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March 29, 2026 Breaking

Israeli police block Palm Sunday

Jerusalem · Israel

On March 29, 2026, Israeli police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. The Latin Patriarch of Jerus...

February 24, 2026 Breaking

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Incidents and Historical Context of Christians and Christian Sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories

There have been multiple reported incidents involving Christians and Christian holy places in Israel and the Palestinian territories, including isolated acts of harassment as well as hist...

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February 13, 2026 Politics

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Canadian Leaders Unite at Tumbler Ridge Vigil After Devastating School Shooting

Tumbler Ridge · British Columbia · Canada

On February 13, 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and opposition leader Pierre Poilievre stood hand in hand with community members at a candlelight vigil in the northern British C...

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February 11, 2026 Breaking

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Iranians Burn Statue of Baal During Revolution Anniversary Demonstrations

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

On February 11, 2026, state‑organised rallies marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran featured demonstrators burning a large statue described as “Baal,” a figu...

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February 10, 2026 Breaking

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Sam Bankman‑Fried Files Motion for New Trial in FTX Fraud Case

Manhattan Federal Court · New York City · New York · United States

On February 10, 2026, former cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman‑Fried filed a legal motion seeking a new trial in his long‑running fraud case tied to the collapse of the cryptocurrency ...

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February 10, 2026 Breaking

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Suspect in Tumbler Ridge School Shooting Identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar

Tumbler Ridge · British Columbia · Canada

On February 10, 2026, a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) con...

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February 5, 2026 Breaking

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Massacre in Nigerian Kwara State After Militant Attack

Abuja · Federal Capital Territory · Nigeria

Massacre in Nigerian Kwara State After Militant Attack On February 5, 2026, Nigerian authorities and humanitarian organisations reported that at least 162 people were killed in...

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February 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Palestinian Christian Villages and Towns Occupation Timeline 1948–2026

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January 30, 2026 Politics

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Massive Release of Epstein Files by U.S. Justice Department

U.S. Department of Justice · Washington · District of Columbia · United States

Massive Release of Epstein Files by U.S. Justice Department On January 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice released more than 3.5 million internal documents and files rela...

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January 28, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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UN reports Odessa drone attack kills civilians and disrupts vital infrastructure

Odesa · Odesa Oblast · Ukraine

On January 28, 2026, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that a massive drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, killed and injured several civilians an...

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January 26, 2026 Breaking

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Iran nationwide protests escalate with high casualties

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

Mass protests across Iran have continued since late December 2025 amid economic hardship and political discontent, evolving into one of the largest uprisings since the 1979 Iranian Revolu...

2026 blackout casualties crackdown deaths demonstrations

January 24, 2026 Politics

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Federal judge rules lawmakers can sue to enforce Epstein files transparency

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse · New York City · New York · United States

On January 24, 2026, a U.S. federal judge in New York ruled that congressional cosponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act may file a lawsuit to seek a court-appointed observer to en...

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January 20, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Multiple Fronts Escalate: Ukraine Hit by Massive Strikes as Gaza Evacuations Begin

Russian forces launched a series of large-scale aerial and missile attacks against Ukraine overnight, using updated tactics that targeted critical energy infrastructure and nuclear power ...

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December 22, 2025 Breaking

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Former Newton Rabbi Arrested Child Enticement Case

Framingham · Massachusetts · USA

Eric Gurvis, a former rabbi who previously served at Temple Shalom in Newton, Massachusetts, was arrested in December 2025 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as part of a law enforcement sting...

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December 5, 2025 Breaking

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Historic Visit of Over 1,000 Christian Pastors to Israel in 2025

Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel

In December 2025, more than 1,000 evangelical Christian pastors and influencers from the United States made a coordinated visit to Israel, described by organizers as the largest delegatio...

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October 3, 2021 Breaking

Project Censored: Offshore Tax Haven Leak

Investigative reporting revealed how global elites and major banks hid tens of trillions of dollars in offshore tax havens, significantly affecting global economies and tax systems. Despi...

