991to_now_plo_fatah.php\" >What is Fatah? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/palestinian-state.html\" >Palestinian State (proposed) \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcj.org\/site\/PageNavigator\/sfi_about_war_plo\" >Terror Campaigns and Funding of the PLO \u2013 War, Peace &amp; Politics \u2013 International Fellowship of Christians &amp; Jews \u2013 IFCJ.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eretzyisroel.org\/%7Esamuel\/plohistory.html\" >The history of the PLO and the International Legitimization of Terrorism \u2013 EretzYisroel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imninalu.net\/myths-pals.htm\" >The True Identity of the So-called Palestinians \u2013 Myths, Hypothesis and Facts \u2013 Imninal.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_nationalism\" >Palestinian nationalism \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.targetofopportunity.com\/palestinian_truth.htm\" >The Truth About the Palestine People \u2013 TargetOfOpportunity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/westbank\/index_en.htm\" >European Union and the Palestinians \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/18\/world\/europe\/hamas-palestinian-statehood-vote-european-parliament.html?_r=0\" >European Court Reverses Designation of Hamas as a Terrorist Organization \u2013 December 18, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/plohistoryofrevolution\/2009\/07\/200974133438561995.html\" >Chronicling the PLO \u2013 31 Aug 2009 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict#1948.E2.80.9349:_Arab.E2.80.93Israeli_War\" >1948-49: Arab-Israeli War \u2013 Timeline of the Israeli-Palestine conflict \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#Course_of_the_war\" >Course of the war \u2013 1948 Arab-Israeli War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/balagan.info\/timeline-of-the-1948-arab-israeli-war\" >Timeline of the Arab-Israeli War \u2013 Steven\u2019s Balagan \u2013 Balagan.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/mideast\/timeline.htm\" >The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1947-present \u2013 World \u2013 08\/28\/2001 \u2013 USA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.akhlah.com\/israel\/israel_timeline\/\" >Israel Timeline \u2013 akhla.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preceden.com\/timelines\/154984-the-1948-israeli-arab-war\" >The 1948 Israeli-Arab War \u2013 Preceden.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/israeli-statehood-and-the-arab-israeli-war-of-1948.html\" >Israeli Statehood and the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/israels-war-of-independence\/\" >Israel\u2019s War of Independence, by Matt Plen \u2013 MyJewishLearning.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/is.html\" >ISRAEL \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a>, <strong>or<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/israel_cia.pdf\" >Israel \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 Israel \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Israel\" >Israel \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.science.co.il\/\" >Information about Israel \u2013 Israel Science and Technology Home Page<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/israel.html\" >Israel \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Israel\" >Israel \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14628835\" >Israel country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.il\/mfa\" >Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Israel\" >Foreign relations of Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/israelforeignaffairs.com\/\" >Israeli Foreign Affairs \u2013 IsraeliForeignAffairs.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/israel\/ri359\" >Israel \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/israel\/forrel.htm\" >Israel \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelcfr.com\/about-icfr.php?inp=1\" >Israel Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 IsraelCFR.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelhebrew.com\/israel-foreign-relations\/\" >Israel Foreign Relations \u2013 IsraelHebrew.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/israel\/government\/israel_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Israel \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/politicalgeography\/a\/israeldiplomacy.htm\" >Diplomatic and Foreign Relations of Israel \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/israel\/107.htm\" >Israel and Middle Eastern States \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/israel-foreign-relations\" >Articles on Israel Foreign Relations \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/israel\/106.htm\" >ISRAEL \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Israel\u2019s Nuclear Capability:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinproject.org\/countries\/israel\/nuke.html\" >Israel\u2019s Nuclear Weapon Capability: An Overview \u2013 T<em>he Risk Report<\/em> \u2013 Volume 2 Number 4 (July-August 1996). \u2013 WisconsinProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/israel\/nuke\/index.html\" >\u201c<em>Israel has not confirmed that it has nuclear weapons and officially maintains that it will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East. Yet the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons is a \u201cpublic secret\u201d by now due to the declassification of large numbers of formerly highly classified US government documents which show that the United States by 1975 was convinced that Israel had nuclear weapons<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2014\/01\/no_author\/israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal\/\" >The Truth about Israel\u2019s Secret Nuclear Arsenal, by Julian Borger \u2013 LewRockWell.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/programmes\/correspondent\/2841377.stm\" >Israeli nuclear power exposed, by Olenka Frenkiel \u2013 Sunday 16 March 2003 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/israel\/nuke\/farr.htm\" >THE THIRD TEMPLE\u2019S HOLY OF HOLIES: ISRAEL\u2019S NUCLEAR WEAPONS, by Warner D. Farr, LTC, U.S. Army \u2013 September 1999 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/canadian-mennonite-played-key-role-in-discovering-israels-nuclear-program\/article13193235\/\" >How Canada exposed Israel\u2019s secret nukes with help from a Mennonite, by Tu Thanh Ha \u2013 July 12, 2013 \u2013 The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jan\/15\/truth-israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal\" >The truth about Israel\u2019s nuclear arsenal, by Julian Borger \u2013 Wednesday, 15 January 2014 \u2013 The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependent.co.zw\/2014\/02\/21\/israels-nuclear-hypocrisy\/\" >Israel\u2019s Nuclear Hypocrisy \u2013 February 21, 2014 \u2013 TheIndependent.co.zw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/09\/israel-nuclear-weapons-secret-united-states\/380237\/\" >Israel\u2019s Worst-Kept Secret \u2013 Sep. 16, 2014 \u2013 The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Israel\" >History of Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factsofisrael.com\/en\/history.shtml\" >Israel \u2013 History \u2013 FactsOfIsrael.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israel-a-history-of.com\/\" >THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL \u2013 Israel-a-History-of. com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Israel\" >History of Israel \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Israeli_history\" >Timeline of Israeli history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionism-israel.com\/zionism_timeline.htm\" >Timeline: Concise Chronology of Israel, Zionism and Jewish History \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionismontheweb.org\/middle_east\/Israel\/timeline_of_Israel.htm\" >A TIMELINE OF ISRAEL \u2013 ZionismOnTheWeb.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-29123668\" >Israel profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Zionism Movement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/zion.html\" >Israel: Zionism \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Zionism\/\" >Zionism \u2013 Index of Zionism \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionismbook.com\/\" >Zionism \u2013 The Real Enemy of the Jews \u2013 ZionismBook.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Zionism\/firstcong.html\" >Zionist Congress: First to Twelfth Zionist Congress (1897-1921) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Zionism\" >Zionism \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truetorahjews.org\/zionism\" >Zionism \u2013 TrueTorahJews.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipity.li\/zionism.htm\" >Zionism \u2013 Serendipity.li<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nkusa.org\/aboutus\/whatzionism.cfm\" >WHAT IS ZIONISM? JUDAISM VERSUS ZIONISM \u2013 Neturei Karta \u2013 NKUSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nkusa.org\/AboutUs\/Zionism\/judaism_isnot_zionism.cfm\" >JUDAISM AND ZIONISM ARE NOT THE SAME THING \u2013 Neturei Karta \u2013 NKUSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/zionist\" >Zionism \u2013 Reference.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionism-israel.com\/\" >Zionism and Israel Information Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/Zionism\" >Zionism \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionismontheweb.org\/\" >Zionism On The Web: Zionism On The Web provides definitions and facts on Israel and Zionism to combat hate, antisemitism and racism. \u2013 Learn about Zionism: Online facts to combat real world hate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionism.me.uk\/\" >Zionism, Israel and me \u2013 Zionism.me.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetliberty.org\/issues\/israel\/zionist.html\" >Israel: THE ZIONIST STATE \u2013 SweetLiberty.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Zionism:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.il\/mfa\/aboutisrael\/state\/pages\/zionism-%20background.aspx\" >ZIONISM: Background \u2013 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Zionism\" >History of Zionism \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastweb.org\/zionism.htm\" >The history of Zionism and the creation of Israel \u2013 MidEastWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionism-israel.com\/zionism_history.htm\" >A History of Zionism \u2013 Zionism \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zoominfo.com\/p\/Israel-Timeline\/561158408\" >Israel Timeline \u2013 ZoomInfo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Israel\" >Economy of Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finances.worldbank.org\/en\/countries\/Israel\" >ISRAEL \u2013 Country Summary \u2013 World Bank Group Finances<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/israel\" >Israel \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/israel\/gdp\" >Israel GDP \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelemb.org\/washington\/AboutIsrael\/Economy\/Pages\/ECONOMY-Israel.aspx\" >Economy of Israel \u2013 Embassy of Israel to the United States<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/israel\" >Israel \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/useconomy.about.com\/od\/worldeconomy\/p\/Israel_Economy.htm\" >Israel\u2019s Economy \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theodora.com\/wfbcurrent\/israel\/israel_economy.html\" >Israel Economy \u2013 Overview \u2013 Countries of the World \u2013 Theodora.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988_Armenian_earthquake\" >Spitak earthquake<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenia\" >Armenia<\/a> an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richter_magnitude_scale\" >Richter scale<\/a> kills more than 25,000, injures 30,000 and leaves 500,000 homeless out of a population of 3,500,000.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Spitak Earthquake:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/earthquakes-wreak-havoc-in-armenia\" >DEC 7, 1988: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Earthquakes wreak havoc in Armenia \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1988\/12\/7\/spitak-earthquake-of-1988\" >Dec 7 1988: Spitak Earthquake of 1988 \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/december\/10\/default.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 10 December 1988: Death toll rises in Armenian earthquake \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasianet.org\/node\/67839\" >Armenia: Residents Still Living the Spitak Earthquake \u2013 December 6, 2013 \u2013 EURASIANET.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armenianow.com\/society\/the_spitak_quake\/50672\/spitak_earthquake_december7\" >1988-2013: A quarter century of rebuilding, a lifetime of remembering \u2013 THE SPITAK EARTHQUAKE \u2013 06.12.13 \u2013 ArmeniaNow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.data.gov\/dataset\/1988-spitak-earthquake-database\" >1988 Spitak Earthquake Database \u2013 Data.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/hazard\/fliers\/se-0207.shtml\" >The Spitak Earthquake Data Online \u2013 NOAA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora<\/a> Island.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Muruora:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7NEa-qDqUCU\" >YouTube video (2 min. 11 sec.): Amazing nuclear tests in French Polynesia and Muruora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxmpVJhs2BU\" >YouTube video (5 min. 06 sec.): SOUTH PACIFIC: MURUORA: FRANCE TO GO AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HdC1SaOATjs\" >YouTube video (16 min. 27 sec.): Nuclear Mentality \u2013 France<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas\" >Texas<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Brooks,_Jr.\" >Charles Brooks, Jr.<\/a>, becomes the first person to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >executed<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lethal_injection\" >lethal injection<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor\" >Indonesian invasion of East Timor<\/a>: The invasion begins.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Indonesian Invasion of East Timor:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/indonesia-invades-east-timor\" >DEC 07 1975: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Indonesia invades East Timor \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seasite.niu.edu\/EastTimor\/occupation.htm\" > Indonesian occupation: NIU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor\" >Claiming its assistance had been requested by East Timorese leaders, Indonesian military forces invaded on 7 December and by 1979 had all but destroyed armed resistance to the occupation. Following a controversial \u201cPopular Assembly\u201d which many said was not a genuine act of self-determination, Indonesia declared the territory a province of Indonesia (Timor Timur).\u201d \u2013 INDONESIAN OCCUPATION OF EAST TIMOR \u2013 WorldLibrary.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risefromashes.org\/east-timor\/\" >Indonesian Occupation of East Timor \u2013 Rise From Ashes \u2013 RiseFromAshes.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US Approval of Indonesia\u2019s Invasion of East Timor in 1975:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB62\/\" >Ford and Kissinger Gave Green Light to Indonesia\u2019s Invasion of East Timor, 1975: New Documents Detail Conversations with Suharto \u2013National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 62 \u2013 Edited by William Burr and Michael L. Evans \u2013 The National Security Archive \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/12\/kiss-d19.html\" >US approved 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor, by Frank Gaglioti \u2013 19 December 2001 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cja.org\/article.php?list=type&amp;type=198\" >\u201c<em>On 28 November 1975, Timor-Leste declared independence from Portugal\u2026Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was unequivocal in his support for the Suharto regime.\u00a0 On December 6, 1975, he and US President Ford met with Suharto in Jakarta just days before the invasion\u2026The following day, on December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched Operation Komodo, the general invasion of Timor-Leste<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 Indonesian Occupation 1975-1999 \u2013 Timor-Leste (East Timor) \u2013 THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY \u2013 CJA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2001\/12\/indonesia-documents-show-us-okayed-invasion-of-east-timor\/\" >INDONESIA: Documents Show US Okayed Invasion of East Timor, by Jim Lobe \u2013 ISPNews.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB174\/index.htm\" >A Quarter Century of US Support for Occupation \u2013 East Timor Truth Commission report uses declassified U.S. documents to call for reparations from U.S. for its support of Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor from 1975 until U.N. sponsored vote in 1999 \u2013 The National Security Archive \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Behind the Invasion: Australia\u2019s Tacit Approval and the UK\u2019s Support:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2000\/sep\/13\/indonesia.easttimor\" >\u201c<em>Memos, cables and letters sent and received by Australia\u2019s foreign department between 1974 and 1976 confirmed that Australia gave tacit approval to Jakarta to annex the former Portuguese colony<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Australia let Indonesia invade East Timor in 1975 \u2013 September 13, 2000 \u2013 The Guardian \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/breakfast\/australian-received-east-timor-\" >\u201cA recently re-discovered document given to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta suggests Australia may have been aware of Indonesian plans to execute East Timorese independence leaders after the 1975 invasion.\u201d \u2013 Australia received East Timor \u2018hit list\u2019 before Indonesian invasion, by Sue Lannin \u2013 Friday, 27 November 2015 \u2013 ABC.net.au<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenleft.org.au\/node\/21408\" >East Timor: The Indonesian-Australian invasion \u2013 Wednesday, September 20, 2000 \u2013 Green Left Weekly \u2013 GreenLeft.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onyamagazine.com\/australian-affairs\/history\/how-australia-betrayed-then-saved-east-timor\/\" >How Australia Betrayed Then Saved East Timor, by Beth Wilson \u2013 August 27, 2009 \u2013 OnyaMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB174\/indexuk.htm\" >Declassified British Documents Reveal U.K. Support for Indonesian Invasion and Occupation of East Timor, Recognition of Denial of Self Determination, 1975-1976, by Hugh Dowson, independent researcher \u2013 The National Security Archive \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of East Timor:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_East_Timor#Portuguese_rule\" >History of Portuguese Timor\/East Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/%7Ergwhitma\/classweb2\/history%20and%20conflict.htm\" >History and Conflict in East Timor \u2013 Mtholyoke.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/east-timor\/history\" >East Timor \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seasite.niu.edu\/EastTimor\/portuguese.htm\" >East Timor \u2013 Portuguese \u2013 NIU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/east-timor-history.html\" >East Timor \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-14952883\" >East Timor profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 17 February 2015 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-14919009\" >East Timor country profile \u2013 overview \u2013 17 February 2015 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/easttimorgovernment.com\/history.htm\" >EAST TIMOR GOVERNMENT \u2013 EastTimorGovernment.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyanthropologytimor.org\/\" >Timor-Leste \u2013 History \u2013 Anthropology \u2013 HistoryAnthropologyTimor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>East Timor:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Timor\" >Portuguese Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_East_Timor\" >Culture of East Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outline_of_East_Timor\" >Online of East Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/east-timor.html\" >East Timor \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timor-leste.gov.tl\/?p=29&amp;lang=en\" >Government of Timor-Leste<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Human Rights of East Timor:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_rights_in_East_Timor\" >Human rights in East Timor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/asia-and-the-pacific\/timor-leste\" >Timor-Lest\u00e9 Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/asia\/east-timor\" >East Timor \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warschauer_Kniefall\" >Warschauer Kniefall<\/a> \u2013 German Chancellor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willy_Brandt\" >Willy Brandt<\/a> makes a gesture of humility towards the victims of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising\" >Warsaw Ghetto Uprising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Willy Brandt:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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.biographyonline.net\/politicians\/europe\/willy-brandt.html\" >Willy Brandt Biography \u2013 BiographyOnline.net<\/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><em><strong>Willy Brandt\u2019s Apologetic Gesture at Warsaw:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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><em><strong>Warsaw Ghetto:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/warsawtoc.html\" >The Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 Holocaust Ghettos \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johndclare.net\/Nazi_Germany3_WarsawGhetto.htm\" >The Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-3 \u2013 JohndClare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/ghettos\/warsawghetto.html\" >The Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 HolocaustResearchProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu\/6.2\/bingham.html\" >Women and Warsaw Ghetto: A Moment to Decide, by Marjorie Wall Bingham \u2013 World History Connected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/deathcamps.org\/occupation\/warsaw%20ghetto.html\" >Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 DeathCamps.