{"id":95951,"date":"2017-07-31T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=95951"},"modified":"2017-07-25T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T11:25:54","slug":"this-week-in-history-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/07\/this-week-in-history-139\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TWH-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Jul 31-Aug 6, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/w\/williamart676240.html?src=t_change\" >\u201cGratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.\u201d<\/a><\/em> &#8212; William Arthur Ward<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Kaohsiung_gas_explosions\" >Gas explosions<\/a>\u00a0in the southern Taiwanese city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaohsiung\" >Kaohsiung<\/a>\u00a0kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Phelps\" >Michael Phelps<\/a>\u00a0breaks the record set in 1964 by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larisa_Latynina\" >Larisa Latynina<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_multiple_Olympic_medalists\" >most medals won at the Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Banner\" >Operation Banner<\/a>, the presence of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Army\" >British Army<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidel_Castro\" >Fidel Castro<\/a> hands over power to brother <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ra%C3%BAl_Castro\" >Ra\u00fal Castro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ra\u00fal Castro:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ra%C3%BAl_Castro\" >Ra\u00fal Castro &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/raul-castro-183536\" >Raul Castro \u2013 biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Raul-Castro\" >Ra\u00fal Castro \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Fidel Castro:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/fidel-castro\" >FILDEL CASTRO \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/castro\/timeline\/\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.school-for-champions.com\/speeches\/castro_un_1960.htm#.VfameZeufX4\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s 1960 Address to the UN General Assembly: \u201cThe Problem of Cuba and its Revolutionary Policy\u201d \u2013 Part 1 of 4, by Ron Kurtus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/COLDcastroF.htm\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/biography\/var\/fidelcastro.html\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Political Leader \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gwu.edu\/%7Eerpapers\/mep\/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn-fidcas\" >\u201c<em>President of Cuba, communist revolutionary, and implacable foe of US foreign policy, Fidel Castro began his life on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba<\/em>.\u201d Fidel Castro \u2013 GWU.edu<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/fidel-castro-9241487\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefamouspeople.com\/profiles\/fidel-castro-14.php\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Biography \u2013 TheFamousPeople.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Fidel-Castro\" >Fidel Castro \u2013 Political leader of Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_life_of_Fidel_Castro\" >Early life of Fidel Castro \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/p\/08fidelcastro.htm\" >Biography of Fidel Castro \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Timelines of Fidel Castro:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2008\/feb\/19\/cuba.usa4\" >Timeline: Fidel Castro \u2013 theguardian.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-cuba-castro-chronology-idUSN1922589220080220\" >TIMELINE: Key events in Fidel Castro\u2019s life \u2013 reuters.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/fidel_castro_timeline\/370\/\" >Fidel Castro Timeline \u2013 softschools.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-and-cuba-talks-a-timeline-of-relations-between-rival-nations-from-the-rise-of-castro-to-today-9931597.html\" >Fidel Castro: A timeline of relations between Cuba and the US \u2013 Wednesday, December 14, 2014 \u2013 independent.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Cuba or the \u201cRepublic of Cuba\u201d (Rep\u00falica de Cuba):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/cu.html\" >CUBA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/cuba.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19583447\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/americas\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >Foreign relations of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/cuba\/ri327\" >Cuba \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CUBA \u2013 WORLD PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bwcentral.org\/2015\/03\/the-council-of-foreign-relations-and-cuba\/\" >THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATOINS OF CUBA \u2013 BWCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Cuba and USSR\/Russia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations\" >Cuba-Soviet Union relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Cuba-Russian relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/cuba-russia-now-and-then\/\" >Cuba-Russia Now and Then \u2013 February 24, 2010 \u2013 COHA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.victimsofcommunism.org\/cuba-and-the-ussr-a-love-story\/\" >CUBA AND THE USSR: A LOVE STORY, by Katarina Hall, March 24, 2015 \u2013 VictimsOfCommunism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/7575209\/Fidel_Castros_Relationship_with_the_U.S.S.R._during_the_Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion_and_Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s Relationship with the USSR during the Bay of Pig Invasion &amp; Cuban Missile Crisis, by Christian Martines \u2013 Academica.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Cuba and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Cuba-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/us-cuba.htm\" >United States-Cuba Relations \u2013 LatinAmericanStudies.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/countryprof4\/p\/uscubaprofile.htm\" >The US-Cuban Relationship \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/diaz-verson.htm\" >WHEN CASTRO BECAME A COMMUNIST: The Impact on US-Cuba Policy, by Salvador Diaz-Verson \u2013 Institute for US-Cuba Relations \u2013 Occasional Paper Series Volume 1, No.1, November 3, 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/guidedhistory\/historians-craft\/manny-paula\/\" >John F Kennedy versus Fidel Castro in the Early 1960s \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpu.edu\/CHSS\/History\/GraduateDegree\/MADMSTheses\/files\/Ann_Marie_Holmes.pdf\" >United States and Cuba: 1898-1958, by Ann-Marie Holmes \u2013 HPU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1891359,00.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF US-CUBA RELATIONS, by Clair Suddah \u2013 Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aneki.com\/comparison.php?country_1=United%20States&amp;country_2=Cuba\" >United States vs Cuba \u2013 Comparison \u2013 Aneki.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country-facts.findthedata.com\/compare\/1-18\/United-States-vs-Cuba\" >United States vs Cuba \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/janefranklin.info\/Cuba.htm\" >Cuba and the United States: A Chronical History, by Jane Fanklin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-cuba-relations\/\" >US Cuba Relations \u2013 News Archives \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-12159943\" >Timeline: US-Cuba relations \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History and Culture of Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Cuba\" >History of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecubanhistory.com\/\" >The Cuban History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-history.html\" >Cuba \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/cuba.htm\" >500 YEARS OF CUBAN HISTORY \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubahistory.org\/\" >History of Cuban Nation, from Colonial Days to the Present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/cuba\/history-language-culture\" >Cuba History, Language and Culture \u2013 World Travel Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Cuban_history\" >Timeline of Cuban history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19576144\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_Cuba\" >Culture of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubaheritage.com\/\" >CUBAN CULTURE, by Cuba Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubaheritage.org\/default.asp?lID=1\" >Cuba Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Cuba:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Cuba\" >Economy of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/cuba\/economy.htm\" >Cuba\u2019s Economy \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-economy.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/cuba.htm\" >The Economic History and Economy of Cuba \u2013 Department of Economics \u2013 San Jos\u00e9 State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/cuba\/indicators\" >Cuba | Economic Indications \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Data \u2013 World Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Discovery_Program\" >Discovery Program<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lunar_Prospector\" >Lunar Prospector<\/a><\/em> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a>, thus ending its mission to detect frozen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water\" >water<\/a> on the moon\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_%28country%29\" >Georgia<\/a> joins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Georgia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/gg.html\" >GEORGIA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/georgia.html\" >Georgia: Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide &amp; Travel \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmoz.org\/Regional\/Asia\/Georgia\" >Regional: Asia: Georgia \u2013 DMOZ.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301647\" >Georgia country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Georgia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Georgia\" >Foreign relations of Georgia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5253.htm\" >US Relations with Georgia \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/georgia\/ri280\" >Georgia \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.tr\/relations-between-turkey-and-georgia.en.mfa\" >Relations between Turkey and Georgia \u2013 REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Georgia and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/embassy-finder.com\/georgia_in_new-york_usa_unmission\" >Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geneva.mfa.gov.ge\/index.php?lang_id=GEO&amp;sec_id=897&amp;lang_id=ENGsec_id=897\" >Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Democracy and Georgia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democracy_Index\" >Democracy Index \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/RuleOfLaw\/Pages\/Democracy.aspx\" >Rule of Law \u2013 Democracy and Human Rights \u2013 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/countries\/ENACARegion\/Pages\/GEIndex.aspx\" >the Human Rights of Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanrights.ge\/admin\/editor\/uploads\/pdf\/Annual%20Report%20HRIDC%202008.pdf\" >George: Flickering Beacon of Democracy \u2013 Human Rights in Georgia in 2007, by Human Rights Centre (HRIDC) \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Georgia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Georgia_%28country%29\" >History of Georgia (country) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/georgia-country-asia-history.html\" >Georgia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/georgia\/history\" >Georgia \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ggdavid.tripod.com\/georgia\/history.htm\" >History of Georgia \u2013 Tripod.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/georgia.gov\/popular-topic\/learning-about-georgias-facts-history\" >Learning about Georgia\u2019s Facts and History \u2013 Georgia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeolink.com\/country_of_georgia_history.htm\" >Country of Georgia History \u2013 Archaeolink.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/georgia.htm\" >Georgia \u2013 Sak\u2019art\u2019velo \u2013 Background \u2013 NationalOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/georgia.html\" >Georgia \u2013 History \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Ge-It\/Georgia.html\" >Georgia \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Georgia\/Cultural-life#toc214120\" >Origins of the Georgian nation \u2013 Georgia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17301647\" >Georgia country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_pt=source7&amp;s_it=aolsem&amp;s_chn=32&amp;q=history+of+georgia+country\" >History of Georgia \u2013 Wow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Georgia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Georgia_%28country%29\" >Economy of Georgia (country) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/georgia\/overview\" >Georgia \u2013 Overview \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/georgia\/economy\" >Georgia \u2013 Economy \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/georgia\" >Georgia \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/economy.ge\/en\/home\" >Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/us\/georgia-state-united-states-economy.html\" >Georgia \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> both sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/START_I\" >START I<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/treaties-and-regimes\/treaties-between-united-states-america-and-union-soviet-socialist-republics-strategic-offensive-reductions-start-i-start-ii\/\" >Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty<\/a>, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries\u2019 stockpiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sultan_Abdul_Halim_ferry_terminal_bridge_collapse\" >bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Butterworth,_Penang\" >Butterworth, Penang<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" >Malaysia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\" >The Troubles<\/a>: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Motorman\" >Operation Motorman<\/a>, the British Army re-takes the urban <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No-go_area\" >no-go areas<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a>. It is the biggest British military operation since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suez_Crisis\" >Suez Crisis<\/a> of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Irish War of Independence<\/a>. Later that day, nine civilians are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claudy_bombing\" >killed by car bombs<\/a> in the village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claudy\" >Claudy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Operation Motorman:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/events\/operation_motorman\" >Operation Motorman \u2013 31 July 1972 \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.museumoffreederry.org\/history-motorman.html\" >HISTORY \u2013 OPERATION MOTORMAN \u2013 museumoffreederry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/saoirse32.wordpress.com\/tag\/operation-motorman\/\" >Tag Archive: Operation Motorman \u2013 SAOIRSE 32 \u2013 wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thepensivequill.am\/2015\/11\/operation-motorman-british-said-in-1972.html\" >Operation Motorman: British Said In 1972 That IRA Could Not Be Beaten \u2026 &#8211; thepensivequill.am<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The Troubles in 1972:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleyjohnston.com\/users\/ireland\/past\/history\/19691972.html\" >1969-1972: The start of the Troubles and the Fall of Stormont \u2013 History of Ireland \u2013 wesleyjohnston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/gcse\/Ireland\/thetroubles.htm\" >The Troubles 1968-1972 \u2013 schoolhistory.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/the-troubles-of-northern-ireland\/5\/\" >The Troubles of Northern Ireland \u2013 July 1972 \u2013 cbsnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/archive\/events\/the-troubles-gallery-40-years-of-conflict-in-northern-ireland-from-the-belfast-telegraph-archives-29947576.html\" >The Troubles gallery &#8211; 40 years of conflict in Northern Ireland from the Belfast Telegraph archives \u2013 published 18\/02\/2014 &#8211; belfasttelegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Irish Republican Army (IRA)\/Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/ira.htm\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) \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.britannica.com\/topic\/Irish-Republican-Army\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/irish-republican-army.html\" >Irish Republican Army \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/para\/ira.htm\" >Irish Republican Army (IRA) \u2013 Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) \u2013 the Provos \u2013 Direct Action Against Drugs (DADD) \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/groupsleader1\/p\/IRA.htm\" >Guide to the Irish Republican Army \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emich.edu\/cerns\/downloads\/papers\/PoliceStaff\/Unsorted\/Irish%20Republican%20Army.pdf\" >Terrorism \u2013 Irish Republican Army, by Michele Koznicki, Corey Willett, Michal Griffin, Eric Manley, and Ronald Matten \u2013 Eastern Michigan University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the IRA:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/irishistory.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/08\/history-of-irish-republican-army-irish.html\" >History of the Irish Republican Army \u2013 Irish History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/history\/history-of-the-irish-republican-army-history-essay.php\" >History of the Irish Republican Army History Essay \u2013 UKEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/history-of-the-irish-republican-army\" >History of the Irish Republican Army \u2013 Video \u2013 TimeToast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sinn F\u00e9in, IRA and the Catholic Church:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/07\/10\/the-catholic-church-vs-the-ira-hunger-strikers-of-1923\/\" >The Catholic Church vs. the IRA Hunger Strikes of 1923, by Lily Murphy \u2013 July 10, 2015 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5755982\/The_Catholic_Church_and_Revolution_in_Ireland\" >The Catholic Church and the Revolution in Ireland \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2005\/mar\/14\/world\/fg-irish14\" >In Catholic Church Belfast, IRA Becomes Public Enemy \u2013 March 14, 2005 \u2013 Los Angeles Times \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2010\/09\/08\/sinn-fein-chief-says-met-catholic-priest-involved-bombing-didnt-discuss.html\" >Sinn Fein chief says he met Catholic priest involved in 1972 bombing, didn\u2019t discuss it \u2013 September 8, 2010 \u2013 FoxNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.spectator.co.uk\/article\/2nd-march-1918\/11\/the-roman-catholic-church-in-ireland-and-sinn-fein\" >THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN IRELAND AND SINN FEIN \u2013 THE SPECTATOR ARCHIVE \u2013 Spectator.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/opinion\/letters\/questions-for-catholic-church-over-sinn-fein-29546185.html\" >Questions for Catholic Church over Sinn Fein \u2013 03\/09\/2013 \u2013 Belfast Telegraph \u2013 BelfastTelegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6cf9miux4cI\" >Gross hypocrisy from DUP\/Sinn Fein and Catholic Church over brutal murder. \u2013 YouTube video (12 min. 17 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>From Irish Civil War to the Irish War of Independence:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Civil_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 <strong>Irish Civil War <\/strong>\u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theirishwar.com\/history\/irish-civil-war\/\" >The Irish War \u2013 theirishwar.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bobrowen.com\/nymas\/irishcivilwar.html\" >The Irish Civil War, 1922-1923 \u2013 bobrowen.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theirishstory.com\/2012\/07\/02\/the-irish-civil-war-a-brief-overview\/\" >The Irish Civil War \u2013 A brief overview \u2013 The Irish Story \u2013 irishstory.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourirish.com\/history\/20th-century\/irish-civil-war\" >The Irish Civil War 1922-1923 \u2013 yourirish.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.askaboutireland.ie\/learning-zone\/primary-students\/subjects\/history\/history-the-full-story\/ireland-the-early-20th-ce\/irish-civil-war\/\" >Irish Civil War \u2013 askaboutireland.ie<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/cabinetpapers\/themes\/irish-civil-war.htm\" >Irish Civil War \u2013 nationalarchives.gov.uk<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k9ayLHPLROg\" >The Irish Civil War 1922-1923 \u2013 YouTube video (5 min. 02 sec.)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Irish_Civil_War\" >Timeline of the Irish Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conservapedia.com\/Irish_Free_State\" >Irish Free State \u2013 conservapedia.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Irish War of Independence:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theirishstory.com\/2012\/09\/18\/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview\/\" >The Irish War of Independence \u2013 A Brief Overview \u2013 TheIrishHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Irish-War-of-Independence\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theirishwar.com\/history\/irish-war-of-independence\/\" >Irish War of Independence \u2013 THE IRISH WAR \u2013 TheIrishWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.askaboutireland.ie\/learning-zone\/primary-students\/subjects\/history\/history-the-full-story\/ireland-the-early-20th-ce\/the-war-of-independence\/\" >The War of Independence \u2013 AskAboutIreland.ie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/easterrising\/aftermath\/af04.shtml\" >The Anglo-Irish War \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Irish_War_of_Independence\" >Timeline of the Irish War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Ireland:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleyjohnston.com\/users\/ireland\/past\/history\/19191921.html\" >History of Ireland \u2013 WesleyJohnston.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac70\" >HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/irehist.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRELAND \u2013 LocalHistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Ireland\" >History of Ireland \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.destination360.com\/europe\/ireland\/history\" >Ireland History \u2013 Destination360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oracleireland.com\/Ireland\/history\/history.htm\" >History of Ireland \u2013 OracleIreland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irelandseye.com\/aarticles\/history\/events\/index.shtm\" >Events in Irish History \u2013 IrelandsEye.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourirish.com\/history\/\" >History \u2013 YourIrish.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogypro.com\/articles\/Irish-history.html\" >A Brief History of Ireland, by John Howell \u2013 GenealogyPro.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranger_program\" >Ranger program<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranger_7\" >Ranger 7<\/a><\/em> sends back the first close-up photographs of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >moon<\/a>, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telescope\" >telescopes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>First ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K2\" >K2<\/a>, by an Italian expedition led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ardito_Desio\" >Ardito Desio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>K2:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K2\" >K2 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/K2\" >K2 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/climbing.about.com\/od\/mountainclimbing\/a\/K2FastFacts.htm\" >K2: Second Highest Mountain in the World \u2013 about sports \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sweclimber.wordpress.com\/climbing\/stories\/k2\/\" >K2 History \u2013 WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Nevada_%28BB-36%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Nevada<\/em><\/a> is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Laval\" >Pierre Laval<\/a>, the fugitive former leader of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vichy_France\" >Vichy France<\/a>, surrenders to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied<\/a> soldiers in Austria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: under instructions from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazi<\/a> official <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring\" >Hermann G\u00f6ring<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/timeline\/order1.htm\" >orders<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schutzstaffel\" >SS<\/a> General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinhard_Heydrich\" >Reinhard Heydrich<\/a> to \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/goering-orders-heydrich-to-prepare-for-the-final-solution\" >submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary<\/a> for carrying out the desired <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Final_Solution\" >Final Solution<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_question\" >Jewish question<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Holocaust: The Final Solution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/imt\/03-13-46.asp#Goering1\" >Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 9 \u2013 Transcript of Goering\u2019s testimony at the trial \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/final.html\" >The Holocaust \u2013 The \u201cFinal Solution\u201d \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/finalsolution.html\" >The Final Solution: Background &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaust-history.org\/short-essays\/final-solution.shtml\" >What Was the Final Solution \u2013 Holocaust-History.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005151\" >FINAL SOLUTION: OVERVIEW \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/defeat\/final-solution.htm\" >The History Place \u2013 Defeat of Hitler \u2013 The Final Solution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/archaeologist\" >Archaeologists<\/a> discover engraved <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gold\" >gold<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silver\" >silver<\/a> plates from King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darius_I\" >Darius the Great<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persepolis\" >Persepolis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Persepolis:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archaeology.about.com\/od\/pethroughpg\/qt\/persepolis.htm\" >Persepolis (Iran) \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/PersepolisInRetrospectHistoriesOfDiscoveryAndArchaeologicalExploration\/PersepolisInRetrospectHistoriesOfDiscoveryAndArchaeologicalExplorationAtTheRuinsofAncientParseh_djvu.txt\" >Full text of \u201cPersepolis in Retrospect Histories of Discovery and Archaeological Exploration at the Ruins of Ancient Parseh\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a> signs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salonika_Agreement\" >a non-aggression pact (aka <em>Salonika Agreement<\/em> or <em>Thessaloniki Accord<\/em>)<\/a> with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/GERnazi.htm\" >NSDAP<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Party\" >Nazi Party<\/a>) wins more than 38% of the vote in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_federal_election,_July_1932\" >German elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nazi Party:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/nsdap.html\" >The Nazi Party \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" >New York, New York<\/a> experimental television station W2XAB (now known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WCBS-TV\" >WCBS<\/a>) begins broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weimar_National_Assembly\" >German national assembly<\/a> adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weimar_Constitution\" >Weimar Constitution<\/a>, which comes into force on August 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkans\" >Balkan States<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/war-memorial.net\/2nd-Balkan-War--3.26\" >sign an armistice<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bucharest\" >Bucharest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1904\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Japanese_War\" >Russo-Japanese War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Hsimucheng\" >Battle of Hsimucheng<\/a>: Units of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Army\" >Imperial Japanese Army<\/a> defeat units of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Russian_Army\" >Imperial Russian Army<\/a> in a strategic confrontation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of Hsimucheng:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Hsimucheng\" >Battle of Hsimucheng &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leagueofaugsburg.com\/fightingtalk\/viewtopic.php?p=39321\" >Battle of Hsimucheng \u2013 leagueofaugsburg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leagueofaugsburg.com\/fightingtalk\/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=6120\" >Battle of Hsimucheng \u2013 Part 2 \u2013 leagueofaugsburg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Russo-Japanese War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Japanese_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 Russo-Japanese War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtokyo.com\/russo-japanese-war-1904-1905\/\" >Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) \u2013 OldTokyo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Russo-Japanese-War\" >Russo-Japanese War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/RUSjapan.htm\" >Russo-Japanese War \u2013 Spartacus-Educatinoal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/etc.usf.edu\/maps\/pages\/11600\/11656\/11656.htm\" >The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 \u2013 Map \u2013 USF.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iconicphotos.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/01\/russo-japanese-war\/\" >Iconic Photos \u2013 Russo-Japanese War \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5AJ5lDo8oKI\" >Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 \u2013 YouTube video (6 min. 49 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1899-1913\/portsmouth-treaty\" >The Treaty of Portsmouth and the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1741\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_VII,_Holy_Roman_Emperor\" >Charles Albert of Bavaria<\/a> invades <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upper_Austria\" >Upper Austria<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bohemia\" >Bohemia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 01<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/04\/world\/asia\/04iht-05k2.14983120.html?_r=0\" >Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K2\" >K2<\/a>, the second-highest mountain on Earth in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_K2_disaster\" >the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>K2 Mountain Accident of 2008:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_K2_disaster\" >2008 K2 disaster \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/just-pure-stupidity-eleven-climbers-die-in-k2-disaster-a-569997.html\" >Just Pure Stupidity: Eleven Climbers Die in K2 Disaster \u2013 August 4, 2008 \u2013 spiegel.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/climbing.about.com\/od\/8000metermountains\/fl\/Dateline-2008-Avalanche-and-Accidents-Kill-11-Climbers-on-K2.htm\" >Dateline 2008: Avalanche and Accidents Kill 11 Climbers on K2 \u2013 The Single Deadliest Day on K2\u2014World\u2019s Second Highest Mountain \u2013 about sports \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/07\/world\/asia\/07k2.html?_r=0\" >Tragic Toll After Chaos on Mountain, by Graham Bowley and Andrea Kannapell \u2013 Aug.6, 2008 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 nytimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2008\/aug\/31\/9\" >The mountain of the mountains, by Ed Douglas \u2013 Sunday, 13 August 2008 \u2013 theguardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>List of Mountain Climbing Accidents in the World:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2014\/06\/02\/list-fatal-mountain-climbing-accidents-around-world.html\" >List of fatal mountain climbing accidents around the world \u2013 June 02, 2014 \u2013 foxnews.com<\/a>, <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/list-fatal-mountain-climbing-accidents\" >the same article on this site: cnsnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama_Supreme_Court\" >Alabama Supreme Court<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_Justice\" >Chief Justice<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_Moore\" >Roy Moore<\/a> has a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ten_Commandments\" >Ten Commandments<\/a> monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glassroth_v._Moore\" >lawsuit<\/a> to have it removed and his own removal from office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>Commercial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peat\" >peat<\/a>-cutters discover the preserved <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bog_body\" >bog body<\/a> of a man, called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lindow_Man\" >Lindow Man<\/a>, at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lindow_Moss\" >Lindow Moss<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheshire\" >Cheshire<\/a>, northwest England<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vigd%C3%ADs_Finnbogad%C3%B3ttir\" >Vigd\u00eds Finnbogad\u00f3ttir<\/a> is elected <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Iceland\" >President of Iceland<\/a> and becomes the world\u2019s first democratically elected female head of state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helsinki_Accords\" >CSCE Final Act<\/a> creates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe\" >Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>CSCE Final Act:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/helsinki-final-act\" >CSCE Final Act \u2013 osce.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helsinki_Accords\" >\u201cThe Helsinki Accords, Helsinki Final Act, or Helsinki Declaration was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Finlandia Hall of Helsinki, Finland, during July and August 1, 1975.\u201d \u2013 Helsinki Accords \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/mc\/39501?download=true\" >CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE \u2013 FINAL ACT (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe\" >Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org\/collection\/29\/conference-on-security-and-cooperation-in-europe\" >CONFERENCE ON SECURTY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE \u2013 Wilson Center \u2013 Digital Archive \u2013 International History Declassified<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of OSCE: from CSCE<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> to OSCE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.diplomaatia.ee\/en\/article\/the-csceosce-and-we\/\" >The CSCE\/OSCE and We, by Riina Kionka \u2013 diplomaatia.ee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/who\/87\" >History \u2013 OSCE \u2013 osce.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csce.gov\/about-csce\/our-history\" >\u201cWhile its mandate covers all OSCE participating States, the Commission pays particular attention to those where severe and persistent violations of human rights and democratic norms occur.\u00a0 In practice, this has traditionally meant a focus on Russia and the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, which had been ruled as one-party, communist states or were a part of such a state, and have subsequently undergone political transition with varying degrees of success and completion.\u201d \u2013 OUR HISTORY \u2013 About CECE \u2013 csce.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>OSCE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/\" >Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe\" >Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1974<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyprus_dispute\" >Cyprus dispute<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council\" >United Nations Security Council<\/a> authorizes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Force_in_Cyprus\" >UNFICYP<\/a> to create the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Buffer_Zone_in_Cyprus\" >Green Line<\/a>\u201c, dividing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyprus\" >Cyprus<\/a> into two zones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>UNFICYP:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unficyp.unmissions.org\/\" >UNFICYP \u2013 UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS \u2013 unficyp.unmissions.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peacekeeping\/missions\/unficyp\/\" >UNFICYP \u2013 United Nations Force in Cyprus \u2013 un.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peacekeeping\/missions\/unficyp\/background.shtml\" >UNFICYP Background \u2013 un.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/RES\/186(1964)\" >UN Resolution of 4 March 1964 \u2013 186 (1964) \u2013 S\/RES\/186(1964) \u2013 un.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Force_in_Cyprus\" >United Nations Force in Cyprus &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Turkish Invasion and Occupation of Cyprus on \u201c20 July 1974\u201d:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/july\/20\/newsid_3866000\/3866521.stm\" >20 July 1974: ON THIS DAY: Turkey invades Cyprus \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus\" >Turkish invasion of Cyprus \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_operations_during_the_Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus#20_July_1974\" >20 July 1974 \u2013 <strong>Military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusnet.com\/content.php?article_id=2794&amp;subject=standalone\" >\u201c<em>On 15 July 1974 the ruling military junta of Greece staged a coup to overthrow the democratically elected Government of Cyprus. On 20 July Turkey, using the coup as a pretext, invaded Cyprus, purportedly to restore constitutional order. Instead, it seized 35% of the territory of Cyprus in the north, an act universally condemned as a gross infringement of international law and the UN Charter. Turkey, only 75 km away, had repeatedly claimed, for decades before the invasion and frequently afterwards, that Cyprus was of vital strategic importance to it. Ankara has defied a host of UN resolutions demanding the withdrawal of its occupation troops from the island<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Turkish invasion and Cyprus occupation \u2013 cyprusnet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kypros.org\/Occupied_Cyprus\/cyprus1974\/\" >1974 \u2013 The Betrayal of CYPRUS \u2013 kypros.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kypros.org\/Occupied_Cyprus\/cyprus1974\/turkish_invasion.htm\" >1974 Turkish Invasion of Against CYPRUS \u2013 kyprus.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellas.org\/cyprus\/timeline.htm\" >The \u201cAttila\u201d Invasion of July 1974 \u2013 hellas.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hcbeat.com\/2015\/07\/20\/the-turkish-invasion-of-cyprus-july-1974\/\" >\u201cThe coup d\u2019etat on the 15th of July 1974 left the Cypriot government distracted and weak. This gave the Turkish government the chance to invade the island from its northern side.\u201d \u2013 The Turkish Invasion of Cyprus 1974 \u2013 BEAT \u2013 hcbeat.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historum.com\/war-military-history\/30413-turkish-invasion-cyprus-1974-a.html\" >The Turkish Invasion of Cyprus in 1974 \u2013 historum.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_events_in_Cyprus,_1974\" >Timeline of events in Cyprus, 1974 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Greek Coup on \u201c15 July 1974\u201d:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusfortyearslater.com\/july-15th-junta\/\" >JULY 15<sup>TH<\/sup> 1974 Coup \u2013 cyprusfortyearslater.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1974_Cypriot_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >1974 Cypriot coup d\u2019\u00e9tat \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/%7Edlindley\/handouts\/US%20role%20in%20Cyprus%20Crises.pdf\" >Dismantling Cyprus Conspiracy: The US role in the Cyprus Crises in 1963, 1967, and 1974, by Caroline Winzke and Dan Lindley \u2013 nd.edu \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cypnet.co.uk\/ncyprus\/history\/republic\/1974.html\" >1974 Greek Coup d\u2019etat and &amp; Turkish Invasion \u2013 cypnet.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makarios_III\" >Makarios III \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Cyprus\/Bios\/NikosSampson.html\" >\u201cNikos Sampson (1935 \u2013 May 9, 2001) was the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat-installed dictator of Cyprus, after the overthrow of President Makarios in 1974. Sampson was a member of EOKA-B, which sought enosis (union) of Cyprus with Greece.\u201d \u2013 Nikonos Sampson \u2013 mlahanas.de<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Cyprus:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/cyprus\/\" >Cyprus \u2013 CountriesStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sc\/repertoire\/96-99\/Chapter%208\/Europe\/96_99_8_European_26_Cyprus.pdf\" >The situation of Cyprus \u2013 Decision on 28 June 1996 (3675<sup>th<\/sup> meeting): resolution 1062 (1996) \u2013 Europe \u2013 Chapter VIII. Consideration of questions under the responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusnet.com\/content.php?article_id=2883&amp;subject=standalone\" >Cyprus and the United Nations \u2013 Cyprusnet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusun.org\/\" >Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Cyprus:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heureka.clara.net\/cyprus\/history.htm\" >The History of Cyprus in 90 Centuries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Cyprus\" >History of Cyprus \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowoncyprus.com\/history_of_cyprus.htm\" >The History of Cyprus \u2013 Window on Cyprus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatson-northcyprus.com\/history\/british.htm\" >A brief History Cyprus \u2013 British Period (1878 \u2013 1960)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/cyprus\/history-language-culture\" >Cyprus History, Culture and Language \u2013 WorldTravelGuide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cyprus-conflict.net\/turkey-greece%20history.html\" >Turkey and Greece: A History of Colliding<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Modern History of Greece:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1968<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronation\" >coronation<\/a> is held of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hassanal_Bolkiah\" >Hassanal Bolkiah<\/a>, the 29th <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Sultans_of_Brunei\" >Sultan of Brunei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Brunei:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaworldfactbook.us\/asia\/brunei\" >Brunei \u2013 WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Brunei\" >Brunei \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/brunei.html\" >Brunei \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brunei\" >Brunei \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/royalark.net\/Brunei\/brunei.htm\" >Brunei \u2013 RoyalArk.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/brunei.html\" >Brunei \u2013 FactMonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Brunei\" >Foreign relations of Brunei \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/brunei\/\" >Permanent Mission of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mofat.gov.bn\/site\/home.aspx\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12990058\" >Brunei country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Brunei:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Brunei\" >History of Brunei \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Brunei\" >History of Brunei \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asian-recipe.com\/brunei\/bn-information\/brunei-a-brief-history.html\" >Brunei \u2013 A Brief History \u2013 Asian-Recipe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/Brunei\/p\/Brunei_Facts_History.htm\" >Brunei | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrover.com\/history\/brunei_history.html\" >Brunei History \u2013 WorldRover.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/brunei-darussalam\/history\" >Brunei Darussalam: History \u2013 TheCommonWealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12990560\" >Brunei profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/asia\/brunei\/bntimeln.htm\" >Brunei Darussalam Timeline \u2013 WorldAtlas.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Brunei:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Brunei\" >Economy of Brunei \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Economy_of_Brunei\" >Economy of Brunei \u2013 MusicIllustratedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Economy_of_Brunei\" >ECONOMY OF BRUNEI \u2013 WorldLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/brunei\/economy-and-business.html\" >Brunei Economy and Business \u2013 MapsOfWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-the-economic-history-of-Brunei\" >What is the economic history of Brunei? \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-intellectualism\" >Purges of intellectuals<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/shaneleavy.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/chinas-cultural-revolution-was-western.html\" >imperialists<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/centennial.journalism.columbia.edu\/1966-chinas-cultural-revolution\/index.html\" >official China policy<\/a> at the beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_Revolution\" >Cultural Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cultural Revolution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cultural-revolution\" >CULTURAL REVOLUTION \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_Revolution#Background\" >Background \u2013 Cultural Revolution &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Leap_Forward\" >Great Leap Forward &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/modernchina\/f\/What-Was-The-Cultural-Revolution.htm\" >What was the Cultural Revolution? \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Cultural-Revolution\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/china-1900-to-1976\/the-cultural-revolution\/\" >The Cultural Revolution \u2013 historylearningsite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/CHINAcultural.htm\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 spartacus-educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/academics.wellesley.edu\/Polisci\/wj\/China1972\/brief-intro.html\" >China\u2019s Cultural Revolution: A Brief Overview \u2013 wellesley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HXMMzL5THPk\" >YouTube video (45 min. 10 sec.): Chairman Mao Documentary \u2013 The Cultural Revolution \u2013 Destruction Of China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/cultrev.htm\" >The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China \u2013 sjsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/15\/world\/asia\/china-cultural-revolution-explainer.html?_r=0\" >China\u2019s Cultural Revolution, Explained, by Austin Ramzy \u2013 May 14, 2016 \u2013 nytimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/issue-16\/the-intellectual-situation\/cultural-revolution\/\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 nplusonemag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/Cultural+Revolution\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 thefreedictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chinaciv\/graph\/9wenge.htm\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 depts.washington.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/cultural-revolution.html\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chineseposters.net\/themes\/cultural-revolution-campaigns.php\" >Cultural Revolution Campaigns (1966-1976) \u2013 chineseposters.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/12\/asia\/china-cultural-revolution-dikotter\/index.html\" >How the Cultural Revolution changed China forever, by James Griffiths \u2013 May 12, 2016 &#8211; CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/static\/special_report\/1999\/09\/99\/china_50\/cult.htm\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 BBC.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China\" >Ideology of the Communist Party of China &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/cultural-revolution\/\" >Cultural Revolution \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 huffingtonpost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Timelines of the Cultural Revolution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianews.it\/news-en\/The-Cultural-Revolution-(Timeline)-6181.html\" >The Cultural Revolution (Timeline) \u2013 asiannews.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/isabelchun\/timeline-cultural-revolution\" >1959-1976 \u2013 Cultural Revolution \u2013 Howard Liu and Isabel Chun \u2013 slideshare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelineindex.com\/content\/view\/935\" >TIMELINE INDEX &#8211; The Cultural Revolution, China \u2013 timelineindex.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ccrevolution.weebly.com\/timeline.html\" >CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION \u2013 ccrevolution.weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/chineserevolution\/chinese-revolution-timeline-1962-1976\/\" >\u201c1966: May: The CCP Politburo formally proclaims the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.\u201d \u2013 CHINESE REVOLUTION TIMELINE \u2013 1962 TO 1976 \u2013 alphahistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgian_Congo\" >Belgian Congo<\/a> is renamed the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/cg.html\" >CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/democratic-republic-of-congo.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13283212\" >Democratic Republic of Congo country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/87\/the-democratic-republic-of-congo\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/ri179\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the, \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2823.htm\" >US Relations With the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/EN\/Aussenpolitik\/Laender\/Laenderinfos\/01-Nodes\/KongoDemokratischeRepublik_node.html\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Federal Foreign Office \u2013 Germany \u2013 Arswaertiges-Amt.de<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/drc\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/congo-dem-rep\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/democraticrepubliccongo\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/congo-democratic-republic-the-economy.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (1): Congo Free State (1885-1908):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Congo-Free-State\" >Congo Free State \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congo_Free_State#Background\" >Background \u2013 Congo Free State \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34\" >Congo Free State: 1885-1908 \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/congo-free-state\" >CONGO FREE STATE \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Congo_Free_State_History_and_governance_\" >Congo Free State (History and Governance) \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thecivilisingmission.com\/2010\/04\/16\/the-congo-free-state-a-latifundium-of-terror\/\" >The Congo Free State \u2013 A Latifundium of Terror \u2013 posted 16\/04\/2010 \u2013 TheCivilisingMission.