| Red Army Faction | ... 5 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a founder of the German militant group | (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang). Afte ... |
| World Trade Center bombing | ... international terrorists, possibly the same group that had carried out the | two years earlier. The FBI also thought that a drug cartel might have been ... |
| September 11, 2001, attacks | ... nnedy was in his Senate offices meeting with First Lady Laura Bush when the | took place. Two of the airplanes involved had taken off from Boston, and i ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... ni Hanjour could pilot and crash the plane into the Pentagon as part of the | . The crash killed all 64 passengers aboard the aircraft and 125 in the Pe ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... y of Operations Plan has seen a return to relevance in the 2000s. After the | , many speculated that terrorists might attempt to destroy a large part of ... |
| Gaza flotilla raid | ... eva reported that tensions caused by differences of opinion over the recent | , had caused Arab residents of the village to threaten to expel the Jewish ... |
| Japanese Red Army | ... nd at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, Israel. The PFLP and the | carried out a shooting rampage at the same airport, killing twenty-four ci ... |
| first terrorist attack on | ... of the additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions in 1977. He faced the | a Swissair plane in Zarqa, Jordan in 1970. After retiring, he gave his opi ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... ican Airlines Flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon as part of the | |
| shooting rampage at the same airport | ... al Airport in Lod, Israel. The PFLP and the Japanese Red Army carried out a | , killing twenty-four civilians. Israel later claimed that the assassinati ... |
| 9/11 | ... on the allegation he was an enemy combatant. The Court held that the post- | congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) amounted ... |
| Laika | ... volutionized the treatment of diabetes. On November 3, 1957, a Russian dog, | , became the first of many animals to orbit the earth. In the 1970s, antib ... |
| 2001 anthrax attacks | ... as able to save Weston). He also was the Congressional spokesman during the | |
| King David Hotel bombing | ... General in Jerusalem, wrote in response to a pro-Irgun commemoration of the | : "We do not think that it is right for an act of terrorism, which led to ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... about the Vietnam War, including The Green Berets, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, | , Casualties of War, and Born on the Fourth of July. It is prominently fea ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... meland Security, as part of a major government reorganization following the | of 2001. These three components include U.S. Citizenship and Immigration S ... |
| 11 September 2001 attacks | After the | "Only Time" was used as a soundtrack in many radio and television reports ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... *H. With the Vietnam War, the tide of balance turned and its films, notably | , Good Morning, Vietnam, Go Tell the Spartans, Born on the Fourth of July, ... |
| Oktoberfest | ... f Vandalia boasts several seasonal festivals and events, such as the annual | in the autumn, the Homecoming parade in the fall, and the Air Show & Parad ... |
| September 11 attacks | After an airline recession and the effects on the airline industry of the | in 2001 all airlines that flew across the Atlantic suffered badly |
| Grand Mosque Seizure | ... up were rushed to assist Saudi forces in Mecca to lead the operation of the | . In 1991 Pakistan got involved with the Gulf War and sent 5,000 troops as ... |
| September 11, 2001 attacks | ... ons, and rules against any object that could be used as a weapon. Since the | , airport security has dramatically increased |
| Mukden Incident | ... ded his influence to Northern China around Beijing and Hebei. Following the | of 1931, when the Japanese invaded and took full and direct control over M ... |
| Iran hostage crisis | The pregame festivities honored the end of the | (which was announced 5 days before the game), which featured a performance ... |
| XYZ Affair | ... S. envoys unless substantial bribes and concessions were paid, known as the | , led in part to an exponential increase in popular support and federal fu ... |
| attacks on September 11, 2001 | ... on nationwide television that he should have canceled the event. After the | , the NCAA ordered all football games scheduled for the weekend after the ... |
| 2001 anthrax attacks | ... ated threat is mail containing unidentified powders or chemicals, as in the | |
| Air India Flight 182 | | was an Air India flight operating on the Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay rout ... |
| September 11 attacks | After the | in 2001 in New York, Bush launched the War on Terrorism, in which the Unit ... |
| Warrington bomb attacks | ... in recognition of the humanitarian role adopted by the choir following the | . Since then, he has appeared with the choir for performances in prisons i ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... ations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. During the | in 2001 he was a passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93. Bingham die ... |
