From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:56 PM

- The German attack takes over Fort Beaumont, the French rearguard providing meager defense.
- The Kaiser oversees the final takeover.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:56 PM

The finest fighter during World War I was the Fokker D7. Superior in technology, and ease in maneuverability made it the best German fighter. It made a great impact but ironically far too late.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:56 PM

- On November 1, 1952, the United States exploded the first Hydrogen Bomb.
- The Hydrogen Bomb was supervised by the army, navy, air force and the scientific contingent.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:56 PM

• For the greater part of the century, people have been fighting for every inch of human rights and freedom that they can get.

• As much as they can, people are now trying to take a greater share of power from elite ruling parties.

• The century has marked a courageous upswing in p...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

- On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew the Batista government.
- As the new leader of Cuba, Castro began curtailing civil liberties and executing thousands of political enemies.
- Castro accepted communism, and therefore weakened ties with the United States.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

- April 2, 1982 marked the start of the Falklands war as Argentinean forces invaded the island in an effort to reclaim their territory.
- The Falklands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina, whose ownership had long been disputed between Ar...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

Despite the fact that the Germans were losing power towards the end of World War II, much of Europe still needed to be liberated, especially Germany itself. As the Allied forces pushed deeper into Germany the full extent of the Nazi regime became clear with the discovery of concentration camps. ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

- The Empire State building held the height record for 40 years until the World Trade center was built.
- The art-deco design of skyscrapers was replaced with simple, glass-box style buildings.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

- Building the Empire State Building was the idea of John J. Raskob, the man behind General Motors.
- The Empire State building, at 1,250 feet, was built with 102 floors.
- On March 17, 1930, construction for the Empire State building began.
- At the same time that Raskob was building t...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

* On April 30th, 1980, six armed Iranian terrorists stormed the Iranian embassy in London, England - capturing 26 hostages inside.

* Alan Moss - of the Metropolitan Police Service - and B.B.C sound technician and hostage Sim Harris recount the rescue effort and laud the S.A.S for their re...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

* On April 30th, 1980, six armed Iranian terrorists stormed the Iranian embassy in London, England - capturing 26 hostages inside.

* With tensions elevating to a boiling point, S.A.S operators stormed the embassy and triggered what would be the final battle between the two sides.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

* On April 30th, 1980, six armed Iranian terrorists stormed the Iranian embassy in London, England - capturing 26 hostages inside.

* Responding to an ultimatum set by the terrorists to kill a hostage every thirty minutes if their demands were not met, British authorities called on the S.A...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

* On April 30th, 1980, six armed Iranian terrorists stormed the Iranian embassy in London, England - capturing 26 hostages inside.

* Having murdered one hostage already, and delivering an ultimatum to kill a hostage every thirty minutes if the demands were not met, British authorities on ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

* On April 30th, 1980, six armed Iranian terrorists stormed the Iranian embassy in London, England - capturing 26 hostages inside.

* The terrorists were of Iranian-Arab descent, demanding the release of 92 Arabs from Iranian prisons. They threatened to blow up the entire embassy and kill...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:55 PM

- 1880, in Rochester NY, George Eastman, once a bank clerk and amateur photographer, intended to build a simple and affordable camera to be used by non-professional photographers.
- In 1888, Eastman developed a box camera which he named the Kodak because it was short and easy to pronounce the...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:54 PM

? Daniel Sickles, a prominent New York lawyer and Congressman, led troops against Confederate positions at the Battle of Gettysburg.

? In one of the bloodiest affairs at Gettysburg, Sickles led his undermanned brigade to fortify a line of defense against General Lee?s men, all while wait...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:54 PM

Without a doubt, one of the most astute minds in history, Leonardo da Vinci is renowned as a painter, inventor, musician and thinker of unparalleled insight and vision. In any discussion of his life and legacy, the phrase "ahead of his time" is inevitably uttered and with due cause. At a time wh...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:54 PM

• The spring of 1968 saw a brief period of prosperity and freedom for Czechoslovakians, as Alexander Dubcek – best known for attempts to reform the Communist rule over Czechoslovakia – took power.

• Dubcek looked to implement more relaxed social reforms including freedom of speech and in...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:54 PM

* Austrian special counter-terrorism unit dedicated to protecting Austria and Austrian interests from terrorism as well as supplementing Austria’s police force in fighting domestic crime, including organized crime.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:53 PM

In 1920, radio stations were installed to update pilot?s weather information. Other government departments started using radio stations to transmit special messages instead of telegraph and also weather forecast and stock market reports over the radios.