{"id":87233,"date":"2017-02-27T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=87233"},"modified":"2017-02-20T15:48:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:48:44","slug":"this-week-in-history-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/02\/this-week-in-history-117\/","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\" width=\"500\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Feb 27-Mar 5<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/h\/huberthhu152600.html?src=t_movingon\" >\u201cThe greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Hubert H. Humphrey<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FEBRUARY 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2014\/february_27_2014_400036.html\" >GE is focusing on development of wind power in Japan, seeing an opportunity for the nation to expand its renewable energy portfolio after Fukushima; GE has designed a wind turbine capable of weathering the country\u2019s distinct weather challenges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2013\/february_27_2013_399300.html\" >At Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his farewell address<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pope Benedict XVI and His Farewell Speech:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/pope-benedict-xvis-farewell-speech-full-text-1105760\" >Pope Benedict XVI;s Farewell Speech (FULL TEXT) \u2013 February 27, 2013 \u2013 ibtimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/feb\/28\/pope-benedict-farewell-message-appearance\" >Pope Benedict XVI delivers farewell message to faithful in final appearance \u2013 28 February 2013 \u2013 theguardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2013\/february\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20130228_congedo-cardinali.html\" >FAREWELL ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI TO THE EMINENT CARDINALS PRESENT IN ROME \u2013 Thursday, 28 February 2013 \u2013 vatican.va<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ztisTKy2KTE\" >YouTube video (1 h. 19 min. 38 sec.): The Shocking Truth Why Pope Benedict Resigned.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ZwFeLtrsck\" >YouTube video (1 h. 04 min. 23 sec.): Why Pope Benedict Really Resigned<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2012\/february_27_2012_398554.html\" >Wikileaks begins releasing 5 million emails from Stratfor, a private intelligence company<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Chile_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> measuring 8.8 on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moment_magnitude_scale\" >moment magnitude scale<\/a> strikes central parts of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a> leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Chinese_Correction\" >The Chinese Correction<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shanghai_Stock_Exchange\" >Shanghai Stock Exchange<\/a> falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The initial version of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Jay_Report\" >John Jay Report<\/a>, with details about the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_sexual_abuse_scandal_in_the_United_States\" >Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States<\/a>, is released.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>A bombing of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Superferry_14\" >Superferry<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abu_Sayyaf\" >Abu Sayyaf<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>\u2018 worst terrorist attack kills 116.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Godhra_train_burning\" >Godhra train burning<\/a>: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayodhya\" >Ayodhya<\/a>, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryanair_Flight_296\" >Ryanair Flight 296<\/a> catches fire at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_Stansted_Airport\" >London Stansted Airport<\/a>. Subsequent investigations criticize <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryanair\" >Ryanair<\/a>\u2018s handling of the evacuation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakho\" >Zakho<\/a>: A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho leaves about 100 dead and 150 wounded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War<\/a>: US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush\" >George H. W. Bush<\/a> announces that \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuwait\" >Kuwait<\/a> is liberated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf War Timelines:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Gulf_War\" >Timeline of the Gulf War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/teach\/gulfguide\/gwtimeline.html\" >TIMELINE \u2013 Gulf War \u2013PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/gulf\/cron\/\" >Chronology \u2013 Persian Gulf War \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warchronicle.com\/iraq\/news\/timeline_two_wars.htm\" >Gulf War to Iraq War: 2 August 1990-19 March 2003 \u2013 WarChronical.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Liberation of Kuwait:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/february\/26\/newsid_4716000\/4716868.stm\" >26 February 1991 \u2013 ON THIS DAY: Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonkent.com\/speeches\/the_liberation_of_kuwait.htm\" >The Liberation of Kuwait \u2013 ANNOUNCING THE BEGINNING OF THE GULF WAR \u2013 GEORGE BUSH 1991 \u2013 EmersonKent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_of_Kuwait_campaign\" >Liberation of Kuwait campaign \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=858lvXand1U\" >NBC News \u2013 Liberation of Kuwait, Feb 1991 \u2013 YouTube (2 min. 42 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?17089-1\/liberation-kuwait-city\" >Liberation of Kuwait City \u2013 C-SPAN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usma.edu\/history\/SiteAssets\/SitePages\/First%20Gulf%20War\/GulfWarFirst03.pdf\" >Kuwait City \u2013Site Assets Map \u2013 USMA.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/in-history-kuwait-liberated\/\" >In History: Kuwait Liberated \u2013 February 24, 2006 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theguardian\/2014\/feb\/28\/kuwait-iraq-united-states-george-bush\" >From the archive, 28 February 1991: The liberation of Kuwait \u2013 Feb 28, 2014 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magnumphotos.com\/Catalogue\/Bruno-Barbey\/1991\/KUWAIT-Gulf-War-NN139528.html\" >Photographs \u2013 Bruno Barbey \u2013 KWAIT. Gulf War \u2013 MagnamPhotos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" >Venezuela<\/a> is rocked by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caracazo\" >Caracazo<\/a> riots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumgait_pogrom\" >Sumgait pogrom<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenians\" >Armenian<\/a> community of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumgait\" >Sumgait<\/a> in Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent massacre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senate<\/a> allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Muruora:<\/em><\/strong><\/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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/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:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/FR-ntests0.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, France: Introduction, by Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Some Pertinent YouTube Videos:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fFf0ZSpTR6U&amp;index=2&amp;list=PLYk2KDpzKVbVHTuoTS5keP6OzrGXtGvJV\" >(0:54 sec.): French Nuclear Test in Reggane \/ Algeria \u2013 View on Google Satellite \/ edited by Hakim Tabi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ExXXinuFc0\" >(2 min. 21 sec.) L\u2019abominable crime nucl\u00e9aire fran\u00e7ais de Reggane en Alg\u00e9rie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZZ0udF-zokM\" >(2 min. 48 sec.)\u00a0: Essais nucl\u00e9aires fran\u00e7ais en Alg\u00e9rie\u00a0: Graves r\u00e9percussions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=82QYuYgkygA\" >(10 min. 38 sec.): La Bombe Nucl\u00e9aire: Images d\u00e9classifi\u00e9es Full HD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeJbnMmtmT8\" >(1 h. 33 min. 23 sec.)\u00a0: Algerie\u00a0: Nucl\u00e9aire Alg\u00e9rien, nouvelles r\u00e9velations explosives\u00a0!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Pertinent Reports:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.assemblee-nationale.fr\/rap-oecst\/essais_nucleaires\/i3571.asp\" >RAPPORT SUR LES INCIDENCES ENVIRONNEMENTALES ET SANITAIRES DES ESSAIS NUCLEAIRES EFFECTUES PAR LA FRANCE ENTRE 1960 ET 1996 ET ELEMENTS DE COMPARAISON AVEC LES ESSAIS DES AUTRES PUISSANCES NUCLEAIRES \u2013 Par M. Christian BATAILLE, D\u00e9put\u00e9 Et M. Henri REVOL, S\u00e9nateur \u2013 OFFICE PARLEMENTAIRE D\u2019\u00c9VALUATION DES CHOIX SCIENTIFIQUES ET TECHNOLOGIQUES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.senat.fr\/rap\/o97-179\/o97-1799.html\" >Chapitre II \u2013 LES PREMIERS ESSAIS FRAN\u00c7AIS AU SAHARA\u00a0: 1960-1966 \u2013 Bienvenue au S\u00e9nat \u2013 Senat.fr<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1982 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa#French_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Muruora Island<\/a><em>\u201d, mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The formerly Spanish territory of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Sahara\" >Western Sahara<\/a>, under the auspices of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polisario_Front\" >Polisario Front<\/a> declares independence as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic\" >Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\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><em> \u2013<\/em> 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>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Movement\" >American Indian Movement<\/a> (AIM) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wounded_Knee_incident\" >occupies<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wounded_Knee,_South_Dakota\" >Wounded Knee, South Dakota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>Doctors in the first Dutch <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abortion_clinic\" >abortion clinic<\/a> (the Mildredhuis in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arnhem\" >Arnhem<\/a>) start to perform <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abortus_provocatus\" >aborti provocati<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965\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\/In_Eker\" >In Eker<\/a> (a.k.a. In Ekker), Algeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Test Site at In Eker:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/in_ecker.htm\" >In Eker \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsunited.com\/algeria-nuclear-testing-in-in-ecker-news\/19995639\/\" >ALGERIA: NUCLEAR TESTING IN IN-ECKER RESION \u2013 NEEDED FOR CLEANING UP SITES CONTAMINATED BY RADIOACITVITY \u2013 NEWS UNITED<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201511301480.html\" >Algeria: Nuclear Testing in in-Ecker Region \u2013 Need for Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated By Radioactivity \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthisland.org\/yggdrasil\/algeria.pdf\" >The Aftermath of French Nuclear Testing in Algeria \u2013 EarthIsland.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/une\/quand-les-appeles-du-contingent-servaient-de-cobayes-16-02-2010-817293.php#xtref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctbto.org%2Fspecials%2Ftesting-times%2F13-february-1960-the-first-french-nuclear-test%2F\" >France\u2019s confidential military report on the safety of the nuclear tests \u2013 Un rapport confidentiel r\u00e9v\u00e8le comment l\u2019arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise a utilis\u00e9 ses soldats lors des premiers essais atomiques dans le Sahara au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1960 \u2013 Leparisien.fr<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/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:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/FR-ntests0.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, France: Introduction, by Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceArsenalDev.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Development of the Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/nuke.htm\" >France \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20140214-map-shows-huge-radiation-spread-french-saharan-nuclear-tests\/\" >Declassified files expose lies of French nuclear tests \u2013 France24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific \u2013 Part I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=327255&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >Part II<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jul\/03\/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified\" >French nuclear tests \u2018showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity \u2013 3 July 2013 \u2013 The Guardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_France\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of France \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa\" >Leaning Tower of Pisa<\/a> from toppling over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a> receives its first democratically elected president, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Bosch\" >Juan Bosch<\/a>, since the end of the dictatorship led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rafael_Trujillo\" >Rafael Trujillo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>Two dissident <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Air_Force\" >Vietnam Air Force<\/a> pilots <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_South_Vietnamese_Independence_Palace_bombing\" >bomb the Independence Palace<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saigon\" >Saigon<\/a> in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Di%E1%BB%87m\" >Ng\u00f4 \u0110\u00ecnh Di\u1ec7m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The first congress of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Trade_Union_Organisation\" >Spanish Trade Union Organisation<\/a> is inaugurated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958\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> (atmospheric) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novaya_Zemlya\" >Novaya Zemlya<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1962:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_Soviet_Nuclear_Tests\" >1962 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of the nuclear test of the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Atmospheric Nuclear Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovatmtest.html\" >Soviet Atmospheric Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/ussrnuks.shtml\" >USSR Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Database \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovwpnprog.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview \u2013 JohnstonArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/large.stanford.edu\/courses\/2014\/ph241\/powell2\/docs\/vakulchuk.pdf\" >Semipalitinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences \u2013 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irpa.net\/irpa10\/cdrom\/00504.pdf\" >Radiation Exposure on Residents due to Semipalitinsk Nuclear Tests \u2013 IRPA.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Novaya Zemlya Nuclear Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/russia\/novaya_zemlya_nuc.htm\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/novaya-zemlya\" >NOVAYA ZEMLYA \u2013 AtlasObscura.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/novaya-zemlya\/3035-3167\/\" >Novaya Zemlya \u2013 GiantBomb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arkcode.com\/custom3_64.html\" >NOVA ZEMLYA (NOVAYA ZEMLYA) 58 MEGA TON H BOMB TEST \u2013 ArkCode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/facilities\/924\/\" >Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/novalya.htm\" >ICE Case Studies \u2013 Novaya Zemlya, by Carrie McVicker \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39591\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 Image \u2013 NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novayazemlya.net\/\" >Novaya Zemlya Archipelago \u2013 NovayaZemlya.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/novaya-zemlya.html\" >Novaya Zemlya, Russia \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/russia\/743105\" >Novaya Zemlya: test site for most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 TASS Russian News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearno.com\/text.asp?11073\" >Novaya Zemlya: birds, animals adapt nuclear test site, by Tatyana Sinitsyna \u2013 RIA Novosti, Russia \u2013 15 August 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/of\/1993\/0501\/report.pdf\" >UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOGRPAPHICAL SURVEY \u2013 Physical Environment of the Underground Nuclear Test Site on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, by John R. Matzko \u2013 Open-File Report 93-501 \u2013 Reston, Virginia \u2013 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union_regional_elections,_1955\" >Soviet Union regional elections, 1955<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosenstrasse_protest\" >Rosenstrasse protest<\/a> starts in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea\" >Battle of the Java Sea<\/a>, an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command\" >Allied<\/a> strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Java_Sea\" >Java Sea<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_East_Indies\" >Dutch East Indies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Kamen\" >Martin Kamen<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Ruben\" >Sam Ruben<\/a> discover <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon-14\" >carbon-14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_fire\" >Reichstag fire<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weimar_Republic\" >Germany<\/a>\u2018s parliament building in Berlin, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_%28building%29\" >Reichstag<\/a>, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>A challenge to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>, allowing women the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Right_to_vote\" >right to vote<\/a>, is rebuffed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a> in <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leser_v._Garnett\" >Leser v. Garnett<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Working_Union_of_Socialist_Parties\" >International Working Union of Socialist Parties<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" >Vienna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1902\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Boer_War\" >Second Boer War<\/a>: Australian soldiers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breaker_Morant\" >Harry \u2018Breaker\u2019 Morant<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Handcock\" >Peter Handcock<\/a> are executed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretoria\" >Pretoria<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Court_martial_of_Breaker_Morant\" >war crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labour_Party_%28UK%29\" >British Labour Party<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Boer_War\" >Second Boer War<\/a>: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boer\" >Boer<\/a> General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piet_Cronj%C3%A9\" >Piet Cronj\u00e9<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Paardeberg\" >Battle of Paardeberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of Paardeberg:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1900s\/p\/paardeberg.htm\" >Second Boer War; Battle of Paardeberg \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/battle-of-paardeberg\/\" >Battle of Paardeberg \u2013 TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/battles_paardeberg.html\" >Battle of Paardeberg, 18-27 February 1900 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbattles.com\/great-boer-war\/paardenburg.htm\" >The Battle of Paardeberg \u2013 BritishBattles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/cwm\/exhibitions\/boer\/battlepaardeberg_e.shtml\" >Canada &amp; The South African War, 1899-1902: Battles \u2013 Paardeberg 18-27 February 1900 \u2013 CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM \u2013 WarMuseum.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Second Boer War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/second-boer-war.htm\" >Second Boer War \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/South-African-War\" >South African War (Second Boer War) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/south-african-boer-war\/introduction\" >South African \u2018Boer War\u2019 \u2013 Page South African War 1899-1902 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angloboerwar.com\/boer-war\" >Boer War 1899-1902 \u2013 AngloBoerWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/second-boer-war\/\" >Second Boer War \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Boer_War.aspx\" >\u201c<em>The Boer War (or Anglo-Boer War) was a conflict in which the British Empire fought the forces of two \u201cBoer Republics\u201d from 1899 to 1902 in southern Africa. The Boers lost the war, but resistance gained them concessions even in defeat<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Boer War \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Boer_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 Second Boer War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-net.com\/Start\/Boer_War\/boer_war.html\" >BOER WAR \u2013 History-Net.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/43208438\/impact-of-second-boer-war-flash-cards\/\" >Impact of Second Boer War \u2013 Quizlet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kieranmcmullen.com\/2012\/10\/07\/weapons-of-the-second-boer-war\/\" >Weapons of the Second Boer War \u2013 KieranMcMullen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/186\/Second-Boer-War\" >Second Boer War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/Q\/What_were_the_causes_of_the_second_boer_war\" >What were the causes of the second boer war? \u2013 Answers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/a-list-of-all-second-boer-war-battles\/reference\" >List of the Second Boer War Battles \u2013 Ranker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1881\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Boer_War\" >First Boer War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Majuba_Hill\" >Battle of Majuba Hill<\/a> takes place.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>First Boer War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Boer_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 First Boer War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/article\/first-anglo-boer-war\" >The First Anglo-Boer War \u2013 SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE \u2013 SAHistory.org.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/first-boer-war\/\" >First Boer War \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Battle of Majuba Hill:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbattles.com\/first-boer-war\/majuba-hill.htm\" >Battle of Majuba Hill \u2013 BritishBatlles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alibris.com\/The-Battle-of-Majuba-Hill-the-first-Boer-War-Oliver-Ransford\/book\/592132\" >The Battel of Majuba Hill; the first Boer War \u2013 Alibris.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southafrica.net\/za\/en\/articles\/entry\/article-southafrica.net-majuba-hill\" >Majuba Hill \u2013 SouthAfrica.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1861\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russian<\/a> troops fire on a crowd in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw\" >Warsaw<\/a> protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Poland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Poland\" >History of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab01\" >HISTORY OF POLAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/poland\/history\" >Poland \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Poland\" >History of Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/\" >Poland \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/poland.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 The Virtual Jewish World \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/%7Epolwgw\/history.html\" >Timeline of Polish History \u2013 Roots Web \u2013 Ancestry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/classroom\/maps\/task4.html\" >Historical Maps of Poland \u2013 Buffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-17754512\" >Poland country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Poland and Russia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Poland_%281945%E2%80%9389%29\" >History of Poland (1945-1989) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Territories_of_Poland_annexed_by_the_Soviet_Union\" >Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Poland-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eurodialogue.org\/History-of-Russian-Polish-Relations\" >HISTORY OF RUSSIAN-POLISH RELATIONS \u2013 Euro-Dialogue.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Warsaw#1918-1939\" >\u201c<em>The first years of independence were very difficult: war havoc, hyperinflation and the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1920. In the course of this war, the Battle of Warsaw was fought on the Eastern outskirts of the city, and the capital was successfully defended and the Red Army defeated. Poland stopped on itself the full brunt of the Red Army and defeated an idea of the \u2018export of the revolution.\u2019<\/em>\u201d \u2013 History of Warsaw \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/od-russia\/andrei-kolesnikov\/russia-poland-history-too-terrible\" >Russia-Poland: a history too terrible \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3215371\/POLISH-RUSSIAN_RELATIONS_HISTORY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_GEOPOLITICS\" >POLISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS, uploaded by Fatih \u00d6zbay \u2013 Academia.edu \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/49.htm\" >POLAND \u2013 THE ECONOMY UNDER COMMUNISM \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/poland-vs-russia-in-a-war-of-words-rents-and-history\/a-18241767\" >Poland vs. Russia in a war of words, rent and history \u2013 DW.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/russian_polish_wars.htm\" >Russo-Polish Wars: Wars and Conflicts Between Russia and Poland \u2013 HistoryGuy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/article\/openrussia\/russia-poland-and-the-history-wars\" >Russia, Poland and the history wars \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Poland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/pl.html\" >POLAND \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Poland\" >Poland \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Poland\" >Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/polandmaps\/a\/polandgeography.htm\" >Geography of Poland \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17753718\" >Poland country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Poland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msz.gov.pl\/en\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Poland\" >Foreign relations of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/88.htm\" >Poland \u2013 FOREIGN RELATOINS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/democratization\/poland\/p30812\" >Poland \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Poland-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2875.htm\" >US Relations with Poland \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Poland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Poland\" >Economy of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/poland-economy.html\" >Poland \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1860\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" >Abraham Lincoln<\/a> makes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cooper_Union_speech\" >speech<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cooper_Union\" >Cooper Union<\/a> in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1844\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a> gains independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\" >Haiti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dominican Republic:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/dr.html\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/dominican-republic.html\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Dominican-Republic\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Dominican+Republic\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 TheFreeDictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Constitution of the Dominican Republic:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_the_Dominican_Republic#cite_note-cs-2\" >\u201c<em>The 1966 Constitution incorporated a long list of basic rights, and it provided for a strengthened legislature; however, it also gave extensive powers to the executive, including emergency powers. In this way, the country sought to bridge the gap between its democratic and its authoritarian constitutions, by compromising their differences<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Constitution of the Dominican Republic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the Dominican Republic:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Dominican_Republic\" >History of the Dominican Republic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hispaniola.com\/dominican_republic\/info\/history.php\" >History of the Dominican Republic \u2013 Hispaniola.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com\/dominican_republic_history.html\" >Dominican Republic History \u2013 Visiting-The-Dominican-Repubic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dominicanrepublic.com\/history-dominican-republic\/\" >History of Dominican Republic \u2013 DominicanRepublic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/dominican-republic\/history\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/dominican.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donquijote.org\/culture\/dominican-republic\/history\/\" >History of the Dominican Republic \u2013 DonQuijote.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/namerica\/caribb\/dominicanrepublic\/dotimeln.htm\" >Dominican Republic History Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of the Dominican Republic:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/dominican-republic-economy.html\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/dominicanrepublic\/overview\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/dominicanrepublic\" >Dominican Republic \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1829\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tarqui\" >Battle of Tarqui<\/a> is fought.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of Tarqui (a.k.a.: Battle of Portete de Tarqui):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tarqui\" >Battle of Tarqui \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/historybytez.com\/2016\/02\/27\/1829-battle-of-tarqui-is-fought\/\" >1829 \u2013 Battle of Tarqui is fought \u2013 historybytez.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zeromagecuador.com\/en\/ecuador-lore-battle-of-tarqui\/\" >Ecuador Lore: Battle of Tarqui \u2013 zeromagecuador.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FEBRUARY 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Benedict_XVI\" >Pope Benedict XVI<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI\" >resigns<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/2013\/february_11_2013_399267.html\" >Citing frail health, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation effective February 28, 2013; he is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pope Benedict XVI:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Benedict_XVI\" >Pope Benedict XVI \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/pope-benedict-xvi-15045109\" >Pope Benedict XVI \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/person\/pope-benedict-xvi\" >Pope Benedict XVI \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/about\/leadership\/holy-see\/benedict-xvi\/\" >THE LEGACY OF POPE BENEDICT XVI \u2013 UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS \u2013 USCCB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en.html\" >Pope Benedict XVI \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicity.com\/commentary\/hudson\/00222.html\" >Saint Malachi Predicts the Election of Benedict XVI, by Deal Hudson \u2013 CatholiCity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D7rjK28Jahs\" >YouTube video (3 min. 58 sec.): Pope Benedict leaves the Vatican<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2013\/02\/28\/pope-benedict-final-day\/1953089\/\" >Benedict XVI leaves the Vatican, resignation now official \u2013 February 28, 2013 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kbia.org\/post\/what-resignation-pope-benedict-xvi-means-catholic-church\" >What the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI means for the Catholic Church, by Rehman Tungekar &amp; David Reed \u2013 FEB 14, 2013 \u2013 KBIA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/politics-pope-behind-troubled-resignation-benedict-xvi-1077812\" >Politics and The Pope: Behind the Troubled Resignation Of Benedict XVI, by Jacey Fortin \u2013 02\/12\/13 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2013\/pope-benedicts-resignation-in-historical-context\" >Pope Benedict\u2019s Resignation in Historical Context, by Donald S. Prudlo \u2013 FEBRUARY 11, 2013 \u2013 CrisisMaganine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Announcement of Pope Benedict XVI:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/02\/11\/text-of-pope-announcement_n_2660811.html\" >Pope Benedict Resignation Announcement \u2013 FULL TEXT \u2013 02\/11\/2013 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5_271es-StQ\" >YouTube video (4 min. 55 sec.): Pope Benedict announces his resignation (see description)<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_iqZGZIaViI\" >YouTube video (2 min. 39 sec.) \u2013 Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s resignation speech in full (Latin)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Any Real Reason of the Resignation of Pope XVI? