History Hop Tags - Force

1040-07-10

Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes

1386-05-09

Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force)

1520-07-07

Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalans defeat a numerically superior Aztec force

1602-01-02

Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English army at Kinsdale

1640-08-28

Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn

1655-08-29

Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.

1658-08-12

1st American police force forms (New Amsterdam)

1676-12-03

Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000

1689-07-27

Battle of Killicrankie: Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royalist force under General MacKay

1710-02-28

In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.

1716-07-08

Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen, a Danish-Norwegian force under Peter Tordenskjold trapped and defeated a similar Swedish force

1780-11-05

French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

1797-02-25

Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain

1798-03-04

Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews

1805-11-11

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.

1807-02-03

A British military force, under Brig-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now capital of Uruguay.

1807-02-19

British squadron under Admiral Duckworth attempts to force passage of Dardanelles

1807-12-22

Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France

1808-08-21

Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.

1809-07-30

British armed force of 39,000 lands in Walcheren

1812-08-05

War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.

1828-10-07

The Greek city of Patras is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison.

1830-03-16

London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)

1835-11-24

Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government

1854-11-05

Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 at Inkerman

1857-09-16

Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)

1860-09-21

In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.

1860-12-26

Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft Sumter

1865-02-18

Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft Anderson, NC

1873-05-23

Canada's North West Mounted Police Force forms

1874-10-15

Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force

1876-06-27

1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics)

1883-08-27

Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons and kills approximately 40,000 people

1900-08-04

An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down Boxer rebellion

1901-12-25

At Tweefontein, a British force is camped on a hill slope; at 2am it is attacked by Boers coming down from the other side

1902-01-08

The United Irish League, a leading force for unification in all Ireland and independence from Britain, holds its convention in Dublin

1904-04-26

General Kuroko leads the Japanese Army against the large Russian force at the Yalu river during the Russo-Japanese War

1904-09-07

British forces in Tibet force the Dalai Lhama to sign a treaty that grants Britain trading posts in Tibet and guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers

1905-03-12

The continuing strikes and disorders that unsettle Italy force out Premier Giovanni Giolitti, though he will return in March, 1906

1907-07-01

World's 1st air force established (US Army)

1909-03-26

In support of Mohammed Ali Shah's coup d'etat against the constitutional government in Persia, a Russian military force invades northern Persia to relieve the siege of Tabriz

1910-11-04

Russian Tsar Nicholas II visits German Emperor Wilhelm II at Potsdam; they force tentative agreements on spheres of influence in the Middle East

1913-03-17

The Uruguayan Air Force is founded.

1913-04-04

The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.

1913-07-12

150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war appears imminent

1914-04-20

US President W Wilson, having dispatched more naval ships to Mexico, asks a joint session of Congress to approve armed force if necessary; Congress approves

1914-04-24

A shipment of 35,000 rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition are landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland

1914-08-29

New Zealand force capture German Samoa

1915-03-02

Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine

1915-05-22

Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain, other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century.

1915-08-25

The British decide to try capture Constantinople and force Turkey out of the war; 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli

1916-06-21

Mexican troops beat US expeditionary force under Gen Pershing

1916-11-15

William George Barker, flying very low over the Ancre River, spots a large concentration of German troops massing for a counter-attack on Beaumont Hamel, and sends an emergency Zone Call brought to bear all available artillery fire in the area onto the specified target. The force of some 4,000 German infantry was effectively broken up, and Barker is awarded the Military Cross

1917-06-26

1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I

1917-08-18

Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)

1917-12-20

Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin

1918-04-01

United Kingdom: the Royal Air Force is created from the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.

1919-09-09

Boston's police force forms strike

1920-07-03

Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England

1921-10-17

Belgium's public library law goes into force

1924-04-01

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

1925-07-13

French occupation force begins evacuating country

1926-04-03

Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions

1926-05-19

French air force bombs Damascus Syria

1927-01-15

The Tennessee Supreme Court overturns (on a technicality) John T Scopes' guilty verdict for teaching evolution — but the law itself remains in force

1927-04-27

Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.