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustsurvivors.org\/data.show.php?di=record&amp;da=encyclopedia&amp;ke=117\" >Warsaw Ghetto \u2013 HolocaustSurvivors.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Warsaw Ghetto Uprising:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/warsaw-ghetto-uprising\" >WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING \u2013 April 19 \u2013 May 16, 1943 \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/warsaw-ghetto-uprising-begins\" >APR 19 1943: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005188\" >Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/uprising1.html\" >The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April 19 \u2013 May 19, 1943) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1940s\/a\/Warsaw-Ghetto-Uprising.htm\" >The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 April 19 \u2013 May 16, 1943 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Warsaw-Ghetto-Uprising\/images-videos\/In-1970-West-German-Chancellor-Willy-Brandt-traveled-to-Poland\/195970\" >Photographs relating to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 Britannica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustsurvivors.org\/data.show.php?di=record&amp;da=encyclopedia&amp;sf=entry_name&amp;sv=Warsaw+Ghetto+Uprising\" >Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 Encyclopedia \u2013 HolocaustSurvivors.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deathcamps.org\/occupation\/warsaw%20ghetto%20uprising.html\" >Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 DeathCamps.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jpfo.org\/filegen-a-m2\/movieplay-warsaw-ghetto-flv.htm\" >JPFO \u2013 The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, video \u2013 JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP \u2013 JFPO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/Poland\/WarsawGhetto\/WarsawGhettoUprising.html\" >Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 ScrapbookPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/holocaust\/RESOURCE\/GALLERY\/WGU2.HTM\" >Photos: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising II \u2013 USF.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/yv\/en\/holocaust\/about\/07\/warsaw_uprising.asp\" >The Holocaust \u2013 Combat and Resistance \u2013 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising \u2013 YadVashem.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising#Controversy\" >\u201c<em>In recent years, a new research by historians Dariusz Libionka (Poland) and Laurence Weinbaum (Israel) on the \u017bZW has called into question the validity of what has been written on the Revisionist Zionist underground that fought in the ghetto\u2026 Over the years these testimonies found their way into many secondary sources \u2013 both popular and scholarly works by other authors \u2013 as well as reference books<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Controversy<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Warsaw Ghetto Uprising<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/agcholocaustlibrary.org\/ghettos.html\" >Ghettos \u2013 Agnes Tnenenbaum Holocaust Library Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Willy Brandt, Israel, and the PLO:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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><em><strong>Political Apology:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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><em><strong>Apologies and Politicians:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_17\" >Apollo 17<\/a><\/em>, the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo moon mission<\/a>, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Blue_Marble\" >The Blue Marble<\/a><\/em> as they leave the Earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imelda_Marcos\" >Imelda Marcos<\/a> survives an assassination attempt using a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolo_knife\" >bolo knife<\/a> against her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahya_Khan\" >Yahya Khan<\/a> announces the formation of a coalition government with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nurul_Amin\" >Nurul Amin<\/a> as Prime Minister and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto\" >Zulfikar Ali Bhutto<\/a> as Deputy Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Paul_VI\" >Pope Paul VI<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patriarch_Athenagoras_I_of_Constantinople\" >Patriarch Athenagoras I<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic%E2%80%93Orthodox_Joint_Declaration_of_1965\" >simultaneously revoke<\/a> mutual <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Excommunication\" >excommunications<\/a> that had been in place since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1054\" >1054<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rainier_III,_Prince_of_Monaco\" >Rainier III<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monaco\" >Monaco<\/a> revises the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Principality\" >principality<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Monaco\" >constitution<\/a>, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War\" >Chinese Civil War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China\" >Government of the Republic of China<\/a> moves from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nanjing\" >Nanking<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei\" >Taipei<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor\" >Attack on Pearl Harbor<\/a> \u2013 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Navy\" >Imperial Japanese Navy<\/a> carries out a surprise attack on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Pacific_Fleet\" >United States Pacific Fleet<\/a> and its defending <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army_Air_Forces\" >Army<\/a> and Marine air forces at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor\" >Pearl Harbor<\/a>, Hawaii. (For Japan\u2019s near-simultaneous attacks on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Hemisphere\" >Eastern Hemisphere<\/a> targets, see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_8\" >December 8<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Japan\u2019s Attack on Pearl Harbor:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[<em>Note that the time difference between Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) and Tokyo (Japan) is 19 hours. Therefore, for instance, when Pearl Harbor was under attack at 8 a.m. of <\/em><strong><em>December 7<\/em><\/strong><em>, 1941, it was 3 a.m. of <\/em><strong><em>December 8,<\/em><\/strong><em> 1941 in Tokyo.<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/pearl-harbor\" >PEARL HARBOR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/a\/Attack-Pearl-Harbor.htm\" >Pearl Harbor \u2013 December 7, 1941 \u2013 A Date That Will Live in Infamy, by Jennifer Rosenberg \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/world-war-ii\/japan-bombs-pearl-harbor9.htm\" >Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor: July 1941- December 1941 \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/AAF\/7Dec41\/index.html\" >7 DECEMBER 1941 \u2013 The Air Force Story \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Declarations of War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu\/tmirhdee.html\" >December 8, 1941 \u2013 Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress for a Declaration of War with Japan \u2013 Marist.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_declaration_of_war_on_the_United_States_and_the_British_Empire\" >Japanese declaration of war against the United States and the Great Britain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pha\/myths\/matsum_1.html\" >ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN \u2013 MEETING OF PRIVY COUNCIL DEC. 8, 1941 \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/p3.asp\" >Japanese Note to the United States United States December 7, 1941 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_declaration_of_war_upon_Japan\" >United States declaration of war upon Japan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.org\/why-did-japan-attack-pearl-harbor.htm#didyouknowout\" >Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? \u2013 WiseGeece.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericancause.org\/patwhydidjapan.htm\" >Why Did Japan Attack Us? , by Patrick J. Buchanan \u2013 12\/11\/01 \u2013 TheAmericanCause.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pearlharbor.org\/history-of-pearl-harbor.asp\" >Pearl Harbor History: Why Did Japan Attack? Eyewitness Accounts, Casualty List, Background \u2013 PearlHarbor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyonthenet.com\/ask\/why-did-the-japanese-attack-pearl-harbor\" >Why Did the Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor? \u2013 12\/02\/2014 \u2013 HistoryOnTheNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/japan_1900_power.htm#pearl\" >\u201c<em>Why did Japan attack the United States? This is a more complicated question\u2026Japan was not militarily or economically powerful enough to ifight a long war against the United States, and the Japanese military knew this<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Japans\u2019 Quest for Power and World War II in<\/strong> <strong>Asia<\/strong> \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Path to the War between the United States and Japan in 1941:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Events_leading_to_the_attack_on_Pearl_Harbor\" >Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanfocus.org\/-Richard_J_-Smethurst\/3825\/article.html\" >Japan, the United States, and the Road to World War II in the Pacific, by Richard J. Smethurst \u2013 The Asia-Pacific Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/acad\/intrel\/WorldWar2\/pearl.htm\" >DISCUSSION WITH JAPAN 1941 and PEARL HARBOR \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/p1.asp\" >United States Note to Japan November 26, 1941 \u2013 \u201c<em>The text of the document handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador on November 26, 1941, which consists of two parts, one an oral statement and one an outline of a proposed basis for agreement between the United States and Japan, reads as follows:<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/wwii\/MacArthur%20Reports\/MacArthur%20V2%20P1\/ch1.htm\" >CHAPTER I \u2013 PRE-WAR JAPANESE MILITARY PREPARATIONS 1941 \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil\/pubs\/summary.cfm?q=905\" >Japan\u2019s Decision for War in 1941: Some Enduring Lessons, by Dr. Jeffery Record | February 2009 \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/a\/wwiipaccauses_2.htm\" >World War II Pacific: Moving Towards War \u2013 Japan Attacks the West, by Kennedy Hickman \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dolus Eventualis<\/strong> <em><strong>(Conscious Negligence) by Churchill and FDR? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1994\/08\/03\/world\/new-light-shed-on-churchill-and-pearl-harbor.html\" >\u201c<em>LONDON, Aug. 2\u2014 A newly declassified document suggests that Britain did not have advance warning of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, casting doubt on the theory that Churchill deliberately withheld such information from Roosevelt to make sure the United States entered the war, a historian here says<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>New Light Shed on Churchill and Pearl Harbor<\/strong>, by Richard W Stevenson \u2013 August 3, 2004 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rationalrevolution.net\/war\/fdr_provoked_the_japanese_attack.htm\" >FDR provoked the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor \u2013 RationalRevolution.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=1930\" >How U.S. Economic Warfare Provoked Japan\u2019s Attack on Pearl Harbor, by Robert Higgs \u2013 Mon. May 1, 2006 \u2013 INDPENDENT INSTITUTE \u2013 Independent.org<\/a>; <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9p8z1A3TsxU\" >Robert Higgs\u2019 lecture on the same subject: YouTube video 17 min. 28 sec.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pearl_Harbor_advance-knowledge_conspiracy_theory\" >Pearl Harbor advanced-knowledge conspiracy theory \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/publications\/prologue\/1996\/fall\/butow.html\" >How Roosevelt Attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor Myth Masquerading as History, by R J C Butow \u2013 Fall 1996, Vol. 28, No. 3 \u2013 Prologue Magazine \u2013 National Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/culture\/history\/item\/4740-pearl-harbor-hawaii-was-surprised-fdr-was-not\" >Pearl Harbor: Hawaii Was Surprised; FDR Was Not, by James Perloff \u2013 Sunday, 7 December 2014 \u2013 The New American \u2013 TheNewAmerican.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ussslcca25.com\/fdr1941.htm\" >FDR &amp; PEARL HARBOR: Did he know? \u2013 The question has gone unanswered for years.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.straightdope.com\/columns\/read\/1889\/did-roosevelt-know-in-advance-about-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-yet-say-nothing\" >Did Roosevelt know in advance about the attack on Pearl Harbor yet say nothing? \u2013 February 28, 2001 \u2013 The Straight Dope \u2013 StraightDope.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/8932197\/Pearl-Harbour-memo-shows-US-warned-of-Japanese-attack.html\" >\u201c\u2026<em>evidence has emerged showing that President Franklin D.Roosevelt was warned three days before the attack that the Japanese empire was eyeing up Hawaii with a view to \u201copen conflict.\u201d The information, contained in a declassified memorandum from the Office of Naval Intelligence, adds to proof that Washington dismissed red flags signalling that mass bloodshed was looming and war was imminent<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Pearl Harbour memo shows US warned of Japanese attack<\/strong>, by Jacqui Goddard \u2013 04 Dec 2011 \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/pearl\/www.geocities.com\/Pentagon\/6315\/fdrknew.html\" >PEARL HARBOR: FDR KNEW \u2013 WhatReallyHappened.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/rep\/flynn1.html\" >\u201c<em>The Japanese navy is putting to sea; Japanese troops are pouring southward. The intercepted codes, of which the public knows nothing, have told the full story\u2026Our Army Intelligence Service broke the Japanese code and learned what they were saying among themselves. On that fateful battle eve it got possession of a document of extraordinary importance<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor<\/strong>, by John T. Flynn \u2013 October 1945 \u2013 Antiwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nypress.com\/fdr-knew-pearl-harbor-was-coming\/\" >FDR Knew Pearl Harbor Was Coming, by Alexander Cockburn \u2013 Straus Media \u2013 NYPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=408\" >Do Freedom of Information Act Files Prove FDR Had Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor?, by Robert B. Stinnett and Douglas Cirignano \u2013 Monday, March 11, 2002 \u2013 INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE \u2013 Independent.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ospreypearlharbor.com\/debate\/roosevelt%20.php\" >How much did Roosevelt know? \u2013 The US perspective? \u2013 ESSENTIAL PEARL HARBOR \u2013 OspreyPearlHarbor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2005\/05\/30396\/\" >\u201c<em>For those of us who have invested our time to research world events and what FDR did domestically, that man is hardly someone to admire or hold in high regard. Not only did FDR stomp on the U.S. Constitution, he wanted the Japanese to attack America while concealing his plans from the American people. One shouldn\u2019t believe everything they read in a book, but in the case of \u2018Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor\u2019 by Robert B. Stinnett, there can be no denying the awful truth that FDR not only knew the Japanese were going to attack, but official documents prove FDR wanted them to strike America first\u2026.Allowing Japan to \u201ccommit the first overt act\u201d \u2013 military aggression against America on our own soil \u2013 can hardly be called anything but murder. The American people deserved to be told the truth by FDR and what he was planning<\/em>.\u201d, by Devvy Kidd \u2013 05\/20\/2005 \u2013 <strong>FDR AND PEARL HARBOR ATTACK<\/strong> \u2013 WND.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u7-QDfq4opU\" >YouTube video (6 min. 20 sec.): 1945 Life Magazine: Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) Knew Japan Would Attack Pearl Harbor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/AMH\/AMH-23.htm\" >CHAPTER 23 \u2013 World War II: The War Against Japan \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificwar.org.au\/historicalbackground\/JapWarPreps2.html\" >\u201c<em>Tensions between Japan and the United States increased dramatically when Japan seized French Indochina (now Vietnam) in July 1941. President Roosevelt responded to that aggression by imposing an embargo on the sale of American oil to Japan, and freezing Japan\u2019s assets in the United States. The British government and the Dutch government-in-exile followed the lead of the United States in imposing economic sanctions on Japan. By August 1941, Japan faced an almost total embargo on the military-related imports it needed to continue its brutal and undeclared war on China, including oil and rubber<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Increasing tensions between the United States and Japan during 1941 \u2013 <strong>JAPAN\u2019S MILITARIST GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES<\/strong> \u2013 PacificWar.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/general-article\/fdr-foreign\/\" >\u201c<em>The United States officially entered World War II in December 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In reality, however, the United States had been fighting a war against the Axis powers for years. It was a war of words and a war of action, a war of secret meetings and public duplicity. And the prosecutor of this war was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>General Article: Foreign Affairs \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<\/strong> \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/european\/ww2\/section6.rhtml\" >WORLD WAR II (1939-1945) \u2013 Japan and Pearl Harbor \u2013 Events \u2013 Chronology \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/victordavishanson\/20th-century-war-paradoxes\/\" >War\u2019s Paradoxes: From Pearl Harbor to the Russian Front to the 38<sup>th<\/sup> Parallel, by Victor David Hanson \u2013 December 12, 2012 \u2013 PJ Media \u2013 PJMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/%7Eleague\/1941.htm\" >Chronology 1941 \u2013 Indiana.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Pertinent YouTube Videos:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vpbt0Cxze60\" >(43 min. 23 sec.): Attack on Pearl Harbor (World War II) \u2013 Full Documentary in Color<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE\" >(4 min. 47 sec.): America Declares War on Japan \u2013 President Roosevelt Speech<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YhtuMrMVJDk\" >(7 min. 59 sec.): FDR DECLEARS WAR (12\/8\/41) \u2013 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, WWII, Infamy Speech, 24400<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QC4KRwG31UU\" >(3 min. 45 sec.): Treacherous Japs Open War On US Aka Japan Declares War On Us (1941)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IxoLatIJrPk\" >(4 min. 14 sec.): Winston Churchill Speech \u201cJapan Had Attacked The United States 8<sup>th<\/sup> December 1941 (Full Speech)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The United States declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austria-Hungary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>United States Declares War on Austro-Hungarian Empire:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1917\/12\/7\/united-states-declares-war-on-austria-hungary\" >Dec 7 1917: United States Declares War on Austria-Hungary \u2013 HistoryProject.