— about 54 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1918-05-28 |
Azerbaijan gains independence and declares itself a Democratic Republic |
1918-08-17 |
British troops attack Baku, Azerbaijan |
1920-04-28 |
Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time) |
1924-02-09 |
Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR |
1936-12-05 |
Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union |
1937-11-01 |
Stalinists executed by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community (including three women). |
1988-02-28 |
Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed |
1992-02-25 |
Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan |
1994-03-17 |
Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed) |
2001-07-24 |
An Iranian warship in the Caspian Sea threatens a BP oil exploration ship off the coast of Azerbaijan |
2005-12-23 |
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people. |
2013-02-07 |
Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-1 |
2015-12-06 |
One dead, 29 missing in Azerbaijan oil explosion |
2016-04-06 |
US welcomes ceasefire between Azerbaijan, breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1923-05-10 |
Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003) |
1941-04-05 |
Roman Balayan, Nerke Azerbaijan, director (Filer, Biryuk) |
1961-12-24 |
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Republic |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1992-07-15 |
Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan's most noted journalist (b. 1960) |
2003-12-12 |
Heydər Əliyev, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) |
