This Week in History

HISTORY, 8 Feb 2016

Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service

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Feb 8 – 14

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you; and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.” – Steve Jobs

FEBRUARY 08

2014  A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured.

2013  A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

2010  A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.

2005  Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.

Sri Lankan Civil War:

History of the Sri Lankan Civil War:

History of Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka:

Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka:

Economy of Sri Lanka:

1996  The US Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

1979  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Nuclear Weapons and the United States:

1978  Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.

1974  Military coup in Upper Volta.

Military Coup in Upper Volta, Burkina Faso of 1974:

History of Burkina Faso:

Burkina Faso:

Foreign Relations of Burkina Faso:

Economy of Burkina Faso:

1974  After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.

1971  South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.

Vietnam War in 1971:

Communism and the Vietnam War:

1971  The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.

NASDAQ and Its History:

1969  Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico.

1968  American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town’s only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Orangeburg Massacre of 1968:

History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States – Overview:

Civil Rights Movements of Various Ethnic Minorities in the United States:

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

For some more pertinent information, see “1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site” , mentioned above.

1963  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

For some more pertinent information, see “1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site” , mentioned above.

1963  The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba’ath Party.

Ramadan Revolution:

Ba’ath Party:

1963  The first full color television program in the world, publicly advertised, is broadcast in Mexico City by XHGC-TV, Channel 5, due to technical breakthrough advances made by Mexican engineer Guillermo González Camarena.

1963  Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

For some more pertinent information, see “1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site” , mentioned above.

1962  Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.

Charonne Metro Station Massacre:

Algeria:

History of Algeria:

1960  The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1960  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name “Mountbatten-Windsor“.

1955  The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km2) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.

Jagirdari/Jagirdar System:

1952  Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.

Queen Elizabeth II:

Queen Elizabeth II Era:

English Monarchs:

1950  The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.

Stasi:

1949  Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.

1948  The formal creation of the Korean People’s Army of North Korea is announced.

1946  The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.

1945  World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.

1942  World War II: Japan invades Singapore.

Japan’s Invasion of Singapore:

Massacres in Singapore, and Some Pertinent Atrocities:

Double Tenth Incident of October 1943 – One of the Main Atrocities:

1924  Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.

Capital Punishment:

1904  Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

Battle of Port Arthur:

Russo-Japanese War:

1887  The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

1885  The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.

1879  Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

1856  Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.

1855  The Devil’s Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.

1817  Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.

1807  Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Bennigsen and the Prussians under L’Estocq

 

 

FEBRUARY 09

2013  An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes southwest Colombia causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 15 people.

2001  The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.

1996  The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London’s Canary Wharf.

Irish Republican Army (IRA)/Provisional Republican Army (PIRA):

History of the IRA:

Sinn Féin:

History of Sinn Féin:

Sinn Féin, IRA and the Catholic Church:

1991  Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.

Independence of Lithuania

History and Social Issues of Lithuania:

Historical Background of the Baltic States and the Soviet Union:

Russia Reviews the 1991 Decision to Recognize the Independence of the Baltic States:

1986  Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.

Halley’s Comet:

1975  The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.

1971  Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.

Apollo 14:

History of the Apollo Program:

1971  Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA’s Baseball Hall of Fame.

Satchel Paige:

Racism and Satchel Paige:

Sports and Racism:

1969  First test flight of the Boeing 747.

1965  Vietnam War: The first United States troops with a combat mission, a Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion, are sent to South Vietnam.

1965 in the Vietnam War:

Viet Nam War and Some Pertinent Events:

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Nuclear Weapons and the United States:

1959  The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.

1951  Korean War: Geochang massacre

Geochang Massacre:

Korean War:

Korean War Timelines:

1950  Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.

Second Red Scare and McCarthyism:

Joseph McCarthy:

Red Scare (First Red Scare):

1945  World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.

1945  World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.

1943  World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Battle of Guadalcanal:

1942  Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.

1942  World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.

1934  The Balkan Entente is formed.

1922  Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1920  Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.

1913  A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

1904  Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.

Battle of Port Arthur:

Russo-Japanese War:

1900  The Davis Cup competition is established.

History of the Davis Cup:

1849  New Roman Republic established.

1788  The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.

 

 

FEBRUARY 10

2015  US President Barack Obama will seek approval from Congress to add force in the fight against ISIS militants; the current U.S. military campaign began without Congressional approval, raising concerns that Obama exceeded the limits of his authority.

