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The Conch Republic (/ ˈ k ɒ ŋ k /) is a micronation declared as a secession of the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982.It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city.
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
By late 1917, in the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration, the wider war had reached a stalemate, with two of Britain's allies not fully engaged: the United States had yet to suffer a casualty, and the Russians were in the midst of a revolution with Bolsheviks taking over the government.
Balfour's service as foreign secretary was notable for the Balfour Mission, a crucial alliance-building visit to the US in April 1917, and the Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild affirming the government's support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire.
The table below lists the five wars in which the United States has formally declared war against ten foreign nations. [8] The only country against which the United States has declared war more than once is Germany, against which the United States has declared war twice (though a case could be made for Hungary as a successor state to Austria-Hungary).
The British government’s Balfour Declaration followed on 9 November 1917, formally declaring support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine in a letter ...
The Balfour Declaration of 1926, issued by the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named after Arthur Balfour, who was Lord President of the Council. [1] It declared the United Kingdom and the Dominions to be:
The Romanian army began limited military operations. On June 24, Romania officially declared war on the Soviet Union. [14] 1941-06-22: Tuva: Germany: W: Tuva was a client state of the Soviet Union. Part of the USSR from 1944. 1941-06-24: Bulgaria: Greece Yugoslavia: A [6] Bulgaria declares war on Greece and Yugoslavia. 1941-06-25 Finland Soviet ...