1955: Iran defies the Soviet Union and joins Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Britain in a regional defense pact to be in place until 1960. The treaty was originally concluded by Turkey and Iraq. British influence in Iran dates back to Britain's "Great Game" in the region in the 19th century. To this day, Iranian resentment over British meddling is as strong as Iranian resentment over American meddling.
2002: The U.S. Senate, in a 77-23 vote, joins the House in approving the Iraq War Resolution, authorizing President Bush to use force against Iraq.
- What Was the Iraq War Resolution?
- Iraq War: Everything You Want and Need to Know
- A Brief History of the Iraq War
2002: Former President Jimmy Carter is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development," the Nobel Foundation said. Chief among Carter's achievements: brokering the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty.
