On July 26th, 1956, Gammel Abd al-Nasser, the Egyptian president, nationalized the Suez Canal, thereby starting a tumultuous chain of events which would shape U.S. foreign policy in the region until t...
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Dec 20 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on Dec. 27 since 1900: 1927 - The Russian Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky was
expelled from the Soviet Communist Party,...
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Before the UN
The UN actually evolved from another global organisation, the League of Nations, which was set up in 1919 to encourage co-operation between countries and prevent a repeat of the carna...
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Jan 7 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on January 14 since 1900: 1943 - Allied leaders met in Casablanca to agree on a
strategy for ending World War Two and to d...
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David Mason, who reported for The Associated Press on the Suez crisis, Charles de Gaulle's rise to power and the Vietnam War in a 37-year career, has died following a long illness, his son said Wed...
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Today is Tuesday, April 10, the 100th day of 2007. There are 265 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill...
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Oct 24 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on Oct. 31 since 1900: 1918 - In Hungary, former prime minister Count Istvan Tisza
was assassinated by disaffected soldie...
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Budapest (dpa) - When President George W Bush visited Hungary
earlier this year to pay tribute to the victims of the 1956 uprising
against Soviet rule, he held up Hungary's ...
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When we think of great leaders, what names pop up?Lincoln, Washington, FDR, Churchill, de Gaulle.All had to lead their country through a war that was, in fact, a fight for that nation's survival. P...
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Suez: Transformation of a Crisis
Reuters historical calendar - December 27
