When anti-German demonstrations erupted in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Comintern ordered the Czech Communist Party to employ all of its strength to paralyze " chauvinist elements.

When the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( KSČ ) Presidium member Josef Smrkovský was interviewed in a Rudé Právo article, entitled " What Lies Ahead ", he insisted that Dubček's appointment at the January Plenum would further the goals of socialism and maintain the working class nature of the Communist Party.

When Alexander Dubček was three, the family moved to the Soviet Union, in part to help build socialism and in part because jobs were scarce in Czechoslovakia.

When it became apparent that Western countries would not supply Egypt under financial and military terms acceptable to it, Nasser turned to the Soviet bloc and concluded a satisfactory armaments agreement with Czechoslovakia in September 1955.

When German troops moved into Czechoslovakia during the spring of 1939, Mucha was among the first persons to be arrested by the Gestapo.

When Bondra was three years old, his father moved with the family back to Czechoslovakia from Lutsk, Ukraine, where he had moved in 1947 in order to seek better work.

When the United States held up military sales in reaction to Egyptian neutrality regarding the Soviet Union, Nasser concluded an arms deal with Czechoslovakia in September 1955.

When Western banks tightened credit to Eastern Europe in 1982 ( largely in reaction to Polish insolvency ), Czechoslovakia redoubled its efforts to curb imports and pay off its debt.

When the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia took over all power in February 1948, many ČSL officials were imprisoned.

When the Soviet Union prepared to occupy Czechoslovakia, the GDR government originally planned to use the 7th Panzer Division and the 11th Motorized Infantry Division to support the intervention, but fear of international reaction to the deployment of German troops outside Germany for the first time since the Second World War caused second thoughts.

When Germany invaded the whole of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, an editorial called for " a Government of national concentration " which would have to include " the trusted leaders of the trade unions and the Opposition parties ".

When the Soviet Army crossed the pre-1938 borders of Czechoslovakia in the fall 1944, the delegation of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, led by minister František Němec, arrived to Khust to establish the provisional Czechoslovak administration, according to the treaties between the Soviet and Czechoslovak government from the same year.

When Nazi Germany entered Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union's agreement with Czechoslovakia failed to amount to anything because of Poland and Romania's refusals to permit a Soviet intervention.

When the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, Hammer's studies at the Academy were cut short, and he moved to the United States and resolved to become a citizen after receiving a scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

When the Nazis came to power, they had to flee, first into Switzerland, then to Austria, France, Czechoslovakia, and finally the USA.

When it appeared quite likely in mid-September 1938 that war could break out at any moment in Central Europe following Hitler's violent speech blasting Czechoslovakia on 12 September and a failed revolt in the Sudetenland, Bonnet become quite frantic in his efforts to save the peace.

When the state of Israel was founded in 1948, Shlomo Kalo joined the MAHAL (" Foreigner Volunteers ": individuals outside Israel who volunteered to fight together with the Israeli forces during its war of independence ) and trained as a pilot in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia.

When the startling news broke in 1980 that Czechoslovakia player of the year, Peter Šťastný, and his brother Anton, had defected to Canada to play with the Quebec Nordiques, it represented a watershed moment in professional hockey as one of the first major stars of Eastern bloc hockey to join the NHL.

When the Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia, the national team had runner-up finishes in World Cups ( 1934, 1962 ) and a European Championship win in 1976.

When Czechoslovakia split and reformed into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Czech Republic national team was formed, and they played their first friendly match away to, winning 4 – 1, on 23 February 1994.

When the national socialists redacted their 25-point Programme, Czechoslovakia and Austria were sub-ordinate states integral to the Austro-Hungarian Empire ( 1867 – 1918 ), not sovereign nations.

When Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation in 1948, the party was again renamed the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, and supporters of genuine democracy were expelled for alleged fascist sympathies.

When the Sudetenland, the predominantly German settled regions along the fringes of Czechoslovakia, was annexed to Nazi Germany in 1938, he became a German subject and received an honorary promotion to Generalfeldmarschall of the German army.

When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one-act-play competition -- and won -- Mercer, instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph, remained in New York.

When Palmer hit a good straight drive up the fairway on the 72nd hole, he seemed to have the championship won.

When they reached Augusta last week, together they had won five of the 13 tournaments to date.

When his district was redrawn by the Whigs, that party had won the past two gubernatorial elections, in addition to gaining control of the legislature.

When the Labour government fell in 1979, the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher won a victory which served to push the Liberals back into the margins.

When a hoop is won, the sequence of play continues as before.

When Kling returned the next year, the Cubs won the pennant again, but lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1910 World Series.

When they refused, Galen performed the surgery himself and in so doing won the favor of the High Priest of Asia.

When Election Day arrived, Andrew Jackson won, although narrowly, pluralities of the popular and electoral votes, but not the necessary majority of electoral votes.

Russ won a 1972 Nebula Award for her short story " When It Changed " and a 1983 Hugo Award for her novella " Souls.

When Lincoln won election as president, his secretary, John G. Nicolay, recommended John Hay to Lincoln as assistant private secretary.

" When at first the unborn sprung into being, He won His own dominion beyond which nothing higher has been in existence " ( Atharva Veda 10. 7. 31 )

When Minos ' son Androgeos had won the Panathenaeic Games the king, Aegeus, sent him to Marathon to fight a bull, resulting in the death of Androgeos.

When she won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Laura Petrie, she said, " I know this will never happen again.

When Guillermo Endara won the Presidential elections held in May 1989, the Noriega regime annulled the election, citing massive US interference.

When the Republican Party won control of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections, the freshman Republican class awarded Limbaugh an honorary membership in their caucus.

When the war of independence was won, he was invited over to run a cultural programme for three years and the family moved to Jakarta in 1952.

When informed she had won, she contacted SFWA and told them she refused to accept it.

When Violetta Chamorro visited the White House in November 1989, the US pledged to maintain the embargo against Nicaragua unless Violeta Chamorro won.

When the film opened in June 1989, it was backed by the biggest marketing and merchandising campaign in film history at the time, and became one of the biggest box office hits of all time, grossing well over US $ 250 million in the US alone and $ 400 million worldwide ( numbers not adjusted for inflation ) and earning critical acclaim for the performances of both Keaton and Nicholson, as well as the film's production aspects, which won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

When Thatcher was challenged by Michael Heseltine for the leadership of the Conservative Party during November 1990, Powell said he would rejoin the party, which he had left in February 1974 over the issue of Europe, if Thatcher won, and would urge the public to support both her and, in Powell's view, national independence.

When Labour won the 1997 general election, Powell told his wife, Pamela Wilson, " They have voted to break up the United Kingdom.

When the RPR / UDF right-wing coalition won a slight majority in the National Assembly in the 1986 election, Mitterrand ( PS ) appointed Chirac prime minister ( though many in Mitterrand's inner circle lobbied him to choose Jacques Chaban-Delmas instead ).

When the event debuted in the 1980s, the event was a 3 x 10 km team event, but that changed following Japan's successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where the country won by almost four minutes and almost five minutes respectively.

When Washington won, Jimenez introduced the new mayor in June 1983 before a crowd of 100, 000 Puerto Ricans in Humboldt Park.