1930-08-06

Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC

1932-06-13

Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta

1932-07-20

In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who attempt to march to the White House.

1932-10-08

The Indian Air Force is established.

1933-02-15

Karl Radek praises invincible force of German communist party

1934-10-01

Adolf Hitler expands German army & navy & creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles

1935-03-09

Adolf Hitler announces the creation of a new air force.

1935-03-11

Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe

1936-11-16

German air force begins bombing of Madrid

1939-09-19

British Expeditionary Force reaches France

1940-02-22

German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578

1940-06-11

World War II: First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta.

1940-08-20

British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

1940-11-16

World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1941-05-27

German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force

1941-09-19

Nazis force German Jews, 6 & over to wear Jewish stars

1941-11-26

Japanese naval carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor

1942-01-26

1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland

1942-08-17

Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on USS Hornet

1942-08-17

US bombers 8th Air Force stage 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France

1942-11-08

1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)

1943-03-26

Elsie S Ott becomes 1st woman awarded US Air Force Medal

1943-08-17

US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt

1943-10-14

US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17s during assault on Schweinfurt

1944-01-07

US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59

1944-01-16

Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London

1944-02-22

US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die

1944-03-22

600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin

1944-05-12

900+ 8th US Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brux

1944-06-06

Operation Neptune, D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France in WWII

1944-07-19

1,200+ 8th US Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany

1944-07-19

500 15th US Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity

1944-07-20

Flying Fortresses of US 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau

1944-07-20

Liberators of US 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach

1944-07-20

US 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen

1944-07-20

US 9th Air Force bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux

1944-07-29

Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours

1944-09-03

Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm Force

1944-09-07

Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12)

1944-09-11

US 5th Armored Division is 1st allied force to enter nazi-Germany

1944-10-10

Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die

1944-12-14

Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany

1945-01-12

US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea

1945-02-06

US 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz

1945-02-14

US 8th Air Force bombs Dresden

1945-02-26

Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force

1945-03-02

8th Air Force bombs Dresden

1945-03-10

US Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.

1945-03-18

US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu

1945-03-19

US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure

1945-04-17

8th Air Force bombs Dresden

1945-05-03

WWII: German ship "Cap Arcona" laden with prisoners sunk by Royal Air Force in East Sea, 5,800 killed - one of largest maritime losses of life

1947-07-25

US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Department of Defense

1947-09-18

US Air Force forms

1948-01-01

The Constitution of Italy comes into force.

1948-05-20

1st use of Israeli Air Force & 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army

1948-08-01

The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.

1950-06-20

Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia

1950-06-27

North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict

1950-07-17

Suppression of Communism Act comes into force in South Africa

1950-09-23

US Air Force Mustangs accidentally bomb British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed

1951-05-27

Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing

1954-03-31

US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs established

1954-04-01

US Air Force Academy forms

1954-10-27

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

1954-11-24

Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened

1955-03-15

US Air Force unveils self-guided missile

1955-09-25

The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.

1956-07-25

Jordan attacks UN Palestine force

1957-08-27

The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.

1958-02-22

Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes

1958-05-07

US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m

1958-08-29

US Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo

1958-09-02

U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost.

1959-03-10

Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet

1959-05-22

Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black major general in US Air Force

1959-06-03

1st US Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado Springs, Colorado

1961-06-23

The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific research; and does not become the scene or object of international discord, comes into force

1963-10-09

French air force gets first nuclear weapons

1966-05-21

A loyalist group calling itself the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) issued a statement declaring war on the Irish Republican Army (IRA)

1966-11-02

The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

1967-07-24

Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City

1967-07-24

Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game

1967-11-15

The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.