| King David Hotel bombing | ... wish Resistance Movement, the Irgun was asked to speed up the plans for the | of July 22. The hotel was where the documents were located, the base for t ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... f cameras. Filming of the season was also suspended during the onset of the | |
| Love Canal | ... nsas with the fear of industrial pollution, similar to how New Yorkers view | |
| ROKS Cheonan sinking | Some trade was cut off after the | , for which South Korea blamed North Korea |
| Sea Venture | ... alter Raleigh. The flotilla was broken up by a storm, and the flagship, the | , was wrecked off Bermuda (as depicted on the territory's coat of arms), l ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... an film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands (1973), | (1979), Wall Street (1987), The Departed (2006), his role as The Illusive ... |
| Deir Yassin massacre | ... re the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946 and the | , carried out together with Lehi on 9 April 1948 |
| October 2005 | ... risis between the two countries. Delhi again witnessed terrorist attacks in | and September 2008 resulting in the deaths of 62 and 30 civilians respecti ... |
| Milltown massacre | ... s on Protestants. High-profile attacks carried out by the group include the | , the Castlerock killings and the Greysteel massacre. The UDA/UFF declared ... |
| Battle of Hampton Roads | ... and Civil War significance. The first modern duel of ironclad warships, the | , took place not far off Newport News Point in 1862. *Milton, Keith. "Duel ... |
| 9/11 | ... hter dealing with alcoholism, family dysfunction, and other issues in post- | New York City. He received Emmy nominations in 2006 and 2007 for Outstandi ... |
| Dawson's Field | ... 5 September 1970, the PFLP hijacked five planes and landed three of them at | , located east of Amman. After the passengers were moved to other location ... |
| bombing of the King David Hotel | Two of the operations for which the Irgun is best known are the | in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946 and the Deir Yassin massacre, carried out tog ... |
| Wood Green ricin plot | ... ed police raided the building as part of the investigation into the alleged | . was eventually jailed for seven years in 2006 after being convicted of i ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... owever, a similar referendum, called for before, but held shortly after the | in 2001 in the US, was defeated by over 77% of voters |
| MV Tampa | ... ed upon an ONA assessment to support his claims about asylum seekers on the | , in an incident which became known as the "Tampa affair". The ONA assessm ... |
| Red Army Faction | Like her partner Bernward Vesper and other members of the | (such as Ulrike Meinhof and Horst Mahler) Ensslin had excellent exam score ... |
| Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior | ... he Pacific was controversial in the 1980s, in 1985 French agents caused the | in Auckland to prevent it from arriving at the test site in Moruroa. In Se ... |
| 1993 World Trade Center bombing | ... "Reflecting Absence" honors the victims of the September 11 attacks and the | . The memorial, designed by Peter Walker and Israeli-American architect Mi ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... as "It's a good day to bury bad news"), in an email sent on the day of the | in 2001. The furor caused when this email was reported in the press eventu ... |
| Oktoberfest | ... rgest marksmen's festival, and the Oktoberfest Hannover, the second largest | in the world. In 2000, Hanover hosted the world fair Expo 2000. The Hanove ... |
| 1993 World Trade Center bombing | ... en undertaken by Islamic terrorists, such as those who had masterminded the | . Some responded to these reports by attacking Muslims and people of Arab ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... e assassination of Massoud is considered to have a strong connection to the | in 2001 on U.S. soil which killed nearly 3,000 people and which appeared t ... |
| 9/11 | ... opean tour of 2001 was canceled, largely due to security concerns after the | terrorist attacks, and the band flew back to the US to tour again with Aer ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... ropped, which was attributed by Kodak to the financial shocks preceding the | . Executives hoped that Kodak might be able to slow the shift to digital t ... |
| September 11, 2001 attacks | ... ibertarian conservative, and Republican causes in America. A week after the | , on The O'Reilly Factor, Clancy stated that left-wing politicians in the ... |
| spilling up to four tonnes of oil | ... 3 April 2010, bulk coal carrier Shen Neng 1 ran aground on Douglas Shoals, | into the water and causing extensive damage to the reef |
| Gulf of Tonkin Incident | ... hnson expanded the numbers and roles of the American military following the | (less than three weeks after the Republican Convention of 1964, which had ... |
| Mukden Incident | ... Qing Empire in China. In 1931, the region was seized by Japan following the | and in 1932, a sympathetic government was established, with Puyi, the last ... |
| Oktoberfest | Every autumn the St. Bernardine Church hosts an | and the Village hosts a Rib-fest |
| Battle of Hampton Roads | ... SS Merrimack. Virginia engaged the Union ironclad USS Monitor in the famous | during the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Confederates burned the sh ... |
| Mukden Incident | ... vince and the customs revenues from the port city of Tianjin. Following the | and the Japanese invasion of Zhang's own domain of Manchuria in 1931, Zhan ... |