Stow · Ohio · United States

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April 20, 2020 Breaking

Stow police 'disgusted' by allegations against chief

On April 20, 2020, members of the Stow Police Department in Stow, Massachusetts publicly stated they were “deeply disturbed, shocked and disgusted” by allegations made against their polic...

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December 1, 2019 Breaking

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COVID-19 Pandemic

Huanan Seafood Market · Wuhan · Hubei · China

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified on December 31, ...

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August 25, 2017 Wars & Conflicts

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Rohingya Genocide

Rakhine State · Sittwe · Myanmar

On August 25, 2017, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked police posts in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Myanmar military responded with coordinated operations against Rohingya ...

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August 3, 2014 Wars & Conflicts

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Yazidi Genocide

Sinjar · Nineveh Governorate · Iraq

Yazidi Genocide On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an हमला on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, targeting the Yazidi minority. ISIS forces captured ...

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2014 arrest breakins children crime criminals

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March 6, 2014 Breaking

Israeli cruelty to Palestinian children from abduction to prison

Israeli cruelty to Palestinian children from abduction to prison Israeli forces conducted mass home break-ins and arrests across the West Bank in response to the alleged kidnapping of th...

December 31, 2011 Breaking

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Chile arrests Israeli tourist over massive Torres del Paine forest fire

Torres del Paine National Park · Torres del Paine · Magallanes Region · Chile

Chile arrests Israeli tourist for forest fire in Patagonia Chilean authorities arrested an Israeli tourist on February 16, 2026, after a wildfire engulfed 11,000 hectares of protected la...

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March 11, 2010 Breaking

Timothy Jacob Wise

They hate white people “The goal of abolishing the White race is, on its face, so desirable that some may find it hard to believe th...

December 14, 2008 Wars & Conflicts

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Iraqi journalist throws shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during Baghdad visit

Baghdad Press Conference · Baghdad · Baghdad Governorate · Iraq

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 shoes at U.S. President ...

2008 baghdad bush casualties civilian conflict

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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February 26, 2003 Wars & Conflicts

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Darfur Genocide

Darfur · El Fasher · North Darfur · Sudan

Darfur Genocide On February 26, 2003, rebel groups in Darfur, Sudan, including the Sudan Liberation Army and Justice and Equality Movement, launched attacks against government installati...

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April 18, 1996 Wars & Conflicts

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Qana Shelling Kills Civilians in Lebanon

Qana · Lebanon

An Israeli artillery strike on a United Nations compound in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon on April 18, 1996, resulted in the deaths of more than 100 civilians who had taken shel...

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July 11, 1995 Wars & Conflicts

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Israel supplied weapons to Serbia during Bosnian war.

Belgrade · Serbia

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 human rights attorney Ei...

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July 11, 1995 Wars & Conflicts

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Srebrenica Genocide

Srebrenica · Republika Srpska · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica Genocide On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, a United Nations-declared “safe area.” The town was predominantly inhabited b...

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July 11, 1995 Wars & Conflicts

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Bosnian Genocide

Sarajevo · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 Nations “safe area” f...

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April 7, 1994 Wars & Conflicts

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Rwandan Genocide

Kigali · Kigali Province · Rwanda

Rwandan Genocide On April 7, 1994, following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, widespread violence erupted against the Tutsi population in Rwanda. The genocide ...

1994 centralafrica churches civilians civilwar displacement

October 21, 1993 Wars & Conflicts

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1993 Burundi Genocide Overview

Bujumbura · Bujumbura Mairie · Burundi

In 1993, Burundi experienced a brutal ethnic conflict that resulted in a genocide primarily targeting the Hutu population. The violence erupted after the assassination of the first democr...

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November 9, 1989 Breaking

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

Brandenburg Gate · Berlin · Germany

The Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked a pivotal moment in world history, symbolizing the collapse of the Cold War division between East and West Germany. The Berlin Wall...