1968-05-31

American movie star Jimmy Stewart retires from the Air Force after 27 years of service, and is promoted to major general by President Reagan

1969-04-20

Bombs planted by Loyalists members of the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Protestant Volunteers explode at Silent Valley reservoir in County Down and at an electricity pylon at Kilmore, County Armagh

1969-04-24

Loyalist members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Protestant Volunteers (UPV) explode a bomb at a water pipeline between Lough Neagh and Belfast, Northern Ireland

1970-03-26

The Police (Northern Ireland) Act becomes law; the act provides for the disarmament of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the establishment of an RUC reserve force

1971-08-18

New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announces in Parliament that New Zealand's combat force would be withdrawn from Vietnam before the end of the year, coinciding with a similar announcement by the Australian government

1971-09-06

William Craig and Ian Paisley speak at a rally in Belfast before a crowd of approximately 20,000 people and call for the establishment of a 'third force' to defend 'Ulster'

1972-01-01

Policewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.

1972-06-24

Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)

1972-09-14

2 people are killed and 1 mortally wounded in a Ulster Volunteer Force bomb attack on the Imperial Hotel, Belfast

1972-09-25

Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber

1974-05-17

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)explode four bombs in the Republic of Ireland, killing 33 civilians and wounded a further 300(This is the highest number of casualties in a single incident during "The Troubles")

1974-10-25

US Air Force fires 1st ICBM

1975-03-26

The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.

1975-04-12

Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland

1975-06-22

The Ulster Volunteer Force try to derail a train by planting a bomb on the railway line near County Kildare, Ireland; a civilian tries to stop the UVF volunteers, and is stabbed-to-death (his actions delay the explosion enough to let the train pass safely)

1975-07-31

The Miami Showband killings: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, shoot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, County Down, Ireland

1975-08-13

Bayardo Bar attack: Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers carry out a gun and bomb attack on a pub in Belfast frequented by Ulster Volunteer Force commanders; 4 Protestant civilians and 1 UVF member are killed

1975-10-02

The Ulster Volunteer Force kill 7 civilians in a series of attacks across Northern Ireland; 6 were Catholic civilians and 1 was a Protestant civilian

1975-10-02

Four Ulster Volunteer Force members killed after a bomb they are carrying prematurely explodes in Farrenlester, near Coleraine

1975-12-30

Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force

1976-01-04

Reavey and O'Dowd killings: the Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 co-ordinated attacks in County Armagh, North Ireland

1976-01-05

Kingsmill massacre: in retaliation for the Reavey and O'Dowd killings, the South Armagh Republican Action Force shoot dead 10 Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill, County Armagh

1976-03-17

4 Catholic civilians (including 2 children) are killed and twelve wounded when the Ulster Volunteer Force explode a car bomb at Hillcrest Bar, Dungannon

1976-05-15

The Ulster Volunteer Force launch gun and bomb attacks on 2 pubs in County Armagh, killing 4 Catholic civilians and wounding many more; a British Army soldier is later convicted for taking part in the attacks

1976-06-05

After a suspected republican bombing kills 2 Protestant civilians in a pub, the Ulster Volunteer Force kill 5 civilians in a gun and bomb attack at the Chlorane Bar, North Ireland

1976-06-28

1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo

1976-07-02

Ramble Inn attack: the Ulster Volunteer Force killed 6 civilians (5 Protestants, 1 Catholic) in a gun attack at a pub near Antrim; the pub was targeted because it was owned by Catholics

1976-07-30

4 Protestant civilians were shot dead at a pub off Milltown Road, Belfast; the attack was claimed by the Republican Action Force

1978-06-21

The British Army shoot dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack

1978-08-21

1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs US Air Force

1979-06-06

Royal Air Force receives 1st F-16

1981-07-25

Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby test between New Zealand's All Blacks and South Africa's Springboks by invading the pitch during the game.

1982-08-11

The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola

1982-09-01

The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

1983-04-11

In the first 'supergrass' trial in Northern Ireland, fourteen Ulster Volunteer Force members are jailed for a total of two hundred years

1984-02-26

Last US marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut

1984-03-30

US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force

1985-08-13

South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts

1985-10-10

US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody

1986-01-16

First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

1986-02-16

French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad

1986-03-25

Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes

1987-04-22

Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed

1987-08-01

In New Zealand, the Maori Language Act comes into force, making te reo Māori an official language of New Zealand; it can now be used in some legal proceedings.