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI\" >Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-25121121\" >Why Pope Benedict resign? , by Mark Dowd \u2013 28 November 2013 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/08\/21\/pope-benedict-mystical-experience-resignation_n_3790359.html\" >Pope Benedict\u2019s \u2018Mystical Experience\u2019 Prompted Resignation, Said \u2018God Told Me To\u2019 \u2013 8\/21\/2013 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2013\/the-reason-benedict-resigned\" >The Reason Benedict Resigned, by William Edmund Fahey \u2013 February 11, 2013 \u2013 CrisisMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/godfatherpolitics.com\/the-real-reason-pope-benedict-resigned\/\" >The Real Reason Pope Benedict Resigned, by Gary DeMar \u2013 March 4, 2013 \u2013 GodFatherPolitics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/otn.cfm?id=966\" >The real story behind the Pope\u2019s resignation, by Phil Lawler \u2013 Feb 15, 2013 \u2013 CatholicCulture.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2014\/02\/26\/pope-benedict-rejects-rumors-resigned-simply-absurd\/\" >Benedict rejects rumors on why he resigned as \u201csimply absurd\u201d, by David Gibson Follow \u2013 Religion News Service \u2013 ReligionNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2015\/02\/Pope-Benedict-XVI-resignation-forced-conspiracy-theory\/385462\/\" >The Pope Benedict Conspiracy Theories \u2013 FEB 13, 2015 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Al_Hillah_bombing\" >suicide bombing<\/a> at a police recruiting center in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Hillah\" >Al Hillah<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a> kills 127.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>Over one million <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwanese<\/a> participating in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/228_Hand-in-Hand_Rally\" >228 Hand-in-Hand Rally<\/a> form a 500-kilometre (310\u00a0mi) long human chain to commemorate the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/February_28_Incident\" >February 28 Incident<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1947\" >1947<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_Gujarat_riots\" >religious violence in Gujarat<\/a>, the 97 people killed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naroda_Patiya_massacre\" >Naroda Patiya massacre<\/a> and 69 in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulbarg_Society_massacre\" >Gulbarg Society massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia_and_Montenegro\" >Serbian<\/a> police begin the offensive against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_Liberation_Army\" >Kosovo Liberation Army<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo\" >Kosovo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kosovo Liberation Army (KLM):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_Liberation_Army#Foreign_support\" >Foreign support \u2013 Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/explainer\/1999\/04\/who_is_the_kosovo_liberation_army.html\" >Who Is the Kosovo Liberation Army? \u2013 Slate.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/2001\/kosovo\/undword.htm\" >UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo. executive summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kosovoliberationarmy.com\/\" >Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 KosovoLiberationArmy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Kosovo-Liberation-Army\" >Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kosovo.net\/kla2.html\" >\u201cKOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY\u201d: Freedom fighters or\u2026 \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kosovo.net\/kla8.html\" >Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 UCK, by Tim Judah \u2013 Journal of International Affairs \u2013 September-November 2000 \u2013 \u201cKOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY\u201d: Freedom fighters or\u2026 \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primalunleashed.com\/intel\/KLA.htm\" >Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 Primal \u2013 PrimalUnleashed.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/books\/9780252092138\" >Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 The Inside Story of Insurgency, by Henry H. Herritt \u2013 publication year 2008 \u2013 PDF downloadable \u2013 PROJECT MUSE \u2013 JHU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/kla.htm\" >Kosovo Liberation Army [KLA] <em>or<\/em> Ushtria Clirimtare E Kosoves [UCK] \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/balkaninfo.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/29\/the-kosovo-liberation-army-does-clinton-policy-support-group-with-terror-drug-ties\/\" >The Kosovo Liberation Army: Does Clinton Policy Support Group with Terror, Drug\u00a0Ties? \u2013 posted on August 29, 2009 \u2013 Balkanblog \u2013 WordPerss.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/politics\/kosovo-organ-trafficking-army\/\" >\u201c<em>The shocking revelations follow a two-year investigation into a criminal underworld that traveled up the chain of command to the very door of Kosovo\u2019s US-backed Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), and former political leader of the KLA<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Kosovo Liberation Army accused of organ trafficking \u2013 15 Dec, 2010 \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/k\/kosovo_liberation_army\/index.html\" >Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 Relevant Articles \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRqQEam-yYB5oD6Om6W4LBQ\" >Kosovo Liberation Army \u2013 Pertinent Videos \u2013 YouTube.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Kosovo Conflict:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/docs\/appeals\/98\/179808.pdf\" >ALBANIA: REFUGEE INFLUX FROM KOSOVO \u2013 December 16, 1998 \u2013 IFRC.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/robert-bideleux\/kosovos-conflict\" >Kosovo\u2019s Conflict \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Kosovo-conflict\" >Kosovo conflict \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/war_koso.htm\" >Religious aspects of the Yugoslavia \u2013 Kosovo conflict \u2013 ReligiousTolerance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ulPsNrMMZ3E\" >YouTube video (10 min. 16 sec.): 1999 \u2013 a documentary about Kosovo War ethnic cleansing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_massacres_in_the_Kosovo_War\" >List of massacres in the Kosovo war \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/5165042.stm\" >Flashback to Kosovo\u2019s war \u2013 Monday 10 July 2006 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/shows\/kosovo\/etc\/cron.html\" >A Kosovo Chronology \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The United States, NATO and the Kosovo Conflict:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.needham.k12.ma.us\/nhs\/cur\/Baker_00\/03-04\/baker%20-%20p1%20-%20yao\/us-kosovo.html\" >A Historic Intervention: Kosovo Conflict \u2013 MA.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/publications\/congressional-testimony\/us-role-kosovo\" >The US Role in Kosovo, by Doug Bandow \u2013 March 10, 1999 \u2013 CATO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/kosovo\/history.htm\" >NATO\u2019s role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo \u2013 NATO.int<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/acad\/fellow\/97-99\/brovkin.pdf\" >Discourse on NATO in Russia During the Kosovo War, by Vladimir Brovkin \u2013 NATO.int \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/article\/the-kosovo-war-between-two-eras-2\" >Kosovo war: between two eras, by Martin Shaw \u2013 1 April 2009 \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/easternapproaches\/2013\/09\/balkans-and-syria\" >What did America learn from the 1999 Kosovo war? \u2013 Sep 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013 \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia\" >NATO\u2019s bombing of Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-u-s-nato-military-intervention-in-kosovo\/1666\" >US-NATO Military Intervention in Kosovo \u2013 19 December 2005 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/monograph_reports\/MR1365.html\" >NATO\u2019s Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment, by Benjamin S Lambeth \u2013 Rand.org \u2013 pdf downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/ALLPOLITICS\/stories\/1999\/05\/13\/clinton.kosovo\/transcript.html\" >Transcript: Clinton justifies US involvement in Kosovo \u2013 May 13, 1999 \u2013 CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/en\/regions\/europe\/balkans\/kosovo\/061-war-in-the-balkans-consequences-of-the-kosovo-conflict-and-future-options-for-kosovo-and-the-region.aspx\" >War in The Balkans: Consequences of the Kosovo Conflict and Future Options for Kosovo and the Region \u2013 19 April 1999 \u2013 CrisisGroup.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EEhgwdJldeU\" >YouTube video (4 min. 51 sec.): Noam Chomsky About Serbia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia and NATO War 1<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourepeat.com\/watch\/?v=EEhgwdJldeU#%21\" >the same video on this site: YouRepeat.com<\/a>. The transcription of this video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chomsky.info\/20060425\/\" >On the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Danilo Mandi\u0107 \u2013 RTS Online, April 25, 2006 \u2013 Chomsky.info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Kosovo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Kosovo\" >History of Kosovo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/kosovo\/history\" >Kosovo \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kosovo.net\/hist.html\" >History of Kosovo and Metohija \u2013 Kosovo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kosovo-history.html\" >Kosovo \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-18331273\" >Kosovo profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.when.com\/vertical?q=history%20of%20kosovo&amp;type=content&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;s_it=content&amp;s_chn=16\" >Pertinent Web Links on History of Kosovo \u2013 When.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of RQ-4 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Hawk\" >Global Hawk<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle\" >unmanned aerial vehicle<\/a> certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GRB_970228\" >GRB 970228<\/a>, a highly luminous flash of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamma_ray\" >gamma rays<\/a>, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamma-ray_burst\" >gamma-ray bursts<\/a> occur well beyond the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milky_Way\" >Milky Way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>GRB 970228:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GRB_970228#Observations\" >Observations \u2013 GRB 970228 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu\/iauc\/06500\/06584.html\" >GRB 970228 \u2013 IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1086\/312203\/meta;jsessionid=2D95A53C26F8CB27BDFCFBEA2671D358.ip-10-40-2-115\" >GRB 970228 Revisited: Evidence for a Supernova in the Light Curve and Late Spectral Energy Distribution of the Afterglow, by Daniel E. Reichart \u2013 published 28 July 1999 \u2013 PDF downloadable \u2013 IOP.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/260491358_GRB_970228\" >GRB 970228 \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2852274\/GRB_970228_within_the_EMBH_model\" >GRB 970228 within the EMBH model \u2013 uploaded by Federico Fraschetti \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freebase.com\/m\/05m6xb\" >GRB 970228 \u2013 Freebase.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Milky Way:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/Gamma-Ray%20Bursts%20in%20the%20Milky%20Way:\" >History \u2013 Gamma-ray burst \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.uchicago.edu\/940106\/gamma.shtml\" >Evidence shows gamma ray bursts originate in Milky Way \u2013 The University of Chicago Chronical \u2013 Jan.6, 1994, Vol. 13, No.9 \u2013 UChicago.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redorbit.com\/news\/space\/1113010268\/supernova-unleashes-monster-gamma-ray-burst-112113\/\" >Powerful Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected Close To Milky Way \u2013 November 21, 2013 \u2013 RedOrbit.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/GLAST\/science\/milky_way_galaxy.html\" >Milky Way Galax \u2013 NASA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Hollywood_shootout\" >North Hollywood shootout<\/a> takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997_Ardabil_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a> in northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>Former Australian Liberal party leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hewson\" >John Hewson<\/a> resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_federal_election,_1993\" >Australian federal election, 1993<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco_and_Firearms\" >Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms<\/a> agents <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco_siege\" >raid<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Branch_Davidian\" >Branch Davidian<\/a> church in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco,_Texas\" >Waco, Texas<\/a> with a warrant to arrest the group\u2019s leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Koresh\" >David Koresh<\/a>. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco_siege\" >51-day standoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War<\/a> ends.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gulf War Ends:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/speeches\/speech-5530\" >Address on the End of the Gulf War (February 27, 1991), by George H. Bush \u2013 MillerCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/speeches\/bush-announces-end-to-gulf-war\" >Bush Announces End to Gulf War \u2013 SPEECHES &amp; AUDIO \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eram.k12.ny.us\/education\/components\/docmgr\/default.php?sectiondetailid=38198&amp;\" >How Gulf War Ended \u2013 Eram.K12.NY.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/persian-gulf-war\" >PERSIAN GULF WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Gulf War Timelines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefinertimes.com\/War-in-The-Middle-East\/gulf-war-overview-a-timeline.html\" >Gulf War Overview &amp; Timeline, by Peter Fitzgerald \u2013 The Finer Times \u2013 TheFinerTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/topics\/gulf-war\" >Gulf War timeline \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gulfwar1991.blogspot.hr\/2010\/11\/persian-gulf-war-timeline.html\" >Persian Gulf War Timeline \u2013 PERSIAN GULF WAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Gulf_War\" >Timeline of the Gulf War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/gulf\/cron\/\" >Chronology \u2013 Gulf War \u2013 FRONTLINE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/teach\/gulfguide\/gwtimeline.html\" >TIMELINE \u2013 Gulf War \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warchronicle.com\/iraq\/news\/timeline_two_wars.htm\" >Gulf War to Iraq War: 2 August 1990-19 March 2003 \u2013 WarChronicle.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/persian_gulf_war_timeline\/246\/\" >Persian Gulf War Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/861164.stm\" >Timeline: War in the Gulf \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Case Studies: The Gulf War and the Iraq War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/faculty\/hjackson\/WarBudgeting_39.pdf\" >War Budgeting Strategies \u2013 Case Studies of The Gulf War and The Iraq War, by Brian Callanan and David Weiler \u2013 Submitted May 2008 \u2013 Harvard.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olof_Palme\" >Olof Palme<\/a>, prime minister of Sweden, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Olof_Palme\" >assassinated<\/a> in Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army<\/a> carries out a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1985_Newry_mortar_attack\" >mortar attack<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary\" >Royal Ulster Constabulary<\/a> police station at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newry\" >Newry<\/a>, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goodbye,_Farewell_and_Amen\" >final episode<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M*A*S*H_%28TV_series%29\" >M*A*S*H<\/a> airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> <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><em> \u2013<\/em> 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>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andalusia\" >Andalusia<\/a> approves its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain\" >statute of autonomy<\/a> through a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Referendum\" >referendum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1980 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>as mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-American_relations\" >Sino-American relations<\/a>: The United States and People\u2019s Republic of China sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shanghai_Communiqu%C3%A9\" >Shanghai Communiqu\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Shanghai Communiqu\u00e9:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/shanghai-communique-issued\" >FEB 27, 1972: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: \u201cShanghai Communique\u201d issued \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/china\/peopleevents\/pande08.html\" >Shanghai Communiqu\u00e9 Issued (Feb 27, 1972) \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the Shanghai Communiqu\u00e9 \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/taiwandocuments.org\/communique01.htm\" >\u201cJoint Communique of the United States of America and the People\u2019s Republic of China\u201d, February 28, 1972 \u2013 TaiwanDocuments.org<\/a>, the same text on this website: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinomania.com\/CHINANEWS\/shanghai_communique_30th_anniversary.htm\" >com<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> this site: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1969-76v17\/d203\" >OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>United States-China Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >China-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/loc\/lcib\/0307-8\/policy.html\" >Foreign Affairs in the Nixon Era \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/china_1950_us_china.htm\" >US-China Relations since 1949 \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/issues\/china-us-relations\" >CHRONOLOGY US-CHINA RELATIONS. 1784-2000 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/18902.htm\" >US Relations With China \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-by-era\/seventies\/essays\/united-states-and-china-during-cold-war\" >United States and China During the Cold War, by Warren I. Cohen \u2013 GilderLerhman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2012\/10\/the-complicated-history-of-us-relations-with-china\" >The Complicated History of US Relations with China \u2013 October 11, 2012 \u2013 The Heritage Foundation \u2013 Heritage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2013-04-08\/mitter-china\/4615756\" >To Understand China\u2019s foreign policy, Look to World War II, by Rana Mitter \u2013 Posted 8 Apr 2013 \u2013 The Drum \u2013 ABC.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Discoverer_1\" >Discoverer 1<\/a><\/em>, an American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spy_satellite\" >spy satellite<\/a> that is the first object intended to achieve a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polar_orbit\" >polar orbit<\/a>, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Color_television\" >color television<\/a> sets using the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NTSC\" >NTSC<\/a> standard are offered for sale to the general public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_testing\" >Nuclear testing<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castle_Bravo\" >Castle Bravo<\/a>, a 15-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TNT_equivalent\" >megaton<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrogen_bomb\" >hydrogen bomb<\/a>, is detonated on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bikini_Atoll\" >Bikini Atoll<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Ocean\" >Pacific Ocean<\/a>, resulting in the worst <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radioactive_contamination\" >radioactive contamination<\/a> ever caused by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a>. Also visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/march-this-month-in-nuclear-threat-history\/\" >THIS MONTH OF NUCLEAR THREAT HISTORY \u2013 NUCLER AGE PEACE FOUNDATION<\/a>. [<em>Note that many historical records on this event may indicate that the date was \u201cMarch 1\u201d, 1954. However, some websites and documents indicate that the date of this event of the nuclear testing was \u201cFebruary 28\u201d, 1954. This is because of time difference between the local time in Bikini Atoll and that in many of Western countries, especially that in the American Continent. For the convenience of the reader of this article, the same event is also mentioned in the section of March 1, 1954.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Watson\" >James Watson<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Crick\" >Francis Crick<\/a> announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DNA\" >DNA<\/a>; the formal announcement takes place on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_25\" >April 25<\/a> following publication in April\u2019s <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nature_%28journal%29\" >Nature<\/a><\/em> (pub. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_2\" >April 2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Chemical Structure of DNA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/aso\/databank\/entries\/do53dn.html\" >Watson and Crick describe structure of DNA \u2013 1953 \u2013 PEOPLE AND DISCOVERIES \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genome.gov\/25520255\" >1953: DNA Double Helix \u2013 National Human Genome Research Institute \u2013 Genome.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DNA#Biological_functions\" >Biological functions \u2013 DNA \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chemheritage.org\/discover\/online-resources\/chemistry-in-history\/themes\/biomolecules\/dna\/watson-crick-wilkins-franklin.aspx\" >Chemistry in History \u2013 Chemical Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/april\/25\/newsid_2932000\/2932793.stm\" >25 April 1953: ON THIS DAY: Scientists describe secrets of life \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gold_Coast_%28British_colony%29\" >Gold Coast<\/a>, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1948_Accra_Riots\" >major riots in Accra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/February_28_Incident\" >February 28 Incident<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Taiwan<\/a>, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>February 28 Incident in Taiwan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/February_28_Incident#Background\" >Background \u2013 February 28 Incident \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/%7Etraye20a\/classweb\/worldpolitics\/228_incident.html\" >The February 28,1947 Incident \u2013 MtHolyoke.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/events\/2007\/02\/22taiwan\" >Taiwan\u2019s 228 Incident: The Political Implications of February 28, 1947 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uta.edu\/accounting\/faculty\/tsay\/feb28hd.htm\" >The February 28 Holocaust \u2013 UTA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/sjeaa\/journal81\/China2.pdf\" >THE FEBRUARY 28 INCIDENT \u2013 Standford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/chu\/pf\/p-c022500.html\" >Taiwan Independence and the 2-28 Incident, by Bevin Chu \u2013 February 28, 1947 \u2013 The Strait Scoop \u2013 AntiWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>The heavy cruiser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Houston<\/em><\/a> is sunk in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait\" >Battle of Sunda Strait<\/a> with 693 crew members killed, along with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMAS_Perth_%28D29%29\" >HMAS\u00a0<em>Perth<\/em><\/a> which lost 375 men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DuPont\" >DuPont<\/a> scientist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wallace_Carothers\" >Wallace Carothers<\/a> invents <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nylon\" >nylon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Invention of Nylon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/aso\/databank\/entries\/dt35ny.html\" >Nylon is invented \u2013 1935 \u2013 PEOPLE AND DISCOVERIES \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nylon#Overview\" >Overview \u2013 Nylon \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wallace_Carothers#Nylon\" >Nylon \u2013 Wallace Carothers \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edubilla.com\/invention\/nylon\/\" >Nylon \u2013 Invented by Wallace Carothers \u2013 Ebubilla.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/glamourdaze.com\/2009\/09\/1930s-fashion-invention-of-nylon.html\" >1930s Fashion \u2013 The invention of Nylon Stockings! \u2013 GlamourDaze.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/education\/whatischemistry\/landmarks\/carotherspolymers.html\" >Wallace Carothers and the Development of Nylon \u2013 ACS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mytights.com\/ie\/hosieryadvice-nylon-history\" >HISTORY OF NYLON \u2013 MyTights.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gleichschaltung\" >Gleichschaltung<\/a><\/em>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_Fire_Decree\" >Reichstag Fire Decree<\/a> is passed in Germany a day after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_fire\" >Reichstag fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1925_Charlevoix%E2%80%93Kamouraska_earthquake\" >Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake<\/a> strikes northeastern North America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom ends its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protectorate\" >protectorate<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egypt<\/a> through a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unilateral_Declaration_of_Egyptian_Independence\" >Unilateral Declaration of Independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>British Protectorate:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protectorate\" >Protectorate \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Protectorate-English-government\" >Protectorate \u2013 British government \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/protectorate-english-history.html\" >Protectorate (in English history) \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatpassport.com\/countries\/British-Protectorates\" >British Protectorates \u2013 WhatPassport.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Modern History of Egypt:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Egypt\" >History of modern Egypt \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/egyptmod.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN EGYPT \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharm-club.com\/history3.htm\" >Modern history of Egypt \u2013 Sharm-Club.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.egypt.travel\/product\/index\/modern-egypt\" >Egypt Today \u2013 Modern Egypt \u2013 Egypt.travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.laits.utexas.edu\/cairo\/history\/modern\/modern.html\" >20<sup>th<\/sup> Century CAIRO \u2013 1882-Present \u2013 UTexas.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/h\/hi\/history_of_modern_egypt.html\" >History of Modern Egypt \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientandmodernegypt.weebly.com\/\" >Ancient &amp; Modern Egypt \u2013 AncietAndModernEgypt.Weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus\" >Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus<\/a> is proclaimed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gjirokast%C3%ABr\" >Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/a>, by the Greeks living in southern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albania\" >Albania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus#Background\" >Background \u2013 Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/autonomous_republic_of_northern_epirus\" >Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7hWKc99MSn4\" >History of Autonomous Republic o Northern Epirus 1914 \u2013 YouTube (9 min. 05 sec.)<\/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>1900\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Boer_War\" >Second Boer War<\/a>: The 118-day \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Ladysmith\" >Siege of Ladysmith<\/a>\u201d is lifted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Siege of Ladysmith:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ladysmith\" >Battle of Ladysmith \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Ladysmith#Background\" >Background \u2013 Siege of Ladysmith \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/battles_ladysmith.html\" >Siege of Ladysmith, 2 November 1899- 27 February 1900 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Second Boer War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/second-boer-war.htm\" >Second Boer War \u2013 HistoryNet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/South-African-War\" >South African War (Second Boer War) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/south-african-boer-war\/introduction\" >South African \u2018Boer War\u2019 \u2013 Page South African War 1899-1902 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angloboerwar.com\/boer-war\" >Boer War 1899-1902 \u2013 AngloBoerWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/second-boer-war\/\" >Second Boer War \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Boer_War.aspx\" >\u201c<em>The Boer War (or Anglo-Boer War) was a conflict in which the British Empire fought the forces of two \u201cBoer Republics\u201d from 1899 to 1902 in southern Africa. The Boers lost the war, but resistance gained them concessions even in defeat<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Boer War \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Boer_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 Second Boer War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-net.com\/Start\/Boer_War\/boer_war.html\" >BOER WAR \u2013 History-Net.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/43208438\/impact-of-second-boer-war-flash-cards\/\" >Impact of Second Boer War \u2013 Quizlet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kieranmcmullen.com\/2012\/10\/07\/weapons-of-the-second-boer-war\/\" >Weapons of the Second Boer War \u2013 KieranMcMullen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/186\/Second-Boer-War\" >Second Boer War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/european\/1871-1914\/section6.rhtml\" >Conflict in Africa: The Boer War (1895-1902) \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/Q\/What_were_the_causes_of_the_second_boer_war\" >What were the causes of the second boer war? \u2013 Answers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/a-list-of-all-second-boer-war-battles\/reference\" >List of the Second Boer War Battles \u2013 Ranker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/beta.asoundstrategy.com\/sitemaster\/userUploads\/site259\/chistoryofsecondboerwar.pdf\" >SECOND BOER WAR \u2013 pdf \u2013 ASoundStrategy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/victorians\/boer_wars_01.shtml\" >The Boer War \u2013 History \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historymole.com\/cgi-bin\/main\/results.pl?theme=10000310\" >The Boer War (1900-1902) \u2013 Timeline \u2013 HistoryMole.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong>Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranavalona_III\" >Ranavalona III<\/a>, the last monarch of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madagascar\" >Madagascar<\/a>, is deposed by a French military force.