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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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 (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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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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The Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians that occurred between 1947 and 1949 during the collapse of the British Mandate for Palestin...
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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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On July 22, 1946, the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which housed the administrative headquarters of the British Mandate authorities in Palestine, was bombed. The a...
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Samuel Little, born Samuel McDowell on June 7, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia, was an American serial killer who was convicted of multiple murders and later confessed to d...
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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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The Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanjing, occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War after Japanese forces captured the city of Nanjing, then the capi...
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The Haitian Parsley Massacre, also known as the 1937 Parsley Massacre or the Haitian Massacre, was a mass killing carried out by the Dominican Army under the orders of...
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The Haavara (Transfer) Agreement was signed on August 25, 1933, between Nazi Germany and Zionist organizations, including the Jewish Agency. The agreement facilitated ...
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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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Bonus army removed from Washington In the spring and summer of 1932, approximately 17,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans, along with their families and supporters, as...
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On June 17, 1920, Albanian nationalist Avni Rustemi traveled to Paris and assassinated Essad Pasha Toptani, a former Albanian politician and military leader. Essad Pas...
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Pontic Greek Genocide On May 19, 1919, military operations intensified against Greek communities in the Pontus region along the Black Sea coast of the Ottoman Empire....
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Charlie Chaplin married actress Mildred Harris on October 23, 1918, in Los Angeles. Chaplin was 29 years old and Harris was 16. Harris was already working as a film ac...
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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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In August 1913, Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent at the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, Georgia, was tried and convicted for the murder of 13-year-old Ma...
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In early 1900s New York, rising kosher meat prices led Jewish immigrant women to organize a boycott, involving thousands of participants. This protest was a significan...
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Abraham Isaac Kook (December 9, 1865 – September 1, 1935) was a Jewish religious thinker, rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine. He i...
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Alexander Orlov, born Lev Lazarevich Feldbin on 21 August 1895 in Bobruisk, was a Soviet NKVD officer from an Orthodox Jewish family. He later operated under several a...
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Circassian Genocide On May 21, 1864, the Russian Empire declared the end of the Caucasian War following the defeat of Circassian resistance in the northwest Caucasus....
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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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25 January–11 February 2011 — Mass demonstrations erupt against police brutality, corruption, economic frustration and authoritarian government. Cairo's Tahrir Square ...
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26 March 1979 — Egypt and Israel sign a formal peace treaty in Washington. Israel agrees to withdraw from Sinai, which is gradually returned to Egyptian control. Egypt...
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17 September 1978 — Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign agreements negotiated under U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The accords establish the framework f...
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January–June 1919 — France prioritizes security and compensation for destruction. Britain wants Germany constrained without permanently destroying European economic st...
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21 March 1918 — Germany launches Operation Michael, the first of several major offensives designed to win the war in the west before American manpower becomes overwhel...
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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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25 November 1936 — Germany and Japan sign an agreement publicly directed against the Communist International. Italy joins the following year. The pact reflects growing...
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11 November 1918 — German representatives sign the armistice at Compiègne. Fighting ends on the Western Front at 11:00 a.m. Germany accepts evacuation requirements and...
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23 July 1914 — Austria-Hungary presents Serbia with a severe ultimatum designed to suppress anti-Habsburg activity and permit substantial Austro-Hungarian involvement ...
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4 June 1942 — American carrier forces intercept a Japanese operation aimed at Midway Atoll. U.S. cryptanalytic intelligence allows Admiral Chester Nimitz to position c...
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31 March 1939 — The British guarantee to Poland marks a major shift in policy after the occupation of Prague. Britain is no longer signaling willingness to negotiate e...
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29 September 1918 — Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica after Allied breakthroughs in the Balkans. The surrender opens routes toward Austria-Hungary and the Ottom...
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Chase Manhattan Bank was a major U.S. financial institution led by David Rockefeller during a period of significant international expansion. The bank maintained intern...
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Chase Manhattan Bank was a major U.S. financial institution led by David Rockefeller during a period of significant international expansion. The bank maintained intern...
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24 November 1942 — Manstein receives command of Army Group Don during the Stalingrad crisis. He attempts to organize relief of the Sixth Army and later conducts the su...
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Gerald Ford became President of the United States following Richard Nixon's resignation. Kissinger continued as Secretary of State and national security adviser during...
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22 June 1940 — France signs an armistice with Germany after the collapse of organized resistance in much of the country. Germany occupies northern and western France w...
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29 September 1918 — Germany's Supreme Army Command concludes that the military situation has become unsustainable and urges political leaders to seek an armistice. The...
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1 August 1914 — Germany declares war on Russia after demanding that Russian mobilization stop. German military planning assumes that a war with Russia will also involv...
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10 October 1938 — German occupation of the Sudetenland gives Berlin control of major Czech border fortifications and significant industrial territory. The Munich settl...
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9 April 1940 — Germany launches Operation Weserübung against Denmark and Norway. Denmark is overwhelmed rapidly, while fighting in Norway continues for weeks. Control ...
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18 October 1936 — Göring receives authority over the Four Year Plan, designed to prepare Germany's economy for war. He becomes one of the most powerful figures in the ...
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18 October 1936 — Göring receives authority over the Four Year Plan, designed to prepare Germany's economy for war. He becomes one of the most powerful figures in the ...
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