Us Department Of Defense
Events (630)
- July 26, 1947: President Truman Signs National Security Act of 1947 1947-07-26
- January 15, 1969: Defense Department Produces Classified Study Proving Decades of Deception Surrounding Vietnam 1969-01-15
- February 10, 1969: Officials Kick off Domestic Disturbance Exercise 1969-02-10
- July 14, 1970: Nixon Approves ‘Huston Plan’ for Domestic Surveillance 1970-07-14
- June 13, 1971: First Installment of ‘Pentagon Papers’ Published 1971-06-13
- After June 13, 1971: Pentagon Papers Publication Causes Backlash against Scientists 1971-06-13
- November 10-12, 1972: Hijackers Threaten to Crash a Plane into a Nuclear Facility in ‘the Most Chilling Domestic Hijacking in US History’ 1972-11-10
- May 11, 1973: All Charges Against Pentagon Papers Leaker Dropped; Judge Blasts Governmental Misconduct 1973-05-11
- June 4-5, 1974: Neoconservatives, Cold Warriors Begin Attacking Government Policies, Findings towards Soviet Union 1974-06-04
- June 20, 1974 and After: Defense Secretary Attempts to Undermine Arms Negotiations 1974-06-20
- June 20-August 14, 1974: CIA, Hughes Corporation Attempts to Retrieve Sunken Soviet Submarine; Retrieval Risks Confrontation with Soviet Union 1974-08-14
- August 22, 1974: Pentagon, Joint Chiefs ‘Kept Watch’ on Nixon to Prevent Coup Attempt, Newspaper Reports 1974-08-22
- August 25, 1974: Story of Pentagon Moving to Prevent Nixon Coup Allegedly ‘Fabricated’ 1974-08-25
- August 26, 1974: Ford Pursues Media Leak of Coup Prevention Story 1974-08-26
- May 25, 1975: Journalist Reveals US Spy Program; Cheney Recommends Burglaries and Indictments as Retaliation 1975-05-25
- June 5, 1975: US Military Tells Congress Diego Garcia Base Should Be Upgraded 1975-06-05
- May 20, 1982: National Security Directive Mandates ‘Capability to Sustain Protracted Nuclear Conflict’ 1982-05-20
- November 20, 1983: Television Movie about Nuclear Holocaust Has Profound Impact on President Reagan, Viewers 1983-11-20
- January 14, 1984: Murphy Memo Details Further Arming of Iraq, Deception of Congress 1984-01-14
- October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
- August 20, 1985: Neoconservative NSC Consultant Loses Security Clearance 1985-08-20
- July 23, 1986: CIA Director Casey Plots to Break Stalled Arms-for-Hostages Deal 1986-07-23
- May 17, 1987 and After: USS ‘Stark’ Attacked by Iraqi Warplane, 37 Sailors Die; US Holds Iran Responsible 1987-05-17
- June 23-25, 1987: NSC Official Either Received Kickbacks from US-Iranian Arms Sales or Represented Israel, Not US, in Negotiations 1987-06-23
- September 18, 1987: Lebanese Hijacker Is First Known Islamist Terrorist to Be Rendered by US 1987-09-18
- November 18, 1988: President Reagan Assigns Wide Range of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities 1988-11-18
- February 15, 1989: Former Solicitor General: Pentagon Papers ‘Never’ Posed ‘Any Trace of a Threat’ to National Security 1989-02-15
- August 4, 1989: Analyst of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Alleged to Be ‘Security Risk’ and Fired from Pentagon 1989-08-04
- August 2, 1990: Iraq Invades Kuwait 1990-08-02
- January 3, 1991: Pentagon Censors War Reporting 1991-01-03
- January 16, 1991 and After: ’Operation Desert Storm’: US Launches Massive Air Assault against Iraq 1991-01-16
- January 17, 1991: Iraq Launches Scud Missile Attack against Israel 1991-01-17
- January 19-24, 1991: Multiple Reports of Chemical Toxin Releases in Saudi Arabia; None Verified 1991-01-19
- January 19, 1991: Iraqi Scud Missile Fired at Saudi Airport 1991-01-19
- January 29-30, 1991: Iraq Attacks Saudi Target 1991-01-29
- February 8, 1991: US Deployment in Persian Gulf Reaches Half Million Troops, Personnel 1991-02-08
- February 12-13, 1991: US Kills 400 Iraqi Civilians in Air Strike 1991-02-12
- February 21, 1991: Iraq Fires Scuds at US/Saudi Military Base 1991-02-21
- February 23, 1991 and After: US-Led Coalition Launches Ground Assault 1991-02-23
- February 25, 1991: Iraqi Scud Kills 28 US Soldiers in Saudi Arabia 1991-02-25
- February 26-March 2, 1991: Thousands of Retreating Iraqis Slaughtered 1991-03-02
- March 17, 1991: US Forces Begin Withdrawal from Iraq, Kuwait 1991-03-17
- August 5, 1991: Kuwaiti Girls’ School Reported to House Chemical Warfare Agents; Initial Reports Disproven 1991-08-05
- February 18, 1992: ’Wolfowitz Doctrine:’ Proposal Advocates US as World’s Lone Superpower 1992-02-18
- May 1-May 6, 1992: Combat Troops Deployed to Los Angeles in Response to Riots 1992-05-06
- May 22, 1992: Pentagon Advocates More Diplomacy, Less Confrontation, in New Strategy Proposal 1992-05-22
- May 31, 1992-July 31, 1995: Secret Relocation Center Shut Down after Exposure 1992-05-31
- July 1, 1992: Cheney Aide Grilled on Evasion of Congress 1992-07-01
- March 17, 1993: Senator Asks Pentagon to Reopen Inquiry into Analyst 1993-03-17
- June 24, 1994: Pentagon Report Predicts New Age of Religiously Inspired ‘Superterrorism’ 1994-06-24