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In more recent history, Dipendra was the undisputed King of Nepal for only around 56 hours in 2001, after perpetrating the massacre of his father the king and his family. [24] Pedro Carmona was the acting president of Venezuela for 36 hours in 2002 following a brief coup against Hugo Chavez. [25]
A group of knights answering to the Erembald family Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah: Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate: October 7, 1130: Cairo: Fatimid Caliphate: team of 7 rafiqs from the Order of Assassins: Al-Mustarshid: Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate: August 29, 1135: Maragheh or Hamadan: Abbasid Caliphate: team of rafiqs from the Order of Assassins ...
Caamaño was one of the leaders in the movement to restore the democratically elected president Juan Bosch, who had been overthrown in a military coup d'état in September, 1963. He briefly became President before being removed by an invasion launched by the United States, who were fearing another Communist state in the Caribbean
25 world leaders and dictators when they were young. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. USA TODAY.
July 17: Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. August 2: The Second Congo War begins. August 7: Kenya and Tanzania bombings. August 15: Omagh bombing. September 4: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Here are the nine worst years to be alive in human history. ... World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, and 1945 was a particularly grim year as it marked the war's violent conclusion ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
More than one historian consulted by Bloom named this the worst year in U.S. history. It included the Civil War's Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history, which took ...