| 2005 London Underground bombings | ... st acts of the early 2000s, most notably in the 2001 shoe bomb plot and the | . Several detection devices have been designed since those events. One, fo ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... don had accumulated in her name while they were married. In the wake of the | Jackson was moved to compose "Free the World". She performed the song for ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... match was delayed for a year, as it was due to take place shortly after the | . It was subsequently decided to hold the Ryder Cup in even-numbered years ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... eadquarters for the Department of Defense. It was one of the targets of the | ; 189 people died at the site when a jet passenger plane crashed into the ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... Continuity of Operations Plan, Sabato said it "failed outright" during the | |
| Reds | ... ter Louise Bryant. O'Neill was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1981 film | about the life of John Reed |
| September 11 attacks | ... s to extend it another . Security here was further tightened after the 2001 | . The U.S. Border Patrol credits the wall and better surveillance technolo ... |
| September 11 attacks | On September 9, 2001, two days before the | in the United States, Massoud was assassinated in Takhar Province of Afgha ... |
| Apocalypse Now | The most famous adaptation is Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 motion picture | , which moves the story from the Congo to Vietnam and Cambodia during the ... |
| Cannibal Holocaust | ... r Go Video, the distributors of the already-controversial 1980 Italian film | , in an effort to boost publicity and generate sales that ultimately backf ... |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | ... tically. The eight films in which they co-starred are Captain Blood (1935), | (1936), The Adventures of Robin Hood and Four's a Crowd (1938), Dodge City ... |
| Richardson Affair | The Anglo-Satsuma War of 1863, along with the | and the September 1863 coup d'état in Kyoto convinced Ōkubo that the tobak ... |
| 7 July 2005 London bombings | In a widely criticized episode, initial online BBC reports of the | identified the perpetrators as terrorists, in contradiction to the BBC's i ... |
| Deir Yassin massacre | The | was carried out in a village west of Jerusalem that had signed a non-belli ... |
| Agulhas current | ... may be warmer by up to at the same moment due to the influence of the warm | , and the surface warming effects of the South Easter wind |
| Cave of the Patriarchs massacre | ... . Since The Oslo Agreement, violent episodes have recurred in the city. The | took place on February 25, 1994 when Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli physicia ... |
| Centennial Olympic Park bombing | The Atlanta Olympics were marred by the | on July 27. Security Guard Richard Jewell discovered the pipe bomb and imm ... |
| September 11 attacks | A memorial called "Reflecting Absence" honors the victims of the | and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The memorial, designed by Peter W ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... nity and American economic and cultural power. It suffered the brunt of the | , along with two other places in the Mid-Atlantic, Arlington, Virginia and ... |
| Khobar Towers bombing | The suspected driver of the reconnaissance vehicle involved in the | fled to Canada where he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ... |
| Shankill Road bombing | ... ysteel massacre. The UFF claimed the attack was in retaliation to the IRA's | which killed nine, seven days earlier |
| 2001 anthrax attacks | In its February 19, 2010, investigative summary on the | , the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that Bruce Edwards Ivins wa ... |
| Mukden Incident | ... henzing Iron Ore Company Unlimited was started in Anshan in 1918. After the | in 1931, Japan occupied the northeast of China. The mills were turned into ... |
| Mumbai train bombings of 2006 | ... rifles were a familiar sight throughout railway stations in India after the | and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. They are also still seen in the hand ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... Trade Center site (ZIP code: 10048), also known as "Ground Zero" after the | , sits on in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The World Trade Center comp ... |
| September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks | ... ted at his sentencing hearing in 2006 that Reid was a co-conspirator in the | on the United States, and that Moussaoui and Reid had intended to hijack a ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... the deadliest act of terrorism against the U.S. on American soil until the | . However, the deadliest act of terror against the U.S. prior to September ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... ing the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the | |
| Phoenix Program | ... n an extensive program of psychological warfare during the Vietnam War. The | had the dual aim of assassinating Viet Cong personnel and terrorizing any ... |
| Minamata disease | ... ercury poisoning in humans occurred this way in Minamata, Japan, now called | |
| Heaven's Gate | After the financial failure of | , the studio put The Right Stuff in turnaround and The Ladd Company steppe ... |
| bomb exploded | ... et for terrorists. After a failed attempt to bomb Canary Wharf, a large IRA | at South Quay on 9 February 1996. Two people died in the explosion, forty ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... Rider, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Clockwork Orange, Groundhog Day, | , Badlands, and Blade Runner also have existentialist qualities. Notable d ... |