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company\" >American Telephone and Telegraph Company<\/a> is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1874\u00a0 <\/strong>One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perjury\" >perjury<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tichborne_case\" >attempting to assume the identity<\/a> of the heir to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tichborne_baronets\" >Tichborne baronetcy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgarian_Exarchate\" >Bulgarian Exarchate<\/a> is established by decree of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sultan_Abd-ul-Aziz_of_the_Ottoman_Empire\" >Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong>Seventy years of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_See%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Holy See\u2013United States relations<\/a> are ended by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >Congressional<\/a> ban on federal funding of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomacy\" >diplomatic<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_rank#Multilateral_diplomacy\" >envoys<\/a> to the Vatican and are not restored until <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_10\" >January 10<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984\" >1984<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCH 01<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/anydayguide.com\/calendar\/149\" >World Civil Defense Day<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squatting\" >\u201cSquatters\u201d<\/a> are evicted from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ungdomshuset\" >Ungdomshuset<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copenhagen\" >Copenhagen<\/a>, Denmark, provoking the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_2007_Denmark_riots\" >March 2007 Denmark riots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>English-language <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia\" >Wikipedia<\/a> reaches its one millionth article, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordanhill_railway_station\" >Jordanhill railway station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >US Supreme Court<\/a> rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in \u201cnational standards,\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad_Bahr_al-Ulloum\" >Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Iraq\" >President of Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Criminal_Court\" >International Criminal Court<\/a> holds its inaugural session in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hague\" >The Hague<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>Management of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Customs_Service\" >United States Customs Service<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secret_Service\" >United States Secret Service<\/a> move to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security\" >United States Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_peseta\" >peseta<\/a> is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euro\" >euro<\/a> (\u20ac).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Envisat\" >Envisat<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_satellite\" >environmental satellite<\/a> successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500\u00a0mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Payload_%28air_and_space_craft%29\" >payload<\/a> to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%9314%29\" >US invasion of Afghanistan<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Anaconda\" >Operation Anaconda<\/a> begins in eastern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>US Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 US War in Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%9314%29#U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan\" >US invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 War in Afghanistan (2001-2014) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasions_of_Afghanistan#Invasion_by_the_United_States_and_NATO\" >Invasion by the United States and NATO \u2013 Invasions of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/afghanistan\/us-war-afghanistan\/p20018\" >US War in Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Affairs \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/United_States\" >United States\u2019 Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 OhioHistoryCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/timeline.jsp?timeline=afghanwar_tmln&amp;afghanwar_tmln_us_invasion__occupation\" >War in Afghanistan, US Invasion, Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghanistan-War\" >Afghanistan War (2001-2014), by Griff Witte \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-war-in-afghanistan-a-timeline\/\" >War in Afghanistan \u2013 A Timeline \u2013 December 1, 2009 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Why Did the US Invade Afghanistan? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rain.org.za\/why-did-the-united-states-invade-afghanistan\/\" >Why Did the United States Invade Afghanistan? , by Tim Kelly \u2013 RAIN.org.za<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jamiat.org.za\/why-did-the-united-states-invade-afghanistan\/\" >the same article on this website of Jamiatul Ulama \u2013 Jamiat.org.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/did-9-11-justify-the-war-in-afghanistan\/19891\" >Did 9\/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan? , by David Ray Griffin \u2013 25 June 2005 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackmosaic.com\/invasion-of-afghanistan-war-on-terror_why\/\" >Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 \u2018War on Terror\u2019 \u2013 Why \u2013 TheBlackMosaic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2013\/04\/why-is-the-united-states-really-in-afghanistan-2\/\" >Why is the United States Really in Afghanistan? , by Howard Uhal \u2013 April 17, 2013 \u2013 DissidentVoice.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trustineducation.org\/why-afghanistan\/afghanistan-why-should-anyone-care\/\" >Why Afghanistan? \u2013 Trust in Education \u2013 TrustInEducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weegy.com\/?ConversationId=B172FCAB\" >Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001? (a)to respond to terrorist attacks on U.S. territory (B to protect neighboring countries from a likely invasion (C to prevent a communist \u2013 Question and answer \u2013 Weegy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (9 min. 10 sec.) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWPxL7bDpFI\" >The REAL reasons behind The US led invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (4 min. 13 sec.) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2LdiwdYHQM\" >Why us invaded afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Behind the Official Reasons for the Invasion of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/revolutionarydemocracy.org\/rdv8n1\/oilnln.htm\" >The US War in Afghanistan and the Grab for Central Asia Oil \u2013 RevolutionaryDemocracy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-war-is-worth-waging-afghanistan-s-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/19769\" >\u201cThe War is Worth Waging\u201d: Afghanistan\u2019s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas, by Michel Chossudovsky \u2013 16 June 2010 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringnebula.com\/Oil\/Timeline.htm\" >A TIMELINE OF OIL AND VIOLENCE \u2013 AFGHANISTAN \u2013 RingNebula.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&amp;before_9\/11=pipelinePolitics\" >Complete 911 Timeline \u2013 Pipeline Politics \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/liesofbush.com\/Afghanistan.shtml\" >Afghanistan \u2013 LiesOfBush.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courtfool.info\/en_Pipelines_to_9_11.htm\" >Pipelines to 9\/11, by Rudo de Ruijter \u2013 CourtFool.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (5 min. 15 sec.) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ten4KqM3GYA\" >Did We Invade Afghanistan to Build a Gas Pipeline?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2001\/10\/23\/afghanistan-war-and-oil\/\" >Afghanistan \u2013 War and Oil, by George Monbiot \u2013 October 23, 2001 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinsider.org\/news\/article.asp?id=234\" >Afghanistan oil pipeline construction starts \u2013 TheInsider.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mom.gov.af\/en\/page\/4750\" >A Brief History of Natural Gas in Afghanistan \u2013 Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Afghanistan \u2013 MOM.gov.af<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/020318chicagotribune.shtml\" >US Bases in Afghanistan and Oil Pipeline Politics \u2013 WantToKnow.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clydefitchreport.com\/2012\/05\/afghanistan-plan-a-pipeline-an-invasion-a-pipeline-and-an-exodus\/\" >Afghanistan: A Pipeline, an Invasion, a Pipeline, an \u201cExodus\u201d , by By Roger Armbrust \u2013 May 21 2012 \u2013 The Clyde Fitch Report \u2013 ClydeFitchReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/1984459.stm\" >Afghanistan plans gas pipeline \u2013 Monday, 13 May 2002 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creative.sulekha.com\/gas-pipeline-mineral-deposits-the-real-reasons-for-us-occupation-of-afghanistan_490572_blog\" >Gas Pipeline, Mineral Deposits \u2013 the Real Reasons for US Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 9 Years Of US Lies And Failure in Afghanistan \u2013 10\/14\/10 \u2013 Sulekha.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/oil.html\" >IT\u2019S ALL ABOUT OIL \u2013 1998 Unocal Statement: Suspenstion of activities of related to proposed natural gas pipeline across Afghanistan \u2013 WhatReallyHappened.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/10\/the-wars-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-are-not-just-about-oil-theyre-also-about-gas.html\" >A Primer On the REAL Global Geopolitical Battle \u2013 October 8, 2012- WashingtonsBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2001\/oct\/23\/afghanistan.terrorism11\" >America\u2019s pipeline dream, by George Monbiot \u2013 October 23, 2001 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedebate.org\/thedebate\/afghanistan.asp\" >IN 1998 AMERICA WANTED NEW GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINE \u2013 THEDEBATE.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkmenistan%E2%80%93Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan%E2%80%93India_Pipeline\" >Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan\u2013India Pipeline (TAPI) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/pipeline.html\" >Why did the US really go to war? \u2013 Pipeline to 911 \u2013 ViewZone.com<\/a>9<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.911myths.com\/html\/9_11_and_the_afghan_pipeline.html\" >9\/11 and Afghan pipeline \u2013 911myths.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/11\/afgh-n20.html\" >US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11, by Patrick Martin \u2013 20 November 2001 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2010\/09\/20\/trans-afghanistan-pipeline-still-dream\" >Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline Still a Dream, by Tel Roll \u2013 Monday, September 20, 2010 \u2013 CommonDreams.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-edge\/202479-tapi-pipeline-gas-afghanistan-security\/\" >TAPI project or the future of Afghanistan \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistaneconomist.com\/issue2002\/issue23\/f&amp;m.htm\" >PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE \u2013 June 10 \u2013 16, 2002 \u2013 Finance &amp; Markets \u2013 PakistanEconomist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rawa.org\/temp\/runews\/2010\/05\/22\/russia-china-iran-defeat-u-s-in-the-pipeline-wars.html\" >\u201cWhile the West kills thousands of civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan and ravages both countries, Russia, China and Iran are acquiring the crucial energy riches of Central Asia and the Caspian area without firing a shot.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Russia, China, Iran defeat US in the \u201cpipeline wars\u201d<\/strong> , by Asad Ismi \u2013 The Reality of Life in Afghanistan \u2013 RAWA.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/afghanistans_energy_war\/\" >\u201cA little-noted energy agenda moving rapidly forward in Afghanistan could exacerbate insecurity and instability, and ensure a prolonged U.S. and foreign military presence.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Afghanistan\u2019s Energy War<\/strong>, by Antonia Juhasz and Shukria Dellawar, October 5, 2011 \u2013 Foreign Policy in Focus \u2013 FPIF.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsnbc.me\/2013\/04\/05\/the-afghanistan-war-afghanistans-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/\" >The Afghanistan War: Afghanistan\u2019s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas \u2013 Michel Chossudovsky (CRG) \u2013 Friday, April. 5, 2013 \u2013 NSNBC.me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oilempire.us\/afghanistan.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 poppies, pipelines, Al Qaeda and control of Eurasia \u2013 OilEmpire.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/afghanistan-energy-geopolitics-and-the-tapi-pipeline\/18329\" >Afghanistan, Energy Geopolitics and the TAPI Pipeline, by John Foster \u2013 23 March 2010 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/139983\/pipeline-istan%3A_everything_you_need_to_know_about_oil%2C_gas%2C_russia%2C_china%2C_iran%2C_afghanistan_and_obama\/\" >Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama, by Pepe Escobar \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ensec.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;id=233:afghanistan-the-tapi-pipeline-and-energy-geopolitics&amp;catid=103:energysecurityissuecontent&amp;Itemid=358\" >Afghanistan, the TAPI Pipeline, and Energy Geopolitics, by John Foster \u2013 Tuesday, 23 March 2010 \u2013 Journal of Energy Security \u2013 ENSEC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US-Afghanistan Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Afghanistan-US relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/p\/sca\/rls\/rm\/2009\/113731.htm\" >US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Archive \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5244577\/The_US_and_Afghanistan_Relations\" >The US-Afghanistan Relations, by Mahdi Rezaie \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aopnews.com\/category\/us-afghanistan-relations\/\" >Category Archives: US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Afghan Online Press \u2013 AOPNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?319825-1\/usafghanistan-relations\" >US-Afghanistan Relations (on the Obama administration\u2019s proposal) \u2013 C-Span.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?310255-6\/usafghanistan-relations\" >US-Afghanistan Relations (on Hamid Karzai\u2019s Washington visit) \u2013 C-Span.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-afghanistan-relations\/\" >US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Relevant Articles \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/afghanistan\" >A Guide to the United States\u2019 History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Afghanistan \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of the State<\/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>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>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>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>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hans_Blix\" >Hans Blix<\/a> assumes the position of Executive Chairman of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNMOVIC\" >UNMOVIC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hans Blix, Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/unmovic\/new\/pages\/chairman_blix.asp\" >Hans Blix \u2013 UNMOVIC \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/unmovic\/ExecChair\/BlixACT.htm\" >Anticipating Inspections: UNMOVIC Readies Itself for Iraq \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/unmovic\/new\/pages\/security_council_briefings.asp\" >UNMOVIC \u2013 Selected Security Council Briefings \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction\" >Iraq and weapons of mass destruction \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.berkeley.edu\/news\/media\/releases\/2004\/03\/18_blix.shtml\" >UN weapons inspector Hans Blix faults Bush administration for lack of \u201ccritical thinking\u201d in Iraq \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/blog\/2010\/jul\/27\/hans-blix-iraq-inquiry-live\" >Hans Blix at Iraq war inquiry \u2013 live \u2013 July 27, 2010 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2003\/01\/28\/raw-data-hans-blix-report-to-un.html\" >Raw Data: Hans Blix\u2019s Report to the UN \u2013 January 28, 2003 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Finland\" >Constitution of Finland<\/a> is rewritten.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottawa_Treaty\" >Ottawa Treaty<\/a> enters into force.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ottawa Treaty:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/canadianlandmine.org\/ottawa-treaty\" >Ottawa Treaty \u2013 CanadianLandmine.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/mine\/UNDocs\/ban_trty.htm\" >Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icbl.org\/media\/604037\/treatyenglish.pdf\" >the same text in PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_parties_to_the_Ottawa_Treaty\" >List of the parties of the Ottawa Treaty \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icbl.org\/en-gb\/the-treaty.aspx\" >The Treaty \u2013 ICBL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2010\/12\/the-ottawa-mine-ban-convention-unacceptable-on-substance-and-process\" >The Ottawa Mine Ban Convention: Unacceptable on Substance and Process, by Steven Groves and Ted R. Bromund \u2013 Heritage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>Prime Minister of Poland <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waldemar_Pawlak\" >Waldemar Pawlak<\/a> resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist\" >communist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%B3zef_Oleksy\" >J\u00f3zef Oleksy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a> declares its independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Independence of Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_Day_%28Bosnia_and_Herzegovina%29\" >Independence Day (Bosnia-Herzegovina) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/csce.gov\/index.cfm?FuseAction=UserGroups.Home&amp;ContentRecord_id=250&amp;ContentType=G&amp;ContentRecordType=G&amp;UserGroup_id=5&amp;Subaction=ByDate\" >REPORT: THE REFERENDUM ON INDEPENDENCE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Commission on Security &amp; Cooperation in Europe \u2013 US Helsinki Commission \u2013 CSCE.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bosnia.org.uk\/news\/news_body.cfm?newsid=2766\" >Declaration of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Bosnian Institute \u2013 Bosnia.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countriesquest.com\/europe\/bosnia_and_herzegovina\/history\/independence.htm\" >History, Independence \u2013 Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 CountryQuest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/bosnia\/independence-day.html\" >Bosnia Independence Day \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/holidays\/bosnia\/independence-day\" >Independence Day of Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 TimeAndDate.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/bk.html\" >BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA \u2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/bosnia_herzegovina.htm\" >Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 NationsOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/bosnia-and-herzegovina.html\" >Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/bosnia-and-herzegovina.html\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17211415\" >Bosnia-Herzegovina country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Bosnia-Herzegovina:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >History of Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bosnia-herzegovina-history.html\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safaritheglobe.com\/bosnia-and-herzegovina\/history\/\" >History of Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 SafariTheGlobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/bosnia-and-herzegovina\/history-language-culture\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina History, Language and Culture \u2013 WorldTravelGuide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281941%E2%80%9345%29\" >History of Bosnia-Herzegovina (1941-45) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bosnia.org.uk\/bosnia\/history.cfm\" >About Bosnia \u2013 History \u2013 Bosnian Institute \u2013 Bosnia.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/visit-bosniaherzegovina.com\/History.aspx\" >History \u2013 Visit-BosniaHerzegovina.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marvaoguide.com\/index.php\/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina\/Brief-History-of-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina.html\" >Brief History of Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 MarvaoGuide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/bosnia.html\" >Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jews_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbs_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" >Serbs of Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/europe\/bosniaandherzegovina\/batimeln.htm\" >Bosnia And Herzegovina History Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States becomes a member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works\" >Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1984:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1984 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<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army\" >Provisional Irish Republican Army<\/a> member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Sands\" >Bobby Sands<\/a> begins his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981_Irish_hunger_strike\" >hunger strike<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HM_Prison_Maze\" >HM Prison Maze<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bobby Sands:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/bobby-sands-20941955#%21\" >Bobby Sands \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Sands#Hunger_strike\" >Hunger strike \u2013 Bobby Sands \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irishhungerstrike.com\/bobbysands.html\" >Bobby Sands \u2013 Died May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 1981 \u2013 IrishHungerStrike.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobby-sands.com\/biography.html\" >Bobby Sands \u2013 Bobby-Sands.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbysandstrust.com\/\" >Bobby Sands MP \u2013 Bobby Sands Trust \u2013 BobbySandsTrust.com<\/a>, <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbysandstrust.com\/multimedia\/hunger-strike-book\" >the same web page on Hunger Stroke Book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/may\/5\/newsid_2728000\/2728309.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 5 May 1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0chC9zibyo\" >YouTube video (1 h. 42 min. 54 sec.): Bobby Sands and the 1981 Hunger Strike Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Irish Republican Army (IRA)\/Provisional Republican Army (PIRA):<\/strong><\/em><\/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><strong><em>IRA\u2019s Terrorism:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><strong><em>History of the IRA:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><strong><em>Sinn F\u00e9in:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><strong><em>History of Sinn F\u00e9in:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><strong><em>Sinn F\u00e9in, IRA and the Catholic Church:<\/em><\/strong><\/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>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\" >Watergate scandal<\/a>: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watergate Scandal:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\" >Watergate scandal \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate\" >WATERGATE SCANDAL \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate\/videos\" >WATERGATE SANDAL \u2013 Videos \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uspolitics.about.com\/od\/presidenc1\/a\/what_watergate.htm\" >What Was The Watergate Scandal? \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/watergate.info\/overview\" >What was Watergate? \u2013 Overview \u2013 Watergate.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Watergate-Scandal\" >Watergate scandal \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1791.html\" >Watergate Scandal \u2013 UNITED STATES HISTORY \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/watergate\/timeline.html\" >THE WATERGATE SCANDAL \u2013 TIMLINE \u2013 The Washington Post \u2013 WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/6-nixon\/3-watergate\/timeline\/\" >Watergate Scandal Timeline \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Watergate Tapes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/millercenter.org\/presidentialrecordings\/nixon\/watergate-collection\" >Watergate Collection \u2013 Miller Center \u2013 MillerCenter.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/watergate.info\/white-house-tapes\" >Watergate Tapes \u2013 Archived Posts \u2013 Watergate.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/MRC\/watergate.html\" >Richard M. Nixon \u2013 The Watergate Tapes \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/nation\/specials\/watergate\/watergatefront.htm\" >Watergate Tapes Online \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nixon.archives.gov\/forresearchers\/find\/tapes\/watergate\/index.php\" >Watergate-Related Tapes \u2013 For Researchers \u2013 Nixon Presidential Library &amp; Museum \u2013 Nixon.Archives.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nixonlibrary.gov\/virtuallibrary\/tapeexcerpts\/\" >Nixon White House Tapes \u2013 Online \u2013 Virtual Library \u2013 Nixon Presidential Library &amp; Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usgovinfo.about.com\/library\/weekly\/aa081301a.htm\" >Watergate \u201818-Minute Gap\u2019 May be Recovered \u2013 06\/17\/02 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?85264-1\/nixon-1973-watergate-tapes\" >Nixon 1973 Watergate Tapes \u2013 April 1, 1973 \u2013 C-SPAN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/21\/politics\/nixon-tapes\/index.html\" >Last batch of Nixon tapes on Watergate released, by Matt Smith \u2013 August 22, 2013 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nixontapes.org\/transcripts.html\" >Audio &amp; Transcripts \u2013 NixonTapes.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/61264-Watergate-Tapes\" >Watergate Tapes \u2013 Discogs.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watergate.com\/\" >Correcting the Historic Record \u2013 Watergate.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/16\/watergate-tapes-history_n_878498.html\" >Watergate Tape: More Than 18 Minutes Of History Remain A Mystery (VIDEO) \u2013 06\/16\/11 \u2013 Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/who-erased-18-minutes-of-nixon-watergate-tapes\/\" >Who erased 18 minutes of Nixon Watergate Tapes? \u2013 August 22, 2013 \u2013 CBS News<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_September_%28group%29\" >Black September<\/a> storms the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" >Saudi<\/a> embassy in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khartoum\" >Khartoum<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan\" >Sudan<\/a>, resulting in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_the_Saudi_Embassy_in_Khartoum\" >assassination of three Western hostages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Black September\u2019s Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/march\/1\/newsid_4209000\/4209239.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 1 March 1973: Palestinian gunmen hold diplomats in Sudan \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_the_Saudi_Embassy_in_Khartoum\" >Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=9HEsAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=3csEAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=3985,1524008&amp;hl=en\" >Terrorists In Khartoum Surrender, Free Hostages \u2013 March 5, 1973 \u2013 Herald-Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Black September (organization):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Black-September-political-organization-Palestine\" >Black September \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_September_Organization#Other_attacks\" >Other attacks \u2013 Black September Organization \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trackingterrorism.org\/group\/black-september-palestine\" >Black September \u2013 Palestine \u2013 TERRORISM RESEARH &amp; ANALYSIS CONSORTIUM (TRAC) \u2013 TrackingTerrorism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/what-is-the-black-september-organization-history-essay.php\" >What is the Black September Organization History Essay \u2013 published 23 March 2015 \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thai<\/a> province of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasothon_Province\" >Yasothon<\/a> is created after being split off from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ubon_Ratchathani_Province\" >Ubon Ratchathani Province<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Pakistan\" >President of Pakistan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahya_Khan\" >Yahya Khan<\/a> indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Pakistan\" >East Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1968\/march_1_1968_134554.html\" >Vatican City\u2019s Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Apostolic Constitution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/apost_constitutions\/documents\/hf_p-vi_apc_01011967_indulgentiarum-doctrina.html\" >APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION OF POPE PAUL VI \u2013<em><strong>INDULGENTIARUM DOCTRINA<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Vatican.va<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funtrivia.com\/en\/Geography\/Vatican-City\/Question1098673_AB9CD3.html\" >What is the Constitution of the Vatican City? \u2013 Funtrivia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_constitution\" >Apostolic constitution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gcatholic.org\/documents\/data\/type-PAC.htm\" >Apostolic constitutions \u2013 Documents by type \u2013 Gcatholic.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ba%27ath_Party\" >Ba\u2019ath Party<\/a> takes power in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ba\u2019ath Party in Syria:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1966_Syrian_coup_d\" >1966 Syrian coup d\u2019\u00e9tat \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rlp.hds.harvard.edu\/faq\/baath-party-syria\" >The Ba\u2019ath Party in Syria \u2013 Harvard.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flagspot.net\/flags\/sy%7Dbaath.html\" >Ba\u2019ath Party (Syria) \u2013 Flagspot.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.stedwards.edu\/chrisdm-culf333106sp2015-alarsso\/2015\/04\/21\/the-baath-party-in-syria\/\" >The Ba\u2019ath Party in Syria \u2013 April 21, 2015 \u2013 St. Edwards University \u2013 StEdwards.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Ba\u2019ath Party:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ba\" >History \u2013 Ba\u2019ath Party Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/baath-party.html\" >Ba\u2019ath party \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.fanack.com\/iraq\/history-past-to-present\/the-baath-party-seizes-power\/\" >\u201c<em>On 8 February 1963 Qasim\u2019s government was overthrown in a military coup by Baathist and other officers aligned with Arab nationalism. Qasim himself was summarily executed. Arif, who had earlier been expelled from the government, now became president<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Baath Party seizes power \u2013 Chronicle. Fanack.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hartford-hwp.com\/archives\/51\/217.html\" >\u201c<em>At the time the Ba\u2019ath party was a small nationalist movement with only 850 members. But the CIA decided to use it because of its close relations with the army. One of its members tried to assassinate Kassim as early as 1959. Saddam, then 22, was wounded in the leg, later fleeing the country\u2026.In 1963, Saddam Hussein worked with the CIA to carry out the coup by the Baath party, which eventually brought him to power in Iraq<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Regime Change: How the CIA put Saddam\u2019s Party in Power \u2013 Richard Sanders \u2013 Hartford-HWP.com<\/a>, <strong><em>and\/or <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casi.org.uk\/discuss\/2000\/msg01267.html\" >How the CIA put the Baath in power \u2013 CASI.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/2886733.stm\" >The Iraqi Baath party, by Tarik Kafala \u2013 Tuesday, 25 March 2003 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_3\" >Venera 3<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_probe\" >space probe<\/a> crashes on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\" >Venus<\/a> becoming the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spacecraft\" >spacecraft<\/a> to land on another <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planet\" >planet<\/a>\u2018s surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Villarrica_%28volcano%29\" >Villarrica Volcano<\/a> begins a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strombolian_eruption\" >strombolian eruption<\/a> causing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lahar\" >lahars<\/a> that destroy half of the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Co%C3%B1aripe\" >Co\u00f1aripe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Uganda<\/a> becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Uganda Self-Governing and It First Election of 1961:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda_Legislative_Council#Leading_up_to_Independence\" >Leading up to Independence \u2013 Uganda Legislative Council \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.upcparty.net\/history\/election_61and62.htm\" >UPC and the Elections of 1961 And 1962, by Yoga Adhola \u2013 Uganda Peoples Congress \u2013 UPCParty.