Intense attacks against U. S. and Western interests, including two truck bombings of the US Embassy in 1983 and 1984 and the landmark attacks on the U. S. Marine and French parachute regiment barracks on October 23, 1983, led to an American withdrawal, while the virtual collapse of the Lebanese Army in February 1984 was a major blow to the government.

Postwar social and political instability, fueled by economic uncertainty and the collapse of the Lebanese currency, led to the resignation of Prime Minister Omar Karami, also in May 1992, after less than 2 years in office.

He was Prime Minister for the first time from 24 December 1990, when Selim al-Hoss gave up power, until 13 May 1992, when he resigned after massive protests orchestrated by Rafic Hariri, who had the largest capital in Lebanon, and had converted all his money into US dollars, causing the Lebanese currency to collapse, and the blame to fall on Karami, so he would be prime minister in Karami's place.

Other topics covered include the Fairness Doctrine, the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, Noam Chomsky, global warming, Roy Benavidez, the Trident submarine, the Star Wars program, the Sandinista National Liberation Front, the Iran-Contra Affair, the War Powers Act, US invasion of Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, the Invasion of Grenada, Óscar Romero, the El Mozote massacre, the 1986 Bombing of Libya, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States invasion of Panama, and the Gulf War.

The decline of the LNM in the late 1970s, culminating in its collapse in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of June 1982, sounded the death toll for many of the minor Lebanese leftist organizations.

The end of the Lebanese civil war was in sync with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

These measures plus the improvement in Israel's relations with Egypt and Jordan, the renunciation of terrorism by the Palestine Liberation Organization, the on-going peace talks between the PLO and Israel, the collapse of the communist states in East Europe, which reduced the scope for sanctuaries for terrorists, and the more cautious attitude of countries such as Libya and Syria after the U. S. declared them State-sponsors of international terrorism, the collapse of ideological terrorist groups such as the Red Army Faction and the tightening of civil aviation security measures by all countries have arrested and reversed the steep upward movement of hijackings.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Tuareg Rebellion, the Army has struggled to maintain its size, despite recent military aid from the United States.

At this time the Imperial Russian Army was in a state of collapse.

The results of that missile's explosion are the instant blinding of those who see the explosion, the resultant firestorm caused by the heat wave, and the blast front ; later, the collapse of society, because of radiation sickness, psychological damage, and destroyed infrastructure ; the British Army burns corpses, while police shoot looters during food riots.

The remnants of the Serbian Army of about 150, 000 soldiers together with their government in exile, found refuge and shelter in Corfu, following the collapse of the Serbian Front as a result of the Austro-Hungarian attack of the 6 October 1915.

After the fall of the Siad Barre regime and the collapse of the Somali National Army ( SNA ), it was rare for any Somali force to field heavy armored fighting vehicles.

Despite the strategic predicament of the German Army, it had managed to prevent a collapse of its defenses and had survived the battle and withstood the pressure of the Russia and whilst conducting an invasion of Romania.

Following the defeat, the Chief of the German General Staff, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, ordered the Supreme Army Command to conduct a court of enquiry into the defensive collapse of the Arras sector.

Martin was a committed anti-Communist, but he seriously underestimated the severity of the South Vietnamese situation, to the point that in the spring of 1975, when most American officials were convinced that South Vietnam was doomed to collapse, he continued to believe that Saigon and the Mekong Delta area could be held because of the tenacity of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) in the Battle of Xuan Loc under the command of General Le Minh Dao.

The front door was " kicked in ", but the Red Army was not destroyed, and the Soviet state did not collapse.

Nevertheless, this had all taken longer than expected, and the Red Army was showing no signs of collapse.

After the collapse of Nazi Germany and the invasion of Berlin by the Red Army, some artwork from the exhibit was found buried underground.

After World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, another of Husayn ’ s sons, Amir Zaid, on behalf of Amir Faisal, asked Ja ’ far to be the Inspector General of the Army of the newly established Arab state of Syria, which he accepted.

With the silk trade and quick collapse of the North American beaver-based fur trade in the later 1830s – 1840s, many of the mountain men settled into jobs as Army Scouts, wagon train guides and settlers through the lands which they had helped open up.

Nevertheless, the Imperial Japanese Army had designed military plans to be put into action in the case of a Soviet military collapse in the war against Germany.

After the collapse of the negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front ( NDF ), Aquino declared the “ Total War Policy ”, aimed at recovering New People ’ s Army ( NPA ) controlled areas and to destroy the NPA ’ s organizational and infrastructure base.