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/genocong.htm\" >The Congo Free State genocide \u2013 Cica 1885-1912 \u2013 ReligiousTorrelance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congofreestate.com\/?lang=en\" >Selling the Congo and Belgium Imperialism\u2019 \u2013 September 7, 2015 \u2013 Online Discussion \u2013 CongoFreeState.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congofreestate.com\/?page_id=136&amp;lang=en\" >Timeline \u2013 Congo Free State \u2013 CongoFreeState.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (2): Belgian Congo (1908-1960\/1964):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgian_Congo\" >Belgian Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/history-of-the-belgian-congo-imperialism-genocide-atrocities.html\" >History of the Belgian Congo: Imperialism, Genocide &amp; Atrocities \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Belgian-Congo\" >Belgian Congo \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatehistoryproject.com\/belgian-congo.html\" >BELIGAIN COLONIAL EDUCATION POLICY: A POOR FOUNDATION OF STABILITY, by Jessica Achberger \u2013 The Ultimate History Project \u2013 UltimateHistoryProject.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loki.stockton.edu\/%7Ekinsellt\/projects\/hod\/history.html\" >FROM KONGO TO CONGO: THE HISTORY OF THE BELGIAN CONGO (TO 1963) \u2013 HEART OF DARKNESS \u2013 Stockton.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (3) Congo Crisis of 1960:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congojustice.org\/\" >Crisis in the Congo \u2013 Uncovering the Truth \u2013 CongoJustice.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/COLDcongo.htm\" >Congo Crisis \u2013 Spartacus Educational<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/magpie118.tripod.com\/History\/Congo_Crisis_196075.htm\" >Congo Crisis \u2013 1960 \u2013 64 \u2013 Tripod<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/depts\/DPKO\/Missions\/onucB.htm\" >\u201cThe United Nations Operation in the Congo (Op\u00e9ration des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC), which took place in the Republic of the Congo from July 1960 until June 1964\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Operation_in_the_Congo\" >United Nations Operation in Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/the-united-nations\/the-united-nations-and-the-congo\/\" >The United Nations And The Congo \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his135\/Events\/Hammarskjold61\/Hammarskjold.htm\" >\u201cHe also formed another UN Force to aid in the Congo crisis which developed after the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960.\u201d \u2013 NovaOnline.NVCC.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/elischolar.library.yale.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&amp;context=applebaum_award\" >The UN and the Congo Crisis of 1960, by Nicole Hobbs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (4): Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964- ):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Portal: Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34\" >THE DEMOCRACTIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/democratic-republic-of-congo\/history-politics\" >DP Congo \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/congo-democratic-republic-the-history.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the, \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/1120825.stm\" >DP Congo\u2019s troubled history \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loki.stockton.edu\/%7Ekinsellt\/projects\/hod\/history.html\" >From Kongo to Congo: The History Of The Belgian Congo (To 1963) \u2013 HEART OF DARKNESS \u2013 Stockton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13286306\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>196<\/strong><strong>1<\/strong>\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense\" >US Defense Secretary<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_McNamara\" >Robert McNamara<\/a> orders the creation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defense_Intelligence_Agency\" >Defense Intelligence Agency<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dia.mil\/\" >DIA<\/a>), the nation\u2019s first centralized military espionage organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dia.mil\/\" >Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) \u2013 official site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defense_Intelligence_Agency\" >Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/dia-to-send-hundreds-more-spies-overseas\/2012\/12\/01\/97463e4e-399b-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html\" >DIA to send hundreds more spies to overseas \u2013 by Greg Miller \u2013 December 1, 2012 \u2013 washingtonpost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/organization\/defense-intelligence-agency\" >Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) \u2013 Pertinent Articles \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 nytimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dia.mil\/About\/History.aspx\" >History \u2013 Defense Intelligence Agency \u2013 dia.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/Korisnik\/Downloads\/fas.org\/irp\/dia\/dia_history.pdf\">Defense Intelligence Agency \u2013 A Brief History \u2013 fas.org &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afio.com\/publications\/Burgess_Ronald_DirDIA_Hist_DIA_AFIO_Intel_SummerFall2012.pdf\" >History of the Defense Intelligence Agency, by Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. \u2013 afio.com &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Intelligence Service Agencies:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Intelligence_Community\" >United States Intelligence Community \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/official.html\" >US Intelligence and Security Agencies \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dia.mil\/\" >Defense Intelligence Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intelligence.gov\/mission\/member-agencies.html\" >Member Agencies \u2013 Intelligence.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/\" >CIA \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\" >\u201cThe <em>Central Intelligence Agency<\/em> (<em>CIA<\/em>) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national \u2026\u201d \u2013 CIA \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/huachuca.army.mil\/files\/History_MIReader.pdf\" >US Army Military Intelligence History: A Source Book, edited by James P. Finley \u2013 (pdf)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_intelligence_agencies\" >List of intelligence agencies \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sis.gov.uk\/\" >Secret Intelligence Service \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secret_Intelligence_Service\" >Secret Intelligence Service \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_of_the_Secret_Intelligence_Service\" >Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/MI6\" >MI 6 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sis.gov.uk\/our-history\/official-history.html\" >Official Story \u2013 SIS (MI6): Secret Intelligent Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/notesandqueries\/query\/0,5753,-20949,00.html\" >\u201cMI5 is the British security service while <em>MI6<\/em> is the British foreign intelligence service. Crudely, <em>MI6<\/em> are \u201cour\u201d spies while MI5 is there to catch \u2018their\u2019 spies.\u201d \u2013 What\u2019s the difference between MI5 and MI6? \u2013 The Guardian<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pure.qub.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/publications\/the-secret-intelligence-service-and-the-armed-services-190949%28a3931f78-737f-4e02-bc53-1c8621d06141%29\/export.html\" >\u2018The Secret Intelligence Service and the Armed Services 1909 \u2013 1949\u2019 \u2013 Queen\u2019s University Belfast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsmun.ca\/uploads\/4\/4\/9\/9\/44991755\/nsmun_mi6backgrounder.pdf\" >MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, SECTION 6: SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE \u2013 MISSION BRIEFING \u2013 NSMUN.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/fas.org\/irp\/world\/israel\/mossad\" >Israeli Intelligence Agencies \u2013 FAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/\" >Global Security website \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book: <\/strong><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/searchworks.stanford.edu\/view\/3361695\" >Intelligence Power in Peace and War, by Michael Herman \u2013 Cambridge University Press New York &amp; Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, 1996<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, <\/strong><em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <em>the same book on the website of <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Intelligence-Power-Peace-Michael-Herman\/dp\/0521566363\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1443367807&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=intelligence+power+in+war+and+peace\" >Amazon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamabad\" >Islamabad<\/a> is declared the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_capital\" >federal capital<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_of_Pakistan\" >Government of Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Islamabad:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamabad\" >Islamabad \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Islamabad\" >Islamabad \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamabad.net\/\" >ONLINE INFOMRATION CENTER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF ISLAMABAD \u2013 Islamabad.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cda.gov.pk\/about_islamabad\/vitalstats.asp\" >Islamabad \u2013 Facts &amp; Statistics \u2013 cda.gov.pk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/pk\/islamabad\/258278\/weather-forecast\/258278\" >Islamabad \u2013 Weather \u2013 accuweather.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Islamabad:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Islamabad\" >History of Islamabad \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cda.gov.pk\/about_islamabad\/history\/\" >Islamabad History \u2013 cda.gov.pk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamabadcity.net\/history-of-islamabad\" >History of Islamabad City \u2013 islamabadscity.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/meetcornor.wordpress.com\/category\/history\/history-of-islamabad\/\" >History of Islamabad \u2013 meetcornor.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historypak.com\/islamabad-the-charming-capital\/\" >Islamabad \u2013 The charming capital \u2013 historypak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/pakistan\/islamabad-and-rawalpindi\/history\" >History &#8211; Islamabad &amp; Rawalpindi \u2013 lonelyplanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/pk.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/pakistan.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/pakistan-political-history\" >Pakistan \u2013 A Political Story \u2013 Asia Society \u2013 AsiaSociety.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12965779\" >Pakistan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Pakistan\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ia\/yasir710\/history\/history.html\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Angelfire.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/pakistan\/history\" >Pakistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/pakistan\/p\/PakistanProf.htm\" >Pakistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/storyofpakistan.com\/\" >Story of Pakistan \u2013 StoryOfPakistan.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_history_of_Pakistan\" >Economic history of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Pakistani_history\" >Timeline of Pakistani History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12966786\" >Pakistan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Pakistan\" >Economy of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/pakistan-economy.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> <em>and<\/em><\/strong> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pakistan\/overview\" >Pakistan \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/pakistan\/economy\" >Pakistan \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/pakistan\/indicators\" >Pakistan \u2013 Trading Economics \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1960\u00a0<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dahomey\" >Dahomey<\/a> (later renamed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benin\" >Benin<\/a>) declares independence from France.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Benin:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benin\" >Benin \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/bn.html\" >BENIN \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Benin\" >Benin \u2013 UN Data \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/benin.html\" >Benin \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Benin\" >Benin \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/benin.htm\" >Benin \u2013 nationsonline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/A-Bo\/Benin.html\" >Culture of Benin \u2013 everyculture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/country\/benin.html\" >Benin \u2013 factmonster.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/Country_Specific\/benin_EDoc.html\" >Facts About the Republic of Benin: Official Documents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13037572\" >Benin country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Benin:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Benin\" >History of Benin \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/benin-country-africa-history.html\" >Benin \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Benin-HISTORY.html\" >Benin \u2013 History \u2013 nationsencyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/benin\/p\/BeninHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Benin \u2013 About education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/7232486\/a-short-history-of-benin\" >A Short History of Benin, by Jacob Egharevda \u2013 questia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/benin\/history-language-culture\" >History of Benin \u2013 Benin, History, Language and Culture \u2013 worldtravelguide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad17\" >HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN \u2013 historyworld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beninembassy.us\/benin-history.html\" >History of Benin \u2013 beninembassy.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Benin:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Benin\" >Economy of Benin \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/benin-country-africa-economy.html\" >Benin \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/benin\" >Benin \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/benin\" >Benin \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/benin\" >Benin \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarines_in_the_United_States_Navy#Towards_the_.22Nuclear_Navy.22\" >US atomic sub<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Nautilus_%28SSN-571%29\" >USS Nautilus<\/a> 1st begins <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athropolis.com\/arctic-facts\/fact-nautilus.htm\" >transit of North Pole<\/a> \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Sunshine_%28USS_Nautilus%29\" >Operation Sunshine\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USS Nautilus:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ct.arrl.org\/IceDiariesFactSheet.pdf\" >FACT SHEET USS NAUTILUS AND VOYAGE TO NORTH POLE \u2013 ARRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/cno\/n87\/usw\/usw_summer_09\/nautilus.html\" >A Historical Journey By USS Nautilus (SNN 571) \u2013 Navy.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sundodgers.com\/tag\/operation-sunshine\/\" >Submarine Diary \u2013 USS Nautilus lets visitors experience life down below \u2013 Sundodgers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.norad.mil\/AboutNORAD\/NORADHistory.aspx\" >United States and Canada<\/a> form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command\" >North American Aerospace Defense Command<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.norad.mil\/\" >NORAD<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>NORAD:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.norad.mil\/\" >North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) \u2013 norad.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command\" >North American Aerospace Defense Command &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>Leaders of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Liberation_Army\" >Russian Liberation Army<\/a>, a force of Russian prisoners of war that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collaboration_with_the_Axis_Powers_during_World_War_II\" >collaborated with Nazi Germany<\/a>, are executed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow\" >Moscow<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> for treason.<\/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\/Warsaw_Uprising\" >Warsaw Uprising<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazi<\/a> occupation breaks out in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw\" >Warsaw<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warsaw Uprising:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/classroom\/pajak.html\" >The Warsaw Uprising: August 1, 1944 \u2013 October 2, 1944, by Lukasz Pajewski \u2013 Buffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Warsaw-Uprising\" >\u201c<em>Warsaw Uprising (August-October 1944), insurrection in Warsaw during World War II by which Poles unsuccessfully tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/august-1-1944-the-warsaw-uprising\/\" >August 1, 1944: The Warsaw uprising: \u201cThe democratic and progressive character of this struggle is testimony to the spirit prevailing in Poland today.\u201d By Richard Kreitner \u2013 The Nation \u2013 TheNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/web\/history\/WWII\/powstanie\/link.shtml\" >Warsaw Uprising \u2013 1944 \u2013 Baffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local-life.com\/warsaw\/articles\/warsaw-1944-uprising\" >\u201c<em>In the two month struggle 18,000 Home Army soldiers died and 12,000 were wounded with the survivors either sent to German POW camps or managing to go into hiding. A staggering 250,000 civilians were killed during the Uprising<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Warsaw Rises! \u2013 Local Life \u2013 Local-Life.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/warsawuprising.com\/\" >WARSAW UPRISING \u2013 WarsawUprising.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/warsaw-uprising-ends\" >OCT 2, 1944: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Warsaw uprising ends \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/warsawrising-thefilm.com\/\" >WARSAW UPRISING \u2013 THE FILM \u2013 87 MINUTES OF TRUTH \u2013 WarsawRising-TheFilm.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warsawuprising.com\/timeline.htm\" >Timeline \u2013 WARSAW UPRSING AUGUST 1 \u2013 OCTOBER 2, 1944 \u2013 WarsawUprising.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Invasion of Poland in September 1939:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Poland_%281939%E2%80%9345%29\" >Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Administrative_division_of_Polish_territories_during_World_War_II\" >Administrative division of Poland during World War II \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2days.com\/nazis-soviets-divide-poland-3.html\" >NAZIS, SOVIET DIVIDE POLAND \u2013 WW2Days.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/a\/nonaggression.htm\" >The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, by Jennifer Rosenberg \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/web\/history\/WWII\/1939\/link.shtml\" >German Invasion of Poland \u2013 September 1939 \u2013 Buffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msuweb.montclair.edu\/%7Efurrg\/research\/mlg09\/did_ussr_invade_poland.html\" >Did the Soviet Union Invade Poland in September 1939? NO! \u2013 Montclair.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwar2movietimeline.com\/topics\/soviet-invasion-of-poland\/\" >Soviet Invasion of Poland \u2013 World War II Movie Timeline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/2014\/09\/01\/how_the_1939_soviet_invasion_sealed_polands_fate_in_wwii_and_changed_the_world_forever.html\" >How the 1939 Soviet invasion sealed Poland\u2019s fate in WWII \u2013 and changed the world forever \u2013 World \u2013 TheStar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secondworldwarhistory.com\/invasion-of-poland.asp\" >Invasion of Poland \u2013 Timeline \u2013 SecondWorldWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Holocaust and the Invasion of Poland in 1939:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005070\" >INVASION OF POLAND FALL 1939 \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholocaustexplained.org\/ks4\/the-nazi-impact-on-europe\/nazi-occupation-case-studies\/poland\/#.Vf7j-JeufX4\" >\u201c<em>The German Army attacked Poland on 1 September 1939. Poland was defeated by the 28 September 1939. The Polish government fled to France, then, in May 1940, to London, after the German invasion of France<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 German Invasion \u2013 The Holocaust Explained<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.titoville.com\/partone.html\" >1937<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josip_Broz_Tito\" >Josip Broz Tito<\/a> reads the resolution \u201cManifesto of constitutional congress of KPH\u201d to the constitutive congress of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digplanet.com\/wiki\/League_of_Communists_of_Croatia\" >KPH<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Communists_of_Croatia\" >Croatian Communist Party<\/a>) in woods near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samobor\" >Samobor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Josip Broz Tito:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Josip-Broz-Tito\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/people\/tito-josip-broz-tito-dictatorship.html\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/person\/josip-broz-tito\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 News Archive \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/2WWtito.htm\" >Josip Broz (Tito) \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Josip-Broz-Tito\/6000000003452176081\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 GENi.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his135\/Events\/Tito80\/Tito80.html\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 NVCC.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faculty.virginia.edu\/setear\/courses\/howweget\/tito.htm\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 Virginia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/famouspeople\/a\/Tito-Josip-Broz.htm\" >Tito \u2013 Josip Broz, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefamouspeople.com\/profiles\/josip-broz-tito-4333.php\" >Josip Broz Tito \u2013 TheFamousPeople.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>KPH:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/do.znate.ru\/docs\/index-2870.html?page=36\" >THE PROFESIONAL AND ETHICAL PROBLES OF THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE EX-CROATIA COMMUNIST PARTIES AND THE STATE SECURITY SERVICES ARCHIVES \u2013 Zunate.ru<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/855531\/Myths_and_Symbols_in_Interwar_Croatia_The_Case_of_Matija_Gubec\" >\u201c<em>The Usta\u0161e continued to promote the cult of Gubec as an exclusively Croatian hero after theyestablished a so-called \u201cindependent state\u201d under the tutelage of both Germany and Italy in 1941<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 Myths and Symbols of Interwar Croatia: The Case of Matija Gubec, by Vjeran Pavlakovi\u0107 \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.croatia.org\/crown\/articles\/9078\/1\/ETHNIC-CROATIANS-KILLED-BY-NAZI-AND-FASCIST-FORCES---Introduction\/15-of-the-pre-War-population-of-Croats-in-the-former-Yugoslavia-died.html\" >ETHNIC CROATIANS KILLED BY NAZI AND FASCIST FORCES, by John Peter Kraljic \u2013 Croatia.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Yugoslavia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/yugo_his.htm\" >A brief History of Yugoslavia \u2013 ReligiousTorrelance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/yugoslavia-history.html\" >Yugoslavia \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/europeanhistory.about.com\/od\/thebalkansandturkey\/a\/Yugoslavia.htm\" >Yugoslavia, by Robert Wilde \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/politicalgeography\/a\/fmryugoslavia.htm\" >The former Yugoslavia \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/didyouknow.org\/history\/yugoslavia\/\" >History of Yugoslavia \u2013 DidYouKnow.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fcnl.org\/resources\/newsletter\/jul99\/a_brief_history_of_yugoslavia\/\" >A Brief History of Yugoslavia \u2013 Friends Commission on National Legislation \u2013 FCNL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nanchang_Uprising\" >Nanchang Uprising<\/a> marks the first significant battle in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War\" >Chinese Civil War<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang\" >Kuomintang<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_of_China\" >Chinese Communist Party<\/a>. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >People\u2019s Liberation Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" >German Empire<\/a> declares war on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russian Empire<\/a> at the opening of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_of_Switzerland\" >Swiss Army<\/a> mobilizes because of World War I.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1911\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harriet_Quimby\" >Harriet Quimby<\/a> she took her pilot\u2019s test and became <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/harriet-quimby-first-licensed-us-woman-pilot.htm\" >the first U.S. woman<\/a> to earn an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aero_Club_of_America\" >Aero Club of America<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avstop.com\/news_january_2011\/pics\/14.html\" >aviator\u2019s certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>The start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brownsea_Island_Scout_camp\" >first Scout camp<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brownsea_Island\" >Brownsea Island<\/a>, the origin of the worldwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scouting\" >Scouting<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>189<\/strong><strong>4\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Sino-Japanese_War\" >First Sino-Japanese War<\/a> erupts between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_Dynasty\" >China<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korea\" >Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>First Sino-Japanese War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_first_sino_japanese.html\" >First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) \u2013 historyofwar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Sino-Japanese_War\" >First Sino-Japanese War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/epicroadtrips.us\/2003\/summer\/nola\/nola_offsite\/FQ_en.wikipedia.org\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Sino-Japanese_War.html\" >First Sino-Japanese War \u2013 epicroadtrips.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp\/eng\/news\/no10\/enews10-essay2.html\" >The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 \u2013 hokudai.ac.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citelighter.com\/history\/history\/knowledgecards\/first-sino-japanese-war\" >FIRST SINO-JAPANESE WAR \u2013 citelighter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinojapanesewar.com\/\" >The First Sino Japanese War August 1, 1894 \u2013 April 17, 1895 \u2013 sinojapanesewar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/warsinasia\/a\/First-Sino-Japanese-War.htm\" >Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895, by Kallie Szczepanski \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Sino-Japanese-War-1894-1895\" >Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2014\/04\/chinese-strategists-reflect-on-the-first-sino-japanese-war\/\" >Chinese Strategist Reflect on First Sino-Japanese War, by Shannon Tiezzi \u2013 April 18, 2014 \u2013 thediplomat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Second Sino-Japanese War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/n4juprxbr-mn\/consequences-of-the-second-sino-japanese-war\/\" >Consequences of the Second Sino-Japanese war 1937-1945 \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/chineserevolution\/sino-japanese-war\/\" >THE SECOND SINO-JAPAENSE WAR \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/view\/document\/obo-9780199743292\/obo-9780199743292-0141.xml\" >The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), by Steve Phillips \u2013 OxfordBiliographies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.cultural-china.com\/en\/34History7545.html\" >The Second Sino-Japanese War \u2013 The Largest Asian War in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century \u2013 History.Cultural-China.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Sino-Japanese-War-1937-1945\" >Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1855\u00a0 <\/strong>The first ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monte_Rosa\" >Monte Rosa<\/a>, the second highest summit in the Alps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1842\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lombard_Street_Riot\" >Lombard Street Riot<\/a> erupts in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia\" >Philadelphia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennsylvania\" >Pennsylvania<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>184<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/dnscbaspnet\/britishslavery\" >Laborer slaves in most of the British Empire<\/a> are emancipated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1838\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abolition.e2bn.org\/slavery_111.html\" >Non-laborer slaves in most of the British Empire<\/a> are emancipated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1834<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_the_British_Isles\" >Slavery<\/a> is abolished in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Empire\" >British Empire<\/a> as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833\" >Slavery Abolition Act 1833<\/a> comes into force.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-by-era\/slavery-and-anti-slavery\/timeline-terms\/slavery-abolished-british-empire\" >Slavery abolished in British Empire \u2013 GilderLehrman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833\" >Slavery Abolition Act 1833 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/dnscbaspnet\/britishslavery\" >The British Empire \u2013 Slaves and the Abolition of Slavery \u2013 UNESCO ASPNet Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/economics\/2014\/04\/much-britains-wealth-built-slavery-so-why-shouldnt-it-pay-reparations\" >Much of Britain\u2019s wealth is built on slaver. So why shouldn\u2019t it pay reparations? \u2013 NewStatesman.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/empire_seapower\/antislavery_01.shtml\" >British Anti-slavery \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/magazine\/4742049.stm\" >10 things about the British slavery \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abolition.e2bn.org\/slavery_45.html\" >British Involvement of the Transatlantic Slave Trade \u2013 The Abolition Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.ac.uk\/ihr\/Focus\/Slavery\/articles\/sherwood.html\" >Britain, slavery and the trade in enslaved Africans \u2013 History.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_slavery\" >History of Slavery \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freetheslaves.net\/about-slavery\/slavery-in-history\/\" >Slavery in History \u2013 FreeTheSlaves.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1926_Slavery_Convention\" >1926 Slavery Convention \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/SlaveryConvention.aspx\" >Slavery Convention \u2013 UN Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/SupplementaryConventionAbolitionOfSlavery.aspx\" >Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery \u2013 UN Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antislavery.org\/english\/slavery_today\/what_is_modern_slavery.aspx\" >What is Modern Slavery \u2013 Anti-Slavery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/civil-liberties\/there-are-more-slaves-today-any-time-human-history\" >There Are More Slave Today Than at Any Time in Human History \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 02<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Kunshan_explosion\" >explosion<\/a>\u00a0at a factory near Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_France_Flight_358\" >Air France Flight 358<\/a>, lands at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toronto_Pearson_International_Airport\" >Toronto Pearson International Airport<\/a>, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaisal_train_disaster\" >Gaisal train disaster<\/a>\u00a0claims 285 lives in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assam\" >Assam<\/a>, India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Congo_War\" >Second Congo War<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Congo\u2019s Wars:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-memorial.net\/First-and-Second-Congo-Wars-3.238\" >First and Second Congo Wars \u2013 War-Memorial.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Africa\/Africa-Monitor\/2011\/1129\/A-brief-history-of-Congo-s-wars\" >A brief history of Congo\u2019s wars, by Mollie Zapata \u2013 November 29, 2011 \u2013 csmonitor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Second Congo War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/dr1\/fl\/The-Second-Congo-War.htm\" >The Second Congo War \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/dr1\/fl\/The-Second-Congo-War-the-battle-for-resources.htm\" >The Second Congo War \u2013 the battle for resources \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/1213296\" >A report from Congo &#8211; Africa\u2019s great war \u2013 Jul 4, 2002 \u2013 economist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyguy.com\/congo_war.htm\" >The Congo War (1998-Present) \u2013 historyguy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/congo-world-war-nobody-knows-about-213207\" >Congo: The \u2018World War\u2019 Nobody Knows About, by Palash Gosh \u2013 01\/0212 \u2013 International Business Times \u2013 ibtimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Congo_War\" >\u201c<em>The <strong>Second Congo War<\/strong> (also known as the <strong>Great War of Africa<\/strong> or the <strong>Great African War<\/strong>, and sometimes referred to as the <strong>African World War<\/strong>) began in August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War (and involving some of the same issues), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war officially ended in July 2003, when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power. Although a peace agreement was signed in 2002, violence continued in many regions of the country, especially in the eastern region<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; <strong>Second Congo War<\/strong> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/afonseca\/CongoWar.htm\" >Four Million Dead \u2013 Second Congolese War \u2013 1998 \u2013 2004, by Alroy Foncesa \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr98\/secondcongowar.htm\" >SECOND CONGO WAR 1998 \u2013 2003 \u2013 OnWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/congo.htm\" >\u201c<em>The International Rescue Committee said that between August 1998 and April 2004 (when a bulk of the fighting occurred) some 3.8 million people died in the DRC. Most of these deaths were due to starvation or disease that resulted from the war, not from actual fighting<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Congo Civil War \u2013 globalsecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/depts\/diplomat\/AD_Issues\/amdipl_16\/weiss\/weiss_congo4.html\" >The Second Congo War and Its Consequences \u2013 American Diplomacy \u2013 UNC.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/127362234\/Second-Congo-War\" >Second Cong War \u2013 scribd.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congojustice.com\/overview\/second-congo-war\/\" >Second Congo War \u2013 congojustice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.somalipress.com\/news\/2011-jun-09\/fighting-continues-congos-endless-war.html\" >Fighting Continues in Congo\u2019s Endless War \u2013 SomaliPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketswag.com\/travel\/africa\/congo\/Why-Did-The-Congo-Civil-War-Start.html\" >Why Did the Congo Civil War Start? \u2013 RocketsWag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>First C<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ongo War (1996-1997):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Congo_War#Background\" >Background \u2013 <strong>First Congo War<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr95\/firstcongowar1996.htm\" >FIRST CONGO WAR 1996-1997 \u2013 onwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congojustice.com\/overview\/first-congo-war\/\" >First Congo War \u2013 1996-1997 \u2013 congojustice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congoactionnow.weebly.com\/first-congo-war.html\" >First Congo War 1996-1997 \u2013 congoactionnow.weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/l\/71\/First-Congo-War\" >First Congo War \u2013 findthedata.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wars.findthedata.com\/q\/71\/2018\/Why-did-the-First-Congo-War-begin\" >Why did the First Congo War begin? \u2013 findthedata.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/cg.html\" >CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/democratic-republic-of-congo.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13283212\" >Democratic Republic of Congo country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/87\/the-democratic-republic-of-congo\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/ri179\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the, \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2823.htm\" >US Relations With the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/EN\/Aussenpolitik\/Laender\/Laenderinfos\/01-Nodes\/KongoDemokratischeRepublik_node.html\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Federal Foreign Office \u2013 Germany \u2013 Arswaertiges-Amt.de<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/drc\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/congo-dem-rep\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/democraticrepubliccongo\" >Democratic Republic of Congo \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/congo-democratic-republic-the-economy.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (1): Congo Free State (1885-1908):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Congo-Free-State\" >Congo Free State \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congo_Free_State#Background\" >Background \u2013 Congo Free State \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34\" >Congo Free State: 1885-1908 \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/congo-free-state\" >CONGO FREE STATE \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Documents\/in\/Congo_Free_State_History_and_governance_\" >Congo Free State (History and Governance) \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thecivilisingmission.com\/2010\/04\/16\/the-congo-free-state-a-latifundium-of-terror\/\" >The Congo Free State \u2013 A Latifundium of Terror \u2013 posted 16\/04\/2010 \u2013 TheCivilisingMission.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/genocong.htm\" >The Congo Free State genocide \u2013 Cica 1885-1912 \u2013 ReligiousTorrelance.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congofreestate.com\/?lang=en\" >Selling the Congo and Belgium Imperialism\u2019 \u2013 September 7, 2015 \u2013 Online Discussion \u2013 CongoFreeState.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congofreestate.com\/?page_id=136&amp;lang=en\" >Timeline \u2013 Congo Free State \u2013 CongoFreeState.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (2): Belgian Congo (1908-1960\/1964):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgian_Congo\" >Belgian Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/history-of-the-belgian-congo-imperialism-genocide-atrocities.html\" >History of the Belgian Congo: Imperialism, Genocide &amp; Atrocities \u2013 Study.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Belgian-Congo\" >Belgian Congo \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatehistoryproject.com\/belgian-congo.html\" >BELIGAIN COLONIAL EDUCATION POLICY: A POOR FOUNDATION OF STABILITY, by Jessica Achberger \u2013 The Ultimate History Project \u2013 UltimateHistoryProject.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loki.stockton.edu\/%7Ekinsellt\/projects\/hod\/history.html\" >FROM KONGO TO CONGO: THE HISTORY OF THE BELGIAN CONGO (TO 1963) \u2013 HEART OF DARKNESS \u2013 Stockton.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (3) Congo Crisis of 1960:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/congojustice.org\/\" >Crisis in the Congo \u2013 Uncovering the Truth \u2013 CongoJustice.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/COLDcongo.htm\" >Congo Crisis \u2013 Spartacus Educational<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/magpie118.tripod.com\/History\/Congo_Crisis_196075.htm\" >Congo Crisis \u2013 1960 \u2013 64 \u2013 Tripod<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/depts\/DPKO\/Missions\/onucB.htm\" >\u201cThe United Nations Operation in the Congo (Op\u00e9ration des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC), which took place in the Republic of the Congo from July 1960 until June 1964\u2026\u201d \u2013 dpko &#8211; un.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Operation_in_the_Congo\" >United Nations Operation in Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980\/the-united-nations\/the-united-nations-and-the-congo\/\" >The United Nations And The Congo \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his135\/Events\/Hammarskjold61\/Hammarskjold.htm\" >\u201cHe also formed another UN Force to aid in the Congo crisis which developed after the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960.\u201d \u2013 NovaOnline.NVCC.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/elischolar.library.yale.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&amp;context=applebaum_award\" >The UN and the Congo Crisis of 1960, by Nicole Hobbs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History (4): Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964- ):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Portal: Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34\" >THE DEMOCRACTIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/democratic-republic-of-congo\/history-politics\" >DP Congo \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/congo-democratic-republic-the-history.html\" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the, \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/1120825.stm\" >DP Congo\u2019s troubled history \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/loki.stockton.edu\/%7Ekinsellt\/projects\/hod\/history.html\" >From Kongo to Congo: The History Of The Belgian Congo (To 1963) \u2013 HEART OF DARKNESS \u2013 Stockton.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13286306\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>199<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a> invades <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuwait\" >Kuwait<\/a>, eventually leading to the (First) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Iraq\u2019s Invasion of Kuwait:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Kuwait\" >Invasion of Kuwait \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefinertimes.com\/War-in-The-Middle-East\/the-invasion-of-kuwait.html\" >The Invasion of Kuwait \u2013 The Fine Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/shared\/spl\/hi\/middle_east\/02\/iraq_events\/html\/kuwait_invasion.stm\" >Kuwait Invasion \u2013 2 August 1990 \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apfn.org\/Saddam-Hussein\/Kuwait.htm\" >Several Reasons Why Saddam Hussein Invaded Kuwait \u2013 APFN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.evidence.org.kw\/mission.php\" >Kuwait Invasion: the evidence \u2013 Evidence.org.kw<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>UN Resolution 670 (1990):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casi.org.uk\/info\/undocs\/gopher\/s90\/24\" >RESOLUTION 670 (1990) Adopted by the Security Council at its 2943<sup>rd<\/sup> meeting on 25 September 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casi.org.uk\/info\/scriraq.html#1990\" >Campaigns Sanctions Against on Iraq \u2013 UN Security Council resolutions relating to Iraq \u2013 CASI.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/collections.unu.edu\/eserv\/UNU:5\/wp01_theunscandiraq1.pdf\" >The UN Security Council and Iraq \u2013 United Nations University Working Paper Series \u2013 Number 01, November 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanctions_against_Iraq\" >Sanctions against Iraq \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council_and_the_Iraq_War\" >United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/manipulation-of-the-un-security-council-in-support-of-the-us-nato-military-agenda\/28586\" >Manipulation of the UN Security Council in support of the US-NATO Military Agenda \u2013 Coercion, Intimidation &amp; Bribery used to Extort Approval from Reluctant Members, by Carla Stea \u2013 January 10, 2012 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.pace.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&amp;context=pilr\" >The Gulf Crisis and Collective Security under the United Nations Charter, by Stephen M. De Luca \u2013 September 1991 \u2013 Pace International Law Review \u2013 Volume 3, Issue 1, Article 9 \u2013 Pace.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1569&amp;context=auilr\" >The Security Council Blockade of Iraq: Conflicting Obligations Under United Nations Charter and the Fourth Geneva Convention, by Michael R. Sikiaire \u2013 Volume 6, Issue 4, 2011 \u2013 Article 5 \u2013 American International Law Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholarship.law.cornell.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1270&amp;context=cilj\" >The United States and the United Nations in the Persian Gulf War: New Order or Disorder, by John Quigley\u2013 Volume 25, Issue 1, Winter 1992 \u2013 Article 9 \u2013 Cornel International Law Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iie.com\/research\/topics\/sanctions\/iraq.cfm\">\u201c<em>September 25, 1990: With only Cuba opposed, UN Security Council imposes air embargo against Iraq, cutting off all air traffic to and from Iraq and Kuwait<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Case Studies in Sanctions and Terrorism \u2013 Case 90-1<br \/>\nUS and UN v. Iraq (1990\u2013: Invasion of Kuwait, Impairment of military capability, destabilization)\u00a0 See also Case 80-2 US v. Iraq (1980\u20132003: Terrorism; Chemical and Nuclear Weapons)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/iraqwar.org\/impossible.htm\" >Review of Iraq Sanctions and Washington\u2019s Iraq Policies \u2013 IraqWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sanctionswiki.org\/Iraq\" >Iraq \u2013 Sanctions \u2013 SanctionsWiki.org<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq_disarmament_timeline_1990%E2%80%932003\" >Iraq disarmament timeline 1990 \u2013 2003 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/arms-embargo-on-iraq\" >Embargos and Sanctions on Iraq \u2013 Gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Gulf War a.k.a. the First Persian Gulf War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-persian-gulf-war-begins\/print\" >JANUARY 16, 1991: THE PERSIAN GULF WAR BEGINS \u2013 History.com<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-persian-gulf-war-begins\" >the same website on this page<\/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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Persian-Gulf-War\" >Persian Gulf War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/article\/707\/iraq-post-1991-persian-gulf-warsanctions\" >\u201cWhen asked on US television if she [Madeline Albright, US Secretary of State] thought that the death of half a million Iraqi children [from sanctions in Iraq, during the 1990s after the first Gulf War] was a price worth paying, Albright replied: \u2018This is a very hard choice, but we think the price is worth it.\u2019\u201d \u2013 Iraq-Post 1991 Persian Gulf War\/Sanctions, by Anup Shah \u2013 GlobalIssues.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/wars_gulf1990.html\" >The Gulf War 1990\/1991 \u2013 HistoryOfWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/persian-gulf-wars.html\" >Persian Gulf Wars \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/departmenthistory\/short-history\/firstgulf\" >First Gulf War \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0001293.html\" >The Persian Gulf War (Jan. 16, 1991-April 6, 1991) \u2013 Timeline \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IFrnQHaQWoA\" >George W H Bush Announces War Against Iraq (January 16 1991): YouTube video (9 min. 59 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/1991-start-of-gulf-war\/\" >1991: Start Of Gulf War \u2013 Video \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/2754103.stm\" >Flashback: 1991 Gulf War \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cryan.com\/war\/\" >Gulf War \u2013 Cryan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMV_0iTk1qs\" >20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Battlefields \u2013 Persian Gulf War (1991) full video: YouTube video (59 min. 01 sec.)<\/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:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/index\/iraq\/nirq050.htm\" >1991 Gulf War chronology \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wood.army.mil\/library\/battle_analysis_bibliographies\/GulfWar.pdf\" >Gulf War (1991) Biographies \u2013 pdf \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Iraq\u2019s Scud Missile Attack on Israel:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1991\/1\/18\/saddam-hussein-orders-the-launch-of-scud-missiles-against-israel\" >Jan 18 1991: Saddam Hussein Orders the Launch of SCUD Missiles Against Israel \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/on-day\/43832\/on-day-iraq-attacks-israel\" >On this day: Iraq attacks Israel \u2013 January 18, 1991: Scud missiles hit Israel, by Jennifer Lipman \u2013 January 18, 2011 \u2013 THE JEWISH CHRONICAL ONLINE \u2013 TheJC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/1991-01-19\/news\/9101060176_1_scud-missile-iraqi-held-kuwait-allied-warplanes\" >New Iraqi Attack on Israel, by Terry Atlas and David Evans \u2013 January 19, 1991 \u2013 Chicago Tribune \u2013 ChicagoTribune.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monograph_reports\/MR1408\/MR1408.ch3.pdf\" >COALLITION SCUD-HUNTING IN IRAQ, 1991 \u2013 pdf \u2013 Rand.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_in_Israel\" >1991 in Israel \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/january\/18\/newsid_4588000\/4588486.stm\" >ON THIS DAY: 18 January 1991: Iraq Scud missiles hit Israel \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Features\/In-Thespotlight\/This-Week-in-History-Saddam-terrorizes-Israel\" >This Week in History: Saddam Hussein terrorizes Israel, by Michael Omer-Man \u2013 01\/15\/2015 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post \u2013 JPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?15884-1\/israeli-response-scud-attack\" >Israeli Response to SCUD Attack \u2013 January 17, 1991 \u2013 C-SPAN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fresnozionism.org\/2009\/05\/the-scuds-of-1991-and-jewish-self-defense\/\" >Scuds of 1991 and Jewish self-defense \u2013 FresnoZionism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scud\" >Scud \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Environmental and Health Issues of the Gulf War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oneonta.edu\/faculty\/baumanpr\/geosat2\/Environmental_Warfare\/ENVIRONMENTAL_WARFARE.htm\" >\u201c<em>The Persian Gulf War of 1991 brought serious environmental damage to major portions of the Middle East. January 21, 1991, a few days after the Coalition Force launched an air campaign against Iraq, the Iraqi military forces in Kuwait opened valves at the Sea Island oil terminal near Kuwait City and released large quantities of crude oil into the Gulf<\/em>\u2026.