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-by-era\/world-war-i\/timeline-terms\/us-declaration-war-against-austria-hungary\" >US Declaration of War Against Austria-Hungary \u2013 December 7, 1917 \u2013 GliderLerhman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1914-1920\/wwi\" >\u201c<em>On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany\u2026On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>US entry into World War I, 1917<\/strong> \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstworldwar.com\/timeline\/1917.htm\" >Timeline \u2013 1917 \u2013 FirstWorldWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>World War I:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-i\" >WORLD WAR I \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-i\/world-war-i-history\" >WORLD WAR I HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/worldwari\/p\/World-War-I.htm\" >World War I: The Great War from 1914-1919 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/worldwari\/\" >World War I: 12 Articles \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/World-War-I\" >World War I 1914-1918 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldwar1.com\/\" >WORLD WAR I \u2013 WorldWar1.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/World_War_I.aspx\" >World War I \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-by-era\/world-war-i\/essays\/world-war-i\" >World War I, by Jennifer D Keene \u2013 GliderLehrman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/alic\/reference\/military\/ww1.html\" >Military Resource: World War I \u2013 NARA resources \u2013 Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/greatwar\/chapters\/index.html\" >The Great War \u2013 Introduction to the Great War \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/world-war-i-the-war-that-changed-everything-1403300393\" >World War I: The Great War That Changed Everything \u2013 The Wall Street Journal \u2013 WSJ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/world-war-i\" >WHAT\u2019S INSIDE: WORLD WAR I \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/firstworldwar.com\/\" >Selected Highlights \u2013 FirstWorldWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Causes of World War I:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Causes_of_World_War_I\" >Causes of World War I \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwari\/tp\/causes-of-world-war-1.htm\" >Top 5 Causes of World War I, by Martin Kelly \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyonthenet.com\/WW1\/causes.htm\" >World War One \u2013 Causes \u2013 HistoryOnTheNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/firstworldwar.com\/origins\/causes.htm\" >The Causes of World War I \u2013 June 28 in Sarajevo \u2013 FirstWorldWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/world-war-i\/causes.html\" >Causes of World War I \u2013 Maps of World \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/world-war-i-causes.html\" >World War I \u2013 Causes \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/causes-of-world-war-i-factors-that-led-to-war.html\" >Causes of World War I: Factors That Led to War \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edtech2.boisestate.edu\/lockwoodm\/WorldWar\/causes.htm\" >Causes of World War I \u2013 MAIN \u2013 BOISESTATE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/madefrom.com\/history\/world-war-one\/causes-world-war-one\/\" >The 4 M-A-I-N Causes of World War One \u2013 MadeFrom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/w3.salemstate.edu\/%7Ecmauriello\/Course%20Development\/HIS102WWW_PDF\/Module3\/HIS%20102%20WWW%20World%20War%20I%20Causes%20and%20Effects.pdf\" >World War I: Causes and Effects \u2013 SALEMSTATE.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/maggiesalgado\/causes-of-world-war-i-11337746\" >Causes of World War I \u2013 Long-term and short-term causes \u2013 SlideShare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/users.humboldt.edu\/ogayle\/hist111\/WWI.html\" >Causes and Consequences of World War I \u2013 Humboldt.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-i\/world-war-i-history\/videos\/causes-of-world-war-i?m=528e394da93ae&amp;s=undefined&amp;f=1&amp;free=false\" >Causes of World War I \u2013 Video \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Austro-Hungarian (Hapsburg) Empire:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habsburg_Monarchy\" >Hapsburg Monarchy \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/austro-hungarian-monarchy.html\" >Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austria-Hungary | historical empire, Europe \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstprinciplesjournal.com\/print.aspx?article=510\" >The Tragic Death of the Hapsburg Empire, by James Kurth \u2013 FIRST PRINCIPLES \u2013 FirstPrinciplesJournal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hapsburgs.net\/\" >Hapsburgs \u2013 The House of Hapsburg \u2013 Hapsburgs.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the Austro-Hungarian (Hapsburg) Empire:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academicroom.com\/topics\/history-austro-hungarian-empire\" >History of Austro-Hungarian Empire \u2013 Academic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=mnx\" >HISTORY OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/hapsburg.html\" >Hapsburg \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/candicesiller\/history-austro-hungarian-empire\/\" >History \u2013 Austro-Hungarian Empire \u2013 PINTEREST.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/almanachdegotha.org\/id3.html\" >Empire of Austria-Hungary \u2013 AlmanachDeGotha.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/autocww2.colorado.edu\/%7Etoldy2\/E64ContentFiles\/HistoryOfEurope\/Austria-Hungary.html\" >Austria-Hungary \u2013 Colorado.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Austro-Hungarian_History\" >Austro-Hungarian History \u2013 ACADEMIA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/worldwar1\/austria-hungary\/\" >AUSTRIA-HUNGARY BEFORE WORLD WAR I \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Austro-Hungarian_Monarchy.aspx\" >Austro-Hungarian Monarchy \u2013 THURAYA \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/map-austro-hungarian-empire-1914\" >Map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1724\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumult_of_Thorn_%28Toru%C5%84%29\" >Tumult of Thorn<\/a>: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protestantism\" >Protestant<\/a> citizens and the mayor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toru%C5%84\" >Thorn (Toru\u0144)<\/a> by Polish authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 08<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Little_India_riot\" >Riots break out<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" >Singapore<\/a> after a fatal accident in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_India,_Singapore\" >Little India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_2009_Baghdad_bombings\" >Bombings<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad\" >Baghdad<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, kill 127 and injure 448.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong>Three unidentified gunmen storm an office of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benazir_Bhutto\" >Benazir Bhutto<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Peoples_Party\" >Pakistan Peoples Party<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balochistan\" >Balochistan<\/a>. Three PPP supporters are killed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cusco_Declaration\" >Cusco Declaration<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cusco\" >Cusco<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peru\" >Peru<\/a>, establishing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_American_Community_of_Nations\" >South American Community of Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tadjena_massacre\" >Eighty-one people are killed<\/a> by armed groups in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanian_Constitution\" >Romanian Constitution<\/a> is adopted in a referendum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The leaders of Russia, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belarus\" >Belarus<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a> sign an agreement dissolving the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> and establishing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States\" >Commonwealth of Independent States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>An Israeli army tank transporter kills four <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_refugee\" >Palestinian refugees<\/a> and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erez_Crossing\" >Erez Crossing<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier\" >Israel\u2013Gaza Strip border<\/a>, sparking the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Intifada\" >First Intifada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty\" >Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty<\/a> is signed.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/superpowers-agree-to-reduce-nuclear-arsenals\" >DEC 8 1987: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Super powers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/arms-control-disarmament\/us_russia_treaties\/inf\/inf_text.pdf\" >Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington D.C., December 8, 1987 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/rd\/104266.htm\" >Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, 1987) \u2013 US Department of State (including the text of the Treaty) \u2013 Archive \u2013 State.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/factsheets\/INFtreaty\" >The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty at a Glance \u2013 Arms Control Association \u2013 ArmsControl.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Intermediate-Range-Nuclear-Forces-Treaty\" >Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty \u2013 1987 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-28538387\" >Russia violated \u20181987 nuclear missile treaty\u2019, says US \u2013 29 July 2014 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2014\/07\/28\/russian-violated-missile-treaty\/13299869\/\" >US: Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treaty, by Jim Michaels \u2013 USA Today \u2013 July 28, 2014 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suriname\" >Suriname<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_murders\" >several opponents of the military government are killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Suriname:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Suriname\" >History of Suriname \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/suriname-history.html\" >Suriname \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Americas\/Suriname-HISTORY.html\" >Suriname \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crommelin.org\/history\/Geography\/Suriname\/SurinamHistory.htm\" >Surinam \u2013 History \u2013 Crommelin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/samerica\/suriname\/srtimeln.htm\" >Suriname \u2013 Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/the-guianas\/suriname\/history\" >History \u2013 Suriname \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countriesquest.com\/south_america\/suriname\/history.htm\" >Suriname, History \u2013 CountriesQuest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/suriname_history.html\" >Suriname History \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Suriname.html\" >Suriname \u2013 The Virtual Jewish World \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Suriname:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ns.html\" >SURINAME \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Suriname\" >Suriname \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/suriname.html\" >Suriname \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Suriname\" >Suriname \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countryreports.org\/country\/Suriname.htm\" >Suriname \u2013 Facts and Culture \u2013 CountryReports.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19997673\" >Suriname country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Suriname:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Suriname\" >Foreign relations of Suriname \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/1893.htm\" >US Relations With Suriname \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Suriname:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Suriname\" >Economy of Suriname \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/suriname\" >Suriname \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/suriname\" >Suriname \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/suriname\" >Suriname \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/suriname-economy-government.html\" >Suriname \u2013 Economy and Government \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country.eiu.com\/Suriname\" >Suriname \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/suriname\/gdp\" >Suriname \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lennon\" >John Lennon<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_John_Lennon\" >is murdered<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_David_Chapman\" >Mark David Chapman<\/a> in front of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dakota\" >The Dakota<\/a> in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>John Lennon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/john-lennon-shot\" >DEC 8 1980: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 John Lennon shot \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/december\/8\/newsid_2536000\/2536321.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 8 December 1980: John Lennon shot dead \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_John_Lennon\" >Death of John Lennon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/john-lennon-killed-mark-chapman-month-1980-article-1.2035505\" >John Lennon death anniversary: Legendry Beatles singer shot dead by Mark Chapman \u2013 Sunday, December 7, 2014 \u2013 DailyNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beatlesbible.com\/1980\/12\/08\/john-lennon-dies\/\" >John Lennon dies \u2013 Monday 8 December 1980 \u2013 The Beatles Bible \u2013 TheBeatlesBible.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beatlesinterviews.org\/db1980.1205.beatles.html\" >John Lennon \u2013 Rolling Stone Interview, 12\/5\/1980 \u2013 The Beatles Ultimate Experience \u2013 BeatlesInterviews.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3620623\/john-lennon-death\/\" >Why John Lennon\u2019s Death Was the End of an Era? , by Nolan Feeney \u2013 Dec. 8, 2014 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beatlesarchive.net\/john-lennons-last-interview-december-8-1980.html\" >Beatles Archive \u2013 BeatlesArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=john+lennon\" >YouTube videos on John Lennon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1976\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=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>US Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong><em>Ecological and Health Issues in and around the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cdclv.unlv.edu\/healthnv\/environment.html\" >Environment and the Quality of Life in Nevada \u2013 UNLV.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" ><em>ECONLGOY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVE SUMMARY, KEY WORD INDEX, AND SPECIES LISTS<\/em> \u2013 DOE\/NEV\/11718-594<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osti.gov\/scitech\/biblio\/6458066\" ><em>Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center: a review of technical information support provided to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group<\/em> \u2013 Sci-Tech Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologycenter.org\/terrainmagazine\/summer-2002\/sovereignty-at-shoshone-mountain\/\" >\u201c<em>Between 1951 and 1992, the United States bombed its own soil with nuclear weapons \u2014 945 times. All but 17 of those explosions took place on a stretch of basin-and-range desert northwest of Las Vegas called the Nevada Test Site (NTS),\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Sovereignty at Shoshone Mountain \u2013 EcologyCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/%7Eota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/8909.PDF\" ><em>The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions<\/em> \u2013 Princeton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_republic_referendum,_1974\" >plebiscite<\/a> results in the abolition of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy_of_Greece\" >monarchy in Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Modern History of Greece:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greekroyalfamily.gr\/en\/timeline.html\" >History, Republican Interlude \u2013 GreekRoyalFamily.gr<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Abolition of the Greek Monarchy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_republic_referendum,_1973\" >Greek republic referendum, 1973 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/11925365\/The_Abolition_of_Monarchies\" >Abolition of Monarchies, uploaded by William Stoddart \u2013 Academia.edu \u2013 downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/Constantine+Ii+Of+Greece+1\" >Constantine II of Greece \u2013 SPOKEO.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/canvas.union.shef.ac.uk\/wordpress\/?p=863\" >Debate: For the Abolition of Monarchy \u2013 CANVAS \u2013 Shef.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Greece\" >Kingdom of Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy_of_Greece\" >Monarchy of Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_monarchs\" >List of kings of Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyfiles.co.uk\/KingListsEurope\/GreeceKingdom.htm\" >Kingdom of Greece AD 1830-1974 \u2013 HistoryFlies.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greekroyalfamily.gr\/en\/timeline.html\" >The Greek Royal Family \u2013 GreekRoyalFamily.gr<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971\" >Indo-Pakistani War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Navy\" >Indian Navy<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Python\" >launches an attack<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Pakistan\" >West Pakistan<\/a>\u2018s port city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Indo-Pakistan War of 1971:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/india-pakistan-wars-the-1971-war.html\" >The 1971 War \u2013 India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/december\/3\/newsid_2519000\/2519133.stm\" >1971: Pakistan intensifies air raids on India \u2013 3 December \u2013 ON THIS DAY \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1969-76ve07\/ch2\" >India-Pakistan: Crisis and War, March-December 1971 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/indo-pak_1971.htm\" >Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/slide-show\/slide-show-1-three-indian-blunders-in-the-1971-war\/20111212.htm\" >Three Indian blunders in the 1971 war \u2013 Rediff.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/on-this-day\/3rd-december-1971-the-indo-pak-war-began\" >3<sup>rd<\/sup> December 1971: The Indo-Pak war began \u2013 MapsOfIndia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldreporter.com\/2011\/10\/1971-india-pakistan-war-role-of-russia.html\" >1971 India Pakistan War: Role of Russia, China, America and Britain, by Sanskar Shrivastava \u2013 October 30, 2011 \u2013 The World Reporter \u2013 TheWorldReporter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk\/AWPReview\/TextContent.aspx?pId=197\" >1971 war \u2013 PAKISTAN ARMY \u2013 PakistanArmy.gov.pk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freeindia.org\/1971war\/\" >\u201c<em>On the 3rd of December 1971, the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) struck a number of Indian airfields in northern India. By midnight, India was officially at war with Pakistan<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The 1979 India-Pakistan War \u2013 FreeIndia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/static\/in_depth\/south_asia\/2002\/india_pakistan\/timeline\/1971.stm\" >The 1971 war \u2013 India-Pakistan: Trouble relations \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/14200904\/1971-India-Pakistan-War#scribd\" >An Atlas of the 1979 India-Pakistan War: The Creation of Bangladesh, by John H Gill \u2013 Scribd.