| Seveso | ... nsion, leading to ecological disasters like the Vajont Dam collapse and the | chemical accident. The boom had also a huge impact on Italian society and ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... e Voice and Time Out New York, who asked rhetorically in a reference to the | , "Can there be another movie that speaks as resonantly — if unwittingly — ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... to be removed from the exhibit following criticism of elements based on the | in the United States. A French street artist known as Invader made a name ... |
| Oktoberfest | ... rtained more than 375,000 people in four days during 2007. In 2006, Tulsa's | was named one of the top 10 in the world by USA Today and one of the top G ... |
| Reds | Half a century later, Warren Beatty made the 1981 film | , based on the life of John Reed. Beatty starred as Reed, while Diane Keat ... |
| Coastal Road massacre | ... inst Israel grew during the late 1970s. One of the most severe—known as the | —occurred on 11 March 1978. A force of nearly a dozen Fatah fighters lande ... |
| MV Tampa | ... of Nauru's income has been in the form of aid from Australia. In 2001, the | , a Norwegian ship that had rescued 433 refugees (from various countries i ... |
| terrorist attack | On September 11, 2001, during the | s on the United States, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in St ... |
| September 11, 2001 attacks | ... uld remain the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the | . The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the ag ... |
| 7 July 2005 London bombings | ... ormer senior police officer Andy Hayman, who sat on the committee after the | and at other intervals from 2005–2007, was highly critical of its workings ... |
| 1967 USS Forrestal fire | ... from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he was almost killed in the | . In October 1967, while on a bombing mission over Hanoi, he was shot down ... |
| scapegoat | ... publicly burned alive. Emperor Justinian I (527–565 CE) made homosexuals a | for problems such as "famines, earthquakes, and pestilences. |
| Exxon Valdez oil spill | The 1989 | occurred as the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was leaving the terminal at Valdez ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... g Marlon Brando as Dracula and Martin Sheen as Jonathan Harker. (Yes, it is | , complete with all the famous quotes and mishaps during filming, albeit i ... |
| Exxon Valdez oil spill | ... terminal was the point of departure for the Exxon Valdez just prior to the | |
| September 11 attacks | ... to try to prevent al-Qaeda terrorists from using the plane as a part of the | . The target of the Flight 93 hijackers was reported to have been either t ... |
| 16th Street Baptist Church bombing | ... public library on Sunday afternoon, September 15, 1963 (the same day as the | in Birmingham), further violence ensued and two black ministers, N.Q. Reyn ... |
| World Trade Center attacks | ... e accident took place on 11 September 2001, which landed shortly before the | in the United States. This was not a revenue flight, as all the passengers ... |
| September 11, 2001 attacks | ... living in the area as of 2005, a jump from the 15,000 to 20,000 before the | |
| Operation Clambake | ... Web-page developers have linked the words "Dianetics" and "Scientology" to | . This resulted in the anti-Scientology site having the highest Google ind ... |
| Trent Affair | ... vy in seizing a British ship outraged Britain and led to a war scare in the | . Recognition of the Confederacy seemed at hand, but Lincoln released the ... |
| Sterling Hall bombing | ... 1950s to the radical antiwar protests at UW-Madison that culminated in the | in August 1970. Recent politics have been comparatively moderate, but the ... |
| Heaven's Gate | Walken's first film of the 1980s was the controversial | , helmed by Deer Hunter director Cimino. Walken also starred in the 1981 a ... |
| USS Liberty incident | ... on to the enemy action rule, receiving his medal for his actions during the | |
| Fear Factor | In September 2006, Garrett appeared on the celebrity edition of | . He won the grand prize of US$ 50,000. On New Year's Eve 2006, Garrett fi ... |
| Thielbek | ... and 1,770 gliders sent across the river. On 3 May 1945, the Cap Arcona, the | and the Deutschland were sunk in four separate attacks by RAF Hawker Typho ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... ty of Operations plan into effect for the first time directly following the | . Their implementation involved a rotating staff of 75 to 150 senior offic ... |
| 1998 embassy bombings | ... Agency (CIA), consisted of an effort to trace Osama bin Laden following the | . The U.S. and the European Union provided no support to Massoud for the f ... |
| taking of hostages | ... imitz in 1980 after she had deployed to the Indian Ocean in response to the | in the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Although initially part of the U.S. Atlanti ... |
| Red Army Faction | ... ied out assassinations of political figures, as to a lesser extent, did the | in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s |
| September 11 attacks | ... city's first memorial to honor the four Union City citizens who died in the | was a sculpture placed in Doric Park, in whose courtyard citizens gathered ... |