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ug.html\" >Uganda \u2013 The World Factbook \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/uganda.html\" >Uganda \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14107906\" >Uganda country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Uganda\" >History of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad22\" >HISTORY OF UGANDA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/uganda\/history\" >Uganda: History \u2013 TheCommonWealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/uganda\/history-politics\" >History &amp; Politics \u2013 Uganda \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/To-Z\/Uganda.html\" >Culture of Uganda \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-14112446\" >Uganda profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mofa.go.ug\/\" >REPUBLIC OF UGANDA \u2013 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFIARS \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Uganda\" >Foreign relations of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gardeningillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_Uganda\" >Foreign relations of Uganda \u2013 GardeningIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uganda\/65.htm\" >Uganda \u2013 FOREIGN RELATIONS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Uganda:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uganda-economy.html\" >Economy of Uganda \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/uganda-economy.html\" >Uganda \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/uganda\/37.htm\" >The Economy of Uganda \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/uganda\" >Uganda \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/uganda\/economy-industry\" >Economy &amp; Industry \u2013 Uganda \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>United States President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a> establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace_Corps\" >Peace Corps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>History of Peace Corps:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/peace-corps-established\" >THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAR 01 1961: Peace Corps established \u2013 history.com<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/kennedy-establishes-peace-corps\" >the site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace_Corps#History\" >History \u2013 Peace Corps \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\/about\/history\/\" >Peace Corps \u2013 History \u2013 peacecorps.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/peacecorps.utk.edu\/history\/\" >Peace Corps \u2013 History \u2013 utk.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/category\/peace-corps-history\/\" >PEACE CORPS HISTORY \u2013 Peace Corps Community Archive \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pclive.peacecorps.gov\/pclive\/index.php\/learn-explore\/history\" >THE HISTOR OF PCLIVE \u2013 peacecorps.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Stritch\" >Samuel Alphonsus Stritch<\/a> is appointed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pro-Prefect\" >Pro-Prefect<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propagation_of_Faith\" >Propagation of Faith<\/a> and thus becomes the first American member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Curia\" >Roman Curia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>Formation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >East German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_People%27s_Army\" >Nationale Volksarmee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Air_Transport_Association\" >International Air Transport Association<\/a> finalizes a draft of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radiotelephony_spelling_alphabet\" >Radiotelephony spelling alphabet<\/a> for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization\" >International Civil Aviation Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_movement_in_Puerto_Rico\" >Puerto Rican nationalists<\/a> attack the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Capitol\" >United States Capitol<\/a> building, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Capitol_shooting_incident_%281954%29\" >injuring five Representatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_testing\" >Nuclear weapons testing<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castle_Bravo\" >Castle Bravo<\/a>, a 15-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TNT_equivalent\" >megaton<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrogen_bomb\" >hydrogen bomb<\/a>, is detonated on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bikini_Atoll\" >Bikini Atoll<\/a> in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radioactive_contamination\" >radioactive contamination<\/a> ever caused by the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Castle Bravo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/specials\/testing-times\/1-march-1954-castle-bravo\/\" >1 MARCH 1954 \u2013 CASTLE BRAVO \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/Castle.html\" >Operation Castle: 1954 Pacific Proving Ground \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/radevents\/1954USA1.html\" >Castle Bravo nuclear test, 1954 \u2013 JohnStonsArchive.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blogs\/up-front\/posts\/2014\/02\/27-castle-bravo-largest-us-nuclear-explosion-rowberry\" >Castle Bravo: The Largest US Nuclear Explosion, by Ariana Rowberry \u2013 February 27, 2014 \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castle_Bravo#Bomb_design\" >Bomb design \u2013 Castle Bravo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/nukevault\/ebb459\/\" >60<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of Castle BRAVO Nuclear Test, the Worst Nuclear Test in U.S. History \u2013 posted February 28, 2014 \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fd1IFjBNNVo\" >YouTube video (4 min. 09 sec.): Castle Bravo Nuclear Test<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Tests by the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/general-overview-of-theeffects-of-nuclear-testing\/\" >GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomcentral.com\/the-cold-war.aspx\" >The Cold War \u2013 AtomCentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Argus\" >Operation Argus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of US Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Almanac\/Testing.shtml\" >Nuclear Test Sites \u2013 AtomicArchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/nuclear\/nv209nar.pdf\" >United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992 \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Tests at Bikini Atoll:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_testing_at_Bikini_Atoll\" >Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1339\" >Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site \u2013 UNESCO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikiniatoll.com\/history.html\" >A Short History of the People of Bikini Atoll \u2013 BikiniAtoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Usa\/Tests\/\" >Gallery of U.S. Nuclear Tests \u2013 NuclearWeaponArchive.org<\/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>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet Premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Stalin\" >Joseph Stalin<\/a> suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.<\/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\/Klaus_Fuchs\" >Klaus Fuchs<\/a> is convicted of spying for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> by disclosing top secret <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bomb\" >atomic bomb<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Monetary_Fund\" >International Monetary Fund<\/a> begins financial operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>World Bank and the IMF:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/\" >World Bank Group \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/index.htm\" >International Monetary Fund Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/np\/exr\/facts\/imfwb.htm\" >Factsheet: The World Bank and the IMF \u2013 IMF.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/pubs\/ft\/exrp\/differ\/differ.htm\" >The World Bank and the IMF: How Do They Differ? , by David D. Driscoll \u2013 IFM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Problems of the World Bank and the IMF:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalexchange.org\/resources\/wbimf\/reform\" >Why the World Bank Must Be Reformed and How Can We Do It \u2013 GlobalExchange.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/09\/opinion\/how-to-fix-the-world-bank.html?_r=0\" >How to Fix the World Bank, by Thomas J. Bollyky \u2013 April 8, 2012 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brettonwoodsproject.org\/\" >CRITICAL VOICES ON THE WORLD BANK AND THE IMF \u2013 Breton Woods Project \u2013 BretonWoodsProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/economics\/operational-problems-of-the-world-bank-and-imf-economics-essay.php\" >Operational Problems of the World Bank and the IMF: Economic Essay \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/15034376\/A_PROJECT_OF_THE_WORLD_BANK_OR_IMF_THAT_CREATED_PROBLEMS_FOR_THE_NATIONS_THAT_RECEIVED_ITS_ASSISTANCE\" >A PROJECT OF THE WORLD BANK OR IMF THAT CREATED PROBLEMS FOR THE NATIONS THAT RECEIVED ITS ASSISTANCE? , posted by Martin Nwadiugwu \u2013 downloadable<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_England\" >Bank of England<\/a> is nationalized.<\/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\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripartite_Pact\" >Tripartite Pact<\/a>, allying itself with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_powers\" >Axis powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoover_Dam\" >Hoover Dam<\/a> is completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>Declaration of the founding of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manchukuo\" >Manchukuo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Lindbergh\" >Charles Lindbergh<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lindbergh_kidnapping\" >son is kidnapped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_1st_Movement\" >March 1st Movement<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korea_under_Japanese_rule\" >Korea under Japanese rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_government_of_the_United_States\" >US government<\/a> releases the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plaintext\" >unencrypted text<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimmermann_Telegram\" >Zimmermann Telegram<\/a> to the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China_%281912%E2%80%9349%29\" >Republic of China<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Postal_Union\" >Universal Postal Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Berry_%28parachutist%29\" >Albert Berry<\/a> makes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parachute\" >parachute<\/a> jump from a moving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airplane\" >airplane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Army\" >Australian Army<\/a> is formed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Becquerel\" >Henri Becquerel<\/a> discovers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radioactivity\" >radioactivity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Adwa\" >Battle of Adwa<\/a>: an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethiopia\" >Ethiopian<\/a> army defeats an outnumbered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italian<\/a> force, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Italo-Ethiopian_War\" >First Italo-Ethiopian War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1893\u00a0 <\/strong>Electrical engineer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikola_Tesla\" >Nikola Tesla<\/a> demonstrates <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wireless_power\" >Wireless power<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis\" >St. Louis<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Missouri\" >Missouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Chinese_School\" >Anglo-Chinese School<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" >Singapore<\/a> is founded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop\" >Bishop<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Fitzjames_Oldham\" >William Oldham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1873\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Remington_and_Sons\" >E Remington and Sons<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilion,_New_York\" >Ilion, New York<\/a> begins production of the first practical <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typewriter\" >typewriter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1872\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yellowstone_National_Park\" >Yellowstone National Park<\/a> is established as the world\u2019s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_park\" >national park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong>Marshal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Solano_L%C3%B3pez\" >FS L\u00f3pez<\/a> dies during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cerro_Cor%C3%A1\" >Battle of Cerro Cor\u00e1<\/a> thus marking the end of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguayan_War\" >Paraguayan War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pi_Kappa_Alpha\" >Pi Kappa Alpha<\/a> Fraternity is founded at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Virginia\" >University of Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1854\u00a0 <\/strong>German psychologist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Eduard_Beneke\" >Friedrich Eduard Beneke<\/a> disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlottenburg\" >Charlottenburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1852\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Montgomerie,_13th_Earl_of_Eglinton\" >Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton<\/a> is appointed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland\" >Lord Lieutenant of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon<\/a> returns to France from his banishment on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elba\" >Elba<\/a>, start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hundred_Days\" >Hundred Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1811\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamluk#End_of_Mamluk_power_in_Egypt\" >Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egyptian<\/a> ruler <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt\" >Muhammad Ali<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1790\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Census_Bureau\" >United States census<\/a> is authorized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1781\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Congress\" >Continental Congress<\/a> adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Articles_of_Confederation\" >Articles of Confederation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1713\u00a0 <\/strong>The siege and destruction of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Neoheroka\" >Fort Neoheroka<\/a> begins during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuscarora_War\" >Tuscarora War<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Carolina\" >North Carolina<\/a>, effectively opening up the colony\u2019s interior to European colonization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1700\u00a0 <\/strong>Sweden introduces its own <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swedish_calendar\" >Swedish calendar<\/a>, in an attempt to gradually merge into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregorian_calendar\" >Gregorian calendar<\/a>, reverts to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_calendar\" >Julian calendar<\/a> on this date in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1712\" >1712<\/a>, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1753\" >1753<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCH 02<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq_War\" >War in Iraq<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" >Al-Qaeda<\/a> carries out the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashoura_Massacre\" >Ashoura Massacre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, killing 170 and wounding over 500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%9314%29\" >US invasion of Afghanistan<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Anaconda\" >Operation Anaconda<\/a> begins, (ending on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_19\" >March 19<\/a> after killing 500 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taliban\" >Taliban<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" >al-Qaeda<\/a> fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>US Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 US War in Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%9314%29#U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan\" >US invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 War in Afghanistan (2001-2014) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasions_of_Afghanistan#Invasion_by_the_United_States_and_NATO\" >Invasion by the United States and NATO \u2013 Invasions of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/afghanistan\/us-war-afghanistan\/p20018\" >US War in Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Affairs \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/United_States\" >United States\u2019 Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 OhioHistoryCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/timeline.jsp?timeline=afghanwar_tmln&amp;afghanwar_tmln_us_invasion__occupation\" >War in Afghanistan, US Invasion, Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghanistan-War\" >Afghanistan War (2001-2014), by Griff Witte \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-war-in-afghanistan-a-timeline\/\" >War in Afghanistan \u2013 A Timeline \u2013 December 1, 2009 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Why Did the US Invade Afghanistan? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rain.org.za\/why-did-the-united-states-invade-afghanistan\/\" >Why Did the United States Invade Afghanistan? , by Tim Kelly \u2013 RAIN.org.za<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jamiat.org.za\/why-did-the-united-states-invade-afghanistan\/\" >the same article on this website of Jamiatul Ulama \u2013 Jamiat.org.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/did-9-11-justify-the-war-in-afghanistan\/19891\" >Did 9\/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan? , by David Ray Griffin \u2013 25 June 2005 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackmosaic.com\/invasion-of-afghanistan-war-on-terror_why\/\" >Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 \u2018War on Terror\u2019 \u2013 Why \u2013 TheBlackMosaic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2013\/04\/why-is-the-united-states-really-in-afghanistan-2\/\" >Why is the United States Really in Afghanistan? , by Howard Uhal \u2013 April 17, 2013 \u2013 DissidentVoice.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trustineducation.org\/why-afghanistan\/afghanistan-why-should-anyone-care\/\" >Why Afghanistan? \u2013 Trust in Education \u2013 TrustInEducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weegy.com\/?ConversationId=B172FCAB\" >Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001? (a)to respond to terrorist attacks on U.S. territory (B to protect neighboring countries from a likely invasion (C to prevent a communist \u2013 Question and answer \u2013 Weegy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (9 min. 10 sec.) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWPxL7bDpFI\" >The REAL reasons behind The US led invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (4 min. 13 sec.) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2LdiwdYHQM\" >Why us invaded afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Behind the Official Reasons for the Invasion of Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/revolutionarydemocracy.org\/rdv8n1\/oilnln.htm\" >The US War in Afghanistan and the Grab for Central Asia Oil \u2013 RevolutionaryDemocracy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-war-is-worth-waging-afghanistan-s-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/19769\" >\u201cThe War is Worth Waging\u201d: Afghanistan\u2019s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas, by Michel Chossudovsky \u2013 16 June 2010 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringnebula.com\/Oil\/Timeline.htm\" >A TIMELINE OF OIL AND VIOLENCE \u2013 AFGHANISTAN \u2013 RingNebula.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&amp;before_9\/11=pipelinePolitics\" >Complete 911 Timeline \u2013 Pipeline Politics \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/liesofbush.com\/Afghanistan.shtml\" >Afghanistan \u2013 LiesOfBush.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courtfool.info\/en_Pipelines_to_9_11.htm\" >Pipelines to 9\/11, by Rudo de Ruijter \u2013 CourtFool.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ten4KqM3GYA\" >Did We Invade Afghanistan to Build a Gas Pipeline?<\/a> YouTube video (5 min. 15 sec.)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2001\/10\/23\/afghanistan-war-and-oil\/\" >Afghanistan \u2013 War and Oil, by George Monbiot \u2013 October 23, 2001 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinsider.org\/news\/article.asp?id=234\" >Afghanistan oil pipeline construction starts \u2013 TheInsider.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mom.gov.af\/en\/page\/4750\" >A Brief History of Natural Gas in Afghanistan \u2013 Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Afghanistan \u2013 MOM.gov.af<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/020318chicagotribune.shtml\" >US Bases in Afghanistan and Oil Pipeline Politics \u2013 WantToKnow.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clydefitchreport.com\/2012\/05\/afghanistan-plan-a-pipeline-an-invasion-a-pipeline-and-an-exodus\/\" >Afghanistan: A Pipeline, an Invasion, a Pipeline, an \u201cExodus\u201d , by By Roger Armbrust \u2013 May 21 2012 \u2013 The Clyde Fitch Report \u2013 ClydeFitchReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/1984459.stm\" >Afghanistan plans gas pipeline \u2013 Monday, 13 May 2002 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creative.sulekha.com\/gas-pipeline-mineral-deposits-the-real-reasons-for-us-occupation-of-afghanistan_490572_blog\" >Gas Pipeline, Mineral Deposits \u2013 the Real Reasons for US Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 9 Years Of US Lies And Failure in Afghanistan \u2013 10\/14\/10 \u2013 Sulekha.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/oil.html\" >IT\u2019S ALL ABOUT OIL \u2013 1998 Unocal Statement: Suspenstion of activities of related to proposed natural gas pipeline across Afghanistan \u2013 WhatReallyHappened.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/10\/the-wars-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-are-not-just-about-oil-theyre-also-about-gas.html\" >A Primer On the REAL Global Geopolitical Battle \u2013 October 8, 2012- WashingtonsBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2001\/oct\/23\/afghanistan.terrorism11\" >America\u2019s pipeline dream, by George Monbiot \u2013 October 23, 2001 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedebate.org\/thedebate\/afghanistan.asp\" >IN 1998 AMERICA WANTED NEW GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINE \u2013 THEDEBATE.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkmenistan%E2%80%93Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan%E2%80%93India_Pipeline\" >Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan\u2013India Pipeline (TAPI) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/pipeline.html\" >Why did the US really go to war? \u2013 Pipeline to 911 \u2013 ViewZone.com<\/a>9<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.911myths.com\/html\/9_11_and_the_afghan_pipeline.html\" >9\/11 and Afghan pipeline \u2013 911myths.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/11\/afgh-n20.html\" >US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11, by Patrick Martin \u2013 20 November 2001 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2010\/09\/20\/trans-afghanistan-pipeline-still-dream\" >Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline Still a Dream, by Tel Roll \u2013 Monday, September 20, 2010 \u2013 CommonDreams.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-edge\/202479-tapi-pipeline-gas-afghanistan-security\/\" >TAPI project or the future of Afghanistan \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistaneconomist.com\/issue2002\/issue23\/f&amp;m.htm\" >PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE \u2013 June 10 \u2013 16, 2002 \u2013 Finance &amp; Markets \u2013 PakistanEconomist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rawa.org\/temp\/runews\/2010\/05\/22\/russia-china-iran-defeat-u-s-in-the-pipeline-wars.html\" >\u201cWhile the West kills thousands of civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan and ravages both countries, Russia, China and Iran are acquiring the crucial energy riches of Central Asia and the Caspian area without firing a shot.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Russia, China, Iran defeat US in the \u201cpipeline wars\u201d<\/strong> , by Asad Ismi \u2013 The Reality of Life in Afghanistan \u2013 RAWA.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/afghanistans_energy_war\/\" >\u201cA little-noted energy agenda moving rapidly forward in Afghanistan could exacerbate insecurity and instability, and ensure a prolonged U.S. and foreign military presence.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Afghanistan\u2019s Energy War<\/strong>, by Antonia Juhasz and Shukria Dellawar, October 5, 2011 \u2013 Foreign Policy in Focus \u2013 FPIF.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsnbc.me\/2013\/04\/05\/the-afghanistan-war-afghanistans-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/\" >The Afghanistan War: Afghanistan\u2019s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas \u2013 Michel Chossudovsky (CRG) \u2013 Friday, April. 5, 2013 \u2013 NSNBC.me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oilempire.us\/afghanistan.html\" >Afghanistan \u2013 poppies, pipelines, Al Qaeda and control of Eurasia \u2013 OilEmpire.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/afghanistan-energy-geopolitics-and-the-tapi-pipeline\/18329\" >Afghanistan, Energy Geopolitics and the TAPI Pipeline, by John Foster \u2013 23 March 2010 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/139983\/pipeline-istan%3A_everything_you_need_to_know_about_oil%2C_gas%2C_russia%2C_china%2C_iran%2C_afghanistan_and_obama\/\" >Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama, by Pepe Escobar \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ensec.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;id=233:afghanistan-the-tapi-pipeline-and-energy-geopolitics&amp;catid=103:energysecurityissuecontent&amp;Itemid=358\" >Afghanistan, the TAPI Pipeline, and Energy Geopolitics, by John Foster \u2013 Tuesday, 23 March 2010 \u2013 Journal of Energy Security \u2013 ENSEC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US-Afghanistan Relations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Afghanistan-US relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/p\/sca\/rls\/rm\/2009\/113731.htm\" >US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Archive \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5244577\/The_US_and_Afghanistan_Relations\" >The US-Afghanistan Relations, by Mahdi Rezaie \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aopnews.com\/category\/us-afghanistan-relations\/\" >Category Archives: US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Afghan Online Press \u2013 AOPNews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?319825-1\/usafghanistan-relations\" >US-Afghanistan Relations (on the Obama administration\u2019s proposal) \u2013 C-Span.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?310255-6\/usafghanistan-relations\" >US-Afghanistan Relations (on Hamid Karzai\u2019s Washington visit) \u2013 C-Span.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-afghanistan-relations\/\" >US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Relevant Articles \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/afghanistan\" >A Guide to the United States\u2019 History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Afghanistan \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of the State<\/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>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>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>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>1998\u00a0 <\/strong>Data sent from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_spacecraft\" >Galileo spacecraft<\/a> indicates that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter\" >Jupiter<\/a>\u2018s moon <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europa_%28moon%29\" >Europa<\/a> has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>Researchers at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fermilab\" >Fermilab<\/a> announce the discovery of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Top_quark\" >top quark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenia\" >Armenia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azerbaijan\" >Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" >Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyrgyzstan\" >Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moldova\" >Moldova<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Marino\" >San Marino<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tajikistan\" >Tajikistan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkmenistan\" >Turkmenistan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uzbekistan\" >Uzbekistan<\/a> join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Battle at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rumaila_oil_field\" >Rumaila oil field<\/a> brings an end to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >1991 Gulf War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" >Nelson Mandela<\/a> is elected deputy President of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_National_Congress\" >African National Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>Twelve <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Community\" >European Community<\/a> nations agree to ban the production of all <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chlorofluorocarbon\" >chlorofluorocarbons<\/a> (CFCs) by the end of the century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_disc\" >Compact discs<\/a> and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing\" >underground nuclear test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>[Note that this test on March 1, 1983, if it was actually performed, is not enlisted in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1983_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1983 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>, although it is indicated in on the websites of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/date\/1983\/march\/2\" >Today in History on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> March 1983<\/a> and of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1983\/march_2_1983_155769.html\" >March 2, 1983 in History of Brainy History<\/a>. Other pertinent databases, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USSR-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, USSR\/Russia: overview<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >Soviet Nuclear Test Summary<\/a>, do not indicate the exact date of the nuclear test.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1983:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1983_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1983 Soviet nuclear tests &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/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>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovakia\" >Czech<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladim%C3%ADr_Remek\" >Vladim\u00edr Remek<\/a> becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outer_space\" >space<\/a>, when he is launched aboard <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz_28\" >Soyuz 28<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a> becomes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_People%27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya\" >Socialist People\u2019s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya<\/a> as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_People%27s_Congress_%28Libya%29\" >General People\u2019s Congress<\/a> adopted the \u201cDeclaration of the Establishment of the People\u2019s Authority\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pioneer_10\" >Pioneer 10<\/a> space probe is launched from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral\" >Cape Canaveral<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a> with a mission to explore the outer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planet\" >planets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhodesia\" >Rhodesia<\/a> declares itself a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic\" >republic<\/a>, breaking its last links with the British crown.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>History of Rhodesia\/Zimbabwe:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe\" >History of Zimbabwe \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Zimbabwe\" >History of Zimbabwe \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/zimbabwe\/history\" >Zimbabwe \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/zimbabwe-country-africa-history.html\" >Zimbabwe \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/african-history\/history-of-zimbabwe.htm\" >History of Zimbabwe \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Zimbabwe-HISTORY.html\" >Zimbabwe \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bulawayo1872.com\/history\/zimhistory.htm\" >The History of Zimbabwe \u2013 Bulawayo1872.