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On July 10, 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under intense scrutiny regarding the federal government’s decision to award a $912 million student volunt...
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Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier, was arrested on July 6, 2019, by federal authorities in New York for sex trafficking of minors. Epstein had previously faced ch...
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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, died in Nola after a reign that transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His death marked the end of an era and initiat...
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Mordechai Elon was a prominent Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel, known for his leadership roles in yeshivot, public lectures, and media appearances. He was considered...
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All Dogs Are Bad And Their Owners Accursed, Israeli City’s Rabbis Rule More than a dozen rabbis in the city of Elad, located near Tel Aviv, issued a religious edict d...
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Amendment of the Smith–Mundt Act in the National Defense Authorization Act On 28 December 2012, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authoriza...
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They hate white people “The goal of abolishing the White race is, on its face, so desirable that some may find i...
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Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 in Los Angeles, California, from acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication administere...
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Richard Williamson was a British traditionalist Catholic bishop who became widely known for his involvement in controversies related to the Catholic Church and his pub...
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Gilgamesh narratives resurface amid 2003 Iraq war and Euphrates region focus In April 2003, during the early phase of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, interna...
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On November 13, 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton reached an out-of-court settlement in a civil sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. Paula Jones, a forme...
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Trajan became Roman Emperor following the death of Domitian, marking a period of significant military expansion and administrative reform. His accession was recognized...
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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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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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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 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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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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I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Genti...
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The German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact And Its Secret Protocols On August 23, 1939, the governments of Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression t...
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Adolf Hitler References British Rule in Palestine in Reichstag Address “It appears to have slipped Mr. Roosevelt’s mind that Palestine is not being occupied...
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The Arab Revolt in Palestine was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration under the British Mandate, which...
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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 Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued on November 2 1917 by the British government during World War I expressing support for the establishment of a nat...
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The Paris Commune established a radical socialist government in Paris after the Franco-Prussian War, representing worker self-rule and inspiring future socialist movem...
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27 June 2014 — Albania receives candidate status for membership in the European Union. Judicial reform, corruption, organized crime, public administration and rule of ...
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1991–2026 — Albania develops as a parliamentary republic after the collapse of communist rule. It joins NATO, pursues European Union membership and undergoes rapid urb...
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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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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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7 March 1914 — Prince Wilhelm of Wied arrives at Durrës to rule Albania. Political rebellion and the approaching European war quickly overwhelm the fragile administrat...
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1881 — Most of Thessaly and part of Epirus are transferred from Ottoman rule to Greece.
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European prince selected to rule the newly established Albanian principality during an extremely unstable period.
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Powerful Ottoman-Albanian ruler who builds an effectively autonomous state centered on Ioannina.
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1517–1798 CE — Egypt remains formally part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries while powerful local military households gain substantial autonomy. Agricultural taxes a...
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16th–18th centuries — Islam spreads substantially among Albanian populations under Ottoman rule. Conversion varies greatly by region and period. Catholic communities r...
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15th–16th centuries — Waves of Albanian-speaking migrants settle in southern Italy and Sicily during the expansion of Ottoman rule. Their descendants, known as the Arb...
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1171–1193 CE in Egypt and the wider region — Saladin ends Fatimid rule and establishes the Ayyubid dynasty. He restores Sunni political dominance in Egypt and uses Egy...
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51–30 BCE — Cleopatra VII becomes the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She navigates the expanding power of Rome through alliances and relationships first ...
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Illyrian ruler whose kingdom came into direct conflict with the expanding Roman Republic.
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305–30 BCE — The Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt after the fragmentation of Alexander's empire. Its kings present themselves simultaneously as Hellenistic mon...
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332 BCE — Alexander enters Egypt during his campaign against the Persian Empire and is welcomed as its new ruler. He participates in Egyptian royal and religious tradi...
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Powerful Illyrian ruler of the 4th century BCE who built a kingdom capable of challenging Macedonia.
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4th–3rd centuries BCE — Several Illyrian dynasties consolidate larger kingdoms across the western Balkans. Their rulers compete with Macedonia, Epirus and Greek coasta...
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664–525 BCE — Rulers of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty reunify Egypt from their base at Sais. They encourage trade with the Greek world, employ foreign mercenaries and reviv...
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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 BCE — Central royal authority weakens while powerful priestly institutions and regional rulers gain influence. Egypt loses much of its empire in the Levant and...
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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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1279–1213 BCE — Ramesses II rules for more than six decades and becomes one of Egypt's most prolific builders. His monuments appear throughout Egypt and Nubia, includi...
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c. 1457 BCE — Thutmose III defeats a coalition of Levantine rulers near Megiddo. Egyptian inscriptions provide one of history's earliest detailed military campaign nar...
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