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79 events · 41 research items · May 1, 0050 to September 1, 2026 · Page 2 of 4
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Board of Peace for Gaza
Breaking January 15, 2026

Board of Peace for Gaza

Board of Peace for Gaza Date: Ongoing as of January 2026 Description: The Board of Peace is a U.S.-led international body announced by President Donald Trump to...

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Political Pluralism Is Allowed
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Political Pluralism Is Allowed

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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NSDM 314
Published Research Kissinger investigation

NSDM 314

National Security Decision Memorandum 314 concerned U.S. population policy following the NSSM 200 study. President Gerald Ford approved the associated policy decision ...

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Gerald Ford
Published Research Kissinger investigation

Gerald Ford

38th president of the United States. Ford succeeded Nixon in 1974 and subsequently approved a National Security Decision Memorandum concerning population policy.

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Anwar Sadat
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Anwar Sadat

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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Adolf Hitler
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Adolf Hitler

30 January 1933–30 April 1945 — Hitler rules Germany as dictator and becomes the central political authority behind Nazi expansion, racial policy and the decision to l...

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Adolf Hitler
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Adolf Hitler

30 January 1933–30 April 1945 — Hitler rules Germany as dictator and becomes the central political authority behind Nazi expansion, racial policy and the decision to l...

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Adolf Hitler
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Adolf Hitler

30 January 1933–30 April 1945 — Hitler rules Germany as dictator and becomes the central political authority behind Nazi expansion, racial policy and the decision to l...

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Britain Enters the War
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Britain Enters the War

4 August 1914 — Britain declares war on Germany after German forces invade neutral Belgium and Berlin fails to meet the British demand for Belgian neutrality to be res...

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Did World War II Create the Cold War?
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Did World War II Create the Cold War?

2 September 1945 — The defeat of Germany and Japan leaves the United States and Soviet Union as the dominant military powers. Soviet control across Eastern Europe, Ame...

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Emperor Hirohito
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Emperor Hirohito

1926–1989 reign — Hirohito is emperor throughout Japan's expansion in China and the Pacific War. The exact nature of his political responsibility remains the subject o...

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Gleiwitz Incident
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Gleiwitz Incident

31 August 1939 — German operatives stage a false Polish attack on the radio station at Gleiwitz and related frontier incidents. The operation forms part of an attempt ...

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Heinz Guderian
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Heinz Guderian

22 June 1941 — Guderian commands Panzer Group 2 during Operation Barbarossa. His armored forces achieve dramatic advances and participate in major encirclements. He la...

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Henry L. Stimson
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Henry L. Stimson

31 May 1945 — Secretary of War Henry Stimson chairs the first major meeting of the Interim Committee considering policy surrounding the atomic bomb. Stimson becomes on...

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Hideki Tojo
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Hideki Tojo

1940–1944 senior Japanese leadership — General Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese prime minister in October 1941 as negotiations with the United States approach collapse. He...

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Hirohito Announces Japan's Surrender
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Hirohito Announces Japan's Surrender

15 August 1945 — Emperor Hirohito's recorded voice is broadcast to the Japanese population announcing acceptance of Allied surrender terms. The decision follows intens...

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