Senator Robert Byrd eulogy connections and affiliations
Senator Robert Byrd eulogy connections and affiliations Senator Robert Byrd, a longtime U.S. Senator from West Virginia, passed away on June 28, 2010. Byrd had a docu...
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Night Raid in Khataba: Civilian Killings During U.S. Operation in Afghanistan
On February 12, 2010, U.S. Special Operations forces conducted a nighttime raid in Khataba village, in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. The operation targeted a compound ...
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Five Rabbis Arrested Corruption Money Laundering Organ Trade Case
In July 2009, federal authorities in New Jersey arrested 44 individuals, including five rabbis, in a large-scale corruption and money laundering investigation conducte...
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Bernard Madoff Sentenced in Ponzi Scheme
Bernard “Bernie” Madoff, a financier of Jewish faith, was sentenced on June 29, 2009, in Manhattan federal court to 150 years in prison for operating the largest known...
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Iraqi journalist throws shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during Baghdad visit
Iraqi journalist throws shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during Baghdad visit On December 14, 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw two shoe...
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Fugitive Rabbi Horowitz Arrest India
Alan Horowitz, an Orthodox rabbi and convicted sex offender from the United States, was arrested in May 2007 in Mahabalipuram, India, after being located by internatio...
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Donald Trump’s wedding included Jeffrey Epstein as a guest
Donald Trump’s wedding included Jeffrey Epstein as a guest Reports indicate that Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier later convicted of sex offenses, attended the wed...
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Death of Afghan Farmer Abdul Wali in U.S. Custody
Death of Afghan Farmer Abdul Wali in U.S. Custody Abdul Wali was a 28-year-old Afghan farmer from Kunar Province, Afghanistan. In June 2003, Wali voluntaril...
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Gilgamesh narratives resurface amid 2003 Iraq war and Euphrates region focus
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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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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Osama Bin Laden never took responsibility for the 9/11 attacks
Osama Bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, did not formally claim responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The attacks involved the hijac...
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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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Bill Clinton settles Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit.
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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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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Trial of Jonathan Pollard in U.S. for Espionage
Jonathan Pollard, an American Jew and civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, pleaded guilty to passing classified military and nuclear documents to Israel in...
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Rennet: History, Production, and Use in Cheesemaking
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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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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My Lai Massacre
On March 16, 1968, U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, carried out a mass killing of Vietn...
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USS Liberty Incident
On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, the United States Navy technical research ship USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked in international waters of the eastern Medite...
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Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby, a Jewish-American nightclub owner in Dallas, Texas, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. ...
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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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MLK “I Have a Dream” Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington, advocating for racial equality, civil rights, and nonviolent protest in th...
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The Birth Control Pill: History, Key Figures, and Usage Trends
The birth control pill was developed in the mid-20th century as a result of combined efforts by scientists, doctors, activists, and funders. The idea of an oral contra...
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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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Camp David Accords
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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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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NSSM 200 final report
The completed National Security Study Memorandum 200 examined worldwide population growth, food supplies, minerals and fuel, economic development, population pressures...
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NSSM 200 initiation
National Security Study Memorandum 200, issued April 24, 1974, directed a study of worldwide population growth and its implications for U.S. security and overseas inte...
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DuPont
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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Battle of Midway Begins
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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Chase Manhattan Bank
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
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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Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. president whose administration responded to warnings about atomic weapons and eventually authorized the massive wartime development program.
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Harry S. Truman
U.S. president after Roosevelt's death. Truman inherited the Manhattan Project and authorized the wartime use of atomic bombs against Japan.
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
7 December 1941 — Japanese carrier aircraft strike the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japan seeks to cripple American naval power long enough to seize t...
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Kissinger addresses Trilateral Commission
In December 1974, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger hosted members of the Trilateral Commission at the State Department. The meeting illustrates a documented interact...
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Kissinger becomes Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger became U.S. Secretary of State on 09/22/1973, while continuing to serve as national security adviser for a period. His simultaneous positions gave him ...
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Kissinger becomes Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger became U.S. Secretary of State in September 1973 while continuing to serve as national security adviser. This placed him simultaneously within the Stat...
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Kissinger requests NSSM 200
Henry Kissinger requested a study of the implications of worldwide population growth for U.S. security and overseas interests. The resulting study became National Secu...
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Kissinger requests population study
Kissinger requested preparation of a National Security Study Memorandum examining the implications of worldwide population growth for U.S. security and overseas intere...
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Kissinger's government and private policy networks overlap
During the 1970s, Kissinger occupied senior U.S. government positions while maintaining relationships with prominent figures and institutions in international policy c...
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Manhattan Project Is Formally Established
13 August 1942 — The U.S. Army formally establishes the Manhattan Engineer District, the administrative framework that becomes the Manhattan Project. Scientific labora...
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National Security Council
U.S. executive branch body responsible for coordinating national security policy. During the Nixon administration, Kissinger's NSC staff became central to foreign-poli...
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National Security Council
U.S. executive branch body responsible for coordinating national security policy. During the Nixon administration, Kissinger's NSC staff became central to foreign-poli...
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NSSM 200
National Security Study Memorandum 200 was a U.S. government policy study concerning the implications of population growth in developing countries for U.S. security an...
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NSSM 200 adopted
NSSM 200 became U.S. policy after review and approval during the Ford administration. The study subsequently influenced U.S. population-assistance policy.
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NSSM 200 completed
The National Security Study Memorandum 200 study was completed in December 1974. It examined population growth in developing countries and considered possible conseque...
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NSSM 200 enters policy process
Following interagency review, NSSM 200 became part of the U.S. policy process concerning population assistance and demographic issues during the Ford administration.
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