\u201d \u2013 ENVIRONMENTAL WARFARE: 1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR \u2013 ONEONTA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-3.org.uk\/Multimedia\/Reports\/Gulf%20war_Poonian.pdf\" >The Effects of the 1991 Gulf War on the marine and coastal environment of the Arabian Gulf: Impact, recovery and the future prospects \u2013 Chris Poonian \u2013 2003 \u2013 King\u2019s College, London \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cmsdata.iucn.org\/downloads\/gulfwar.pdf\" >The 1991 Gulf War: Environmental Assessments of ICUN and Collaborators \u2013 pdf \u2013 ICUN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/webarchive.iiasa.ac.at\/Publications\/Documents\/IR-04-019.pdf\" >The Environmental Impacts of the Gulf War 1991 \u2013 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis \u2013 pdf \u2013 IIASA.ac.at<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/action\/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=5995716\" >Protection of the Environment in Time of Armed Conflict \u2013 Environmental Destruction of the 1991 Gulf War, by Adam Roberts \u2013 International Review of the Red Cross (1961-1997) \u2013 Cambridge.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/kuwait.htm\" >The Economic and Environmental Impact of the Persian Gulf War on Kuwait and the Persian Gulf \u2013 CASE NUMBER 162 \u2013 CASE MNENONIC: KUWAIT \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parstimes.com\/environment\/persian_gulf_cr02.html\" >The Environmental Consequences Of the Gulf War \u2013 Excerpts from the Congressional Record, April 16, 1991. by: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi \u2013 ParsTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/iom.nationalacademies.org\/%7E\/media\/Files\/Activity%20Files\/Disease\/GulfWarInfDiseases\/Hyams052605.pdf\" >1991 Gulf War Health Issues: Infectious Disease Risks, by Kenneth C Hyams \u2013 pdf \u2013 NationalAcademies.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.va.gov\/exposures\/gulfwar\/\" >Gulf War Veterans\u2019 Illnesses \u2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>1991 Gulf War and Its Timeline:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/persian-gulf-war\" >PERSIAN GULF WAR \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/index\/iraq\/nirq050.htm\" >1991 Gulf War chronology \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0001293.html\" >Persian Gulf War (Jan. 16, 1991-April 6, 1991) \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/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:\/\/gulfwar1991.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/persian-gulf-war-timeline.html\" >Persian Gulf War Timeline \u2013 PERSIAN GULF WAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyrocket.com\/World-War\/persian-gulf-war\/Persian-Gulf-War-Timeline.html\" >Persian Gulf War Timeline \u2013 HistoryRocket.com<\/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><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> is re-admitted to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Nations\" >Commonwealth of Nations<\/a> after having <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy\" >restored democracy<\/a> for the first time <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_in_Pakistan\" >since 1972<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/pk.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/pakistan.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/pakistan-political-history\" >Pakistan \u2013 A Political Story \u2013 Asia Society \u2013 AsiaSociety.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12965779\" >Pakistan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Pakistan\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ia\/yasir710\/history\/history.html\" >History of Pakistan \u2013 Angelfire.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/pakistan\/history\" >Pakistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/pakistan\/p\/PakistanProf.htm\" >Pakistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/storyofpakistan.com\/\" >Story of Pakistan \u2013 StoryOfPakistan.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_history_of_Pakistan\" >Economic history of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Pakistani_history\" >Timeline of Pakistani History \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12966786\" >Pakistan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Pakistan\" >Economy of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/pakistan-economy.html\" >Pakistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a> <em>and<\/em><\/strong> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/pakistan\/overview\" >Pakistan \u2013 Overview \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/pakistan\" >Pakistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/pakistan\/economy\" >Pakistan \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/pakistan\/indicators\" >Pakistan \u2013 Trading Economics \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Pakistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan\" >Foreign relations of Pakistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mofa.gov.pk\/\" >Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/pakistan\/ri246\" >Pakistan \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cssforum.com.pk\/css-compulsory-subjects\/pakistan-affairs\/13381-foreign-relations-pakistan.html\" >Foreign Relations of Pakistan \u2013 CSS Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Common Wealth of Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Nations?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjdoomqjqDMAhULL8AKHZp5AS0Q9QEIEDAA\" >Common Wealth of Nations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/commonwealth-nations.html\" >Common Wealth of Nations \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2012\/02\/could-a-new-commonwealth-of-nations-lead-the-developing-world\/253581\/\" >Could a Common Wealth of Nations Lead the Developing World? \u2013 by Steve Clemons \u2013 Feb 24, 2014 \u2013 theatlantic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/country_profiles\/1554175.stm\" >Profile \u2013 Common Wealth &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Pakistan and Common Wealth of Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/our-member-countries\/pakistan\" >The Common Wealth \u2013 Pakistan \u2013 thecommonwealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/country\/pakistan\/\" >Welcome to Pakistan \u2013 Common Wealth \u2013 thecommonwealth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangladesh%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations\" ><em>\u201cThe Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the secular democratic republic of Bangladesh. Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) recognized Bangladesh in 1974 after pressure from across the Muslim world<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Bangladesh-Pakistan relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.unomaha.edu\/Peterson\/geog1000\/Notes\/Notes_Exam3\/BangPak.html\" >Pakistan and Bangladesh \u2013 unomaha.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/Q\/What_was_the_Historical_relations_between_Pakistan_and_Bangladesh\" >What was the Historical relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh? \u2013 Answer by Zeshan Mahmood \u2013 Answers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nation.com.pk\/columns\/16-Dec-2012\/pakistan-bangladesh-relations\" >Pakistan-Bangladesh relations \u2013 December 16, 2012 \u2013 The Nation \u2013 Nations.com.pk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicmaker-studio.com\/pakistan-n-bangladesh-relations-a-history-essay-example\" >Pakistan-Bangladesh Relations After the Death of Abdul Mulla Qadir \u2013 MusicMaker-Studio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Relations between Pakistan-United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/3453.htm\" >US Relations with Pakistan \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/pakistan\/us-pakistan-relations\/p31695\" >US-Pakistan Relations \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-pub.naz.edu:9000\/%7Eaamghar6\/The%20United%20States-Pakistan%20Relations.htm\" >The United States-Pakistan Relations \u2013 NAZ.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-pakistan-relations\/\" >US Pakistan Relations \u2013 News Archive \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaffairsjournal.org\/article\/us-pakistan-relations-common-and-clashing-interests\" >US-Pakistan Relations \u2013 Common and Clashing Interests \u2013 May\/June 2012 \u2013 WORLD AFFAIRS \u2013 WorldAffairsJournal.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1987<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/radioactivepollutioninkazakhstan.weebly.com\/\" >Eastern Kazakh<\/a>\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Tests at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a>:<\/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 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\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<\/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>Nuclear Tests and Environmental Issues in Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_issues_in_Kazakhstan\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/naturvernforbundet.no\/international\/environmental-issues-in-kazakhstan\/category936.html\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Naturvernforbundet.no<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/semipalatinsk.html\" >Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan \u2013 The World Nuclear Chain \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/rso\/Portals\/118\/Documents\/NESs\/ROE\/NES_Kazakhstan_2014.pdf\" >Kazakhstan National Environmental Summary \u2013 UNEP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States Nuclear Tests (Overview):<\/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 Test at the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamlandresort.com\/info\/nts.htm\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 DreamlandResort.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctosnnsa.org\/\" >CTOS \u2013 Center for Radiological Nuclear Testing at the Nevada National Security Site \u2013 CTOSNNSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.energy.gov\/main.aspx\" >\u201c<em>The Nevada Field Office\u2019s Environmental Management Program was created to address the environmental legacy of historic nuclear weapons related activities and current programs at the Nevada National Security Site<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Environmental Programs \u2013 Nevada Field Office \u2013 US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bologna_massacre\" >Bologna massacre<\/a>: a terrorist bombing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bologna_Centrale_railway_station\" >Central Station<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bologna\" >Bologna<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italy<\/a>, kills 85 people and wounds more than 200.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bologna Massacre of 1980:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bologna_massacre\" >Bologna massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=1d5_1185892152\" >Bologna massacre \u2013 August 2, 1980 \u2013 liveleak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article30102.html\" >1980: Massacre in Bologna, 85 dead \u2013 voltairenet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident\" >Gulf of Tonkin incident<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnamese<\/a> gunboats allegedly fire on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >U.S.<\/a> destroyer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Maddox_%28DD-731%29\" >USS\u00a0Maddox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1964:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>; <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War#November\" >November, 1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamgear.com\/war1963.aspx\" >Vietnam Timeline: 1963-1964 \u2013 VietnamGear.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/4-vietnam\/1-overview\/4-1964-1968\/\" >Lyndon B Johnson: 1963-1964 \u2013 Vietnam War Overview Part 4: 1964-1968 \u2013 AuthenticHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1961.html\" >Timeline \u2013 The History Place Presents Vietnam War \u2013 America Commits 1961-1964 \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf of Tonkin Incident:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident\" >Gulf of Tonkin incident \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnamwar\/p\/gulfoftonkin.htm\" >Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident-50-years-ago\" >\u201c<em>On August 2, 1964, the U.S. destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Maddox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S. military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 50 Years Ago \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/navalhistory\/2008-02\/truth-about-tonkin\" >The Truth About Tonkin \u2013 usni.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/precedent\/century\/tonkin.html\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 911review.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/gulf-of-tonkin\" >US Involvement in the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964 \u2013 history.state.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his135\/events\/tonkin64\/gulfoftonkin64.html\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 nvcc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB132\/tapes.htm\" >LBJ Tapes on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 The National Security Archive &#8211; gwu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/vietnam-war\/gulf-of-tonkin-1964\/\" >Gulf of Tonkin 1964 \u2013 historylearningsite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnamwar\/gulf-of-tonkin-incident\/\" >THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT \u2013 alphahistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/speeches\/speech-3998\" >Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 4, 1964) \u2013 Lyndon B. Johnson \u2013 Transcript \u2013 millercenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/primary-resources\/lbj-tonkin\/\" >Primary Resources: The Tonkin Gulf Incident, 1964 \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opsecnews.com\/gulf-of-tonkin-incident-false-flag-for-war-in-vietnam\/\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident: False Flag For War in Vietnam \u2013 opsecnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNtonkin.htm\" >Gulf of Tonkin \u2013 spartacus-educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryferrell.org\/pages\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 maryferrel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1983.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/olive-drab.com\/od_history_vietnam_tonkin.php\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 olive-drab.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paperlessarchives.com\/vw_gulf_of_tonkin.html\" >\u201c<em>More recent analysis of that data and additional information gathered on the 4 August episode, now makes it clear that North Vietnamese naval forces did not attack Maddox and Turner Joy that night in the summer of 1964<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT \u2013 DOCUMENTS \u2013 AUDIORECORDINGS \u2013 PHOTOS \u2013 PaperlessArchives.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pov\/mostdangerousman\/secrets2.php\" >Chapter 1. The Tonkin Gulf August 1964 \u2013 Excerpt from Ellsberg\u2019s Memoir, Secrets \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/us-planned-before-tonkin-for-war-on-north-files-show\/2012\/06\/07\/gJQAMKyALV_story.html\" >US Planned Before Tonkin For War on North, Files Show, by Murrey Marder and Chalmers M. Roberts \u2013 June 14, 1971 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1964\/august_5_1964_128610.html\" >August 5, 1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf of Tonkin Resolution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution\" >GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution#Background_and_Congressional_action\" >Background and Congressional action \u2013 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/tonkin-gulf-resolution.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Gulf-of-Tonkin-Resolution\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Gulf+of+Tonkin+Resolution\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 thefreedictionary.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/gulf-tonkin-resolution-and-escalation-vietnam-war\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Escalation of the Vietnam War \u2013 neh.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Viet Nam War and Some Pertinent Events:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-history\" >VIETNAM WAR HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&amp;psid=3470\" >Chronology of Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events \u2013 Digital History \u2013 DigitalHistory.UH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1965.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 The Jungle War 1965 \u2013 1968 \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atvaudio.com\/ata_vietnamwar.php\" >The VIETNAM WAR: US Involvement &amp; Escalation \u2013 ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO Inc. \u2013 RESEARCH REPORT \u2013 PART ONE \u2013 April 23, 1961 \u2013 May 27, 1968 \u2013 ATVAudio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/anderson.htm\" >The Diplomatic Course of the Vietnam War, by David L Anderson \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1888.html\" >America\u2019s Vietnam War in Indochina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1955<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> (dry surface) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1955_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >Semipalatinsk<\/a>, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1955:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1955_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >1955 Soviet nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Soviet Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Semipalatinsk Test Site and Its Environmental Issues:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\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:\/\/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>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_South_American_Airways\" >British South American Airways<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avro_Lancastrian\" >Avro Lancastrian<\/a> airliner <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BSAA_Star_Dust_accident\" >crashes into a mountain<\/a> during a flight from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires\" >Buenos Aires<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santiago\" >Santiago<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a>. The wreckage would not be found for over 50 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: End of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Potsdam_Conference\" >Potsdam Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Potsdam Conference:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_War\" >Pacific Theater of World War II \u2013 Pacific War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/End_of_World_War_II_in_Asia\" >End of World War II in Asia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/potsdam-conference.html\" >Potsdam Conference \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/potsdam-conference\/\" >Potsdam Conference (July 17 \u2013 August 2, 1945) \u2013 Totally History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/teacher\/potsdam.htm\" >Harry Truman and the Potsdam Conference \u2013 Truman Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/decade17.asp\" >The Berlin (Potsdam) Conference, July 17 \u2013 August 2, 1945 \u2013 (a) Protocol of the Proceedings, August 1, 1945 \u2013 Avalon Project \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/ww2peopleswar\/timeline\/factfiles\/nonflash\/a1144829.shtml\" >Fact File: Potsdam Conference \u2013 17 July to 2 August 1945 \u2013 Location: Potsdam, Germany \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Potsdam Declaration:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usarmy.vo.llnwd.net\/e2\/rv5_downloads\/postwarjapan\/Potsdam%20Declaration.pdf\" >Text of the Potsdam Declaration (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Potsdam_Conference\" >Potsdam Conference \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/potsdam-conference\" >POTSDAM CONFERENCE \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/teacher\/potsdam.htm\" >Harry Truman and the Potsdam Conference \u2013 TrumanLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Potsdam-Conference\" >Potsdam Conference \u2013 World War II \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Potsdam-Declaration\" >Potsdam Declaration \u2013 World War II \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/ps\/japan\/potsdam.pdf\" >The Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945) \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/primary-resources\/truman-potsdam\/\" >Berlin Potsdam Conference 1945 \u2013 American Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pwencycl.kgbudge.com\/P\/o\/Potsdam_Declaration.htm\" >Potsdam Declaration \u2013 The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-did-Japan-reject-the-Potsdam-Declaration\" >Why did Japan reject the Potsdam Declaration? \u2013 Quora.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lotsofessays.com\/viewpaper\/1689685.html\" >Impact of the Potsdam Declaration on Japan \u2013 LotsOfEssays.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Japan%27s_Surrender_Communiqu%C3%A9s\" >Japan\u2019s Surrender Communiqu\u00e9s \u2013 Wikisource.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/PTO\/Dip\/Crane.html\" >\u201c<em>We have ordered Our Government to communicate to the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that Our Empire accepts the provision of their Joint Declaration<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 The Imperial Rescript 15Aug45 (Japan Surrenders) \u2013 Ibiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/Convoy_HX_300\" >largest trade convoy<\/a> of the world wars arrives safely in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Approaches\" >Western Approaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ASNOM\" >ASNOM<\/a>: birth of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Republic_of_Macedonia\" >Socialist Republic of Macedonia<\/a>, celebrated as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_Day_%28Republic_of_Macedonia%29\" >Day of the Republic<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Macedonia\" >Republic of Macedonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\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\/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109\" >Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109<\/a> is rammed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Navy\" >Japanese<\/a> destroyer <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_destroyer_Amagiri_%281930%29\" >Amagiri<\/a><\/em> and sinks. Lt. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a>, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/ar\/treblinka\/revolt.html\" >Rebellion<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazi<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extermination_camp\" >death camp<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treblinka_extermination_camp\" >Treblinka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rebellion at the Treblinka Extermination Camp:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/resistyad4.html\" >JEWISH PRISONER UPRISINGS IN THE TREBLINKA AND SOBIBOR EXTERMINATION CAMPS \u2013 Sobibor Extermination Camp: Jewish Prisoner Uprisings \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hmd.org.uk\/content\/02081943-uprising-prisoners-treblinka\" >02\/08\/1943: UPRISING OF PRISONERS AT TREBLINKA \u2013 hmd.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/skepticism.org\/timeline\/august-history\/8132-treblinka-death-camp-prisoners-launch-rebellion-against-nazi-guards.html\" >Treblinka Death Camp Prisoners Launch Rebellion Against Nazi Guards \u2013 Date: 2 August 1943 \u2013 skepticism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/ar\/treblinka\/revolt.html\" >Treblinka Death Camp Revolt \u2013 August 1943 (Testimonies) \u2013 Holocaust Education &amp; Archive Research Team \u2013 holocaustresearchproject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisdeity.com\/2nd-august-1943the-treblinka-revolt\/\" >2<sup>ND<\/sup> AUGUST 1943 \u2013 THE TREBLINKA REVOLT \u2013 onthisdeity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Treblinka Extermination Camp:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1942\/7\/24\/construction-of-treblinka-nazi-extermination-camp-is-completed\" >Jul 24 1942 \u2013 Construction of Treblinka Nazi Concentration Camp is Completed \u2013 worldhistoryproject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/deportations-from-warsaw-ghetto-to-treblinka-begin\" >JUL 22 1942 \u2013 Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Treblinka.html\" >Treblinka Concentration Camp \u2013 History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/ForgottenCamps\/Camps\/TreblinkaEng.html\" >Treblinka (Poland), by Caren Keller Niss \u2013 jewishgen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radzilow.com\/treblinka.htm\" >Treblinka Extermination Camp \u2013 radzilow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaust.cz\/en\/history\/concentration-camps-and-ghettos\/treblinka-3\/\" >TREBLINKA \u2013 CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND GHETTOS \u2013 holocaust.cz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deathcamps.info\/new_page_3.htm\" >Death Camp Treblinka \u2013 deathcamps.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Treblinka\" >Treblinka \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/odot_pdf\/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205886.pdf\" >Treblinka \u2013 yadvashem.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treblinka_extermination_camp#Killing_process\" >Killing process \u2013 Treblinka extermination camp \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vho.org\/GB\/Books\/t\/3.html\" >Chapter II: The Development of the Idea of Treblinka as an Extermination Camp \u2013 vho.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\" >Albert Einstein<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leo_Szilard\" >Leo Szilard<\/a> write <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil%C3%A1rd_letter\" >a letter<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a>, urging him to begin the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan_Project\" >Manhattan Project<\/a> to develop a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Einstein\/Szilard Letter to FDR and the Manhattan Project:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hypertextbook.com\/eworld\/einstein.shtml\" >Albert Einstein\u2019s Letter to President Franklin Roosevelt \u2013 HyperTextbook.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dannen.com\/ae-fdr.html\" >Einstein to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939 \u2013 Dannen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937\" >Marihuana Tax Act of 1937<\/a> is passed in America, the effect of which is to render <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cannabis_%28drug%29\" >marijuana<\/a> and all its by-products illegal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gleichschaltung\" >Gleichschaltung<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> becomes <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F%C3%BChrer\" >F\u00fchrer<\/a><\/em> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany<\/a> following the death of President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_von_Hindenburg\" >Paul von Hindenburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Positron\" >positron<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antiparticle\" >antiparticle<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electron\" >electron<\/a>) is discovered by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_David_Anderson\" >Carl D. Anderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1922_Swatow_typhoon\" >typhoon<\/a> hits <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shantou\" >Shantou<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan\" >Republic of China<\/a> killing more than 50,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japan<\/a> announces that it is deploying troops to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siberia\" >Siberia<\/a> in the aftermath of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Japan\u2019s Intervention of Siberia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_intervention_in_Siberia\" >Japanese intervention in Siberia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mca-marines.org\/gazette\/1958\/01\/japanese-thrust-siberia-1918\" >The Japanese Thrust into Siberia, 1918 \u2013 mca-marines.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/193990\" >&#8220;A Great Disobedience Against the People&#8221;: Popular Press Criticism of Japan&#8217;s Siberian Intervention, 1918-22 \u2013 muse.jhu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/japan\/29.htm\" >\u201cAlthough the force was scaled back to avoid antagonizing the United States, more than 70,000 Japanese troops joined the much smaller units of the Allied Expeditionary Force sent to Siberia in 1918.\u201d \u2013 World War I \u2013 Japan \u2013 countrystudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of the Empire of Japan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureillustratedmagazine.com\/q\/Foreign_relations_of_the_Empire_of_Japan\" >Foreign Relations of the Empire of Japan \u2013 AdventureIllustrtedMagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digplanet.com\/wiki\/Category:Foreign_relations_of_the_Empire_of_Japan\" >Foreign relations of the Empire of Japan \u2013 DigPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austrian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wrecksite.eu\/wreck.aspx?166268\" >sabotage causes the sinking<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italian<\/a> battleship <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_battleship_Leonardo_da_Vinci\" >Leonardo da Vinci<\/a><\/em> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taranto\" >Taranto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>190<\/strong><strong>3\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fall_of_the_Ottoman_Empire\" >Fall of the Ottoman Empire<\/a>: an unsuccessful uprising led by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization\" >Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" >Turkey<\/a>, also known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilinden%E2%80%93Preobrazhenie_Uprising\" >Ilinden\u2013Preobrazhenie Uprising<\/a>, takes place.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ilinden-Preobrazhenie<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Uprsing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilinden%E2%80%93Preobrazhenie_Uprising\" >Ilinden\u2013Preobrazhenie Uprising &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-memorial.net\/Ilinden-Uprising-3.6\" >Ilinden Uprising \u2013 war-memorial.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/item\/publication\/76137\" >The Ilinden\u2013Preobrazhenie uprising of 1903 \u2013 iwm.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-of-macedonia.com\/2009\/08\/01\/the-ilinden-preobrazhenie-uprising-started-on-this-day-in-1903\/\" >Ilinden\u2013Preobrazhenie Uprising started on this day in 1903 \u2013 history-of-macedonia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flagspot.net\/flags\/mk_1903.html\" >Ilinden Uprising and the Republic of Kru\u0161evo (Macedonia, 1903) \u2013 flagspot.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.novinite.com\/articles\/107060\/Thousands+Remember+Bulgaria%27s+1903+Ilinden-Preobrazhenie+Uprising\" >\u201c<em>On August 2, <strong>1903<\/strong><\/em><em>, which is St. Elijah&#8217;s Day (Ilinden) under the Gregorian Calendar, Bulgarians in <strong>Macedonia<\/strong><\/em><em> and <strong>Thrace<\/strong><\/em><em> rebelled trying to unify the country as large swaths of territories populated by Bulgarians were left in the <strong>Ottoman Empire<\/strong><\/em><em> at the Berlin Congress of 1878\u2026 The uprising started in the Bitola vilayet &#8211; the 2nd Revolutionary District &#8211; on August 2, <strong>1903<\/strong><\/em><em>, which is today&#8217;s Republic of Macedonia. After a historic meeting at <strong>Petrova Niva<\/strong><\/em><em>, the 7th Adrianople Revolutionary District, parts of which are in today&#8217;s Bulgaria, also decided to rebel in order to aid the rebels in the Macedonian districts<\/em>.\u201d Thousands Remember Bulgaria\u2019s 1903 Ilinden\u2013Preobrazhenie Uprising \u2013 August 23, 2009 \u2013 novinite.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Ottoman Empire and Its Decline and Fall (Overview):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Ottoman_Empire\" >History of the Ottoman Empire \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turizm.net\/turkey\/history\/ottoman3.html\" >The Ottoman Empire \u2013 Turizm.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutturkey.com\/ottoman.htm\" >The Ottoman Empire \u2013 All About Turkey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themontrealreview.com\/2009\/The-Ottomans.php\" >The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire \u2013 The Montr\u00e9al Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowofhistory.com\/units\/asia\/6\/FC49\" >FC49: The decline of the Ottoman Empire (1565 \u2013 1918) \u2013 The Flow of History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/i-cias.com\/e.o\/ottomans_3.htm\" >Ottoman Empire \u2013 Rise and Fall, explanations \u2013 LookLex Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/online.sfsu.edu\/mroozbeh\/pages\/Page-Hist-Osmanli-decline.htm\" >Ottoman Decline \u2013 SFSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of the Ottoman Empire:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Ottoman_Empire\" >History of the Ottoman Empire \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/ottoman-empire-history.html\" >Ottoman Empire \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a> <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/ottoman-empire.html\" >Ottoman Empire \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.umich.edu\/%7Eturkish\/links\/ottemp_brhist.html\" >A Brief History of Ottoman Empire \u2013 UMICH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theottomans.org\/english\/history\/index.asp\" >History \u2013 The Ottomans \u2013 TheOttomans.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/islam\/history\/ottomanempire_1.shtml\" >Ottoman Empire (1301-1922) \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turizm.net\/turkey\/history\/ottoman3.html\" >THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE \u2013 1600 \u2013 1023 \u2013 Turizm.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/historyofgeography\/a\/The-Ottoman-Empire.htm\" >The Ottoman Empire \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1897\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Afghan_War\" >Anglo-Afghan War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Malakand\" >Siege of Malakand<\/a> ends when a relief column is able to reach the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Indian_Army\" >British<\/a> garrison in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malakand_Agency\" >Malakand states<\/a> adjacent to India\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North-West_Frontier_Province_%281901%E2%80%931955%29\" >North West Frontier Province<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Siege of the British Garrison in Malakand:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Malakand\" >Siege of Malakand \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Anglo-Afghan Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Anglo-Afghan-Wars\" >Anglo-Afghan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iranicaonline.org\/articles\/anglo-afghan-wars\" >ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR \u2013 iranicaonline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/afghanistan\/13.htm\" >The First Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 countrystudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Anglo-Afghan_War\" >First Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Battle_of_Kabul_%281842%29\" >Battle of Kabul (1842) \u2013 wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War\" >Second Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garenewing.co.uk\/angloafghanwar\/sitestuff\/faq.php\" >The Second Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 1878-1880 \u2013 garenewing.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1878\/the-second-anglo-afghan-war\" >The Second Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 1878-1880 \u2013 worldhistoryproject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.branchcollective.org\/?ps_articles=zarena-aslami-the-second-anglo-afghan-war-or-the-return-of-the-uninvited\" >Zarena Aslami, \u201cThe Second Anglo-Afghan War, or The Return of Uninvited\u201d \u2013 branchcollective.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War\" >Third Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/books-and-arts\/21570668-unnecessary-war-bloody-occupation-and-ignominious-retreat-lessons-unlearned\" >Lessons unlearned \u2013 economist.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.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad09\" >HISTORY OF AFGHANISTN \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/\" >Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 Afghanistan Online \u2013 Afghan-Web.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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Independence of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghan_Independence_Day\" >Afghan Independence Day \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldhistoryproject.org\/1919\/8\/19\/afghanistan-gains-independence-from-the-united-kingdom\" >Aug 19, 1919: Afghanistan Gains Independence from the United Kingdom \u2013 WorldHistoryProject.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War\" >Third Anglo-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uca.edu\/politicalscience\/dadm-project\/asiapacific-region\/afghanistan-1919-present\/\" >Afghanistan (1919-present) \u2013 UCA.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1873\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clay_Street_Hill_Railroad\" >Clay Street Hill Railroad<\/a> begins operating the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cable_car_%28railway%29\" >cable car<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco\" >San Francisco<\/a>\u2018s famous <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_cable_car_system\" >cable car system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1870\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tower_Subway\" >Tower Subway<\/a>, the world\u2019s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rapid_transit\" >underground tube railway<\/a>, opens in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London, England<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1869\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a>\u2018s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samurai\" >samurai<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farmer\" >farmer<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artisan\" >artisan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Merchant\" >merchant<\/a> class system (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_occupations_%28East_Asia%29\" >Shin\u014dk\u014dsh\u014d<\/a>) is abolished as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meiji_Restoration\" >Meiji Restoration<\/a> reforms. (Traditional <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_calendar\" >Japanese date<\/a>: June 25, 1869).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1830\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_X_of_France\" >Charles X of France<\/a> abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri,_Count_of_Chambord\" >Henri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\" >French Revolutionary Wars<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Nile\" >Battle of the Nile<\/a> concludes in a British victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1776\u00a0 <\/strong>The signing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence\" >United States Declaration of Independence<\/a> took place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 03<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0A 6.1 magnitude\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Ludian_earthquake\" >earthquake<\/a>\u00a0kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yunnan\" >Yunnan<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant\" >Islamic State<\/a> [aka <em>ISIS<\/em> or <em>ISIL<\/em>]* captures the Iraqi town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinjar\" >Sinjar<\/a>, home to the country\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yazidis\" >Yazidi religious minority population<\/a>; residents fled in advance of the extremists, who have demanded that non-Muslim residents convert to Islam or face death.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sinjar Massacre and Relevant Issues:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinjar_massacre\" >\u201c<em>The Sinjar massacre was the killing of 2,000\u20135,000 Yazidi men in Sinjar (Kurdish: \u0634\u0646\u06af\u0627\u0644\u200e \u015eingal) city and Sinjar District in the Nineveh Governorate by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in August 2014. This massacring started with ISIL\u2019s attacking and capturing Sinjar and neighboring towns on 3 August, during ISIL\u2019s offensive in early August 2014<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sinjar massacre \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Yazidis_by_ISIL\" >Persecution of Yezidis by ISIL \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/updates\/2014\/08\/04\/fears-of-yazidi-genocide-grow-as-over-450-killed-across-iraq\/\" >Fears of Yazidi Genocide Grow As over 450 Killed Across Iraq \u2013 Antiwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14936&amp;LangID=E\" >Iraq: \u201cImmediate action needed to protect human rights of Yazidis in grave danger\u201d \u2013 UN experts \u2013 UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/preventgenocide\/adviser\/pdf\/2014-08-12.Statement%20of%20the%20Special%20Advisers%20on%20Iraq.pdf\" >Statement by Adama Dieg, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in Iraq \u2013 United Nations Press Release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/swilliamsjd.wordpress.com\/tag\/massacre\/\" >Yezidi Villagers Massacred by ISIS \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/yazdis.on.mount.sinjar.could.escalate.to.genocide.within.days.or.hours\/39581.htm\" >Yezidis on Mount Sinjar: could escalate to genocide within days or hours \u2013 ChristianToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/point\/237974\/non-muslim-minority-facing-isis-genocide-iraq-beg-daniel-greenfield\" >Non-Muslim Minority Facing ISIS Genocide in Iraq Beg Obama for Water \u2013 FrontPageMag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uniraq.org\/images\/SGReports\/S2014774%20ENGLISH.pdf\" >\u201c<em>Between 2 and 7 August, ISIL launched a new wave of attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas that resulted in the takeover of a number of towns and villages in the districts of Hamdaniya, Mosul, Sinjar, Shekhan, Tal Afar and Tal Kaif in Ninewa governorate, as well as \u2026As a result, approximately 200,000 people were displaced, \u2026 [para 19]<\/em>\u201d \u2013 First report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 2169 (2014) \u2013 UN Security Council \u2013 S\/2014\/774<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Yezidism:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kurdistanmemory.com\/site\/english\/yezidis.html\" >Yezidism \u2013 Kurdistan Memory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meta-religion.com\/World_Religions\/Other_religions\/yezidism2.htm#.VZQA8kaufX4\" >Yezidi religion \u2013 Meta-Religion.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yeziditruth.org\/\" >The Truth about the Yezidis \u2013 YezidiTruth.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cais-soas.com\/CAIS\/Religions\/iranian\/yezidism.htm\" >Iranian Religions \u2013 Yezidism \u2013 Zoroastrian Religion in Disguise \u2013 CAIS-SOAS.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/asia\/sby\/index.htm\" >Devil Warship \u2013 The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidis, by Isya Joseph \u2013 Sacred-Texts.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/orvillejenkins.com\/peoples\/yazidi.html\" >The Yezidis \u2013 An Angelic Sect, by Orville Boyd Jenkins<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yezidisinternational.org\/\" >Yezidis International Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/yazidi.htm\" >The Yezidi branch of Yazd\u2019nism \u2013 Religious Tolerance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>President Obama, and Use of the Military Force against ISIS\/ISIL:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/30\/isis-war-quotes_n_5909082.html\" >Don\u2019t worry, Whatever It Is We\u2019re Doing In The Middle East, It\u2019s Totally Not A \u201cWar\u201d, by Sara Boboltz \u2013 Sep 30, 2014 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_intervention_against_ISIL\" >Military intervention against ISIL \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agathocledesyracuse.com\/\" >ISIL Syria Conflict Frontline Maps \u2013 AgathocleDeSyracuse.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/ideas\/2014\/07\/dont-worry-next-world-war-not-upon-us-yet\/90152\/\" >Don\u2019t worry, the Next World War Is Not Upon Us\u2026Yet, by Graham Allison \u2013 July 31, 2014 \u2013 DefenseOne.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/obamareport.blogspot.com\/\" >Obama on ISIS: My soft drink strategy is working! (Satire) \u2013 Thursday, November 19, 2015 \u2013 Obama Report<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/75-times-obama-broke-law-during-presidency\/\" >75 TIMES OBAMA BROKE LAW DURING PRESIDENCY: An extensive list of Obama\u2019s crimes showing why Congress must impeach him now, by Kit Daniels \u2013 January 7, 2016 \u2013 InfoWars.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theadvocates.org\/category\/foreign-policy-2\/national-defense\/\" >Without a Clear War Strategy, White House Wants to Increase Spending to Fight ISIS, Boost Surveillance State \u2013 February 1, 2016 \u2013 Advocates for Self-Government \u2013 TheAdvocates.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>ISIS and the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/op-edge\/168064-isis-terrorism-usa-cia-war\/\" >ISIS in Iraq stinks of CIA\/NATO \u2018dirty war\u2019 op \u2013 RT Op-Edge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/obama-ordered-cia-to-train-isis-jihadists-declassified-documents\" >Obama ordered CIA to train ISIS jihadists: Declassified documents \u2013 Examiner.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/03\/washington-and-isis-the-evidence\/\" >Washington and ISIS: The Evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hangthebankers.com\/isis-leader-a-confirmed-cia-puppet\/\" >ISIS leader a confirmed CIA puppet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/govtslaves.info\/secret-pentagon-report-reveals-west-saw-isis-as-strategic-asset\/\" >Secret Pentagon Report Reveals West Saw ISIS as Strategic Asset \u2013 GovtSlaves.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2015\/06\/isis-syria-assad-iraq-benghazi\/\" >How the US Helped ISIS \u2013 JacobinMag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/op-edge\/183412-isis-us-syria-obama\/\" >ISIS: US-made monster running amok in Middle East, by Robert Bridge \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2749197\/ISIS-arming-US-military-hardware-wage-jihad-Middle-East-seizing-weapons-Syrian-rebels-Iraqi-soldiers.html\" >ISIS arming themselves with US-made military hardware to wage jihad across the Middle East after seizing weapons from Syrian rebels and Iraqi soldiers \u2013 Daily Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2015\/05\/26\/412952\/US-airstrikes-highprofile-ISIL-targets-Syria-Iraq-\" >US intentionally holding back attacks on obvious key ISIL target in Syria, Iraq: Report \u2013 PressTV.ir<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/what-iraq-thinks-it-obvious-everyone-isis-creation-united-states-and-israel\" >What Iraq Thinks: \u201cIt Is Obvious To Everyone That ISIS Is A Creation Of The United States And Israel\u201d \u2013 ZeroHedge.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/2992269\/isis-is-an-american-plot-says-iran\/\" >Why Iran Believe the Militant Group ISIS Is an American Plot \u2013 Time.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.finalcall.com\/artman\/publish\/National_News_2\/article_101752.shtml\" >ISIS Made in U.S.A.? \u2013 FinalCall.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2014\/09\/02\/how-america-made-isis\" >How America Made ISIS \u2013 Their Videos and Ours, Their \u201cCaliphate\u201d and Ours, by Tom Engelhardt \u2013 CommonDreams.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/tom-engelhardt\/how-america-made-isis%E2%80%A8\" >How America Made ISIS \u2013 OpenDemocracy.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/isis-fires-american-made-missiles-at-syrian-army-u-s-funding-arming-isis-from-the-beginning_11102014\" >ISIS Fires American-Made Missiles At Syrian Army: \u201cU.S. Funding, Arming ISIS From the Beginning\u201d \u2013 SHTFplan.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamicinvitationturkey.com\/2015\/06\/05\/photos-see-how-america-fight-with-isil-isis-terrorists-drive-american-humvees\/\" >PHOTOS: See how America fight(!) with ISIL: ISIS Terrorists Drive American Humvees! \u2013 IslamicInvitationTurkey.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dYXXcwuJtbQ\" >YouTube video (14 min. 59 sec.) ISIS EXPOSED 100% AS CIA OPERATION \u201cThe Next Bin Laden is Here\u201d \u2013 Don\u2019t Be Fooled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W1zGJApfbDc\" >YouTube video (27 min.00 sec.) ISIS: The Creation of The CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ULsW_pkPAe0\" >YouTube video (16 min. 20 sec.): ISIS \u2018Flames Of War\u2019 HOAX: The Road To WW3 \u2013 DON\u2019T BE FOOLED!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aQkYtmewSpQ\" >YouTube video (8 min. 05 sec.): ISIS was created by the CIA and Mossad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/vigilantreport\/isis-cia-creation-justify-war-abroad-repression-home\/\" >ISIS: A CIA Creation to Justify War Abroad and Repression at Home \u2013 The Vigilant Citizen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/isis-domestic-terror-threat-created-by-cia-and-u-s-military\/\" >ISIS Domestic Terror Threat Created by CIA and U.S. Military \u2013 Alex Jones \u2013 Infowars.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amtvmedia.com\/former-cia-contractor-we-created-isis\/\" >Former CIA Contractor: We Created ISIS \u2013 Amtvmedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2014\/08\/iran-didnt-create-isis-we-did\/\" >Iran Didn\u2019t Create ISIS; We Did \u2013 The Diplomat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/cards\/things-about-isis-you-need-to-know\/what-is-isis\" >ISIS used to be al-Qaeda in Iraq \u2013 17 things about ISIS and Iraq you need to know \u2013 Vox.com<\/a> <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/FA\/FA18\/20131212\/101591\/HHRG-113-FA18-Wstate-LewisJ-20131212.pdf\" >Middle East Security Report 14, September 2013, by Jessica D. Lewis, \u2013 Al-Qaeda in Iraq Resurgent: Breaking the Walls Campaign Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jElMqi2AFD8\" >YouTube video (4 min. 25 sec.): \u2018US fighting alongside ISIS\u2019: Direct American role in strengthening jihadists?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8T1sjieQLuk\" >YouTube video (4 min. 44 sec.): Iran Exposes ISIS! Top Commander Says It\u2019s Supported by US, Israel and KSA!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kauilapele.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/20\/tehran-times-6-18-14-iran-will-never-cooperate-with-u-s-in-war-against-isil-top-commander\/\" >Teheran Times 6-18-14\u2026\u201dIran will never cooperate with U.S. in war against ISIL: top commander\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/10\/dont-worry-whatever-it-is-were-doing-in-the-middle-east-its-totally-not-a-war\/\" >Don\u2019t Worry, Whatever It Is We\u2019re Doing in the Middle East, It\u2019s Totally Not a \u2018War\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Training, Support and Funding:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-02-18\/wesley-clark-isis-got-started-through-funding-our-friends-allies\" >General Wesley Clerk: \u201cISIS Got Started Through Funding From Our Friends &amp; Allies\u201d \u2013 ZeroHedge.