| Iran hostage crisis | ... perdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 25, 1981, five days after the | ended. The game was thus held under patriotic fervor, as the pregame cerem ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... burgh, Pennsylvania. Shanksville came to international attention during the | when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in adjacent Stonycreek Township |
| 11 September | ... y" (Stockhausen 2002, 76). The same journalist then asked how the events of | had affected him, and how he viewed reports of the attack in connection wi ... |
| September 11 attacks | In the aftermath of the | , the stadium became a staging area for rescuers, its parking lots filled ... |
| Iran hostage crisis | ... who is an Iranian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the | . The film was written and directed by Ramin Serry. Mariam Parris plays th ... |
| 2005 Amman bombings | ... d be filmed in Jordan before the producer Moustapha Akkad was killed in the | . When Connery received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement ... |
| hijacked airplanes crashed | ... cal television stations and several radio stations, were destroyed when two | into and destroyed the World Trade Center towers. Transmitter maintenance ... |
| Mykonos restaurant assassinations | ... hip of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This campaign came to an end after the | , because a German court publicly implicated senior members of the governm ... |
| Moscow theater hostage crisis | ... derivative), as a precursor to an assault on Chechen terrorists, ending the | . All 42 of the terrorists and 120 of the hostages were killed during the ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... tely led to Francis Ford Coppola choosing him for a starring role in 1979's | , a film that gained him wide recognition. Filming in the Philippine jungl ... |
| Operation Provide Comfort | ... oosevelt flew patrols in support of the Kurds over northern Iraq as part of | in 1991. In 1996, George Washington played a peacekeeping role in Operatio ... |
| Operation Provide Comfort | During the post war periods called Operation Desert Calm and | , Fort Hood units continued to serve in the Persian Gulf area. From Decemb ... |
| Oktoberfest | ... n the Straße des 17. Juni and around the Brandenburg Gate. Furthermore, the | beer festival in Munich, which traditionally runs until the first Sunday i ... |
| Iran hostage crisis | ... crisis zones. In addition to the Vietnam War, he has also been through the | and the Gulf War, plus a number of missions in the Soviet Union, and claim ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... rnett, a San Ramon resident, and other victims from Flight 93 killed in the | of 2001. A plaque was installed at the base of a lighted flagpole dedicate ... |
| Apocalypse Now | ... He was nominated twice in this category but ended up winning the award for | instead |
| 1960 U-2 incident | ... antage of possibly being intercepted by aircraft or missiles such as in the | |
| September 11 attacks | ... istributed over $2 million to the families of the 343 firemen killed in the | in 2001 in addition to providing funding for necessities such as a new mob ... |
| terrorist attacks | ... in East Timor, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Following the September 11, 2001 | on the United States, Egypt, which has itself been the target of terrorist ... |
| 2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill | ... Neng 1, a Chinese ship carrying 950 tonnes of oil, ran aground, causing the | |
| Fear Factor | The television show, | , used a portion of the then uncompleted highway 210 in Rialto for one of ... |
| USS Cole bombing | ... q bin Attash, one of the Yemenis, and others who were later involved in the | . Hazmi and Mihdhar also met with Fahad al-Quso, who was later involved in ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... the city in 2006, one in ten of the population. In 2001, shortly after the | , teenager Ross Parker was murdered by a gang of Muslims of Pakistani orig ... |
| Tampa affair | ... asylum seekers on the MV Tampa, in an incident which became known as the " | ". The ONA assessment was later leaked to the public in its entirety, show ... |
| K-129 | ... l is likely from events surrounding the sinking and subsequent salvaging of | |
| Mukden Incident | ... ts colonial empire. In 1931, 21 years later, Japan invaded Manchuria in the | . This culminated in the invasion of East, Southeast and South Asia in Wor ... |
| Britches | ... United States, with the enactment of amendments to the Animal Welfare Act. | , a macaque monkey, was born that year inside the University of California ... |
| September 11 attacks | ... in 2003 to form the United States Department of Homeland Security after the | , and may be used to refer to the actions of that department, the United S ... |
| 1960 U-2 incident | ... ch activists wanted. Eisenhower was also criticized for his handling of the | and the international embarrassment, the Soviet Union's perceived leadersh ... |
| Forrestal fire | ... 9, 1967, McCain, by then a lieutenant commander, was near the center of the | . He escaped from his burning jet and was trying to help another pilot esc ... |
| 2001 shoe bomb plot | ... executed or planned terrorist acts of the early 2000s, most notably in the | and the 2005 London Underground bombings. Several detection devices have b ... |
| 1998 United States embassy bombings | Based on information uncovered by the FBI in the | case, the National Security Agency (NSA) began tracking the communications ... |