Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel
Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel In October 1991, media proprietor Robert Maxwell and his company Mirror Group Newspapers i...
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Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel In October 1991, media proprietor Robert Maxwell and his company Mirror Group Newspapers i...
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Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), a Soviet politician and close associate of Joseph Stalin, died on July 25, 1991. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, Kaganovich held seve...
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The Isaaq genocide refers to systematic killings and targeted repression of the Isaaq clan in northern Somalia during the late 1980s.This campaign was primarily conduc...
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Anfal Genocide On February 23, 1988, the Iraqi government launched the Anfal campaign against Kurdish populations in northern Iraq during the final phase of the Iran–...
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Soraya Manutchehri was a 35-year-old Iranian woman who, according to accounts published by French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam, was stoned to death in the vil...
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Hannibal Directive. Israeli military procedure and revocation The Hannibal Directive was a reported operational procedure of the Israel Defense Forces...
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Israel’s National Skin Bank and Controversy Over Organ Sourcing The Israel National Skin Bank (INSB) was established in 1986 jointly by the Israel Defense Forces Medi...
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Guatemalan Maya Genocide On March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt seized power in Guatemala through a military coup during the Guatemalan Civil War. His governmen...
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On February 4, 1982, authorities in Los Angeles County discovered thousands of preserved human fetuses inside a repossessed storage container connected to a defunct pa...
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El Mozote massacre On December 11, 1981, Salvadoran Army units carried out a massacre in the village of El Mozote in Morazán Department, El Salvador. Soldiers of the ...
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Rennet is an enzyme used in cheesemaking to curdle milk and separate it into curds and whey. Traditionally, rennet was extracted from the stomachs of young calves, but...
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East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian ...
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UN Resolution 3379 On Zionism And Racism On November 10, 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted **Resolution 3379**, titled "Elimination of All F...
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Cambodian Genocide On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh and established control over Cambodia, initiating a regime of social and political transformat...
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The Zebra murders were a series of killings and shootings committed in San Francisco between October 1973 and April 1974. The attacks resulted in 14 deaths and seven o...
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The Watergate Affair: Timeline, Operatives, And Unresolved Questions On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at...
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The Watergate Scandal From Break-In To Presidential Resignation On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquart...
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1972 Oval Office Conversation Between Richard Nixon And Billy Graham Contains Anti-Jewish Remarks On February 1, 1972, President Richard Nixon met with evangelist Bil...
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Bangladesh Genocide On March 25, 1971, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and other major cities of East Pakistan, targeting Bengali nationalis...
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Ultraprocessed foods ar as some people call it, a GuySlop, refer to industrially formulated food products that typically contain ingredients such as refined starches, ...
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Attribution History of Golda Meir Quote on Children and Conflict Golda Meir served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. A statement widely attribu...
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On March 16, 1968, U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, carried out a mass killing of Vietn...
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Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen became one of the few reporters to directly question Jack Ruby during his 1964 trial for the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald. Kilgallen, a we...
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On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby, a Jewish-American nightclub owner in Dallas, Texas, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. ...
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25 January–11 February 2011 — Mass demonstrations erupt against police brutality, corruption, economic frustration and authoritarian government. Cairo's Tahrir Square ...
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11 December 1990 — Albania's communist leadership accepts the legalization of independent political parties. The decision effectively ends the political monopoly creat...
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11 April 1985 — Hoxha dies after more than four decades at the center of Albanian communist power. Ramiz Alia succeeds him and gradually introduces limited reforms as ...
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1970–1981 — Anwar Sadat succeeds Nasser and gradually redirects Egyptian foreign and economic policy. He reduces Soviet influence, encourages economic liberalization a...
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1960–1961 — Hoxha rejects Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and growing Soviet pressure. Relations collapse and Albania turns toward Maoist China for economic and i...
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1958–1961 — Egypt and Syria unite as the United Arab Republic under Nasser. The union represents the high point of pan-Arab political enthusiasm. Syrian dissatisfactio...
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26 July–7 November 1956 — Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal Company after Western governments withdraw support for the Aswan High Dam. Britain, France and Israel secr...
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Henry Kissinger served as director of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Special Studies Project during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The project examined major problems ...
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1954–1970 — Nasser becomes the dominant leader of revolutionary Egypt and formally assumes the presidency in 1956. His government promotes Arab nationalism, land refor...
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23 July 1952 — Egyptian military officers overthrow King Farouk's government. The movement is driven by dissatisfaction with corruption, political inequality, British ...
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1948 — The Tito-Stalin split transforms Albania's foreign alignment. Hoxha uses the crisis to eliminate Yugoslav influence and bind Albania much more closely to Stalin...
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1942–1944 — Communist-led partisans, Balli Kombëtar and other nationalist forces resist Italian and later German occupation. Rival resistance movements also fight one ...
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7 April 1939 — Italian forces invade Albania after King Zog rejects Mussolini's demands for greater Italian control. Zog flees the country and Albania is incorporated ...
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1923 — The Treaty of Lausanne formalizes a compulsory population exchange largely based on religion.
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1922–1953 — Egypt operates as a constitutional monarchy shaped by constant competition among the palace, the Wafd Party and British power. Parliamentary government exi...
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June–September 1920 — Albanian fighters challenge Italian forces occupying the Vlorë region. The conflict contributes to an agreement under which Italy withdraws from ...
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March–April 1919 — Mass demonstrations, strikes and civil unrest erupt after British authorities exile nationalist leader Saad Zaghloul and other members of the Wafd m...
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January–June 1919 — France prioritizes security and compensation for destruction. Britain wants Germany constrained without permanently destroying European economic st...
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21 March 1918 — Germany launches Operation Michael, the first of several major offensives designed to win the war in the west before American manpower becomes overwhel...
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May–June 1914 — Members of the assassination conspiracy obtain pistols, bombs and assistance through contacts associated with Serbian nationalist and military-intellig...
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1914–1918 — Austro-Hungarian, Italian, French, Serbian and other forces occupy different parts of Albania. The country largely loses unified central government during ...
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1914–1917 Allied purchasing and finance role — J.P. Morgan & Co. becomes a major financial and purchasing intermediary for Britain and France in the United States duri...
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29 July 1913 — The Great Powers recognize an independent Albanian principality. The borders they establish leave substantial Albanian-speaking populations outside the ...
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28 November 1912 — Delegates meeting at Vlorë proclaim Albania independent from the Ottoman Empire during the First Balkan War. Ismail Qemali leads the provisional gov...
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