Obama’s Request and the Fight against ISIS:

President Obama, and Use of the Military Force against ISIS/ISIL:

ISIS and the United States:

Training, Support and Funding:

ISIS and Israel:

Supply of Weapons to ISIS:

How ISIS Uses Oil to Finance Its Terror Operations

Buyers of ISIS Oil:

2009  The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.

2003  France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.

1998  Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first US state to abandon such a law.

1996  The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

1989  Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Nuclear Weapons and the United States:

1985  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.

For some more pertinent information, see “1985 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR”, mentioned above.

1962  Roy Lichtenstein‘s first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.

1962  Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1954  United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

1947  Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

1943  World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

Siege of Leningrad:

Battle of Krasny Bor:

1942  The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo“.

Glenn Miller:

Chattanooga Choo Choo:

1940  The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.

Soviet Occupation of Poland:

History of Poland:

Poland and Russia:

Poland:

Foreign Relations of Poland:

Economy of Poland:

1939  Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.

Spanish Civil War:

Conquest of Catalonia:

Catalonia and Its History:

1936  Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

1930  Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina

1870  The YWCA is founded in New York City.

1846  First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war

Battle of Sobraon:

First Anglo-Sikh War:

Second Anglo-Sikh War:

1814  Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.

1763  French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

1567  Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o’ Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.

 

 

FEBRUARY 11

Today is the WORLD DAY OF THE SICK:

2015  A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.

2014  After restricting its ties with Cuba since 1996, the European Union agrees to launch negotiations; the talks aim to increase the dialogue on human rights and increase trade and investment between Cuba and the EU.

2014  A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.

2013  Citing frail health, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation effective February 28, 2013; he is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.

Pope Benedict XVI:

Announcement of Pope Benedict XVI:

Lightning Strikes the Vatican Hours after Pope’s Resignation Announcement:

Any Real Reason of the Resignation of Pope XVI? :

2011  The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

2008  Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was toppled by fire.

2008  Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.

2001  A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.

1997  Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

1990  Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

1981  Around 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.

1979  The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

1978  Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.

1973  Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.

1971  Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.

1968  The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins.

1968  Israeli–Jordanian border clashes rage.

1964  Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.

1959  The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.

1953  The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.

1953 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

1943  World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.

1942  World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.

1939  A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.

1938  BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot“.

1929  Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.

Kingdom of Italy:

Lateran Treaty:

1925  Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, Inc. Was Founded At The College of New Jersey

1919  Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.

1916  Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.

1906  Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.

1903  Anton Bruckner‘s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.

1889  Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.

1858  Bernadette Soubirous‘s first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.

1856  The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.

1926  Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.

Swaminarayan:

Shikshapatri:

1826  University College London is founded under the name University of London.

 

 

FEBRUARY 12

2004  The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

2002  The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.

2001  NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

1999  United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

1994  Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch‘s iconic painting The Scream.

1993  Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.

1992  The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.

1990  Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.

1983  One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq‘s proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Nuclear Weapons and the United States:

1974  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.

1968  Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.

1963  Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

1961  Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.

1954  Lyons‘s LEO produces a payroll report. It is the first time in history a computer is used in business.

1953 USSR breaks relations with Israel.

1947  Christian Dior unveils a “New Look“, helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.

1947  The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.

1946  African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement and partially inspires Orson Welles‘ film Touch of Evil.

1946  World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.

1935  USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.

1934  In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.

1934  The Austrian Civil War begins.

Austrian Civil War of 1934:

1933  German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis.

Catholic Church and Nazi:

Reichskonkordat:

Some Relevant Books:

1924  George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled “An Experiment in Modern Music,” in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.

1921  Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Soviet invasion of Georgia.

Georgia-Russian Relations:

History of Georgia (country):

Democracy and Georgia:

Georgia:

Foreign Relations of Georgia:

Economy of Georgia:

1914  In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

1912  The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.

1909  New Zealand’s worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.

1909  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

1894  Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, France, killing one and wounding 20.

1851  Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rushes.

1832  Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.

History of the Galápagos Islands:

History of Ecuador:

Ecuador:

Economy of Ecuador:

1825  The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.

1818  Bernardo O’Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.

Chilean Declaration of Independence:

1817  An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.

1814  Battle of La Victoria (1814)

1814  Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)

1689  The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.

1593  Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.

Japanese Invasion of Korea:

 

 

FEBRUARY 13

Today is the WORLD RADIO DAY:

2012  The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

2012  The credit ratings of European Union members including Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain are downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service.

European Union Credit Rating of 2012 by Moody’s:

2011  For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.

Treaty signed between the United States and Various Native Americans:

2010  A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.

2008  Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.

Kevin Rudd’s Apology:

Indigenous Australians:

Stolen Generations:

Tasmanian Aboriginal People:

Tasmanian Genocide

2007  Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.

