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IRELAND'S NAZIS: Ireland's Nazis (Part 2 of 2)

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Sat January 10th at 1:00pm

Joseph, Père (1577–1638)

French Catholic Capuchin monk. He was the influential secretary and agent to Louis XIII's chief minister Cardinal Richelieu, and nicknamed L'Eminence Grise (‘the Grey Eminence’) in reference to his grey habit.

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Joseph I becomes the Holy Roman Emperor.

20 January 2001

Philippine President Joseph Estrada is replaced by his deputy Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, after the military withdraw their support for Estrada.

18 February 1954

Robert Stevens, Secretary of the US army, orders two generals subpoenaed by anti-Communist senator Joseph McCarthy, to ignore the summons.

25 February 1956

Soviet premiere Nikita Khrushchev goes before Communist Party Congress in Moscow and denounces late dictator Joseph Stalin.

9 March 1967
The daughter of Joseph Stalin requests political asylum at the U.S. embassy in India.

3 April 1922
Joseph Stalin becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

6 April 1830
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints is founded by Joseph Smith-Fayette in New York. The followers are known as Mormons.

19 April 2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected Pope, assuming the name Benedict XVI.

22 April 1954
Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigating the United States Army for communist beliefs and infiltration.

25 April 1792
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle composes La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

15 May 1943
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.

9 June 1954
Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether communism has infiltrated the U.S. Army. This confrontation marked the end of McCarthy’s power during the anti-communist hysteria of the Red Scare in America.

10 June 1986
In England, Patrick Joseph Magee is found guilty of planting the Brighton bomb which killed five people and nearly killed all of the Conservative Party cabinet two years ago.

27 June 1864
American Civil War: Union General William T. Sherman launches a major attack on Confederate General Joseph Johnston’s army at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia.

14 July 1791
In England, a riot takes place in Birmingham forcing Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of the city.

17 July 1945
World War II: Opening of the Potsdam Conference between world leaders Harry Truman; Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill to plan for future peace once Germany has been defeated.

1 August 1774
English chemist and Presbyterian Minister Joseph Priestley identifies a new gas, calling it a ‘new species of air’ - later called oxygen.

5 October 1877
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians surrenders to U.S. General Nelson A. Miles in Montana.

31 October 1961
The embalmed body of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is removed from public display in Moscow and placed in a concealed tomb.

28 November 1943
The Second World War: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran to discuss the Allied war strategy.

6 December 2006
Joseph Kabila is inaugurated as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

10 December 1950
For his mediation during the first Arab-Israeli war, American diplomat Ralph Joseph Bunche receives the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first African American to win the prestigious award.

2 December 1954

The anti-Communist witch-hunt comes to an end in America when its main instigator, Senator Joseph McCarthy, is condemned for conduct unbecoming of a U.S. Senator.