1987-10-16

Great Storm of 1987: hurricane force winds to hit much of the South of England killing 23 people.

1987-10-20

10 die as US Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis

1988-08-28

70 killed in crash of three Italian air force fighters at air show at Ramstein, Germany

1989-10-03

Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails

1989-12-06

Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52

1990-08-29

C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, killing 13

1990-10-11

UK Foreign Secretary Hurd says force would be used if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait

1990-11-20

Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq

1990-11-21

French President François Mitterrand voices support of a proposed UN resolution that would authorize the use of force in the Persian Gulf

1990-11-29

UN Security Council approves US-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991

1991-05-03

Cam Neely is injured on a cheap shot by Ulf Samuelsson, an injury that would limit him to only 162 games for the remainder of his NHL career and force him to retire at 31

1992-05-18

Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs

1993-08-04

Angolan air force bombs Huambo

1993-10-03

Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59

1994-05-05

North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen

1994-07-26

Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed

1994-07-31

UN votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti

1995-06-08

Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

1995-08-29

NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

1995-10-07

Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees

1996-07-15

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

1996-11-19

Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.

1996-12-26

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification goes into force.

1997-04-01

Shell Oil confirms it will declare force majeure at its Nigerian Bonny terminal due to local protests which disrupted 210 million barrels per day of the company's oil production

1997-04-29

The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.

1997-05-22

Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.

1997-08-04

In Colombia, international oil company Occidental Petroleum declare force majeure on all oil exports from the Cano Limon field after a series of attacks knocked out a major oil pipeline

1999-06-12

Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1999-11-30

In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

2001-08-21

NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2002-01-01

The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.

2002-03-04

Multinational Force in Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.

2002-04-17

Four Canadian Forces soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two United States Air Force F-16s, the first deaths in a combat zone for Canada since the Korean War.

2002-06-06

Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

2003-08-11

NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

2004-03-22

Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.

2005-02-16

The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.

2005-09-08

Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

2006-01-19

A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes in Hungary.

2006-03-26

In Scotland the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.

2007-07-01

Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces: with the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. Australia implements a similar ban.

2007-08-29

A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base.

2007-10-01

Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom.

2008-04-21

The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk.

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.

2009-10-02

The economic crisis in Ireland is considered to be the driving force behind the largest migration of Irish people to London in 20 years, it is reported today

2010-04-10

Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński.

2012-02-11

Israeli Air Force conducts four air strikes in Gaza Strip

2012-03-05

27 members of Iraq's security force are killed by gunmen disguised as police in Haditha

2012-03-24

African Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony

2012-03-31

Fiji Floods kill 2 people and force thousands to be evacuated

2012-10-12

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali

2013-01-08

130 wildfires across Australia's east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes

2013-02-19

12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a

2013-04-07

15 people, including 9 children, are killed by an air strike on Aleppo by the Syrian Air Force

2013-10-22

22 security force personal are killed in attacks on military checkpoints in Anbar Province, Iraq

2014-02-21

11 people are killed after a Libyan Air Force plan crashes in Tunisia

2014-11-23

Republicans condemn US President Obama's use of executive powers to force through immigration reform

2015-12-22

NY cop, female Air Force major among 6 US troops killed in Afghan attack

2016-09-21

US Flies Bombers Over South Korea Again in Show of Force

2017-04-12

Japanese, US navies plan joint show of force toward North Korea

2017-06-17

Minnesota officer fired from police force after acquittal in Philando Castile shooting

2017-07-06

China urges calm after US says ready to use force against North Korea

2017-12-06

US flies B-1B over South in show of force against N. Korea

2018-07-18

Boeing gets $3.9 billion contract for new Air Force One jets

1774-05-27

Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)

