Italian Invasion of the Vatican City | |||||||
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Part of 2007 Holy See Constitutional Crisis, Leo XIV Affair | |||||||
Italian Carabineri forces patrolling a street in Rome nearby an Italian Catholic demonstration. | |||||||
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![]() 262,000 troops on Luzon [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
29,560 wounded (Entire Luzon campaign) |
217,000 dead, 9,050 taken prisoner [2] [4] (Entire Luzon campaign) |
Leo XIV | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
Papacy began | 3 March 1995 |
Papacy ended | 20 April 2007 |
Predecessor | John Paul I |
Successor | Paul VII |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 April 1975 by John Patrick Cody |
Consecration | 8 June 1990 by John Paul I |
Created cardinal | by John Paul I |
Personal details | |
Born | John Wayne Gacy 17 March 1942 |
Died | 18 January 2008 US Naval Activities Naples, Naples, Italy | (aged 65)
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Motto | Crux de Cruce [5] |
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Coat of arms |
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Sainthood | |
Feast day | 7 February |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Blessed |
Beatified | 3 September 2000 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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Siege of Lusongshi | |||||||||
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Part of the Ming-American Wars | |||||||||
![]() Lusonshi, capital of the Ming Dynasty and seat of the Emperor, on the marshes near Fengtai Bay (San Francisco Bay) before the beginning of the Siege. | |||||||||
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Initial: 725,000 | Initial: 930,000 | ||||||||
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![]() 1941: 85,371 total casualties |
Baltic Fleet: 55,890 Leningrad Front: 467,525 Total: 523,415 | ||||||||
Soviet civilians: 642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at evacuations [8] |
Heavenly Kingdom of Vozrozhdeniya Небесное Царство возрождения | |||||||||
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1917–1922 | |||||||||
Flag of the Heavenly Kingdom, showing an image of Rasputin's son,
Illiodor Rasputin | |||||||||
![]() The Khanate of Khiva (bordered in red), c. 1700.[
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Status | Semi-independent state (under Russian protection 1917-1922) | ||||||||
Capital | Rasputinograd | ||||||||
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Religion | Orthodox Christianity | ||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
King | |||||||||
• 1917–1921 | Giorgi I Rasputin (first) | ||||||||
• 1921–1922 | Dmitry I Rasputin (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1917 | ||||||||
• Death of Rasputin | 1921 | ||||||||
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Russian conquest | 13 September 1922 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 February 1922 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 200 km2 (77 sq mi) | ||||||||
1911 | 67,521 km2 (26,070 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1902 | 700,000 | ||||||||
• 1908 | 800,000 | ||||||||
• 1911 | 550,000 | ||||||||
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Attack on the International Space Station | |||||||
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Part of the Outer Space Theatre and the Sino-American War | |||||||
![]() Debris from the destroyed International Space Station, captured from a wide field-of-view 7 cm aperture f/2.0 135 mm focal length telescope stationed near Ouarzazate, Morocco | |||||||
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The International Space Station | DF-21 Ballistic Missle equipped with kinetic kill vehicle | ||||||
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1987 South African Atomic Bombing Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Cold War and the Southern African War | |||||||
![]() A mushroom cloud developing over the city of Mafikeng after it was targeted by a South African Bomber. Captured by British journalist Sarah Whitbread | |||||||
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13 Mirage F1CZ fighters
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Gaborone Atomic Trials | |
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Tlokwa Courthouse in
Gaborone, where the trails took place | |
Court | International Military Tribunal |
Decided | March 23, 1993 – January 2, 1994 |
Case history | |
Subsequent actions |
John De Veilko found guilty of
War Crimes and
Crimes against humanity; sentenced to death
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Court membership | |
Judges sitting |
John De Veilko | |
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![]() De Veilko in 1979 | |
7th State President of South Africa | |
In office 6 December 1985 – 14 April 1991 | |
Preceded by | P.W. Botha |
Succeeded by |
Howard Blemmen (acting) position abolished |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 2 August 1981 – 6 December 1985 | |
President | P.W. Botha |
Preceded by | P.W. Botha |
Succeeded by | Fredrick Pylo Froon |
Minister of Community Development and Coloured Affairs | |
In office 8 October 1969 – 2 August 1981 | |
Prime Minister |
John Vorster P.W. Botha |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Magnus Kirkand |
Member of the South African House of Assembly from Worcester | |
In office 1963 –1975 | |
Personal details | |
Born | John Pieter De Veilko 13 May 1934 Fauresmith, South Africa |
Died | 28 November 1995 Langstrand Prison, Walvis Bay, Namibia | (aged 61)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Political party |
National (1946–1991) |
Spouse | |
Alma mater | Grey University College |
Profession | Politician |