Death of Afghan Farmer Abdul Wali in U.S. Custody
Death of Afghan Farmer Abdul Wali in U.S. Custody Abdul Wali was a 28-year-old Afghan farmer from Kunar Province, Afghanistan. In June 2003, Wali voluntaril...
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Death of Afghan Farmer Abdul Wali in U.S. Custody Abdul Wali was a 28-year-old Afghan farmer from Kunar Province, Afghanistan. In June 2003, Wali voluntaril...
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On July 23, 1994, President Bill Clinton visited Jerusalem, Israel, during an official presidential trip. As part of his visit, he went to the Western Wall, also known...
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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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On July 27, 1986, Vice President George H. W. Bush visited Jerusalem, Israel, during an official trip to the Middle East. During the visit, Bush went to the Western Wa...
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Soviet-Era Famines Under Bolshevik Rule Between 1930 and 1933, a series of mass famines occurred across the Soviet Union following Bolshevik policies of for...
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The creation of the Federal Reserve System on December 23, 1913, established the central banking authority of the United States. It was enacted through the Federal Res...
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Trans‑Saharan Slave Trade The Trans‑Saharan slave trade began around the mid‑7th century following the Treaty of Baqt in 652 CE, which established formal rela...
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671 BCE — Assyrian king Esarhaddon invades Egypt and captures Memphis. Further campaigns follow as Assyria struggles against Kushite attempts to regain authority. Egyp...
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Untitledc. 747–656 BCE — Kings from the Nubian kingdom of Kush expand north and eventually control Egypt as the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty. They deliberately present themsel...
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c. 1070–664 BCE — Political power is divided among several dynasties and regional centers. Libyan-descended ruling families establish dynasties in northern Egypt, whil...
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5 July 1943 — Germany launches Operation Citadel against the Kursk salient. Soviet intelligence and defensive preparations create deep belts of mines, anti-tank positi...
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12 July 1943 — Soviet and German armored formations clash near Prokhorovka during the Battle of Kursk. The battle later acquires legendary status as an enormous tank c...
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8 January 1942 — Soviet offensives expand around the Rzhev-Vyazma salient west of Moscow. Fighting in the region becomes prolonged and extraordinarily costly. The sali...
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4 May 1943 — German leaders debate when and whether to attack the Kursk salient. Hitler postpones the offensive partly to wait for additional Panther and Tiger tanks. ...
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5 July 1943 — By Kursk, the Red Army has transformed from the force devastated in 1941 into an increasingly sophisticated military machine. Investigate industrial relo...
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18 September 1931 — Japanese officers use the Mukden Incident as a pretext for military expansion into Manchuria. Japanese forces rapidly occupy the region and later e...
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5 July 1943 — Rokossovsky commands the Central Front during the Battle of Kursk and later becomes one of the principal commanders of Operation Bagration. A survivor of...
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1 May 1943 — Soviet engineers prepare extensive minefields, trenches, anti-tank positions and reserve lines around the Kursk salient. Intelligence about German intenti...
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19 February 1943 — German forces under Erich von Manstein begin a counteroffensive that retakes Kharkov after Soviet armies overextend following Stalingrad. The operat...
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