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sanweb.lib.msu.edu\/DMC\/African%20Journals\/pdfs\/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe\/vol26n1\/juz026001003.pdf\" >ZIMBABWE: PRE-COLONIAL HISTORY, DEMOGRAPHIC DISASTER AND THE UNIVERSITY, by David Beach \u2013 MSU.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ussuri_River\" >Ussuri River<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toulouse\" >Toulouse<\/a>, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concorde\" >Concorde<\/a> is conducted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Concorde:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.concordesst.com\/\" >Concorde \u2013 ConcordeSST.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/Concorde\" >Concorde \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/transport\/flight\/modern\/concorde3.htm\" >How Concordes Work \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/europe\/concorde.htm\" >Concorde Supersonic Transport \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brighthub.com\/science\/aviation\/articles\/65872.aspx\" >The Concorde Airplane \u2013 TheBrightHub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/papers.sae.org\/730351\/\" >Introduction of CONCORDE \u2013 SAE.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concorde_aircraft_histories\" >Concorde aircraft histories \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenfactsabout.co.uk\/0007concorde.htm\" >TEN FACTS ABOUT CONCORDE \u2013 TenFactsAbout.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenfactsabout.co.uk\/0007concorde.htm\" >GREAT AIRCRAFT OF HISTORY: CONCORDE \u2013 SPARTAN \u2013 TenFactsAbout.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aerospaceweb.org\/question\/planes\/q0186.shtml\" >CONCORDE HISTORY \u2013 Aerospaceweb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force\" >US<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Air_Force\" >South Vietnamese Air Force<\/a> begin <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Rolling_Thunder\" >Operation Rolling Thunder<\/a>, a sustained bombing campaign against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Operation Rolling Thunder:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/operation-rolling-thunder\" >OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/johnson-approves-operation-rolling-thunder\" >FEB 13 1965: Johnson approves Operation Rolling Thunder \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1965\/3\/2\/operation-rolling-thunder\" >Mar 2 1965: Operation Rolling Thunder \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thevietnamwar.info\/operation-rolling-thunder\/\" >Operation Rolling Thunder \u2013 TheVietnamWar.info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Rolling_Thunder#Background\" >Background \u2013 Operation Rolling Thunder \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.au.af.mil\/au\/awc\/awcgate\/readings\/drew2.htm\" >Rolling Thunder: Anatomy of Failure, by Col Denis M. Drew \u2013 Au.Af.mil<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Vietnam War in 1965:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1965_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1965 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CEB5YiCpyFY\" >YouTube video (4 min. 29 sec.): VIETNAM WAR 1965<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\" >VIETNAM WAR \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:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/timelinesofvietnamwar\/p\/Facts-on-the-Vietnam-War.htm\" >Facts on Vietnam | A Quick Guide to the Viet Nam War \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_vietnam_1954_1968.html\" >The Vietnam War 1954-1968 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_vietnam_1968_1975.html\" >The Vietnam War 1968-75 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/vietnamwar.htm\" >About the Vietnam War (1960-1975) \u2013 Illinois.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.ushistory.org\/us\/55.asp\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 US History \u2013 USHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leaders_of_the_Vietnam_War\" >Leaders of the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/history\/american\/vietnamwar\/section8.rhtml\" >THE VIETNAM WAR (1945-1975) \u2013 SparkNotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilt_Chamberlain\" >Wilt Chamberlain<\/a> sets the single-game scoring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_regular_season_records\" >record<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Basketball_Association\" >National Basketball Association<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilt_Chamberlain%27s_100-point_game\" >scoring 100 points<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma\" >Burma<\/a>, the army led by General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ne_Win\" >Ne Win<\/a> seizes power in a <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_Burmese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d\u2019\u00e9tat<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Burma Coup of 1962:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_Burmese_coup_d\" >Background \u2013 1962 Burma coup d\u2019\u00e9tat \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordburmaalliance.org\/1962-coup--ne-win-regime.html\" >The Ne Win Years : 1962-1988 \u2013 OxfordBurmaAlliance.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historychannel.com.au\/classroom\/day-in-history\/463\/burma-coup-detat\" >This Day in History: March 02, 1962 \u2013 Burma Coup D\u2019Etat \u2013 HistoryChannel.com.au<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Burma\/Myanmar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/curriculumproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/History%20of%20Burma%20Student%20-%2021%20Aug%2008.pdf\" >History of Burma: From a Multi-ethnic Perspective \u2013 The Curriculum Project \u2013 CurriculumProject.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfob.org\/HistoryofBurma\/historyOfBurma.shtml\" >History of Burma \u2013 CFOB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Myanmar\" >History of Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/myanmar-burma\/history\" >Myanmar\/Burma History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/burmamyanmar\/p\/ProfileBurma.htm\" >Myanmar | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/burma\/history.html\" >Brief History of Myanmar, by Thomas R. Lansner \u2013 Backpacking Burma \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newint.org\/features\/2008\/04\/18\/history\/\" >A Short History of Burma \u2013 NewInt.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/asian-history\/history-of-burma.htm\" >History of Burma \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmars.net\/myanmar-history\/\" >Myanmar History \u2013 Myanars.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/myanmar-history.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Myanmar\" >History of Myanmar \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/burma.html\" >A BREIF HISTORY OF BURMA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmarburma.com\/article\/835\/a-brief-history-of-myanmar-burma\" >A Brief History of Myanmar (Burma) \u2013 MyanmarBurma.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myanmartravel.org\/history.html\" >MYANMAR HISTORY \u2013 MyanmarTravel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Bo-Co\/Burma.html\" >Burma \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmars.net\/myanmar-history\/myanmar-timeline.htm\" >Myanmar \u2013 Historical Timeline \u2013 Myanmar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12992883\" >Myanmar profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Burma\/Myanmar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/bm.html\" >BURMA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/myanmar.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmar.com\/\" >Latest Myanmar News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/myanmar\/index.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Burma\/Myanmar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Myanmar\" >Foreign relations of Burma\/Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/burmamyanmar\/ri223\" >Myanmar \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35910.htm\" >US Relations With Myanmar \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Human Rights in Burma\/Myanmar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_rights_in_Myanmar\" >Human rights in Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/asia-and-the-pacific\/myanmar\" >Myanmar (Burma) Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/asia\/burma\" >Human Rights Watch \u2013 Burma \u2013 HRW.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.derechos.org\/human-rights\/seasia\/burma.html\" >Human Rights in Burma \u2013 Drechos.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/countries\/AsiaRegion\/Pages\/MMIndex.aspx\" >Myanmar \u2013 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Some Relevant Issues on the Rohingya People and the British Rule:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rohingya_people\" >Rohingya people \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.networkmyanmar.org\/images\/stories\/PDF17\/Short-History.pdf\" >A Short History of Rohingya and Kamans of Burma, by M.A. Tahir Ba Tha ((translated by A.F.K Jilani, edited by Mohd. Ashraf Alam) \u2013 13 September 2007 \u2013 Kaladan News \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rohingya_insurgency_in_Western_Myanmar\" >Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rohingya_Solidarity_Organisation\" >Rohingya Solidarity Organisation \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rohingyana.org\/history.html\" >A History For The Conflict of Rohingya \u2013 Rohingyana.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15562941003792135?journalCode=wimm20\" >Brief Note: The Rohingya Refugee: A Security Dilemma for Bangladesh \u2013 02 June 2010 \u2013 Journal of Immigrant &amp; Refugee Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/50090deb2.html\" >Myanmar: Abuses against Rohingya erode human rights progress \u2013 19 July 2012 \u2013 Amnesty International \u2013 RefWorld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Southeast_Asia\/NG27Ae04.html\" >Islamic militants take aim at Myanmar \u2013 July 27, 2012 \u2013 Online Asia Times \u2013 Atimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radioaustralia.net.au\/international\/radio\/program\/connect-asia\/concern-militants-will-seek-revenge-for-rohingya-attacks\/1160476\" >\u201c<em>A post on the radical Islamic website Ar Rahmah Media Network claims that leaders from Myanmar\u2019s ethnic Rohingya community have been in Indonesia for talks with hardline groups about recruiting fighters and weapon supplies<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Concern militants will seek revenge for Rohingya attacks \u2013 12 July 2013 \u2013 RadioAustralia.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmar.com\/jobs\/entry\/militant-islam-meets-militant-buddhism-in-myanmar-1.html\" >Militant Islam meets Militant Buddhism in Myanmar \u2013 October 17, 2013 \u2013 Myanmar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/asia-pacific\/2014\/04\/un-raises-alarm-over-rohingya-muslim-abuse-20144863638917587.html\" >\u201c<em>Human rights envoy says the long history of persecution in Myanmar could amount to \u2018crime against humanity\u2019<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 UN raises alarm over Rohingya Muslim abuse \u2013 8 April 2014 \u2013 ALJAZEERA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/arrested-rohingya-trained-militants-in-myanmar\/article1-1289131.aspx\" >Arrested Rohingya trained militants in Myanmar \u2013 November 23, 2014 \u2013 HundustanTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rvisiontv.com\/rakhine-extremists-carry-out-militant-trainings-amidst-jungles-of-buthidaung\/\" >\u201c<em>Some Rohingya loggers (lumberjacks) in Buthidaung Township witnessed many Rakhine extremists taking part in the militant\u00a0training\u00a0being carried out amidst the jungles\u00a0in the township, according to the reliable sources<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Rakhine Extremists Carry Out Militant Trainings amidst Jungles of Buthidaung \u2013 March 6, 2015 \u2013 PEOPLE\u2019S VOICE: ROHINGYA VISION \u2013 RvisionTV.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/world\/2015\/05\/27\/3662946\/rohingya-genocide\/\" >Rohingya People In Myanmar Face Genocide, According To One Rights Group, by Beenish Ahmed \u2013 May 27, 2015 \u2013 ThinkProgress.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/05\/28\/the-rohingya-genocide\/\" >The Rohingya Genocide, by Ramzy Ramoud \u2013 May 28, 2015 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-06-09\/pakistani-taliban-call-for-jihad-in-myanmar\/6530878\" >Pakistani Taliban urges Muslims in Myanmar to \u2018take up the sword\u2019 against country\u2019s leaders \u2013 8 Jun. 2015 \u2013 ABC.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/asia\/20150729\/1025159538.html\" >India Watchful of Rohingya, Fearing Radicalization by Pakistan Militants \u2013 29.07.2015 \u2013 SUPUTNIK \u2013 SuputnikNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nirapadnews.com\/english\/2015\/09\/06\/news-id:33249\/\" >Two \u2018Rohingya militants\u2019 arrested in Cox\u2019s Bazar \u2013 September 6, 2015 \u2013 NirapadNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Pro-Democracy Uprising, Ethnic Cleansing and Other Pertinent Issues:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/myanmar-remembers-1988-pro-democracy-uprising\" >Myanmar remembers 1988 pro-democracy uprising \u2013 2013-08-08 Vatican Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordburmaalliance.org\/1988-uprising--1990-elections.html\" >1988 Uprising and 1990 Election \u2013 Oxford Burma Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burmalibrary.org\/KN\/asa160101990en-full-red.pdf\" >MYANMAR IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST\u2019 Prisoners of conscience, torture, summary trials under martial law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2013\/08\/06\/burma-justice-1988-massacres\" >Burma: Justice for 1988 Massacre \u2013 August 6, 2013 \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/student-leader-in-1988-myanmar-pro-democracy-protests-joins-aung-san-suu-kyi-to-contest-polls-783011\" >Student Leader in 1988 Myanmar Pro-Democracy Protests Joins Aung San Suu Kyi to Contest Polls \u2013 Updated: July 19, 2015 \u2013 NDTV.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2008-08-12-2105069515_x.htm\" >Myanmar police arrest opposition party executive \u2013 8\/12\/2008 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/116335\/burma-massacre-muslims-ethnic-cleansing-has-just-escalated\" >Ethnic Cleansing Just Went to Bad to Worse, by Graeme Wood \u2013 January 24, 2014 \u2013 NewRepublic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=myanmar+ethnnic+cleansing\" >TMS Archive on Myanmar ethnic cleansing<\/a> <em><strong>and\/or<\/strong><\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=myanmar+ethnnic+cleansing\" >Myanmar pro-democracy movement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Myanmar:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Myanmar\" >Economy of Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/myanmar-economy.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/myanmar\/economy\" >Myanmar: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/burma\" >Myanmar \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morocco\" >Morocco<\/a> gains its independence from France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norodom_Sihanouk\" >Norodom Sihanouk<\/a>, king of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodia\" >Cambodia<\/a>, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norodom_Suramarit\" >Norodom Suramarit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>The first automatic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Street_light\" >street light<\/a> is installed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Milford,_Connecticut\" >New Milford, Connecticut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_%28U.S._Air_Force%29\" >Captain<\/a> James Gallagher lands his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B-50_Superfortress\" >B-50 Superfortress<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucky_Lady_II\" >Lucky Lady II<\/a><\/em> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Worth,_Texas\" >Fort Worth, Texas<\/a> after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ho_Chi_Minh\" >Ho Chi Minh<\/a> is elected the President of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnam<\/a>.:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ho Chi Minh:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ho_Chi_Minh\" >Ho Chi Minh \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/ho-chi-minh-9340663\" >Ho Chi Minh \u2013 biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/reference\/archive\/ho-chi-minh\/biography.htm\" >Biography of Ho Chi Minh \u2013 Marxists.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefamouspeople.com\/profiles\/ho-chi-minh-46.php\" >Ho Chi Minh \u2013 famouspeople.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/ho-chi-minh\" >HO CHI MINH \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNhochiminh.htm\" >Ho Chi Minh \u2013 Spartacus-educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Ho-Chi-Minh\" >Ho Chi Minh \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/origins.osu.edu\/review\/ho-chi-minh-biography\" >Ho Chi Minh: A Biography \u2013 osu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnam\/p\/Biography-of-Ho-Chi-Minh.htm\" >Ho Chi Minh \u2013 abour education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tactileint.com\/seasia\/saigon\/hochiminh.html\" >Ho Chi Minh Biography \u2013 tactilient.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iN60XZ6T83s\" >YouTube video (24 min. 54 sec.): Biography of Ho Chi Minh \u2013 North Vietnamese Revolutionary Leader | Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Vietnam\" >History of Vietnam \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Vietnam_since_1945\" >History of Vietnam since 1945 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vietventures.com\/Vietnam\/history_vietnam.asp\" >BRIEF HISTORY OF VIETNAM \u2013 VietVentures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnam\/p\/Vietnam-Facts-And-History.htm\" >Vietnam | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asia.isp.msu.edu\/wbwoa\/southeast_asia\/vietnam\/history.htm\" >Vietnam \u2013 History \u2013 WINDOWS ON ASIA \u2013 MSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/vietnam\/history\" >Vietnam \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea\" >Battle of the Bismarck Sea<\/a>: United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: First German military units enter Bulgaria <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_Bulgaria_during_World_War_II\" >after it joins the Axis Pact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cardinal_%28Catholicism%29\" >Cardinal<\/a> Eugenio Pacelli is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papal_conclave,_1939\" >elected<\/a> Pope and takes the name <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Pius_XII\" >Pius XII<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steel_Workers_Organizing_Committee\" >Steel Workers Organizing Committee<\/a> signs a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collective_bargaining\" >collective bargaining<\/a> agreement with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Steel\" >U.S. Steel<\/a>, leading to unionization of the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steel\" >steel<\/a> industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>The film <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Kong_%281933_film%29\" >King Kong<\/a><\/em> opens at New York\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_City_Music_Hall\" >Radio City Music Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_International\" >Communist International<\/a> meets in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>The enactment of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jones%E2%80%93Shafroth_Act\" >Jones\u2013Shafroth Act<\/a> grants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Rico\" >Puerto Ricans<\/a> United States citizenship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1903\u00a0 <\/strong>In New York City the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martha_Washington_Hotel\" >Martha Washington Hotel<\/a> opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women. In New York City the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martha_Washington_Hotel\" >Martha Washington Hotel<\/a> opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong>The US Congress passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Platt_Amendment\" >Platt Amendment<\/a> limiting the autonomy of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Steel\" >United States Steel Corporation<\/a> is founded as a result of a merger between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnegie_Steel_Company\" >Carnegie Steel Company<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Steel_Company\" >Federal Steel Company<\/a> which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-French_War\" >Sino-French War<\/a>: French victory in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_H%C3%B2a_M%E1%BB%99c\" >Battle of H\u00f2a M\u1ed9c<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuy%C3%AAn_Quang\" >Tuy\u00ean Quang<\/a>, northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Battle of H\u00f2a M\u1ed9c:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_H%C3%B2a_M%E1%BB%99c#Background\" >Background \u2013 Battle of H\u00f2a M\u1ed9c \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/Battle_of_H%C3%B2a_M%E1%BB%99c\" >About Battle of H\u00f2a M\u1ed9c \u2013 DBPedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sino-French War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Sino-French-War\" >Sino-French War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-French_War#The_Sino-French_War.2C_August_1884_to_April_1885\" >The Sino-French War, August 1884 to April 1885 \u2013 Sino-French War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh85024293.html\" >Sino-French War, 1884-1885 \u2013 LOC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/franco-chinese.htm\" >Franco-Chinese War, 1884-1885 \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1800s\/yr80\/fsinofrench1884.htm\" >SINO-FRENCH WAR 1884-1885 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/formosaguy.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/sino-french-war-1883-1885.html\" >The Sino-French War \u2013 Jeff\u2019s Taiwan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Tientsin_%281885%29\" >Treaty of Tientsin (1885) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Victoria\" >Queen Victoria<\/a> narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roderick_McLean\" >Roderick McLean<\/a> in Windsor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1877\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._presidential_election,_1876\" >US presidential election, 1876<\/a>: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rutherford_B._Hayes\" >Rutherford B. Hayes<\/a> the winner of the election even though <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_J._Tilden\" >Samuel J. Tilden<\/a> had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1867\u00a0 <\/strong>The US Congress passes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction_Act\" >Reconstruction Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Cape_War\" >East Cape War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V%C3%B6lkner_Incident\" >V\u00f6lkner Incident<\/a> in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1855\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_II_of_Russia\" >Alexander II<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsar\" >Tsar<\/a> of Russia.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alexander II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_II_of_Russia#Reign\" >Reign \u2013 Alexander II of Russia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Alexander-II-emperor-of-Russia\" >Alexander II \u2013 Emperor of Russia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/alexander-ii-czar-russia.html\" >Alexander II \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/RUSalexander2.htm\" >Alexander II \u2013 Spartucus-Eduational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/russiapedia.rt.com\/prominent-russians\/the-romanov-dynasty\/alexander-ii-liberator\/\" >Prominent Russians: Alexander II Liberator \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1836\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_Revolution\" >Texas Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Declaration of independence<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Texas\" >Republic of Texas<\/a> from Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1825\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberto_Cofres%C3%AD\" >Roberto Cofres\u00ed<\/a>, one of the last successful Caribbean <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pirate\" >pirates<\/a>, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_the_El_Mosquito\" >defeated in combat<\/a> and captured by authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong>Signing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kandyan_Convention\" >Kandyan Convention<\/a> treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Kandy\" >Kingdom of Kandy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1811\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentine_War_of_Independence\" >Argentine War of Independence<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Empire\" >royalist<\/a> fleet defeats a small <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flotilla\" >flotilla<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_Revolution\" >revolutionary<\/a> ships in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_San_Nicol%C3%A1s\" >Battle of San Nicol\u00e1s<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata\" >River Plate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1808\u00a0 <\/strong>The inaugural meeting of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wernerian_Natural_History_Society\" >Wernerian Natural History Society<\/a>, a former Scottish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learned_society\" >learned society<\/a>, is held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh\" >Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1807\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >US Congress<\/a> passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves\" >Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves<\/a>, disallowing the importation of new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery\" >slaves<\/a> into the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1797\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_England\" >Bank of England<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_England_note_issues\" >issues<\/a> the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling\" >one-pound<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling\" >two-pound<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banknote\" >banknotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1791\u00a0 <\/strong>Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semaphore_line\" >semaphore<\/a> machine in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCH 03<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Wildlife_Day\" >World Wildlife Day<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Slovenia\" >legalizes<\/a> same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LGBT Rights in Slovenia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LGBT_rights_in_Slovenia\" >LGBT rights in Slovenia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Slovenia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage in March 2015:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2015\/03\/slovenia-lawmakers-approve-same-sex-marriage-gay-couple-adoption\/\" >Slovenia lawmakers approve same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption \u2013 Tuesday, March 3, 2015 \u2013 LGBTQNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sdgln.com\/news\/2015\/03\/03\/slovenia-legalizes-gay-marriage\" >Slovenia legalizes gay marriage and adoption rights \u2013 March 3, 2015 \u2013 SDGLN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/03\/04\/slovenia-approves-same-sex-marriage\/\" >Slovenia approves same sex by Joseph Patrick McCormick \u2013 4<sup>th<\/sup> March 2015 \u2013 PinkNews.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Slovenians Rejects Same-Sex Marriage in December 2015:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35147257\" >Slovenia rejects gay marriage in referendum \u2013 20 December 2015 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/slovenia-gay-marriage_us_5678211fe4b06fa6887de364\" >Slovenia Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Again: The government supported the new law but did not participate in the referendum campaign. \u2013 12\/21\/2015 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Some Pertinent Issues on the LGBT Rights:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pi\/lgbt\/resources\/sexuality-definitions.pdf\" >Definition of Terms: Sex, Gender, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation \u2013 AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION \u2013 APA.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/issues\/lgbt-rights\/about-lgbt-human-rights\" >About LGBT Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanrights.gov\/issues\/lgbt.html\" >Issues LGBT \u2013 United States<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/Discrimination\/Pages\/LGBT.aspx\" >Combatting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity \u2013 UN Office for High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LGBT_rights_at_the_United_Nations\" >LGBT rights at the United Nations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/241092505\/Resolution-on-Human-Rights-Sexual-Orientation-and-Gender-Idnentity\" >UN Human Rights Council Resolution \u2013 Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity \u2013 22 September 2014 \u2013 A\/HRC\/27\/L.27\/Rev.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/daccess-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/UNDOC\/GEN\/G14\/177\/32\/PDF\/G1417732.pdf?OpenElement\" >Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council \u2013 Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity \u2013 2 October 2014 \u2013 A\/HRC\/27\/32<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trial_of_Oscar_Pistorius\" >trial<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oscar_Pistorius\" >Oscar Pistorius<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretoria\" >Pretoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_2013_Karachi_bombing\" >bomb blast<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in a predominately <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shia_Muslim\" >Shia Muslim<\/a> area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Historical_Archive_of_the_City_of_Cologne\" >Historical Archive of the City of Cologne<\/a> collapses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayerthorpe_tragedy\" >Mayerthorpe tragedy<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Roszko\" >James Roszko<\/a> murders four <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police\" >Royal Canadian Mounted Police<\/a> constables during a drug bust at his property in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rochfort_Bridge,_Alberta\" >Rochfort Bridge, Alberta<\/a>, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North-West_Rebellion\" >North-West Rebellion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Wilson\" >Margaret Wilson<\/a> is elected as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speaker_of_the_New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives\" >Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives<\/a>, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\" >Elizabeth II<\/a> as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Fossett\" >Steve Fossett<\/a> becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a> votes for independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, and 83% in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/europe\/latvia.html\" >Latvia \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Latvia\" >Latvia \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Latvia\" >Latvia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/latvia.html\" >Latvia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/latvia.htm\" >Latvia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/countries\/member-countries\/latvia\/index_en.htm\" >Latvia \u2013 European Union \u2013 Euopa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Latvia\" >History of Latvia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/latvia\/1.htm\" >History of Latvia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latvianhistory.com\/tag\/latvian-foreign-relations\/\" >Latvian History \u2013 LatvianHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Latvia.html\" >Latvia \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17529542\" >Latvia profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Estonia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Estonia\" >Estonia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/\" >Estonia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/estonia.html\" >Estonia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/estonia\" >Estonia \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/estonia.htm\" >Estonia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visitestonia.com\/en\/\" >Visit Estonia \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/countries\/member-countries\/estonia\/index_en.htm\" >Estonia \u2013 European Union \u2013 Europe.