1824-12-17

Manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899

1848-10-08

Pierre Degeyter, Air Force One

1850-05-26

Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)

1872-02-21

Wally Brighton, Mr. Patterson Joins the Force

1876-03-22

Charles Force, The Love Pirate

1876-08-05

Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)

1878-01-16

Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II], Bronx New York, American actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)

1885-01-28

Francesco Cantania, Force of Arms

1885-11-10

Tom Hanley, Mr. Patterson Joins the Force

1886-06-25

Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)

1887-01-26

Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-admiral (WW II-Task Force 58)

1889-08-06

George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)

1891-06-28

Carl Spaatz, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, American Air Force general (d. 1974)

1900-07-07

Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)

1905-07-10

Thomas Gomez, NYC, actor (Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout)

1905-08-28

Charles Wyrick, Brute Force

1906-11-15

Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate

1906-11-18

George Wald, The Force Beyond

1908-04-12

Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American Air Force pilot (d. 2006)

1908-11-01

Ira Wolfert, Force of Evil

1909-08-21

Colman von Keviczky, The Force Beyond

1909-09-06

John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force)

1910-03-19

Joseph F. Carroll, US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (d. 1991)

1910-12-05

Abraham Polonsky, Force of Evil

1911-9-05

Todd Pesko, Mr. Patterson Joins the Force

1912-02-17

Horst Birr, D III 88: The New German Air Force Attacks

1912-03-04

John Garfield, NYC, actor (Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez)

1914-08-28

Oliver A. Unger, Force 10 from Navarone

1914-10-02

Charles Drake, Bayside NYC, actor (Air Force, Glenn Miller Story)

1915-02-23

Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007)

1915-04-04

Carl 'Major' Roup, Magnum Force

1915-12-22

Barbara Combs, Force of Evil

1917-03-26

Jack Overman, Brute Force

1918-02-03

Joey Bishop, The Delta Force

1918-03-14

John McCallum, Attack Force Z

1918-03-31

Ted Post, Magnum Force

1918-06-13

Ben Johnson, Foraker Oklahoma, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger), (d. 1996)

1919-04-19

Peter Tompkins, The Force Beyond

1919-10-14

Shaun Sutton, The Striking Force

1920-01-16

Ann McCormack, Force of Waves

1920-12-28

Jack Kosslyn, Magnum Force

1921-9-19

William Myers, A Force of One

1922-01-05

Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (d. 2001)

1922-05-05

Frank Stanley, Magnum Force

1922-05-27

Ray Montgomery, Air Force

1923-01-12

Jack T. Collis, Magnum Force

1923-06-12

William N. Clark, Magnum Force

1924-04-08

Ward Wood, Air Force

1926-05-04

Christine White, Magnum Force

1926-12-11

Richard Devon, Magnum Force

1927-04-20

Tim Burstall, Attack Force Z

1928-10-10

Buddy Bowles, Magnum Force

1928-12-08

Ulric Neisser, Kiel, Germany, America psychologist (Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns, Bell Curve task force head), (d. 2012)

1928-12-17

Eli Beeding, Sherman, TX, Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, (d. 2013)

1928-9-07

George M. Barksdale, Future Force

1929-01-17

Philip Latham, Force 10 from Navarone

1929-05-31

Menahem Golan, The Delta Force

1930-11-05

Herb Edelman, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5)

1931-04-16

Charles Hickson, The Force Beyond

1931-9-27

Max Morgan Witts, Brute Force and Finesse

1932-03-01

Charles Nizet, Rescue Force

1932-10-11

Anthony Beaumont-Dark, A Force to Be Reckoned With

1934-03-02

Khalid Al-As'ad, A Force from the Desert

1934-10-18

Richard Fujitani, Force of the Ninja

1936-12-03

John Strong, A Show of Force

1937-06-22

Richard Hampton, Force 10 from Navarone

1939-10-22

Mida Stevanovic, Life of a Shock Force Worker

1939-11-07

Cliff Ralke, Magnum Force

1939-12-17

Charles V Bush, Washington, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), (d. 2012)