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the India-Pakistan Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/india-pakistan-wars.html\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 The 1947-48 War; The 1965 War; The 1971 War; Bibliography \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts\" >Indo-Pakistan wars and conflicts \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/India-Pakistan_Wars.aspx\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bharatadesam.com\/history\/india_pakistan_wars.php\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Bharatadesam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/india-pakistan-war\" >The India-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/war\/conflict-zones\/130814\/analysis-are-india-and-pakistan-headed-war\" >Analysis: Are India and Pakistan headed for war? , by Jason Overdorf \u2013 Aug 15, 2013 \u2013 GlobalPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/19\/icymi-india-pakistan-head-for-nuke-war.html\" >ICYMI: India-Pakistan Head for Nuke War, by Bruce Riedel \u2013 10.19.14 \u2013 The Daily Beast \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/history\/military-history\/wars-battles-and-military-interventions\/india-pakistan-wars\" >India-Pakistan Wars: Selected full textbooks and articles \u2013 Questa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/view\/document\/obo-9780199791279\/obo-9780199791279-0145.xml\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Oxford Bibliographies \u2013 OxfordBibliographies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/spotlight\/kashmirtheforgottenconflict\/2011\/06\/2011615113058224115.html\" >Timeline: India-Pakistan relations, by Asad Hashim \u2013 27 May 2014 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\" >Dwight D Eisenhower<\/a> delivers his \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atoms_for_Peace\" >Atoms for Peace<\/a>\u201d speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Atoms for Peace:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eisenhower.archives.gov\/research\/online_documents\/atoms_for_peace.html\" >Atoms for Peace \u2013 Dwight D Eisenhower \u2013 Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eisenhower.archives.gov\/research\/online_documents\/atoms_for_peace\/Atoms_for_Peace_Draft.pdf\" >Draft manuscript of the speech \u201cAtoms for Peace\u201d \u2013 Archives.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/About\/history_speech.html\" >Atoms for Peace \u2013 IAEA \u2013 IAEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1814.html\" >\u201c<em>Soon after his inauguration, President Dwight D. Eisenhower realized that the rapid development of nuclear weapons after World War II was leading the world on a path to destruction. In order to persuade the American people to accept steps towards arms control, he felt it was essential that they were told the true magnitude of the destructive power that had been developed. In his Atoms for Peace speech to the United Nations on December 8, 1945, Eisenhower combined that warning with a hopeful plan for turning atomic energy into a benefit to mankind<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Atoms for Peace \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/About\/\" >Atoms for Peace \u2013 IAEA website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Relief_and_Works_Agency_for_Palestine_Refugees_in_the_Near_East\" >United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East<\/a> is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1948_Palestinian_exodus\" >1948 Palestinian exodus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shanghai_International_Settlement\" >Shanghai International Settlement<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_invasion_of_Malaya\" >Malaya<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Hong_Kong\" >Hong Kong<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines_Campaign_%281941%E2%80%9342%29\" >the Philippines<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_East_Indies_campaign\" >the Dutch East Indies<\/a>. (See <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_7\" >December 7<\/a> for the concurrent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor\" >attack on Pearl Harbor<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Hemisphere\" >Western Hemisphere<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_7\" >December 7<\/a> to be \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infamy_Speech\" >a date which will live in infamy<\/a>\u201c, after which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_declaration_of_war_upon_Japan\" >the U.S. declares war on Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Declarations of War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu\/tmirhdee.html\" >December 8, 1941 \u2013 Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress for a Declaration of War with Japan \u2013 Marist.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_declaration_of_war_on_the_United_States_and_the_British_Empire\" >Japanese declaration of war against the United States and the Great Britain \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pha\/myths\/matsum_1.html\" >ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN \u2013 MEETING OF PRIVY COUNCIL DEC. 8, 1941 \u2013 iBiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/p3.asp\" >Japanese Note to the United States United States December 7, 1941 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_declaration_of_war_upon_Japan\" >United States declaration of war upon Japan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE\" >(4 min. 47 sec.): America Declares War on Japan \u2013 President Roosevelt Speech<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YhtuMrMVJDk\" >(7 min. 59 sec.): FDR DECLEARS WAR (12\/8\/41) \u2013 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, WWII, Infamy Speech, 24400<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dolus Eventualis<\/strong> <em><strong>(Conscious Negligence) by Churchill and FDR? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1994\/08\/03\/world\/new-light-shed-on-churchill-and-pearl-harbor.html\" >\u201c<em>LONDON, Aug. 2\u2014 A newly declassified document suggests that Britain did not have advance warning of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, casting doubt on the theory that Churchill deliberately withheld such information from Roosevelt to make sure the United States entered the war, a historian here says<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>New Light Shed on Churchill and Pearl Harbor<\/strong>, by Richard W Stevenson \u2013 August 3, 2004 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rationalrevolution.net\/war\/fdr_provoked_the_japanese_attack.htm\" >FDR provoked the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor \u2013 RationalRevolution.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=1930\" >How U.S. Economic Warfare Provoked Japan\u2019s Attack on Pearl Harbor, by Robert Higgs \u2013 Mon. May 1, 2006 \u2013 INDPENDENT INSTITUTE \u2013 Independent.org<\/a>; <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9p8z1A3TsxU\" >Robert Higgs\u2019 lecture on the same subject: YouTube video 17 min. 28 sec.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pearl_Harbor_advance-knowledge_conspiracy_theory\" >Pearl Harbor advanced-knowledge conspiracy theory \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/publications\/prologue\/1996\/fall\/butow.html\" >How Roosevelt Attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor Myth Masquerading as History, by R J C Butow \u2013 Fall 1996, Vol. 28, No. 3 \u2013 Prologue Magazine \u2013 National Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/culture\/history\/item\/4740-pearl-harbor-hawaii-was-surprised-fdr-was-not\" >Pearl Harbor: Hawaii Was Surprised; FDR Was Not, by James Perloff \u2013 Sunday, 7 December 2014 \u2013 The New American \u2013 TheNewAmerican.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ussslcca25.com\/fdr1941.htm\" >FDR &amp; PEARL HARBOR: Did he know? \u2013 The question has gone unanswered for years.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.straightdope.com\/columns\/read\/1889\/did-roosevelt-know-in-advance-about-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-yet-say-nothing\" >Did Roosevelt know in advance about the attack on Pearl Harbor yet say nothing? \u2013 February 28, 2001 \u2013 The Straight Dope \u2013 StraightDope.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/8932197\/Pearl-Harbour-memo-shows-US-warned-of-Japanese-attack.html\" >\u201c\u2026<em>evidence has emerged showing that President Franklin D.Roosevelt was warned three days before the attack that the Japanese empire was eyeing up Hawaii with a view to \u201copen conflict.\u201d The information, contained in a declassified memorandum from the Office of Naval Intelligence, adds to proof that Washington dismissed red flags signalling that mass bloodshed was looming and war was imminent<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Pearl Harbour memo shows US warned of Japanese attack<\/strong>, by Jacqui Goddard \u2013 04 Dec 2011 \u2013 The Telegraph \u2013 Telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/pearl\/www.geocities.com\/Pentagon\/6315\/fdrknew.html\" >PEARL HARBOR: FDR KNEW \u2013 WhatReallyHappened.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/rep\/flynn1.html\" >\u201c<em>The Japanese navy is putting to sea; Japanese troops are pouring southward. The intercepted codes, of which the public knows nothing, have told the full story\u2026Our Army Intelligence Service broke the Japanese code and learned what they were saying among themselves. On that fateful battle eve it got possession of a document of extraordinary importance<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor<\/strong>, by John T. Flynn \u2013 October 1945 \u2013 Antiwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nypress.com\/fdr-knew-pearl-harbor-was-coming\/\" >FDR Knew Pearl Harbor Was Coming, by Alexander Cockburn \u2013 Straus Media \u2013 NYPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=408\" >Do Freedom of Information Act Files Prove FDR Had Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor?, by Robert B. Stinnett and Douglas Cirignano \u2013 Monday, March 11, 2002 \u2013 INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE \u2013 Independent.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ospreypearlharbor.com\/debate\/roosevelt%20.php\" >How much did Roosevelt know? \u2013 The US perspective? \u2013 ESSENTIAL PEARL HARBOR \u2013 OspreyPearlHarbor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2005\/05\/30396\/\" >\u201c<em>For those of us who have invested our time to research world events and what FDR did domestically, that man is hardly someone to admire or hold in high regard. Not only did FDR stomp on the U.S. Constitution, he wanted the Japanese to attack America while concealing his plans from the American people. One shouldn\u2019t believe everything they read in a book, but in the case of \u2018Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor\u2019 by Robert B. Stinnett, there can be no denying the awful truth that FDR not only knew the Japanese were going to attack, but official documents prove FDR wanted them to strike America first\u2026.Allowing Japan to \u201ccommit the first overt act\u201d \u2013 military aggression against America on our own soil \u2013 can hardly be called anything but murder. The American people deserved to be told the truth by FDR and what he was planning<\/em>.\u201d, by Devvy Kidd \u2013 05\/20\/2005 \u2013 <strong>FDR AND PEARL HARBOR ATTACK<\/strong> \u2013 WND.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u7-QDfq4opU\" >YouTube video (6 min. 20 sec.): 1945 Life Magazine: Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) Knew Japan Would Attack Pearl Harbor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/books\/AMH\/AMH-23.htm\" >CHAPTER 23 \u2013 World War II: The War Against Japan \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificwar.org.au\/historicalbackground\/JapWarPreps2.html\" >\u201c<em>Tensions between Japan and the United States increased dramatically when Japan seized French Indochina (now Vietnam) in July 1941. President Roosevelt responded to that aggression by imposing an embargo on the sale of American oil to Japan, and freezing Japan\u2019s assets in the United States. The British government and the Dutch government-in-exile followed the lead of the United States in imposing economic sanctions on Japan. By August 1941, Japan faced an almost total embargo on the military-related imports it needed to continue its brutal and undeclared war on China, including oil and rubber<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Increasing tensions between the United States and Japan during 1941 \u2013 <strong>JAPAN\u2019S MILITARIST GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES<\/strong> \u2013 PacificWar.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/general-article\/fdr-foreign\/\" >\u201c<em>The United States officially entered World War II in December 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In reality, however, the United States had been fighting a war against the Axis powers for years. It was a war of words and a war of action, a war of secret meetings and public duplicity. And the prosecutor of this war was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>General Article: Foreign Affairs \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<\/strong> \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/european\/ww2\/section6.rhtml\" >WORLD WAR II (1939-1945) \u2013 Japan and Pearl Harbor \u2013 Events \u2013 Chronology \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/victordavishanson\/20th-century-war-paradoxes\/\" >War\u2019s Paradoxes: From Pearl Harbor to the Russian Front to the 38<sup>th<\/sup> Parallel, by Victor David Hanson \u2013 December 12, 2012 \u2013 PJ Media \u2013 PJMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brookings_Institution\" >Brookings Institution<\/a>, one of the United States\u2019 oldest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Think_tank\" >think tanks<\/a>, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_S._Brookings\" >Robert S. Brookings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partition_of_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland ceases to be part<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Free_State\" >Irish Free State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: A squadron of Britain\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High_Seas_Fleet\" >High Seas Fleet<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands\" >Battle of the Falkland Islands<\/a> in the South Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong>Leaders of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >German Empire<\/a> hold an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Imperial_War_Council_of_8_December_1912\" >Imperial War Council<\/a> to discuss the possibility that war might break out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1854\u00a0 <\/strong>In his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_constitution\" >Apostolic constitution<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ineffabilis_Deus\" >Ineffabilis Deus<\/a><\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Pius_IX\" >Pope Pius IX<\/a> proclaims the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogmatic_definition\" >dogmatic definition<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immaculate_Conception\" >Immaculate Conception<\/a>, which holds that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_%28mother_of_Jesus%29\" >Virgin Mary<\/a> was conceived free of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Original_sin\" >original sin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong>Premier of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symphony_No._7_%28Beethoven%29\" >Beethoven\u2019s Seventh Symphony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Beethoven\u2019s Seventh Symphony:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Beethoven+No.7+symphony\" >YouTube videos on Beethoven\u2019s Seventh Symphony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=aolsem&amp;s_chn=6&amp;q=beethoven+symphony+no+7\" >Beethoven\u2019s Seventh Symphony pertinent web links \u2013 Wow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=aolsem&amp;s_chn=6&amp;q=beethoven+symphony+no+7\" >Classical Notes: Beethoven\u2019s Symphony # 7 \u2013 ClasicalNotes.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hubpages.com\/entertainment\/Explaining-Beethovens-7th-symphony-Allegretto\" >Explaining Beethoven\u2019s Music: 7<sup>th<\/sup> Symphony, Allegretto \u2013 HubPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/classicalmusic.about.com\/od\/onestopbeethoven\/a\/beethovensympho.htm\" >Brief Histories of Beethoven Symphonies \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_Red_Square_bombing\" >blast (2003 Red Square Bombing)<\/a> in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict\" >Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Intifada\" >First Intifada<\/a> begins 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\/West_Bank\" >West Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The First Intifada:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1967to1991_intifada_1987.php\" >The First Intifada, 1987 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/intifada.html\" >First Intifada (1987-1993) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7381369.stm\" >1987: First Intifada \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mideastweb.org\/Middle-East-Encyclopedia\/intifada.htm\" >Intifada \u2013 Encyclopedia of Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ampalestine.org\/index.php\/history\/the-intifadas\/347-the-first-intifada-introduction\" >THE INTIFADAS \u2013 AMPalestine.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.standforisrael.org\/issues\/peace-keeping\/the-first-intifada\" >The First Intifada \u2013 Stand for Israel \u2013 StandForIsrael.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><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> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(underground)<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>US Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong><em>Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><strong><em>Ecological and Health Issues in and around the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cdclv.unlv.edu\/healthnv\/environment.html\" >Environment and the Quality of Life in Nevada \u2013 UNLV.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" ><em>ECONLGOY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVE SUMMARY, KEY WORD INDEX, AND SPECIES LISTS<\/em> \u2013 DOE\/NEV\/11718-594<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osti.gov\/scitech\/biblio\/6458066\" ><em>Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center: a review of technical information support provided to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group<\/em> \u2013 Sci-Tech Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologycenter.org\/terrainmagazine\/summer-2002\/sovereignty-at-shoshone-mountain\/\" >\u201c<em>Between 1951 and 1992, the United States bombed its own soil with nuclear weapons \u2014 945 times. All but 17 of those explosions took place on a stretch of basin-and-range desert northwest of Las Vegas called the Nevada Test Site (NTS),\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Sovereignty at Shoshone Mountain \u2013 EcologyCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/%7Eota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/8909.PDF\" ><em>The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions<\/em> \u2013 Princeton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadatestsite.info\/\" >Nevada Test Site Workers Exposed to Radiation \u2013 National Cancer Benefits Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>The eradication of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smallpox\" >smallpox<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virus\" >virus<\/a> is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>British and Irish authorities sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sunningdale_Agreement\" >Sunningdale Agreement<\/a> in an attempt to establish a power-sharing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland_Executive_%281974%29\" >Northern Ireland Executive<\/a> and a cross-border <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Ireland\" >Council of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971\" >Indo-Pakistani War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Air_Force\" >Indian Air Force<\/a> executes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meghna_Heli_Bridge\" >an airdrop<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Army\" >Indian Army<\/a> units, bypassing Pakistani defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>History of the India-Pakistan Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/india-pakistan-wars.html\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 The 1947-48 War; The 1965 War; The 1971 War; Bibliography \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts\" >Indo-Pakistan wars and conflicts \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/India-Pakistan_Wars.aspx\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bharatadesam.com\/history\/india_pakistan_wars.php\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Bharatadesam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/india-pakistan-war\" >The India-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/war\/conflict-zones\/130814\/analysis-are-india-and-pakistan-headed-war\" >Analysis: Are India and Pakistan headed for war? , by Jason Overdorf \u2013 Aug 15, 2013 \u2013 GlobalPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/19\/icymi-india-pakistan-head-for-nuke-war.html\" >ICYMI: India-Pakistan Head for Nuke War, by Bruce Riedel \u2013 10.19.14 \u2013 The Daily Beast \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/history\/military-history\/wars-battles-and-military-interventions\/india-pakistan-wars\" >India-Pakistan Wars: Selected full textbooks and articles \u2013 Questa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/view\/document\/obo-9780199791279\/obo-9780199791279-0145.xml\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Oxford Bibliographies \u2013 OxfordBibliographies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/spotlight\/kashmirtheforgottenconflict\/2011\/06\/2011615113058224115.html\" >Timeline: India-Pakistan relations, by Asad Hashim \u2013 27 May 2014 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates\" >United Arab Emirates<\/a> join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>US Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_P._Rogers\" >William P Rogers<\/a> proposes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rogers_Plan\" >his plan<\/a> for a ceasefire in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_Attrition\" >War of Attrition<\/a>; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_Liberation_Organization\" >PLO<\/a>, which leads to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_September_in_Jordan\" >civil war in Jordan<\/a> in September 1970.