This interactive timeline features some of the significant institutional and legislative milestones important to both House practice and procedure, as well as U.S. history itself.
Source: Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
…presents over 100 books and pamphlets on experiences of African and African-American slaves in American colonies and U.S. The documents, published between 1772 and 1889, include trial cases and proceedings, journals, and other documents of historical importance. A special presentation looks at the slave code for the District of Columbia.
Source: FREE and Library of Congress
2008 UN Conferences and Observances
The 2008 schedule of Conferences and Observances was released last month. The body of the document is organized by subject; the index at the end gives all the decades, years, days and weeks in chronological order.
Source: UN Pulse
Presidents’ Day features papers, biographical information, and other resources for learning about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and other Presidents.
Source: U.S. Department of Education
In addition to the “traditional” international news sources, these sites and specific resources might be of interest.
++ DiplomacyMonitor
Primary Documents from Governments Around the World. Updated Continuously.
Pakistan Section.
From St. Thomas School of Law.
++ NewsNow
Aggregates nearly 31,000 News Sources (Global)
Key Specific Categories: Benazir Bhutto ||| Current Affairs ||| Pakistan
Pages Autorefresh every 5 minutes.
Timelines and Obits
++ Timeline: Key Events in the Life Benazir Bhutto (The Guardian)
++ Timeline: Pakistan’s Political Rivals (BBC)
++ Timeline: Recent Events in Pakistan (Reuters)
++ Factbox: Life of Benazir Bhutto (Reuters)
++ Obituary: Benazir Bhutto (The Telegraph)
++ Obituary: Benazir Bhutto (BBC)
Pakistan Press
+ via Kidon Media Link
++++ Live Audio Stream via Dawn/Pakistan TV
Country
++ BBC Country Profile
++ State Department (U.S.) Background Notes on Pakistan
++ Consular Info Sheet (U.S.; Includes Links to Embassy and Consulates
++ Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK): Pakistan File ||| FCO Travel Advice
Government
+ Pakistan Government
+ Pakistan Peoples Party
+ Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC
Other
+ Text Transcript: Remarks made by Benazir Bhutto to Voice of America Shortly Before Her Death
+ Remarks by UK PM Gordon Brown on Assassination
+ Remarks by U.S. President Bush on Assassination
+ A Conversation With Benazir Bhutto
Recorded on August 15, 2007, Council on Foreign Relations, NY, NY
Transcript along with audio and video are available.
+ Fmr. Pakistan P.M. Bhutto Speech on the Situation in Pakistan (via C-SPAN, uses RealPlayer)
Recoded on 9/25/2007 at Middle East Institute, Washington DC, 58 minutes.
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1993-1996) spoke about events in Pakistan, the status of a power sharing agreement between opposition party members and President Musharaff, upcoming elections, and President Musharaff’s promise to step down as head of the Pakistani military prior to the elections. She also talked about recent disputes between the president and the courts and counter-terrorism policy.
+ Frederick Barton, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Senior Adviser (via C-SPAN, uses RealPlayer)
Recorded on October 19, 2007.
Frederick Barton, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Senior Adviser talks about the situation in Pakistan surrounding Former Prime Minister Bhutto’s return and the status of the government under President Musharraf.
+ CSIS Resources on Pakistan (includes experts)
+ Center for National Policy Discussion on the Crisis in Pakistan (via C-SPAN, uses RealPlayer)
Recorded on November 27, 2007.
Husain Haqqani, former advisor to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and Ambassador Teresita Schaffer take part in a discussion titled “Who Rules Pakistan: the Islamic Republic in Crisis.” The event takes place at the Center for National Policy.
+ Benazir Bhutto: The Exile’s Return (recent profile in MORE magazine)
+ Pakistan’s Political Crisis and State of Emergency (CRS Report dated 11/6/07; PDF; 108 KB)
The December 2007 Issue of The World Almanac E-Newsletter Now Available
A must for the reference desk librarian and/or fact “geek.” The newsletter contains a list of November events, “This Day in History,” a chronology of November, 2007 events and much more.
