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From the American Revolution in 1775 to the Ukraine War in 2023, here are the most important events in the history of the US. Read on for interesting details.
A wildfire that has so far killed at least 93 people in Hawaii is now the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history. A state that is surrounded by water is now the scene of the deadliest blaze in modernU.S.history, with officials still in search and rescue mode for survivors. At last...
Analysts and political scientists cite four main factors shaping India’s policy toward Ukraine and Russia: History, energy, arms and influence. Factor #1: The India-Russia relationship goes way back India was still under British colonial rule when Russia opened its first consulate there in 1900, ...
“History and practice have continuously proved that neither the United States nor China can afford to treat the other as an adversary” (attributed to Kissinger). As many will be aware, this is not the first time Kissinger has traveled to China in secret. In 1971, almost exactly 52 years...
The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US news events you need to know so far for January 2023.
The winter 2023-24 is going down in history as the hottest on record for the contiguous U.S. in 130 years of record keeping, according to NOAA.
In an astonishing turn of events, eight Republicans joined forces with all Democrats to dethrone McCarthy, marking the first-ever instance in US history where the chamber has ousted its leader in a vote of no-confidence. The schism in the US legislative landscape extends beyond the general poli...
spatially augmented dataset enables exploration of the daily progression of the most costly, damaging, and deadly environmental-hazard events in recent US history. Similar content being viewed by others All-hazards dataset mined from the US National Incident Management System 1999–2014...
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