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_Engelbart\" >Douglas Engelbart<\/a> gave what became known as \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mother_of_All_Demos\" >The Mother of All Demos<\/a>\u201c, publicly debuting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mouse_%28computer%29\" >computer mouse<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypertext\" >hypertext<\/a>, and the bit-mapped <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graphical_user_interface\" >graphical user interface<\/a> using the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NLS_%28computer_system%29\" >oN-Line System (NLS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbados\" >Barbados<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas\" >A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/a>, first in a series of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peanuts\" >Peanuts<\/a> television specials, debuts on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS\" >CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kecksburg_UFO_incident\" >Kecksburg UFO incident<\/a>: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kecksburg_UFO_incident#2005:_NASA_changes_story_to_.22Russian_satellite.22\" >it examined the object<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrified_Forest_National_Park\" >Petrified Forest National Park<\/a> is established in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona\" >Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanganyika\" >Tanganyika<\/a> becomes independent from Britain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The first episode of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronation_Street\" >Coronation Street<\/a><\/em>, the world\u2019s longest-running television <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soap_opera\" >soap opera<\/a>, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Birch_Society\" >John Birch Society<\/a> is founded in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_810\" >Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadair_North_Star\" >Canadair North Star<\/a>, crashes near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hope,_British_Columbia\" >Hope, British Columbia<\/a>, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Red_Scare\" >Red Scare<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Electric\" >General Electric<\/a> announces that all <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist\" >communist<\/a> employees will be discharged from the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950\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\/Harry_Gold\" >Harry Gold<\/a> is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaus_Fuchs\" >Klaus Fuchs<\/a> pass information about the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan_Project\" >Manhattan Project<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg\" >Julius and Ethel Rosenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genocide_Convention\" >Genocide Convention<\/a> is adopted at the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Genocide Convention of 1948:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/CrimeOfGenocide.aspx\" ><strong>Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)<\/strong> \u2013 OHCHR.org<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrweb.org\/legal\/genocide.html\" >on this website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/pdf\/ha\/cppcg\/cppcg_e.pdf\" >CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE, by William A Schabas \u2013 UN.org \u2013 pdf<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <em>the same article on this website<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ha\/cppcg\/cppcg.html\" >AUDIOVISUAL LIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Genocide and International Law:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/confront-genocide\/justice-and-accountability\/introduction-to-the-definition-of-genocide\" >The Genocide Convention in International Law \u2013 USHMMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/confront-genocide\/justice-and-accountability\" >INTERNATIONAL LAW SINCE THE HOLOCAUST \u2013 Justice and Accountability \u2013 USHMM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.preventgenocide.org\/genocide\/officialtext.htm\" >The crime of \u2018genocide\u2019 defined in international law \u2013 PreventGenocide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1745173\/Genocide_in_International_Law\" >Genocide in International Law, by Andrea Caligiuri \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/login?auth=0&amp;type=summary&amp;url=\/journals\/genocide_studies_and_prevention\/v004\/4.2.mennecke.pdf\" >Genocide Prevention and International Law, by Martin Mennecke \u2013 Project Muse \u2013 JHU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiecouncil.org\/publications\/archive\/dialogue\/2_12\/section_1\/5139.html\" >Rethinking Cultural Genocide Under International Law, by David Nersessian \u2013 April 22, 2005 \u2013 Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs \u2013 CarnegieCouncil.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchomatic.com\/Genocide-And-International-Law-78639.html\" >Genocide &amp; International Law \u2013 ResearchOmatic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/2015\/04\/24\/backgrounder-genocide-and-international-law\" >Backgrounder on genocide and international law \u2013 SBS.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/view\/document\/obo-9780199796953\/obo-9780199796953-0035.xml\" >Genocide \u2013 Oxford Bibliographies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constituent_Assembly_of_India\" >Constituent Assembly of India<\/a> meets for the first time to write the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_India\" >Constitution of India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subsequent_Nuremberg_trials\" >Subsequent Nuremberg trials<\/a>\u201d begin with the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctors%27_trial\" >Doctors\u2019 trial<\/a>\u201c, prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_human_experimentation\" >Nazi human experimentation<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Action_T4\" >mass murder under the guise of euthanasia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/19th_Operations_Group\" >19th Bombardment Group<\/a> attacks Japanese ships off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vigan\" >Vigan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luzon\" >Luzon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China\" >Republic of China<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guatemala\" >Guatemala<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines\" >the Philippine Commonwealth<\/a>, declare war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japan\" >Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Compass\" >Operation Compass<\/a> \u2013 British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_O%27Connor\" >Richard O\u2019Connor<\/a> attack <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II\" >Italian<\/a> forces near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidi_Barrani\" >Sidi Barrani<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>Illegal Jewish immigrants to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haifa\" >Haifa<\/a> are deported to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mauritius\" >Mauritius<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Jewish People in Mauritius:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Mauritius\" >History of Mauritius \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Haifa\" >History of Haifa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Jews_in_Mauritius\" >History of Jews in Mauritius \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Mauritius.html\" >Mauritius \u2013 Virtual Jewish World \u2013 The Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alibris.com\/The-Mauritian-Shekel-The-Story-of-Jewish-Detainees-in-Mauritius-1940d1945-Genevieve-Pitot\/book\/11664185\" >The Mauritian Shekel: The Story of Jewish Detainees in Mauritius, 1940-1945, by Genevieve Pitot \u2013 Albris.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mauritius-holidays-discovery.com\/jews-in-mauritius.html\" >Ever Heard of Jews in Mauritius? \u2013 Mauritius-Holidays-Discovery.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/topics\/h\/haifa.html\" >Haifa Events in History \u2013 BrainyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>British assault on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benghazi\" >Banghazi<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a>: first major allied offensive in North Africa.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Libya in World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/libya\/23.htm\" >Libya \u2013 WORLD WAR II AND INDPENDENCE \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2db.com\/country\/Libya\" >Libya \u2013 World War II Database, by C Peter Chen \u2013 WW2DB.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Libya:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Libya\" >History of Libya \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa83\" >HISTORY OF LIBYA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libyaweb.com\/History.html\" >THE HISTORY OF LYBIA \u2013 LibyaWeb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/libya\/3.htm\" >Libya \u2013 History \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/libya-history.html\" >Libya \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13755445\" >Libya profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Sino-Japanese_War\" >Second Sino-Japanese War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Nanking\" >Battle of Nanking<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> troops under the command of Lt. Gen. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asaka_Yasuhiko\" >Asaka Yasuhiko<\/a> launch an assault on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China\" >Chinese<\/a> city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nanjing\" >Nanjing<\/a> (Nanking).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constituent_Cortes\" >Constituent Cortes<\/a> approves a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Constitution_of_1931\" >constitution<\/a> which establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Spanish_Republic\" >Second Spanish Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1892\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gabriel_Narutowicz\" >Gabriel Narutowicz<\/a> is elected the first president of Poland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: Field Marshal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby\" >Allenby<\/a> captures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Jerusalem_%281917%29\" >Jerusalem<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Palestine\" >Palestine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>In France, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1905_French_law_on_the_Separation_of_the_Churches_and_the_State\" >law separating church and state<\/a> is passed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong>Activist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marguerite_Durand\" >Marguerite Durand<\/a> founds the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feminist\" >feminist<\/a> daily newspaper <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Fronde_%28newspaper%29\" >La Fronde<\/a><\/em> in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1888\u00a0 <\/strong>Statistician <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Hollerith\" >Herman Hollerith<\/a> installs his computing device at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_War_Department\" >United States War Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1875\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts_Rifle_Association\" >Massachusetts Rifle Association<\/a>, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Oldest Active Gun Club\u201d, is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1856\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iranian<\/a> city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bushehr\" >Bushehr<\/a> surrenders to occupying British forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rwandan_Genocide\" >Rwandan Genocide<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Baril\" >Maurice Baril<\/a>, military advisor to the UN <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations\" >Secretary-General<\/a> and head of the Military Division of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Department_of_Peacekeeping_Operations\" >Department of Peacekeeping Operations<\/a>, recommends that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNAMIR\" >UNAMIR<\/a> stand down.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rwandan Genocide:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Visit, for instance,<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/rwandan-genocide\" >History: The Rwandan Genocide<\/a> ; _ <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rwanda-genocide.org\/\" >Rwanda: the wake of a genocide<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/rwandangenocide\/a\/Rwanda-Genocide.htm\" >Rwanda Genocide<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/world\/rwandan-genocide.htm\" >Rwandan Genocide News<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/confront-genocide\/cases\/rwanda\" >United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Rwanda<\/a>; <em><strong>and\/or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gendercide.org\/case_rwanda.html\" >Case Study: Genocide in Rwanda, 1994<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>For UN Reports on the Rwandan genocide, visit, for instance<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/preventgenocide\/rwanda\/\" >Outreach Programme on the Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Visit the website of<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unictr.org\/\" >the UN International Tribunal for Rwanda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>For pertinent information on the UN Peacekeepers in Rwanda in 1994, visit, for instance<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Assistance_Mission_for_Rwanda\" >Wikipedia: United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peacekeeping\/missions\/past\/unamir.htm\" >Rwanda: United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda UNAMIR (October 1993 \u2013 March 1996)<\/a>; <em>and\/or<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histori.ca\/peace\/page.do?pageID=339\" >Peace and Conflict: Peacekeepers in Rwanda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>For Rom\u00e9ro Dallaire, the-then chief of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Rwanda, visit, for instance<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4487263\" >Romero Dallaire, Meeting the \u2018Devil\u2019 in Rwanda<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhistoryproject2012.wordpress.com\/romeo-dallaire\/\" >The Rwandan Genocide<\/a>; <em><strong>and\/or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/tv\/unifeed\/2014\/01\/un-dallaire-genocide\/\" >UN\/DALLAIRE GENOCIDE<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>For Kofi Annan, the-then head of the UN Peacekeeping Operations in 1994, and the Rwandan Genocide, visit, for instance<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/trumanfactor.com\/2014\/rwanda-genocide-fax-know-now-13820.html\" >The Rwanda \u201cGenocide Fax\u201d: What We Know Now<\/a> ; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/simon-adams\/rwanda-genocide-anniversary_b_4613571.html\" >The UN, Rwanda and the \u2018Genocide Fax\u2019 \u2013 20 Years Later<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/ghosts\/interviews\/annan.html\" >Ghosts of Rwanda: Interview Kofi Annan<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/3573229.stm\" >UN chief\u2019s Rwanda Genocide regret<\/a><em>; <\/em><strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2012\/oct\/04\/kofi-annan-rwanda-genocide\" >Kofi Annan and the Rwanda Genocide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Watch the movie<\/em>, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/incridibleska.net\/play.php?movie=0395169\" >Hotel Rwanda<\/a><\/em>, <em>which depicts the Rwandan Genocide situation.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_4\/176-2818978-6993500?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=rwanda+genocide+books&amp;sprefix=rwan%2Cmobile%2C353&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Arwanda+genocide+books\" >Check books on Rwanda Genocide available on the market<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Discussions on the Rwandan Genocide:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Commentary\/the-monitors-view\/2014\/0403\/What-to-celebrate-in-Rwanda-s-genocide-anniversary\" >What to Celebrate Rwanda\u2019s Genocide Anniversary \u2013 Editorial Board \u2013 April 3, 2014 \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/04\/real-rwandan-genocide-brainwashing-of-the-western-mind\/\" >Real Rwandan Genocide &amp; Brainwashing of the Western Mind, by Keith Harmon Snow \u2013 21 April 2014 \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unictr.org\/sites\/unictr.org\/files\/legal-library\/100131_Statute_en_fr_0.pdf\" >Statute of the International Criminal Court for Rwanda<\/a> <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unictr.org\/\" >website of the International Criminal Court for Rwanda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Genocide Convention of 1948:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/CrimeOfGenocide.aspx\" ><strong>Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)<\/strong> \u2013 OHCHR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/pdf\/ha\/cppcg\/cppcg_e.pdf\" >CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE, by William A Schabas \u2013 UN.org \u2013 pdf<\/a>; <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <em>the same article on this website<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ha\/cppcg\/cppcg.html\" >AUDIOVISUAL LIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/people\/yasser-arafat\" >Yasser Arafat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1994\/\" >Nobel Peace Prize 1994 \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>The last shift leaves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wearmouth_Colliery\" >Wearmouth Colliery<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sunderland,_Tyne_and_Wear\" >Sunderland<\/a>. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/County_Durham\" >County Durham<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coalfield\" >coalfield<\/a>, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolian_Revolution_of_1990\" >Mongolian Revolution<\/a>: At the country\u2019s first open pro-democracy public demonstration, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsakhiagiin_Elbegdorj\" >Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj<\/a> announces the establishment of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolian_Democratic_Union\" >Mongolian Democratic Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mongolian Revolution of 1990:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/mongolians-win-multi-party-democracy-1989-1990\" >Mongolians win multi-party democracy, 1989-1990 \u2013 Swarthmore.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/7arahgzu3fy9\/mongolian-democratic-revolution-1990\/\" >Mongolian Democratic Revolution 1990 \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democracy\" >Democracy<\/a> is restored in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a> with the inauguration of President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ra%C3%BAl_Alfons%C3%ADn\" >Ra\u00fal Alfons\u00edn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a> at Khanty-Mansi, Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1980:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1980 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaohsiung_Incident\" >Kaohsiung Incident<\/a>: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KMT\" >KMT<\/a> dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict\" >Arab\u2013Israeli conflict<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Israel\" >Prime Minister of Israel<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menachem_Begin\" >Menachem Begin<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Egypt\" >President of Egypt<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anwar_Sadat\" >Anwar Sadat<\/a> are jointly awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Peace_Prize\" >Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly\" >United Nations General Assembly<\/a> adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_Modification_Convention\" >Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\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\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1972:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1972 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Effect and\/or Impact of Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/page-3-effects-of-nuclear-weapon-testing-by-the-soviet-union\/\" >Page 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing by the Soviet Union \u2013 Economic, social, and environmental impacts \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/13\/08\/20\/1738213\/the-secret-effort-to-clean-up-a-former-soviet-nuclear-test-site\" >The Secret Effort To Clean Up a Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site \u2013 Slashdot.