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Estonia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Estonia\" >History of Estonia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/History\/\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 Encyclopedia about Estonia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/estonia\/history\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/estonia-history.html\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Estonia\" >History of Estonia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagopianos.com\/estoniahistory.htm\" >Hi3story of Estonia \u2013 ChicagoPianos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/1.htm\" >History of Estonia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad01\" >HISTORY OF ESTONIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amateur_video\" >amateur video<\/a> captures the beating of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodney_King\" >Rodney King<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Police_Department\" >Los Angeles police officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1985_Algarrobo_earthquake\" >magnitude 8.3 earthquake<\/a> strikes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valpara%C3%ADso_Region\" >Valpara\u00edso Region<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a>, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Scargill\" >Arthur Scargill<\/a> declares that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_%28Great_Britain%29\" >National Union of Mineworkers<\/a> national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Nautilus_%28SSN-571%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Nautilus<\/em><\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ship_decommissioning\" >decommissioned<\/a> and stricken from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_Vessel_Register\" >Naval Vessel Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_981\" >Turkish Airlines Flight 981<\/a> crashes at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ermenonville\" >Ermenonville<\/a> near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohawk_Airlines_Flight_405\" >Mohawk Airlines Flight 405<\/a> crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\" >Apollo program<\/a>: NASA launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_9\" >Apollo 9<\/a> to test the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_Lunar_Module\" >lunar module<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1967\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><em> \u2013<\/em> 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>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em>, \u201c<strong>1967 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>\u201d, <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1965:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1965_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1965 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<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/soviet_nuclear_testing_semipalatinsk_20th_anniversary\/24311518.html\" >Slow Death of Kazakhstan\u2019s Land Of Nuclear Tests \u2013 Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty \u2013 RFRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebulletin.org\/lasting-toll-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing\" >The lasting toll of Semipalitinsk\u2019s nuclear testing \u2013 TheBulletin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/12566948_External_doses_of_residents_near_Semipalatinsk_nuclear_test_site\" >External Doses of Residents near Semipalitinsk Nuclear Test Site \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuri_al-Said\" >Nuri al-Said<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Iraq\" >Prime Minister of Iraq<\/a> for the eighth time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Pacific_Air_Lines\" >Canadian Pacific Air Lines<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Havilland_Comet\" >De Havilland Comet<\/a> crashes in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a>, killing 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackie_Brenston\" >Jackie Brenston<\/a>, with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ike_Turner\" >Ike Turner<\/a> and his band, records \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocket_88\" >Rocket 88<\/a>\u201c, often cited as \u201cthe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Origins_of_rock_and_roll#.22The_first_rock_and_roll_record.22\" >first rock and roll record<\/a>\u201c, at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Phillips\" >Sam Phillips<\/a>\u2018 recording studios in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memphis,_Tennessee\" >Memphis, Tennessee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Air_Force\" >RAF<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_the_Bezuidenhout\" >accidentally bombs<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bezuidenhout\" >Bezuidenhout<\/a> neighborhood in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hague\" >The Hague<\/a>, Netherlands, killing 511 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: A former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armia_Krajowa\" >Armia Krajowa<\/a> unit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paw%C5%82okoma_massacre\" >massacres<\/a> at least 150 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukrainian<\/a> civilians in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paw%C5%82okoma\" >Paw\u0142okoma<\/a>, Poland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: American and Filipino troops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Manila_%281945%29\" >recapture<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manila\" >Manila<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_Nakhimov\" >Order of Nakhimov<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_Ushakov\" >Order of Ushakov<\/a> are instituted in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USSR\" >USSR<\/a> as the highest naval awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bethnal_Green_tube_station\" >Bethnal Green tube station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: Ten <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> warplanes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_Broome\" >raid the town<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broome,_Western_Australia\" >Broome, Western Australia<\/a>, killing more than 100 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Left_Party_%28Sweden%29\" >communist<\/a> newspaper <em>Norrskensflamman<\/em> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lule%C3%A5\" >Lule\u00e5<\/a>, Sweden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombay\" >Bombay<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi\" >Mohandas Gandhi<\/a> begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Raj\" >British India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong>The <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard\" >Mallard<\/a><\/em> the fastest steam driven train on the planet, was built by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER\" >LNER<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doncaster_Works\" >Doncaster Works<\/a> England<\/p>\n<p><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum\" >Oil<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_oil_industry_in_Saudi_Arabia\" >discovered<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" >Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States adopts <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Star-Spangled_Banner\" >The Star-Spangled Banner<\/a><\/em> as its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_anthem\" >national anthem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_State_of_Fiume\" >Free State of Fiume<\/a> is annexed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Kingdom of Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong>The thirteen-century-old Islamic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caliphate\" >caliphate<\/a> is abolished when Caliph <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abd%C3%BClmecid_II\" >Abd\u00fclmecid II<\/a> of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk\" >Kemal Atat\u00fcrk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time_%28magazine%29\" >TIME<\/a><\/em> magazine is published for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>Germany, Austria and Russia sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk\" >Treaty of Brest-Litovsk<\/a> ending Russia\u2019s involvement in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>, and leading to the independence of Finland, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuania<\/a> and Poland.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Treaty of Brest-Litovsk:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/treaty-of-brest-litovsk-concluded\" >MAR 03 1918: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk concluded \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-i\/treaties-of-brest-litovsk\" >TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/russia-1900-to-1939\/treaty-of-brest-litovsk\/\" >Treaty of Brest-Litovsk \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/russiasgreatwar.org\/media\/international\/brest.shtml\" >The Treaty of Brest Litovsk \u2013 Russia\u2019s Great War &amp; Revolution \u2013 RussiasGreatWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.passports.com\/teachers\/link\/lesson-plan\/great-war-the-eastern-front-treaty-of-brest-litovsk\" >Great War (1914-1918): The Eastern Front: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 \u2013 Passports.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguide.org\/europe\/brest.html\" >The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918) \u2013 The History Guide \u2013 HistoryGuide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Independence of Estonia and the Independence War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/estonia.eu\/about-estonia\/history\/independence-day.html\" >February 24: Independence Day \u2013 Estonia \u2013 Estonia.eu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/Declaration_of_Independence\/\" >Declaration of Independence \u2013 ESTONICA: Encyclopedia of Estonia \u2013 Estonica.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_War_of_Independence\" >Estonian War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/History\/1914-1920_The_First_World_War_and_Estonian_independence\/Estonian_War_of_Independence\/\" >Estonian War of Independence \u2013 Estonia.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-press.com\/estonianwarofindependence1918-1920.aspx\" >Estonian War of Independence 1918-1920 \u2013 PDF downloadable \u2013 Merriam-Press.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/2.htm\" >Interwar Independence, 1918-1940 \u2013 Estonia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Historical context \u2013 Estonian Declaration of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Estonia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Estonia\" >History of Estonia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/History\/\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 Encyclopedia about Estonia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/estonia\/history\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/estonia-history.html\" >Estonia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Estonia\" >History of Estonia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagopianos.com\/estoniahistory.htm\" >Hi3story of Estonia \u2013 ChicagoPianos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/1.htm\" >History of Estonia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad01\" >HISTORY OF ESTONIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Estonia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Estonia\" >Estonia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/\" >Estonia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/estonia.html\" >Estonia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/estonia\" >Estonia \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/estonia.htm\" >Estonia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visitestonia.com\/en\/\" >Visit Estonia \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/countries\/member-countries\/estonia\/index_en.htm\" >Estonia \u2013 European Union \u2013 Europe.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Estonia and the European Union:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2003\" >Estonian European Union membership referendum, 2003 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/economy_finance\/euro\/countries\/estonia_en.htm\" >Estonia and the Euro \u2013 European Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theodora.com\/wfbcurrent\/european_union\/index.html\" >European Union \u2013 World Fact Book \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Estonia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/valitsus.ee\/en\" >Republic of Estonia \u2013 Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Estonia\" >Foreign relations of Estonia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/estonia\/21.htm\" >Foreign Relations \u2013 Estonia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/europe\/et-forrel.htm\" >Estonia \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/estonia\/ri276\" >Estonia \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photius.com\/countries\/estonia\/government\/estonia_government_foreign_relations.html\" >Estonia Foreign Relations \u2013 Photius.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/self.gutenberg.org\/articles\/Foreign_relations_of_Estonia\" >FOREIGN RELATIONS OF ESTONIA \u2013 Self.Gutenberg.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/estonia-foreign-relations-russia\" >Articles on Foreign Relations with Russia \u2013 The Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Latvia\" >History of Latvia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/latvia\/1.htm\" >History of Latvia \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latvianhistory.com\/tag\/latvian-foreign-relations\/\" >Latvian History \u2013 LatvianHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17529542\" >Latvia profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/europe\/latvia.html\" >Latvia \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Latvia\" >Latvia \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Latvia\" >Latvia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/latvia.html\" >Latvia \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/latvia.htm\" >Latvia \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/countries\/member-countries\/latvia\/index_en.htm\" >Latvia \u2013 European Union \u2013 Euopa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Latvia\" >Foreign relations of Latvia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.lv\/en\/\" >MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5378.htm\" >US Relations with Latvia \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Latvia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Latvia\" >Economy of Latvia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/latvia\" >Latvia \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lnweb90.worldbank.org\/FPS\/fsapcountrydb.nsf\/%28attachmentwebFSA%29\/Latvia_DevelopmentModule_FSA_web.pdf\/$FILE\/Latvia_DevelopmentModule_FSA_web.pdf\" >Latvia \u2013 Financial Sector Assessment \u2013 THE WORLD BANK \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/latvia\" >Latvia \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Independence of Lithuania<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lokashakti.org\/encyclopedia\/movements\/722-lithuanias-independence-movement--lokashakti-encyclopedia\" >Lithuania\u2019s independence movement (1988 \u2013 1991) \u2013 LokaShakti.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/lithuania-rejects-soviet-demand-to-renounce-its-independence\" >Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence \u2013 March 17, 1990 \u2013 THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/odyg.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/12\/lithuanian-independence-january-13-1991\/\" >Lithuanian Independence \u2013 January 13, 1991 \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garywallace.net\/index.php\/2010\/03\/11\/11-march-1990-lithuania-declared-independence-from-the-soviet-union\/\" >11 March 1990: Lithuania Declared Independence From the Soviet Union \u2013 GarryWallice.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/country_profiles\/2133386.stm\" >Timeline: Lithuania \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History and Social Issues of Lithuania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lithuania\" >History of Lithuania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/lithuania.html\" >A Short History of Lithuania \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balticsworldwide.com\/tourist\/lithuania\/history.htm\" >Lithuanian History \u2013 A Brief Chronology \u2013 BalticsWorldwide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac98\" >History of Lithuania \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/lithuania\/history\" >Lithuania \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/lithuania-history.html\" >Lithuania \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globaledge.msu.edu\/countries\/lithuania\/history\/\" >History: Lithuania \u2013 MSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countriesquest.com\/europe\/lithuania\/land_and_resources\/environmental_issues.htm\" >\u201c<em>Like many countries of the former USSR, Lithuania has significant environmental problems related to pollution. Despite the growth of the country\u2019s environmental awareness since its independence from the USSR in 1991, a lack of technology, equipment, and funds make it difficult to adequately treat industrial emissions and to replace old equipment<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Land and Resources, Environmental Issues A\u2013 Lithuania \u2013 CountriesQuest.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_in_Lithuania\" >Suicide in Lithuania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elibrary.lt\/resursai\/Mokslai\/LKA\/Monografijos\/tendency_of\/tendency_of_05.pdf\" >ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SECURITY PROBLEMS IN LITHUANIA, by Juozas Bagdanavi\u010dius, Vladas Senkus<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Historical Background of the Baltic States and the Soviet Union:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_states\" >Baltic States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/fjk\/www\/editor\/essays\/baltics.html\" >History of the Baltic states \u2013 MIT.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states\" >Occupation of the Baltic States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/russiasperiphery.blogs.wm.edu\/baltic-states\/\" >Russia\u2019s Periphery \u2013 Baltic States: Dealing with the Past in the Baltic States, by Frederick Corney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wikibin.org\/articles\/baltic-states-and-the-soviet-union.html\" >Baltic States and the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikibin.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/fall-of-soviet-union\" >THE FALL OF SOVIET UNION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/balticstates.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Dissolution of the Soviet Union \u2013 Wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/russia\/baltic_independence.php\" >Baltic Independence from the Soviet Union, by James Graham \u2013 OnThisDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Russia Reviews the 1991 Decision to Recognize the Independence of the Baltic States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uatoday.tv\/politics\/russia-to-review-1991-decision-to-recognise-independence-of-baltic-states-447681.html\" >\u201c<em>Russia is examining the legality of the decision to recognise the independence of the Baltic republics in 1991 by the State Council of the USSR \u2013 according to Russia\u2019s state news service Interfax<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Russia to review 1991 decision to recognise independence of Baltic states \u2013 June 30, 2015 \u2013 UAToday.tv<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/russia-review-independence-recognition-baltic-states-report-1991235\" >Russia To Review Independence Recognition Of Baltic States: Report, by Aditya Tejas \u2013 July 1, 2015 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 IBTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/russia-reviews-baltic-states-independence-2015-6\" >Russia is reviewing the \u2018legality\u2019 of Baltic states\u2019 independence, by Barbara Tasch \u2013 BusinessInsider.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russians_in_the_Baltic_states\" >Russians in the Baltic states \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/article\/525643.html\" >How Russia Sees Baltic Sovereignty, by Agnia Grigas \u2013 July 14, 2015 \u2013 The Moscow Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Poland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Poland\" >History of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab01\" >HISTORY OF POLAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/poland\/history\" >Poland \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Poland\" >History of Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/\" >Poland \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/poland.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/vjw\/Poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 The Virtual Jewish World \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/%7Epolwgw\/history.html\" >Timeline of Polish History \u2013 Roots Web \u2013 Ancestry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/classroom\/maps\/task4.html\" >Historical Maps of Poland \u2013 Buffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-17754512\" >Poland country profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Poland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/pl.html\" >POLAND \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Poland\" >Poland \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Poland\" >Poland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/poland.html\" >Poland \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/polandmaps\/a\/polandgeography.htm\" >Geography of Poland \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17753718\" >Poland country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Poland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msz.gov.pl\/en\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Poland\" >Foreign relations of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/poland\/88.htm\" >Poland \u2013 FOREIGN RELATOINS \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/democratization\/poland\/p30812\" >Poland \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Poland-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2875.htm\" >US Relations with Poland \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Poland:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Poland\" >Economy of Poland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/poland-economy.html\" >Poland \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/poland\" >Poland \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics\" >NACA<\/a>, the predecessor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>, is founded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong>Thousands of women march in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woman_Suffrage_Parade_of_1913\" >suffrage parade<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Women\u2019s Suffrage in the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women\" >Women\u2019s suffrage in the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/womenstimeline1.html\" >Women\u2019s Rights Movements in the US \u2013 1848 \u2013 1920 \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.house.gov\/Exhibitions-and-Publications\/WIC\/Historical-Essays\/No-Lady\/Womens-Rights\/\" >The Women\u2019s Rights Movements 1840-1920 \u2013 HISTORY, ART &amp; ARCHIVES \u2013 United States House of Representatives \u2013 House.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tag.rutgers.edu\/teaching-toolbox\/classroom-resources\/lesson-module-womens-suffrage-in-the-united-states\/\" >LESSON MODULE: WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES \u2013 Rutgers.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Women\u2019s Suffrage (Movement) in the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suffragist.com\/timeline.htm\" >A History of American Suffragist Movement \u2013 Saffragist.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/portal_ur\/content\/voting_curriculum\/women_suffrage.html\" >Women\u2019s Suffrage and World War I \u2013 CUNY.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teachervision.com\/womens-rights\/us-history\/50972.html\" >Leaders in the US Suffrage Movement, by Susan B. Anthony \u2013 TeacherVision.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/timeline\/html\/cw08_12159.html\" >January 1, 1919: Map: States grant women the right to vote \u2013 National Constitution Center<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.susanbanthony.net\/p\/woman-suffrage-1848-1920-teaching-with.html\" >US Women Suffrage \u2013 Teaching with Documents: Women Suffrage and the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment \u2013 SusanAnthony.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_women\" >Timeline of women\u2019s suffrage in the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhm.org\/education-resources\/history\/woman-suffrage-timeline\" >Women\u2019s Suffrage Timeline (1840-1920) \u2013 NATIONAL WOMEN\u2019S MUSEUM<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Nineteenth Amendment and Women\u2019s Suffrage:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >\u201c<em>The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. The Constitution allows the states to determine the qualifications of voters, subject to limitations imposed by later amendments. Until the 1910s, most states disenfranchised women<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Nineteenth Amendment \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=63\" >19<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment to the US Constitution: Women\u2019s Rights to Vote (1920) \u2013 OurDocuments.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/womens-history\/19th-amendment\" >19<sup>TH<\/sup> AMENDMENT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/education\/lessons\/woman-suffrage\/\" >Teaching with Documents: Women\u2019s Suffrage and the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>League of Women Voters:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lwv.org\/\" >League of Women Voters \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lwvchicago.org\/\" >LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CHICAGO \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lwvdc.org\/history.html\" >History of the League of Women Voters \u2013 League of Women Voters \u2013 LWVDC.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1592.html\" >League of Women Voters \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org\/pages\/730.html\" >League of Women Voters \u2013 ENCYCLOPEDIA of CHICAGO \u2013 ChicagoHistory.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Women\u2019s Suffrage and Its History:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/activities\/suffrage\/history.htm\" >History of Women\u2019s Suffrage \u2013 Scholastic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/womens-suffrage-movement\" >WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT \u2013 Historynet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-world.org\/woman_suffrage.htm\" >Woman Suffrage \u2013 History-World.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.answers.com\/suffrage\/womens-suffrage-around-the-world\" >Women\u2019s Suffrage Around The World, by Kerilynn Engel \u2013 Answers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/portal_ur\/content\/voting_curriculum\/women_suffrage.html\" >Women\u2019s suffrage and World War I \u2013 CUNY.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhm.org\/online-exhibits\/progressiveera\/suffrage.html\" >Causes: The Woman Suffrage Movement \u2013 Reforming Their World: Women in the Progressive Era \u2013 The National Women\u2019s History Museum \u2013 NWHM.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/suffrage\/a\/intl_timeline.htm\" >International Woman Suffrage Timeline \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/interactive\/2011\/jul\/06\/un-women-vote-timeline-interactive\" >A timeline of women\u2019s right to vote \u2013 interactive \u2013 Wednesday, 6 July, 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipu.org\/wmn-e\/suffrage.htm\" >WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE \u2013 IPU.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0931343.html\" >Timeline of Women\u2019s Suffrage Granted, by Country \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Women\u2019s Rights in General:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women\" >Women\u2019s rights \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/womensrightsworldwide.org\/\" >Women\u2019s Rights Worldwide \u2013 WomensRightsWorldwide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/166\/womens-rights\" >Women\u2019s Rights, by Anup Shah \u2013 Global Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/article\/brief-history-womens-rights-movements\" >A Brief History of Women\u2019s Rights Movements: The prominent figures and notable events of women\u2019s rights movements in America and beyond \u2013 Scholatic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unchronicle.un.org\/article\/womens-rights-human-rights\/\" >Women\u2019s Rights as Human Rights \u2013 UN Chronicle \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/Women\/WRGS\/Pages\/WRGSIndex.aspx\" >Women\u2019s Human Rights as Gender Equality \u2013 United Nations Human Rights \u2013 Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights \u2013 OHCHR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trust.org\/spotlight\/poll-womens-rights-in-the-arab-world\/\" >POLL: Women\u2019s Rights in the Arab World \u2013 THOMPSON REUTERS FOUNDATION \u2013 Trust.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/issues\/women-s-rights\" >Women\u2019s Rights are Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International USA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rockefeller_Foundation\" >Rockefeller Foundation<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_D._Rockefeller_Jr.\" >John D. Rockefeller Jr.<\/a> announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philanthropy\" >philanthropy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong>Tsar <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicholas_II_of_Russia\" >Nicholas II of Russia<\/a> agrees to create an elected assembly, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duma\" >Duma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong>Kaiser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelm_II_of_Germany\" >Wilhelm II of Germany<\/a> becomes the first person to make a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sound_recording\" >sound recording<\/a> of a political document, using <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Edison\" >Thomas Edison<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonograph_cylinder\" >phonograph cylinder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Telephone_%26_Telegraph_Company\" >American Telephone &amp; Telegraph Company<\/a> is incorporated in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York\" >New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1878\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Turkish_War_%281877%E2%80%9378%29\" >Russo-Turkish War<\/a> ends as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a> regains its independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a> according to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_San_Stefano\" >Treaty of San Stefano<\/a>; shortly after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_Berlin\" >Congress of Berlin<\/a> stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%9378)\" >Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Russo-Turkish-wars\" >\u201cThe last Russo-Turkish War (1877\u201378) was also the most important one. In 1877 Russia and its ally Serbia came to the aid of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria in their rebellions against Turkish rule.\u201d \u2013 Russo-Turkish wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SZODpXRmVho\" >YouTube video (2 min. 15 sec.): The Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Treaty of San Stefano:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Text of the<\/em><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.uoregon.edu\/kimball\/1878mr17.SanStef.trt.htm\" >Treaty of San Stefano \u2013 The Preliminary Treaty of Peace, signed at San Stefano<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Treaty-of-San-Stefano\" >Treaty of San Stefano \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Treaty_of_San_Stefano.aspx\" >San Stefano, Treaty of (1878) \u2013 Encyclepedia.