1941-02-27

Andrew "Sandy" Wilson, Royal Air Force officer (1962—1995)

1941-05-01

Elio Zamuto, Destruction Force

1942-10-13

Lisa James, A Force of One

1942-9-27

Arthur Blank, Michael Vick/America's New Air Force/Coldplay

1943-9-19

Diana Bellamy, Air Force One

1944-01-02

Marlene Rasnick, Alien Force

1945-04-25

Richard Peterson, The Delta Force

1945-05-27

Kip Niven, Magnum Force

1946-01-15

Veronica Tennant, Celia Franca: Tour de Force

1946-03-27

Carl Weintraub, Air Force One

1946-10-11

Felton Perry, actor (Magnum Force, Sudden Death)

1946-12-19

Robert Urich, Magnum Force

1947-08-27

Barbara Bach [Goldbach], Queens, New York, American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone)

1948-08-24

Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force

1949-01-12

Héctor Mercado, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

1949-05-04

John Force, American race car driver

1949-05-04

John Force, Blowing a Gasket

1949-05-18

Bill Wallace, rocker/actor (Fear, Avenging Force, Desperate)

1949-12-01

Bill Wallace, A Force of One

1950-05-19

Patrick Caddell, Air Force One

1950-07-30

Frank Stallone, NYC, Sylvestor's brother/actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force)

1952-05-21

Martin Denning, The Force Multiplier

1952-06-28

Christine Reinhold, I'll Force You to Live

1952-11-07

David Petraeus, Commanding General of Multinational Force Iraq

1953-01-07

Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers)

1953-10-24

Hiroshi Takemura, Transformers: Chôjin Master Force

1953-12-10

Jack Scalia, actor/director (Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force)

1954-01-08

Omer Tal, The Delta Force

1954-04-02

Rob Heyland, Ultimate Force

1954-06-29

Bruce Holman, Air Force One

1955-06-19

Neil Johnson, Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target

1955-07-15

Frank Di Pasquale, Force of Darkness

1955-12-04

Riitta Anttonen, Force majeure

1956-01-01

Christopher Bondy, Tribulation Force

1956-02-24

Sharon Kane, Crystal Force

1956-05-09

Wendy Crewson, Air Force One

1957-02-02

Ashley Cleveland, Tribulation Force

1957-07-31

Mark Thompson, Lethal Force

1957-11-21

Delta Force, Wild Goose Chase

1958-03-16

Mark Roper, Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target

1958-11-10

George Lowe, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1958-12-20

Joseph Whelan, National Task Force

1959-11-01

Eriko Hara, Rhea Gall Force

1960-05-14

Frank Henry, De force

1960-06-20

Bob Sherer, G-Force

1961-11-21

Maria Kawamura, Gall Force: Eternal Story

1961-9-16

Donald McKay, Dark Force Renegade Vigilante Siege V: Code Name - Delta Lollipop

1963-06-16

Alvin Ecarma, Lethal Force

1963-10-22

Stuart Nixon, Air Force One

1963-12-11

Mark Alalmo, actor (Avenging Force)

1963-12-20

Joseph Rao, The Force Within

1964-03-20

Bryan Genesse, Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target

1964-10-12

Siggi Mueller, Tour De Force

1965-03-29

Marc Gauthier, Que la force soit avec Raoul

1965-07-21

B.J. Slater, Night Force

1966-07-25

Gail Force, Switch Hitters II: Swinging Both Ways

1966-08-26

Edward Hastings, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1967-10-03

Rob Liefeld, X-Force

1968-04-05

Geoffrey Laff, Freedom Force

1968-11-30

Laurent Jalabert, Tour De Force

1969-01-13

George Nicholson-Sibley, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

1969-10-26

Mike Pritchard, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks)