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.8580\" >A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya, by Vitaly I. Khalturin , Tatyana G. Rautian , Paul G. Richards , and William S. Leith \u2013 CiteSeerX- PSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Underground Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tightflash.org\/all_911\/third_truth\/nuclear_demolition_basic\/USGSOFR01312.pdf\" >The Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions, by Vitaly V. Adshkin, and William Leith \u2013 OPEN FILE REPROT 01-312, September 2001 \u2013 US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/srl.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/86\/2A\/451.full.pdf\" >Political Seismology or Seismological Politics: Natural Resources Defense Council \u2013 USSR Experiments in Underground Nuclear Test Verification, by Anna Amramina<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-underground-explosion-explainer\/index.html\" >What happens with an underground nuclear test? , by Kevin Voigt \u2013 February 19, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nnsa.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nv_sweis\/environmentalimpact\/v2\/Appendix%20H.pdf\" >APPENDIX H \u2013 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >Buried History: Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 GAJITZ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblogbelow.com\/2008\/07\/underground-nuclear-test.html\" >Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 TheBlogBelow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ldeo.columbia.edu\/res\/pi\/Monitoring\/Arch\/BRV_arch_exp.html\" >Borovoye Archive Data from Underground Nuclear Tests \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501- Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993 \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2009\/11\/kazakhstans_radioactive_legacy.html\" >Kazakhstan\u2019s radioactive legacy \u2013 Boston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/semipalatinsk_test_site\" >\u201cMy home: nuclear base Semipalatinsk \u2013 21\u201d, Episode 02 \u201cMain Testing Field\u201d (Video: 3 min. 14 sec.) \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death In Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carlwillis.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/13\/visit-to-the-semipalatinsk-nuclear-test-site\/\" >Visit to the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 SPEICAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-ns.iaea.org\/appraisals\/semipalatinsk.asp\" >The Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan \u2013 IAEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/732\/\" >Semipalatinsk Test Site \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5988266\/the-tragic-story-of-the-semipalatinsk-nuclear-test-site\" >The Tragic Story of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, by Vincze Mikl\u00f3s \u2013 io9.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/Sixty_Years_After_First_Soviet_Nuclear_Test_Legacy_Of_Misery_Lives_On\/1809712.html\" >60 Years After First Soviet Nuclear Test, Legacy Of Misery Lives On In Kazakhstan \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 Monday, August 10, 2015 \u2013 RFERL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/8236431.stm\" >Soviet nuclear tests leave Kazakh fallout \u2013 Sunday, 6 September 2009 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2010\/02\/24\/ST2010022403314.html?sid=ST2010022403314\" >In Kazakhstan, the race for uranium goes nuclear, by Philip P. Pan \u2013 Thursday, February 25, 2005 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?17456\" >Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 NuclearNo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/listverse.com\/2012\/05\/15\/top-10-nuclear-test-sites\/\" >Top 10 Nuclear Test Sites, Michael Affleck, May 15, 2012 \u2013 Our World \u2013 ListVerse.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Health, and Ecological Issues in Kazakhstan\/Semipalatinsk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reference.allrefer.com\/country-guide-study\/kazakhstan\/kazakhstan17.html\" >Kazakstan\/Kazakhstan \u2013 Environmental Problems \u2013 Reference.AllRefer.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/pdfs\/HBWW_EN\/Semipalatinsk_EN_web.pdf\" >\u201cIn Semipalatinsk, the local population was exposed to high levels of radioactivity from nuclear weapon tests for several decades\u2026\u201d \u2013 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear test site \u2013 Nuclear-Risk.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearfiles.org\/menu\/key-issues\/nuclear-weapons\/issues\/testing\/PDFs\/JC-143920%5B1%5D.pdf\" >Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakhstan\u2019s Semipalatinsk Test Site Implications on Human and Ecological Heath, by T.M. Carlsen, L.E. Peterson, B.A. Ulsh, C.A. Werner, K.L.Purvis, A.C. Sharber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nukefreetexas.org\/downloads\/plutominum_uranium_semipalatinsk_test_site.pdf\" >Plutonium and Uranium in Human Bones from Areas surrounding the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 NukeFreeTexas.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2013\/0828\/Secrets-of-Semipalatinsk-How-nuclear-theft-was-averted-in-Central-Asia\" >\u201cTheir research done on sample villages near the test site found cancer mortality rates 2-1\/2 times greater than those in a control village. The agency says some 356,000 people face radiation risk, with 70 percent of those being descendants of exposed villagers\u2026\u201d \u2013 Secrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia \u2013 The Christian Science Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cajgh.pitt.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/cajgh\/article\/view\/127\/0\" >Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Kazakhstan, by Bernd Grosche, Tamara Zhunussova, Kazbek Apsalikov, Ausrele Kesminiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/wasj\/wasj23%285%2913\/19.pdf\" >Information Report on Biological Studies Conducted At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 IDOSI.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/articles\/PMC3866702\" >Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Semipalatinsk Historical Cohort, 1960 \u2013 1999, and its Relationship to Radiation Exposure \u2013 Europe PubMed Central<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>Japan\u2019s biggest heist, the still-unsolved \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/300_million_yen_robbery\" >300 million yen robbery<\/a>\u201c, is carried out in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/people\/martin-luther\" >Martin Luther<\/a> King Jr. in Oslo.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Martin Luther King, Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1964\/king-bio.html\" >Martin Luther King, Jr. \u2013 Nobelprize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1964\/12\/10\/martin-luther-king-jr-awarded-the-nobel-peace-prize\" >Dec 10 1964: Martin Luther King, Jr. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1964\/king-lecture.html\" >Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964 \u2013 Nobelprize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2014\/dec\/02\/martin-luther-king-in-london-1964-reflections-on-a-landmark-visit\" >Martin Luther King in London, 1964: reflection on the landmark visit, by Hugh Muir \u2013 Tuesday 2 December 2014 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/king-wins-nobel-peace-prize\" >OCT 14, 1964: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: King wins Nobel Prize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YHyKNJTVuh4\" >YouTube video (59 min. 05 sec.): Martin Luther King December 7, 1964<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/learning\/general\/onthisday\/big\/1014.html#article\" >\u201c<em>The 35-year-old civil rights leader is the youngest winner of the prize that Dr. Alfred Nobel instituted since the first was awarded in 1901. The prize honors acts \u2018for the furtherance of brotherhood among men and to the abolishment or reduction of standing armies and for the extension of these purposes<\/em>.\u2019\u201d \u2013 Martin Luther King Wins The Nobel Prize for Peace \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vaview.vt.edu\/resources\/pdf\/publications\/MLK%20Timeline.pdf\" >MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TIMELINE \u2013 VT.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zanzibar\" >Zanzibar<\/a> gains independence from the United Kingdom as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_monarchy\" >constitutional monarchy<\/a>, under Sultan <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamshid_bin_Abdullah_of_Zanzibar\" >Jamshid bin Abdullah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zanzibar\" >Zanzibar (a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania in East Africa.):<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzibar.go.tz\/\" >Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar \u2013 Sarikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar (SMZ)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/tz.html\" >TANZANIA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zanzibar.net\/what-is-zanzibar\/\" >\u201c<em>Zanzibar is an archipelago made up of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, and several islets. It is located in the Indian Ocean, about 25 miles from the Tanzanian coast, and 6\u00b0 south of the equator<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 What is Zanzibar \u2013 Zanzibar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzinet.org\/zanzibar\/stats\/takwimu.html\" >ZANZIBAR STATISTICS \u2013 ZanziNet Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Zanzibar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Zanzibar\" >History of Zanzibar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzinet.org\/zanzibar\/economy\/utangulizi.html\" >Historical Background \u2013 Zanzinet Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad52\" >HISTORY OF ZANBAZIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzinet.org\/zanzibar\/history\/historia.html\" >Zanzibar \u2013 History \u2013 Zanbazinet Forum \u2013 Zanbazinet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-archipelago\/history\" >Zanzibar Archipelago \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzibar-island.co.za\/zanzibar-history\/\" >The History of Zanzibar Island \u2013 Zanzibar-Island.co.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/zanzibar-semi-autonomous-archipelago-island-tanzania-history.html\" >Zanzibar \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zanzibar.net\/zanzibar-history\/\" >Zanzibar History \u2013 Zanzibar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzibar.cc\/history.htm\" >History of Zanzibar \u2013 Zanzibar.cc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/realhistoryww.com\/world_history\/ancient\/Misc\/True_Negros\/Assorted\/Oman_Zanzibar_Sultanate.htm\" >History of the Oman and Zanzibar Sultanate \u2013 RealHistoryWW.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zanzibarhistory.org\/\" >Zanzibar Unveiled \u2013 ZanzibarHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zanzibar.cc\/chronology.htm\" >CHRONOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR \u2013 Zanzibar.cc<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Zanzibar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/zanzibar-semi-autonomous-archipelago-island-tanzania-economy.html\" >Zanzibar \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Tanzania#Zanzibar\" >Zanzibar \u2013 Economy of Tanzania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/east-africa\/tanzania\/tanzania-economic-outlook\/\" >Tanzania Economic Outlook \u2013 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/international-studies\/the-zanzibar-political-economy.php\" >The Zanzibar Political Economy \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs underground nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.city-data.com\/city\/Carlsbad-New-Mexico.html\" >Carlsbad New Mexico<\/a> (underground).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Project Gnome:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Gnome\" >\u201c<em>The site selected for Gnome is located roughly 40\u00a0km (25\u00a0mi) southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico, in an area of salt and potash mines along with oil and gas wells.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Project Gnome<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipp.energy.gov\/science\/UG_Lab\/gnome\/gnome.htm\" >The first underground physics experiment near Carlsbad was Project Gnome, December 10, 1961 \u2013 WIPP.Energy.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Radiation Leak and Carlsbad:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nuclear+Bomb+Test+in+Carlsbad%2C+NM\" >Nuclear Bomb Test in Carlsbad, NM \u2013 WNMEC \u2013 Toximedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/02\/16\/us\/new-mexico-radiation-alarm\/index.html\" >Radiation Alarm in New Mexico nuclear disposal plant spurs air shutoff \u2013 February 17, 2014 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/the-atomic-legacy-of-new-mexico\" >The Inconceivable Atomic Legacy in New Mexico, by Sam Gilbert \u2013 February 24, 2014 \u2013 Vice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/radiation-levels-fall-after-nuclear-waste-leak-in-new-mexico\/\" >Radiation Levels Fall after Nuclear Waste Leak in New Mexico \u2013 February 26, 2014 \u2013 ScientificAmerican.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/removingtheshackles.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/radiation-leak-carlsbad-nm-nuclear.html\" >Radiation Leak: Carlsbad NM Nuclear Waste Site \u2013 Monday, 17 February 2014 \u2013 Removing the Shackles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/21\/us\/a-livelihood-in-nuclear-waste-under-threat.html?_r=0&amp;module=ArrowsNav&amp;contentCollection=U.S.&amp;action=keypress&amp;region=FixedLeft&amp;pgtype=article\" >A Livelihood in Nuclear Waste, Under Threat \u2013 March 21, 2014 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War\" >Chinese Civil War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >People\u2019s Liberation Army<\/a> begins its siege of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chengdu\" >Chengdu<\/a>, the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang\" >Kuomintang<\/a>-held city in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mainland_China\" >mainland China<\/a>, forcing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_Republic_of_China\" >President of the Republic of China<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiang_Kai-shek\" >Chiang Kai-shek<\/a> and his government to retreat to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly\" >United Nations General Assembly<\/a> adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights\" >Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/daccess-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/RESOLUTION\/GEN\/NR0\/043\/88\/IMG\/NR004388.pdf?OpenElement\" >UN General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III), International Bill of Human Rights, of December 10, 1948<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/universal-declaration-human-rights\/index.html\" >Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a> <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/UDHR\/Documents\/UDHR_Translations\/eng.pdf\" >the same text in pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/UDHR\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx\" >Universal Declaration of Human Rights \u2013 OCHCR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.universalrights.net\/main\/creation.htm\" >The Creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by Peter Bailey \u2013 TheUniversalRights.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/for-educators\/educator-resources\/universal-declaration-human-rights-timeline\" >Universal Declaration of Human Rights Timeline \u2013 FacingHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780776616728\" >Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights \u2013 edited by William Sweet \u2013 published in 2003 \u2013 pdf downloadable \u2013 JHU.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Some Pertinent Resources and\/or Information on Human Rights by UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/PublicationsResources\/Pages\/Publications.aspx\" >Publications on Human Rights by UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/PublicationsResources\/Pages\/databases.aspx\" >OHCHR Databases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Library\/Pages\/HRGuide.aspx\" >Additional Sources for Human Rights Research \u2013 OHCHR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libraryresources.unog.ch\/pubHC\" >Pertinent Publications by OHCHR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Human Rights:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_human_rights\" >History of human rights \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/%7Eerpapers\/humanrights\/timeline\/\" >Human Rights Timeline \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/topics\/human-rights\" >Human Rights timeline \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ls\/Buergenthal_HR.html\" >Human Rights History \u2013 A Brief History of International Human Rights Law, by Judge Thomas Buergenthal (International Court of Justice) \u2013 AUDIOVISUAL LIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW \u2013 UN.org<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.un.org\/avl\/ls\/Buergenthal_HR_video_1.html\" >video 33 min.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilliberty.about.com\/od\/internationalhumanrights\/tp\/History-Of-Human-Rights.htm\" >History of Human Rights, by Tom Head \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanrights.com\/what-are-human-rights\/brief-history\/cyrus-cylinder.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS \u2013 HumanRights.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/4054820\/History-of-Human-Rights#scribd\" >History of Human Rights \u2013 Scribd.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.universalrights.net\/main\/histof.htm\" >History of Universal Human Rights, by Moira Rayner \u2013 UniversalRights.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/human-rights-history\/\" >Human Rights in History, by Samuel Moyn \u2013 TheNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhistory.com\/history-of-human-rights.html\" >A History of Human Rights \u2013 From Hammurabi to the Patriot Act \u2013 RandomHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/peace\/peaceedu\/binder2.html\" >History of Human Rights \u2013 Peace Resource Center \u2013 UMN.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/People\/History_of_Human_Rights\" >History of Human Rights \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/humanrightshistory.umich.edu\/\" >Human Rights Advocacy and the History of International Human Rights Standard \u2013 UMich.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrweb.org\/history.html\" >A Short History of the Human Rights Movement \u2013 HRWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalization101.org\/human-rights-vs-natural-rights\/\" >Origins of Human Rights \u2013 Globalization101.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_it=topsearchbox.search&amp;s_chn=65&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;v_t=aolsem&amp;q=history+of+human+rights\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Human Rights \u2013 Wow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Philosophy of Human Rights:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philosophy_of_human_rights\" >Philosophy of human rights \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/rights-human\/\" >Human Rights \u2013 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/rights\/\" >Rights \u2013 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Philosophy_of_Human_Rights\" >Philosophy of Human Rights \u2013 Academia.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/philosophy-of-human-rights\/\" >Philosophy of Human Rights \u2013 The Canadian Encyclopedia \u2013 TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/hum-rts\/\" >Human Rights \u2013 Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy \u2013 UTM.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.pacificu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1314&amp;context=eip\" >The Philosophy of Human Rights, by David Heise \u2013 5- 2008 \u2013 Essays in Philosophy \u2013 Volume 9 Issue 2 <em>Human Rights<\/em> \u2013 Article 8 \u2013 Pacificu.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/%7Eaheard\/intro.html\" >HUMAN RIGHTS: CHIMERAS IN SHEEP\u2019S CLOTHING? , by Andrew Heard \u2013 1997 \u2013 SFU.