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_San_Stefano#Effects\" >Effects \u2013 Treaty of San Stefano \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/san-stefano-treaty-of.html\" >San Stefano, Treaty of \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Congress of Berlin:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Congress_of_Berlin.aspx\" >Berlin, Congress of \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Congress-of-Berlin\" >Congress of Berlin \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/berlin-congress-of.html\" >Berlin, Congress of \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Berlin_%281878%29\" >Treaty of Berlin (1878) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1875\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Bizet\" >Georges Bizet<\/a>\u2018s opera <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carmen\" >Carmen<\/a><\/em> receives its premi\u00e8re at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique\" >Op\u00e9ra-Comique<\/a> in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1873\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Censorship_in_the_United_States\" >Censorship in the United States<\/a>: The U.S. Congress enacts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comstock_Law\" >Comstock Law<\/a>, making it illegal to send any \u201cobscene, lewd, or lascivious\u201d books through the mail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>Opening of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hongkong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation\" >The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation<\/a>, the founding member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HSBC\" >HSBC Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1857\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Opium_War\" >Second Opium War<\/a>: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Opium Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opium_Wars\" >Opium Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Opium-Wars\" >Opium Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/opium-wars.html\" >Opium Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/colonialisminasia\/ss\/China-Opium-Wars.htm\" >The First and Second Opium Wars \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Second Opium War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1800s\/p\/secondopiumwar.htm\" >Second Opium War \u2013 Overview \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34History6533.html\" >Second Opium War \u2013 Cultural China \u2013 Cultural-China.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1830-1860\/china-2\" >Opening of China Part II: Second Opium War, the United States, the Treaty of Tianjin 1857-1859 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1799\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Corfu_%281798%E2%80%9399%29\" >Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu<\/a> ends with the surrender of the French garrison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCH 04<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Criminal_Court\" >International Criminal Court<\/a> (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Sudan\" >Sudanese President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Hassan_al-Bashir\" >Omar Hassan al-Bashir<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crime\" >war crimes<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crimes_against_humanity\" >crimes against humanity<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darfur\" >Darfur<\/a>. Al-Bashir is the first sitting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Head_of_state\" >head of state<\/a> to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%9314%29\" >Afghanistan<\/a>: Seven American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Operations_Forces\" >Special Operations Forces<\/a> soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Takur_Ghar\" >infiltrate<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shah-i-Kot_Valley\" >Shah-i-Kot Valley<\/a> on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>War in Afghanistan Timelines:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29#2002\" >2002 \u2013 Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-war-in-afghanistan-a-timeline\/\" >The War in Afghanistan: A Timeline \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/now\/shows\/428\/afghanistan-timeline.html\" >Timeline: War in Afghanistan \u2013 NOW \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hintze_Ribeiro_disaster\" >Hintze Ribeiro disaster<\/a>: A bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001_BBC_bombing\" >BBC bombing<\/a>: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_Television_Centre\" >BBC Television Centre<\/a> in London, seriously injuring one person. The attack was attributed to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Real_IRA\" >Real IRA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2001 BBC Bombing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/1201273.stm\" >Bomb blast outside BBC \u2013 Sunday, 4 March 2001 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/1201444.stm\" >BBC bomb prompts terror warning \u2013 Monday, 5 March 2001 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2001\/mar\/05\/broadcasting.bbc3\" >Media explosion: bombing your way into the headlines, by Julia Day \u2013 5 March 2001 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freebase.com\/m\/0h4s2q\" >2001 BBC bombing \u2013 Freebase.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SZTKZEyeBHI\" >YouTube video (0 min. 25 sec.): Bomb detonated at BBC Television Centre \u2013 4th March 2001<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bombsecurity.com\/news0301.html\" >Bomb Security News \u2013 BombSecurity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Real IRA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Real_Irish_Republican_Army#Origins\" >Origins \u2013 Real Irish Republican Army \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/world\/para\/nira.htm\" >Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) \u2013 True IRA \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/nira.htm\" >Real IRA \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/real-ira\" >Real IRA \u2013 May 2015 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/groupsleader1\/a\/Real_IRA.htm\" >Real IRA \u2013 A Guide to the Real IRA (Real Irish Republican Army) \u2013 About news \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x6KTnvsiXw8\" >YouTube video (1 h. 06 min. 02 sec.) The Real IRA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States\" >Gay rights<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oncale_v._Sundowner_Offshore_Services,_Inc.\" >Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.<\/a><\/em>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a> rules that federal laws banning on-the-job <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_harassment\" >sexual harassment<\/a> also apply when both parties are the same sex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheikh\" >Sheikh<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saad_Al-Salim_Al-Sabah\" >Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Kuwait\" >Prime Minister of Kuwait<\/a>, returns to his country for the first time since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>\u2018s invasion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vega_1\" >Vega 1<\/a> begins returning images of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halley%27s_Comet\" >Halley\u2019s Comet<\/a> and the first images of its nucleus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_and_Drug_Administration\" >Food and Drug Administration<\/a> approves a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_test\" >blood test<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AIDS\" >AIDS<\/a> infection, used since then for screening all <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_donation\" >blood donations<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bertha_Wilson\" >Bertha Wilson<\/a> is appointed the first woman to sit on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_Canada\" >Supreme Court of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>Nationalist leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mugabe\" >Robert Mugabe<\/a> wins a sweeping election victory to become <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe\" >Zimbabwe<\/a>\u2018s first black <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Zimbabwe\" >prime minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1977_Vrancea_earthquake\" >1977 Vrancea earthquake<\/a> in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in the seriously damaged city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bucharest\" >Bucharest<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland_Constitutional_Convention\" >Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention<\/a> is formally dissolved in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a> resulting in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Direct_rule\" >direct rule<\/a> of Northern Ireland from London by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >British parliament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People_%28magazine%29\" >People<\/a><\/em> magazine is published for the first time in the United States as <em>People Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>People magazine:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/\" >People magazine website<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%26P_500\" >S&amp;P 500<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stock_market_index\" >stock market index<\/a> is introduced, replacing the S&amp;P 90.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lapland_War\" >Lapland War<\/a>: Finland declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lapland War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lapland_War#German_retreat_to_Norway\" >German retreat to Norway \u2013 Lapland War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_occupation_of_Norway\" >German occupation of Norway \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rajajoki.com\/lapland.htm\" >The war in Lapland 1944-1945 \u2013 Rajajoki.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JY_vUWkHFVo\" >YouTube video (2 min. 12 sec.): The Lapland War<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: After the success of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Week\" >Big Week<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USAAF\" >USAAF<\/a> begins a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II#March_1944_to_April_1945\" >daylight bombing campaign<\/a> of Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea\" >Battle of the Bismarck Sea<\/a> in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.<\/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 launches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Claymore\" >Operation Claymore<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lofoten_Islands\" >Lofoten Islands<\/a>; the first large scale <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Commandos\" >British Commando<\/a> raid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frances_Perkins\" >Frances Perkins<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor\" >United States Secretary of Labor<\/a>, the first female member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Cabinet\" >United States Cabinet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Balkan_War\" >First Balkan War<\/a>: The Greek army <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Bizani\" >engages the Turks<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bizani\" >Bizani<\/a>, resulting in victory two days later.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Balkan Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Balkan-Wars\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/balkan-wars.html\" >Balkan Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>First Balkan War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/first-balkan-war-1912\" >First Balkan War 1912 \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellenicaworld.com\/Greece\/History\/en\/FirstBalkanWar.html\" >First Balkan War \u2013 HellenicaWorld.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenagain.info\/WebChron\/EastEurope\/FirstBalkan.html\" >The First Balkan War 1912-1913 \u2013 ThenAgain.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >Balkan Military History \u2013 BalkanHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tc-america.org\/resource-center\/tca-fact-sheet-the-first-balkan-war-571.htm\" >TCA Fact Sheet: The 1912-1913 Balkan Wars \u2013 Turkish Coalition of America \u2013 TC-America.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanhistory.com\/balkan_war_1912.htm\" >\u201c<em>In Macedonia, the Serbian army defeated the Turks at Kumanovo that enabled it to join forces with the Montenegrins and enter Skopje. Meanwhile, the Greeks occupied Salonika and advanced on Io\u00e1nnina. In Albania, the Montenegrins besieged Shkod\u00ebr, and the Serbs entered Durr\u00ebs<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The First Balkan War \u2013 Balkan Military History<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1890\u00a0 <\/strong>The longest bridge in Great Britain, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forth_Bridge\" >Forth Bridge<\/a> in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520\u00a0m) long, is opened by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_of_Wales\" >Prince of Wales<\/a>, later King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_VII\" >Edward VII<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>Britain\u2019s first electric trams run in east London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America\" >third and final national flag<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederate_States_of_America\" >Confederate States of America<\/a> is adopted by the Confederate Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1861\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America\" >first national flag<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederate_States_of_America\" >Confederate States of America<\/a> (the \u201cStars and Bars\u201d) is adopted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Albert_of_Savoy\" >Carlo Alberto di Savoia<\/a> signs the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statuto_Albertino\" >Statuto Albertino<\/a><\/em> that will later represent the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Italy\" >constitution<\/a> of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Regno d\u2019Italia<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1814\u00a0 <\/strong>Americans defeat British forces at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Longwoods\" >Battle of Longwoods<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London,_Ontario\" >London, Ontario<\/a> and Thamesville, near present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southwest_Middlesex,_Ontario\" >Wardsville<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ontario\" >Ontario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_VI_of_Constantinople\" >Cyril VI of Constantinople<\/a> is elected Ecumenical Patriarch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1804\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion\" >Castle Hill Rebellion<\/a>: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales\" >New South Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1791\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_Act_of_1791\" >Constitutional Act of 1791<\/a> is introduced by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >British House of Commons<\/a> in London which envisages the separation of Canada into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lower_Canada\" >Lower Canada<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec\" >Quebec<\/a>) and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upper_Canada\" >Upper Canada<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ontario\" >Ontario<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1790\u00a0 <\/strong>France is divided into 83 <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Departments_of_France\" >d\u00e9partements<\/a><\/em>, cutting across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provinces_of_France\" >former provinces<\/a> in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCH 05<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>First winter ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broad_Peak\" >Broad Peak<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maciej_Berbeka\" >Maciej Berbeka<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Bielecki_%28climber%29\" >Adam Bielecki<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Artur_Ma%C5%82ek&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" >Artur Ma\u0142ek<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tomasz_Kowalski\" >Tomasz Kowalski<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invisible_Children,_Inc.\" >Invisible Children<\/a> launches the Stop Kony campaign with the release of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kony_2012\" >Kony 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haifa\" >Haifa<\/a>, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haifa_bus_37_suicide_bombing\" >Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Haifa Bus 37 Suicide Bombing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haifa_bus_37_suicide_bombing#The_attack\" >The attack \u2013 Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.il\/MFA\/ForeignPolicy\/Terrorism\/Palestinian\/Pages\/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20Egged%20bus%20No%2037%20in%20Haifa%20-%205-Ma.aspx\" >Suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 37 in Haifa March 5, 2003 \u2013 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u2013 MFA.gov.il<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998_Winter_Paralympics\" >1998 Winter Paralympics<\/a>, the first Winter Paralympics to be held outside <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\" >Europe<\/a>, takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagano,_Nagano\" >Nagano<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet probe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_14\" >Venera 14<\/a> landed on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\" >Venus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ZX81\" >ZX81<\/a>, a pioneering British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Home_computer\" >home computer<\/a>, is launched by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinclair_Research\" >Sinclair Research<\/a> and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>America\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voyager_1\" >Voyager 1<\/a> spacecraft has its closest approach to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter\" >Jupiter<\/a>, 172,000 miles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet probes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_11\" >Venera 11<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venera_12\" >Venera 12<\/a> and the German-American solar satellite <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helios_%28spacecraft%29\" >Helios II<\/a> all are hit by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamma-ray_burst\" >\u201coff the scale\u201d gamma rays<\/a> leading to the discovery of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soft_gamma_repeater\" >soft gamma repeaters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Landsat_program\" >Landsat 3<\/a> is launched from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base\" >Vandenberg Air Force Base<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\" >California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>First meeting of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homebrew_Computer_Club\" >Homebrew Computer Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yom_Kippur_War\" >Yom Kippur War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> forces withdraw from the west bank of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suez_Canal\" >Suez Canal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Yom Kippur War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/yom-kippur-war\" >YOM KIPPUR WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/1973toc.html\" >Yom Kippur War \u2013 Israel\u2019s War &amp; Operations \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/73_War.html\" >The Yom Kippur War: Background &amp; Overview (October 1973) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/myths3\/MF1973.html\" >The Yom Kippur War \u2013 MYTHS &amp; FACTS \u2013 A Guide to the Arab-Israel Conflict \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/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-yom-kippur-war-of-1973\/\" >\u201c<em>The Yom Kippur War of 1973, the most recent \u2018full\u2019 war in Middle East history, is so-called because it began on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), the holiest day of prayer and fasting in the Jewish calendar. The Yom Kippur War is also known as the October War. At the time of Yom Kippur, Israel was led by Golda Meir and Egypt by Anwar Sadat<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Yom Kippur War of 1973 \u2013 The History Learning Site \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/arab-israeli-wars-the-1973-74-war-the-yom-kippur-war.html\" >Arab-Israel Wars \u2013 The 1973-74 War (The Yom Kippur War) \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Yom-Kippur-War\" >Yom Kippur War \u2013 Middle East [1973] \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.adl.org\/israel\/record\/yomkippur.html\" >The 1973 Yom Kippur War \u2013 ADL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-3621090,00.html\" >The Yom Kippur War (1973) \u2013 YnetNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastweb.org\/octoberwarmapegypt.htm\" >1973 October War (Yom Kippur War) \u2013 Egyptian Front \u2013 Mid East Maps<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Yom Kippur War and the US Policy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foia.cia.gov\/collection\/president-nixon-and-role-intelligence-1973-arab-israeli-war\" >\u201c<em>This collection highlights the causes and consequences of US Intelligence Community\u2019s (IC) failure to foresee the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the October War or the Yom Kippur War. A coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 6, the day of Yom Kippur<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 \u00a0 <strong>President Nixon and the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War<\/strong> \u2013 Library \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yom-kippur-1973.info\/afterwar\/usadocumentseng.htm\" >The October War and US Policy \u2013 Yom-Kippur-1973.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/middleeast\/a\/U-S-Foreign-Policy-In-The-Yom-Kippur-War-1973.htm\" >US Foreign Policy in the Yom Kippur War, 1973 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4285092,00.html\" >Declassified documents reveal failure of Yom Kippur War \u2013 YnetNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Yom Kippur War and the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.il\/MFA\/AboutIsrael\/History\/Pages\/The%20Yom%20Kippur%20War%20-%20October%201973.aspx\" >Yom Kippur War (October 1973) \u2013 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/about-the-idf\/history-of-the-idf\/1973-yom-kippur-war-day-day\/\" >1973 Yom Kippur War: Day by Day \u2013 Israel Defense Forces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/israelforever.org\/history\/yom_kippur_war\/\" >Yom Kippur War \u2013 The Israel Forever Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lewis.armscontrolwonk.com\/archive\/6909\/israel-nuclear-weapons-and-the-1973-yom-kippur-war\" >Israel, Nuclear Weapons and the 1973 Yom Kippur War \u2013 Arms Control Wonk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenagain.info\/WebChron\/MiddleEast\/YomKippurWar.html\" >The Yom Kippur War \u2013 1973 \u2013 ThenAgain.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1967to1991_ykwar_course.php\" >What was the <em>course<\/em> [<em>sic<\/em>] of the 1973 Yom Kippur War? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinefacts.org\/pf_1967to1991_ykwar_result.php\" >What was the result of the Yom Kippur War? \u2013 PalestineFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timeline of the Yom Kippur War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/1998\/09\/20\/life-religion\/features\/timeline-of-yom-kippur-war\" >Timeline of Yom Kippur War \u2013 JTA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jweekly.com\/article\/full\/9169\/a-timeline-of-the-events-of-the-yom-kippur-war\/\" >A timeline of the events of the Yom Kippur War \u2013 Jweekly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionism-israel.com\/Israel_espionage_timeline_Yom_Kippur_War.htm\" >Timeline: Israeli Intelligence, Espionage and Covert Operations \u2013 From 1968 to the Yom Kippur War (1973) \u2013 Zionism-Israel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteastronomy.com\/timeline\/Suez_Canal\" >Suez Canal Timeline \u2013 AbsoluteAstronomy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty\" >Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty<\/a> goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons\" >Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_proliferation\" >Nuclear non-proliferation \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/publications\/documents\/treaties\/npt\" >Background \u2013 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons \u2013 IAEA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070807060917\/http:\/www.iaea.org\/Publications\/Documents\/Infcircs\/Others\/infcirc140.pdf\" >Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons \u2013 IAEA.org \u2013 pdf<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/conf\/npt\/2005\/npttreaty.html\" >the same text on this website of the UN<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/WMD\/Nuclear\/NPT.shtml\" >Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) \u2013 UNODA \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/disarmament.un.org\/treaties\/t\/npt\" >Status of the Treaty \u2013 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons \u2013 UNODA \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/isn\/trty\/16281.htm\" >Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/factsheets\/nptfact\" >Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at a Glance \u2013 FACTSHEETS &amp; BRIEFS \u2013 Arms Control Association \u2013 ArmsControl.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/nonproliferation-arms-control-and-disarmament\/nuclear-nonproliferation-treaty\/p8437\" >Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reachingcriticalwill.org\/disarmament-fora\/npt\" >Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty \u2013 Reaching Critical Will \u2013 ReachingCriticalWill.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnduk.org\/campaigns\/global-abolition\/non-proliferation-treaty\" >Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty \u2013(NPT) \u2013 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament \u2013 CNDUK.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BOAC_Flight_911\" >BOAC Flight 911<\/a> crashes on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Fuji\" >Mount Fuji<\/a>, Japan, killing 124.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> <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><em> \u2013<\/em> 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>1965\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_Intifada\" >March Intifada<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Left-wing_politics\" >Leftist<\/a> uprising erupts in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bahrain\" >Bahrain<\/a> against British colonial presence.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>March Intifada of 1965:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_Intifada#Background_and_main_events\" >Background and main events \u2013 March Intifada \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mideastweb.org\/Middle-East-Encyclopedia\/intifada.htm\" >Intifada \u2013 Encyclopedia of the Middle East \u2013 MidEastWeb.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theguardian\/2011\/apr\/04\/bahrein-prelude-to-revolution-1965\" >From the archive, 2 April 1965: Bahrain: Prelude to revolution \u2013 Saturday, 2 April 2011 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/nevada-test-site-overview\" >(atmospheric)<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 onlinenevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Atmospheric\/High-altitude Nuclear Explosion Testing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion\" >Atmospheric nuclear explosion \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions, by Wm Robert Johnston \u2013 JohnstonsArchive.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >\u201c<em>Atmospheric testing refers to explosions which take place in the atmosphere<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 TYPES OF NUCLEA WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zvis.com\/nuclear\/ndb\/usnuks.shtml\" >US Atmospheric Nuclear Test Page \u2013 Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Zvis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests of the United States and Radioactive Fallout:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinenevada.org\/articles\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing-nevada-test-site\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Site \u2013 OnlineNevada.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abomb1.org\/atmosphr\/index.html\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing 1945-1963 \u2013 Trinity Atomic Web Site \u2013 Abomb1.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/hane.html\" >High-altitude nuclear explosions \u2013 JohnstonArchive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-105shrg44045\/pdf\/CHRG-105shrg44045.pdf\" >RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTING AT NEVADA TEST SITE, 1950-60 \u2013 GPO.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/epidemiology\/studies\/cancer-mortality-nuclear-weapons-tests.asp\" >Cancer Mortality at the US Nuclear Weapons Tests \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs \u2013 VA.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fmd-inc.org\/durbin\/interest\/Atomic%20Tests\/Atmospheric%20Nuclear%20Testing.htm\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and The US Navy \u2013 A BILIOGRAPHY \u2013 FMD-INC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/fallout\/RF-GWT_home.htm\" >Feasibility Study of Weapons Testing Fallout \u2013 CDC.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiochemistry.org\/history\/nuke_tests\/index.shtml\" >\u201c<em>Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks\u2026.These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 RADIOCHEMISTORY SOCIETY \u2013 US NUCLEAR TESTS \u2013 Info Gallery \u2013 Radiochemistry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/05\/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs\/100061\/\" >When We Tested Nuclear Bombs, by Alan Taylor \u2013 May 06, 2011 \u2013 TheAtlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falloutradiation.com\/files\/JohnWayne.pdf\" >US ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING \u2013 The Connection Between John Wayne and Radioactive Fallout, and Other Tales, by Bruce W Church \u2013 October 22, 2000 \u2013 FalloutRadiation.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/06\/06\/marshall-islands-sues-9-superp.html\" >Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA \u2013 June 6, 2015 \u2013 BoingDoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA8z94MXo9M\" >YouTube video (13 min. 49 sec.): Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7mBVfQlIj0\" >YouTube video (14 min. 35 sec.): High-altitude Atomic Tests \u2013 Operation Dominic parts 1-2 \u2013 1962<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><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>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>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>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuban<\/a> photographer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alberto_Korda\" >Alberto Korda<\/a> takes his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerrillero_Heroico\" >iconic photograph<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marxism\" >Marxist<\/a> revolutionary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Che_Guevara\" >Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Guevara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic\" >Hungarian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >Communists<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_democracy\" >Social Democrats<\/a> co-found the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Left_Bloc_%28Hungary%29\" >Left Bloc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Background Situations of the Left Bloc:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungarian_parliamentary_election,_1945\" >Hungarian parliamentary election in 1945 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Hungarian_Republic\" >Second Hungarian Republic \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rev.hu\/sulinet45\/szerviz\/dokument\/blokk.htm\" >Program of Action of the Left Block, March 5, 1946, Budapest (A BALOLDALI BLOKK P\u00c1RTJAINAK AKCI\u00d3PROGRAMJA \u2013 Budapest, 1946. m\u00e1rcius 5.)