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May 20, 1988 Wars & Conflicts

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The Isaaq Genocide Overview

Hargeisa · Woqooyi Galbeed · Somaliland

The Isaaq genocide refers to systematic killings and targeted repression of the Isaaq clan in northern Somalia during the late 1980s.This campaign was primarily conducted by the Somali go...

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February 23, 1988 Wars & Conflicts

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Anfal Genocide

Halabja · Halabja Governorate · Iraq

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–Iraq War. The campai...

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Tel Aviv · Tel Aviv District · Israel

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January 1, 1986 Breaking

Israel’s National Skin Bank and Controversy Over Organ Sourcing

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 Medical Corps and the Mi...

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September 16, 1982 Wars & Conflicts

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Sabra and Shatila Massacre Overview

Sabra and Shatila · Beirut · Beirut Governorate · Lebanon

The Sabra and Shatila massacre took place between September 16 and 18, 1982, in the Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. The massacre was carried o...

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March 23, 1982 Wars & Conflicts

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Guatemalan Maya Genocide

Guatemala City · Guatemala Department · Guatemala

Guatemalan Maya Genocide On March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt seized power in Guatemala through a military coup during the Guatemalan Civil War. His government intensified counte...

1982 altaverapaz civilwar coldwar counterinsurgency coup

February 2, 1982 Wars & Conflicts

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Hama Massacre Overview and Impact

Hama · Hama Governorate · Syria

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 Brotherhood. The operation,...

1982 assad authoritarianism civil unrest civil war civilian casualties

December 11, 1981 Wars & Conflicts

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El Mozote massacre

El Mozote · Morazán Department · El Salvador

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 Atlácatl Battalion, ...

1981 abuses army atlácatl atrocity battalion

December 7, 1975 Wars & Conflicts

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East Timor Genocide

Dili · Dili Municipality · East Timor

East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian military conducted s...

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April 17, 1975 Wars & Conflicts

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Cambodian Genocide

Phnom Penh · Cambodia

Cambodian Genocide On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh and established control over Cambodia, initiating a regime of social and political transformation. The regime, led...

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April 29, 1972 Wars & Conflicts

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Overview of 1972 Burundi Genocide

Bujumbura · Bujumbura Mairie · Burundi

The Burundi Genocide of 1972 was a mass killing event targeting primarily the Hutu ethnic group by the Tutsi-dominated government.The violence began in April 1972 following a Hutu-led upr...

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March 25, 1971 Wars & Conflicts

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Bangladesh Genocide

Dhaka · Dhaka Division · Bangladesh

Bangladesh Genocide On March 25, 1971, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and other major cities of East Pakistan, targeting Bengali nationalists, intellectuals, s...

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March 16, 1968 Wars & Conflicts

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My Lai Massacre

My Lai · Sơn Mỹ · Quảng Ngãi · Vietnam

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 Vietnamese civilians in t...

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May 30, 1967 Wars & Conflicts

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Historical Overview of Biafran Mass Killings

Enugu · Enugu State · Nigeria

The Biafran mass killings occurred during the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted from 1967 to 1970. Following the secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria and the declaration of t...

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January 12, 1964 Wars & Conflicts

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Zanzibar 1964 Revolution Massacre

Zanzibar City · Zanzibar Urban · Tanzania

The Zanzibar Massacre occurred in January 1964 following the Zanzibar Revolution that overthrew the Sultanate. The revolution was led by the Afro-Shirazi Party against the predominantly A...

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November 22, 1963 Breaking

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Dealey Plaza · Dallas · Texas · United States

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 in a motorcade throug...

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Tantura Beach · Dor · Haifa District · Israel

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May 22, 1948 Breaking

There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

1948 Tantura Killings The events at the Palestinian village of Tantura occurred during the **1948 Palestine war**, when forces of the Haganah, specifically the Alexandroni Brig...