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-forbidden-truth-islamic-state-isis-recruiter-admits-getting-funds-from-america\/5428253\" >The Forbidden Truth: Islamic State (ISIS) Recruiter Admits Getting Funds From America \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/227195-islamic-state-us-funding\/\" >Islamic State operative confesses to receiving funding from US \u2013 report \u2013 RT.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/06\/14\/america-s-allies-are-funding-isis.html\" >America\u2019s Allies Are Funding ISIS \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2014\/06\/officials-u-s-trained-isis-at-secret-base-in-jordan\/\" >Blowback! U.S. Trained Islamists Who Joined ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/njtoday.net\/2015\/05\/17\/report-claims-america-created-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-syria-isis\/\" >Report claims America created the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) \u2013NJtoday.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RPkPGBodJM4\" >YouTube video (3 min. 01 sec.): This is why the US created ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DqNwUxjdsAA\" >YouTube video (7 min. 01 sec.): US allies funding ISIS \u2013 Gen. Dempsey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XnU6P2T5Yr4\" >YouTube video (3 min. 21 sec.): Exactly how the US trained and armed ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ojcoKnTGf4s\" >YouTube video (11 min. 47 sec.): General Wesley Clark explains ISIS was created by U.S. allies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/iraq-crisis-isis-terrorists-were-trained-by-us-2012-syria-conflict-602594\" >Iraq Crisis: ISIS Terrorists were Trained by US in 2012 for Syria Conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/1newsjunkie.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/snowden-bombshell-isis-leader-ciami5.html\" >Snowden Bombshell: ISIS Leader CIA\/MI6 Asset, Trained By Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freedomoutpost.com\/2014\/08\/you-do-realize-that-the-us-funded-and-trained-isis-right\/\" >You Do Realize that the US Funded and Trained ISIS, Right?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lubpak.com\/archives\/315732\" >Key members of ISIS were trained by CIA and U.S. Special Forces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanprosperity.com\/militant-islamic-group-isis-trained-at-u-s-base-in-jordan\/\" >Militant Islamic Group ISIS Trained at US Base in Jordan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/cia-ramping-up-covert-training-program-for-moderate-syrian-rebels\/2013\/10\/02\/a0bba084-2af6-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html\" >CIA ramping up covert training program for moderate Syrian rebels \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldobserveronline.com\/2014\/08\/12\/former-cia-agent-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-trained-israeli-mossad\/\" >FORMER CIA AGENT: \u201cISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL BAGHADI WAS TRAINED BY ISRAELI MOSSAD.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theflyingcameldotorg.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/30\/former-cia-officer-isis-were-trained-by-the-united-states-in-jordan\/\" >Former CIA Officer: \u201cISIS were trained by the United States in Jordan\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.datalounge.com\/cgi-bin\/iowa\/ajax.html?t=14275166#page:showThread,14275166\" >CIA and NATO have trained and financed ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/09\/how-america-made-isis-their-videos-and-ours-their-caliphate-and-ours\/\" >How America Made ISIS \u2013 Their Videos and Ours, Their \u201cCaliphate\u201d and Ours<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/09\/follow-the-money-follow-the-oil-how-the-west-created-the-islamic-state\/\" >How the West Created the Islamic State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/26509-did-we-really-create-isis\" >Did We Really Create ISIS?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/documentaryaddict.com\/the+creation+of+isis-12661-doc.html\" >The Creation of ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>ISIS and Israel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/world\/.premium-1.605097\" >Why Aren\u2019t ISIS and Al-Qaeda Attacking Israel?- HAARETZ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/21stcenturywire.com\/2015\/02\/19\/un-report-reveals-how-israel-is-coordinating-with-isis-militants-inside-syria\/\" >UN Report Reveals How Israel is Coordinating with ISIS Militants Inside Syria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intellihub.com\/video-isis-saudi-arabia-the-cia-and-israel-exposed\/\" >Video: ISIS, Saudi Arabia, the CIA and Israel Exposed \u2013 Intellihub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ronald-tiersky\/isis-what-does-it-mean-fo_b_5489756.html\" >ISIS: What Does It Mean for Israel? \u2013 Ronald Tiersky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/02\/06\/politics\/israel-jordan-relationship-strengthened-isis\/\" >Israel bolsters ties to Jordan as ISIS looms \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2014\/11\/05\/the-silence-of-the-israelis-on-isis\/\" >The Silence of the Israelis on ISIS \u2013 Consortium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/views\/news\/middle-east\/2014\/07\/04\/Israel-and-ISIS-two-sides-of-the-same-coin.html\" >Israel and ISIS, two sides of the same coin \u2013 Al Arabiya News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/world\/.premium-1.605097\" >Why the Islamic State isn\u2019t in any rush to attack Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/10\/the-university-of-al-qaeda-americas-terrorist-academy-in-iraq-produced-isis-leaders\/\" >The University of Al-Qaeda? America\u2019s \u201cTerrorist Academy\u201d in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-05-23\/secret-pentagon-report-reveals-us-created-isis-tool-overthrow-syrias-president-assad\" >Secret Pentagon Report Reveals US \u201cCreated\u201d ISIS As A \u201cTool\u201d To Overthrow Syria\u2019s President Assad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S2UogUfSwTI\" >YouTube video (10 min. 09 sec.): Israel Joining ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/New-UN-report-reveals-collaboration-between-Israel-and-Syrian-rebels-383926\" >New UN report reveals collaboration between Israel and Syrian rebels \u2013 The Jerusalem Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addictinginfo.org\/2015\/02\/05\/isis-idf-link\/\" >UN finds credible ties between ISIS And Israel Defense Forces \u2013 AddictingInfo.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Supply of Weapons to ISIS:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2015\/06\/04\/hell-on-wheels\/\" >Report: The Islamic State\u2019s Best Weapon Was Born in the USA \u2013 Foreign Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2014\/09\/08\/made-in-the-usa-report-shows-isis-using-us-arms-from-syria-rebels\/\" >Made in USA: Report Shows ISIS Using US Arms from \u2018Syrian Rebels\u2019 \u2013 AntiWar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/21\/isis-video-america-s-air-dropped-weapons-now-in-our-hands.html\" >ISIS Video: America\u2019s Air Dropped Weapons Now in Our Hands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/defense\/did-the-u-s-just-accidentally-give-weapons-to-isis-20141021\" >Did the U.S. Just Accidentally Give Weapons to ISIS?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heresyherald.com\/#%21Report-US-Military-Arming-ISIS\/c249c\/D7A93373-2FE4-4A2E-A62E-AC711EB9C57D\" >Report: US Military Arming ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sott.net\/article\/291028-US-continues-to-airdrop-weapons-and-aid-to-ISIS-a-group-they-re-allegedly-fighting\" >continues to airdrops weapons and aid to ISIS \u2013 a group they\u2019re allegedly fighting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/10\/american-weapons-find-their-way-to-isis-again\/381733\/\" >More American Weapons for ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/u-s-airdrops-weapons-to-isis-as-iraqi-army-makes-gains\/5422034\" >Airdrops Weapons to ISIS as Iraqi Army Makes Gains<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/197988-isis-us-weapons-video\/\" >Right into enemy hands? ISIS shows off new weapons allegedly airdropped by US (VIDEO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/beforeitsnews.com\/terrorism\/2015\/02\/caught-red-handed-two-british-planes-shot-down-in-iraq-carrying-weapons-for-isis-terrorists-2452716.html?utm_medium=verticalresponse&amp;utm;_content=beforeit39snews-verticalresponse&amp;utm;_term=http%3A%2F%2Fb4in.info%2FejD1&amp;utm;_campaign=&amp;utm;_source=direct-b4in.info\" >CAUGHT RED-HANDED : Two British Planes Shot Down in Iraq Carrying Weapons for ISIS Terrorists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nfJph7HM9m4\" >US and BRITISH Planes Have Been Making Airdrops of Weapons to ISIS \u2013 YouTube video (6 min. 07 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/report-iraqi-forces-again-claim-us-is-supplying-isis-with-weapon-drops\/\" >Report: Iraqi Forces AGAIN Claim US is Supplying ISIS with Weapon Drops: Claim to have shot down US chopper full of weapons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/u-s-helicopter-delivering-weapons-to-the-islamic-state-isis-shot-down-by-iraqi-popular-forces\/5434230\" >Terrorists Supported by America: U.S. Helicopter Delivering Weapons to the Islamic State (ISIS), Shot Down by Iraq \u201cPopular Forces\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>How ISIS Uses Oil to Finance Its Terror Operations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/06\/14\/america-s-allies-are-funding-isis.html\" >America\u2019s Allies Are Funding ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2014\/09\/11\/the-scary-amount-of-oil-money-isis-makes-every-day\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" >The Scary Amount of Oil Money ISIS Makes Every Day \u2013 The Daily Signal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/isis-funding-gulf-kuwait-donations-oil-revenue-terrorist\/\" >ISIS is rolling in cash, but from where? \u2013 CBS News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/mideast\/2014\/08\/26\/isis-earns-3-million-from-oil-sales-every-day-expert-says\" >ISIS earns $3 million from oil sales every day, expert says \u2013 Daily Sabah<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/11\/7\/7173665\/isis-oil-money\" >Is everything we know is ISIS\u2019s oil money wrong? \u2013 Vox.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/isis-oil-revenue-islamic-state-makes-money-selling-gas-bashar-assad-new-bbc2-1892370\" >ISIS Oil Revenue: Islamic State Makes Money By Selling Gas To Bashar Assad, New BBC2 Documentary Claims \u2013 International Business Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H4mK4Jp_F4o\" >YouTube video (3 min 47 sec.): Ali Soufan Interviewed on BBC This World: World\u2019s Richest Terror Army<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libertynews.com\/2014\/08\/isis-generates-720-million-a-year-in-oil-revenue\/\" >ISIS Generates $720 MILLION a Year in Oil Revenue! \u2013 Liberty News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aina.org\/news\/20141120050955.pdf\" >Inside Islamic State\u2019s Oil Empire: How Captures Oilfields Fuel Isis Insurgency \u2013 Aina.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/oil-ISIS-revenue-Islamic-State\/2015\/02\/16\/id\/625045\/\" >ISIS\u2019 Sources of Revenue Unclear But Group Well Financed \u2013 Newsmax.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/05\/19\/world\/middleeast\/isis-finances.html?_r=0\" >ISIS Finances Are Strong \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/isis-will-make-money-from-antiquities-in-palmyra-syria-2015-5\" >ISIS is about to make A LOT of money off \u2018the archaeological equivalent of a beheading\u2019 \u2013 Business Insider<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Buyers of ISIS Oil:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/184823#.VWSmNEaufX4\" >Supporting Terror: EU States Buying Islamic States Oil \u2013 Israel National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onenewspage.com\/n\/US\/750mo9mch\/CLAIM-EU-Countries-Buying-ISIS-Oil.htm\" >CLAIM: EU Countries Buying ISIS Oil \u2013 One News Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/shoebat.com\/2014\/09\/06\/eu-buying-isis-oil\/\" >European Union Buying ISIS Oil \u2013 Shoebat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/investmentwatchblog.com\/eu-ambassador-to-iraq-admits-were-funding-isis-by-buying-their-oil\/\" >EU Ambassador to Iraq Admits: We\u2019re \u2018Funding ISIS\u2019 By Buying Their Oil!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stuartjeannebramhall.com\/2014\/09\/16\/eu-members-purchasing-oil-from-isis\/\" >EU Members Purchasing Oil from ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-09-15\/petrodollar-panic-eu-officials-admit-buying-oil-isis\" >Petrodollar Panic: EU Officials Admit Buying Oil From ISIS \u2013 Zerohedge.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/windowstorussia.com\/isis-oil-the-west-loves-cheap-oil.html\" >ISIS Oil: The West loves cheap oil\u2026 \u2013Windows to Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wolfblitzzer0.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/nato-usuk-rothschild-zionists-buy-isis.html\" >NATO US, UK Rothschild Zionist Buy ISIS Stolen Oil. Boycott Russian Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2014-09-16\/isis-selling-cheap-oil-its-enemies-syrias-government-kurds\" >ISIS is selling cheap oil to its enemies \u2013 from Syria\u2019s government to the Kurds \u2013 Pri.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/bw\/articles\/2014-09-11\/islamic-state-smuggles-oil-into-turkey-with-hostages-as-insurance\" >Islamic State Smuggles Oil into Turkey \u2013 With Hostages as Insurance \u2013 Bloomberg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2014\/09\/18\/whos-buying-isis-oil-kerry-says-theyre-looking-into-it\/\" >Who\u2019s Buying ISIS\u2019 Oil? Kerry Says They\u2019re Looking Into It \u2013 PJ Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simmsreport.com\/2014\/09\/04\/israel-is-doomed-us-caught-buying-oil-stolen-by-isis\/\" >Israel is Doomed! US Caught Buying Oil Stolen by ISIS \u2013 SimmersReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uIO0jysy6-s\" >YouTube video (8 min. 21 sec.): Is the U.S. Buying Oil from ISIS in Syria?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shameonyou.buzz\/thanks-to-islamic-state-isis-the-world-is-getting-cheap-oil-terrorist-group-selling-oil-as-cheap-as-20-per-barrel\/\" >Thanks to Islamic State ISIS, the world is getting cheap oil! Terrorist group selling oil as cheap as $20 per barrel! \u2013 Shameonyou.buzz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/123islamic.com\/2014\/11\/30\/isis-oil-is-cheaper-and-flowing-to-europe\/\" >ISIS Oil is Cheaper and Flowing to Europe \u2013 123 Islamic State ISIS ISIL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Karachi_riots\" >Widespread rioting<\/a> erupts in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" >Pakistan<\/a>, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistani_rupee\" >Pakistani rupees<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_dollar\" >US$<\/a>200 million) in damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong>Former Deputy Director of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Direcci%C3%B3n_de_Inteligencia_Nacional\" >Chilean secret police<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ra%C3%BAl_Iturriaga\" >Ra\u00fal Iturriaga<\/a> is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kidnapping\" >kidnapping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad\" >Mahmoud Ahmadinejad<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Iran\" >President of Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Mauritania\" >President of Mauritania<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maaouya_Ould_Sid%27Ahmed_Taya\" >Maaouya Ould Sid\u2019Ahmed Taya<\/a> is overthrown in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >military coup<\/a> while attending the funeral of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fahd_of_Saudi_Arabia\" >King Fahd<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" >Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The pedestal of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Liberty\" >Statue of Liberty<\/a> reopens after being closed since the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_11_attacks\" >September 11 attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oued_El-Had_and_Mezouara_massacre\" >Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" >Algeria<\/a>; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senegal\" >Senegalese<\/a> opposition parties, under the leadership of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamadou_Dia\" >Mamadou Dia<\/a>, launch the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antiimperialist_Action_Front_%E2%80%93_Suxxali_Reew_Mi\" >Antiimperialist Action Front \u2013 Suxxali Reew Mi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senegal\" >Senegalese<\/a> opposition parties, under the leadership of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamadou_Dia\" >Mamadou Dia<\/a>, launch the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antiimperialist_Action_Front_%E2%80%93_Suxxali_Reew_Mi\" >Antiimperialist Action Front \u2013 Suxxali Reew Mi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tandy_Corporation\" >Tandy Corporation<\/a> announces the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TRS-80\" >TRS-80<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s first mass-produced <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_computer\" >personal computers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States Senate begins its hearing on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra\" >Project MKUltra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Project MKUltra:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/ask-history\/did-the-cia-secretly-dose-people-with-lsd\" >Did the CIA secretly dose people with LSD? \u2013 ASK HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra\" >\u201c<em>Project MKUltra<\/em>\u2014sometimes referred to as the <strong>CIA\u2019s mind control program<\/strong>\u2014was the code name given to an illegal program of experiments on human subjects, designed and undertaken by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs and procedures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to force confessions through mind control\u2026Early CIA efforts focused on LSD, which later came to dominate many of MKUltra\u2019s programs\u2026\u201d \u2013 Project MKUltra \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mindspring.com\/%7Etxporter\/sec3.htm\" >MK-ULTRA \u2013 The CIA program on Mind Control \u2013 Rense.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mindspring.com\/%7Etxporter\/sec3.htm\" >History of MK-ULTRA. CIA Program on Mind Control \u2013 MindSpring.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/050626mkultra.shtml\" >MK-ULTRA \u2013 WantToKnow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/03\/top-psychologists-personal-history-of-mk-ultra-the-cia-lsd-story-in-retrospect\/\" >Top Psychologist\u2019s Personal History of MK-ULTRA: \u201cThe CIA-LSD Story in Retrospect\u201d \u2013 Valtin, Invictus \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/10\/the-10-most-egregious-u-s-abuses-of-psychology-and-psychiatry\/\" >The 10 Most Egregious U.S. Abuses of Psychology and Psychiatry, by Bruce E. Levine \u2013 Alternet \u2013 Salon \u2013 transcend.org\/tms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/03\/top-psychologists-personal-history-of-mk-ultra-the-cia-lsd-story-in-retrospect\/\" >Top Psychologist\u2019s Personal History of MK-ULTRA: \u201cThe CIA-LSD Story in Retrospect\u201d \u2013 transcend.org\/tms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>CIA and Mind Control:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mind_control\" >Mind control \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra#MKUltra\" >MKUltra \u2013 Project MKUltra \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skewsme.com\/cia.html\" >CIA Mind Control \u2013 SkewsMe.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/mind_control\/cia_mind_control_experiments_sex_abuse.shtml\" >CIA Mind Control Experiments \u2013 Declassified Documents Reveals Sex Abuse, More \u2013 WantToKnow.info<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2008962_2008964_2008992,00.html\" >CIA Mind Control Experiments \u2013 Friday, Aug. 06, 2010 \u2013 TIME.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/drugs\/how-cias-lsd-mind-control-experiments-destroyed-my-healthy-high-functioning-fathers-brilliant\" >How the CIA\u2019s LSD Mind-Control Experiments Destroyed My Healthy, High-Functioning Father\u2019s Brilliant Mind, by W. Henry Wall, Jr. \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforbiddenknowledge.com\/hardtruth\/cia_mind_control_children.htm\" >CIA, Mind Control &amp; Children \u2013 TheForbiddenKnowledge.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/educate-yourself.org\/mc\/\" >Mind Control \u2013 The Ultimate Terror \u2013 Educate Yourself \u2013 Educate-Yourself.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2009\/09\/03\/cia-mind-control-doctors\/\" >CIA Mind Control Doctors: From Harvard to Guantanamo \u2013 September 3, 2009 \u2013 CCHRInt.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Case Study (1): Nixon\u2019s War on Drugs of 1971, Racism, and Militarism:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coursehero.com\/file\/p1cu3h8j\/War-on-Drugs-June-18-1971-Richard-Nixon-declared-War-on-Drugs-prohibition-of\/\" >War on Drugs: June 18, 1971, Richard Nixon declared War on Drugs \u2013 CourseHero.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2016\/03\/23\/nixons-war-drugs-began-strategy-attack-antiwar-left-and-black-people\" >Nixon\u2019s War on Drugs Began as Strategy to Attack \u2018Antiwar Left and Black People\u2019, by Nadia Prupis \u2013 Wednesday, March 23, 2016 \u2013 CommonDreams.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newsone.com\/3388286\/nixon-aide-war-on-drugs-blacks\/\" >\u201c<em>Now, a new article from Harper\u2019s magazine features a 1994 interview with President Richard Nixon advisor\u00a0John D. Ehrlichman\u00a0in which he stated that the policy was aimed at disrupting Black people and war protesters<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Dismantling Black Families \u2013 The Nixon White House thought of the antiwar left and Black people as enemies, the aide said. \u2013 by D. L. Chandler \u2013 newsone.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dearkitty1.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/10\/nixons-war-on-drugs-racism-and-miltarism\/\" >Nixon\u2019s \u2018war on drugs\u2019, racism and militarism \u2013 April 10, 2016 \u2013 Dear Kitty. Some Blog \u2013 dearkitty1.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/steponerehab.com\/nixon-reagan-racism-behind-war-drugs\/\" >Nixon, Regan, and the Racism behind the War on Drugs \u2013 StepOneRehab.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sojo.net\/articles\/top-nixon-adviser-war-drugs-was-way-target-black-people\" >Top Nixon Adviser: \u2018War on Drugs\u2019 Was a Way to Target Black People \u2013 03-23-2016 \u2013 Sojourners \u2013 sojo.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ladyfreethinker.org\/former-nixon-aide-confirms-war-on-drugs-created-to-keep-blacks-down\/\" >Former Nixon Aide Confirms: War on Drugs = Systematic Racism, by Danielle Nilsen \u2013 April 6, 2016 \u2013 ladyfreethinker.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/only420.com\/5208\/marijuana-news\/nixon-aide-claims-war-drugs-concocted-racism\/\" >Nixon Aide Claims War on Drugs Concocted from Racism, by Sarah Parfitt \u2013 March 30, 2016 \u2013 only420.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/3\/22\/11278760\/war-on-drugs-racism-nixon\" >Nixon official: real reason for the drug war was to criminalize black people and hippies \u2013 March 22, 2016 \u2013 Vox.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/138664\/the-war-on-drugs-horribly-racist-origins-have-finally-been-revealed#.Jw5rJWAAy\" >The War On Drugs\u2019 Horribly Racist Origins Have Finally Been Revealed, by Zak Cheney Rice \u2013 March 23, 2016 \u2013 Identities.Mic \u2013 mic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/judge-frederic-block\/war-on-drugs_b_2384624.html\" >Racism\u2019s Hidden in the War on Drugs, by Frederic Block \u2013 01\/03\/2013\/ \u2013 Huffingtonpost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/nixons-advisor-admitted-that-the-war-on-drugs-was-created-to-criminalize-black-people-and-hippies\/\" >Nixon\u2019s Advisor Admitted That The \u201cWar On Drugs\u201d Was Created To Criminalize Black People And Hippies \u2013 trueactivist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drugrehab.com\/2016\/03\/25\/report-claims-nixons-war-on-drugs-has-racist-origin\/\" >Racism, the War on Drugs and Treating Addiction as a Disease, by Chris Elkins \u2013 March 25, 1016 \u2013 DrugRehab.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marijuanapolitics.com\/richard-nixons-racist-drug-war\/\" >Richard Nixon\u2019s Racist Drug War, by Russ Belville \u2013 March 25, 2016 \u2013 marijunapolitics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gobigread.wisc.edu\/2016\/03\/nixons-war-on-drugs-was-founded-on-racism\/\" >Nixon\u2019s \u201cwar on drugs\u201d was founded on racism, by Kayleen Jones \u2013 March 28, 2016 \u2013 wisc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Case Study (2): Reagan\u2019s War on Drugs of 1982:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2010\/10\/reagan-declares-war-on-drugs-october-14-1982-043552\" >Reagan declares \u2018War on Drugs,\u2019 October 14, 1982, by Andrew Glass \u2013 Politico.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democratichub.com\/article\/7733.aspx\" >Reagan declares \u2018War on Drugs\u2019, October 14, 1982 \u2013 DemocraticHub.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/courant-250\/moments-in-history\/hc-this-day-in-history-365-pictures-302-photo.html\" >14, 1982: The War on Drugs \u2013 Hartford Courant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugwarfacts.org\/factbook.pdf\" >Drug War Facts, compiled and maintained by Common Sense for Drug Policy \u2013 November 2007 \u2013 pdf \u2013 DrugWarFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/new-solutions-drug-policy\/brief-history-drug-war\" >A Brief History of Drug War \u2013 DrugPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=43085\" >Ronald Reagan \u2013 Radio Address to the Nation on the Federal Drug Policy \u2013 October 2, 1982 \u2013 UCSB.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilliberty.about.com\/od\/drugpolicy\/tp\/War-on-Drugs-History-Timeline.htm\" >History of the War on Drugs, by Tom Head \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/class\/e297c\/poverty_prejudice\/paradox\/htele.html\" >\u201c<em>America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately, it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts, hospitals, and prisons<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/pubs\/pas\/pa-180es.html\" >A Society of Suspects: The War on Drugs and Civil Liberties, by Steven Wisotsky \u2013 CATO.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crimeandjustice.org\/councilinfo.cfm?pID=50\" >The War on Drugs, by Jason Marque Solo \u2013 Council on Crime and Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pecangroup.org\/war-on\/war-on-drugs\/\" >WAR ON DRUGS \u2013 PecanGroup.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studymode.com\/essays\/Reagans-War-On-Drugs-1689982.html\" >Reagans War on Drugs \u2013 StudyMode.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/drugwarfacts.org\/cms\/Military\" >Militarization of the Drug War \u2013 DrugWarFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.druglibrary.org\/special\/goode\/drugpanic.htm\" >Chapter 12 of Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance \u2013 <em>The American Drug Panic in the 1980s<\/em>, by Erich Goode &amp; Nachman Ben-Yehuda \u2013 published by Blackwell \u2013 DrugLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilliberty.about.com\/od\/drugpolicy\/p\/War-on-Drugs-Facts.htm\" >Key Facts About the War on Drugs, by Tom Head \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flashbackmiami.com\/2014\/09\/10\/miami-drug-wars\/\" >Miami Drug Wars \u2013 FlashBackMiami.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugsense.org\/cms\/wodclock\" >Drug War Clock \u2013 DrugSense.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/drugwarfacts.org\/cms\/?q=node\/243\" >Drug War Facts \u2013 Contents \u2013 DrugWarFacts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilliberty.about.com\/od\/drugpolicy\/p\/War-on-Drugs-Facts.htm\" >Key Facts About the War on Drugs, by Tom Head \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/books\/unbelievable-story-how-americas-war-drugs-started\" >The Unbelievable Story of How America\u2019s War on Drugs Started, by Johann Hari \u2013 Alternet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugactionnetwork.com\/history\/\" >General History of Drugs \u2013 DRUG ACTION NETWORK \u2013 DrugActionNetwork.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blackagendareport.com\/history_war_on_drugs\" >Hiding in Plain Sight: The History on the War on Drugs, by submitted by Paul Bermanzhon \u2013 Tue, 8\/25\/2015 \u2013 Black Agenda Report \u2013 BlackAgendReport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.articlemyriad.com\/analysis-history-war-drugs-america\/\" >An Analysis and History of the War on Drugs in America \u2013 ArticleMyriad.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/fighting-drug-war-injustice\" >Fighting Drug War Injustice \u2013 DrugPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-03-history-valuable-lessons-war-drugs.html\" >History holds valuable lessons in the war on drugs \u2013 PHYS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/the-war-on-drugs-is-burning-out-20150108\" >The War on Drugs Is Burning Out, by Tim Dickinson \u2013 January 8, 2015 \u2013 RollingStone.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>US History of Wars on Drugs:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=9252490\" >Timeline: America\u2019s War on Drugs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilliberty.about.com\/od\/drugpolicy\/tp\/War-on-Drugs-History-Timeline.htm\" >History of War on Drugs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/new-solutions-drug-policy\/brief-history-drug-war\" >A Brief History of the Drug War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/class\/e297c\/poverty_prejudice\/paradox\/htele.html\" >\u201c<em>America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century.\u00a0 Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it is a war that we are losing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 web.stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senate<\/a> ratifies the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty): <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <strong><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/www\/global\/arms\/treaties\/abm\/abm2.html\" >TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON THE LIMITATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS, signed at Moscow, May 26, 1972 \u2013 state.gov<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/factsheets\/abmtreaty\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty at a Glance \u2013 armscontrol.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/control\/abmt\/\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty \u2013 fas.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Anti-Ballistic-Missile-Treaty\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) \u2013 Encyclopedia Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1795.html\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty \u2013 United States History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?164791-2\/antiballistic-missile-treaty\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty \u2013 c-span.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Treaties\/Treaty9.shtml\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) \u2013 atomicarchive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/control\/abmt\/\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty \u2013 The Nuclear Information Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>US Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty in June 2002:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/2002_07-08\/abmjul_aug02\" >US withdraws from ABM Treaty; Global Response Muted \u2013 armscontrol.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty#US_withdrawal\" >US withdrawal \u2013 <strong>Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty<\/strong> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2002\/06\/12\/anti-ballistic-missile-treaty-expires\/\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Expires \u2013 Fox News June 12, 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/tag\/anti-ballistic-missile-treaty\/\" >Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Examining the Policies of Bush and Kerry, by David Krieger \u2013 wagingpeace.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Democratic_Party_%28Canada%29\" >New Democratic Party of Canada<\/a> is founded by the merger of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cooperative_Commonwealth_Federation\" >Cooperative Commonwealth Federation<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Labour_Congress\" >Canadian Labour Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>196<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niger\" >Niger<\/a> gains independence <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France%E2%80%93Niger_relations\" >from France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Niger:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niger\" >Niger \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ng.html\" >Niger \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.actionagainsthunger.org\/refani\/niger-country-study\" >Niger \u2013 Country Study \u2013 actionagainsthunger.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Niger\" >Niger \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/niger.html\" >Niger \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/niger\/\" >Niger \u2013 About education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13943662\" >Niger country profile \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/destination\/niger\" >Articles related to Niger \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Niger:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Niger\" >Foreign relations of Niger \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/niger\/ri201\" >Niger \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5474.htm\" >US Relations with Niger \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Niger and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/niger\/\" >PERMANENT MISSION OF NIGER TO THE UNITED NATIONS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unsceb.org\/content\/permanent-mission-niger-un-geneva\" >Permanent Mission of Niger to the United Nations, Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Niger:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Niger\" >History of Niger \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/niger\/history\" >Niger \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/niger-country-africa-history.html\" >Niger \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/niger\/history-politics\" >Niger \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 our-africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/niger\/\" >Niger \u2013 History \u2013 About education \u2013 about.com<\/a>1<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad04\" >HISTORY OF NIGER \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Niger-HISTORY.html\" >Niger \u2013 History \u2013 nationsencyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad04\" >HISTORY OF NIGER \u2013 historyworld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/niger\/p\/NigerHist1.htm\" >A Brief History of Niger \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 About Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/niger\/history-politics\" >Niger \u2013 History and Politics \u2013 Our Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/niger\" >Niger \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/timelinesdb.com\/listevents.php?subjid=43&amp;title=Niger\" >Niger \u2013 Timeline \u2013 List of events \u2013 timelinesdb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Nigerian_history\" >Timeline of Niger history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Niger: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Niger\" >Economy of Niger \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/niger\/economy-industry\" >Niger \u2013 Economy and Industry \u2013 our-africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/niger-country-africa-economy.html\" >Niger \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/niger\" >Niger \u2013 Index \u2013 Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/topics\/niger\" >Niger \u2013 economist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/west-africa\/niger\/\" >Niger \u2013 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/niger\" >Niger \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/niger\" >Niger \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong>Portugal\u2019s state police force <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PIDE\" >PIDE<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pidjiguiti_Massacre\" >fires upon striking workers<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bissau\" >Bissau<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Guinea\" >Portuguese Guinea<\/a>, killing over 50 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_submarine\" >nuclear submarine<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Nautilus_%28SSN-571%29\" >USS\u00a0Nautilus<\/a> travels beneath the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arctic_Ocean\" >Arctic<\/a> ice cap.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USS Nuautilus:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/nautilus-travels-under-north-pole\" >Nautilus travels under North Pole \u2013 This Day in History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/cno\/n87\/usw\/usw_summer_09\/nautilus.html\" >The First ICEX \u2013 Navy.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athropolis.com\/arctic-facts\/fact-nautilus.htm\" >USS Nautilus Sneaks Under North Pole \u2013 Athropolis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourcivilisation.com\/smartboard\/shop\/subs\/chap26.htm\" >\u201cAfter sixty-two hours under the ice, the Nautilus passed precisely through the Pole at 7:15 P.M. Seattle time on August 3, 1958, to the cheers of all hands. At the Pole the temperature of the seawater was 32.4\u00b0 F. and the depth of the sea was 13,410 feet\u2026.\u201d \u2013 26 Under The Arctic Ice, by Arthrur [sic] Widder \u2013 OurCivilisation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanveteranscenter.org\/avc-media\/magazine\/avq\/avq-issue-iv\/the-ic\" >\u201cFriday, August 1, 1958: We continued to feel our way back southeast toward Point Barrow, the northernmost part of Alaska, still skirting the boundary of the ice pack\u2026.\u201d By Captain William R. Anderson \u2013 American Veterans Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whittaker_Chambers\" >Whittaker Chambers<\/a> accuses <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alger_Hiss\" >Alger Hiss<\/a> of being a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >communist<\/a> and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Espionage\" >spy<\/a> for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.baylor.edu\/holocaust\/gypsies-in-auschwitz-birkenau\/\" >Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Roma People (a.k.a. Gypsies) at Auschwitiz-Birkenau\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/remember.org\/witness\/wit-vic-gyp1\" >Gypsies in Auschwitz \u2013 Remember.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/gypsies.html\" >Roma in Auschwitz \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/AuschwitzScrapbook\/History\/Articles\/Birkenau01B2.html\" >Auschwitz II \u2013 Birkenau \u2013 ScrapbookPages.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/gascamp.html\" >Casing Victims in the Holocaust \u2013 Background &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/ForgottenCamps\/Camps\/AuschwitzEng.html\" >Auschwitz-Birkenau \u2013 \u201cThe Death Factory\u201d \u2013 JewishGen.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz concentration camp \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italian<\/a> forces begin the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_conquest_of_British_Somaliland\" >invasion of British Somaliland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>A fire wipes out <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kursha-2\" >Kursha-2<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meshchera_Lowlands\" >Meshchera Lowlands<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryazan_Oblast\" >Ryazan Oblast<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic\" >Russia<\/a>, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1929<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiddu_Krishnamurti\" >Jiddu Krishnamurti<\/a>, tagged as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Messianism\" >messianic<\/a> \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya_%28Theosophy%29\" >World Teacher<\/a>\u201c, shocks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophy\" >Theosophy<\/a> movement by dissolving the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_the_Star_in_the_East\" >Order of the Star<\/a>, the organization built to support him.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jiddh Krisnamurti:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net\/\" >Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895 \u2013 1986 \u2013 Jiddu-Krishnamurti.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/j-krishnamurti.org\/\" >Krishnamurti and the Rajghat Education Centre Varanasi, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kfa.org\/\" >KFA \u2013 Krishnamurti Foundation of America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katinkahesselink.net\/kr\/\" >Jiddu Krishnamurti \u2013 Quotations, personal remembrances, and historical documents \u2013 KatinkaHesseLink.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/quotes\/850512.Jiddu_Krishnamurti\" >Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes \u2013 GoodReads.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: Germany declares war against France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong>A major labor dispute, known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wheatland_Hop_Riot\" >Wheatland Hop Riot<\/a>, starts in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wheatland,_California\" >Wheatland, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1903\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization\" >Macedonian rebels<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kru%C5%A1evo\" >Kru\u0161evo<\/a> proclaim the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kru%C5%A1evo_Republic\" >Kru\u0161evo Republic<\/a>, which exists only for 10 days before <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Turks<\/a> lay waste to the town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1860\u00a0<\/strong> The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Wars\" >Second Maori War<\/a> begins in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Second Maori War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycentral.com\/WH1400-1900\/Asia\/SecondMaoriWar.html\" >Second Maori War \u2013 historycentral.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>First Maori War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~jray\/gordon\/moir\/war-pics.htm\" >First Maori War (1845-47) \u2013 rootsweb.ancestry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>New Zealand Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Wars\" >New Zealand Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1863\/09\/06\/news\/the-anglo-maorian-war.html\" >The Anglo-Maorian War \u2013 September 6, 1863 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 nytimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/maori-resistance-british-land-seizure-parihaka-new-zealand-1879-81\" >Maori resistance to British land seizure at Parihaka, New Zealand, 1879-81 \u2013 Global Nonviolent Action Database \u2013 swarthmore.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dwu.edu\/libraryresources\/historyresearchresources\/coursefindingaids\/frontiersinhistory\/regionnewzealandconflictthenewzealandmaoriwars18431872\/\" >REGION: NEW ZEALAND CONFLICT: THE NEW ZEALAND (MAORI) WARS, 1843-1872 \u2013 Dakota Wesleyan University \u2013 dwu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/new-zealands-19th-century-wars\/introduction\" >New Zealand\u2019s 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century wars \u2013 nzhistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_New_Zealand#Musket_Wars_1806.E2.80.931845\" >Musket Wars 1806-1845 \u2013 Military history of New Zealand \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musket_Wars\" >Musket Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newzealandwars.co.nz\/land-wars-timeline\/northern-wars-1845-1846\/\" >The New Zealand Wars \u2013 Wairau\/Northern Wars 1843-1846 \u2013 newzealandwars.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/library\/NZ_Wars_1840s_Guide.pdf\" >Reference Guide \u2013 New Zealand Wars Sources at the Hocken Collections \u2013 otago.ac.nz \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Maori People:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C4%81ori_people\" >M\u0101ori people \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themaori.com\/\" >\u201cMaori are the first inhabitants of Aotearoa \u2013 the most widely known Maori name for New Zealand, which means \u201cthe land of the long white cloud.\u201d Their ancestors were the East Polynesian people; they were hunters, fishers and gardeners.\u201d \u2013 Maori \u2013 themaori.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maori.com\/\" >\u201c<em>The origin of Maori has been reliably traced to the islands of Eastern Polynesia, and their journey to New Zealand occurred in a number of epic waka (canoe) voyages over a significant period of time.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 MAORI \u2013 maori.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/intercontinentalcry.org\/indigenous-peoples\/maori\/\" >MAORI \u2013 intercontinentalcry.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beforethey.com\/tribe\/maori\" >Maori \u2013 JIMMY NELSON \u2013 BeforeThey.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Maori\" >Maori \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualoceania.net\/newzealand\/culture\/maori\/\" >MAORI CULTURE \u2013 Maori History \u2013 virtualoceania.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/zealand\/maori\/\" >The Maori People \u2013 scholastic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maorisource.com\/Maori.html\" >Maori Source \u2013 Maori People \u2013 maorisource.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-nz.org\/maori.html\" >The M\u0101ori \u2013 history-nz.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tourism.net.nz\/new-zealand\/about-new-zealand\/maori-culture.html\" >Maori Culture \u2013 New Zealand tourism guide \u2013 tourism.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/zealand\/maori\/colin.htm\" >My Visit with Maori People \u2013 scholastic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maaori.com\/people\/\" >The Maori People of Aotearoa New Zealand \u2013 maaori.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/history\/australian-and-pacific-islands-history\/maori-people\" >Maori People: selected full textbooks and articles \u2013 questia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/ahkitj\/wscfap\/arms1974\/Book%20Series\/TheImageOfGodIM\/IOGIM-maoripeople.htm\" >Issues of the Maori People, by Joy Rakena \u2013 ibiblio.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2008\/10\/new-zealand-the-maori-struggle-for-land-and-life\/\" >NEWY ZEALAND: THE MAORI STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND LIFE, by John Schretow \u2013 transcend.org\/tms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Genocide of the Maori People (a.k.a. Maori Holocaust):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thebloodneverdried.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/23\/maori-genocide\/\" >MAORI GENOCIDE \u2013 thebloodneverdried.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maorisgenocide.weebly.com\/genocide-what-happened.html\" >\u201c<em>The Morioris were taken prisoners, the women and children were bound, and many of these, together with men, were killed and eaten<\/em>\u2026.\u201d \u2013 MAORI GENOCIDE \u2013 Genocide-What Happened \u2013 maorigenocide.weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maorisgenocide.weebly.com\/history.html\" >A brief history of the Maori people and the genocide \u2013 MAORI GENOCIDE \u2013 maorigenocide.weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhistoryblog.com\/2008\/01\/genocide-of-moriori-on-chatham-islands.html\" >The Genocide of the Maori on the Chatham Islands \u2013 Thursday, January 03, 2008 \u2013 WorldHistoryBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rekohu.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/20\/genocide\/\" >The Chatham Islands \u2013 Genocide, by Rekohu \u2013 January 20, 2016 \u2013 rekohu.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/moriorigenocides.weebly.com\/stages-of-a-genocide.html\" >MORIORI GENOCIDE \u2013 The Stages of a Genocide \u2013 moriorigenocide.weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/6gvlxnvgd9qj\/moriori-genocide\/\" >Maori Genocide \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/moriorigenocides.weebly.com\/the-genocide.html\" >MORIORI GENOCIDE \u2013 moriorigenocides.weebly.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10784076\" >Anger at \u2018Maori holocaust\u2019 comment, by Michael Dickison \u2013 Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 \u2013 nzherald.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newzeelend.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/06\/maori-genocide-the-real-holocaust\/\" >Maori Genocide \u2013 The Real Holocaust \u2013 February 6, 2012 \u2013 Apartheid Fort New Zealand \u2013 newzeelend.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/needtoknowhistory.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/29\/genocide-new-zealand-1\/\" >Genocide \u2013 (New Zealand) #1 \u2013 History: What You Need to Know \u2013 needtoknowhistory.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Case Study (1) Australia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Indigenous Australians:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_Australians#History\" >History \u2013 Indigenous Australians \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/australianmuseum.net.au\/indigenous-australia\" >INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS OVERVIEW \u2013 AustralianMuseum.net.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2013\/06\/aboriginal-australians\/finkel-text\" >Australia\u2019s Aboriginals \u2013 NationalGeographic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aihw.gov.au\/indigenous-australians\/\" >Indigenous Australians \u2013 AIHW.gov.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indigenousaustralia.info\/\" >Indigenous Australia \u2013 IndigenousAustralia.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.com\/en\/things-to-do\/aboriginal-australia.html\" >ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA \u2013 Australia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Stolen Generations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/people.howstuffworks.com\/stolen-generation.htm\" >What Was Australia\u2019s Stolen Generation? \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stolen_Generations#Historical_debates_over_the_Stolen_Generations\" >Historical debates over the Stolen Generations \u2013 Stolen Generations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stolengenerationstestimonies.com\/\" >Stolen Generations\u2019 TESTIMONIES \u2013 StolenGeneratinsTestimonies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativespirits.info\/aboriginalculture\/politics\/a-guide-to-australias-stolen-generations#axzz3zQBAMmiu\" >A Guide to Australia\u2019s Stolen Generations \u2013 CreativeSpirits.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,998067,00.html\" >The Stolen Generation, by Terry Mccarthy \u2013 Monday, Oct. 02, 2000 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.racismnoway.com.au\/teaching-resources\/factsheets\/52.html\" >Fact Sheets \u2013 The Stolen Generations \u2013 RacismNoWay.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.gov.au\/about-australia\/australian-story\/sorry-day-stolen-generations\" >Sorry Day and the Stolen Generations \u2013 Australia.gov.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativespirits.info\/aboriginalculture\/politics\/stolen-generations-timeline#axzz3zQBAMmiu\" >Stolen Generations Timeline \u2013 CreativeSpirits.