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CBS NewsCBS News is the news division of the American television broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news networks in the United States. CBS News emerged as a radio news broadcast service in 1929.

Assassination of John F. KennedyOn Friday, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was in the vehicle with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, when he was fatally shot from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine.

September 11 attacks2001 terror attacks in the U.S.The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total of 19 terrorists planned and subsequently hijacked four airliners, then flew one into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City.

John F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba.

Hurricane CarlaHurricane Carla was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Striking the middle Texas coast in September 1961, Carla was the second most intense hurricane on record in Texas, only behind the 1886 Indianola hurricane. The third named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 3.

Presidency of Richard NixonU.S. presidential administration from 1969 to 1974PersonalBirthplaceElectoral historyDepictionsU.S. Representative from California1946 election1948 electionU.S. Senator from California1950 electionCheckers speech36th Vice President of the United StatesTransitionEisenhower administrationInaugurations firstsecondMotorcade attackKitchen DebatePost-vice presidency1962 California gubernatorial bid"Last press conference"37th President of the United StatesPresidencyTimelineTransitionInaugurationsfirstsecondAppointmentsFederal judgesSupreme Court candidatesJudicial controversiesPoliciesEconomicNixon shockForeignNixon DoctrineVietnamizationEnvironmentalEPAClean WaterNOAALegacy of ParksCannabiswar on drugsNative AmericanTenureEnd of the draft1972 visit to ChinaAnti-Ballistic Missile TreatyWar on cancerPhiladelphia PlanMinority Business EnterpriseOSHAApollo programParis Peace Accordsdecent interval1971 Bolivian coup d'état1973 Chilean coup d'étatYom Kippur WarairliftMideast Peace ProcessMarine Mammal Protection ActEndangered Species ActImpeachment processWatergate scandaltimelineTapesUnited States v. NixonResignation speechPardonPost-presidencyNixon interviewsFoundationPresidential Library and MuseumCenter for the National InterestBibliographySix CrisesDeath and state funeralPresidential campaigns1960electionprimariesconventiondebates1968electionprimariesconvention"Bring Us Together"1972electionprimariesconventionVice presidential campaigns1952 selectionconventionelection1956 conventionelectionRichard Nixon's tenure as the 37th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1969, and ended when he resigned on August 9, 1974, in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, the only U.S. president ever to do so.

1972 visit by Richard Nixon to ChinaAmerican diplomatic overture to the PRCPersonalBirthplaceElectoral historyDepictionsU.S. Representative from California1946 election1948 electionU.S. Senator from California1950 electionCheckers speech36th Vice President of the United StatesTransitionEisenhower administrationInaugurations firstsecondMotorcade attackKitchen DebatePost-vice presidency1962 California gubernatorial bid"Last press conference"37th President of the United StatesPresidencyTimelineTransitionInaugurationsfirstsecondAppointmentsFederal judgesSupreme Court candidatesJudicial controversiesPoliciesEconomicNixon shockForeignNixon DoctrineVietnamizationEnvironmentalEPAClean WaterNOAALegacy of ParksCannabiswar on drugsNative AmericanTenureEnd of the draft1972 visit to ChinaAnti-Ballistic Missile TreatyWar on cancerPhiladelphia PlanMinority Business EnterpriseOSHAApollo programParis Peace Accordsdecent interval1971 Bolivian coup d'état1973 Chilean coup d'étatYom Kippur WarairliftMideast Peace ProcessMarine Mammal Protection ActEndangered Species ActImpeachment processWatergate scandaltimelineTapesUnited States v. NixonResignation speechPardonPost-presidencyNixon interviewsFoundationPresidential Library and MuseumCenter for the National InterestBibliographySix CrisesDeath and state funeralPresidential campaigns1960electionprimariesconventiondebates1968electionprimariesconvention"Bring Us Together"1972electionprimariesconventionVice presidential campaigns1952 selectionconventionelection1956 conventionelectionFrom February 21 to 28, 1972, the president of the United States Richard Nixon visited Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the culmination of his administration's efforts to establish relations with the PRC after years of U.S. diplomatic policy that favored the Republic of China in Taiwan.

War on terrorThe war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. A global conflict spanning multiple wars, some researchers and political scientists have argued that it replaced the Cold War. The main targets of the campaign were militant Islamist movements such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and their allies.

TexasTexas ( TEK-səss) is a state in the United States. Located in the south-central part of the country, it borders Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. It also borders Mexico along the Rio Grande, and has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico. Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km2) and with an estimated population of over 31.7 million residents in 2025, it is the second-largest state by both area and population.