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November 29, 1947 Wars & Conflicts

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Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe)

Jaffa · Tel Aviv–Jaffa · Tel Aviv District · Israel / Palestine

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 Palestine and the establishm...

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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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August 23, 1939 Wars & Conflicts

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German And Soviet Governments Sign Secret Pact To Divide Eastern Europe

Kremlin · Moscow · Russia

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 treaty in Moscow. The...

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December 13, 1937 Wars & Conflicts

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Nanjing Massacre Historical Overview

Nanjing · Jiangsu · China

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 capital of China, on Dec...

1937 asia atrocities china civiliandeaths conflict

October 2, 1937 Wars & Conflicts

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Haitian Parsley Massacre Overview

Dajabón · Dajabón Province · Dominican Republic

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 Dominican dictator ...

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April 19, 1936 Wars & Conflicts

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Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)

Nablus · West Bank · Palestine

The Arab Revolt in Palestine was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration under the British Mandate, which followed the 1917 B...

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August 7, 1933 Wars & Conflicts

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Simele Massacre

Simele · Dohuk Governorate · Iraq

Simele Massacre On August 7, 1933, units of the Iraqi Army entered the town of Simele in northern Iraq during a military campaign targeting Assyrian communities. Tensions had escalated f...

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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 19, 1919 Wars & Conflicts

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Pontic Greek Genocide

Trabzon · Trabzon Province · Turkey

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. The campaign formed...

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April 24, 1915 Wars & Conflicts

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Armenian Genocide

Yerevan · Yerevan Province · Armenia

Armenian Genocide On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. The arrests marked the beginning of a coordi...

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January 1, 1915 Wars & Conflicts

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Assyrian Genocide

Hakkari · Hakkari Province · Turkey

Assyrian Genocide On January 1, 1915, systematic attacks against Assyrian communities began in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Assyrians, a Christian mino...

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December 31, 1913 Breaking

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Major Global Events of 1913

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January 12, 1904 Wars & Conflicts

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Herero and Nama Genocide

Windhoek · Khomas · Namibia

Herero And Nama Genocide On January 12, 1904, members of the Herero community initiated an armed uprising against German colonial authorities in German South West Africa, present-day Nam...

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January 1, 1900 Wars & Conflicts

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Selk'nam Genocide in Patagonia

Selk'nam Territory · Tierra del Fuego · Magallanes · Chile

The Selk'nam genocide refers to the systematic extermination of the Selk'nam people, indigenous inhabitants of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in Patagonia, during the late 19th and earl...

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June 13, 1865 Wars & Conflicts

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California Native American Genocide History

Sacramento · California · United States

The California Native American genocide refers to the systematic destruction and mass killing of Indigenous peoples in California during the mid-19th century, primarily following the 1848...

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May 21, 1864 Wars & Conflicts

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Circassian Genocide

Sochi Region · Sochi · Krasnodar Krai · Russia

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. The conflict, which...

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November 15, 1836 Wars & Conflicts

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Historical Overview of Khoisan Genocide

Cape Town · Western Cape · South Africa

The Khoisan genocide refers to the systematic killings and displacement of the indigenous Khoisan peoples of Southern Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries. This genocide was primaril...

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July 3, 1834 Wars & Conflicts

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Tasmanian Aboriginal Genocide Overview

Hobart · Tasmania · Australia

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Genocide refers to the systematic extermination and dispossession of the indigenous Tasmanian population by British colonists during the early 19th century. Follo...

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March 1, 1793 Wars & Conflicts

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Overview of the Vendée Massacres

Vendée · La Roche-sur-Yon · Pays de la Loire · France

The Vendée Massacres occurred during the War in the Vendée, a counter-revolutionary uprising in western France from 1793 to 1796. The conflict was marked by violent clashes between Royali...

1793 anti-clerical atrocities casualties civilwar conflict

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...