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/mar\/21\/john-pilger-indigenous-australian-families\" >Another stolen generation: how Australis still wrecks Aboriginal families \u2013 John Pilger \u2013 March 21, 2014 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Case Study (2) United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Native People of America:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indians.org\/articles\/native-americans.html\" >\u201c<em>The first evidence showing indigenous people to inhabit North America indicates that they migrated there from Siberia over 11,000 years ago. More than likely, they crossed the Bering Land Bridge, which was in existence during the Ice Age. After that time period, several large waves of migration took place, including many groups of people from Asia and South America<\/em>.\u201d History of Native Americans \u2013 Native Americans \u2013 Indians.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofnativeamericans.com\/native-american-history-facts\/\" >Native American History Facts \u2013 HistoryOfNativeAmericans.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/andrew-boxer\/native-americans-and-federal-government\" >Native Americans and the Federal Government \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/paththroughhistory.iloveny.com\/themes\/native-americans\/\" >PATH THROUGH HISTORY \u2013 Native Americans \u2013 iloveny.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/18e.asp\" >Native American Resilience and Violence in the West \u2013 US History \u2013 ushistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/AboutTheNation\/History\/TrailofTears\/ABriefHistoryoftheTrailofTears.aspx\" >\u201c<em>Unbelievably, it was Jackson who authorized the Indian Removal Act of 1830 following the recommendation of President James Monroe in his final address to Congress in 1825. Jackson, as president, sanctioned an attitude that had persisted for many years among many white immigrants. Even Thomas Jefferson, who often cited the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy as the model for the U.S. Constitution, supported Indian Removal as early as 1802<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 A Brief History of Trail of Tears \u2013 Cherokee.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/char.txa.cornell.edu\/nonwest\/north\/northhis.htm\" >Native Americans \u2013 North America: Historic Background \u2013 cornell.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/Native_Americans\" >Native Americans \u2013 ohiohistorycnetral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hartford-hwp.com\/archives\/41\/index.html\" >The history of Native America \u2013 Hartford-hwp.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049\/?no-ist\" >An Ancestry of African-Native Americans \u2013 smithsonianmag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube videos: <strong>History of Native American Indians, Documentary<\/strong> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8YR2FgxalCU\" >\u00bc<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qubUz25Uxj0\" >Pt. 2\/4<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1BVO4qnQtj8\" >Pt. \u00be<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=28IAI6F0DZc\" >Pt. 4\/4<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Wars of Native People of North America:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/american-indian-wars\" >AMERICAN INDIAN WARS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiaindianeducation.org\/native_american_history\/historic_indian_battles.html\" >TOP 10 HISTORIC INDIAN BATTLES \u2013 californiainidaneducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amhistory.si.edu\/militaryhistory\/printable\/section.asp?id=6\" >WESTERN INDIAN WARS \u2013 si.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wned\/war-of-1812\/essays\/native-nations-perspective\/\" >A Native Nations Perspective on the War of 1812 \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/na-indianwartimeline.html\" >NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS \u2013 Indian Wars Timeline \u2013 legendsofamerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/indiancountry\/history\/boarding.html\" >\u201c<em>In the late 1800s, Native Americans were losing the U.S-Indian wars, particularly after the Civil War freed up troops to patrol the West. But there was still the \u201cIndian problem<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1008.html\" >Indian Wars Time Table \u2013 United States History \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1811\u00a0 <\/strong>First ascent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jungfrau\" >Jungfrau<\/a>, third highest summit in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernese_Alps\" >Bernese Alps<\/a> by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1795\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Greenville\" >Treaty of Greenville<\/a> is signed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1645\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirty_Years%27_War\" >Thirty Years\u2019 War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_N%C3%B6rdlingen_%281645%29\" >Second Battle of N\u00f6rdlingen<\/a> sees French forces defeating those of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Roman_Empire\" >Holy Roman Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1601\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_War_%28Ottoman_wars%29\" >Long War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habsburg_Monarchy\" >Austria<\/a> captures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transylvania\" >Transylvania<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Goroszl%C3%B3\" >Battle of Goroszl\u00f3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of Goroszl\u00f3:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Gurusl%C4%83u\" >Battle of Goroszl\u00f3 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJeZSS3F5FA\" >The Battle of Gurusl\u0103u Fought In 1601 \u2013 YouTube video (1 min. 27 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Long War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Long_War_(1591%E2%80%931606)\" >Long War (1591-1606) \u2013 wikia.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Transylvania:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Transylvania\" >History of Transylvania \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/transylvania-history.html\" >Transylvania \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hungarianhistory.com\/lib\/faf\/toc02.htm\" >A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANSYLVANIA \u2013 HungarianHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/romania\/transylvania\/history\" >Transylvania \u2013 HISTORY \u2013 LonelyPlenet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magtudin.org\/HARASZTI_ENDRE_Ethnic_History_of_Transylvania.pdf\" >THE ETHNIC HISTORY OF TRANSYLVANIA, by Endre Haraszti \u2013 Magtudin.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eliznik.org.uk\/RomaniaHistory\/transylvania-history.htm\" >\u201c<em>The modern region of Transylvania generally includes the medieval region of Transylvania plus the Banat, Cri\u015fana and Maramure\u015f. These regions were incorporated into Romania in 1920<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Transylvania (<em>Romanian<\/em>: Ardeal, Transilvania, <em>Hungarian<\/em>: Erd\u00e9ly) \u2013 Eliznik.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.exploring-castles.com\/draculas_castle.html\" >\u201c<em>If you\u2019re searching for Dracula\u2019s Castle, you\u2019ve come to the right place. I\u2019ve uncovered a truly terrifying selection of castles connected to Dracula, all in deepest Transylvania, Romania<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Exploring-Castles.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 04<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Today is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au\/key-resources\/programs-projects?pid=98\" >Aboriginal Children\u2019s Day<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_(spacecraft)\" >Phoenix<\/a><\/em>\u00a0spacecraft is launched.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Phoenix (NASA):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_(spacecraft)\" >Phoenix (spacecraft) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/phoenix\/main\/index.html\" >Phoenix Mars Lander (NASA) \u2013 nasa.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/missions\/Phoenix#!\" >Phoenix Missions \u2013 nasa.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu\/\" >PHOENIX MARS MISSION \u2013 Arizona.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_Trincomalee_massacre_of_NGO_workers\" >massacre<\/a> is carried out by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lankan<\/a> government forces, killing 17 employees of the French <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_nongovernmental_organization\" >INGO<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Action_Against_Hunger\" >Action Against Hunger<\/a> (known internationally as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.actioncontrelafaim.org\/\" >Action Contre la Faim<\/a>, or ACF).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2006 Massacre of Aid Workers by Sri Lankan Army:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_Trincomalee_massacre_of_NGO_workers\" >2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tamilnation.co\/indictment\/continuingwar\/060804aid_workers.htm\" >Massacre of Aid Workers by Sri Lanka Army \u2013 President Mahinda Rajapakse stands charged with international War Crime, 4 August 2006 \u2013 Tamil Nation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War\" >Sri Lankan Civil War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-govt-is-good-at-throwing-bones-to-the-international-community-human-rights-watch\/\" >Rajapaksa Govt Is Good At Throwing Bones To The International Community \u2013 Human Rights Watch \u2013 ColomboTelegraph.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soham_murders\" >Soham murders<\/a>: Ten-year-old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soham\" >Soham<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridgeshire\" >Cambridgeshire<\/a>, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Storm\" >Operation Storm<\/a> [= <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operacija_Oluja\" >Operacija Oluja<\/a>] begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Operation Storm (Oljuja):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/Operation_Storm\" >About Operation Storm \u2013 DBPedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/inavukic.com\/2012\/08\/04\/croatias-d-day-operation-storm-1995\/\" >Croatia\u2019s D-Day: Operation Storm 1995 \u2013 InaVukic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/balkansnet.org\/knin.html\" >Croatian Offensive on Knin, Operation \u201cOluja\u201d \u2013 BalkansNet.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emperors-clothes.com\/articles\/elich\/krajina.html\" >\u201c<em>In early August 1995, the Croatian invasion of Serbian Krajina precipitated the worst refugee crisis of the Yugoslav civil war<\/em>\u2026.\u201d \u2013 The Invasion of Serbian Krajina, by Greg Elich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3qkWsujn5Y\" >YouTube video (13 min. 43 sec.): Knin in operation \u201cOluja\u201d 4 august 1995<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/article\/other\/57jqta.htm\" >The shelling of Knin by the Croatian Army in August 1995: A police operation or a non-international armed conflict? \u2013 ICRC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VscnuPuMMI\" >YouTube video (4 min. 06 sec.): Knin 4 august 1995 operation \u201cOluja\u201d (\u201cStorm\u201d)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mediander.com\/connects\/333302\/operation-storm\/#%21\/\" >Operation Storm \u2013 Mediander.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>\u2018<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.larouchepub.com\/eiw\/public\/1995\/eirv22n34-19950825\/eirv22n34-19950825_050-operation_oluja_foils_londons_ba.pdf\" >Operation Oluja\u2019 foils London\u2019s Balkan Policy, by Dean Andromidas and Michael Liebig \u2013 EIR International<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dalje.com\/en-croatia\/cia-forecast-operation-storm-shortly-before-it-was-launched\/484683\" >CIA forecast Operation Storm shortly before it was launched \u2013 Dalje.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Protection_Force#Operation_Storm_and_Dayton_Agreement\" >Operation Storm and the Dayton Agreement \u2013 United Nations Protection Force \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/croatia-2.htm\" >Serbo-Croatian War \/ Homeland War \u2013 Operation Storm \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icty.org\/case\/gotovina\/4\" >Gotovina et al. (IT-06-90) \u201c<em>Operation Storm<\/em>\u201d \u2013 ICTY.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balcanicaucaso.org\/eng\/Regions-and-countries\/Croatia\/Oluja-crimes-a-test-for-Croatian-justice-127325\" >Oluja crimes, a test of Croatian justice, by Drago Hedl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7IJaj3E2zLo\" >YouTube video (3 min. 36 sec.): War in Krajina 1991 \u2013 1995<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xFfDlPpLuLI\" >YouTube video (2 min. 04 sec.): Genocide committed by Croats in Republic of Serbian Krajina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/commission\/country52\/36-yug.htm\" >\u201c<em>Operation \u2018Storm\u2019 was launched on 4 August 1995. The offensive lasted for four days, and according to reports human rights abuses and violations of fundamental freedoms of civilians were committed by the Croatian Army. It was also reported that Serb men were separated from the elderly, women and children and taken away by Croatian officials for interrogation; the whereabouts of many of them remain unknown. It was further reported that soldiers systematically looted and burned houses in localities they captured<\/em>\u2026.\u201d [para. 40] \u2013 QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT QUESTION OF ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES \u2013 Special process on missing persons in the territory of the former Yugoslavia \u2013 UN Commission on Hunan Rights \u2013 E\/CN.4\/1996\/36 \u2013 March 1996<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/1996\/Croatia.htm\" >\u201c<em>One year ago, on August 4, 1995, the Croatian Army launched \u2018Operation Storm,\u2019 an offensive to retake the Krajina region, which had been controlled by separatist ethnic Serbs since early 1991<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 IMPUNITY FOR ABUSES COMMITTED DURING \u201cOPERATION STORM\u201d AND THE DENIAL OF THE RIGHT OF REFUGEES TO RETURN TO THE KRAJINA \u2013 August 1996 \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emperors-clothes.com\/articles\/elich\/krajina.html\" >The Invasion of Serbian Krajina, by Greg Elich \u2013 Emperors-Clothes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theremustbejustice.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/04\/the-last-genocide-of-krajina-serbs-operation-storm-joint-croatian-and-usa-criminal-enterprise\/\" >The last genocide of Krajina Serbs: Operation STORM, joint Croatian and USA criminal enterprise ,by Grey Carter \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greatersurbiton.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/14\/how-croatia-and-the-us-prevented-genocide-with-operation-storm\/\" >How Croatia and the US prevented genocide with \u2018Operation Storm\u2019 \u2013 Greater Surbiton \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hic.hr\/books\/croatia-between\/part-06.htm\" >Croatia between Aggression and Peace \u2013 Hrvatski informativni centar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/self.gutenberg.org\/articles\/Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina_Army\" >REPUBLIC OF SERBIAN KRAJINA ARMY \u2013 Self.Gutenberg.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serbsforserbs.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=96:zmiric-krajina&amp;catid=1:latest-news&amp;Itemid=50\" >We helped the family Zmiric from Krajina \u2013 Serbs for Serbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IwhuMX9_xbc\" >YouTube video (10 min. 23 sec.): US And German Influence\/ Croatian Genocide Of Krajina Serbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/2758773\/posts\" >Croatia celebrates, Serbs mourn on anniversary of operation \u201cStorm\u201d \u2013 August 4, 2011 \u2013 FreeRepublic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Krajina, Republic of Serbian Krajina, Croatian Serbs\/Krajina Serbs:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina\" >Republic of Serbian Krajina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wn.com\/republic_of_serbian_krajina\" >Republic of Serbian Krajina \u2013 WN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krajina\" >Krajina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbs_of_Croatia\" >Serbs of Croatia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timok_Valley\" >Timo\u010dka Krajina \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com\/library\/facts\/krajina.html\" >Krajina Serbs \u2013 Srpska-Mreza.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com\/History\/pre-wwOne\/Krajina-Serbs.html\" >\u201cCroatian\u201d Serbs (Krajina Serbs) \u2013 Srpska-Mreza.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/voiceofserbia.org\/content\/chicago-based-court-accepted-krajina-serbs%E2%80%99-lawsuit-against-mpri\" >A Chicago-based court accepted Krajina Serbs\u2019 lawsuit against MPRI \u2013 VoiceOfSerbia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/srpskocarstvo\/KrajinaSerbs\/krajinaserbs.htm\" >Krajina Serbs \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/inavukic.com\/2012\/05\/01\/krajina-serbs-want-to-collect-payment-for-time-spent-devastating-croatia\/\" >Krajina Serbs: want to collect payment for time spent devastating Croatia \u2013 InaVukic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/easternapproaches\/2012\/11\/croatian-serbian-relations\" >Croatian \u2013 Serbian relations: Old wounds, new grievances \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/4international.me\/2008\/03\/21\/tudjman-the-croatian-ustashe-nazi-genocide-of-krajina-serbs-part-2\/\" >Tudjman &amp; the Croatian Ustashe Nazi Genocide of Krajina Serbs: Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krajina_express#Operational_history\" >Krajina Express \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.krajinaforce.com\/forum\/index.php?\/topic\/473-croatian-serbs-read-as-krajina-krayina-serbs\/\" >\u201cCroatian\u201d Serbs read as Krajina (Krayina) Serbs \u2013 KrajinaForce.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Operation Storm: To Regain the Croatian ethnic Serb Controlled Territories of the Krajina Region in Croatia, Or To Implement the Ethnic Cleansing of the Croatian ethnic Serbs in the Krajina Region, Or Both? :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/de-construct.net\/e-zine\/?p=4869\" >\u201cIn the exclusive interview, Franjo Tu\u0111man\u2019s Internal Affairs Minister Josip Boljkovac admitted Croat leadership carried out planned attacks on Croatia Serbs in 1991, in order to start a war. \u2018Tu\u0111man wanted the war at any cost, following the concept according to which Serbs must disappear from Croatia,\u2019 Boljkovac said.\u201d \u2013 Tudjman\u2019s Police Minister Admits Croatia Started the War by Attacking Serbs [in Croatia] \u2013 De-construct.net<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1991-07-21\/news\/mn-422_1_croatian-police\" >\u201cAuthorities in Zagreb replaced Glina\u2019s Serbian police chief after Croatia declared its independence on June 25 [1991]. Since then, there has been no peace in this town of 8,000, which is 90% Serbian\u2026\u201d \u2013 Los Angeles Times, July 21, 1991<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/voiceofserbia.org\/content\/obradovic-croatian-operation-%E2%80%9Cstorm%E2%80%9D-krajina-was-genocide\" >Obradovic: Croatian operation \u201cStorm\u201d in Krajina was genocide \u2013 VoiceOfSerbia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/balkanblog.org\/2007\/09\/13\/in-memory-of-the-operation-storm-victims-2-canadian-officers-croat-atrocities-covered-up\/\" >Operation Storm \u2013 Oluja 1995: Canadian Officers: Croat Atrocities Covered Up \u2013 August 6, 2007 \u2013 In Memory of Operation Storm Victims 2 \u2013 Balkanblog.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatian_War_of_Independence\" >\u201c<em>Operation Storm achieved its goals and was declared completed on 8 August. \u2026 the operation led to the ethnic cleansing of up to 200,000 Croatian Serbs<\/em>, \u2026\u201d \u2013 Croatian War of Independence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zcomm.org\/znetarticle\/ethnic-cleansing-constructive-benign-and-nefarious-kafka-era-studies-no-1-by-edward-herman\/\" >\u201c<em>Another form of US support was an intense and indignant focus on the Srebrenica massacre, which took place during the month before Operation Storm\u2026.. The Croats made no such provision and hundreds of women, children and old people were slaughtered in Krajina. The ruthlessness of the Croats was impressive: Tim Ripley notes that \u2018UN troops watched horrified as Croat soldiers dragged the bodies of dead Serbs along the road outside the UN compound and then pumped them full of rounds from the AK-47s. They then crushed the bullet-ridden bodies under the tracks of a tank.<\/em>\u2019\u201d \u2013 Ethnic Cleansing: Constructive, Benign, and Nefarious (Kafka Era Studies, No.1), by Edward Herman, August 9, 2006.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sense-agency.com\/icty\/how-many-serbs-left-krajina.29.html?cat_id=1&amp;news_id=11482\" >HOW MANY SERBS LEFT KRANJINA? \u2013 Sense-Agency.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/croatia-s-operation-storm-intended-to-destroy-serbs\" >Croatia\u2019s Operation Storm \u2018Intended Destroy Serbs\u2019, by Josip Ivanovic \u2013 BalkanInsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bosnia.org.uk\/news\/news_body.cfm?newsid=2225\" >\u2018We needed Operation Storm as much as Croats did\u2019 \u2013 News &amp; Analysis \u2013 Bosnian Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dalje.com\/en-croatia\/cia-forecast-operation-storm-shortly-before-it-was-launched\/484683\" >CIA forecast Operation Storm shortly before it was launched \u2013 Dalje.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpearl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/042299_Separate_Peace.pdf\" >\u201c<em>Serbs are \u2018free to come,\u2019 says Croatia\u2019s assistant foreign minister, Josip Paro. But while proclaiming that policy, Croatia encouraged ethnic Croatians to occupy Serb homes and stalled thousands of Serbs trying to get Croatian citizenship or reclaim their property. Now, it is helping Serbs unload their homes at a steep discount, and is building houses for ethnic Croat refugees in formerly Serb villages. \u2018It\u2019s a slow, bureaucratic ethnic cleansing,\u2019 charges Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, a Croatian opposition figure and human rights activist<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Separate Peace: Why Ethnic Cleansing Once Underway, Is So Difficult to Reverse, by Daniel Pearl \u2013 KNIN, Croatia \u2013 Updated April 22, 1999 12:53 a.m. EST<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Third Parties\u2019 Involvement in the Operation Storm:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mprofaca.cro.net\/operation_storm.html\" >\u201c<em>The United States not only monitored the complete Operation Storm, but they also actively participated with the Croatian Military in its preparation, and in the end directly initiated the operation<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 US role in the Operation Storm in Croatia \u2013 Profaca Mario\u2019s Cyberspace Station<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zcomm.org\/znetarticle\/ethnic-cleansing-constructive-benign-and-nefarious-kafka-era-studies-no-1-by-edward-herman\/\" >\u201cTo further weaken the bargaining position of the Serbs, the Clinton administration actively supported the Croatian army\u2019s attacks on the Serb communities in Croatia in Operation Flash in May 1995 and then in the massive ethnic cleansing of Krajina Serbs in Operation Storm in August 1995. Richard Holbrooke visited Zagreb two days before the beginning of Operation Storm, and clearly did not exercise any restraining influence on the imminent cleansing operation. Active U.S. support came in the form of military aid\u2026.\u201d \u2013 Ethnic Cleansing: Constructive, Benign, Nefarious (Kafka Era Studies, No.1), by Edward Herman, August 9, 2006.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ebritic.com\/?p=449416\" >\u201cWe reprint this illuminating revelation published in the Telegraph letters page on 6th February\u00a0where a European monitor discloses he was ordered to cover-up reports of German tanks arming the Croatian army prior to Operation Storm. (Please ignore the counter intuitive photo which precedes the piece in the Telegraph.)\u201d \u2013 Outsiders\u2019 part in ethnic cleansing in Croatia \u2013 EBritic.com<\/a> and the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/comment\/letters\/11393697\/Letters-Scottish-devolution-is-driving-England-to-want-its-own-parliament.html\" >Telegraph letters on 6<sup>th<\/sup> February 2015.<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/serbiasos.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/yugosalvia-war-croatian-invasion-of.html\" >\u201cThe previous month, Secretary of State Warren Christopher and German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel met with Croatian diplomat Miomir Zuzul in London. During this meeting, Christopher gave his approval for Croatian military action against Serbs in Bosnia and Krajina. Two days later, the U.S. ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith, also approved Croatia\u2019s invasion plan.\u201d \u2013 Serbia SOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theremustbejustice.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/04\/the-last-genocide-of-krajina-serbs-operation-storm-joint-croatian-and-usa-criminal-enterprise\/\" >The last genocide of Krajina Serbs: Operation STORM, joint Croatian and USA criminal enterprise, by Grey Carter \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/trinicenter.com\/cgi-bin\/selfnews\/viewnews.cgi?newsid1059926910,54217,.shtml\" >Was the US behind the ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia? , by Stephen Gowans \u2013 Trinicenter.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=d40_1323523748\" >\u201cAs Croatian troops launched their assault on August 4, U.S. NATO aircraft destroyed Serbian radar and anti-aircraft defenses. American EA-6B electronic warfare aircraft patrolled the air in support of the invasion. Krajina foreign affairs advisor Slobodan Jarcevic stated that NATO \u201ccompletely led and coordinated the entire Croat offensive by first destroying radar and anti-aircraft batteries\u2026.\u201d \u2013 The Invasion of Serbian Krajina by Gregory Elich in \u201cNATO in the Balkans\u201d, 1998 \u2013 Operation Storm \u2013 LiveLeak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Mandate and Functions of UNCRO (Unitd Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peacekeeping\/missions\/past\/uncro.htm\" >\u201cThe new mandate included: (a) performing the functions envisaged in the cease-fire agreement of 29 March 1994; (b) facilitating implementation of the economic agreement of 2 December 1994; (c) facilitating implementation of all relevant Security Council resolutions; (d) assisting in controlling, by monitoring and reporting, the crossing of military personnel, equipment, supplies and weapons\u2026.\u201d \u2013 Croatia \u2013 United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation \u2013 UNCRO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Protection_Force#Croatia\" >Croatia \u2013 United Nations Protection Force \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Protection_Force#Operation_Storm_and_Dayton_Agreement\" >Operation Storm \u2013 United Nations Protection Force \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Case on the Operation Storm at the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icty.org\/x\/cases\/gotovina\/cis\/en\/cis_gotovina_al_en.pdf\" >Case Information Sheet: Operation Storm (IT-06-90) Gotovina &amp; Marka\u010d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icty.org\/x\/cases\/gotovina\/tjug\/en\/110415_judgement_vol1.pdf\" >Prosecutor vs. Ante Gotovina, Ivan \u010cermak, and Mladen Marka\u010d \u2013 JUDGEMENT \u2013 IT-06-90-T, 15 April 2011 \u2013 ICTY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>International Court of Justice \u2013 Case of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (Croatia vs. Serbia):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/docket\/files\/118\/18448.pdf\" >Press Release No. 2015\/4 \u2013 3 February 2015 \u2013 The court rejects Croatia\u2019s claim and Serbia\u2019s counter-claim \u2013 International Court of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/docket\/files\/118\/18422.pdf\" >Judgement: Case of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (Croatia vs. Serbia) \u2013 3 February 2015 \u2013 International Court of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Communications_Commission\" >Federal Communications Commission<\/a> rescinds the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairness_Doctrine\" >Fairness Doctrine<\/a> which had required <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio\" >radio<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Television\" >television<\/a> stations to present controversial issues \u201cfairly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Upper_Volta\" >Republic of Upper Volta<\/a> changes its name to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burkina_Faso\" >Burkina Faso<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/uv.html\" >BURKINA FASO \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Burkina%20Faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/burkina-faso.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Burkina-Faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/burkina_faso.htm\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portail:Burkina_Faso\" >Portail: Burkina Faso \u2013 fr.Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/burkina.com\/\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Burkina.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fr.allafrica.com\/burkinafaso\/\" >BURKINA FASO \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13072774\" >Burkina Faso country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gouvernement.gov.bf\/\" >Portail gouvernemental du Burkina Faso<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Foreign relations of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/burkina_faso\/index_en.htm\" >EU Relations with Burkina Faso \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2834.htm\" >US Relations With Burkina Faso \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Burkina_Faso\" >History of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burkina-faso-history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac21\" >HISTORY OF BURKINA FASO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/burkina-faso\/history\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Burkina-Faso-HISTORY.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/burkina-faso\/history-politics\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/burkina-faso\/history-language-culture\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History, Language and Culture \u2013 WorldTravelGuide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Bo-Co\/Burkina-Faso.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/african-history\/history-of-burkina-faso.htm\" >History of Burkina Faso \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.african-volunteer.net\/burkina_faso_history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 African-Volunteer.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burkina24.com\/\" >Burkina24 \u2013 Burkina24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13072857\" >Burkina Faso profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Burkina Faso:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Economy of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burkina-faso-economy.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/burkinafaso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/burkina-faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/burkinafaso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong><strong>79\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=\"http:\/\/www-ns.iaea.org\/appraisals\/semipalatinsk.asp\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1979:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >Soviet nuclear tests in 1979 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Tests at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a>:<\/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 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\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<\/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>Nuclear Tests and Environmental Issues in Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_issues_in_Kazakhstan\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/naturvernforbundet.no\/international\/environmental-issues-in-kazakhstan\/category936.html\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Naturvernforbundet.no<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/semipalatinsk.html\" >Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan \u2013 The World Nuclear Chain \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/rso\/Portals\/118\/Documents\/NESs\/ROE\/NES_Kazakhstan_2014.pdf\" >Kazakhstan National Environmental Summary \u2013 UNEP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/nts\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States Nuclear Tests (Overview):<\/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 Test at the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamlandresort.com\/info\/nts.htm\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 DreamlandResort.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctosnnsa.org\/\" >CTOS \u2013 Center for Radiological Nuclear Testing at the Nevada National Security Site \u2013 CTOSNNSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.energy.gov\/main.aspx\" >\u201cThe Nevada Field Office\u2019s Environmental Management Program was created to address the environmental legacy of historic nuclear weapons related activities and current programs at the Nevada National Security Site.\u201d \u2013 Environmental Programs \u2013 Nevada Field Office \u2013 US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >US President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Carter\" >Jimmy Carter<\/a> signs legislation creating the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Energy\" >United States Department of Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Department of Energy of the United States:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Energy\" >United States Department of Energy \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/energy-united-states-department-of.html\" >Energy, United States Department of \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of the Department of Energy:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lm.doe.gov\/land\/sites\/oh\/fernald_orig\/aboutfernald\/dhist.htm\" >History of the US Department of Energy \u2013 doe.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Energy#History\" >History \u2013 United States Department of Energy &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: At the apartment of French intermediary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Sainteny\" >Jean Sainteny<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" >Paris<\/a>, American representative <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Kissinger\" >Henry Kissinger<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnamese<\/a> representative <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xuan_Thuy\" >Xuan Thuy<\/a> begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Henry Kissinger:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Kissinger\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.henryakissinger.com\/\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 henrykissinger.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/henry-kissinger-9366016\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013 biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1973\/kissinger-bio.html\" >Henry Kissinger \u2013Biographical \u2013 nobelprize.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Xuan Thuy:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xu%C3%A2n_Thu%E1%BB%B7\" >Xu\u00e2n Th\u1ee7y &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/06\/20\/world\/xuan-thuy-hanoi-envoy-at-paris-talks-dies.html\" >\u201cHe also served as Hanoi&#8217;s chief deputy in secret negotiations between Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, the North Vietnamese Politburo member.\u201d \u2013 XUAN THUY, HANOI ENVOY AT PARIS TALKS, DIES \u2013 June 20, 1985 \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 nytimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1969:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1969 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1969.html\" >The Bitter End: 1969-1975 \u2013 The Vietnam War \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index3.html\" >The Battlefield Timeline: 1969 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-history\" >VIETNAM WAR HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Ending the US Involvement in the Vietnam War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1969 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1969-1976\/ending-vietnam\" >Ending the Vietnam War 1969-1973 \u2013 MILESTONES 1969-1976 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/guide-to-sources-on-vietnam-1969-1975\" >Foreign Relations of the United States Guide to Source on Vietnam, 1969-1975 \u2013 Prepared by Edward C. Keefer, John M. Carland, and Bradley L. Coleman \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1969.html\" >The Bitter End: 1969-1975 \u2013 HISTORY PLACE Presents The Vietnam War \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index3.html\" >Battlefield: Vietnam \u2013 Timeline 1969-1972 \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&amp;psid=3470\" >Chronology of Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events \u2013 Digital History \u2013 DigitalHistory.UH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1965.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 The Jungle War 1965 \u2013 1968 \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atvaudio.com\/ata_vietnamwar.php\" >The VIETNAM WAR: US Involvement &amp; Escalation \u2013 ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO Inc. \u2013 RESEARCH REPORT \u2013 PART ONE \u2013 April 23, 1961 \u2013 May 27, 1968 \u2013 ATVAudio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/anderson.htm\" >The Diplomatic Course of the Vietnam War, by David L Anderson \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1888.html\" >America\u2019s Vietnam War in Indochina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1964-68v07\/sources\" >Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume VII, Vietnam, September 1968-January 1969 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allempires.com\/article\/index.php?q=britain_tet_offensive\" >Britain and the Tet Offensive 1967-1968: A \u2018Turning Point\u2019 in British Foreign Policy? \u2013 All Empires \u2013 AllEmpires.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War Peace Talks\/Negotiations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnam\/vietnam-warpeace-talks\/\" >Vietnam War peace talks \u2013 DM BABYBONUS PROGRAM \u2013 Alpha History \u2013 AlphaHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2378840\/The_1968_Paris_Peace_Negotiations_A_Two_Level_Game\" >The 1968 Paris Peace Negotiations: A Two Level Game \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/progressivepicks\/item\/13994-how-richard-nixon-sabotaged-1968-vietnam-peace-talks-to-get-elected-president\" >How Richard Nixon Sabotaged 1968 Vietnam Peace Talks to Get Elected President, by Robert Parry \u2013 18 January 2013 \u2013 Truth-Out.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>For Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/documents\/academic\/upa_cis\/16501_LBJAdminAnti-VietnamActsPt1.pdf\" >The Johnson Administration\u2019s Response to Anti-Vietnam War Activities \u2013 RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS \u2013 pdf -LexisNexis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/documents\/academic\/upa_cis\/16501_LBJAdminAnti-VietnamActsPt1.pdf\" >VETNAM, THE MEDIA, AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE WAR \u2013 The Presidential Documents Series \u2013 UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA \u2013 pdf \u2013 LexisNexis.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Anti-Viet Nam War Movement or Opposition to United States Involvement in the Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-protests\" >VIET NAM WAR PROTESTS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_the_Vietnam_War\" >Protests against the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/vietnam-war-protest-1967\" >Vietnam War Protest 1967 \u2013 New Zealand History \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/antiwar.html\" >The Anti-War Movement in the United States, by Mark Barringer \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/1stbn4thmarines.net\/operations\/vietnam\/page_13.htm\" >\u201c<em>Opposition to the Vietnam War tended to unite groups opposed to U.S. anti-communism, <\/em>imperialism <em>and <\/em>colonialism <em>and , for those involved with the <\/em>New Left <em>such as the <\/em>Catholic Worker Movement<em>, capitalism itself<\/em>.\u00a0\u201d \u2013 Opposition to the Viet Nam War: 1962-1975<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/vietnam-gi-resistance\" >1961-1975: GI resistance in the Viet Nam War \u2013 Libcom.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/twodays\/peopleevents\/e_antiwar.html\" >Student Antiwar Protests and the Backlash \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/MRC\/pacificaviet.html\" >The Pacifica Radio\/UC Berkeley \u2013 Social Activism Sound Recording Project \u2013 Anti-Viet Nam War Protests in San Francisco Bay Area &amp; Beyond \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/turningpoints\/tp-040\/?action=more_essay\" >Viet Nam and Opposition at Home \u2013 Wisconsin Historical Society \u2013 WisconsinHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNprotest.htm\" >Viet Nam Protest Movement \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States Nuclear Tests Overview:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE UNITED STATES\u2019 NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/analysis\/articles\/costs-us-nuclear-weapons\/\" >The Costs of US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/weapons\" >The US Nuclear Weapons Test Cost Study Project \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USA-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, the United States: overview \u2013 compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston \u2013 johnstonsarchive.net<\/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 Test at the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamlandresort.com\/info\/nts.htm\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 DreamlandResort.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctosnnsa.org\/\" >CTOS \u2013 Center for Radiological Nuclear Testing at the Nevada National Security Site \u2013 CTOSNNSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.energy.gov\/main.aspx\" >\u201cThe Nevada Field Office\u2019s Environmental Management Program was created to address the environmental legacy of historic nuclear weapons related activities and current programs at the Nevada National Security Site.\u201d \u2013 Environmental Programs \u2013 Nevada Field Office \u2013 US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/Russia\/Sovtestsum.html\" >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\u2019s 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\/\" >THE SOVIET UNION\u2019S NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/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 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/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<\/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><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Tests at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<ul>\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>Environmental Issues in Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_issues_in_Kazakhstan\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/naturvernforbundet.no\/international\/environmental-issues-in-kazakhstan\/category936.html\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Naturvernforbundet.no<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/semipalatinsk.html\" >Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan \u2013 The World Nuclear Chain \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/rso\/Portals\/118\/Documents\/NESs\/ROE\/NES_Kazakhstan_2014.pdf\" >Kazakhstan National Environmental Summary \u2013 UNEP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics_of_the_Cook_Islands#Constitution\" >Constitution of Cook Islands<\/a> comes into force, giving the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cook_Islands\" >Cook Islands<\/a> self-governing status within <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\" >New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident\" >Gulf of Tonkin incident<\/a>: U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destroyer\" >destroyers<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Maddox_%28DD-731%29\" >USS\u00a0Maddox<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Turner_Joy_%28DD-951%29\" >USS\u00a0Turner Joy<\/a> report coming under attack in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin\" >Gulf of Tonkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf of Tonkin Incident:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident\" >Gulf of Tonkin incident \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnamwar\/p\/gulfoftonkin.htm\" >Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident-50-years-ago\" >\u201c<em>On August 2, 1964, the U.S. destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Maddox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S. military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 50 Years Ago \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/navalhistory\/2008-02\/truth-about-tonkin\" >The Truth About Tonkin \u2013 usni.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/precedent\/century\/tonkin.html\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 911review.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/gulf-of-tonkin\" >US Involvement in the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964 \u2013 history.state.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his135\/events\/tonkin64\/gulfoftonkin64.html\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 nvcc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB132\/tapes.htm\" >LBJ Tapes on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 The National Security Archive &#8211; gwu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/vietnam-war\/gulf-of-tonkin-1964\/\" >Gulf of Tonkin 1964 \u2013 historylearningsite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnamwar\/gulf-of-tonkin-incident\/\" >THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT \u2013 alphahistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/speeches\/speech-3998\" >Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 4, 1964) \u2013 Lyndon B. Johnson \u2013 Transcript \u2013 millercenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/primary-resources\/lbj-tonkin\/\" >Primary Resources: The Tonkin Gulf Incident, 1964 \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opsecnews.com\/gulf-of-tonkin-incident-false-flag-for-war-in-vietnam\/\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident: False Flag For War in Vietnam \u2013 opsecnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNtonkin.htm\" >Gulf of Tonkin \u2013 spartacus-educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryferrell.org\/pages\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 maryferrel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1983.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/olive-drab.com\/od_history_vietnam_tonkin.php\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 olive-drab.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paperlessarchives.com\/vw_gulf_of_tonkin.html\" >\u201c<em>More recent analysis of that data and additional information gathered on the 4 August episode, now makes it clear that North Vietnamese naval forces did not attack Maddox and Turner Joy that night in the summer of 1964<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT \u2013 DOCUMENTS \u2013 AUDIORECORDINGS \u2013 PHOTOS \u2013 PaperlessArchives.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pov\/mostdangerousman\/secrets2.php\" >Chapter 1. The Tonkin Gulf August 1964 \u2013 Excerpt from Ellsberg\u2019s Memoir, Secrets \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/us-planned-before-tonkin-for-war-on-north-files-show\/2012\/06\/07\/gJQAMKyALV_story.html\" >US Planned Before Tonkin For War on North, Files Show, by Murrey Marder and Chalmers M. Roberts \u2013 June 14, 1971 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1964\/august_5_1964_128610.html\" >August 5, 1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf of Tonkin Resolution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution\" >GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution#Background_and_Congressional_action\" >Background and Congressional action \u2013 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/tonkin-gulf-resolution.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Gulf-of-Tonkin-Resolution\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Gulf+of+Tonkin+Resolution\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 thefreedictionary.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/gulf-tonkin-resolution-and-escalation-vietnam-war\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Escalation of the Vietnam War \u2013 neh.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29\" >American civil rights movement<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_and_political_rights\" >Civil rights<\/a> workers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Schwerner\" >Michael Schwerner<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Goodman\" >Andrew Goodman<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Chaney\" >James Chaney<\/a> are found dead in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi\" >Mississippi<\/a> after disappearing on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_21\" >June 21<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Murder of Three Civil Rights Workers in Mississippi of1964:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/slain-civil-rights-workers-found\" >AUG 04 1964: ON THIS DAY \u2013 Slain civil rights workers found \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/august\/4\/newsid_2962000\/2962638.stm\" >4 August 1964: ON THIS DAY \u2013 Three civil rights activist found dead &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers%27_murders\" >Mississippi civil rights workers&#8217; murders \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-kkk-kills-three-civil-rights-activists\" >JUN 21 1964: THIS DAY IN HISTORY &#8211; KKK kills three civil rights activists \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/law2.umkc.edu\/faculty\/projects\/ftrials\/price&amp;bowers\/Account.html\" >The Mississippi Burning Trial (US vs. Price, et al) \u2013 by Douglas O. Linder \u2013 umkc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States \u2013 Overview:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-movement\" >CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/American-civil-rights-movement\" >American civil rights movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/civilrights\/\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Civil_Rights_Movement.aspx\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/ks3\/history\/20th_century\/civil_rights_movement_america\/revision\/2\/\" >Civil rights movement in America \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-now\/2006-06\/civil-rights-movement\" >The Civil Rights Movement \u2013 History Now (Summer 2006) \u2013 GliderLehrman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/articles\/history-archaeology\/civil-rights-movement\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 Civil Rights &amp; Modern Georgia, Since 1945 \u2013 New Georgia Encyclopedia \u2013 GeorgiaEncylopedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/black-culture\/explore\/civil-rights-movement\/\" >Civil Rights Movement (1954-1984) \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/recent\/civil_rights_america_03.shtml\" >Recent History \u2013 Better Day Coming: Civil Rights Movement in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century America, Professor Adam Fairclough \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/resources\/civilrights101\/chronology.html\" >Civil Rights Chronology \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/civilrightstimeline1.html\" >Civil Rights Timeline \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sitinmovement.org\/\" >International Civil Rights Center &amp; Museum \u2013 SitiMovement.