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rev.hu\/history_of_45\/ora1\/ora1_e.htm\" >An attempt at a new democratic start, 1944-1946 \u2013 Rev.hu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/231804880_Soviet_and_Western_Politics_in_Hungary_1944-1947\" >Soviet and Western Politics in Hungary, 1944-1947 \u2013 ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/The%20Politics%20of%20Backwardness%20in%20Hungary,%201825-1945\" >Book Review: <em>Politics of Backwardness in Hungary, 1825-1945<\/em>, by Andrew C. Jonos; published by Princeton University Press; reviewed by John C. Campbell<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Hungary after World War II:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/hungary\/36.htm\" >POSTWAR HUNGARY \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldwar.hu\/html\/en\/chronologies\/1945-1991\/Chronology_1947.html\" >The History of the Soviet Bloc 1945\u20131991 \u2013 A CHRONOLOGY \u2013 1945-1952, by Csaba B\u00c9K\u00c9S \u2013 ColdWar.hu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Hungary:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Hungary\" >History of Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/hungary\/\" >Hungary \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gotohungary.com\/history\/\" >HUNGARY\u2019S HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL \u2013 GoToHungary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab87\" >HISTORY OF HUNGARY \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hungarianhistory.tripod.com\/\" >The History of Hungary \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/hungary\/history\" >Hungary \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Hungary\" >History of Hungary \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17383522\" >Hungary profile: Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Hungary:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/hu.html\" >Hungary \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/hungary.html\" >Hungary \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/about-eu\/countries\/member-countries\/hungary\/index_en.htm\" >Hungary \u2013 European Union \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/hungary\/index.html\" >Hungary \u2013 CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17380792\" >Hungary country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Hungary:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Hungary\" >Foreign relations of Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wealthillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_Hungary\" >Foreign Relations of Hungary \u2013 WealthIllustratedMaganize.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungary%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Hungary-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/26566.htm\" >US Relations with Hungary \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/hungary\/ri284\" >Hungary \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geographyiq.com\/countries\/hu\/Hungary_relations_summary.htm\" >Hungary \u2013 Foreign Relations \u2013 GeographyIQ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Hungary:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Hungary\" >Economy of Hungary \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/hungary-economy.html\" >Hungary \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.hu\/kulkepviselet\/CN\/en\/en_Bilateralis\/economy.htm?printable=true\" >Economy of Hungary \u2013 MFA.gov.hu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finances.worldbank.org\/en\/countries\/Hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/hungary\" >Hungary \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\" >Winston Churchill<\/a> coins the phrase \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Curtain\" >Iron Curtain<\/a>\u201d in his speech at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westminster_College,_Missouri\" >Westminster College, Missouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\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\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a> begins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uman%E2%80%93Boto%C8%99ani_Offensive\" >Uman\u2013Boto\u0219ani Offensive<\/a> in the western <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" >Ukrainian SSR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gloster_Meteor\" >Gloster Meteor<\/a> jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>Six high-ranking members of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politburo_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >Soviet politburo<\/a>, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union\" >General Secretary<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Stalin\" >Joseph Stalin<\/a>, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelligentsia\" >intelligentsia<\/a>, including 14,700 Polish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_War\" >POWs<\/a>, in what will become known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katyn_massacre\" >Katyn massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Katyn Massacre:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Katyn-Massacre\" >Katyn Massacre \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katyn_massacre#Background\" >Background \u2013 Katyn massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/poland\/p\/katyn-massacre.htm\" >The Katyn Massacre, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/1940s\/a\/Katyn-Massacre.htm\" >The Katyn Forest Massacre, by Jennifer L. Goss \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katyn.org.au\/\" >Katyn Forest Massacre \u2013 Katyn.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/csi-studies\/studies\/winter99-00\/art6.html\" >Katyn Controversy: Stalin\u2019s Killing Field, by Benjamin B. Fischer \u2013 Library \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/foreign-policy\/katyn-massacre\/\" >Records Relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre at the National Archives \u2013 Summary of Events \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/anti-communist-net.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/katyn-massacre.html\" >Anti-Communism \u2013 Katyn Massacre \u2013 Anti-Communist-Net.Blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katyn.org.au\/naziphotos.html\" >Katyn Forest Massacre \u2013 This section contains photos taken in 1943 by the Nazis, during their exhumations of the Polish dead from the Katyn forest sites where the NKVD had murdered them on orders from Stalin in 1940. \u2013 Katyn.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warsawuprising.com\/katyn.htm\" >Katyn Forest Massacre \u2013 Minutes of the Politburo of the Central Committee meeting on March 5, 1940, excerpts. \u2013 WARSAW UPRISING 1944 \u2013 WarsawUprising.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/katyn-massacre-hushed-stalin-slaughter-polish-officers-released-memos-show-article-1.1156361\" >Katyn massacre: US hushed up Stalin\u2019s slaughter of Polish officers, released memos show \u2013 Monday, September 10, 2012 \u2013 Daily News \u2013 NYDailyNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-19552745\" >US \u2018hushed up\u2019 Soviet guilt over Katyn \u2013 11 September 2012 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katynbaltimore.com\/massacre.html\" >The Katy\u00f1 Massacre \u2013 NATIONAL KATYN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION \u2013 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND \u2013 KatynBaltimore.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/soviets-admit-to-katyn-massacre\" >APR 13 1990: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Soviets admit to Katyn Massacre \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2010\/nov\/26\/russian-parliament-guilt-katyn-massacre\" >\u201c<em>Symbolic acknowledgment of culpability over Katyn murders in 1940 signals Russia\u2019s willingness to face up to its past<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Russian parliament admits guilt over Polish massacre<\/strong> \u2013 Nov 26, 2010 \u2013 TheGuaridan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N1aFsh5WLII\" >YouTube video (8 min. 15 sec.): Katyn Massacre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>First flight of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supermarine_Spitfire\" >Supermarine Spitfire<\/a> advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Party\" >Nazi Party<\/a> receives 43.9% at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_federal_election,_March_1933\" >Reichstag elections<\/a>. This later allows the Nazis to pass the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enabling_Act_of_1933\" >Enabling Act<\/a> and establish a dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Enabling Act:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enabling_Act_of_1933#Background\" >Background \u2013 Enabling Act of 1933 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Enabling-Act\" >Enabling Act \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/GERenabling.htm\" >Enabling Bill \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/timeline\/enabling.htm\" >Hitler\u2019s Enabling Act \u2013 The History Place \u2013 World War II in Europe \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/schools\/gcsebitesize\/history\/mwh\/germany\/hitlerconsolidaterev_print.shtml\" >How Hitler consolidated power 1933-1934 \u2013 History \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/enabling-act-of-1933\/\" >Enabling Act of 1933 \u2013 TotallyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.illuminati-news.com\/patriot-act-vs-german-enabling-act.htm\" >Patriot Act vs. German Enabling Act: The Decrees of 1933 \u2013 Illuminati News \u2013 Illuminati-News.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcweb.limestone.on.ca\/%7Estridef\/Civics%20and%20Careers\/Unit%203%20-%20Lesson%204%20-%20Enabling%20Act.pdf\" >1933 Germany Enabling Act versus USA 2001 Patriot Act \u2013 Limestone.on.ca \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/nazi-germany\/the-enabling-act-march-1933\/\" >The Enabling Act 1933 \u2013 History Learning Site \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/03\/23\/1372908\/-History-for-Kossacks-Germany-s-Enabling-Act-of-1933\" >History for Kossacks \u2013 Germany\u2019s Enbabling Act of 1933 \u2013 Tuesday, Mar 24, 2015 \u2013 Daily Kos \u2013 DailyKos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org\/sub_document.cfm?document_id=1496\" >Documents \u2013 Building the Nazi Regime \u2013 The \u201cEnabling Act\u201d (March 24, 1933) \u2013 GHDI \u2013 GermanHistoryDocs.GHI-DC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Depression\" >Great Depression<\/a>: President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> declares a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emergency_Banking_Act\" >bank holiday<\/a>\u201c, closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bank Holiday:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.federalreservehistory.org\/Events\/DetailView\/22\" >Bank Holiday of 1933 \u2013 FederalReserveHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.federalreservehistory.org\/Events\/DetailView\/23\" >Emergency Banking Act of 1933 \u2013 March 9, 1933 \u2013 by Stephen Greene, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Lou \u2013 FederalReserveHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emergency_Banking_Act#Summary\" >Summary \u2013 Emergency Banking Act \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/research.archives.gov\/id\/299829\" >Banking Act (=Act of March 9, 1933 (Emergency Banking Relief Act), Public Law 73-1, 48 STAT 1.) \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/49a.asp\" >A Bank Holiday \u2013 US History \u2013 USHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/depress\/bank_crisis_1933.shtml\" >The Banking Crisis of 1933: Seattle\u2019s Survival during the Great Depression Bank Closures, by Drew Powers \u2013 THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN WASHINGTON STATE \u2013 Washington.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/delmardustpan.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/1933-bank-holiday.html\" >The 1933 Bank Holiday \u2013 Thursday, March 6, 2008 \u2013 Delmar DustPan \u2013 DelmarDustPan.Blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonfed.org\/about\/pubs\/closed.pdf\" >Closed for the Holiday \u2013 THE BANK HOLIDAY OF 1933 \u2013 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston \u2013 BostonFed.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanhistoryusa.com\/1933-banking-crisis-detroit-collapse-roosevelt-bank-holiday\/\" >The 1933 Banking Crisis \u2013 from Detroit\u2019s Collapse to Roosevelt\u2019s Bank Holiday, by Dan Bryan \u2013 September 30, 2012 \u2013 American History USA \u2013 AmericanHistoryUSA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/research\/epr\/09v15n1\/0907silb.html\" >Why Did FDR\u2019s Bank Holiday Succeed? \u2013 FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK \u2013 NewYorkFed.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Banking-Holiday-1933-Regulations-Department\/dp\/1288369336\" >Book: <em>Banking Holiday of 1933: March 1933 Regulations from the U.S. Treasury Department<\/em>, by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis \u2013 published by BibiloGov \u2013 Nov.29, 2012 \u2013 ISBN-10: 1288369336 \u2013 ISBN-13: 978-1288369331<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Great Depression (1929-1939):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/great-depression\" >THE GREAT DEPRESSION \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Great-Depression\" >Great Depression \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/depression\/about.htm\" >About the Great Depression \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.econlib.org\/library\/Enc\/GreatDepression.html\" >Great Depression, by Gene Smiley \u2013 Library of Economics and Liberty<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/useconomy.about.com\/od\/grossdomesticproduct\/p\/1929_Depression.htm\" >The Great Depression of 1929 \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/%7Eerpapers\/teachinger\/glossary\/great-depression.cfm\" >The Great Depression (1929-1939) \u2013 Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Glossary \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/dep1929.htm\" >The Great Depression of the 1930s and Its Origins \u2013 SJSU.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/the-great-depression-the-wall-street-crash-of-1929-and-other-causes.html\" >The Great Depression: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Other Causes \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Timeline of the Great Depression:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/timeline\/rails-timeline\/\" >Timeline of the Great Depression \u2013 AMECRIAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperhistory.com\/online_n2\/connections_n2\/great_depression.html\" >THE TIMELINE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION \u2013 HyperHistory.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>The British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viceroy\" >Viceroy<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Raj\" >India<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor-General\" >Governor-General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Frederick_Lindley_Wood\" >Edward Frederick Lindley Wood<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohandas_Gandhi\" >Mohandas Gandhi<\/a> (Mahatma Gandhi) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gandhi%E2%80%93Irwin_Pact\" >sign an agreement<\/a> envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italo-Turkish_War\" >Italo-Turkish War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italian<\/a> forces are the first to use <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airship\" >airships<\/a> for military purposes, employing them for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reconnaissance\" >reconnaissance<\/a> behind <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Turkish<\/a> lines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moro_Rebellion\" >Moro Rebellion<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a> troops bring overwhelming force against the native <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moro_people\" >Moros<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Battle_of_Bud_Dajo\" >First Battle of Bud Dajo<\/a>, leaving only six survivors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1872\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Westinghouse\" >George Westinghouse<\/a> patents the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railway_air_brake\" >air brake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mefistofele\" >Mefistofele<\/a><\/em>, an opera by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arrigo_Boito\" >Arrigo Boito<\/a> receives its premi\u00e8re performance at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Scala\" >La Scala<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1860\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parma\" >Parma<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuscany\" >Tuscany<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modena\" >Modena<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romagna\" >Romagna<\/a> vote in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Referendum\" >referendums<\/a> to join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Sardinia\" >Kingdom of Sardinia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1850\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Britannia_Bridge\" >Britannia Bridge<\/a> across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menai_Strait\" >Menai Strait<\/a> between the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglesey\" >Anglesey<\/a> and the mainland of Wales is opened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1836\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Colt\" >Samuel Colt<\/a> patents the first production-model <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolver\" >revolver<\/a>, the .34-caliber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1824\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Anglo-Burmese_War\" >First Anglo-Burmese War<\/a>: The British officially declare war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma\" >Burma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Anglo-Burmese Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Anglo-Burmese-Wars\" >Anglo-Burmese Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Burmese_wars\" >Anglo-Burmese Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>First Anglo-Burmese War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Anglo-Burmese_War#Causes\" >Causes \u2013 First Anglo-Burmese War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_angloburma1.html\" >First Anglo-Burmese War, 1823-26 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/First-Anglo-Burmese-War\" >First Anglo-Burmese War \u2013 THE TIMES OF INDIA \u2013 IndiaTimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burmese_invasions_of_Assam\" >Burmese invasion of Assam \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hlaoo1980.blogspot.com\/p\/first-anglo-burmese-war-1.html\" >First Anglo-Burmese War \u2013 Hla Oo\u2019s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/216\/First-Anglo-Burmese-War\" >Anglo-Burmese War \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Yandabo\" >\u201c<em>The <\/em><strong><em>Treaty of Yandabo<\/em><\/strong><em> (Burmese: <\/em>\u101b\u1014\u1039\u1010\u1015\u102d\u102f \u1005\u102c\u1001\u103b\u102f\u1015\u103a<em> [j\u00e0\u0274d\u0259b\u00f2 s\u00e0d\u0291o\u028a\u0294]) was the peace treaty that ended the First Anglo-Burmese War. The treaty was signed on 24\u00a0February 1826, nearly two years after the war formally broke out on 5\u00a0March 1824, by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British side, and the Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin from the Burmese side<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Treaty of Yandabo<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Burma\/Myanmar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/curriculumproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/History%20of%20Burma%20Student%20-%2021%20Aug%2008.pdf\" >History of Burma: From a Multi-ethnic Perspective \u2013 The Curriculum Project \u2013 CurriculumProject.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfob.org\/HistoryofBurma\/historyOfBurma.shtml\" >History of Burma \u2013 CFOB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Myanmar\" >History of Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/myanmar-burma\/history\" >Myanmar\/Burma History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/burmamyanmar\/p\/ProfileBurma.htm\" >Myanmar | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/burma\/history.html\" >Brief History of Myanmar, by Thomas R. Lansner \u2013 Backpacking Burma \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newint.org\/features\/2008\/04\/18\/history\/\" >A Short History of Burma \u2013 NewInt.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/asian-history\/history-of-burma.htm\" >History of Burma \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmars.net\/myanmar-history\/\" >Myanmar History \u2013 Myanars.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/myanmar-history.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Myanmar\" >History of Myanmar \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/burma.html\" >A BREIF HISTORY OF BURMA \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmarburma.com\/article\/835\/a-brief-history-of-myanmar-burma\" >A Brief History of Myanmar (Burma) \u2013 MyanmarBurma.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myanmartravel.org\/history.html\" >MYANMAR HISTORY \u2013 MyanmarTravel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Bo-Co\/Burma.html\" >Burma \u2013 Culture \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmars.net\/myanmar-history\/myanmar-timeline.htm\" >Myanmar \u2013 Historical Timeline \u2013 Myanmar.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12992883\" >Myanmar profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Burma\/Myanmar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/bm.html\" >BURMA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/myanmar.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmar.com\/\" >Latest Myanmar News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/myanmar\/index.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Burmese Monarchy and the British Rule:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Anglo-Burmese_War\" >Third Anglo-Burmese War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Konbaung_Dynasty\" >Konbaung Dynasty \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2015\/03\/myanmars-royal-legacy\/\" >Myanmar\u2019s Royal Legacy \u2013 The Diplomat \u2013 TheDiplomat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmars.net\/myanmar-museum\/myanmar-royal-regelia1.htm\" >The Royal Regalia of Myanmar Monarchy \u2013 Myanmars.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/lifestyle\/report-time-to-end-myanmar-king-s-exile-in-india-1700457\" >Time to end Myanmar king\u2019s exile in India \u2013 Sunday, 10 June 2012 \u2013 DNAIndia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irrawaddy.org\/burma\/royal-family-aims-renovate-king-thibaws-mandalay-palace.html\" >Royal Family Aims to Renovate King Thinbaw\u2019s Mandalay Palace, by Kyaw Hsu Mon \u2013 Thursday, December 12, 2013 \u2013 The Irrawaddy \u2013 Irrawaddy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Some Relevant Issues on the Rohingya People and the British Rule:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rohingya_people\" >Rohingya people \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.networkmyanmar.org\/images\/stories\/PDF17\/Short-History.pdf\" >A Short History of Rohingya and Kamans of Burma, by M.A. Tahir Ba Tha ((translated by A.F.K Jilani, edited by Mohd. Ashraf Alam) \u2013 13 September 2007 \u2013 Kaladan News \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rohingya_insurgency_in_Western_Myanmar\" >Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rohingya_Solidarity_Organisation\" >Rohingya Solidarity Organisation \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rohingyana.org\/history.html\" >A History For The Conflict of Rohingya \u2013 Rohingyana.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15562941003792135?journalCode=wimm20\" >Brief Note: The Rohingya Refugee: A Security Dilemma for Bangladesh \u2013 02 June 2010 \u2013 Journal of Immigrant &amp; Refugee Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/50090deb2.html\" >Myanmar: Abuses against Rohingya erode human rights progress \u2013 19 July 2012 \u2013 Amnesty International \u2013 RefWorld.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Southeast_Asia\/NG27Ae04.html\" >Islamic militants take aim at Myanmar \u2013 July 27, 2012 \u2013 Online Asia Times \u2013 Atimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radioaustralia.net.au\/international\/radio\/program\/connect-asia\/concern-militants-will-seek-revenge-for-rohingya-attacks\/1160476\" >\u201c<em>A post on the radical Islamic website Ar Rahmah Media Network claims that leaders from Myanmar\u2019s ethnic Rohingya community have been in Indonesia for talks with hardline groups about recruiting fighters and weapon supplies<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Concern militants will seek revenge for Rohingya attacks \u2013 12 July 2013 \u2013 RadioAustralia.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myanmar.com\/jobs\/entry\/militant-islam-meets-militant-buddhism-in-myanmar-1.html\" >Militant Islam meets Militant Buddhism in Myanmar \u2013 October 17, 2013 \u2013 Myanmar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/asia-pacific\/2014\/04\/un-raises-alarm-over-rohingya-muslim-abuse-20144863638917587.html\" >\u201c<em>Human rights envoy says the long history of persecution in Myanmar could amount to \u2018crime against humanity\u2019<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 UN raises alarm over Rohingya Muslim abuse \u2013 8 April 2014 \u2013 ALJAZEERA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/arrested-rohingya-trained-militants-in-myanmar\/article1-1289131.aspx\" >Arrested Rohingya trained militants in Myanmar \u2013 November 23, 2014 \u2013 HundustanTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rvisiontv.com\/rakhine-extremists-carry-out-militant-trainings-amidst-jungles-of-buthidaung\/\" >\u201c<em>Some Rohingya loggers (lumberjacks) in Buthidaung Township witnessed many Rakhine extremists taking part in the militant\u00a0training\u00a0being carried out amidst the jungles\u00a0in the township, according to the reliable sources<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Rakhine Extremists Carry Out Militant Trainings amidst Jungles of Buthidaung \u2013 March 6, 2015 \u2013 PEOPLE\u2019S VOICE: ROHINGYA VISION \u2013 RvisionTV.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/world\/2015\/05\/27\/3662946\/rohingya-genocide\/\" >Rohingya People In Myanmar Face Genocide, According To One Rights Group, by Beenish Ahmed \u2013 May 27, 2015 \u2013 ThinkProgress.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/05\/28\/the-rohingya-genocide\/\" >The Rohingya Genocide, by Ramzy Ramoud \u2013 May 28, 2015 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-06-09\/pakistani-taliban-call-for-jihad-in-myanmar\/6530878\" >Pakistani Taliban urges Muslims in Myanmar to \u2018take up the sword\u2019 against country\u2019s leaders \u2013 8 Jun. 2015 \u2013 ABC.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/asia\/20150729\/1025159538.html\" >India Watchful of Rohingya, Fearing Radicalization by Pakistan Militants \u2013 29.07.2015 \u2013 SUPUTNIK \u2013 SuputnikNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nirapadnews.com\/english\/2015\/09\/06\/news-id:33249\/\" >Two \u2018Rohingya militants\u2019 arrested in Cox\u2019s Bazar \u2013 September 6, 2015 \u2013 NirapadNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Human Rights in Burma\/Myanmar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_rights_in_Myanmar\" >Human rights in Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/asia-and-the-pacific\/myanmar\" >Myanmar (Burma) Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/asia\/burma\" >Human Rights Watch \u2013 Burma \u2013 HRW.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.derechos.org\/human-rights\/seasia\/burma.html\" >Human Rights in Burma \u2013 Drechos.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/countries\/AsiaRegion\/Pages\/MMIndex.aspx\" >Myanmar \u2013 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Pro-Democracy Uprising, Ethnic Cleansing and Other Pertinent Issues:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/myanmar-remembers-1988-pro-democracy-uprising\" >Myanmar remembers 1988 pro-democracy uprising \u2013 2013-08-08 Vatican Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordburmaalliance.org\/1988-uprising--1990-elections.html\" >1988 Uprising and 1990 Election \u2013 Oxford Burma Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burmalibrary.org\/KN\/asa160101990en-full-red.pdf\" >MYANMAR IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST\u2019 Prisoners of conscience, torture, summary trials under martial law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2013\/08\/06\/burma-justice-1988-massacres\" >Burma: Justice for 1988 Massacre \u2013 August 6, 2013 \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/student-leader-in-1988-myanmar-pro-democracy-protests-joins-aung-san-suu-kyi-to-contest-polls-783011\" >Student Leader in 1988 Myanmar Pro-Democracy Protests Joins Aung San Suu Kyi to Contest Polls \u2013 Updated: July 19, 2015 \u2013 NDTV.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2008-08-12-2105069515_x.htm\" >Myanmar police arrest opposition party executive \u2013 8\/12\/2008 \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/116335\/burma-massacre-muslims-ethnic-cleansing-has-just-escalated\" >Ethnic Cleansing Just Went to Bad to Worse, by Graeme Wood \u2013 January 24, 2014 \u2013 NewRepublic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=myanmar+ethnnic+cleansing\" >TMS Archive on Myanmar ethnic cleansing<\/a> <strong><em>and\/or<\/em><\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/search\/?q=myanmar+ethnnic+cleansing\" >Myanmar pro-democracy movement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Burma\/Myanmar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Myanmar\" >Foreign relations of Burma\/Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/burmamyanmar\/ri223\" >Myanmar \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35910.htm\" >US Relations With Myanmar \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Myanmar:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Myanmar\" >Economy of Myanmar \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/myanmar-economy.html\" >Myanmar \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/myanmar\" >Myanmar \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/myanmar\/economy\" >Myanmar: Economy \u2013 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/burma\" >Myanmar \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1811\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peninsular_War\" >Peninsular War<\/a>: A French force under the command of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Victor-Perrin,_Duc_de_Belluno\" >Marshal Victor<\/a> is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_C%C3%A1diz\" >Siege of C\u00e1diz<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Barrosa\" >Battle of Barrosa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Peninsular War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_peninsular.html\" >Peninsular War, 1807-14 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peninsular_War#Origins\" >Origins \u2013 Peninsular War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peninsularwar200.org\/history.html\" >Peninsular War \u2013 History \u2013 1808-1814 \u2013 PeninsularWar200.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Peninsular-War\" >Peninsular War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historywarsweapons.com\/peninsular-war\/\" >Peninsular War \u2013 HistoryWarsWeapons.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/peninsular-war-results-war.html\" >Peninsular War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Siege of C\u00e1diz:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/siege_cadiz.html\" >French Siege of Cadiz, 5 February 1810-24 August 1812 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_C%C3%A1diz#Siege\" >Siege \u2013 Siege of C\u00e1diz \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.napoleonguide.com\/battle_cadiz.htm\" >Cadiz \u2013 Napoleon Guide \u2013 NapoleonGuide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/h-france.net\/fffh\/the-buzz\/clinging-to-the-myth-perez-reverte-on-napoleons-siege-of-cadiz\/\" >Clinging to the Myth: Perez-R\u00e9verte on Napoleon\u2019s siege of C\u00e1diz, by Charles Esdaile \u2013 University of Liverpool \u2013 H-France.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Battle of Barrosa:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/battles_barrosa.html\" >Battle of Barrosa, 5 March 1811 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Barrosa#Background\" >Background \u2013 Battle of Barrosa \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbattles.com\/peninsula\/peninsula-barossa.htm\" >The Battle of Barrosa \u2013 BritishBattles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peninsularwar.org\/barrosa.htm\" >The Peninsular War: The Battle of Barrosa, 5<sup>th<\/sup> March 1811 \u2013 PeninsularWar.org<\/a>, <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peninsularwar.org\/map_barrosa.htm\" >its map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1770\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Massacre\" >Boston Massacre<\/a>: Five <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >Americans<\/a>, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crispus_Attucks\" >Crispus Attucks<\/a>, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\" >American Revolutionary War<\/a> (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1616\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicolaus_Copernicus\" >Nicolaus Copernicus<\/a>\u2018s book <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium\" >De revolutionibus orbium coelestium<\/a><\/em> is banned by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_Church\" >Catholic Church<\/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\/february_27\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/february_27<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 march<strong>_5<\/strong>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/february\/27\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/february\/27<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0to <strong>march\/5<\/strong>;\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/february_27.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/february_27.html<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 to <strong>march_5.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 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 27-Mar 5~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cThe greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.\u201d \u2013 Hubert H. 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