18th century asian history central asia chinese empire colonialism dzungar

July 22, 1209 Wars & Conflicts

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Massacres During Albigensian Crusade

Béziers · Occitanie · France

The Albigensian Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in the Languedoc region of southern France. It began in 1209 under Pope Inn...

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November 25, 523 Wars & Conflicts

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Najran Massacre

Najran · Najran Province · Saudi Arabia

Najran Massacre 523 AD In 523 AD, the Himyarite king Yusuf Asar Dhu Nuwas, a Jewish ruler of the Himyarite Kingdom in present day Yemen, targeted the Christian population of Najr...

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August 4, 135 Wars & Conflicts

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Conclusion of the Bar Kokhba Revolt

Betar Fortress · Betar · Judaea · Roman Empire

The Bar Kokhba revolt, a major Jewish uprising against Roman rule, ended with the fall of the fortress of Betar. The Roman forces besieged and destroyed the stronghold, marking the collap...

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April 16, 73 Wars & Conflicts

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Final Stand at Masada Fortress

Masada · Arad · Southern District · Israel

The Siege of Masada was the last stronghold of the Jewish rebels during the First Jewish–Roman War. Roman forces laid siege to the fortress located on a plateau near the Dead Sea after a ...

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Military Removes Morsi

3 July 2013 — Following enormous demonstrations against President Morsi, the Egyptian military removes him from office and suspends the constitution. Supporters describe the intervention ...

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Egyptian Revolution of 2011

25 January–11 February 2011 — Mass demonstrations erupt against police brutality, corruption, economic frustration and authoritarian government. Cairo's Tahrir Square becomes the symbolic...

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Why Was the Post-Communist Transition So Turbulent?

1990–1998 — Investigate economic collapse, weak institutions, mass migration, political confrontation, pyramid schemes and the rebuilding of Albanian state authority.

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Hosni Mubarak

Egyptian president whose nearly three decades in power ended after eighteen days of mass demonstrations.

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Egyptian Revolution of 1919

March–April 1919 — Mass demonstrations, strikes and civil unrest erupt after British authorities exile nationalist leader Saad Zaghloul and other members of the Wafd movement. Students, w...

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Battle of the Somme Begins

1 July 1916 — British and French forces open the Somme offensive after an enormous artillery preparation. The first day becomes the bloodiest single day in British military history. Fight...

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The War Becomes an Industrial Production Contest

1915–1918 — Consumption of artillery shells and other matériel massively exceeds prewar assumptions. Governments intervene increasingly in factories, labor, transport and strategic materi...

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Vickers

1914–1918 wartime production — British engineering and armaments company Vickers becomes an important supplier of guns, ammunition, ships and other military equipment during the war. Enor...

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Auschwitz Is Liberated

27 January 1945 — Soviet troops reach the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex in occupied Poland. They find thousands of surviving prisoners and extensive evidence of mass m...

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Auschwitz Is Liberated

27 January 1945 — Soviet troops enter the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex. They find thousands of surviving prisoners whom the SS had been unable to evacuate, as well as...

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Babi Yar Massacre Begins

29 September 1941 — German SS, police and associated units murder tens of thousands of Jews in the Babi Yar ravine near Kyiv over two days. The massacre becomes one of the most notorious ...

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Battle of the Dnieper

24 August 1943 — Soviet armies begin a massive offensive toward the Dnieper River. German forces withdraw while attempting to create defensive positions along the river. Soviet troops est...

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Battle of the Seelow Heights

16 April 1945 — Soviet forces attack Germany's final major defensive positions east of Berlin. Massive artillery preparation precedes the assault, but German defenses initially slow the a...

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Catastrophe of Smyrna

September 1922 — Greek defeat in Anatolia culminates in the destruction of much of Smyrna and mass displacement.

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D-Day

6 June 1944 — Allied forces land on the Normandy coast in Operation Overlord. American, British, Canadian and other Allied formations assault five principal beaches while airborne troops ...

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Did the Great Depression Bring Hitler to Power?