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Civil Rights Movements of Various Ethnic Minorities in the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libguides.mnhs.org\/civilrights\" >African-American Civil Rights Movement \u2013 MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER \u2013 Libguides.MNHS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/resources\/civilrights101\/native.html\" >Native Americans \u2013 Civil Rights 101 \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albany.edu\/jmmh\/vol3\/chicano\/chicano.html\" >Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. \u2013 Albany.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/racerelations.about.com\/od\/historyofracerelations\/a\/RevisitingtheYellowPowerMovement.htm\" >Asian-American Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_Japan\" >Supreme Court of Japan<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1946_Dominican_Republic_earthquake\" >earthquake of magnitude 8.0<\/a> hits northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a>. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless. An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1946_Dominican_Republic_earthquake\" >earthquake of magnitude 8.0<\/a> hits northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a>. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gestapo\" >Gestapo<\/a> to a sealed-off area in an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amsterdam\" >Amsterdam<\/a> warehouse, where they find and arrest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jews\" >Jewish<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diary\" >diarist<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Frank\" >Anne Frank<\/a>, her family, and four others.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gestapo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gestapo#History\" >History \u2013 Gestapo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/nazi-germany\/the-gestapo\/\" >The Gestapo \u2013 HistoryLearningSite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Gestapo.html\" >The Gestapo \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/triumph\/tr-gestapo.htm\" >The Gestapo is Born \u2013 The Triumph of Hitler \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Gestapo\" >Gestapo \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Gestapo.aspx\" >Gestapo \u2013 Encylcopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/gestapo\/\" >Gestapo \u2013 TotallyHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/histclo.com\/country\/ger\/hist\/nazi\/gestapo.html\" >Nazi Germany: The Gestapo \u2013 Histclo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johndenugent.com\/english\/the-truth-about-the-gestapo\/\" >The truth about the Gestapo \u2013 johndenugent.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Diary of a Young Girl:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readanybook.com\/ebook\/the-diary-of-a-young-girl-42\" >The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank \u2013 readanybook.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onread.com\/book\/The-Diary-Of-A-Young-Girl-191048\/\" >The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank \u2013 onread.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/publicdomaine-books.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/read-diary-of-young-girl-by-anne-frank.html\" >The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank \u2013 publicdomain-books.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fullbooks.com\/A-Young-Girl-s-Diary.html\" >A Young Girl\u2019s Diary \u2013 fullbooks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Anne Frank:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/\" >Anne Frank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/anne-frank-9300892\" >Anne Frank Biography \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/annefrank.com\/about-anne-frank\/who-is-anne\/\" >Who is Anne? \u2013 The Anne Frank Center USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/anne-frank\" >ANNE FRANK \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyanswers.co.uk\/history-of-war\/anne-frank-in-bergen-belsen-we-were-both-skeletons\/\" >WRITE FOR THE WORLD\u2019S TOP BRANDS, by James Hoare \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup> March 2015 \u2013 History of War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005210\" >ANNE FRANK \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Final Days of Anne Frank:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1988-10-23\/entertainment\/ca-196_1_anne-frank\" >The Final Days of Anne Frank : Fellow Auschwitz Internees Pick Up the Tale Where Her Diary Ends, by Paul Chutkow \u2013 October 23, 1988 \u2013 LATimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/natgeotv.com\/za\/final-days-of-anne-frank\" >FANAL DAYS OF ANNE FRANK \u2013 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CAHNNEL \u2013 NatGeoTV.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/anne-frank-after-the-diary-stopped-1618257.html\" >Anne Frank: after diary stopped, by Angela Lambert \u2013 Friday, 5 May 1995 \u2013 Independent.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/what-happened-to-anne-frank-after-the-secret-annex\/\" >What happened to Anne Frank after the Secret Annex?, by Matt Lebovic \u2013 September 14, 2014 \u2013 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/holocaust.georgia.gov\/sites\/holocaust.georgia.gov\/files\/related_files\/document\/The%20Last%20Days%20of%20Anne%20Frank.pdf\" >THE LAST DAYS OF ANNE FRANK \u2013 Georgia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/yom-hashoah\/saw-anne-frank-die\/\" >\u201cI Saw Anne Frank Die.\u201d by IRMA SONNENBERG MENKEL \u2013 OU.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Anne and Margot Frank and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/en\/Anne-Frank\/Discovery-and-arrest\/The-destiny-of-the-people-in-hiding\/The-fate-of-the-women-from-the-Secret-Annex\/\" >The fate of women \u2013 Anne and Margot die in Bergen-Belsen. \u2013 AnneFrank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/auschwitz.org\/en\/history\/\" >AWSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU \u2013 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/auschbirk.html\" >Awschwitz-Birkenau: History &amp; Overview \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/the-holocaust\/pictures\/holocaust-concentration-camps\/poland-auschwitz-birkenau-death-camp\" >THE HOLOCAUST \u2013 PHOTO GALLERIES \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005189\" >AWSCHWITZ \u2013 Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jan\/27\/auschwitz-short-history-liberation-concentration-camp-holocaust\" >Awschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history, by George Arnett \u2013 Tuesday, 27 January 2015 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/yv\/en\/holocaust\/about\/05\/auschwitz_birkenau.asp\" >The Holocaust \u2013 The Implementation of the Final Solution \u2013 Awschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp \u2013 YadVashem.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/en\/Anne-Frank\/Discovery-and-arrest\/Deported-to-the-camps\/\" >Deported to the camp \u2013 First to Westerbork, then to Awschwitz \u2013 AnneFrank.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annefrankguide.net\/en-us\/bronnenbank.asp?oid=15929\" >From Awschwitz to Bergen-Belsen \u2013 AnneFrankGuide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The Holocaust and the Auschwitz:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/wlc\/en\/article.php?ModuleId=10005189\" >Holocaust Encyclopedia: Auschwitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/holocaust\/a\/auschwitz.htm\" >Auschwitz Concentration and Death Camp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/auschwitz.org\/en\/\" >Auschwitz and Birkenau Memorial and Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=449ZOWbUkf0\" >YouTube video: Auschwitz: Drone video of Nazi Concentration Camp (2 min. 29 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp\" >Bergen-Belsen concentration camp \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holocaustresearchproject.org\/othercamps\/bbelsen.html\" >Bergen &#8211; Belsen \u2013 Holocaust Education &amp; Archive Research Team &#8211; holocaustresearchproject.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/BergenBelsen\/BergenBelsen07.html\" >What was it like in Bergen-Belsen? \u2013 scrapbookpages.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Bergen-Belsen\" >Bergen-Belsen \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/isurvived.org\/Bergen-Belsen_liberation.html\" >\u201cBelsen began as a prison camp for captured prisoners of war. It was not like Auschwitz where numerous gas chambers killed thousands everyday. But Bergen-Belsen was no less cruel or horrifying. Most died at Bergen-Belsen from being shot, hung, starved to death, or killed by disease. This camp did not fit the standard organization of a concentration camp. It had several camps that segregated the prisoners. Camp officials even traded important prisoners, including Jews, in exchange for money from different governments. Bergen-Belsen was unique in many ways, but it was still a camp where thousands suffered and died under the harsh hand of Nazi leadership.\u201d \u2013 Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project \u2013 isurvived.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Holocaust\/Belsentoc.html\" >Concentration Camps: Bergen-Belsen \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eiu.edu\/~eiutps\/holocaust_bergenbelsen.php\" >Bergen-Belsen \u2013 Teaching the Holocaust with the Primary Sources \u2013 eiu.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/page\/94047639_bergenbelsen_concentration_camp#description\" >Fela Warschau Describes liberation by British forces at Bergen-Belsen [1995 interview] \u2013 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp \u2013 fold3.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1936<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Greece\" >Prime Minister of Greece<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ioannis_Metaxas\" >Ioannis Metaxas<\/a> suspends <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hellenic_Parliament\" >parliament<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Greece\" >Constitution<\/a> and establishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4th_of_August_Regime\" >4th of August Regime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>4<sup>th<\/sup> of August Regime:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4th_of_August_Regime\" >4<sup>th<\/sup> of August Regime \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/metaxas-project.com\/4th-of-august-regime\/\" >The Nature of the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of August Regime \u2013 by P.J. Vatikiotis \u2013 metaxas-project.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1127040\/Neither_Fascist_nor_Authoritarian_The_4th_of_August_Regime_in_Greece_1936-1941_and_the_Dynamics_of_Fascistisation_in_1930s_Europe\" >Neither Fascist nor Authoritarian: The 4th of August Regime in Greece (1936-1941) and the Dynamics of Fascistisation in 1930s Europe, by Aristotle Kallis \u2013 academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/4th_of_August_Regime\" >About 4<sup>th<\/sup> of August Regime \u2013 dbpedia.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Modern History of Greece:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_modern_Greece\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/video.minpress.gr\/wwwminpress\/aboutgreece\/aboutgreece_history.pdf\" >HISTORY OF MODERN GREECE, by S. Petmezas \u2013 MinPress.gr \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in2greece.com\/english\/historymyth\/history\/general\/modern.htm\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 In2Greece.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlahanas.de\/Greece\/History\/ModernHistory.html\" >History of modern Greece \u2013 MLAHANAS.de<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/greece-history.html\" >Greece \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomacy#Diplomatic_relations\" >Diplomatic relations<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexico\" >Mexico<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> are established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>191<\/strong><strong>5\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/12th_Army_%28German_Empire%29\" >German 12th Army<\/a> occupies <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw\" >Warsaw<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gorlice%E2%80%93Tarn%C3%B3w_Offensive\" >Gorlice\u2013Tarn\u00f3w Offensive<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Retreat_%28Russian%29\" >Great Retreat of 1915<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany<\/a> invades <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgium\" >Belgium<\/a>. In response, Belgium and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a> declare war on Germany. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> declares its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neutrality_%28international_relations%29\" >neutrality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1889\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Great_Fire_%28Spokane%29\" >The Great Fire<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spokane,_Washington\" >Spokane, Washington<\/a> destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>187<\/strong><strong>3\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars<\/a>: While protecting a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rail_transport\" >railroad<\/a> survey party in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montana\" >Montana<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/7th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29\" >United States 7th Cavalry<\/a>, under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lieutenant_colonel_%28United_States%29\" >Lieutenant Colonel<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Armstrong_Custer\" >George Armstrong Custer<\/a> clashes for the first time with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheyenne_people\" >Cheyenne<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakota_people\" >Lakota people<\/a> near the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tongue_River_%28Montana%29\" >Tongue River<\/a>; only one man on each side is killed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lakota People:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakota_people\" >Lakota people \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rodneyohebsion.com\/lakota.htm\" >The Lakota \u2013 rodneyohebsion.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indians.org\/articles\/lakota-indians.html\" >Lakota Indians \u2013 indians.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lakotalaw.org\/\" >LAKOTA PROJECT \u2013 LAKOTA PEOPLE\u2019S \u2013 lakotalaw.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pilotguides.com\/articles\/the-lakota-tribes-of-the-great-plains\/\" >The Lakota Tribes of the Great Plains \u2013 pilotguides.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.olc.edu\/index.php\/Lakota_Culture\" >Lakota Culture \u2013 olc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wintercounts.si.edu\/html_version\/html\/whoare.html\" >Lakota Winter Counts \u2013 wintercounts.si.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elexion.com\/\" >Lakota \u2013 Culture &amp; Spirituality \u2013 elexion.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Native People of America (a.k.a. American Indians):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States\" >Native Americans in the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas\" >Indigenous peoples in the Americas \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/alic\/reference\/native-americans.html\" >Indians\/Native Americans \u2013 NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/nativeamericans\/\" >Native Americans \u2013 About education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Native-American\" >Native American \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Native_Americans.aspx\" >Native Americans \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net\/encyclopedia\/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=408\" >Native Americans \u2013 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARKANSANS HISTORY &amp; CULTURE \u2013 encyclopediaofarkansas.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/native-american-cultures\" >NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/languages.htm\" >List of Native Americans Tribes and Languages \u2013 native-languages.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/na-nativeamericans.html\" >First Owners of West America \u2013 NATIVE AMERICANS LEGENDS \u2013 legendsofamerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/interview\/tcrr-interview\/\" >Interview: Native Americans \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bia.gov\/DocumentLibrary\/HeritageMonth\/\" >US Department of Interior \u2013 Indian Affairs \u2013 bia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/21\/opinions\/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-native-american-moya-smith\/index.html\" >Trump\u2019s casual racism toward Native Americans, by Simon Moya-Smith \u2013 May 21, 2016 \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion.net\/story\/304011\/redskins-offensive-native-americans\/\" >Native Americans are crying foul at this poll saying native people don\u2019t find the name \u2018Redskins\u2019 offensive \u2013 5\/20\/16 \u2013 fusion.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of Native People of America:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indians.org\/articles\/native-americans.html\" >\u201cThe first evidence showing indigenous people to inhabit North America indicates that they migrated there from Siberia over 11,000 years ago. More than likely, they crossed the Bering Land Bridge, which was in existence during the Ice Age. After that time period, several large waves of migration took place, including many groups of people from Asia and South America.\u201d History of Native Americans \u2013 Native Americans \u2013 Indians.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofnativeamericans.com\/native-american-history-facts\/\" >Native American History Facts \u2013 HistoryOfNativeAmericans.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/andrew-boxer\/native-americans-and-federal-government\" >Native Americans and the Federal Government \u2013 HistoryToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/paththroughhistory.iloveny.com\/themes\/native-americans\/\" >PATH THROUGH HISTORY \u2013 Native Americans \u2013 iloveny.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/18e.asp\" >Native American Resilience and Violence in the West \u2013 US History \u2013 ushistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/AboutTheNation\/History\/TrailofTears\/ABriefHistoryoftheTrailofTears.aspx\" >\u201cUnbelievably, it was Jackson who authorized the Indian Removal Act of 1830 following the recommendation of President James Monroe in his final address to Congress in 1825. Jackson, as president, sanctioned an attitude that had persisted for many years among many white immigrants. Even Thomas Jefferson, who often cited the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy as the model for the U.S. Constitution, supported Indian Removal as early as 1802.\u201d \u2013 A Brief History of Trail of Tears \u2013 Cherokee.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/char.txa.cornell.edu\/nonwest\/north\/northhis.htm\" >Native Americans \u2013 North America: Historic Background \u2013 cornell.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/Native_Americans\" >Native Americans \u2013 ohiohistorycnetral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hartford-hwp.com\/archives\/41\/index.html\" >The history of Native America \u2013 Hartford-hwp.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049\/?no-ist\" >An Ancestry of African-Native Americans \u2013 smithsonianmag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube videos: <strong>History of Native American Indians, Documentary<\/strong> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8YR2FgxalCU\" >\u00bc<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qubUz25Uxj0\" >Pt. 2\/4<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1BVO4qnQtj8\" >Pt. \u00be<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=28IAI6F0DZc\" >Pt. 4\/4<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Wars of Native People of North America:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/american-indian-wars\" >AMERICAN INDIAN WARS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Indian_Wars\" >American Indian Wars \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiaindianeducation.org\/native_american_history\/historic_indian_battles.html\" >TOP 10 HISTORIC INDIAN BATTLES \u2013 californiainidaneducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amhistory.si.edu\/militaryhistory\/printable\/section.asp?id=6\" >WESTERN INDIAN WARS \u2013 si.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wned\/war-of-1812\/essays\/native-nations-perspective\/\" >A Native Nations Perspective on the War of 1812 \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/na-indianwartimeline.html\" >NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS \u2013 Indian Wars Timeline \u2013 legendsofamerica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/indiancountry\/history\/boarding.html\" >\u201cIn the late 1800s, Native Americans were losing the U.S-Indian wars, particularly after the Civil War freed up troops to patrol the West. But there was still the \u201cIndian problem.\u201d \u2013 INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1008.html\" >Indian Wars Time Table \u2013 United States History \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1854<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Japan\" >Hinomaru<\/a> is established as the official flag to be flown from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> ships.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hinomaru:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Japan\" >Flag of Japan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rising_Sun_Flag\" >Rising Sun Flag \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2015\/06\/27\/japan-has-a-flag-problem-too\/?wprss=rss_world\" >Japan has a flag problem, too \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1821\u00a0 <\/strong>Atkinson &amp; Alexander publish <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Saturday_Evening_Post\" >The Saturday Evening Post<\/a><\/em> for the first time as a weekly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newspaper\" >newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1796\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\" >French Revolutionary Wars<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon<\/a> leads the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_Italy_%28France%29\" >French Army of Italy<\/a> to victory in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Lonato\" >Battle of Lonato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1791\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Sistova\" >Treaty of Sistova<\/a> is signed, ending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman%E2%80%93Habsburg_wars\" >Ottoman\u2013Habsburg wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 05<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0The Environmental Protection Agency at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2015_Gold_King_Mine_waste_water_spill\" >Gold King Mine waste water spill<\/a>\u00a0releases 3 million gallons of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toxic_heavy_metal\" >heavy metal toxin tailings<\/a>\u00a0and waste water into the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animas_River\" >Animas River<\/a>\u00a0in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Oak_Creek_shooting\" >Oak Creek shooting<\/a>\u00a0took place at a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sikh\" >Sikh<\/a>\u00a0temple in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oak_Creek,_Wisconsin\" >Oak Creek, Wisconsin<\/a>, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010\u00a0 <\/strong>Ten members of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Assistance_Mission\" >International Assistance Mission<\/a> Nuristan Eye Camp team <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Badakhshan_massacre\" >are killed<\/a> by persons unknown in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuran_wa_Munjan_District\" >Kuran wa Munjan District<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Badakhshan_Province\" >Badakhshan Province<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslav_Wars\" >Yugoslav Wars<\/a>: The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knin\" >Knin<\/a>, Croatia, a significant <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbs\" >Serb<\/a> stronghold, is captured by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatian<\/a> forces during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Storm\" >Operation Storm<\/a>. The date is celebrated in Croatia as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victory_Day_%28Croatia%29\" >Victory Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Knin:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also see \u201c<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Storm\" >Operation Storm<\/a> [= <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operacija_Oluja\" >Operacija Oluja<\/a>] begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a>\u201d in the entry of the date of <\/em><strong>August 4, 1995.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knin\" >Knin \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/WORLD\/Bosnia\/updates\/august95\/8-05\/index.html\" >Croatians Capture Knin \u2013 August 5, 1995, CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1995-08-13\/opinion\/op-34622_1_united-states\" >THE BALKANS: The Croatian Offensive: Too Much of a Good Thing? \u2013 August 13, 1995 \u2013 The Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/publication\/347-eye-the-storm-the-icty-commemorations-and-contested-histories-croatias-homeland-war\" >Eye of the Storm: The ICTY, Commemorations and Contested Histories of Croatia\u2019s Homeland War, by Vjeran I. Pavlakovic \u2013 WilsonCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iwpr.net\/global-voices\/court-hears-ethnic-change-knin\" >Court Hears Ethnic Change in Knin \u2013 IWPR.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/storm-survivors-await-justice-in-croatia\" >\u2018Storm\u2019 Survivors Await Justice in Croatia \u2013 BalkanSight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/public\/resources\/documents\/pearl042299.htm\" >Few Serbs Chased From Croatia In 1995 Have Made It Back Home \u2013 April 22, 1999 \u2013 The Wall Street Journal Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkanpeace.org\/index.php?index=\/content\/balkans\/croatia\/cro03.incl\" >Two Canadian officers have testified that Croatia knowingly bombed Serb civilians in 1995, by Steven Edwards \u2013 BalkanPeace.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dalje.com\/en-croatia\/general-leslie-lied-in-court-no-serbs-in-knin\/143024\" >General Leslie Lied in Court \u2018No Serbs In Knin\u2019 \u2013 Dalje.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sense-agency.com\/icty\/general-leslie-under-fire-from-general-gotovina%E2%80%99s-defense.29.html?cat_id=1&amp;news_id=10872\" >GENERAL LESLIE UNDER FIRE FROM GENERAL GOTOVINA\u2019S DEFENSE \u2013 Sense-Agency.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Croatia-Year-In-Review-1995\" >Croatia in 1995 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/orig\/dakovic3.html\" >How \u2018Operation Storm\u2019 Destabilized the Balkans, by Mirko Dakovic and Boro Miseljic \u2013 Antiwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.culturalsurvival.org\/ourpublications\/csq\/article\/serbian-and-croatian-nationalism-and-wars-in-yugoslavia\" >Serbian and Croatian Nationalism and the War In Yugoslavia \u2013 CulturalSurvival.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/4747379.stm\" >Evicted Serbs remember Storm \u2013 Friday, 5 August 2005 \u2013 BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>General elections are held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a> with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front\" >Sandinista National Liberation Front<\/a> winning a majority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>198<\/strong><strong>2\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevada_Test_Site\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States Nuclear Tests (Overview):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE UNITED STATES\u2019 NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/50\" >50 Facts About US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/analysis\/articles\/costs-us-nuclear-weapons\/\" >The Costs of US Nuclear Weapons \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/projects\/archive\/nucweapons\/weapons\" >The US Nuclear Weapons Test Cost Study Project \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >List of the nuclear weapons tests of the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States\" >Nuclear Weapons and the United States \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/nuclear\/tests\/USA-ntestsS.html\" >Database of nuclear tests, the United States: overview \u2013 compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston \u2013 johnstonsarchive.net<\/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 Test at the Nevada Test Site:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamlandresort.com\/info\/nts.htm\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 DreamlandResort.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctosnnsa.org\/\" >CTOS \u2013 Center for Radiological Nuclear Testing at the Nevada National Security Site \u2013 CTOSNNSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.energy.gov\/main.aspx\" >\u201cThe Nevada Field Office\u2019s Environmental Management Program was created to address the environmental legacy of historic nuclear weapons related activities and current programs at the Nevada National Security Site.\u201d \u2013 Environmental Programs \u2013 Nevada Field Office \u2013 US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><em><strong>Nuclear Weapons and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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>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><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nv.doe.gov\/library\/publications\/Environmental\/DOENV_11718_594.pdf\" >ECONLGOY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVE SUMMARY, KEY WORD INDEX, AND SPECIES LISTS \u2013 DOE\/NEV\/11718-594<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osti.gov\/scitech\/biblio\/6458066\" >Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center: a review of technical information support provided to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group \u2013 Sci-Tech Connect<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologycenter.org\/terrainmagazine\/summer-2002\/sovereignty-at-shoshone-mountain\/\" >\u201cBetween 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\u201d \u2013 Sovereignty at Shoshone Mountain \u2013 EcologyCenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/~ota\/disk1\/1989\/8909\/8909.PDF\" >The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions \u2013 Princeton.edu<\/a><\/em><\/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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toxipedia.org\/display\/wanmec\/Nevada+Test+Site\" >Nevada Test Site \u2013 Toxipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\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<\/ul>\n<ul>\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<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_United_States\" >US performs nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/guide\/usa\/facility\/nts.htm\" >Nevada Test Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For some more pertinent information, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site,\u201d <em>mentioned above<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_%281968%29\" >fires<\/a> 11,359 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_action\" >striking<\/a> air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" >Afghanistan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan_Liberation_Organization\" >Maoists<\/a> undertake an attempted military uprising.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Background Situations (1):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afghanistan-analysts.org\/failings-of-inclusivity-the-herat-uprising-of-march-1979\/\" >\u201cIn the spring of 1979, Afghanistan was almost in open rebellion against the government of the People\u2019s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA); first uprisings happened around the country.\u201d \u2013 Failings of Inclusivity: The Harat uprising of March 1979, by Charlie Gammell \u2013 afghanistan-analysts.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sholajawid.org\/english\/main_english\/maoists_unite.html\" >\u201cThe years between 1976 and 1979 (when the Russian invasion took place) was an important period in the history of the communist movement of Afghanistan. The criticisers solidified their position around the Three Worlds theory, and the centrists consolidated their forces around the centrist force Samandar. At this time another group was formed, Struggle to Form the Communist Party of Afghanistan, which was known as Akhgar after its paper. Many of Akhgar&#8217;s cadres had split from the Criticisers. They set their main task as the formation of a communist party and in 1976 raised the banner of Mao Tsetung Thought, sharply attacking the Three World Theory as well as the centrists around Samandar.\u201d \u2013 Afghanistan Maoists Unite in a Single Party \u2013 sholajawid.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Background Situations (2): Soviet-Afghan War (December 1979 \u2013 1989):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War\" >Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghan-War\" >\u201c<em>Afghan War, in the history of Afghanistan, the internal conflict (1978\u201392) between anticommunist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979\u201389 by Soviet troops)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Afghan War (1978-1992) \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: 1979 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/afghanistan-war.html\" >Afghanistan War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/s\/so\/soviet_invasion_of_afghanistan.html\" >Soviet invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 Fact-Index.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/afghanistan\/29.htm\" >COMMUNISM, REBELLIION, AND SOVIET INTERVENTION \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/u__-nvho8zdx\/the-soviet-afghan-war\/\" >The Soviet-Afghan war \u2013 Prezi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/h_marroquin\/Soviet-Afghanistan.html\" >AFGHANISTAN; IN DEFESE OF SOVIET MILITARY ACTION \u2013 OOCities.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ir.info\/2010\/01\/03\/the-soviet-union%E2%80%99s-last-war\/\" >Why Did the Soviet Union Invade Afghanistan? , by Daryl Morini \u2013 Jan 3, 2010 \u2013 E-INTERNATIONAL RELATION STUDIES \u2013 E-IR.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativeinsight.com\/Afghan_War.html\" >The Origins of the Soviet-Afghan War \u2013 AlternativeInsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyofrussia.org\/russian-invasion-of-afghanistan\/\" >RUSSIAN INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, by Andy Young \u2013 HISTORY OF RUSSIA \u2013 HistoryOfRussia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-july-dec06-soviet_10-10\/\" >The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS News Hour \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewashingtonreview.org\/articles\/the-kremlin-and-kabul-the-1979-soviet-invasion-of-afghanistan-in-retrospect.html\" >The Kremlin and Kabul: The 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in Retrospect, by Charles J Sullivan \u2013 September 2011 \u2013 TheWashingtonReview.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidetorussia.com\/russia-afghanistan.asp\" >SOVIET INVASTION OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 GuideToRussia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index4.html\" >Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-web.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><strong><em>History of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><strong><em>Economy of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/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>197<\/strong><strong>4\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >U.S. Congress<\/a> places a $1 billion limit on military aid to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>US Congress Limits Military Aid to South Vietnam:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/congress-cuts-military-aid-to-south-vietnam\" >AUG 05 1974: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Congress cuts military aid to South Vietnam \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Vietnam War in 1974:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/1974_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1974 in the Vietnam War \u2013 wikia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seasite.niu.edu\/crossroads\/russell\/vntimeline.htm\" >Vietnam: Timeline of Events to 1974 \u2013 niu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index4.html\" >Battlefield: Timeline: 1973 \u2013 1974 \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamgear.com\/war1973.aspx\" >Vietnam War Timelines: 1973-1975 \u2013 vietnamgear.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1969.html\" >The Vietnam War: The Bitter End 1969-1975 \u2013 historyplace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events:<\/em><\/strong><\/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><em>Anti-Viet Nam War Movement or Opposition to United States Involvement in the Vietnam War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-protests\" >VIET NAM WAR PROTESTS \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_the_Vietnam_War\" >Protests against the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/media\/photo\/vietnam-war-protest-1967\" >Vietnam War Protest 1967 \u2013 New Zealand History \u2013 NZHistory.net.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/antiwar.html\" >The Anti-War Movement in the United States, by Mark Barringer \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/1stbn4thmarines.net\/operations\/vietnam\/page_13.htm\" >\u201cOpposition to the Vietnam War tended to unite groups opposed to U.S. anti-communism, imperialism and colonialism and , for those involved with the New Left such as the Catholic Worker Movement, capitalism itself.\u00a0\u201d \u2013 Opposition to the Viet Nam War: 1962-1975<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/history\/vietnam-gi-resistance\" >1961-1975: GI resistance in the Viet Nam War \u2013 Libcom.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/twodays\/peopleevents\/e_antiwar.html\" >Student Antiwar Protests and the Backlash \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/MRC\/pacificaviet.html\" >The Pacifica Radio\/UC Berkeley \u2013 Social Activism Sound Recording Project \u2013 Anti-Viet Nam War Protests in San Francisco Bay Area &amp; Beyond \u2013 Berkeley.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/turningpoints\/tp-040\/?action=more_essay\" >Viet Nam and Opposition at Home \u2013 Wisconsin Historical Society \u2013 WisconsinHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNprotest.htm\" >Viet Nam Protest Movement \u2013 Spartacus-Educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Islands_Forum\" >Pacific Islands Forum<\/a> (then known as the \u201cSouth Pacific Forum\u201d) is held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wellington\" >Wellington<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\" >New Zealand<\/a>, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Ocean\" >Pacific Ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariner_program\" >Mariner program<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariner_6_and_7\" >Mariner 7<\/a><\/em> makes its closest fly-by of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a> (3,524 kilometers).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> (underground) at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/inside-the-former-soviet-unions-secret-nuclear-test-cit-1633578671\" >Eastern Kazakh<\/a>\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>USSR Nuclear Tests in 1966:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1966_Soviet_nuclear_tests\" >Soviet nuclear tests in 1966 &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Tests:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/the-soviet-unionsnuclear-testing-programme\/\" >THE SOVIET UNION\u2019S NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME \u2013 CTBTO<\/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 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/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<\/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>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><em><strong>USSR\u2019s Nuclear Tests at Eastern Kazakh\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site\" >Semipalitinsk<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<ul>\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>Environmental Issues in Kazakhstan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_issues_in_Kazakhstan\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/naturvernforbundet.no\/international\/environmental-issues-in-kazakhstan\/category936.html\" >Environmental issues in Kazakhstan \u2013 Naturvernforbundet.no<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclear-risks.org\/en\/hibakusha-worldwide\/semipalatinsk.html\" >Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan \u2013 The World Nuclear Chain \u2013 Nuclear-Risks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/rso\/Portals\/118\/Documents\/NESs\/ROE\/NES_Kazakhstan_2014.pdf\" >Kazakhstan National Environmental Summary \u2013 UNEP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965\" >Indo-Pakistani War of 1965<\/a> begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Line_of_Control\" >Line of Control<\/a> dressed as locals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Indo-Pakistan War of 1965:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965\" >Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/india-pakistan-war\" >The India-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN \u2013 state.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/war\/indo-pak_1965.htm\" >Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 globalsecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peacekashmir.org\/indo-pak-peace-process\/indo-pak-war-1965.htm\" >\u201cThe second Indo-Pakistani conflict (1965) was also fought over Kashmir and started without a formal declaration of war. The war began in August 5, 1965 and was ended Sept 22, 1965. The war was initiated by Pakistan who since the defeat of India by China in 1962 had come to believe that Indian military would be unable or unwilling to defend against a quick military campaign in Kashmir, and because the Pakistani government was becoming increasingly alarmed by Indian efforts to integrate Kashmir within India.\u201d \u2013 Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 peacekashmir.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bharat-rakshak.com\/IAF\/History\/1965War\/\" >The India Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 bharat-rakshak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Who-won-the-1965-Indo-Pak-war\" >Who won the 1965 Indo-Pak war? \u2013 Rankaj Singh Kaintura \u2013 quora.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/news\/india\/10-facts-to-know-about-indo-pakistan-war-of-1965-54155.html\" >10 facts to know about Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 indiatvnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the India-Pakistan Wars:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/india-pakistan-wars.html\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 The 1947-48 War; The 1965 War; The 1971 War; Bibliography \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts\" >Indo-Pakistan wars and conflicts \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/India-Pakistan_Wars.aspx\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bharatadesam.com\/history\/india_pakistan_wars.php\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Bharatadesam.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/india-pakistan-war\" >The India-Pakistan War of 1965 \u2013 OFFICE of the HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/war\/conflict-zones\/130814\/analysis-are-india-and-pakistan-headed-war\" >Analysis: Are India and Pakistan headed for war? , by Jason Overdorf \u2013 Aug 15, 2013 \u2013 GlobalPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/19\/icymi-india-pakistan-head-for-nuke-war.html\" >ICYMI: India-Pakistan Head for Nuke War, by Bruce Riedel \u2013 10.19.14 \u2013 The Daily Beast \u2013 TheDailyBeast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/history\/military-history\/wars-battles-and-military-interventions\/india-pakistan-wars\" >India-Pakistan Wars: Selected full textbooks and articles \u2013 Questa.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/view\/document\/obo-9780199791279\/obo-9780199791279-0145.xml\" >India-Pakistan Wars \u2013 Oxford Bibliographies \u2013 OxfordBibliographies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/spotlight\/kashmirtheforgottenconflict\/2011\/06\/2011615113058224115.html\" >Timeline: India-Pakistan relations, by Asad Hashim \u2013 27 May 2014 \u2013 Aljazeera.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Pierce_Arrow\" >Operation Pierce Arrow<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >American<\/a> aircraft from carriers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29\" >USS\u00a0Ticonderoga<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Constellation_%28CV-64%29\" >USS\u00a0Constellation<\/a> bomb <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\" >North Vietnam<\/a> in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin\" >Gulf of Tonkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Operation Pierce Arrow:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Pierce_Arrow\" >Operation Pierce Arrow \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jcs-group.com\/military\/war1964vietnam\/arrow.html\" >Operation Pierce Arrow \u2013 SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING MILITARY \u2013 jcs-group.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usni.org\/store\/historical-art-prints\/limited-edition-lithographs\/operation-pierce-arrow\" >Operation Pierce Arrow \u2013 usni.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf of Tonkin Incident:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident\" >Gulf of Tonkin incident \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/vietnamwar\/p\/gulfoftonkin.htm\" >Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident-50-years-ago\" >\u201cOn August 2, 1964, the U.S. destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Maddox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S. military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War.\u201d \u2013 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 50 Years Ago \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/navalhistory\/2008-02\/truth-about-tonkin\" >The Truth About Tonkin \u2013 usni.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/precedent\/century\/tonkin.html\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 911review.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/gulf-of-tonkin\" >US Involvement in the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964 \u2013 history.state.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his135\/events\/tonkin64\/gulfoftonkin64.html\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 nvcc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB132\/tapes.htm\" >LBJ Tapes on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 The National Security Archive &#8211; gwu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/vietnam-war\/gulf-of-tonkin-1964\/\" >Gulf of Tonkin 1964 \u2013 historylearningsite.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alphahistory.com\/vietnamwar\/gulf-of-tonkin-incident\/\" >THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT \u2013 alphahistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/speeches\/speech-3998\" >Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 4, 1964) \u2013 Lyndon B. Johnson \u2013 Transcript \u2013 millercenter.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/primary-resources\/lbj-tonkin\/\" >Primary Resources: The Tonkin Gulf Incident, 1964 \u2013 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opsecnews.com\/gulf-of-tonkin-incident-false-flag-for-war-in-vietnam\/\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident: False Flag For War in Vietnam \u2013 opsecnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/VNtonkin.htm\" >Gulf of Tonkin \u2013 spartacus-educational.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryferrell.org\/pages\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 maryferrel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1983.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 u-s-history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/olive-drab.com\/od_history_vietnam_tonkin.php\" >Gulf of Tonkin Incident \u2013 olive-drab.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paperlessarchives.com\/vw_gulf_of_tonkin.html\" >\u201cMore recent analysis of that data and additional information gathered on the 4 August episode, now makes it clear that North Vietnamese naval forces did not attack Maddox and Turner Joy that night in the summer of 1964.\u201d \u2013 GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT \u2013 DOCUMENTS \u2013 AUDIORECORDINGS \u2013 PHOTOS \u2013 PaperlessArchives.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pov\/mostdangerousman\/secrets2.php\" >Chapter 1. The Tonkin Gulf August 1964 \u2013 Excerpt from Ellsberg\u2019s Memoir, Secrets \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/us-planned-before-tonkin-for-war-on-north-files-show\/2012\/06\/07\/gJQAMKyALV_story.html\" >US Planned Before Tonkin For War on North, Files Show, by Murrey Marder and Chalmers M. Roberts \u2013 June 14, 1971 \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/events\/1964\/august_5_1964_128610.html\" >August 5, 1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Gulf of Tonkin Resolution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution\" >GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution#Background_and_Congressional_action\" >Background and Congressional action \u2013 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/tonkin-gulf-resolution.html\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Gulf-of-Tonkin-Resolution\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Gulf+of+Tonkin+Resolution\" >Gulf of Tonkin Resolution \u2013 thefreedictionary.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/gulf-tonkin-resolution-and-escalation-vietnam-war\" >The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Escalation of the Vietnam War \u2013 neh.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Vietnam War in 1964:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_in_the_Vietnam_War\" >1964 in the Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1961.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 America commits 1961-1964 \u2013 historyplace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1961-1974\/4-vietnam\/1-overview\/4-1964-1968\/\" >Vietnam War Overview Part 4: 1964-1968 \u2013 authentichistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War#Johnson.27s_escalation.2C_1963.E2.80.9369\" >Johnson\u2019s escalation 1963-69 \u2013 Vietnam War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/gulf-of-tonkin\" >US Involvement of the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkin and the Escalation, 1964 \u2013 OFFICE of the Historian \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/battlefieldvietnam\/timeline\/index.html\" >Battle Field \u2013 Vietnam War \u2013 Timeline: 1954-1964 \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Viet Nam War and Some Pertinent Events:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/vietnam-war-history\" >VIETNAM WAR HISTORY \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&amp;psid=3470\" >Chronology of Viet Nam War and Pertinent Events \u2013 Digital History \u2013 DigitalHistory.UH.