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November 29, 2023 Politics

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Kissinger Record Draws War Policy Criticism

Henry Kissinger, former United States secretary of state and national security adviser, played a central role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War and other Cold War conf...

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June 3, 2012 Breaking

Noel Ignatiev: author, historian, and critic of whiteness

Noel Ignatiev: author, historian, and critic of whiteness Noel Ignatiev: author, historian, and critic of whiteness Noel Ignatiev (/ɪɡˈnætiɛv/; born ...

March 20, 2003 Wars & Conflicts

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Invasion of Iraq

Baghdad · Baghdad Governorate · 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 justification presented...

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July 25, 1991 Politics

Lazar Kaganovich Dies at Age 97

Moscow · Russia

Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), a Soviet politician and close associate of Joseph Stalin, died on July 25, 1991. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, Kaganovich held several high-ranking pos...

December 15, 1969 Breaking

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Attribution History of Golda Meir Quote on Children and Conflict

Attribution History of Golda Meir Quote on Children and Conflict Golda Meir served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. A statement widely attributed to her reads: “W...

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December 20, 1948 Breaking

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Alleged Royal circumcision claim reported

Allegations have circulated claiming that King Charles III was circumcised in December 1948 shortly after his birth at Buckingham Palace. The accounts state the procedure allegedly took p...

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April 1, 1948 Wars & Conflicts

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Operation Cast Thy Bread: Poisoning of Palestinian Wells

Acre · Northern District · Israel

Operation Cast Thy Bread: Poisoning of Palestinian Wells In April 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, personnel associated with the ...

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May 10, 1945 Wars & Conflicts

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Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War II and Its Impact on Civilians and Infrastructure

Berlin · Germany

During World War II (1939–1945), the Allied forces of the United States and the United Kingdom carried out a widespread strategic bombing campaign against German cities. The campaign targ...

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Tel Aviv · Tel Aviv District · Israel

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October 5, 1937 Politics

David Ben-Gurion Controversial Statements Record

David Ben-Gurion Controversial Statements Record On October 5, 1937, David Ben-Gurion wrote a letter to his son Amos following the Peel Commission’s proposal to partition Mandatory Pales...

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Tel Aviv · Tel Aviv District · Israel

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October 5, 1937 Politics

David Ben-Gurion 1937 Letter Controversy

David Ben-Gurion 1937 Letter Controversy On October 5, 1937, David Ben-Gurion, then head of the Jewish Agency Executive, wrote a letter to his son Amos during the period following the Br...

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Los Angeles · California · United States

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June 3, 1936 Breaking

Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard

Charlie Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard were associated romantically and professionally during the 1930s and early 1940s. Their relationship became particularly well known through Go...

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November 1, 1932 Wars & Conflicts

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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 forced collectivization...

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May 15, 1897 Politics

Early rights group founded in Berlin

The Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee, widely recognized as the first organization advocating for the rights of homosexual individuals, was established in Berlin in May 1897. The group...

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August 21, 1895 Breaking

Alexander Orlov's crimes in Spain

Bobruisk · Belarus

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 aliases, including Le...

July 15, 1757 Wars & Conflicts

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Dzungar Genocide Historical Overview

Dzungaria · Urumqi · Xinjiang · China

The Dzungar Genocide refers to the systematic destruction of the Dzungar people by the Qing dynasty during the mid-18th century.Between 1755 and 1758, the Qing government, led by the Qian...

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January 1, 1680 Politics

Dönmeh Ottoman crypto jewish community

Thessaloniki · Greece

The Dönmeh were a religious community that emerged in the late 17th century within the Ottoman Empire, originating from followers of Sabbatai Zevi, a Jewish rabbi who declared himself the...

May 29, 1453 Wars & Conflicts

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Ottoman expansion and conquest

Constantinople · Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) · Greece

The Ottoman Empire expanded from a small Anatolian principality into one of the largest empires in history. Between the fourteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ottoman forces conquered ...

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June 1, 1048 Wars & Conflicts

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Great Book Robbery of 1948

Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel / Palestine

Great Book Robbery of 1948 In 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, thousands of books and manuscripts were stolen from Palestinian ho...

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Nile River near Antinoupolis · Antinoupolis · Roman Egypt · Egypt

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October 30, 130 Breaking

Death of Antinous in the Nile

Antinous, the favored companion of Roman Emperor Hadrian, drowned in the Nile River under uncertain circumstances. His death deeply affected the emperor, who mourned him profoundly.Follow...

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Golgotha · Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Palestine

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April 3, 33 Breaking

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Jesus of Nazareth was executed by crucifixion under Roman governor Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, during the period of Roman occupation of Judea. The event is documented in the canonical Go...

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January 1, 30 Breaking

Tradition Links Qana to Biblical Miracle

The town of Qana in southern Lebanon is traditionally identified by some Christian communities as the site of the biblical event where Jesus is said to have performed his first miracle, t...

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January 1, 125 BC Breaking

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Edomites conversion judaism

Levant · Palestine

The Edomites, also known in later sources as Idumeans, were an ancient Semitic people who lived in the region south of Judea, historically associated with the descendants of Esau in bibli...

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Albanians Enter Medieval Written Records

1079–1080 CE — Byzantine historian Michael Attaleiates uses terms generally interpreted as references to Albanians in the western Balkans. These medieval references are much closer lingui...

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Ptolemy Mentions the Albanoi

c. 150 CE — The geographer Claudius Ptolemy records a people called Albanoi and a settlement named Albanopolis in the western Balkans. The similarity to later Albanian ethnonyms is striki...

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Ahmose I

c. 1550–1525 BCE — Ahmose I completes the Theban war against the Hyksos and captures their capital at Avaris. His campaigns reunify Egypt and extend Egyptian power into Nubia and the sout...

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Old Kingdom Authority Breaks Down

c. 2200–2181 BCE — Central royal authority weakens as powerful provincial elites gain greater independence. Low Nile floods and climatic instability may have intensified economic stress a...

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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Hossbach Conference

5 November 1937 — Hitler meets senior military and foreign-policy leaders and discusses Germany's need for territorial expansion. The surviving memorandum records Austria and Czechoslovak...

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What Caused Japan to Surrender?

15 August 1945 — Japan's surrender followed Hiroshima, Soviet entry into the war, Nagasaki, severe economic strangulation and years of conventional military defeat. Historians continue de...