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September 11 Attacks 2001 September 11 Attacks 2001 On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamist extremist group al Qaeda hij...
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September 11 Attacks 2001 September 11 Attacks 2001 On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamist extremist group al Qaeda hij...
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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 “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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Palestinian children are regularly arrested and detained by Israeli authorities, primarily for security-related offenses, but there is no separate prison exclusively f...
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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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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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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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Diana Frances Spencer (7 1 1961 – 8 31 1997) was a British socialite and member of the aristocracy who became Princess of Wales upon her marriage to Charles, Prince of...
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During the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, reports and court filings alleged that weapons of Israeli origin were transferred to Serbian forces. In 2016, Israeli huma...
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Bosnian Genocide On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia during the Bosnian War. The town had been declared a United N...
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Rwandan Genocide On April 7, 1994, following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, widespread violence erupted against the Tutsi population in R...
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In 1993, Burundi experienced a brutal ethnic conflict that resulted in a genocide primarily targeting the Hutu population. The violence erupted after the assassination...
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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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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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Israel’s National Skin Bank and Controversy Over Organ Sourcing The Israel National Skin Bank (INSB) was established in 1986 jointly by the Israel Defense Forces Medi...
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On February 4, 1982, authorities in Los Angeles County discovered thousands of preserved human fetuses inside a repossessed storage container connected to a defunct pa...
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The Hama Massacre occurred in February 1982 when Syrian government forces launched a military assault on the city of Hama to suppress an uprising by the Muslim Brother...
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El Mozote massacre On December 11, 1981, Salvadoran Army units carried out a massacre in the village of El Mozote in Morazán Department, El Salvador. Soldiers of the ...
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Rennet is an enzyme used in cheesemaking to curdle milk and separate it into curds and whey. Traditionally, rennet was extracted from the stomachs of young calves, but...
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Wayne Bertram Williams is an American convicted murderer whose 1982 convictions became a central part of the investigation into a series of killings known as the Atlan...
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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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19 February 1915 — British and French naval forces begin major operations against the Ottoman defenses of the Dardanelles. The Allies hope to force the straits, threat...
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28 July–4 August 1914 — European armies activate enormous prearranged railway timetables to mobilize millions of soldiers. Military planners argue that delaying mobili...
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7–23 July 1914 — Austro-Hungarian leaders debate how to transform the Sarajevo assassination into a confrontation with Serbia. Officials increasingly favor demands sev...
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1914–1918 wartime production — DuPont becomes one of the most striking American industrial beneficiaries of wartime demand because explosives and propellants are requi...
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1914–1918 wartime production — Krupp is one of Germany's most important heavy industrial and armaments firms. The company supplies artillery, steel products and other ...
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1914–1919 wartime role — Britain's navy protects imperial shipping routes, contains the German High Seas Fleet and implements the maritime blockade of the Central Powe...
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1914–1918 wartime production — Schneider is a major French heavy-industrial and armaments producer whose factories supply artillery and military material to the French...
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1914–1918 wartime production — British engineering and armaments company Vickers becomes an important supplier of guns, ammunition, ships and other military equipment ...
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1914–1918 — Armaments companies, explosives producers and other industrial suppliers receive enormous wartime orders. Some businesses benefit heavily while others suff...
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1912–1914 — Officials in Germany and Austria-Hungary increasingly fear that Russia and Serbia will become stronger with time. Railway construction, military reforms, p...
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1250–1517 CE — Military elites known as Mamluks seize political control and establish a powerful sultanate centered on Cairo. They defeat Mongol forces at Ain Jalut an...
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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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970–972 CE — The Fatimids establish the mosque and teaching institution that develops into al-Azhar. Over the centuries it becomes one of the most influential centers ...
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969 CE — Fatimid forces establish al-Qahira, Cairo, as a new royal and military city. The settlement grows beside older Fustat and eventually absorbs it into an enormo...
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969 CE — The Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate conquers Egypt and establishes a new political center north of Fustat. Egypt becomes the heart of a powerful caliphate ex...
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30 BCE–395 CE — Egypt remains one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest provinces. Alexandria continues as a major commercial and intellectual center while traditional Egyp...
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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. 2686–2181 BCE — The Old Kingdom becomes the classic age of pyramid construction and highly centralized kingship. The royal court controls extensive agricultural res...
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c. 3100 BCE–2026 CE — Egypt has been governed by native pharaohs, Nubian kings, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Arab caliphates, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks...
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c. 3300–3100 BCE — Larger political systems emerge in the Nile Valley and Delta. Later Egyptian tradition remembers the country as two lands: Upper Egypt in the south ...
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