— about 55 years ago
Date | Event |
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1270-10-30 |
The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis. |
1506-04-30 |
Philip of Burgundy & England sign trade agreement |
1507-06-05 |
England & Netherlands sign trade agreement |
1536-02-18 |
France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel |
1629-08-26 |
Cambridge Agreement, Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate |
1654-04-21 |
England & Sweden sign trade agreement |
1654-09-25 |
England & Denmark sign trade agreement |
1703-12-27 |
England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement |
1707-09-15 |
Rákóczi II & Tsar Peter the Great sign social security agreement |
1714-06-26 |
Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement |
1717-08-17 |
France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement |
1734-12-13 |
England & Russia sign trade agreement |
1735-03-10 |
An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku. |
1755-09-19 |
Great Britain & Russia sign military agreement |
1775-03-19 |
Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement |
1778-09-04 |
City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels |
1782-11-30 |
Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence |
1785-09-10 |
Prussia signs trade agreement with US |
1786-09-26 |
Britain & France sign trade agreement |
1824-03-17 |
Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement |
1830-05-18 |
Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever |
1858-08-18 |
Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement |
1885-07-01 |
The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada. |
1900-11-09 |
China has resumed nominal control of Manchuria, but in a secret agreement the Chinese governor of Manchuria grants Russia such rights as keeping troops along the railroad lines and controlling civil administration |
1900-12-14 |
France and Italy sign a secret agreement by which Italy recognizes France's right to exploit Morocco in return for France's conceding her the same right in Tripoli |
1901-03-14 |
Germany's Chancellor von Bulow declares that the agreement Germany signed with England in October 1900, to restrain foreign aggression and maintain open trade, does not apply to Manchuria |
1901-07-20 |
Morocco signs an agreement with France fixing Morocco's frontier with Algeria, a French colony |
1901-11-26 |
Italy and Britain sign an agreement fixing the frontier between their colonies of Eritrea and Sudan in East Africa |
1903-02-23 |
The US and Cuba sign an agreement by which Cuba releases Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to the US for naval stations |
1905-07-29 |
US Secretary of State W.H Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to let Japan have free rein in Korea in return for Japan's non-interference with the US in the Philippines |
1906-05-21 |
The US and Mexico sign an agreement over distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande, increasingly diverted to the US for irrigation |
1907-06-10 |
France and Japan sign an agreement to maintain the independence and integrity of China, equality for all nations in trading with China, and the status quo in the Far East |
1907-07-30 |
Russia and Japan sign an agreement guaranteeing freedom of China while recognizing each other's special interests |
1908-02-18 |
The American ambassador to Japan is given a note by the Japanese in which they agree to restrict Japanese emigration to the US; this becomes known as the 'Gentlemen's Agreement' |
1908-11-30 |
The US Secretary of State and Japan's ambassador to the US exchange notes in what becomes known as the Root-Takahira Agreement: they affirm support for an independent China with an 'open door' policy and for the status quo in the Pacific |
1909-02-26 |
Austria and Turkey conclude an agreement in which Turkey recognizes Austria's 1908 annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is to receive compensation |
1909-03-18 |
Russia and Bulgaria reach an agreement in which late 19th century Russian financial claims are cancelled to meet compensation due to Turkey from Bulgaria |
1914-01-14 |
The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement is reached between Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi,regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters |
1914-01-25 |
An Indian mass meeting in Durban unanimously endorse the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters |
1917-11-02 |
Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China |
1919-12-26 |
Yankees & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth the Yankees |
1922-05-24 |
Russian-Italian trade agreement signed |
1923-06-19 |
Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war |
1924-08-08 |
British-Russian trade agreement signed |
1924-08-17 |
French-German trade agreement signed |
1924-10-28 |
French-Russian trade agreement signed |
1924-12-02 |
British-German trade agreement signed |
1925-03-12 |
British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement |
1925-10-12 |
German-Russian trade agreement signed |
1925-11-26 |
Netherlands & Germany sign trade agreement |
1926-08-05 |
French & German trade agreement signed |
1932-10-19 |
British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union |
1933-05-06 |
Italy & USSR sign trade agreement |
1935-05-14 |
Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement |
1935-06-09 |
Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China. |
1937-08-24 |
In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement. |
1938-10-01 |
Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) following the Munich Agreement. |
1942-06-11 |
US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II |
1942-08-05 |
British government cancels agreement of Munich |
1942-09-29 |
French Government in exile of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich |
1944-06-03 |
Generals Giraud & de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution |
1945-02-11 |
Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin |
1945-12-27 |
The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations. |
1947-03-25 |
Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia |
1947-10-30 |
23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva |
1947-12-10 |
USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement |
1948-01-01 |
General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective |
1948-03-20 |
20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement", L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC |
1949-02-24 |
Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement |
1949-04-04 |
Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement |
1954-01-30 |
Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR |
1954-12-01 |
Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement |
1955-11-15 |
Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement |
1959-02-19 |
Britain, Turkey & Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence |
1960-09-30 |
West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany |
1961-12-13 |
Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein |
1962-02-09 |
Jamaica signs agreement to become independent |
1962-07-15 |
Netherlands & Indonesia reach agreement over New Guinea |
1962-07-23 |
The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed. |
1962-10-28 |
Cuban missile crisis: US President Kennedy receives letter from Soviet Leaderr Khrushchev suggesting agreement |
1963-12-13 |
Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles |
1970-10-28 |
US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts |
1971-02-14 |
Tehran agreement signed; oil companies accept 55 percent tax rate, immediate increase in posted prices, and further successive increases |
1972-01-20 |
Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the posted price of crude by 8.49 percent to offset the loss in value of oil concessions attributable to the decline in value of the US. dollar |