* 23 November: Peace talks collapse when the Maoists withdraw and launch a ferocious attack Police and Army posts in 42 districts, in which 186 Army and Police personnel and 21 Maoists are killed.

The sinkhole was filled with concrete to shore up the roadbed and prevent further collapse ; the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers attempted to expedite repairs, but the route remained closed until the next day.

Following the collapse of the Russian Empire in the Bolshevik Revolution, during the Siberian Intervention, the Imperial Japanese Army initially planned to send more than 70, 000 troops to occupy Siberia as far west as Lake Baykal.

On the army's left flank, the 92nd Infantry Division ( the " Buffalo Soldiers Division ") went along the coast to Genoa ; and a rapid advance towards Turin, by the Brazilian division on their right, took the German – Italian Army of Liguria by surprise, causing its collapse.

The use of poison gas by the Germans played a key role in the collapse of the Italian Second Army.

Following the end of World War I and the collapse of the German Empire, most of the German Army ( Heer ) was demobilized or simply dissolved.

In January 2007, Bret Swanson of the Discovery Institute coined the term exaflood for a supposedly impending flood of exabytes that would cause the Internet's congestive collapse.

Granville is also the location of the Granville railway disaster, which occurred on 18 January 1977 when a commuter train derailed just before the Bold Street overpass and hit the staunchion, causing the bridge to collapse.

In 1957, Menon was instructed to deliver an unprecedented eight-hour speech defending India ’ s stand on Kashmir ; to date, the speech is the longest ever delivered in the United Nations Security Council, covering five hours of the 762nd meeting on the 23 of January, and two hours and forty-eight minutes on the 24th, reportedly concluding with Menon's collapse on the Security Council floor.

* January 31 – U. S. President Bill Clinton invokes emergency powers, to extend a $ 20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.

* January 7 – Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime.

* Heavy snow causes many houses and buildings to collapse in northwestern Japan ; 152 are killed ( from January to March ).

Starting from January 1990, the collapse of the PUWP became inevitable.

On January 7, 1990, after over two decades of stabilisation studies, and spurred by the abrupt collapse of the Civic Tower of Pavia in 1989, the tower was closed to the public.

This damage made it unable to withstand the snowstorm of January 2005, leading to the collapse of over half the trunk.

These were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007.

Double Tenth Day, is the national day of the Republic of China ( ROC ) and celebrates the start of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in China and establishment of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912.

The Sago Mine collapse occurred near Buckhannon on January 2, 2006, resulting in the deaths of 12 of 13 trapped miners.

On 21 January 1945, withdrawing German forces planted demolition charges inside the entrance tower and the tower previously housing von Hindenburg's coffin, causing both towers to collapse.

Events in 1973, including the collapse of the Bretton Woods fixed-exchange rate mechanism and the Arab-Israeli War, saw the annual meeting expand its focus from management to economic and social issues, and political leaders were invited for the first time to the annual meeting in January 1974.

With the collapse of his Navy Island scheme, Mackenzie settled in New York City in January 1838, with his family joining him in April.

He resigned from his ministerial posts on 20 January 1987, along with the other Labour ministers, bringing about the collapse of the government.

Shortly after this on 27 January 2012, longtime member Spanair left the alliance after suffering financial collapse and ceasing operations.

Faced with the collapse of his coalition, rebellion within his own party, and an acknowledged public relations disaster, Cowen announced on 22 January his resignation as leader of Fianna Fáil.

In early January 2009, The Wall Street Journal announced that Smurfit-Stone had hired lawyers to plan for a potential bankruptcy filing-which caused an 83 % collapse of Smurfit-Stone's stock price.

On 30 January, Paulus informed Hitler that his men were hours from collapse and that he was no longer able to command them.

Following the collapse of the Newfoundland Bank of Commerce and Union Bank of Newfoundland on December 10, 1894 ; the Bank of Nova Scotia established on January 31, 1895, in Newfoundland,

Ernst & Young was hired, to advise the Central Bank of Ireland on the € 440 billion bank guarantee scheme in January 2009, despite the fact that Ernst & Young was being investigated arising from its audits of Anglo Irish Bank and had also refused to appear before a parliamentary committee following the collapse of the same bank after receiving " legal advice ".

Congestion collapse was identified as a possible problem as far back as 1984 ( RFC 896, dated 6 January ).

In January 1989 the club came close to relegation to the Kent League and possible total collapse, but in March a new board took over, who reverted the club's name to Margate Football Club for the 1989 – 90 season and appointed Trevor Ford as manager.

* January 31, 1995: President Clinton invoked emergency powers to extend a $ 20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.