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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Benjamin Netanyahu Recorded Saying “America Is A Thing You Can Move Very Easily”
Netanyahu Comments On United States Influence In 2001 Recording In mid-2001, Benjamin Netanyahu was recorded speaking with a group of Israeli settlers in th...
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Yitzhak Mordechai Conviction
Yitzhak “Itzik” Mordechai was a senior Israeli military and political figure, serving as a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces and later as Minister of Defense,...
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Clinton–Lewinsky Affair Becomes Public During Independent Counsel Investigation
In January 1998, allegations of a sexual relationship between U.S. President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky became public during an investigation ...
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Lazar Kaganovich Dies at Age 97
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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Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked a pivotal moment in world history, symbolizing the collapse of the Cold War division between East and West Germ...
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Harold Rosenthal Interview Considered Fabricated
Harold Wallace Rosenthal, a Senate aide, was killed in a terrorist attack at Istanbul Airport in 1976. Rosenthal had worked for Senator Jacob Javits and was serving in...
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East Timor Genocide
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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United Nations Passes Resolution 3379 Equating Zionism With Racism
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
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 Watergate Affair: Timeline, Operatives, And Unresolved Questions
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
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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Overview of 1972 Burundi Genocide
The Burundi Genocide of 1972 was a mass killing event targeting primarily the Hutu ethnic group by the Tutsi-dominated government.The violence began in April 1972 foll...
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1972 Oval Office Conversation Between Richard Nixon And Billy Graham
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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Attribution History of Golda Meir Quote on Children and Conflict
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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Israel Launches Preemptive Strikes, Beginning the Six-Day War
Event Overview On June 5, 1967, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched coordinated air strikes against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, marking the beginning of the Six-Da...
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Zanzibar 1964 Revolution Massacre
The Zanzibar Massacre occurred in January 1964 following the Zanzibar Revolution that overthrew the Sultanate. The revolution was led by the Afro-Shirazi Party against...
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, occurred on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding i...
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Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy connections
Marilyn Monroe (6 1 1926 – 8 5 1962) was a major Hollywood actress, signed to 20th Century Fox and MGM, with extensive ties to studio executives, publicists, and indiv...
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The Lavon Affair
What it was The Lavon Affair, also known as Operation Susannah, was a failed Israeli covert operation in Egypt in 1954, carried out by Israeli military i...
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Operation Cast Thy Bread: Poisoning of Palestinian Wells
Operation Cast Thy Bread: Poisoning of Palestinian Wells In April 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, personnel ...
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Michael A. Aquino Jr.: Military Officer, Political Scientist, and Religious Founder
Michael A. Aquino Jr. (October 16, 1946 – September 1, 2019) was an American political scientist, military officer, and religious founder. He served as a specialist in...
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Charlie Chaplin and Joan Barry
Joan Barry was an American actress who became involved with Charlie Chaplin during the early 1940s. Their relationship later resulted in a highly publicized paternity ...
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World War II Begins
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
2014–2026 — Former defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi becomes president after playing the central military role in Morsi's removal. His government emphasizes securi...
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Modern Egypt
2014–2026 — Egypt remains the most populous country in the Arab world and one of the principal political centers of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Cairo do...
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Military Removes Morsi
3 July 2013 — Following enormous demonstrations against President Morsi, the Egyptian military removes him from office and suspends the constitution. Supporters descri...
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Mohamed Morsi Becomes President
30 June 2012 — Mohamed Morsi, associated with the Muslim Brotherhood's political movement, becomes Egypt's first president elected after the 2011 uprising. His governm...
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Mubarak Resigns
11 February 2011 — Vice President Omar Suleiman announces that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Cel...
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What Did the 2011 Revolution Actually Change?
2011–2014 — Mubarak's fall opens competitive elections and unprecedented political participation, but the transition rapidly produces institutional conflict, polarizat...
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Albania Joins NATO
1 April 2009 — Albania becomes a full member of NATO. Membership marks a major milestone in the country's post-communist integration with Western political and securit...
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Republic of Albania
29 April 1991 — New constitutional provisions formally establish the Republic of Albania during the transition away from communist government. The country begins rebui...
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First Multiparty Elections
31 March 1991 — Albania holds its first competitive multiparty parliamentary elections since the communist takeover. The former communist Party of Labour wins, but the...
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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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Student Protests Shake the Regime
8 December 1990 — Students in Tirana begin demonstrations demanding political and economic change. The protests rapidly become a national challenge to communist one-pa...
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Why Was the Post-Communist Transition So Turbulent?
1990–1998 — Investigate economic collapse, weak institutions, mass migration, political confrontation, pyramid schemes and the rebuilding of Albanian state authority.
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October War
6–25 October 1973 — Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a surprise attack against Israeli positions. Egyptian troops successfully cross the Suez Canal and penetrate the ...
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Albania Leaves the Warsaw Pact
13 September 1968 — Albania formally withdraws from the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact following the invasion of Czechoslovakia. The withdrawal confirms Albania's political ru...
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United Arab Republic
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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The Suez Crisis
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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Egypt Becomes a Republic
18 June 1953 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Egypt is declared a republic. Muhammad Naguib becomes the first president, but power increasingly shifts toward G...
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Free Officers Revolution
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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Did the 1952 Revolution Liberate or Militarize Egypt?
1952–1970 — The Free Officers end the monarchy, reduce British influence, redistribute land and create a powerful developmental state. At the same time, political part...
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People's Republic of Albania
11 January 1946 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Albania becomes a communist people's republic. Political opposition is suppressed and the Communist Party esta...
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Communists Take Control
29 November 1944 — German forces have withdrawn and the communist-led National Liberation Movement controls the country. Rival political organizations are rapidly excl...
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Resistance and Civil Conflict
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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Albanian Communist Party Founded
8 November 1941 — Several Albanian communist groups unite to establish the Communist Party of Albania. Enver Hoxha soon becomes its dominant political figure.
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Albanian Republic
31 January 1925 — Albania formally becomes a republic with Ahmet Zogu as president. Zogu uses the presidency to consolidate central authority after years of political ...
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