Iraq WarThe Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War (Gulf War II), was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began in March 2003 with the invasion by a United States–led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.

Gulf War1990–1991 conflict in the Middle EastBelligerentsUnited StatesUnited KingdomFranceSaudi ArabiaEgyptKuwaitCoalition:Afghan mujahideenArgentinaAustraliaBahrainBangladeshBelgiumCanada CzechoslovakiaDenmarkGermanyGreeceHondurasHungaryItalyJapanLuxembourgMoroccoNetherlandsNew ZealandSomaliaNorwayOmanPakistanPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaSenegalSierra LeoneSingaporeSouth KoreaSpainSweden SyriaTurkeyUnited Arab Emirates IraqCommanders and leadersGeorge H. W. BushDick CheneyColin PowellNorman SchwarzkopfChuck HornerJohn J. YeosockWalter E. BoomerStanley R. ArthurRobert B. JohnstonMargaret ThatcherJohn MajorFrançois MitterrandKing FahdKhalid bin SultanHosni MubarakSheikh Jaber Al AhmadSaddam HusseinTariq AzizIzzat Ibrahim al-DouriIyad FutayyihHussein Kamel al-MajidAbid Hamid MahmudMuzahim Saab HassanSalah Aboud MahmoudAli Hassan al-MajidAlaa Hussein AliStrength Over 950,000 soldiers3,113 tanks1,800 aircraft2,200 artillery systems 1,000,000+ soldiers (~600,000 in Kuwait)5,500 tanks700+ aircraft3,000 artillery systemsCasualties and lossesTotal:13,488Coalition:292 killed (147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths)776 wounded (467 wounded in action)31 tanks destroyed/disabled28 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged1 M113 APC destroyed2 British Warrior IFVs destroyed1 artillery piece destroyed75 aircraft destroyedKuwait:420 killed12,000 captured≈200 tanks destroyed/captured850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured57 aircraft lost8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s)17 ships sunk, 6 captured Total:175,000–300,000+Iraqi:20,000–50,000 killed75,000+ wounded80,000–175,000 captured3,300 tanks destroyed2,100 APCs destroyed2,200 artillery pieces destroyed110 aircraft destroyed137 aircraft flown to Iran to escape destruction19 ships sunk, 6 damagedKuwaiti civilian losses:Over 1,000 killed600 missing peopleIraqi civilian losses:3,664 killed directlyTotal Iraqi losses (including 1991 Iraqi uprisings): 142,500–206,000 deaths (according to Medact)Other civilian losses: 74 killed in Israel, 230 injured1 killed in Saudi Arabia, 85 injuredPersonalEarly lifeSaddamismFamilyUdayQusayRaghadRanaSajida TalfahRise to power1959 Mosul uprisingRamadan Revolution17 July RevolutionFirst Iraqi–Kurdish WarYom Kippur WarSecond Iraqi–Kurdish War1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict1975 Algiers Agreement1979 Ba'ath Party PurgePresident of IraqIran–Iraq WarInvasion of IranDujail massacreAnfal campaignHalabja massacreInvasion of KuwaitGulf Warmissile attacks IsraelSaudi Arabia1991 Iraqi uprisings1999 Shia uprising2003 invasion of IraqBattle of Baghdadstatue destructionHuman rights recordAl-Qaeda link allegationstimelineWeapons of mass destructionOperation OperaInternational tripsDespositionCaptureInterrogationTrialExecutionreactionsElections1995 presidential referendum2002 presidential referendumNovelsBlood QuranZabibah and the KingThe Fortified CastleMen and the CityBegone, DemonsPersonalFamilyElectoral historyEponymsHonorsBibliographyBush School of GovernmentPoints of LightPost-presidencyDeath and state funeral43rd Vice President of the United StatesTransitionTenureReagan administrationInaugurations firstsecondReagan assassination attemptForeign policyVice presidential campaigns1980electionselectionconventiondebates1984electionconventiondebates41st President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurationPresidential libraryTenureThousand points of lightInvasion of PanamaBroccoli commentsGulf WarDecade of the BrainVomiting incidentOperation Restore HopeNAFTAInternational tripsPardonsPoliciesCannabisEnvironmentalForeignAppointmentsFederal judgescontroversiesSupreme Court candidatesThomasPresidential campaigns1980primariesconvention1988electionprimariesconvention"No new taxes"debates1992electionprimariesconventiondebatesThe Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States in response to Saddam Hussein invading neighboring Kuwait on 2 August 1990.

Fall of the Berlin WallThe Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 during the Peaceful Revolution, marking the beginning of the destruction of the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned deconstruction began the following June. It was one of the series of events that started the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward.

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