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/29\/are-there-natural-human-rights\/\" >Are These Natural Human Rights? , by Michael Boylan \u2013 May 29, 2011 \u2013 Opinonator \u2013 The Opinion Pages \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/07\/born-free-a-response\/\" >Born Free: A Response, by Michael Boylan \u2013 June 7, 2011 \u2013 Opinonator \u2013 The Opinion Pages \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1839196\/Towards_a_Philosophy_of_Human_Rights\" >Towards a Philosophy of Human Rights, uploaded by John Tasioulas \u2013 Academia.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/human-rights\/the-philosophy-of-human-rights.php\" >The philosophy of human rights \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philohr.org\/\" >Forty Centuries of Thinking. Hundreds of Philosophies, yet the slaughters go on, and on, and on\u2026What one Philosophy is still missing? \u2013 Philohr Society \u2013 International Society for the Philosophy of Human Rights \u2013 Philohr.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philosophytalk.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/what-are-human-rights\" >What are Human Rights? , by Ken Taylor \u2013 PHILOSOPHY TALK \u2013 PhilosophyTalk.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mesbahian.com\/?page_id=46\" >Philosophy of Human Rights \u2013 HOSSEIN MESBHIAN \u2013 Mesbahian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/philosophical-foundations-of-human-rights-9780199688630?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\" >Book: <em>Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights<\/em>, edited by Rowan Cruft, S. Matthew Liao, and Massimo Renzo \u2013 Oxford \u2013 OUP.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/philosophynow.org\/podcasts\/The_Philosophy_of_Human_Rights\" >The Philosophy of Human Rights \u2013 Audio recording 56 min. 3 sec.: \u201c<em>Grant Bartley from <\/em>Philosophy Now<em> discusses the philosophical foundations, implications and limits of human rights with Saladin Meckled-Garcia, the Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights, and Tom Sorrell, Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics at the University of Birmingham. First broadcast on 17 January 2012 on Resonance FM<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 PhilosophyNow.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/philpapers.org\/s\/Philosophy%20of%20Human%20Rights\" >Search Results for \u2018Philosophy of Human Rights\u2019 \u2013 PhilPapers.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Philippines_%281941-42%29\" >Battle of the Philippines<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japan\" >Imperial Japanese<\/a> forces under the command of General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaharu_Homma\" >Masaharu Homma<\/a> land on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luzon\" >Luzon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> capital ships <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_%2853%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Prince of Wales<\/em><\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Repulse_%281916%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Repulse<\/em><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse\" >are sunk<\/a> by <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\/Torpedo_bomber\" >torpedo bombers<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Malaya\" >Malaya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a> becomes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Thailand\" >constitutional monarchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>The phrase \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Ole_Opry#Name\" >Grand Ole Opry<\/a>\u201d is used for the first time <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio\" >on-air<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/wilson-awarded-nobel-peace-prize\" >US President Woodrow Wilson awarded Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f\" >Selma Lagerl\u00f6f<\/a> becomes the first female writer to win the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature\" >Nobel Prize in Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>The worst night of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brown_Dog_affair\" >Brown Dog riots<\/a> in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\" >Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> wins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Peace_Prize\" >Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> for his role in the mediation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Japanese_War\" >Russo-Japanese War<\/a>, becoming the first American to win a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize\" >Nobel Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize\" >Nobel Prizes<\/a> are awarded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First Nobel Prizes:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/first-nobel-prizes-awarded\" >DEC 10, 1901: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: First Nobel Prizes Awarded \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/lists\/year\/index.html?year=1901&amp;images=yes\" >Nobel Prizes 1901 \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Nobel_laureates\" >List of Nobel laureates \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/alfred_nobel\/biographical\/articles\/life-work\/\" >Alfred Nobel \u2013 His Life and Work, by Nils Ringertz \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traffic_light\" >traffic lights<\/a> are installed, outside the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palace_of_Westminster\" >Palace of Westminster<\/a> in London. Resembling <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railway_signal\" >railway signals<\/a>, they use <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railway_semaphore_signal\" >semaphore<\/a> arms and are illuminated at night by red and green <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gas_lamp\" >gas lamps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The city of Detroit, Michigan emerges from the largest municipal bankruptcy in United States history<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aqrab_massacre\" >bombings<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alawite\" >Alawite<\/a> village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aqrab\" >Aqrab<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Madoff\" >Bernard Madoff<\/a> is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ponzi_scheme\" >Ponzi scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Insurgency_in_the_Maghreb_%282002%E2%80%93present%29\" >Insurgency in the Maghreb<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_11,_2007_Algiers_bombings\" >Two car bombs explode<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algiers\" >Algiers<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felipe_Calder%C3%B3n\" >Felipe Calder\u00f3n<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Mexico\" >President of Mexico<\/a>, launches a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Michoac%C3%A1n\" >military-led offensive<\/a> to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michoac%C3%A1n\" >Michoac\u00e1n<\/a>. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_Drug_War\" >Mexican Drug War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Conference_to_Review_the_Global_Vision_of_the_Holocaust\" >International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust<\/a> is opened in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehran\" >Tehran<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a>, by then-president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad\" >Mahmoud Ahmadinejad<\/a>; nations such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> and the United States express concern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Cronulla_riots\" >Cronulla riots<\/a>: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanese<\/a> (and many who are not) in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cronulla,_New_South_Wales\" >Cronulla, New South Wales<\/a>, Australia. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The People\u2019s Republic of China joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" >World Trade Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>World Trade Organization:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wto.org\/english\/docs_e\/legal_e\/04-wto.pdf\" >Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) \u2013 WTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wto.org\/\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/World_Trade_Organization.aspx\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/World-Trade-Organization\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/world-trade-organization.html\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/country_profiles\/2429503.stm\" >Profile: World Trade Organization \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/world-trade-organization\/\" >World Trade Organization \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The Huffington Post \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>China and the World Trade Organization:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_and_the_World_Trade_Organization\" >China and the World Trade Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wto.org\/english\/thewto_e\/countries_e\/china_e.htm\" >China and the WTO \u2013 Member Information \u2013 World Trade Organization \u2013 WTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iie.com\/publications\/pb\/print.cfm?researchid=93&amp;doc=pub\" >China and the World Trade Organization: An Economic Balance Sheet, by Daniel H Rosen \u2013 June 1999 \u2013 IIE.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unpan1.un.org\/intradoc\/groups\/public\/documents\/apcity\/unpan007367.pdf\" >Implications of China\u2019s Access to the World Trade Organization, by Deepak Bhattasali and Masahiro Kawai \u2013 April 12, 2001 \u2013 UN.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metacrs2019\/\" >China and the World Trade Organization \u2013 November 2001 \u2013 UNT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scm.ncsu.edu\/scm-articles\/article\/china-and-the-world-trade-organization\" >China and the World Trade Organization, by Scott Frahman \u2013 Feb. 03, 2004 \u2013 NCSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturingnews.com\/news\/10\/0615\/WTO.html\" >China\u2019s Entry Into The WTO 10 Years Later Is Not What President Clinton Promised, by Richard A McCormack \u2013 June 15, 2010 \u2013 Volume 17, No. 10 \u2013 Manufacturing &amp; Technology News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2013\/02\/china-america-and-the-wto\/\" >China, America and the WTO, by Ka Zeng \u2013 February 07, 2013 \u2013 The Diplomat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/828662\/China_and_the_World_Trade_Organization_The_First_Decade\" >China and the World Trade Organization: The First Decade, uploaded by Lisa Toohey \u2013 Academcia.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cecc.gov\/events\/hearings\/china%E2%80%99s-compliance-with-the-world-trade-organization-and-international-trade-rules\" >China\u2019s Compliance With the World Trade Organization and International Trade Rules \u2013 Wednesday, January 15, 2014 \u2013 Congressional-Executive Commission on China \u2013 CECC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyoto_Protocol\" >Kyoto Protocol<\/a> opens for signature.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kyoto Protocol:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unfccc.int\/resource\/docs\/convkp\/kpeng.pdf\" >KYOTO PROTOCOL TO THE UNINTED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE \u2013 UNFCCC.int \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unfccc.int\/kyoto_protocol\/items\/2830.php\" >Kyoto Protocol \u2013 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change \u2013 UNFCCC.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kyotoprotocol.com\/\" >Kyoto Protocol \u2013 KyotoProtocol.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/environment.about.com\/od\/kyotoprotocol\/i\/kyotoprotocol.htm\" >What is the Kyoto Protocol? , by Larry West \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2011\/mar\/11\/kyoto-protocol\" >What is the Kyoto Protocol and has it made any difference? \u2013 Friday, 11 March 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Kyoto-Protocol\" >Kyoto Protocol \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carbonify.com\/articles\/kyoto-protocol.htm\" >What is the Kyoto Protocol? \u2013 Carbonify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Summary of the Kyoto Protocol:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unfccc.int\/kyoto_protocol\/background\/items\/2879.php\" >A Summary of the Kyoto Protocol \u2013 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change \u2013 UNFFC.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsfriends.com\/kyoto-protocol-summary\/\" >THE KYOTO PROTOCOL SUMMARY, by Alex Schenker \u2013 Earth\u2019s Friends \u2013 EarthsFriends.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiessays.com\/free-essays\/Summary-Of-The-Kyoto-Protocol-110690.html\" >Summary Of the Kyoto Protocol \u2013 Pertinent Essays on This Subject \u2013 Anti Essays \u2013 AntiEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=summary%20of%20kyoto%20protocol&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=14\" >Pertinent Web Links on the Summary of the Kyoto Protocol \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Problems of the Kyoto Protocol:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criticism_of_the_Kyoto_Protocol\" >Criticism of the Kyoto Protocol \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/view\/article\/154065\/\" >Kyoto Protocol and the United States \u2013 The Encyclopedia OF EARTH \u2013 EOEarth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookrags.com\/research\/quitting-the-kyoto-protocol-the-uni-hbh-04\/#gsc.tab=0\" >Quitting the Kyoto Protocol: the United States Strikes Out Alone \u2013 Research Article from History Behind the Headlines \u2013 BOOKRAGS.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vexen.co.uk\/USA\/pollution.html\" >The USA versus the Environment \u2013 Oil, Pollution and Kyoto \u2013 Vexen.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/commdocs.house.gov\/committees\/intlrel\/hfa49425.000\/hfa49425_0.htm\" >THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: PROBLEMS WITH U.S. SOVEREIGNTY AND THE LACK OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY PARTICIPATION \u2013 House.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cei.org\/op-eds-and-articles\/kyoto-protocol-simply-wrong-wrong-wrong\" >Kyoto Protocol Simply Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, by Iain Murray \u2013 February 14, 2015 \u2013 COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE \u2013 CEI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/burycoal.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/objection-problems-with-kyoto\/\" >Objection: problems with Kyoto \u2013 December 1, 2011 \u2013 BuryCoal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eia.gov\/oiaf\/kyoto\/kyotobrf.html\" >What Does the Kyoto Protocol Mean to the US Energy Markets and the US Economy? \u2013 October 1998 \u2013 Energy Information Administration \u2013 EIA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoeconomics.org\/rcc\/kp.html#a04\" >Problems the Kyoto Protocol cannot solve \u2013 EcoEconomics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/%7Edanov20d\/site\/challenges.htm\" >The Kyoto Protocol \u2013 Challenges \u2013 MTHOLYOKE.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/problem-kyoto-protocol-seun-jabagun\" >Problem with Kyoto Protocol, by Seun Jabagun \u2013 Mar 7, 2015 \u2013 LinkedIn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2011\/12\/29\/was-the-kyoto-protocol-a-success-or-failure\/\" >Was the Kyoto Protocol a Success or Failure? , by Sylvio Marcacci \u2013 December 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011 \u2013 CleanTechnica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Chechen_War\" >First Chechen War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Russia\" >Russian President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Yeltsin\" >Boris Yeltsin<\/a> orders Russian troops into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chechnya\" >Chechnya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>First Chechen War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/chechnya1.htm\" >First Chechnya War \u2013 1994-1996 \u2013GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/russianrulershistory.com\/chechnya-and-the-first-chechen-war-2\/\" >Chechnya and the First Chechen War \u2013 RussianRulersHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/First-Chechen-War-811659.html\" >First Chechen War \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/search\/First+Chechen+War\" >FIRST CHECHEN WAR \u2013 Tumbrl.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=0b1_1352790583\" >First Chechen War Combat Footage \u2013 LiveLeak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=b56_1337817453\" >Russian Soldiers in Chechnya\u2026First Chechen War. \u2013 LiveLeak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/the-first-chechen-war-history-essay.php\" >The First Chechen War History Essay \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>Demonstrations by students and workers across <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albania<\/a> begin, which eventually trigger the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fall_of_communism_in_Albania\" >fall of communism in Albania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fall of Communism of Albania:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albaniantourist.com\/albanian-communism.html\" >The Rise of Albanian Communism \u2013 AlbanianTourist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quazoo.com\/q\/Fall_of_communism_in_Albania\" >Fall of communism in Albania \u2013 Quazoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mashpedia.com\/Fall_of_communism_in_Albania\" >Fall of communism in Albania \u2013 MashMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2012\/12\/victims-of-albanian-communism-struggle-for-closure\/265956\/\" >Victims of Albanian Communism Struggle for Closure \u2013 Dec 7 , 2012 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/secrets-and-lies-victims-of-albanian-communism-denied-closure\" >Secrets and Lies: Victims of Albanian Communism Denied Closure, by Alekandra Bogdani \u2013 07 DEC 12 \u2013 BalkanInsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/e5-3s_hixne4\/albanians-fall-of-communism\/\" >Albania\u2019s Fall of Communism \u2013 25 April 2013 \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/23112015-albania-25-years-after-fall-of-communism-the-long-road-of-the-european-dream-analysis\/\" >Albania 25 Years After Fall Of Communism: The Long Road Of The European Dream \u2013 Analysis \u2013 November 23, 2015 \u2013 Eurasia Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Albania:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Albania\" >History of Albania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Albania\" >History of Albania \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/motherearthtravel.com\/albania\/history-9.htm\" >History of Albania \u2013 MotherEarthTravel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/People\/History_of_Albania\" >History of Albania \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17681099\" >Albania profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/history_of_albania\" >Illyrian people \u2013 History of Albania \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/albanianhistory.net\/\" >Texts and Documents of Albanian History \u2013 AlbanianHistory.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Mozote_massacre\" >El Mozote massacre<\/a>: Armed forces in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Salvador\" >El Salvador<\/a> kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvadoran_Civil_War\" >Salvadoran Civil War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>El Mozote Massacre:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/itc\/journalism\/j6075\/edit\/readings\/mozote.html\" >El Mozote Case Study, by Stanley Meisler \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.share-elsalvador.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/SHARE-El-Salvador-El-Mozote-Resource-Guide.pdf\" >The El Mozote Massacre Resource Guide \u2013 Share El-Salvador.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/pdfs\/e\/elsalvdr\/elsalv923.pdf\" >THE MASSACRE AT EL MOZOTE: THE MEED TO REMEMBER \u2013 March 4, 1992 \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-20675619\" >El Salvador told to investigate 1981 El Mozote massacre \u2013 11 December 2012 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jon-santiago\/revisiting-american-invol_b_177841.html\" >Revisiting American Involvement in El Salvador: The Massacre at El Mozote, by Jon Santiago \u2013 posted 04\/26\/2009 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 T<\/strong>he Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Superfund\" >Superfund<\/a>) is enacted by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >US Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lufthansa_heist\" >Lufthansa heist<\/a> is committed by a group led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucchese_crime_family\" >Lucchese family<\/a> associate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Burke_%28gangster%29\" >Jimmy Burke<\/a>. