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The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12] or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous burial ground.
Kurt Eisner (German pronunciation: [kʊʁt ˈʔaɪsnɐ]; 14 May 1867 – 21 February 1919) [1] was a German politician, revolutionary, journalist, and theatre critic.As a socialist journalist, he organized the socialist revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918, which led to him being described as "the symbol of the Bavarian revolution".
[203] [204] With no remaining challengers, Major was formally named Leader of the Conservative Party that evening and was duly appointed prime minister the following day. [205] [206] [207] At 47, he was the youngest prime minister since Lord Rosebery some 95 years earlier. [208]
California’s Death Valley could reach a scorching 130 degrees next week and could come close to breaking its blistering world record as parts of the west, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic are under an ...
Truss, 48, was the last of the 15 prime ministers who served during Queen Elizabeth's reign, and for the first time, she shared details of the last words the queen spoke to her before her death in ...
Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States will announce plans for new security initiatives in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, when outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden hosts counterparts ...
The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the ...
Great Britain: Prime Minister: Wimbledon Kingdom of Great Britain: Illness – influenza [3] William Pitt the Younger: 1806 United Kingdom: Prime Minister: Putney United Kingdom: Illness – peptic ulceration [4] Mateo de Toro Zambrano: 1811 Chile: President of the Government Junta: Santiago Chile: Spencer Perceval: 1812 United Kingdom: Prime ...