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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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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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage On June 19, 1953, Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, afte...
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German And Soviet Governments Sign Secret Pact To Divide Eastern Europe
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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Bolshevik Policies Cause Mass Famine Across Soviet Union Including The Holodomor
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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Alexander Orlov's crimes in Spain
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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David Levy Yulee: Plantation Owner and Early Florida Politician
On December 1, 1845, David Levy Yulee was sworn in as one of the first two United States senators from the newly admitted State of Florida, marking a notable moment in...
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EU Accession Negotiations Begin
19 July 2022 — Albania and the European Union hold their first intergovernmental conference, formally opening accession negotiations.
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EU Candidate Status
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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Albania Applies for EU Membership
28 April 2009 — Albania formally submits its application for membership in the European Union, beginning a long process of institutional and legal reforms tied to acce...
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Modern Albania
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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Albania Breaks With the Soviet Union
1960–1961 — Hoxha rejects Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and growing Soviet pressure. Relations collapse and Albania turns toward Maoist China for economic and i...
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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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Albania Breaks With Yugoslavia
1948 — The Tito-Stalin split transforms Albania's foreign alignment. Hoxha uses the crisis to eliminate Yugoslav influence and bind Albania much more closely to Stalin...
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Why Did Communist Albania Become So Isolated?
1948–1978 — Follow Albania's successive breaks with Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and China and the increasingly radical ideology of Enver Hoxha's government.
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Upper and Lower Egypt
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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Did World War II Create the Cold War?
2 September 1945 — The defeat of Germany and Japan leaves the United States and Soviet Union as the dominant military powers. Soviet control across Eastern Europe, Ame...
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Francisco Franco
1 October 1936 — Franco is proclaimed head of the Nationalist state during the Spanish Civil War. German and Italian military aid becomes important to his coalition, w...
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Georgy Zhukov
18 January 1943 — Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union after playing central roles in the defense of Moscow and the planning environment around Stalingrad...
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Georgy Zhukov
18 January 1943 — Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union after playing central roles in the defense of Moscow and the planning environment around Stalingrad...
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Germany Annexes Austria
12 March 1938 — German troops enter Austria after intense political pressure on the Austrian government. Hitler announces the incorporation of Austria into the German ...
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Germany Declares War on the United States
11 December 1941 — Hitler declares war on the United States despite Germany not being automatically required by the Tripartite Pact to do so after Japan's attack. The ...
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Germany Invades Poland
1 September 1939 — German forces invade Poland from the west, north and south, beginning the European phase of the Second World War. The attack follows months of escal...
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Germany's Surrender Takes Effect
8 May 1945 — Germany's unconditional surrender ends the war in Europe. The Soviet Union has suffered enormous military and civilian losses but emerges as one of the wo...
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Hitler Defines the Eastern Campaign as a Racial War
30 March 1941 — Hitler addresses senior military officers and presents the coming war against the Soviet Union as an ideological struggle requiring destruction of Bols...
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How Did Persecution Become Genocide?
20 January 1942 — Wannsee provides a powerful investigative anchor, but the process begins earlier. Follow antisemitic legislation, ghettos, deportations, invasion of ...
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How Did the Soviet Union Recover From 1941?
5 July 1943 — By Kursk, the Red Army has transformed from the force devastated in 1941 into an increasingly sophisticated military machine. Investigate industrial relo...
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Japan Formally Surrenders
2 September 1945 — Japanese representatives sign the Instrument of Surrender aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The ceremony formally ends the Second World War. Germany...
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Lend-Lease Becomes Law
11 March 1941 — Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the United States to supply countries considered vital to American security. Britain becomes an early majo...
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Minsk Encirclement
28 June 1941 — German armored formations converge around Minsk and trap large Soviet forces. The rapid collapse of Soviet frontier armies demonstrates the effectivenes...
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