Tag: Politics

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26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate

• 26th September 2022
• Tagged as: America, Debate, Election, Kennedy, Nixon, Politics, Television, United States

The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

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17th September 1978: Camp David Accords signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin

• 17th September 2022
• Tagged as: Camp David, Camp David Accords, Carter, Egypt, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Middle East, Politics

The talks concluded with the signing of two separate agreements – ‘A Framework for Peace in the Middle East’ and ‘A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel’.

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12th September 1919: Adolf Hitler officially joins the German Workers’ Party (DAP)

• 12th September 2022
• Tagged as: DAP, First World War, German Workers Party, Germany, Hitler, Munich, Nazi, Politics

Despite members of the army not being permitted to have membership of a political party, Hitler had been given special permission to join the DAP as a military intelligence officer.

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16th August 1819: An estimated 15 protestors are killed in the Peterloo Massacre at St Peter’s Field in Manchester

• 16th August 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, England, Henry Hunt, Manchester, Massacre, Peterloo, Peterloo Massacre, Politics, Protest, Social Reform

The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, when a group of over 60,000 protesters were charged by cavalry.

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14th August 1980: Lech Walesa leads a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk and triggers the formation of the Solidarity trade union

• 14th August 2022
• Tagged as: Communism, Communist, Gdansk, Industrial Action, Industry, Poland, Politics, Strike, Work

Within two years up to 80% of the entire Polish workforce had joined Solidarity or one of its sub-organisations, and they regularly used strikes to achieve political change.

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11th August 1919: The Weimar Republic officially established when Friedrich Ebert signs the new constitution into law

• 11th August 2022
• Tagged as: Constitution, Ebert, First World War, Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Politics, Weimar, Wilhelm II

It took the best of part of seven months for the delegates of the new German National Assembly to agree on the terms of the new Weimar constitution, which Ebert signed into law whilst on holiday in Schwarzburg.

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9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment due to the Watergate Scandal

• 9th August 2022
• Tagged as: America, Impeachment, Nixon, Politics, President, Richard Nixon, United States, USA, Washington DC, Watergate

Nixon announced his resignation in a televised speech on 8 August and it took effect from noon the next day.

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26th June 1963: American President John F. Kennedy declares US support for West Berlin with the phrase, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’

• 26th June 2022
• Tagged as: America, Bein Wall, Berlin, Cold War, East Germany, Germany, JFK, Kennedy, Politics, Speech, USA, USSR, West Germany

While the speech effectively recognised East Berlin as part of the Soviet Bloc, it also reaffirmed America’s commitment to defend West Berlin against Communist expansion.

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7th June 1628: The Petition of Right ratified by King Charles I

• 7th June 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, Charles I, Constitution, England, Government, Law, Monarchy, Parliament, Petition of Right, Politics

The Petition of Right is a major British constitutional document that recognises four key principles of government: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.

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2nd June 1946: Italians vote in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic

• 2nd June 2022
• Tagged as: Government, Italy, Monarchy, Mussolini, Politics, Referendum, Republic, Republicanism, Second World War, Umberto II, Victor Emmanuel III

More than 89% of eligible Italian citizens voted in the referendum, with 54.3% voting in favour of turning the country into a republic.