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_17\" >Apollo 17<\/a><\/em> becomes the sixth and last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo mission<\/a> to land on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rolling_Stones_Rock_and_Roll_Circus\" >The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus<\/a><\/em>, featuring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rolling_Stones\" >the Rolling Stones<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jethro_Tull_%28band%29\" >Jethro Tull<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Who\" >the Who<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taj_Mahal_%28musician%29\" >Taj Mahal<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marianne_Faithfull\" >Marianne Faithfull<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dirty_Mac\" >the Dirty Mac<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoko_Ono\" >Yoko Ono<\/a>, is filmed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wembley\" >Wembley<\/a>, London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Che_Guevara\" >Che Guevara<\/a> speaks at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly\" >United Nations General Assembly<\/a> in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ernest Che Guevara:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/thehistoryofcuba\/a\/09cheguevara.htm\" >Biography of Ernest \u201cChe\u201d Guevara, by Christopher Minster \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/che-guevara-9322774\" >Che Guevara \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Che Guevara\u2019s Speech at the UN General Assembly:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/guevara\/1964\/12\/11.htm\" >Che Guevara Speech at the United Nations on December 11, 1964 at the 19<sup>th<\/sup> General Assembly \u2013 Marxists.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bufHojkoGtw\" >YouTube video (6 min. 20 sec.): Statement by Mr. Che Guevara (Cuba) before the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1964<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Algeria\" >French Algeria<\/a> during a visit by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_France\" >French President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_de_Gaulle\" >Charles de Gaulle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Upper_Volta\" >French Upper Volta<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Dahomey\" >French Dahomey<\/a> gain self-government from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Fourth_Republic\" >France<\/a>, becoming the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Upper_Volta\" >Republic of Upper Volta<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Dahomey\" >Republic of Dahomey<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benin\" >Benin<\/a>), respectively, and joining the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Community\" >French Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War\" >1948 Arab\u2013Israeli War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> passes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_194\" >General Assembly Resolution 194<\/a>, creating a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Conciliation_Commission\" >Conciliation Commission<\/a> to mediate the conflict.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Arab-Israeli Conflict:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict\" >Arab-Israeli conflict \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/arab-israeli-wars.html\" >Arab-Israeli Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a> <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/arab-israeli-wars-the-1948-49-war.html\" >The 1948-49 War \u2013 Infopleasese.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/james-barker\/1948-first-arab-israeli-war\" >1948: The First Arab-Israeli War, by James Barker \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/arab-israeli-war\" >Arab-Israeli War of 1948 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uahsibhistory.wikispaces.com\/1948-1949+Arab+Israeli+War?responseToken=202190eebc24c5dd6750cbfc9132fc90\" >1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War \u2013 WikiSpaces.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/1948_War.html\" >Israeli War of Independence 1947-1949 \u2013 Background &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/1948_arab_israeli_war\" >1948 Arab Israeli War \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Arab-Israeli-wars\" >Arab-Israeli wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HIST351-10.4.3-1948-Arab-Israeli-War.pdf\" >1948 Arab-Israeli War \u2013 Saylor.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zionism-israel.com\/his\/Israel_war_independence_1948_timeline.htm\" >Chronology of the First Arab-Israeli War \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Causes of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ir.info\/2014\/01\/15\/what-were-the-causes-and-consequences-of-the-1948-arab-israeli-war-2\/\" >What Were the Causes and Consequences of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War? \u2013 Selina Kaur Rai, Jan 15 2014 \u2013 e-IR.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/political-science\/17-42-causes-and-prevention-of-war-spring-2009\/lecture-notes\/MIT17_42S09_lec22_23.pdf\" >CAUSES OF ISRAEL-ARAB CONFLICT, by Stephen Van Evera \u2013 MIT.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/effects-of-the-arab-israeli-war-history-essay.php\" >Long Term Causes of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Balfour Declaration \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bidd.org.rs\/what-were-the-causes-and-consequences-of-the-1948-arab-israeli-war\/\" >What Were a Causes and Consequences of a 1948 Arab-Israeli War? \u2013 23\/01\/2014 \u2013 BIDD.org.rs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Nations International Children\u2019s Emergency Fund (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNICEF\" >UNICEF<\/a>) is established.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>UNICEF:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/unicef-founded\" >DEC 11, 1946: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: UNCEF founded \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\" >UNICEF \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/about\/who\/index_history.html\" >About UNICEF: Our history \u2013 UNICEF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1965\/unicef-history.html\" >UNICEF \u2013 Nobel Peace Prize 1965 \u2013 NobelPrize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.unicef.org\/about\/history\/index_monographs.html\" >Monographs relating to UNICEF \u2013 UNICEF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?s_it=topsearchbox.vertical&amp;s_chn=14&amp;s_pt=source7&amp;type=content&amp;v_t=content&amp;q=unicef\" >Websites about UNICEF \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Polish_Republic\" >Poland<\/a> declares war on the Empire of Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a> and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans\u2019 declaration of war on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Empire of Japan<\/a> in the wake of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor\" >attack on Pearl Harbor<\/a>. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Germany and Italy Declares War on the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states\" >DEC 11, 1941: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Germany declares war on the United States \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/december\/11\/newsid_3532000\/3532401.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: December 11: 1941: Germany and Italy declare war on US \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>United States Declares War on Germany and Italy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/decmenu.asp\" >Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.law.ou.edu\/ushistory\/germwar.shtml\" >US Declaration of War against Germany \u2013 December 11, 1941 \u2013 US Historical Documents \u2013 OU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/learning\/general\/onthisday\/big\/1211.html#article\" >US NOW AT WAR WITH GERMANY AND ITALY; JAPANESE CHECKED IN ALL LAND FIGHTING, 3 OF THEIR SHIPS SUNK, 2D BATTLESHIP HIT \u2013 Dec. 11, 1941 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_it=topsearchbox.search&amp;s_chn=16&amp;s_pt=source7&amp;v_t=aolsem&amp;q=Declaration+of+war+Germany+and+Italy+against+the+US\" >Pertinent web links on the declarations of war on Germany and Italy \u2013 Wow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War\" >Second Italo-Ethiopian War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italy<\/a> leaves the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Nations\" >League of Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Second Italo-Ethiopian War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/world-war-ii\/italo-ethiopian-war.htm\" >Italo-Ethiopian War \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/133\/Second-Italo-Ethiopian-War\" >Second Italo-Ethiopian War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/world-war-2.wikia.com\/wiki\/The_Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War\" >The Second Italo-Ethiopian War \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War\" >Timeline of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Italy\u2019s Withdrawal from the League of Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oldmagazinearticles.com\/Mussolini_and_Italy_Quits-League-of-Nations_pdf\" >ITALY OUT of the League \u2013 LITERARY DIGEST DECEMBER 25, 1937 \u2013 OldMagazineArticles.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rarenewspapers.com\/view\/559820\" >Italy leaves the League of Nations\u2026 \u2013 RareNewspapers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>League of Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/League-of-Nations\" >League of Nations \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/league-nations.html\" >League of Nations \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/FWWleague.htm\" >League of Nations \u2013 Spartacus-Eductional.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/League_of_Nations.aspx\" >League of Nations \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/why-the-league-of-nations-failed\/\" >Why the League of Nations Failed, by Patrick J. Buchanan \u2013 March 10, 2003 \u2013 TheAmericanConservative.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Covenant of the League of Nations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/leagcov.asp\" >Covenant of the League of Nations \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3dd8b9854.html\" >this web site of RefWorld.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Covenant_of_the_League_of_Nations\" >Covenant of the League of the Nations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Covenant-of-the-League-of-Nations\" >Covenant of the League of Nations \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_W.\" >Bill Wilson<\/a>, co-founder of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcoholics_Anonymous\" >Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a>, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Alcoholics Anonymous:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.org\/\" >Alcoholics Anonymous \u2013 Official Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ask.com\/web?am=broad&amp;q=alcoholics+anonymous&amp;an=gemini_s&amp;askid=2a0d607b-c1e4-44ef-b218-5b302f4fa65a-0-us_tsb&amp;kv=default&amp;gc=0&amp;dqi=alcoholics+anonymous&amp;qsrc=999&amp;ad=semD&amp;o=32476&amp;l=dir&amp;af=\" >Alcoholics Anonymous \u2013 pertinent web links \u2013 Ask.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/alcoholics-anonymous\/\" >Alcoholics Anonymous \u2013 pertinent news articles \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou_Uprising\" >Guangzhou Uprising<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_China\" >Communist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Guards_%28China%29\" >Red Guards<\/a> launch an uprising in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou\" >Guangzhou<\/a>, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_%28council%29\" >Soviet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_Church\" >Roman Catholic<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope\" >papal<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclical\" >encyclical<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quas_primas\" >Quas primas<\/a><\/em> introduces the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feast_of_Christ_the_King\" >Feast of Christ the King<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Irish War of Independence<\/a>: In retaliation for an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" >IRA<\/a> ambush, British forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Burning_of_Cork\" >burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city<\/a>. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Irish War of Independence:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theirishstory.com\/2012\/09\/18\/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview\/\" >The Irish War of Independence \u2013 A Brief Overview, by John Dorney \u2013 The Irish Story \u2013 TheIrishStory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Irish-War-of-Independence\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleyjohnston.com\/users\/ireland\/past\/history\/19191921.html\" >1919-1921: The War of Independence and Partition \u2013 History of Ireland \u2013 WesleyJohnston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/easterrising\/aftermath\/af04.shtml\" >Anglo-Irish war \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/homepage.eircom.net\/%7Etipperaryfame\/independ.htm\" >THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1919-1922 \u2013 CONFLICTS IN IRELAND \u2013 Eircom.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/list-of-irish-war-of-independence-battles\/reference\" >List of the Irish War of Independence Battles \u2013 Ranker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Timeline of the Irish War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelineindex.com\/content\/view\/3371\" >Timeline \u2013 Irish War of Independence \u2013 TimelineIndex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Ireland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/irehist.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac70\" >HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination360.com\/europe\/ireland\/history\" >Ireland History \u2013 Destination360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oracleireland.com\/Ireland\/history\/history.htm\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Irish History \u2013 OracleIreland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogypro.com\/articles\/Irish-history.html\" >A Brief History of Ireland, by John Holwell \u2013 Genealogypro.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Irish_history\" >Timeline of Irish History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/%7Efianna\/history\/\" >A Timeline of Irish History \u2013 Ancestry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history+of+ireland&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=15\" >Pertinent web links on history of Ireland \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Irish Republican Army (IRA)\/Provisional Republican Army (PIRA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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><em><strong>IRA\u2019s Terrorism:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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><em><strong>History of the IRA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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><em><strong>Sinn F\u00e9in:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.ie\/\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rsfnational.wordpress.com\/\" >National Website of Republican Sinn F\u00e9in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.org\/documents.html\" >OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES \u2013 SINN F\u00c9IN \u2013 SinnFein.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/ira\/\" >THE IRA &amp; SINN FEIN \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/sinn-fein.html\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >History of Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leader_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >Leaders of Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/sinn-fein\" >Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 News Archive \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/s\/sinn_fein\/index.html\" >Sinn Feinn \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/world\/sinn-fein.htm?mediatype=Text\" >Sinn Fein News \u2013 ABC.go.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/keyword\/sinn-fein\" >Articles on Sinn Fein \u2013 Philly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Sinn F\u00e9in:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >History of Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.ie\/history\" >History \u2013 Sinn F\u00e9in \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corksf.20m.com\/about.html\" >A Brief History of Sinn Fein \u2013 Corks Sinn Fein<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sinn F\u00e9in, IRA and the Catholic Church:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/07\/10\/the-catholic-church-vs-the-ira-hunger-strikers-of-1923\/\" >The Catholic Church vs. the IRA Hunger Strikes of 1923, by Lily Murphy \u2013 July 10, 2015 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5755982\/The_Catholic_Church_and_Revolution_in_Ireland\" >The Catholic Church and the Revolution in Ireland \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2005\/mar\/14\/world\/fg-irish14\" >In Catholic Church Belfast, IRA Becomes Public Enemy \u2013 March 14, 2005 \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2010\/09\/08\/sinn-fein-chief-says-met-catholic-priest-involved-bombing-didnt-discuss.html\" >Sinn Fein chief says he met Catholic priest involved in 1972 bombing, didn\u2019t discuss it \u2013 September 8, 2010 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.spectator.co.uk\/article\/2nd-march-1918\/11\/the-roman-catholic-church-in-ireland-and-sinn-fein\" >THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN IRELAND AND SINN FEIN \u2013 THE SPECTATOR ARCHIVE \u2013 Spectator.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/opinion\/letters\/questions-for-catholic-church-over-sinn-fein-29546185.html\" >Questions for Catholic Church over Sinn Fein \u2013 03\/09\/2013 \u2013 Belfast Telegraph \u2013 BelfastTelegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6cf9miux4cI\" >Gross hypocrisy from DUP\/Sinn Fein and Catholic Church over brutal murder. \u2013 YouTube video (12 min. 17 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: British General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby\" >Edmund Allenby<\/a> enters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a> on foot and declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martial_law\" >martial law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>A workers\u2019 uprising occurs in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiev\" >Kiev<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a> (then part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russian Empire<\/a>), and establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shuliavka_Republic\" >Shuliavka Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguayan_War\" >Paraguayan War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Army\" >Brazilian troops<\/a> defeat <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguayan_Army\" >Paraguayan<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Avay\" >Battle of Avay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >US Senate<\/a> creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance\" >United States Senate Committee on Finance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1792\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>: King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_XVI_of_France\" >Louis XVI of France<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trial_of_Louis_XVI\" >is put on trial for treason<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Convention\" >National Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(<em>Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/december_5\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/december_5<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 december<strong>_11<\/strong>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/december\/5\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/december\/5<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to <strong>december\/11<\/strong>;\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/december_5.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/december_5.html<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 to <strong>december_11.html<\/strong>; and other pertinent web sites and\/or documents, mentioned above.<\/em><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><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><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<p><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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 5-11 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cBeing miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.\u201d &#8211; Tom Hopkins<\/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-79716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79716","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=79716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}