29 October 1929 — The Depression massively increases unemployment and political instability while Nazi electoral support grows dramatically. But economic misery does not mechanically appo...

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Einsatzgruppen Follow the German Advance

22 June 1941 — SS and police killing units move behind German armies. Their operations rapidly expand from targeting Soviet officials toward systematic mass murder of Jewish communities. ...

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Forced Labor Becomes Central to German Armaments Production

2 February 1942 — Fritz Sauckel's later appointment as General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment in March formalizes a rapidly expanding coercive labor system, while the broader 1942 ...

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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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Generalplan Ost

1 January 1942 — By 1942 SS planning for a postwar German empire in Eastern Europe envisions massive population displacement, German settlement and racial reordering. Exact versions of Ge...

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Georges Clemenceau

1917–1920 as French prime minister — Clemenceau leads France through the final year of the war and becomes one of the dominant figures at the Paris Peace Conference. France has suffered m...

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German Food Policy Anticipates Mass Starvation

23 May 1941 — German economic planners develop guidelines that assume food from occupied Soviet territories will be redirected toward Germany and the Wehrmacht. Officials understand that ...

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Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts university where Henry Kissinger studied and later taught, and where Klaus Schwab studied in the late 1960s.

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Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. During the war the S...

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Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. During the war the S...

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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 the Soviet Union, ma...

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Kapp Putsch

13 March 1920 — Right-wing forces attempt to overthrow the Weimar government after disputes over the reduction of Germany's postwar military formations. The government temporarily flees B...

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Kristallnacht

9 November 1938 — Nazi-organized violence erupts against Jews throughout Germany and Austria. Synagogues are burned, businesses destroyed, people murdered and tens of thousands of Jewish ...

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Kyiv Is Retaken by the Red Army

6 November 1943 — Soviet forces recapture Kyiv from German occupation. The victory is strategically and symbolically important and accelerates the German retreat across Ukraine. The city ...

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Operation Bagration

22 June 1944 — Exactly three years after Barbarossa, the Soviet Union launches Operation Bagration against German Army Group Centre in Belarus. Soviet forces achieve deep breakthroughs us...

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Operation Barbarossa

22 June 1941 — Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union along an enormous front. Hitler seeks not only military victory but ideological destruction of Soviet communism, acquisition ...

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Operation Barbarossa Begins

22 June 1941 — Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union along a vast front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Hitler expects the Soviet state to collapse after a short campaign and a...

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SA

30 January 1933 — The Sturmabteilung operates as the Nazi Party's mass paramilitary organization and uses intimidation and street violence against political opponents. After Hitler gains ...

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Soviet Logistics Sustain the Drive Into Germany

12 January 1945 — The Vistula-Oder Offensive demonstrates the Red Army's ability to support rapid advances with fuel, ammunition, bridging equipment and massive artillery concentrations. ...

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Soviet Union Enters the War Against Japan

9 August 1945 — Soviet forces launch a massive offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. The attack follows Soviet commitments made to the Western Allies and destroys Jap...

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SS

1933–1945 — Heinrich Himmler's SS develops from a Nazi Party formation into an enormous system involving policing, intelligence, racial policy, concentration camps, settlement programs an...

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SS

1933–1945 — Heinrich Himmler's SS develops from a Nazi Party formation into an enormous system involving policing, intelligence, racial policy, concentration camps, settlement programs an...

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Untitled22 June 1941 — Special SS and police formations move behind German armies entering the Soviet Union. Their mission quickly expands into mass shootings of Jewish communities, commu...

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Untitled17 March 1942 — Mass deportations associated with Operation Reinhard begin feeding the extermination center at Bełżec. Similar systems soon operate through Sobibór and Treblinka. ...

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Untitled25 April 1943 — The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with the Polish government-in-exile after disputes over investigation of the Katyn massacre. The break has major conse...

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Wannsee Conference

20 January 1942 — Senior Nazi officials meet near Berlin to coordinate bureaucratic implementation of the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Question. Mass killing is already underway...