See Also: Back issues and subscription info (free)
See Also: The World Almanac Blog
See Also: New Calendar: The World Almanac 2008 Daily Calendar: 365 Days of Facts, Stats, and Trivia
Since the mid-1980s, the FBI has published Terrorism in the United States, an unclassified annual report summarizing terrorist activities in this country. While this publication provided an overview of the terrorist threat in the United States and its territories, its limited scope proved inadequate for conveying either the breadth or width of the terrorist threat facing U.S. intAerests or the scale of the FBI’s response to terrorism worldwide. To better reflect the nature of the threat and the international scope of our response, the FBI expanded the focus of its annual terrorism report in the 2000/2001 edition to include discussion of FBI investigations overseas and renamed the series Terrorism.
This second edition of Terrorism provides an overview of the terrorist incidents and preventions designated by the FBI as having taken place in the United States and its territories during the years 2002 through 2005 and that are matters of public record. This publication does not include those incidents which the Bureau classifies under criminal rather than terrorism investigations. In addition, the report discusses major FBI investigations overseas and identifies significant events—including legislative actions, prosecutorial updates, and program developments—relevant to U.S. counterterrorism efforts. The report concludes with an “In Focus†article summarizing the history of the FBI’s counterterrorism program.
Also available as PDF
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (via DocuTicker)
To review the entire collection to this point, click here.
+ “On this Day” (via the NY Times)
Some entries include direct links to full text NY Times articles.
+ The Day in Canadian Military History
WarMuseum.ca
+ On this Day in Canadian History
+ A Collection of NASA Timelines
++ This Month in Space History
++ Pre-NASA Chronology of Aeronautics and Astronautics
++ NASA Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology
++ Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration, 1957-present
++ NASA Missions Timeline
and many others
See Also: A Brief Chronology of the House of Commons (House of Commons Information Office)
14 pages; PDF.
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UK population to rise to 65m by 2016
The UK population is projected to increase by 4.4 million by 2016. This increase is equivalent to an average annual rate of growth of 0.7 per cent.
If past trends continue, the population will continue to grow, reaching 71 million by 2031. This is due to natural increase (more births than deaths) and because it is assumed there will be more immigrants than emigrants (a net inward flow of migrants).
Projections are uncertain and become increasingly so the further they are carried forward. For this reason, variant population projections have also been produced to show what could happen in situations of higher and lower levels of fertility, mortality and migration.
In common with most other countries, the UK has an ageing population. The proportion of people aged 65 and over is projected to increase from 16 per cent in 2006 to 22 per cent by 2031. This is an inevitable consequence of the age structure of the population alive today, in particular the ageing of the large numbers of people born after the Second World War and during the 1960s baby boom.
Source: National Statistics Office
Timeline: Comics in America
Source: Infoplease.com
Cataloging–History: A Brief History of AACR
Sections include:
+ British Museum Rules
+ Cutter’s Rules for a Dictionary Catalog
+ Anglo-American Code–Developments in the United States
+ Anglo-American Code–Developments in the United Kingdom
+ A.L.A. Cataloging Rules
+ Rules for Descriptive Cataloging in the Library of Congress
+ Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
+ ISBD and AACR Revisions
See Also: Prefaces of AACR2 (1978, 1988, 1998 revisions)
More historic documents.
Source: The Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
Interactive Timeline: Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline
The Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline is an online experience highlighting some of the key dates and events that mark more than 200 years of our constitutional history. These timeline entries, taken as a whole, tell the evolving story of the U.S. Constitution and the continuing role that it plays in our lives.
Visitors can browse through a collection of stories and headlines — annotated by images, audio and video clips and interactive content — to explore some of the people, events and issues that have shaped the Constitution and the history of our nation.
See Also: Interactive Constitution
Source: National Constitution Center
Today in History: From Smithsonian.com/Smithsonian Magazine
Browse by date (month and date) for events occurring on the date selected. We found unique “historic entries” for each day back to June 1, 2006.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
See Also: National Football League Day-by-Day
“This Date in NFL History”