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/vietnam\/index-1965.html\" >The Vietnam War \u2013 The Jungle War 1965 \u2013 1968 \u2013 The History Place \u2013 HistoryPlace.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atvaudio.com\/ata_vietnamwar.php\" >The VIETNAM WAR: US Involvement &amp; Escalation \u2013 ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO Inc. \u2013 RESEARCH REPORT \u2013 PART ONE \u2013 April 23, 1961 \u2013 May 27, 1968 \u2013 ATVAudio.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.english.illinois.edu\/maps\/vietnam\/anderson.htm\" >The Diplomatic Course of the Vietnam War, by David L Anderson \u2013 Illinois.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1888.html\" >America\u2019s Vietnam War in Indochina \u2013 U-S-History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1963<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> sign a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty\" >nuclear test ban treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of August 5, 1963:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/nuclear-test-ban-treaty\" >Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of August 5, 1963 \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=95\" >Test Ban Treaty (1963) \u2013 OurDocuments.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/t\/isn\/4797.htm\" >Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (including the narrative and the text of the Treaty) of August 5, 1963 \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/WMD\/Nuclear\/pdf\/Partial_Ban_Treaty.pdf\" >Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (text in PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty\" >Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty 1963 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/treaties-and-regimes\/treaty-banning-nuclear-test-atmosphere-outer-space-and-under-water-partial-test-ban-treaty-ptbt\/\" >Treaty Banning Nuclear Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (PTBT) \u2013 NTI.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apartheid\" >Apartheid<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Africa\" >South Africa<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" >Nelson Mandela<\/a> is jailed. He would not be released until <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1990\" >1990<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nelson Mandela:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/nelson-mandela\" >NESLON MANDELA \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonmandela.org\/\" >The Nelson Mandela Foundation \u2013 Nelsonmandela.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" >Nelson Mandela \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/nelson-mandela-9397017#%21\" >Nelson Mandela \u2013 Biography.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1993\/mandela-bio.html\" >Nelson Mandela Biographical \u2013 Nobelprize.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/person\/nelson-mandela\" >Articles on Nelson Mandela \u2013 The New York Times \u2013 NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.wow.com\/search?s_it=sb-top&amp;s_chn=77&amp;s_pt=source2&amp;v_t=aolsem&amp;q=who+nelson+mandela\" >Who Nelson Mandela \u2013 WOW.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Anti-Apartheid Movement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_resistance_to_apartheid\" >Internal resistance to apartheid \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/sites\/default\/files\/Apartheid,%20United%20Nations%20etc.%20Vikas%20book,%20full%20-%20to%20format.pdf\" >Apartheid \u2013 The United Nations and the International Community \u2013 A Collection of Speeches and Papers \u2013 E.S. Reddy \u2013 SAHistory.org.za \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>African National Congress (ANC):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anc.org.za\/\" >AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_National_Congress\" >African National Congress \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Apartheid:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/africanhistory.about.com\/od\/apartheid\/\" >\u201cThe Afrikaans word meaning \u2018separation\u2019, Apartheid was the racial, social policy introduced by the National Party government of South Africa in 1948.\u201d \u2013 Apartheid \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www-cs-students.stanford.edu\/%7Ecale\/cs201\/apartheid.hist.html\" >The History of Apartheid in South Africa \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apartheid#Precursors\" >Precursors \u2013 Apartheid \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_general_election,_1948\" >South African general election, 1948 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.co.uk\/study-topics\/history-of-south-africa\/apartheid\" >Apartheid \u2013 History of South Africa \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/racerelations.about.com\/od\/historyofracerelations\/fl\/A-Brief-History-of-South-African-Apartheid.htm\" >A Brief History of South African Apartheid \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com\/apartheid.html\" >Brief history of Apartheid in South Africa \u2013 South-Africa-Tours-and-Travel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/article\/apartheid-and-reactions-it\" >\u201cIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of \u2018apartheid\u2019. Apartheid built upon earlier laws, but made segregation more rigid and enforced it more aggressively.\u201d \u2013 Apartheid and reaction to it \u2013 SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE \u2013 SAHistory.org.za<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/12\/05\/apartheid-history-timeline-nelson-mandela-death-dies-dead_n_3424291.html\" >Apartheid History Timeline: On Nelson Mandela\u2019s Death, A Look Back At South Africa\u2019s Legacy Of Racism (PHOTOS), by Kavitha A. Davidson \u2013 December 05, 2013 \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/apartheid\/videos\" >APARTHEID \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/apartheid-history.html\" >Apartheid \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/gah\/apartheid-1948-1994\" >Apartheid (1948-1994) \u2013 BlackPast.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southafrica.to\/history\/Apartheid\/apartheid.php\" >Apartheid South Africa \u2013 SouthAfrica.to<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vanweringh8.wikispaces.com\/file\/view\/Handout+South+Africa+Apartheid.pdf\" >Apartheid in South Africa 1948-1994 \u2013 WikiSpaces.com \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.edu\/Resources\/south-african-history-apartheid.html\" >South African History [Apartheid] \u2013 Australia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1989-1992\/apartheid\" >MILESTONES: 1989-1992 \u2013 The End of Apartheid \u2013 OFFICE HISTORIAN \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tip.sas.upenn.edu\/curriculum\/units\/2013\/01\/13.01.05.pdf\" >The Struggle for Equity: Apartheid in South Africa, by Eilis Hood \u2013 UPenn.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.library.northwestern.edu\/southafrica\/timeline\/\" >South Africa to the end of Apartheid (1625-1993) \u2013 Northwestern.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/timelines\/apartheid_timeline\/44\/\" >Apartheid Timeline \u2013 SoftSchools.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nonviolence, Movements against Racism, and More:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nonviolence\" >Nonviolence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmartin.cc\/pubs\/08gm2.html\" >How nonviolence is misrepresented, by Brian Martin \u2013 BMartin.cc<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nonviolent_resistance\" >Nonviolence resistance \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu\/encyclopedia\/encyclopedia\/enc_nonviolent_resistance\/\" >Nonviolence Resistance \u2013 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE GLOBAL FREEDOM STRUGGLE \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mshistory.k12.ms.us\/articles\/62\/the-civil-rights-movement-in-mississippi-on-violence-and-nonviolence\" >FEATURE STORY: On Violence and Nonviolence: The Civil Rights Movement in\u00a0Mississippi \u2013 MS.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paceebene.org\/2015\/02\/13\/campaign-nonviolence-stands-with-the-movement-for-racial-justice\/\" >Campaign Nonviolence Stands with the Movement for Racial Justice \u2013 Peace e Bene \u2013 PeaceEBene.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/paxchristiusa.org\/2016\/04\/30\/obituary-fr-daniel-berrigan-s-j-pax-christi-usa-teacher-of-peace-passes-away-at-age-94\/\" >NONVIOLENCE: The MLK Memorial and our commitment to anti-racism \u2013 August 26, 2011 \u2013 PaxChristiUSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nomas.org\/martin-luther-king-non-violence-and-the-anti-sexist-mens-movement\/\" >Martin Luther King, Non-violence, and the Anti-Sexist Men\u2019s Movement, by Robert Brannon \u2013 National Organization for Men Against Sexism \u2013 Pro-feminism, gay-affirmative, anti-racist, enhancing men\u2019s lives \u2013 NOMAS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crmvet.org\/info\/nvpower.htm\" >Nonviolence Resistance &amp; Political Power, by Bruce Hartford \u2013 2008 \u2013 CRMVET.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crmvet.org\/info\/nv2.htm\" >Two Kinds of Nonviolent Resistance, by Bruce Hartford \u2013 2004 \u2013 CRMVET.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/nonviolencekey-to-civil-rights-movement\/1737280.html\" >Nonviolence Was Key to Civil Right Movement \u2013 Voice of America \u2013 VOANews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/veganismisnonviolence.com\/category\/racism\/\" >Veganism is Nonviolence \u2013 VeganismIsNonviolence.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/ProfessionalInterest\/cerd.pdf\" >International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination \u2013 OHCHR.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/meetings-events\/watch\/dpi-ngo-briefing-combatting-racism-in-the-21st-century\/4644549413001?page=3\" >DPI \/ NGO Briefing: Combatting Racism in the 21st Century \u2013 UN.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.awid.org\/resources\/un-mechanisms-and-caste-discrimination-based-work-and-descent\" >UN mechanism and caste: Discrimination-based work and descent \u2013 9 December 2015 \u2013 Awid.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racism\" >Racism \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1960<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burkina_Faso\" >Burkina Faso<\/a>, then known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Upper_Volta\" >Upper Volta<\/a>, becomes independent from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Independence of Burkina Faso (Upper Volta):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aglobalworld.com\/holidays-around-the-world\/burkina-faso-independence-day\/\" >BURKINA FASO INDEPENDENCE DAY \u2013 aglobalworld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Burkina Faso:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/uv.html\" >BURKINA FASO \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Burkina%20Faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 UN Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/burkina-faso.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Burkina-Faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/burkina_faso.htm\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portail:Burkina_Faso\" >Portail: Burkina Faso \u2013 fr.Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/burkina.com\/\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Burkina.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fr.allafrica.com\/burkinafaso\/\" >BURKINA FASO \u2013 AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13072774\" >Burkina Faso country profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Burkina Faso:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gouvernement.gov.bf\/\" >Portail gouvernemental du Burkina Faso<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Foreign relations of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/burkina_faso\/index_en.htm\" >EU Relations with Burkina Faso \u2013 Europa.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2834.htm\" >US Relations With Burkina Faso \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Burkina Faso:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Burkina_Faso\" >History of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholarcommons.usf.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=5809&amp;context=etd\" >From Upper Volta to Burkina Faso: A Study of Politics and Reaction of Reform in a Post-Colonial African Nation-state, 1960-1987, by Bryan J. Williamson \u2013 January 2013 \u2013 University of South Florida \u2013 usf.edu &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burkina-faso-history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac21\" >HISTORY OF BURKINA FASO \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/burkina-faso\/history\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Africa\/Burkina-Faso-HISTORY.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 NationsEncyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.our-africa.org\/burkina-faso\/history-politics\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History &amp; Politics \u2013 Our-Africa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/burkina-faso\/history-language-culture\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History, Language and Culture \u2013 WorldTravelGuide.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyculture.com\/Bo-Co\/Burkina-Faso.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 EveryCulture.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/african-history\/history-of-burkina-faso.htm\" >History of Burkina Faso \u2013 HowStuffWorks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.african-volunteer.net\/burkina_faso_history.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 History \u2013 African-Volunteer.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burkina24.com\/\" >Burkina24 \u2013 Burkina24.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13072857\" >Burkina Faso profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Burkina Faso:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Burkina_Faso\" >Economy of Burkina Faso \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/burkina-faso-economy.html\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/burkinafaso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/burkina-faso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/burkinafaso\" >Burkina Faso \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Hoover\" >Herbert Hoover<\/a> eclipses <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Adams\" >John Adams<\/a> as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Carter\" >Jimmy Carter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecuador\" >Ecuador<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1949_Ambato_earthquake\" >an earthquake<\/a> destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1944<\/strong><strong>\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\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazis<\/a> begin a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wola_massacre\" >week-long massacre<\/a> of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wola\" >Wola<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>194<\/strong><strong>4\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Polish<\/a> insurgents liberate a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labor_camp\" >labor camp<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw\" >Warsaw<\/a>, freeing 348 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jews\" >Jewish<\/a> prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong><strong>44\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/world-war-ii\" >World War II<\/a>: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_people\" >Japanese<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_war\" >POWs<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cowra_breakout\" >attempt to escape<\/a> outside the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cowra\" >Cowra<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales\" >New South Wales<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australia\" >Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldwar-2.net\/\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Smolensk_%281941%29\" >Battle of Smolensk<\/a> concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Army\" >Red Army<\/a> prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>194<\/strong><strong>0\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\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> formally <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_occupation_of_Latvia_in_1940#1940-1941:_The_first_Soviet_occupation\" >annexes<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of Lithuania:<\/strong><\/em><\/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<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Social Problems of Lithuania:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countriesquest.com\/europe\/lithuania\/land_and_resources\/environmental_issues.htm\" >\u201cLike 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.\u201d \u2013 Land and Resources, Environmental Issues A\u2013 Lithuania \u2013 CountriesQuest.com<\/a><\/em><\/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>Lithuanian Independence Movement 1940-1991:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lithuania\/3.htm\" >\u201cSoviet rule brought about radical political and economic changes and Stalinist terror, which culminated in deportations to Siberia of more than 30,000 people on the night of June 14-15, 1941. Germany interrupted the Stalinist terror by attacking the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The next day, the Lithuanian Activist Front, an organization of anti-Soviet resistance groups, revolted against the Soviet occupiers. Partisans took over the largest cities\u2013Kaunas and Vilnius\u2013and declared restoration of Lithuanian independence. The Germans replaced the provisional government with a Lithuanian Vertrauensrat (Council of Trustees), which was headed by an ethnic Lithuanian, General Petras Kubiliunas, and was given some autonomy in local affairs.\u201d \u2013 Lithuania \u2013 The Soviet Union \u2013 CoutnryStudies.us<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aeinstein.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NonviolentResistanceInLithuania.pdf\" >NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN LITHUANIA \u2013 A Story of Peaceful Liberation \u2013 by Grazina Miniotaite \u2013 aeinstein.org \u2013 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/russia\/baltic_independence.php\" >\u201cUnder Joseph Stalin the USSR re-annexed the Baltic countries in 1940. The independence the Baltic states had enjoyed since the collapse of the Tsarist empire was over. The pretext for the invasion was the articles of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact that acknowledged Nazi Germany\u2019s and the USSR\u2019s separate spheres of influence. Stalin promptly invaded Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and deported or executed anyone who held nationalist beliefs. Without national elites the USSR gained complete control over the Baltic people and the articles formed the basis of the post Second World War Soviet state.\u201d \u2013 Baltic Independence from the Soviet Union, by James Graham \u2013 OnThisDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uca.edu\/politicalscience\/dadm-project\/europerussiacentral-asia-region\/soviet-unionlithuania-1940-1991\/\" >Soviet Union\/Lithuania (1940-1991) \u2013 uca.edu<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><em><strong>Issues on the Independence of Lithuania<\/strong><\/em><\/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><em><strong>Historical Background of the Baltic States and the Soviet Union:<\/strong><\/em><\/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><em><strong>Russia Reviews the 1991 Decision to Recognize the Independence of the Baltic States:<\/strong><\/em><\/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\" >\u201cRussia 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.\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>1925\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plaid_Cymru\" >Plaid Cymru<\/a> is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_language\" >Welsh language<\/a> that is at the time in danger of dying out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Romani\" >Battle of Romani<\/a>: Allied forces, under the command of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Murray\" >Archibald Murray<\/a>, defeat an attacking <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman army<\/a> under the command of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Freiherr_Kress_von_Kressenstein\" >Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein<\/a>, securing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suez_Canal\" >Suez Canal<\/a> and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinai_Peninsula\" >Sinai Peninsula<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1914#Events\" >1914<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The guns of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Nepean\" >Point Nepean fort<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_Phillip\" >Port Phillip<\/a> Heads in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_%28Australia%29\" >Victoria (Australia)<\/a> fire across the bows of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norddeutscher_Lloyd\" >Norddeutscher Lloyd<\/a> steamer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Pfalz_%281913%29\" >SS\u00a0<em>Pfalz<\/em><\/a> which is attempting to leave the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_of_Melbourne\" >Port of Melbourne<\/a> in ignorance of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Declaration_of_war\" >declaration of war<\/a> and she is detained; this is said to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-08-04\/ww1-first-shot-documents-reveal-missing-cigar-mystery\/5645954\" >the first Allied shot of the War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: The German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minelayer\" >minelayer<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_K%C3%B6nigin_Luise_%281913%29\" >SS\u00a0<em>K\u00f6nigin Luise<\/em><\/a> lays a minefield about 40 miles (64\u00a0km) off the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thames_Estuary\" >Thames Estuary<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lowestoft\" >Lowestoft<\/a>). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Amphion_%281911%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Amphion<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution\" >Persian Constitutional Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozaffar_ad-Din_Shah_Qajar\" >Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar<\/a>, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_monarchy\" >constitutional monarchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 06<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2015\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0A\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2015_Abha_mosque_bombing\" >suicide bomb attack<\/a>\u00a0kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abha\" >Abha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/khmer-rouge-leaders-appeal-convictions-32175094\" >Two former Khmer Rouge leaders<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khieu_Samphan\" >Khieu Samphan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuon_Chea\" >Nuon Chea<\/a>, have been convicted of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crime\" >war crimes<\/a> during the period of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambodian_genocide\" >Cambodian genocide<\/a> in the 1970s; a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_Rouge_Tribunal\" >UN-supported war crimes tribunal<\/a> sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>UN-Supported War Crimes Tribunal of Cambodia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eccc.gov.kh\/\" >Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia \u2013 Official Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiatribunal.org\/\" >Cambodia Tribunal Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/international-justice\/international-criminal-tribunals-and-special-courts\/special-tribunal-for-cambodia.html\" >Special Tribunal for Cambodia \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiatribunal.org\/2015\/02\/25\/speech-by-un-special-expert-david-scheffer-what-has-been-extraordinary-about-international-justice-in-cambodia\/\" >David Scheffer: What Has Been \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 About International Justice in Cambodia?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eccc.gov.kh\/en\/indicted-person\/khieu-samphan\" >KHIEU SAMPHAN \u2013 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/k\/khieu_samphan\/index.html\" >Khieu Samphan \u2013 News archives \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eccc.gov.kh\/en\/indicted-person\/nuon-chea\" >NUON CHEA \u2013 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/n\/nuon_chea\/index.html\" >Nuon Chea \u2013 News archives \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/international-justice\/international-criminal-tribunals-and-special-courts\/special-tribunal-for-cambodia\/28134.html\" >Archives Cambodia \u2013 GlobalPolicy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curiosity_rover\" >Curiosity rover<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Science_Laboratory\" >lands<\/a>\u00a0on the surface of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>A march in protest of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Mark_Duggan\" >death of Mark Duggan<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tottenham\" >Tottenham<\/a>, London, ends in a riot, sparking off a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_England_Riots\" >wave of rioting<\/a> throughout the country over the following four nights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)\" >War in Afghanistan<\/a>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Chinook_shootdown_in_Afghanistan\" >A United States military helicopter is shot down<\/a>, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, 7 Afghan soldiers, and 1 Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>US Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 US War in Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%9314%29#U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan\" ><strong>US invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 War in Afghanistan (2001-2014) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasions_of_Afghanistan#Invasion_by_the_United_States_and_NATO\" ><strong>Invasion by the United States and NATO \u2013 Invasions of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/afghanistan\/us-war-afghanistan\/p20018\" ><strong>US War in Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Affairs \u2013 CFR.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/United_States\" ><strong>United States\u2019 Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 OhioHistoryCentral.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/timeline.jsp?timeline=afghanwar_tmln&amp;afghanwar_tmln_us_invasion__occupation\" ><strong>War in Afghanistan, US Invasion, Occupation of Afghanistan \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Afghanistan-War\" ><strong>Afghanistan War (2001-2014), by Griff Witte \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-war-in-afghanistan-a-timeline\/\" ><strong>War in Afghanistan \u2013 A Timeline \u2013 December 1, 2009 \u2013 CBSNews.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Why Did the US Invade Afghanistan? :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rain.org.za\/why-did-the-united-states-invade-afghanistan\/\" ><strong>Why Did the United States Invade Afghanistan? , by Tim Kelly \u2013 RAIN.org.za<\/strong><\/a>,<strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jamiat.org.za\/why-did-the-united-states-invade-afghanistan\/\" ><strong>the same article on this website of Jamiatul Ulama \u2013 Jamiat.org.za<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/did-9-11-justify-the-war-in-afghanistan\/19891\" ><strong>Did 9\/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan? , by David Ray Griffin \u2013 25 June 2005 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackmosaic.com\/invasion-of-afghanistan-war-on-terror_why\/\" ><strong>Invasion of Afghanistan \u2013 \u2018War on Terror\u2019 \u2013 Why \u2013 TheBlackMosaic.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2013\/04\/why-is-the-united-states-really-in-afghanistan-2\/\" ><strong>Why is the United States Really in Afghanistan? , by Howard Uhal \u2013 April 17, 2013 \u2013 DissidentVoice.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trustineducation.org\/why-afghanistan\/afghanistan-why-should-anyone-care\/\" ><strong>Why Afghanistan? \u2013 Trust in Education \u2013 TrustInEducation.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weegy.com\/?ConversationId=B172FCAB\" ><strong>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<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (9 min. 10 sec.)<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWPxL7bDpFI\" ><strong>The REAL reasons behind The US led invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video (4 min. 13 sec.)<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2LdiwdYHQM\" ><strong>Why us invaded afghanistan<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Behind the Official Reasons for the Invasion of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/revolutionarydemocracy.org\/rdv8n1\/oilnln.htm\" ><strong>The US War in Afghanistan and the Grab for Central Asia Oil \u2013 RevolutionaryDemocracy.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-war-is-worth-waging-afghanistan-s-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/19769\" ><strong>\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<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringnebula.com\/Oil\/Timeline.htm\" ><strong>A TIMELINE OF OIL AND VIOLENCE \u2013 AFGHANISTAN \u2013 RingNebula.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&amp;before_9\/11=pipelinePolitics\" ><strong>Complete 911 Timeline \u2013 Pipeline Politics \u2013 HistoryCommons.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/liesofbush.com\/Afghanistan.shtml\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 LiesOfBush.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courtfool.info\/en_Pipelines_to_9_11.htm\" ><strong>Pipelines to 9\/11, by Rudo de Ruijter \u2013 CourtFool.info<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u>YouTube video (5 min. 15 sec.)<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ten4KqM3GYA\" ><strong>Did We Invade Afghanistan to Build a Gas Pipeline?<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2001\/10\/23\/afghanistan-war-and-oil\/\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 War and Oil, by George Monbiot \u2013 October 23, 2001 \u2013 CounterPunch.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinsider.org\/news\/article.asp?id=234\" ><strong>Afghanistan oil pipeline construction starts \u2013 TheInsider.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mom.gov.af\/en\/page\/4750\" ><strong>A Brief History of Natural Gas in Afghanistan \u2013 Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Afghanistan \u2013 MOM.gov.af<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanttoknow.info\/020318chicagotribune.shtml\" ><strong>US Bases in Afghanistan and Oil Pipeline Politics \u2013 WantToKnow.info<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clydefitchreport.com\/2012\/05\/afghanistan-plan-a-pipeline-an-invasion-a-pipeline-and-an-exodus\/\" ><strong>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<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/1984459.stm\" ><strong>Afghanistan plans gas pipeline \u2013 Monday, 13 May 2002 \u2013 BBC<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creative.sulekha.com\/gas-pipeline-mineral-deposits-the-real-reasons-for-us-occupation-of-afghanistan_490572_blog\" ><strong>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<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/WRHARTICLES\/oil.html\" ><strong>IT\u2019S ALL ABOUT OIL \u2013 1998 Unocal Statement: Suspenstion of activities of related to proposed natural gas pipeline across Afghanistan \u2013 WhatReallyHappened.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><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\" ><strong>A Primer On the REAL Global Geopolitical Battle \u2013 October 8, 2012- WashingtonsBlog.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2001\/oct\/23\/afghanistan.terrorism11\" ><strong>America\u2019s pipeline dream, by George Monbiot \u2013 October 23, 2001 \u2013 TheGuardian.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedebate.org\/thedebate\/afghanistan.asp\" ><strong>IN 1998 AMERICA WANTED NEW GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINE \u2013 THEDEBATE.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkmenistan%E2%80%93Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan%E2%80%93India_Pipeline\" ><strong>Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan\u2013India Pipeline (TAPI) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/pipeline.html\" ><strong>Why did the US really go to war? \u2013 Pipeline to 911 \u2013 ViewZone.com<\/strong><\/a>9<\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.911myths.com\/html\/9_11_and_the_afghan_pipeline.html\" ><strong>9\/11 and Afghan pipeline \u2013 911myths.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/11\/afgh-n20.html\" ><strong>US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11, by Patrick Martin \u2013 20 November 2001 \u2013 WSWS.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2010\/09\/20\/trans-afghanistan-pipeline-still-dream\" ><strong>Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline Still a Dream, by Tel Roll \u2013 Monday, September 20, 2010 \u2013 CommonDreams.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-edge\/202479-tapi-pipeline-gas-afghanistan-security\/\" ><strong>TAPI project or the future of Afghanistan \u2013 RT.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistaneconomist.com\/issue2002\/issue23\/f&amp;m.htm\" ><strong>PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE \u2013 June 10 \u2013 16, 2002 \u2013 Finance &amp; Markets \u2013 PakistanEconomist.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><em><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rawa.org\/temp\/runews\/2010\/05\/22\/russia-china-iran-defeat-u-s-in-the-pipeline-wars.html\" ><strong>\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><strong>Russia, China, Iran defeat US in the \u201cpipeline wars\u201d<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>, by Asad Ismi \u2013 The Reality of Life in Afghanistan \u2013 RAWA.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fpif.org\/afghanistans_energy_war\/\" ><strong>\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><strong>Afghanistan\u2019s Energy War<\/strong><strong>, by Antonia Juhasz and Shukria Dellawar, October 5, 2011 \u2013 Foreign Policy in Focus \u2013 FPIF.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/em><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsnbc.me\/2013\/04\/05\/the-afghanistan-war-afghanistans-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas\/\" ><strong>The Afghanistan War: Afghanistan\u2019s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas \u2013 Michel Chossudovsky (CRG) \u2013 Friday, April. 5, 2013 \u2013 NSNBC.me<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oilempire.us\/afghanistan.html\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 poppies, pipelines, Al Qaeda and control of Eurasia \u2013 OilEmpire.us<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/afghanistan-energy-geopolitics-and-the-tapi-pipeline\/18329\" ><strong>Afghanistan, Energy Geopolitics and the TAPI Pipeline, by John Foster \u2013 23 March 2010 \u2013 GlobalResearch.ca<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><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\/\" ><strong>Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama, by Pepe Escobar \u2013 Alternet.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><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\" ><strong>Afghanistan, the TAPI Pipeline, and Energy Geopolitics, by John Foster \u2013 Tuesday, 23 March 2010 \u2013 Journal of Energy Security \u2013 ENSEC.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>US-Afghanistan Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Afghanistan-US relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><u><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><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><u><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><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><u><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><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?319825-1\/usafghanistan-relations\" ><strong>US-Afghanistan Relations (on the Obama administration\u2019s proposal) \u2013 C-Span.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><strong><u><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><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-afghanistan-relations\/\" >US-Afghanistan Relations \u2013 Relevant Articles \u2013 HuffingtonPost.com<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/countries\/afghanistan\" ><strong>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<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan\" ><strong>Foreign relations of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/afghanistan\/ri218\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Council on Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.af\/en\/page\/3883\" ><strong>Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u2013 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/2015\/03\/04\/neutrality-in-afghanistan-s-foreign-policy\" ><strong>Neutrality in Afghanistan\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2013 United States Institute of Peace \u2013 USIP.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" ><strong>Afghanistan-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/5380.htm\" ><strong>US Relations With Afghanistan \u2013 US Department of State<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/about\/programs\/foreign-policy\/afghanistan-index\" ><strong>Afghanistan Index \u2013 Brookings.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/afghanistan.htm\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Country Profile \u2013 NationsOnline.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12011352\" ><strong>Afghanistan country profile \u2013 BBC<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Afghanistan and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/news\/dh\/latest\/afghan\/un-afghan-history.shtml\" ><strong>Afghanistan &amp; the United Nations<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistan-un.org\/\" ><strong>Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mission-afghanistan.ch\/Mission\/index.php\" ><strong>Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/af.html\" ><strong>AFGHANISTAN \u2013 WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 UN Data<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Afghanistan\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/afghanistan.html\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Afghanistan\" ><strong>History of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-history.html\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghangovernment.com\/briefhistory.htm\" ><strong>A Brief History of Afghanistan: By Adam Ritscher \u2013 AfghanGovernment.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad09\" ><strong>HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/afghanistan\/history\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/asianhistory.about.com\/od\/afghanista1\/p\/ProfAfghanistan.htm\" ><strong>Afghanistan | Facts and History \u2013 About.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/asia-jan-june11-timeline-afghanistan\/\" ><strong>A Historical Timeline of Afghanistan \u2013 PBS.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghan-web.com\/history\/chron\/index.html\" ><strong>Chronological History of Afghanistan \u2013 Afghan-Web.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12024253\" ><strong>Afghanistan profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Afghanistan\" ><strong>Economy of Afghanistan \u2013 Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/afghanistan\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/afghanistan\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Data \u2013 WORLD BANK<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adb.org\/countries\/afghanistan\/economy\" ><strong>Afghanistan: Economy \u2013 Asian Development Bank \u2013 ADB.org<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/afghanistan\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Index \u2013 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/afghanistan-economy.html\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanistans.com\/Information\/Economy\/default.htm\" ><strong>Afghanistan \u2013 Economy \u2013 Afghanistan\u2019s Economy<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010 <\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Ladakh_floods\" >Flash floods<\/a>\u00a0across a large part of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jammu_and_Kashmir\" >Jammu and Kashmir<\/a>, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_dictatorship\" >military junta<\/a> led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohamed_Ould_Abdel_Aziz\" >Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz<\/a> stages a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup d\u2019\u00e9tat<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mauritania\" >Mauritania<\/a>, overthrowing president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidi_Ould_Cheikh_Abdallahi\" >Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1996<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" >NASA<\/a> announces that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allan_Hills_84001\" >ALH 84001<\/a> meteorite, thought to originate from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" >Mars<\/a>, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Takako_Doi\" >Takako Doi<\/a>, chair of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_Democratic_Party_%28Japan%29\" >Social Democratic Party<\/a>, becomes Japan\u2019s first female speaker of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_Representatives_%28Japan%29\" >House of Representatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong><strong>91\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Berners-Lee\" >Tim Berners-Lee<\/a> releases files describing his idea for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Wide_Web\" >World Wide Web<\/a>. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet\" >Internet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1990<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council\" >United Nations Security Council<\/a> orders a global <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Embargo\" >trade embargo<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a> in response to Iraq\u2019s invasion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuwait\" >Kuwait<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1991 Gulf War and Its Timeline:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\" >Gulf War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/index\/iraq\/nirq050.htm\" >1991 Gulf War chronology \u2013 USAToday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0001293.html\" >Persian Gulf War (Jan. 16, 1991-April 6, 1991) \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/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:\/\/gulfwar1991.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/persian-gulf-war-timeline.html\" >Persian Gulf War Timeline \u2013 PERSIAN GULF WAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyrocket.com\/World-War\/persian-gulf-war\/Persian-Gulf-War-Timeline.html\" >Persian Gulf War Timeline \u2013 HistoryRocket.com<\/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<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1989-1992\/gulf-war\" >The Gulf War \u2013 1991 \u2013 Milestones: 1989 \u2013 1992 \u2013 Office of the Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1988\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tompkins_Square_Park_Riot_%281988%29\" >Tompkins Square Park Riot<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" >New York City<\/a> spurs a reform of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City_Police_Department\" >NYPD<\/a>, held responsible for the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto\" >Zulfikar Ali Bhutto<\/a> lays the foundation stone of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_Qasim\" >Port Qasim<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\" >Karachi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing\/frances-nuclear-testing-programme\/\" >France<\/a> performs nuclear test at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moruroa\" >Mururoa Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Muruora:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Muruora \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Muruora \u2013 Weapons of Mass Destruction \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/MURUROA.htm\" >Case Identifier: MURUORA \u2013 Case Name: French Nuclear Tests in South Pacific \u2013 ICE Case Studies, by Tish Falco \u2013 American.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Tests at Mururoa (Overveiw):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mururoa\" >Mururoa \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/france\/mururoa.htm\" >Mururoa \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n2\/world\/mururoa-atoll-could-collapse-report-kept-secret-for-2-years-277717.html\" >\u201cI think it would be a really big problem to the environment if this nuclear radioactivity is to be diluted in the ocean and from there we have no control\u2026\u201d \u2013 French Nuclear Test Site Mururoa Atoll in Danger of Collapse, by Raiatea Tahana-Reese \u2013 TheEpochTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/world\/south-pacific\/8872214\/Mururoa-fallout-worse-than-first-thought\" >Mururoa fall out worse than first thought, by Michael Field \u2013 Stuff.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10899948\" >Mururoa our dark legacy, by Wayne Thompson \u2013 NZHerald.co.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MOpwFPslXqI&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (15 min. 47 sec.): Les Essais nucl\u00e9aires fran\u00e7ais 2\/3 Moruroa et Fangataufa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yIg4cufJqdI&amp;spfreload=10\" >YouTube video (4 min. 56 sec.)\u00a0: Mururoa (v.3.1)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of France Nuclear Tests in the Pacific:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1981%E2%80%9382_French_nuclear_tests\" >1981-82 French nuclear tests \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?menu=&amp;no=325785&amp;rel_no=1&amp;back_url=\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part I \u2013 1966-1974 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/%E2%80%A2%09History%20of%20the%20French%20Nuclear%20Tests%20in%20the%20Pacific:%20Part%202%20%E2%80%93%201974-1992%20%E2%80%93%20OhmnyNews.com\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part II \u2013 1974-1992 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=339393&amp;rel_no=1\" >History of the French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Part III \u2013 1995-1996 \u2013 OhmnyNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>France\u2019s Nuclear Tests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearweaponarchive.org\/France\/FranceOrigin.html\" >France\u2019s Nuclear Weapons \u2013 Origin of the Force de Frappe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/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>196<\/strong><strong>5\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >US President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting_Rights_Act\" >Voting Rights Act<\/a> of 1965 into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_of_the_United_States\" >law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Voting Rights Act of 1965:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/voting-rights-act\" >VOTING RIGHTS ACT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965#Background\" >Background \u2013 Voting Rights Act of 1965 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=100\" >The Voting Rights Act (1965) \u2013 OurDocuments.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Text of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/library.clerk.house.gov\/reference-files\/PPL_VotingRightsAct_1965.pdf\" >Public Law 89-110: Voting Act of 1965: Eighty-ninth Congress of the United States of America \u2013 House.gov \u2013 pdf<\/a>, <em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=100&amp;page=transcript\" >Transcript of the Voting Rights Act (1965) \u2013 OurDocuments.gov<\/a>, <em><strong>or<\/strong><\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/global-pages\/larger-image.html?i=\/historical-docs\/doc-content\/images\/voting-rights-act-l.jpg&amp;c=\/historical-docs\/doc-content\/images\/voting-rights-act.caption.html\" >its photo copy version THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES \u2013 Archives.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu\/encyclopedia\/encyclopedia\/enc_voting_rights_act_1965\/\" >\u201cOn 6 August 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, calling the day \u2018\u2018a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battle\ufb01eld\u2019\u2019 (Johnson, \u2018\u2018Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda\u2019\u2019). The law came seven months after Martin Luther King launched a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) campaign based in Selma, Alabama, with the aim of pressuring Congress to pass such legislation.\u201d \u2013 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE GLOBAL FREEDOM STRUGGLE \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/core-online.org\/History\/voting_rights.htm\" >Voting Rights Act of 1965: Blacks in the south finally get to the polls \u2013 CORE-online.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/voting-rights\/vra\/\" >\u201cThe Voting Rights Act (VRA) bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local governments.\u201d \u2013 Voting Rights Act \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilrights.findlaw.com\/other-constitutional-rights\/the-voting-rights-act-of-1965-overview.html\" >The Voting Rights Act of 1965 \u2013 Overview \u2013 FindLaw.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/history-federal-voting-rights-laws\" >HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAWS \u2013 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE \u2013 Justice.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States \u2013 Overview:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-movement\" >CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/American-civil-rights-movement\" >American civil rights movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/civilrights\/\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Civil_Rights_Movement.aspx\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/ks3\/history\/20th_century\/civil_rights_movement_america\/revision\/2\/\" >Civil rights movement in America \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-now\/2006-06\/civil-rights-movement\" >The Civil Rights Movement \u2013 History Now (Summer 2006) \u2013 GliderLehrman.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/articles\/history-archaeology\/civil-rights-movement\" >Civil Rights Movement \u2013 Civil Rights &amp; Modern Georgia, Since 1945 \u2013 New Georgia Encyclopedia \u2013 GeorgiaEncylopedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/black-culture\/explore\/civil-rights-movement\/\" >Civil Rights Movement (1954-1984) \u2013 PBS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/recent\/civil_rights_america_03.shtml\" >Recent History \u2013 Better Day Coming: Civil Rights Movement in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century America, Professor Adam Fairclough \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/resources\/civilrights101\/chronology.html\" >Civil Rights Chronology \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/civilrightstimeline1.html\" >Civil Rights Timeline \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sitinmovement.org\/\" >International Civil Rights Center &amp; Museum \u2013 SitiMovement.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Civil Rights Movements of Various Ethnic Minorities in the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/libguides.mnhs.org\/civilrights\" >African-American Civil Rights Movement \u2013 MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER \u2013 Libguides.MNHS.