1970-11-20

Natasha Sutherland, Operation Delta Force

1971-01-02

Mike E. Pringle, Merc Force

1971-04-12

Alex Ginzo, Extreme Force

1971-06-19

Harry Lang, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force

1971-06-28

Norika Fujiwara, China Strike Force

1972-03-28

David Vadim, Air Force One

1972-07-10

Jason Cornwell, A Disturbance in the Force

1972-9-12

Nick Kharabadz, Air Force One

1973-02-09

Vincent Neill, Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday

1973-05-17

Branden Waugh, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1973-06-06

Adamo P. Cultraro, Tactical Force

1973-11-14

Dana Snyder, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1974-04-13

Ruben Östlund, Force Majeure

1974-07-02

Helen M. Ferreira, Tribulation Force

1974-07-22

Phil Samson, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1974-11-20

Jason Faunt, Power Rangers Time Force - Quantum Ranger: Clash for Control

1974-11-20

David O'Donnell, Air Force One

1975-05-05

Dan Wang, Angel Wars: Guardian Force - Grace and Glory

1975-06-12

Scott Martin, Battle Force

1975-08-10

Joe Apel, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1976-06-24

Anna Vihanto, Force majeure

1977-01-01

Alice Haaber, Tour de Force

1977-05-17

Max Bird-Ridnell, The Super Force vs. The End

1977-05-24

Eve Scheer, Interceptor Force 2

1978-01-10

Greg Stanina, Gale Force

1979-01-27

Kimiko Koyama, Ground Defense Force Mao-chan

1979-11-16

Michael Michalski, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1979-9-01

Fredrik Wenzel, Force Majeure

1979-9-23

Lisa Loven Kongsli, Force Majeure

1980-06-18

Mike Carlo, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1980-06-26

Michael Vick, Michael Vick/America's New Air Force/Coldplay

1980-07-23

Sandeep Parikh, The Super Force vs. The End

1980-10-11

Andrew Fuller, Brute Force

1980-12-03

Nick de la Force, Silent Journey

1980-12-07

Cash Flagg Jr., Lethal Force

1981-10-25

Keith Wisniewski, UFC 56: Full Force

1981-11-05

Brad Hecht, Hughes the Force

1981-9-09

Catherine Brenner, Tour de Force

1982-08-18

Adam Bertocci, Brooklyn Force

1982-10-23

Jennifer Barnes, Avenging Force: The Scarab

1982-11-29

Ashley Force, American race car driver

1982-12-04

James Hillman, Ninja Strike Force

1982-12-16

Justin Mentell, G-Force

1983-10-11

Zachary Keats, Crystal Force

1983-10-26

Michael Bernhardt, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1984-02-18

Joseph Carl White II, The Force Is Strong with This One

1984-03-14

Liesel Matthews, Air Force One

1984-10-09

Christopher Pritzlaff, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

1984-9-01

Joshua Beck-Jones, The GIs of Comedy: Task Force Funny Tour

1985-01-23

Rita Baghdadi, Use of Force

1985-04-03

Jim Ng, Frank McCuff: Police Force Vigilante

1986-04-06

Andrew Quitmeyer, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

1986-12-09

Erik Andersson, Force Majeure

1987-01-06

D.M. Atlas, Star Wars: Tremors of the Force

1987-06-11

Joya Genzola, Jessica Shares Her Feelings After the Force Eviction

1988-02-21

Stephen Knuth, Mobile Force

1989-01-31

Ryan Trautwein, The GIs of Comedy: Task Force Funny Tour

1989-11-25

Jakob Granqvist, Force Majeure

1990-02-15

Francis Ceschin, Force Majeure

1991-9-27

Morgan Terrelle, G-Force Kicking It Like Juarez

1992-07-07

Riley Litman, Battle Force

2000-01-26

Piper Mackenzie Harris, G-Force

1932-09-26

Pierre Degeyter, Air Force One

1938-06-08

Wally Brighton, Mr. Patterson Joins the Force

1941-12-12

Cesar Basa, Philippine Air Force and World War II hero (b. 1915)

