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

A clip from early in Joe Namath’s career. In 1969, the Jets, with Joe Namath as quarterback, defeated the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.

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

• With the Union army in position to move into Confederate controlled territories, different Confederate groups began to mobilize and prepare for any possible encroachment from the Union army.

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

- There were two 1978 Camp David agreements A Framework for Peace in the Middle East and A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, the second leading towards the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed in March, 1979.
- The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian ...

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

• Incidents which have been associated with the evolution of modern technology that have lead to tragic consequences are not limited to travel. Many tragedies have occurred as a result of faulty construction of buildings and other structures utilized by individuals on a daily basis.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

- The Boxer Rebellion served as the segue into modern Chinese nationalism and shifted the internal power structure in China. It contributed to the eventual Chinese communist revolution.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

• India, once considered the crown Jewel of the British Empire featured roughly 5,000 civil servants from Britain ruling over 300 million Indian inhabitants. While India provided a luxurious lifestyle for the British settlers, most of the Indian population lived in extreme poverty.

• Moh...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

- February 7, 1964, The Beatles landed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and America was never the same.

-Thousands of fans turned out to welcome them and they became instant icons on the Ed Sullivan Show two days later.

- They inspired the youth of the world with their cloth...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

One US soldier wrote on a piece of cardboard "Hamburger Hill" and posted it on a tree trunk in Vietnam. Another US soldier wrote on the bottom of the sign "Was it worth it?" The question was debated in congress, the media and the military. After losing many troops, the US retreated fr...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

• As General Meade pursued General Lee, much was made of the fact that Meade’s Union army was double the size of Lee’s army.

• Many saw this size advantage as a double-edged sword. Whereas it was a good thing to have double the number of troops, the drawback was that it severely hindered...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

May 5th, 1864 featured one of the bloodier open-field battles of the Civil War.

Wave upon wave of Federal attacks could do nothing to put a dent in the Confederate line of defense.

Adding to the misery was the dry grass conditions, which contributed to fires breaking out on the...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:52 PM

• With General Ulysses S. Grant plotting multiple fronts to crush rebel resistance at Laurel Hill, frustrations grew among the Union forces as multiple previous attempts had been warded off by the rebels.

• At the battlefield at Laurel Hill, both sides were facing each other from across t...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:51 PM

- On October 6, 1981, Anwar El- Sadat, President of Egypt, was assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists within his own armed forces.
- Fundamentalists were unhappy with El-Sadat’s peace treaty with Israel and the crackdown on religious extremists.
- 11 people were killed, 38 injured.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:51 PM

- On October 6, 1981, Anwar El- Sadat, President of Egypt, was assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists within his own armed forces.
- Fundamentalists were unhappy with El-Sadat?s peace treaty with Israel and the crackdown on religious extremists.
- 11 people were killed, 38 injured.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:51 PM

- American airmen seemed hardly equipped to fight the Great War when they entered the war in 1918. Soldiers trained with wooden guns and fake bombs. After only 50 hours of air training and dropping a few bombs, they were shipped overseas.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:51 PM

-In May 1958 Charles De Gaulle became the leader of France. In the meantime the French colony Algeria had been trying to fight France for its independence.
-The French remained resistant in holding onto their colonial city. When De Gaulle visited Algeria he proclaimed that there was only one ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:50 PM

- Aircrafts and air fighting with the advances in technology and innovations saw many successful Air fighters on either side.)
- The British C type Short bomber had remarkable success during the later years of the war mainly on reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare.
- On the German sid...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:50 PM

- On March 24, 1933, German democracy was legally ended.
- Hitler now had the right to legislate on matters of finance, foreign affairs and the constitution.
- The Nazi party became the only party in Germany and aimed at the persecution of the Jews.
- The property, businesses and homes o...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:50 PM

- The Boxer Rebellion began when the Japanese empress and her secret society fought to resist the European powers on Japan.
- In Africa, European colonists were still fighting to subdue native armies. Meanwhile in South Africa, the British and the earlier Dutch settlers fought a bitter war f...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:34 PM

- On October 6, 1973, a war started between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria. The war began on the day of Yom Kippur (the Holiest day of the year in Israel) with a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria. It lasted until October 26, 1973.
- In the Arab countries ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:34 PM

- On November 4, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, was assassinated by Jewish right-wing extremist, Yigal Amir.
- Rabin’s assassination was a serious blow to the Israel-Arab peace process.