1973-01-23 |
Shah of Iran announces that the 1954 operating agreement between a consortium of oil companies and Iran will not be renewed when it expires in 1979 |
1973-02-28 |
Iraq and Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) reach an agreement on compensation for nationalization |
1973-10-08 |
OPEC meets with oil companies to discuss revision of 1971 Tehran agreement and oil prices; negotiations fail. |
1973-12-09 |
Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland |
1974-05-15 |
Beginning of the Ulster Workers' Council strike called by Ulster loyalists and unionists who were against the Sunningdale Agreement, which proposed the sharing of political power with Irish nationalists |
1974-05-31 |
Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights |
1975-01-14 |
USSR breaks trade agreement with US |
1975-04-09 |
24 OECD members sign an agreement to establish a $25 billion lending facility to provide assistance to industrial nations hurt by high oil prices |
1975-05-11 |
Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market |
1975-09-04 |
The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed. |
1978-04-03 |
European market & China signs trade agreement |
1980-08-31 |
The Gdańsk Agreement is signed. |
1981-01-19 |
US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages |
1981-12-12 |
Gambia & Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982 |
1984-09-19 |
Britain & China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997 |
1984-09-26 |
Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
1984-12-19 |
UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
1985-08-08 |
Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 |
1985-12-28 |
Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement |
1986-08-04 |
Reports of probable OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) agreement on output quotas sends oil prices higher |
1987-04-13 |
Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) |
1988-01-02 |
Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement |
1989-04-17 |
Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros |
1990-08-27 |
Market prices plunge as OPEC nears informal agreement to increase output to cover shortfall due to invasion; cash market trading experiences abrupt decline. |
1991-04-08 |
Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement |
1991-10-16 |
Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement |
1992-08-12 |
Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
1993-09-13 |
Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway. |
1994-01-01 |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect |
1995-01-13 |
26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike |
1995-06-19 |
NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry |
1995-12-14 |
Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments ending the conflict in former Yugoslavia |
1996-09-02 |
A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace. |
1996-12-05 |
Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement |
1997-05-16 |
A final agreement creating the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is signed by project participants, inc. Russia, Kazakhstan, Chevron Corp and others |
1997-06-20 |
Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry |
1997-07-23 |
The US State Department rules that Turkey's agreement to purchase $23 billion worth of natural gas from Iran does not violate the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act |
1997-10-22 |
Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon |
1997-11-20 |
Iraq's Revolution Command Council formally endorses an agreement, arranged by Russia, that enables UN weapons inspection teams to resume operations in Iraq |
1997-12-11 |
Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a United Nations climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement on a protocol to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases; the protocol commita nations to roll back greenhouse gase emissions below 1990 levels |
1997-12-29 |
Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China |
1998-02-05 |
Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record |
1998-03-21 |
Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland. |
1998-04-10 |
The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish goverments |
1998-05-04 |
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. |
1998-05-23 |
The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes. |
1998-10-23 |
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement. |
1998-11-23 |
Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh. |
2000-06-23 |
The Cotonou Agreement, a trade and aid framework, is signed in Cotonou, Benin |
2001-07-05 |
Australia and East Timor sign an agreement to share royalties from oil and natural gas production in the Timor Sea, which separates the two countries |
2001-08-01 |
An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia. |
2001-09-12 |
Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first and only time in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America. |
2001-11-10 |
An agreement is reached at talks in Marrakech, Morocco, on rules for implementation of the Kyoto climate change treaty |
2003-08-25 |
The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko). |
2004-04-08 |
Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. |
2005-01-09 |
The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, commonly known as the Naivasha Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement rebel group in Naivasha, Kenya. |
2007-12-21 |
The Schengen Agreement area increases to include 9 European Union member states; Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia on land and sea borders. |
2008-05-01 |
The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention. |
2008-05-04 |
Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world's highest paid television writer |
2012-09-16 |
NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement |
2013-01-06 |
The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout |
2013-03-13 |
North Korea shreds the Korean Armistice agreement |
2013-04-10 |
Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands |
2016-04-29 |
Russia, China in Agreement on North Korea, South China Sea |
2016-11-12 |
Japan and India sign civil nuclear agreement |
2016-12-01 |
Mexico Disappointed at Carrier Agreement to Keep Jobs in US |
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Date | Event |
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1884-01-31 |
Nicholas Joy, Gentleman's Agreement |
1884-12-10 |
Irene Dehn, Gentleman's Agreement |
1889-10-10 |
Harold Vermilyea, Gentleman's Agreement |
1891-03-06 |
Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement) |
1913-03-04 |
John Garfield, Gentleman's Agreement |
1916-06-14 |
Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman's Agreement |
1919-04-29 |
Celeste Holm, NYC, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve), (d. 2012) |
1982-11-04 |
Molly Torrence, The 'Bathroom' Agreement |
Date | Event |
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2004-04-29 |
"Gentlemen's Agreement" Oscar Best Supporting Actress Celeste Holm (85) weds opera singer Frank Basile (41) in Manhattan |
Date | Event |
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1952-05-21 |
John Garfield, Gentleman's Agreement |
1958-01-08 |
Harold Vermilyea, Gentleman's Agreement |
1964-03-16 |
Nicholas Joy, Gentleman's Agreement |
1979-03-11 |
Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 |
1985-11-26 |
Ransom M. Sherman, Gentleman's Agreement |
1986-02-28 |
Laura Z. Hobson, Gentleman's Agreement |
2001-09-13 |
Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman's Agreement |
2017-08-23 |
Tony de Brum, champion of Paris climate agreement, dies aged 72 |