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98 events · 61 research items · September 18, 0096 to September 2, 2026 · Page 4 of 5
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Shithole Countries Comment
Politics January 11, 2018

Shithole Countries Comment

On January 11, 2018, during a meeting in the Oval Office with members of Congress, Donald Trump made a remark referring to certain countries while discussing immigrati...

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Invasion of Iraq
Wars & Conflicts March 20, 2003

Invasion of Iraq

Background and Decision-Makers On March 20, 2003, the United States, the United Kingdom, and coalition allies launched a military invasion of Iraq. The primary jus...

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Guatemalan Maya Genocide
Wars & Conflicts March 23, 1982

Guatemalan Maya Genocide

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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Vietnam War
Wars & Conflicts October 1, 1955

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a prolonged armed conflict fought primarily between North Vietnam, led by the Communist Party under Ho Chi Minh, and South Vietnam, supported by th...

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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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Six-Day War
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Six-Day War

5–10 June 1967 — Israel defeats Egypt, Jordan and Syria in a brief but transformative war. Egyptian forces lose the Sinai Peninsula, and the scale of the defeat deeply...

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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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Babi Yar Massacre Begins
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Babi Yar Massacre Begins

29 September 1941 — German SS, police and associated units murder tens of thousands of Jews in the Babi Yar ravine near Kyiv over two days. The massacre becomes one of...

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CFR Foreign-Policy Forum
Published Research Kissinger investigation

CFR Foreign-Policy Forum

The Council on Foreign Relations provided a continuing institutional forum where scholars, government officials, business leaders and other participants discussed inte...

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German Rearmament Becomes Open Policy
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

German Rearmament Becomes Open Policy

16 March 1935 — Hitler announces conscription and expansion of Germany's armed forces in open violation of Versailles restrictions. Germany has already been rearming s...

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Germany Joins the League of Nations
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Joins the League of Nations

8 September 1926 — Germany enters the League of Nations as a permanent Council member. The move symbolizes the diplomatic normalization associated with Gustav Stresema...

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Germany Leaves the League of Nations
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Leaves the League of Nations

14 October 1933 — Hitler announces Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference. The move rejects an important part of the dipl...

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Germany Occupies Prague
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Occupies Prague

15 March 1939 — German forces occupy Prague and dismantle what remains of Czechoslovakia. The move is politically important because it extends Nazi domination over ter...

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Germany Occupies Prague
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Occupies Prague

15 March 1939 — German forces occupy Prague and dismantle what remains of Czechoslovakia. Bohemia and Moravia become a German protectorate while Slovakia becomes forma...

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Heinrich Himmler
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. ...

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