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/resources\/civilrights101\/native.html\" >Native Americans \u2013 Civil Rights 101 \u2013 CivilRights.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albany.edu\/jmmh\/vol3\/chicano\/chicano.html\" >Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. \u2013 Albany.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/racerelations.about.com\/od\/historyofracerelations\/a\/RevisitingtheYellowPowerMovement.htm\" >Asian-American Civil Rights Movement \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prometheus_%28tree%29\" >Prometheus<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristlecone_pine\" >bristlecone pine<\/a> and the world\u2019s oldest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tree\" >tree<\/a>, is cut down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>196<\/strong><strong>2\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica\" >Jamaica<\/a> becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Independence of Jamaica:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_of_Jamaica\" >Independence of Jamaica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/jamaica\/independence-day.html\" >Independence Day of Jamaica \u2013 mapsofworld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/information\/independence\/\" >Independence \u2013 Jamaica \u2013 jis.gov.jm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Jamaica:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Jamaica\" >History of Jamaica \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamaicans.com\/info\/brief.htm\" >Brief History of Jamaica \u2013 Jamaicans.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Jamaica-history.htm\" >Brief History of Jamaica \u2013 nationsonline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/jamaica\/history\" >Jamaica \u2013 History \u2013 lonelyplanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverjamaica.com\/gleaner\/discover\/geography\/history1.htm\" >JAMAICAN HISTORY I \u2013 discoverjamaica.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>196<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Revolution\" >Cuban Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a> nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cuban Revolution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_Revolution#Background_and_causes_of_Cuban_Revolution\" >Background and causes of Cuban Revolution \u2013 Cuban Revolution \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/p\/08cubanrevo.htm\" >The Cuban Revolution \u2013 About education \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Cuban-Revolution\" >Cuban Revolution \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/cuban-revolution.htm\" >The Cuban Revolution (1952-1958) \u2013 LatinAmericaStudies.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldwar.org\/articles\/50s\/TheCubanRevolutionof1959.asp\" >THE CUBAN REVOLUTION OF \u201c1959\u201d \u2013 THE COLD WAR MUSEUM \u2013 ColdWar.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/%7Elnp3\/mydocs\/state_and_revolution\/cuba.htm\" >Cuban Revolution \u2013 Columbia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Cuba or the \u201cRepublic of Cuba\u201d (Rep\u00falica de Cuba):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/cu.html\" >CUBA \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/cuba.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19583447\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Overview \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/americas\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Foreign Relations of Cuba:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >Foreign relations of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/region\/cuba\/ri327\" >Cuba \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlibrary.org\/articles\/Foreign_relations_of_Cuba\" >FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CUBA \u2013 WORLD PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bwcentral.org\/2015\/03\/the-council-of-foreign-relations-and-cuba\/\" >THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATOINS OF CUBA \u2013 BWCentral.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Cuba and USSR\/Russia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations\" >Cuba-Soviet Union relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Cuba-Russian relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/cuba-russia-now-and-then\/\" >Cuba-Russia Now and Then \u2013 February 24, 2010 \u2013 COHA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.victimsofcommunism.org\/cuba-and-the-ussr-a-love-story\/\" >CUBA AND THE USSR: A LOVE STORY, by Katarina Hall, March 24, 2015 \u2013 VictimsOfCommunism.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/7575209\/Fidel_Castros_Relationship_with_the_U.S.S.R._during_the_Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion_and_Cuban_Missile_Crisis\" >Fidel Castro\u2019s Relationship with the USSR during the Bay of Pig Invasion &amp; Cuban Missile Crisis, by Christian Martines \u2013 Academica.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Cuba and the United States:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations\" >Cuba-United States relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/us-cuba.htm\" >United States-Cuba Relations \u2013 LatinAmericanStudies.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/usforeignpolicy.about.com\/od\/countryprof4\/p\/uscubaprofile.htm\" >The US-Cuban Relationship \u2013 About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinamericanstudies.org\/diaz-verson.htm\" >WHEN CASTRO BECAME A COMMUNIST: The Impact on US-Cuba Policy, by Salvador Diaz-Verson \u2013 Institute for US-Cuba Relations \u2013 Occasional Paper Series Volume 1, No.1, November 3, 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/guidedhistory\/historians-craft\/manny-paula\/\" >John F Kennedy versus Fidel Castro in the Early 1960s \u2013 BU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpu.edu\/CHSS\/History\/GraduateDegree\/MADMSTheses\/files\/Ann_Marie_Holmes.pdf\" >United States and Cuba: 1898-1958, by Ann-Marie Holmes \u2013 HPU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1891359,00.html\" >A BRIEF HISTORY OF US-CUBA RELATIONS, by Clair Suddah \u2013 Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009 \u2013 TIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aneki.com\/comparison.php?country_1=United%20States&amp;country_2=Cuba\" >United States vs Cuba \u2013 Comparison \u2013 Aneki.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/country-facts.findthedata.com\/compare\/1-18\/United-States-vs-Cuba\" >United States vs Cuba \u2013 FindTheData.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/janefranklin.info\/Cuba.htm\" >Cuba and the United States: A Chronical History, by Jane Fanklin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/us-cuba-relations\/\" >US Cuba Relations \u2013 News Archives \u2013 The Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-12159943\" >Timeline: US-Cuba relations \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>History and Culture of Cuba:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Cuba\" >History of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecubanhistory.com\/\" >The Cuban History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-history.html\" >Cuba \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofcuba.com\/cuba.htm\" >500 YEARS OF CUBAN HISTORY \u2013 HistoryOfCuba.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubahistory.org\/\" >History of Cuban Nation, from Colonial Days to the Present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtravelguide.net\/cuba\/history-language-culture\" >Cuba History, Language and Culture \u2013 World Travel Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Cuban_history\" >Timeline of Cuban history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-19576144\" >Cuba profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture_of_Cuba\" >Culture of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cubaheritage.com\/\" >CUBAN CULTURE, by CubaHeritage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubaheritage.org\/default.asp?lID=1\" >Cuba Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Economy of Cuba:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Cuba\" >Economy of Cuba \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/cuba\/economy.htm\" >Cuba\u2019s Economy \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/cuba-economy.html\" >Cuba \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/watkins\/cuba.htm\" >The Economic History and Economy of Cuba \u2013 Department of Economics \u2013 San Jos\u00e9 State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/cuba\/indicators\" >Cuba | Economic Indications \u2013 TradingEconomics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/country\/cuba\" >Cuba \u2013 Data \u2013 World Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1958<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >atmospheric nuclear test<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnston_Atoll\" >Johnston Island<\/a>.<\/p>\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>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><em><strong>US Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Overview:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ciar.org\/ttk\/hew\/atmosphr\/\" >The Years of Atmospheric Testing: 1945 \u2013 1963 \u2013 CIAR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/nuclear-testing\/history-of-nuclear-testing\/types-of-nuclear-weapons-tests\/\" >TYPES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS \u2013 CTBTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/exploration-and-innovation\/atmospheric-nuclear-testing.html\" >Atmospheric Nuclear Testing and the U.S. Navy \u2013 Naval History and Heritage Command<\/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><u><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><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Johnston Atoll:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Johnston-Atoll\" >Johnston Atoll \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cma.army.mil\/fndocumentviewer.aspx?docid=003673775\" >An Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll \u2013 Army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/johnston_atoll.htm\" >Johnston Atoll \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Various Weapons Tests and Storage at Johnston Atoll, and Permanent Contamination:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/johnston_atoll.htm\" >Johnston Atoll, and Kalama Atoll \u2013 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION \u2013 GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.nimia.com\/video\/188781\/south-pacific-nuclear-tests-on-johnston-island-i-6\" >South Pacific tests on Johnston Island in 1951 \u2013 NIMIA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nova.edu\/ncri\/11icrs\/proceedings\/files\/m23-13.pdf\" >Contaminants in Fishes from Johnston Atoll, by L. Kerr Lobel and P.S. Lobel \u2013 Boston University, Department of Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/home.earthlink.net\/%7Erobertbfish\/id19.html\" >\u201c<em>During the Cold War era, the US Air Force used JI <\/em>[Johnston Island]<em> to support several highly classified missions. In the early 1960\u2019s, it was involved with Operation Dominic, which tested a primitive anti-ballistic missile system as well as the impact of EMP on military command and control systems<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Johnstone Island, by Bob Fish \u2013 EarthLink.net<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dodlegacy.org\/Legacy\/project\/productdocs\/2008%20Lobels%20ch%2017_sm_b884f77c-3e42-4ea2-ab14-26e9772bd358.pdf\" >Aspects of the Biology and Geomorphology of Johnston and Wake Atolls, Pacific Ocean, by Philp S. Lobel and Lisa Kerr Lobel \u2013 DODLegacy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parsons.com\/Media%20Library\/0903_CSDP.pdf\" >\u201c<em>Construction began on a Parsons-designed prototype full-scale chemical weapons incinerator at Johnston Island in the South Pacific Ocean<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) \u2013 Parsons.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/01\/27\/us\/radioactive-dump-on-pacific-wildlife-refuge-raises-liability-concerns.html\" >\u201c<em>In the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s, the United States Air Force conducted 12 test launchings of nuclear missiles on tiny Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. In 1962, two of the shots were aborted and the missiles exploded over the runway, drenching the area in radioactive contaminants<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Radioactive Dump on Pacific Wildlife Refuge Raises Liability Concerns, by Katharine Q. Seelye \u2013 January 27, 2003 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afspacemuseum.org\/johnston\/\" >Johnston Island \u2013 Air Force Space &amp; Missile Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/biologywriter.com\/backgrounder\/bioterror\/bioterror4\/\" >\u201c<em>At sunset one quiet July day an armada of ships was positioned in the ocean waters around Johnston Atoll, upwind from a line of barges with hundreds of cages containing Rhesus monkeys on their decks (figure 4)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Bio Terror 4 \u2013 BiologyWriter \u2013 BiologyWriter.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/print_um.html\" >Johnston Atoll: \u201c<em>The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction, cleanup, and closure of the facility were completed by May 2005<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC ISLAND WILD LIFE REFUGES \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nautilus.org\/apsnet\/cleaning-up-johnston-atoll\/\" >Cleaning up Johnston Atoll \u2013 Nautilus Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/forum\/security_and_territorial_issues\/japan_us\/AJ201503270059\" >South Pacific islands fell victim to tragedy of nuclear tests \u2013 March 27, 2015 \u2013 The Asahi Shimbun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.war-stories.com\/ws-ao-johnston-island-1-1972.htm\" >AGENT ORANGE \u2013 Johnston Island, AFB \u2013 War-Stories.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/16945-deny-deny-until-all-the-veterans-die-pentagon-investigation-into-agent-orange-on-okinawa\" >\u201c<em>Another issue addressed by the investigation was a 2003 U.S. Army report \u2013 titled \u201cAn Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll\u201d \u2013 which stated that 25,000 barrels of Agent Orange had been on Okinawa prior to 1972<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Deny, Deny Until All the Veterans Die\u201d \u2013 Pentagon Investigation into Agent Orange in Okinawa \u2013 Truth-Out.org<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamagentorange.info\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/AgentOrange-JI.133194419.pdf\" >Summary Document: Agent Orange at Johnston Island \u2013 GuamAgentOrange.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skyscanner.net\/news\/14-worlds-most-amazing-abandoned-airports\" >Johnston Atoll Airport, USA \u2013 <em>14 of the world\u2019s most amazing abandoned airports<\/em> \u2013 SkyScanner.net<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamagentorange.info\/yahoo_site_admin\/assets\/docs\/Johnston_Atoll_History.261114404.pdf\" >HISTORY OF JOHNSTON ATOLL \u2013 GuamAgentOrange.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.american.edu\/ted\/ice\/johns.htm\" >Case Name: Johnston Atoll Chemical Waste \u2013 Chemical Weapons Disposal Dispute \u2013 TED Case Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanghostsmedia.com\/2010\/04\/isolated-and-abandoned-military-airbase-johnston-atoll\/\" >Johnstone Atoll: An Isolated and Abandoned Military Air Base in the Mid Pacific Ocean \u2013 8 April 2010 \u2013 UrganGhostsMedia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelivingmoon.com\/45jack_files\/03files\/Johnston_Atoll.html\" >Secret Bases \u2013 Johnston Atoll \u2013 TheLivingMoon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jason-stevens.com\/2010\/07\/the-forgotten-island-of-johnston-atoll\/\" >The Forgotten Atoll of Johnston Atoll \u2013 Jason-Sevens.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/johnstonmemories.com\/\" >History of Johnston Island \u2013 Johnston Memories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>US officially submits to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jurisdiction_of_the_International_Court_of_Justice\" >jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>United States and the Jurisdiction of the ICJ:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Court_of_Justice\" >International Court of Justice \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/courts-and-tribunals\/united-states-icj\/p26905\" >The United States and the ICJ \u2013 CFR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/jurisdiction\/index.php?p1=5&amp;p2=1&amp;p3=3\" >Declarations Recognizing the Jurisdiction of the Court as Compulsory \u2013 ICJ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/library.law.columbia.edu\/guides\/International_Court_of_Justice\" >International Court of Justice Research Guide, by Dana Neac\u015fu \u2013 Columbia University Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>United States\u2019 Withdrawal from the International Court of Justice:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/01\/19\/world\/text-of-us-statement-on-withdrawal-from-case-before-the-world-court.html\" >TEXT OF US STATEMENT ON WITHDRAWAL FROM CASE BEFORE THE WORLD COURT \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholarship.law.duke.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&amp;context=djcil\" >THE UNITED STATES\u2019 WITHDRAWAL FROM INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE JURISDICTION IN CONSULAR CASES: REASONS AND CONSEQUENCES, by John Quigley<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/03\/10\/politics\/us-says-it-has-withdrawn-from-world-judicial-body.html\" >US Says It Has Withdrawn From World Judicial Body \u2013 Adam Liptak, March 10, 2005 \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lawofnations.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/us-withdraws-from-icj-jurisdiction.html\" >US Withdraws From ICJ Jurisdiction Over Consular Relations Claims \u2013 Opinio Juris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discourse.net\/2005\/03\/the_politics_of_the_withdrawal_from_the_optional_protocol_to_the_consular_convention\/\" >The Politics of the Withdrawal from the Optional Protocol to the Consular Convention, by Michael Froomkin \u2013 Discourse.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ebooks.narotama.ac.id\/files\/The%20International%20Court%20of%20Justice%20and%20Self-Defence%20in%20International%20Law\/Chapter%205%20The%20ICJ;%20Roles%20and%20Restrictions.pdf\" >The ICJ: Roles and Restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>American Exceptionalism:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_exceptionalism\" >American exceptionalism \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.law.yale.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2737&amp;context=fss_papers\" >On American Exceptionalism, by Harold Hongju Koh \u2013 Yale Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allabouthistory.org\/american-exceptionalism.htm\" >American Exceptionalism \u2013 AllAboutHistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontheissues.org\/VoteMatch\/q19_2014.asp\" >Support American Exceptionalism \u2013 VoteWatch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alfred-w-mccoy\/the-real-american-exceptionalism_b_6743974.html\" >Real American Exceptionalism \u2013 Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/blake-kernen\/american-exceptionalism-a_2_b_6811166.html\" >American Exceptionalism \u2013 A Growing Contribution \u2013Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2011\/03\/29\/exceptionalism_4\/\" >Obama and American Exceptionalism \u2013 Salon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/politicsofjustice.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/26\/the-international-criminal-court-and-american-exceptionalism\/\" >The International Court and American Exceptionalism \u2013 WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/login?auth=0&amp;type=summary&amp;url=\/journals\/mediterranean_quarterly\/v011\/11.1shepard.html\" >Restraining Gulliver: American Exceptionalism and the International Criminal Court, by William S. Shepard \u2013 JHU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholarship.law.nd.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1785&amp;context=law_faculty_scholarship\" >American Exceptionalism and the International Law of Self-Defense, by Mary Ellen O\u2019Connel \u2013 Notre Dam Law School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/875929\/American_Exceptionalism_Some_Thoughts_on_Sanchez-Llamas_v._Oregon\" >American Exceptionalism: Some Thoughts on Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon \u2013 Academia.edu<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/228148638_American_Exceptionalism_Some_Thoughts_on_Sanchez-Llamas_v._Oregon\" >the same article on ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scholarship.law.gwu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1902&amp;context=faculty_publications\" >The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies, by Sean D. Murphy \u2013 WU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Limits-International-Law-Jack-Goldsmith\/dp\/0195314174\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=1-1&amp;qid=1436194232\" >Book: <em>The Limits of International Law, by Jack L. Goldsmith and <\/em>Eric A. Posner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Myth of American Exceptionalism:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/08\/the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism\/\" >The Myth of American Exceptionalism, by Stephen M. Walt \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/09\/an-exception-to-american-exceptionalism-part-i\/\" >An Exception to American Exceptionalism Part I, by Valery Fadeev \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/09\/15\/1239066\/-The-Myth-of-American-Exceptionalism\" >\u201c<em>I\u2019ve never understood the concept of \u201cAmerican Exceptionalism.\u201d What is it, exactly, that we are an exception to? It seems to mean, basically, that whatever rules apply to all other countries should not apply to us<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 The Myth of American Exceptionalism \u2013 DailyKos.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/26\/books\/review\/Cohen-t.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\" >America Unmasked \u2013 Sunday Book Review \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Assault-International-Jens-David-Ohlin\/dp\/0199987408\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1436194515&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=assault+on+international+law\" >Book: <em>The Assault on International Law<\/em>, by Jens David Ohlin<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hiroshima\" >Hiroshima<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japan<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki\" >devastated<\/a> when the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_weapon\" >atomic bomb<\/a> \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Boy\" >Little Boy<\/a>\u201d is dropped by the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress\" >B-29<\/a> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enola_Gay\" >Enola Gay<\/a><\/em>. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acute_radiation_syndrome\" >radiation poisoning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Atomic Bomb Attack at Hiroshima:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima\" >Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima \u2013 This Day in History \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/teacher\/abomb.htm\" >Atomic Bomb-Truman Press Release-August 6, 1945 \u2013 TrumanLibrary.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/planet\/nuclearflower\/nuclearbomb.htm\" >NUCLEAR BOMBING AT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI \u2013 AngelFire.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globalecology.stanford.edu\/SCOPE\/SCOPE_28_1\/SCOPE_28-1_1.1_Chapter1_1-23.pdf\" >Effects of Nuclear Detonations \u2013 Stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/TheEffectsOfTheAtomicBombOnHiroshima\" >The effects of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan (the secret US Strategic Bombing Survey report 92, Pacific Theatre), by Nigel B Cook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/hiroshima.htm\" >The Bombing of Hiroshima, 1945 \u2013 EyewitnessToHistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki\" >Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificwar.org.au\/AtomBomb_Japan.html\" >WAS THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF JAPAN IN 1945 JUSTIFIABLE? \u2013 PacificWar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/08\/hiroshima-the-myth-of-military-necessity\/\" >Hiroshima: The Myth of \u201cMilitary Necessity\u201d, by Ronald Takaki \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/04\/a-tale-of-two-atomic-cities-hiroshima-and-nagasaki\/\" >A Tale of Two Atomic Cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by Kazumi Masui and Timihisa Taune \u2013 TMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/masspeaceaction.org\/tag\/hiroshima\" >Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki \u2013 Building a Nuclear Free World \u2013 Massachusetts Peace Action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Hiroshima Travel Guide:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visithiroshima.net\/\" >Visit Hiroshima \u2013 VisitHiroshima.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Hiroshima\" >Hiroshima \u2013 The Free Travel Guide \u2013 WikiTravel.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualtourist.com\/travel\/Asia\/Japan\/Hiroshima_ken\/Hiroshima-976509\/TravelGuide-Hiroshima.html\" >Hiroshima Travel Guide \u2013 VirtualTourist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.travelchannel.com\/the-traveling-type\/2014\/08\/29\/hiroshima-today-travel-channel-on-location\/\" >On Location: Hiroshima Today \u2013 TravelChannel.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visithiroshima.net\/world_heritage\/a-bomb_dome.html\" >A-bomb Dome \u2013 VisitHiroshima.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Hiroshima Radioactive Level Today:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rerf.or.jp\/general\/qa_e\/qa12.html\" >Are Hiroshima and Nagasaki still radioactive? \u2013 Radiation Effects Research Foundation<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp\/kids\/KPSH_E\/question_box\/question12.html\" >Is there still radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Even now, if people go to Hiroshima or Nagasaki, might they be affected by radiation? \u2013 Frequently Asked Question<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zidbits.com\/2013\/11\/is-nagasaki-and-hiroshima-still-radioactive\/\" >Are Nagasaki and Hiroshima Still Radioactive? \u2013 ZidBits.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.straightdope.com\/columns\/read\/2466\/if-nuclear-fallout-lasts-thousands-of-years-how-did-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-recover-so-quickly\" >If nuclear fallout lasts thousands of years, how did Hiroshima and Nagasaki recover so quickly? \u2013 StraightDope.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/can-people-live-hiroshima-nagasaki-now-chernobyl\/\" >Why Can People Live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Now, But Not Chernobyl? \u2013 TodayIFoundOut.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Environmental Effects of the Atomic Bomb:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>See the sections of <strong>The Atomic Bomb and its Environmental Impact<\/strong> and <\/em><strong><em>The Atomic Bomb and its Impact on the Human Health<\/em><\/strong><em> in the entry of Nagasaki Atomic Bombing of the date of <\/em><strong>AUGUST 9, 1945<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ncta.osu.edu\/lessons\/japan\/general\/Depue-Japan.pdf\" >The Impact of War on the Environment: Hiroshima \u2013 OSU.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sitemaker.umich.edu\/sec003group5\/nuclear_weapon_use\" >Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Proliferation \u2013 University of Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_impact_of_war#Atomic_bombing_of_Japan\" >Atomic Bombing of Japan \u2013 Environmental impact of war \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/info_8203814_environmental-effects-atomic-bomb.html\" >Environmental Effects of the Atomic Bomb, by Kylie Lemon \u2013 eHow.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>YouTube videos on the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb case:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FN_UJJ9ObDs\" >YouTube video (1 min. 21 sec.): President Harry Truman announces the Bombing of Hiroshima<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwkyPvlWPM0\" >YouTube video (8 min. 32 sec.): Hiroshima Nuclear (atomic) Bomb \u2013 USA attack on Japan (1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jY9VwCE_Dsg\" >YouTube video (15 min. 14 sec.): 24 Hours After Hiroshima 1\/3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AjPm9Vo_pYU\" >YouTube video (15 min. 15 sec.): 24 Hours After Hiroshima 2\/3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jhigykrqMMM\" >YouTube video (15 min. 21 sec.): 24 Hours After Hiroshima 3\/3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DO98p2w05LE\" >YouTube video (3 min. 26 sec.): The Hiroshima and Nagasaki film they didn\u2019t want us to see<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b2rEhYS46EA\" >YouTube video (12 min. 02 sec.): This 1946 film shows how the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan with actual footage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NinLCoLs26k\" >YouTube video (40 min. 36 sec.): Suppressed US Military Film on the Medical Effects on the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z6_eXfssseo\" >YouTube video (45 min. 20 sec.): Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb documentary [REAL TRUGH]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IOwwi97XTYA\" >YouTube video (13 min. 37 sec.): The man who dropped A-bomb visits Hiroshima after 60 years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MDaiQ9n5wEM\" >YouTube video (11 min. 39 sec.): I\u2019d drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima again if needed \u2013 Enola Gay last living member<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L80Xh5TH6Ls\" >YouTube video (10 min. 53 sec.): Why did the USA drop the bomb?\/Why was the Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6pD2wPo0IZo\" >YouTube video (56 min. 46 sec.): Hiroshima \u2013 The Decision to Drop the Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BmIBbcxseXM\" >YouTube video (5 min. 00 sec.): Was it Wrong to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ZOyd9peVeI\" >YouTube video (6 min. 19 sec.): The Justification of the Use of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yCYg4denWbA\" >YouTube video (6 min. 45 sec.): Debunking the Myth of Why the Atomic Bombs Were Necessary \u2013 Brainwash Update<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6dv9UUUyek\" >YouTube video (1 h. 26 min. 46 sec.): La face ch\u00e9 d\u2019Hiroshima \u2013 Film Documentaire Fran\u00e7ais Complet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZDOZX9GaeO0\" >YouTube video (5 min. 36 sec.): Bomba At\u00f4mica de Hiroshima e Nagasaki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yD7J0hR5yYk\" >YouTube video (4 min. 36 sec.)\u00a0: Ausgel\u00f6scht \u2013 \u201cHiroshima 1945\u201c<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Nc0wCrkk00\" >YouTube video (17 min. 15 sec.): HOW IT WORKS: The Atomic Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xeT934u4OtE\" >YouTube video (58 min. 35 sec.): Top Secrets about Nuclear Bomb \u2013 Full Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXwCRVtidZ4\" >YouTube video (18 min. 22 sec.): THEROMNUCLEAR WAR: Physics of the Atomic Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Nuclear Zero Lawsuits of the Republic of Marshall Islands (2014):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wand.org\/2014\/07\/15\/webinar-the-nuclear-zero-lawsuits-why-the-tiny-marshall-islands-took-on-the-nuclear-nine\/\" >Webinar: The Nuclear Zero Lawsuits: Why the tiny Marshall Islands took on the Nuclear Nine \u2013 Wang.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1WcaZPORcxA\" >YouTube video (2 min. 58 sec.): Marshall Islands &amp; Nuclear Weapons Lawsuit against U.S.!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/opinion\/item\/28997-bush-appointed-judge-dismisses-nuclear-zero-lawsuit-marshall-islands-to-appeal?tmpl=component&amp;print=1\" >\u201cRegarding the RMI\u2019s [Republic of Marshall Islands\u2019] standing to bring the case, Judge White found that the harm of the future spread and use of nuclear weapons is too speculative \u201cto establish injury in fact.\u201d By implication, the court is taking the position that the RMI must wait until there is further nuclear proliferation or a nuclear war to establish a concrete injury suitable to provide standing.\u201d \u2013 Bush-Appointed Judge Dismisses Nuclear Zero Lawsuit; Marshall Islands to Appeal, by David Krieger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kavuBvASAFs\" >YouTube video (1 min. 47 sec.): The Nuclear Zero Lawsuits: What Can You Do?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Uprising\" >Warsaw Uprising<\/a> occurs on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_1\" >August 1<\/a>. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deathcamps.org\/occupation\/krakow%20ghetto.html\" >Krak\u00f3w<\/a> are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krak%C3%B3w_Uprising_%281944%29\" >Krak\u00f3w Uprising<\/a>, that was planned but never carried out.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warsaw Uprising:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/classroom\/pajak.html\" >The Warsaw Uprising: August 1, 1944 \u2013 October 2, 1944, by Lukasz Pajewski \u2013 Buffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Warsaw-Uprising\" >\u201cWarsaw Uprising (August-October 1944), insurrection in Warsaw during World War II by which Poles unsuccessfully tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army\u201d \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/august-1-1944-the-warsaw-uprising\/\" >August 1, 1944: The Warsaw uprising: \u201cThe democratic and progressive character of this struggle is testimony to the spirit prevailing in Poland today.\u201d By Richard Kreitner \u2013 The Nation \u2013 TheNation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/info-poland.buffalo.edu\/web\/history\/WWII\/powstanie\/link.shtml\" >Warsaw Uprising \u2013 1944 \u2013 Baffalo.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local-life.com\/warsaw\/articles\/warsaw-1944-uprising\" >\u201cIn the two month struggle 18,000 Home Army soldiers died and 12,000 were wounded with the survivors either sent to German POW camps or managing to go into hiding. A staggering 250,000 civilians were killed during the Uprising.\u201d \u2013 Warsaw Rises! \u2013 Local Life \u2013 Local-Life.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/warsawuprising.com\/\" >WARSAW UPRISING \u2013 WarsawUprising.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/warsaw-uprising-ends\" >OCT 2, 1944: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Warsaw uprising ends \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/warsawrising-thefilm.com\/\" >WARSAW UPRISING \u2013 THE FILM \u2013 87 MINUTES OF TRUTH \u2013 WarsawRising-TheFilm.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warsawuprising.com\/timeline.htm\" >Timeline \u2013 WARSAW UPRSING AUGUST 1 \u2013 OCTOBER 2, 1944 \u2013 WarsawUprising.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a> was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states\" >illegally annexed<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Soviet Annexation of Estonia of 1940:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\/History\/1939-1945_Estonia_and_World_War_II\/Soviet_occupation_and_takeover_of_Estonia_in_1940\/\" >Soviet occupation and takeover of Estonia in 1940 \u2013 estonica.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" >Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states\" >Occupation of the Baltic states \u2013 wikia.com<\/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><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>Estonia-Russia Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia%E2%80%93Russia_relations\" >Estonia-Russia relations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/europe\/et-forrel-ru.htm\" >Estonia-Russia Relations \u2013 globalsecurity.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linguateca.pt\/GikiCLEF\/GIRA\/pool\/GikiCLEF2009DocumentPool\/en\/e\/s\/t\/Estonia-Russia_relations_9bb9.xml\" >Estonia-Russia relations \u2013 liguateca.pt<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local-life.com\/tallinn\/articles\/estonian-russian-relations\" >\u201cThe fate of the monument had been a hotly contested issue between Estonia and Russia since legislation regarding its removal was introduced into the Estonian Parliament months ago. Since then, the so-called &#8216;Monument of the Soldier-Liberator&#8217; &#8211; which pays tribute to those Soviet soldiers who perished at the hands of the Nazis in Estonia &#8211; has become the figurehead of the complicated, worsening relationship between Estonia and Russia.\u201d \u2013 The Last Soviet Tallinn: Saga and the bro\u2026 &#8211; local-life.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1926\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gertrude_Ederle\" >Gertrude Ederle<\/a> becomes the first woman to swim across the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\" >English Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>191<\/strong><strong>7\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_M%C4%83r%C4%83%C5%9Fe%C5%9Fti\" >Battle of M\u0103r\u0103\u015fe\u015fti<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romanian<\/a> and German armies begins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1915<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sari_Bair\" >Battle of Sari Bair<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_I\" >Allies<\/a> mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suvla\" >Suvla Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>191<\/strong><strong>4\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a> declares war on Germany; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria\" >Austria<\/a> declares war on Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_U-boat_Campaign_%28World_War_I%29\" >First Battle of the Atlantic<\/a>: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany<\/a> over the German invasion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgium\" >Belgium<\/a>, ten German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-boat\" >U-boats<\/a> leave their base in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heligoland\" >Heligoland<\/a> to attack <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> warships in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Sea\" >North Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1912\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Progressive_Party_%28United_States,_1912%29\" >Bull Moose Party<\/a> meets at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Coliseum\" >Chicago Coliseum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiowa_people\" >Kiowa<\/a> land in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma\" >Oklahoma<\/a> is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_reservation\" >reservation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1890\u00a0 <\/strong>At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auburn_Correctional_Facility\" >Auburn Prison<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York\" >New York<\/a>, murderer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Kemmler\" >William Kemmler<\/a> becomes the first person to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >executed<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_chair\" >electric chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1870<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Franco-Prussian War: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_W%C3%B6rth_%281870%29\" >Battle of W\u00f6rth<\/a> results in a decisive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of W\u00f6rth:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_W%C3%B6rth\" >Battle of W\u00f6rth &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1800s\/p\/Franco-Prussian-War-Battle-Of-Woerth-W-Orth.htm\" >Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Woerth (W\u00f6rth) \u2013 about education \u2013 about.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gTWUl08i-Io\" >YouTube video (3 min. 06 sec.): Battle of W\u00f6rth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mdsyst.cialisqo.com\/pdfebookread\/the-battle-of-woerth-august-6th-1870.pdf\" >The Battle of W\u00f6rth August 6<sup>th<\/sup> 1870 PDF \u2013 mdsyst.cialisqo.com &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Franco-Prussian War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War#Causes\" >Causes \u2013 Franco-Prussian War \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history-world.org\/franco_prussian_war.htm\" >The Franco-Prussian War \u2013 history-world.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Franco-German-War\" >Franco-German War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/francoprussianwar.com\/\" >Franco-Prussian War \u2013 francoprussianwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Franco-Prussian_War\" >Franco-Prussian War \u2013 Newencyclopedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/topic\/Franco-Prussian_War.aspx\" >Franco-Prussian War \u2013 Encyclopdia.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/franco-prussian-war-results-war.html\" >Franco-Prussian War \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wargamesfoundry.com\/our-ranges\/franco-prussian-war\" >THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR \u2013 John French \u2013 wargramefoundry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Timelines of the Franco-Prussian War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/francoprussianwar.com\/timeline.htm\" >Timeline of the Franco-Prussian War \u2013 francoprussianwar.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preceden.com\/timelines\/164272-franco-prussian-war\" >Franco-Prussian War \u2013 preceden.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiki-toki.com\/timeline\/entry\/49293\/History-Timeline-1870-1919\/#vars%21panel=440109%21\" >FRANCO PRUSSINA WAR \u2013 tiki-toki.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/treaty-of-frankfurt-am-main-ends-franco-prussian-war\" >MAY 10, 1871: THIS DAY IN HISTORY \u2013 Treaty of Frankfurt am Main ends Franco-Prussian War \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>187<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War\" >Franco-Prussian War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Spicheren\" >Battle of Spicheren<\/a> is fought, resulting in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Prussia\" >Prussian<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>For some more information on the Franco-Prussian War and its timelines, see<\/em> \u201c<strong>1870 <\/strong>Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of W\u00f6rth results in a decisive Prussian victory\u201d, <em>mentioned above.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Battle of Spicheren of 1870:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Spicheren\" >Battle of Spicheren &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/battlefieldanomalies.com\/the-battle-of-spicheren\/5\/\" >BATTLE OF SPIECHEREN \u2013 6<sup>th<\/sup> August 1870 \u2013 battlefieldanomlies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1861<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a> annexes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagos\" >Lagos<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Histor<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>y of Lagos:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lagos\" >History of Lagos \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.city-data.com\/world-cities\/Lagos-History.html\" >Lagos \u2013 History \u2013 city-data.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lagos.me.uk\/history.html\" >Lagos \u2013 History \u2013 lagos.me.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edo-nation.net\/eko.htm\" >The Origin of Eko (Lagos) \u2013 edo-nation.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ekoclubatlanta.org\/?page_id=341\" >History of Lagos \u2013 ekoclubatlanta.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lagosislandeastlcda.org\/history\" >LAGOS ISLAND EAST \u2013 LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA \u2013 History \u2013 lagosislandeastlcda.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ekoclubhouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/General-Information-on-Lagos-State.pdf\" >General Information on Lagos State, Nigeria \u2013 ekoclubhouston.com &#8211; pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.valegrifo.com\/Lagos%20history.htm\" >A Brief History of Lagos \u2013 valegrifo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/portugal\/the-algarve\/lagos\/history\" >Lagos \u2013 History \u2013 lonelyplanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5NLILNhKuvo\" >YouTube video (9 min. 09 sec.): The History of Lagos State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nigeria:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ni.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 THE WORLD FACTBOOK \u2013 CIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/\" >Nigeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/country\/nigeria.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriaworld.com\/\" >Nigeria \u2013 NigeriaWorld.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/topics\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Nigeria:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Nigeria\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/history-of-Nigeria\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/nigeria-history.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad41\" >HISTORY OF NIGERIA \u2013 HistoryWorld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123independenceday.com\/nigeria\/history.html\" >History of Nigeria \u2013 123IndependenceDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/3.htm\" >History \u2013 Nigeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.glpinc.org\/Classroom%20Activities\/Nigeria%20Articles\/Nigeria-history%20since%201960.htm\" >History of Nigeria since 1960 \u2013 GLPINC.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriaembassyusa.org\/index.php?page=nigeria-past-present-and-future\" >NIGERIA \u2013 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE \u2013 NigeriaEmbassyUSA.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Nigerian_history\" >Timeline of Nigerian history \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-13951696\" >Nigeria profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/nigeria\/history\" >Nigeria \u2013 History \u2013 LonelyPlanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Relations of Nigeria:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_relations_of_Nigeria\" >Foreign relations of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/80.htm\" >Foreign Relations of Nigeria \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/democratization\/nigeria\/p30819\" >Nigeria \u2013 Council of Foreign Relations \u2013 CFR.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/2836.htm\" >US Relations with Nigeria \u2013 US Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Nigeria and the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigeria_and_the_United_Nations\" >Nigeria and the United Nations \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nigeriaunmission.org\/\" >PERMANENT MISSION OF NIGERIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigerian-mission.ch\/\" >Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, Geneva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ng.undp.org\/\" >United Nations Development Programme \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unodc.org\/nigeria\/\" >United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/disastersandconflicts\/CountryOperations\/Nigeria\/tabid\/54124\/Default.aspx\" >United Nations Environmental Programme \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/unesco\/worldwide\/africa\/nigeria\/\" >UNESCO: Building peace in the minds of men and women \u2013 Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Economy of Nigeria: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economy_of_Nigeria\" >Economy of Nigeria \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/nigeria\/52.htm\" >Nigeria \u2013 Economy \u2013 CountryStudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/nigeria-economy.html\" >Nigeria \u2013 Economy \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123independenceday.com\/nigeria\/economy.html\" >Economy of Nigeria \u2013 123IndependenceDay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-economic-outlook\/\" >Nigeria Economic Outlook \u2013 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/nigeria\" >Nigeria \u2013 Data \u2013 THE WORLD BANK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1825<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolivia\" >Bolivia<\/a> gains independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" >Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Independence of Bolivia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boliviabella.com\/independence-day.html\" >Independence Day of Bolivia \u2013 boliviabella.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworld.net\/wrldhis\/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac11\" >\u201cThe nation is duly proclaimed on 6 August 1825 as <em>Rep\u00fablica Bol\u00edvar<\/em>, soon to be better known to the world as Bolivia.\u201d \u2013 HISTORY OF BOLIVIA \u2013 historyworld.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/korisnik\/Documents\/But%20it%20wasn\u2019t%20until%2016%20years%20later%20that%20the%20territory%20was%20actually%20established%20as%20a%20republic%20(with%20the%20first%20declaration%20of%20independence%20on%20August%206,%201825)%20after%20a%20decisive%20battle%20was%20won%20in%20Ayacucho%20on%20December%209,%201824%20by%20Antonio%20Jos\u00e9%20de%20Sucre,%20whose%20republican%20army%20of%207000%20men%20defeated%20Jos\u00e9%20de%20La%20Serna's%20Spanish%20army%20of%2010,000%20by%20capturing%20La%20Serna.%20The%20Spanish%20surrendered%20the%20next%20day.\">\u201cBut it wasn\u2019t until 16 years later that the territory was actually established as a republic (with the first declaration of independence on August 6, 1825) after a decisive battle was won in Ayacucho on December 9, 1824 by Antonio Jos\u00e9 de Sucre, whose republican army of 7000 men defeated Jos\u00e9 de La Serna&#8217;s Spanish army of 10,000 by capturing La Serna. The Spanish surrendered the next day.\u201d &#8211; History of Bolivia \u2013 Post Colonial History of Bolivia: 1800 \u2013 1900 A.D. \u2013 bolivabella.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>History of Bolivia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Bolivia\" >History of Bolivia \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/History\/Bolivia-history.htm\" >History of Bolivia \u2013 nationsonline.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/bolivia\/history\" >Bolivia \u2013 History \u2013 lonelyplanet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localhistories.org\/bolivia.html\" >A SHORT HISTORY OF BOLIVIA, by Tim Lambert \u2013 localhistories.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/bolivia-history.html\" >Bolivia \u2013 History \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1824\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Junin\" >Battle of Junin<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peru\" >Peru<\/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\/july31\" >https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/july31<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to_august_6; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/july\/31\" >http:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/events\/july\/31<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to august\/6;\u00a0\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/july_31.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/july_31.html<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 to august_6.html; 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> <em>on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/\" >TMS<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 31-Aug 6, 2017~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cGratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.\u201d &#8212; William Arthur Ward <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}