2004  The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe’s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star “Lucy” after The Beatles‘ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds“.

2001  An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.

2000  The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.

Peanuts and Charles M Schulz:

1991  Gulf War: Two laser-guided “smart bombs” destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

Laser Guided Smart Bombs:

1991 Gulf War and Its Timeline:

1990  German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.

German Unification and the Unification Treaty:

German Reunification:

Germany:

Foreign Relations of Germany:

History of Germany:

Economy of Germany:

1984  Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1983  A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.

1982  The Río Negro Massacre takes place in Guatemala.

Río Negro Massacre:

1981  A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.

1978  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Nuclear Weapons and the United States:

1971  Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.

1967  American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.

1966  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.

1961  An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.

1960  Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.

1960  With the success of a nuclear test codenamed “Gerboise Bleue” at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria, France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.

Gerboise Bleue:

French Nuclear Tests in Reggane, Algeria:

Some Pertinent YouTube Videos:

Pertinent Reports:

Radiation Contaminations in Reggane:

France’s Nuclear Tests:

1955  Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.

Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls:

Dead Sea Scrolls:

1951  Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the “high-water mark” of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.

Battle of Chipyong-ni:

Timelines of the Korean War:

1945  World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.

1945  World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.

Siege of Budapest:

1935  A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.

1934  The Soviet steamship Chelyuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean.

1931  Delhi becomes the capital of British Raj.

1920  The Negro National League is formed.

1914  Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.

Copyright Protection and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers:

1913  The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.

13th Dalai Lama:

History of Tibet:

Economy of Tibet:

Tibetan Issues:

1881 The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.

1880  Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.

1861  In Gaeta the capitulation of the fortress decreeing the end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is signed.

1849  The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.

1739  Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

1692  Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.

 

 

FEBRUARY 14

Today is the VALENTINE’S DAY:

2015  Two people are killed in shootings at a free-speech seminar and at a synagogue service in Copenhagen.

Krudttønden Attack:

Freedom of Expression and Religious Respect? :

Violence and Islam? :

2011  As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising, a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil resistance, in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain begins with a ‘Day of Rage’.

Bahraini Uprising of 2011:

Arab Spring:

Arab Spring and the CIA:

Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda:

Arab Spring and Israel:

2008  Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in six fatalities (including gunman) and 21 injuries.

2005  YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.

2005  Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines‘ Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.

1998  An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which kills 120.

1990  The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.

1990  Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.

1989  Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

The Satanic Verses:

Khomeini’s Order to Kill Rushdie:

1983  United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.

1979  In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.

1966  Australian currency is decimalised.

1962  First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.

1961  Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.

1956  The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin‘s crimes in a secret speech.

1950  Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People’s Liberation Army.

Battle of Tianquan:

Chinese Civil War:

1949  The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.

1949  The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.

Knesset:

1946  The Bank of England is nationalized.

1945  President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.

1945  World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans.

1945  World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet’s Vistula–Oder Offensive.

1945  World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.

1944  World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.

1943  World War II: Tunisia Campaign – General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim‘s Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

1943  World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.

1942  Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.

1929  Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone‘s gang, are murdered in Chicago.

1924  The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

1920  The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.

League of Women Voters:

Women’s Suffrage:

Women’s Suffrage in the United States:

The Nineteenth Amendment and Women’s Suffrage:

History of Women’s Suffrage (Movement) in the United States:

1919  The Polish–Soviet War begins.

Polish-Soviet War of 1919:

Poland and Russia:

History of Poland:

Poland:

Foreign Relations of Poland:

Economy of Poland:

1918  The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).

1900  Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.

Second Boer War:

Britain’s Invasion of the Orange Free State:

1899  Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.

1879  The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.

1876  Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.

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Satoshi Ashikaga, having worked as researcher, development program/project officer, legal protection/humanitarian assistance officer, human rights monitor-negotiator, managing-editor, and more, prefers a peaceful and prudent life, especially that in communion with nature.  His previous work experiences, including those in war zones and war-torn zones, remind him of the invaluableness of peace.  His interest and/or expertise includes international affairs, international law, jurisprudence, economic and business affairs, project/operations or organizational management, geography, history, the environmental/ecological issues, science and technology, visual/audio documentation of nature and culture, and more. Being a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment, he is currently compiling This Week in History on TMS.

(Sources and references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/february_8   to_february_14; http://www.historyorb.com/events/february/8   to february/14; http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/february_8.html   to February_14.html; and other pertinent web sites and/or documents, mentioned above.)

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