1943-08-18

Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide

1943-10-08

Horst Birr, D III 88: The New German Air Force Attacks

1947-02-03

Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60

1947-06-09

Charles Force, The Love Pirate

1949-12-24

Jack Overman, Brute Force

1950-01-15

Gen Henry "Hap" Arnold, U.S. General of the Air Force (b. 1886)

1952-05-21

John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39

1966-08-10

Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79

1968-01-18

John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58

1971-08-20

Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951)

1974-07-14

Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83

1978-02-25

Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58

1981-03-26

Oliver A. Unger, Force 10 from Navarone

1984-09-01

Howland Chamberlin, actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73

1985-01-08

Charles A. Marshall, Air Force

1988-06-06

Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66

1989-01-13

Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51

1989-03-30

Todd Pesko, Mr. Patterson Joins the Force

1989-10-11

Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53

1990-01-05

Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76

1990-01-09

Charles Wyrick, Brute Force

1990-10-11

Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56

1991-08-31

Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93

1992-12-28

Cliff Ralke, Magnum Force

1993-09-27

James Doolittle, US air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96

1993-10-18

Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63

1993-10-19

Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered

1995-01-05

Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46

1995-03-07

Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64

1995-11-22

William Myers, A Force of One

1997-04-12

George Wald, The Force Beyond

1997-11-24

Ira Wolfert, Force of Evil

1998-02-01

Jack T. Collis, Magnum Force

1998-06-04

Ray Montgomery, Air Force

1998-07-27

Colman von Keviczky, The Force Beyond

1999-10-26

Abraham Polonsky, Force of Evil

1999-12-21

Frank Stanley, Magnum Force

2001-03-28

George M. Barksdale, Future Force

2001-06-17

Diana Bellamy, Air Force One

2001-11-03

Ward Wood, Air Force

2001-11-18

Marlene Rasnick, Alien Force

2002-01-25

Nick Kharabadz, Air Force One

2002-03-20

Carl 'Major' Roup, Magnum Force

2002-04-16

Robert Urich, Magnum Force

2003-02-04

Charles Nizet, Rescue Force

2004-04-19

Tim Burstall, Attack Force Z

2004-05-14

Shaun Sutton, The Striking Force

2005-04-11

Buddy Bowles, Magnum Force

2005-06-24

Jack Kosslyn, Magnum Force

2005-09-11

Omer Tal, The Delta Force

2005-10-23

William N. Clark, Magnum Force

2006-04-02

Anthony Beaumont-Dark, A Force to Be Reckoned With

2006-11-12

General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)

2007-01-24

Peter Tompkins, The Force Beyond

2007-02-13

Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)

2007-10-17

Joey Bishop, The Delta Force

2007-11-01

Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915)

2008-07-03

Mida Stevanovic, Life of a Shock Force Worker

2008-11-17

Donald McKay, Dark Force Renegade Vigilante Siege V: Code Name - Delta Lollipop

2010-02-01

Justin Mentell, G-Force

2010-02-03

John McCallum, Attack Force Z

2010-02-26

Richard Devon, Magnum Force

2010-04-10

Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman is killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 90

2010-04-10

Maria Kaczyńska, Polish economist and First Lady of Poland, is killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 67

2010-04-10

Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, then President of Poland is killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 60

2010-06-01

Lt. Gen. William H. Ginn, Jr., U.S. Air Force officer (b.1928)

2010-10-16

Barbara Combs, Force of Evil

2011-09-09

Charles Hickson, The Force Beyond

2011-09-11

Anjali Gupta, Indian Air Force officer (b. 1975)

2012-03-01

Richard Fujitani, Force of the Ninja

2013-04-14

Christine White, Magnum Force

2013-08-20

Ted Post, Magnum Force

2013-12-21

Eli Beeding, American Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, dies at 85

2014-05-07

Christine Reinhold, I'll Force You to Live

2014-08-08

Menahem Golan, The Delta Force

2015-08-18

Khalid Al-As'ad, A Force from the Desert

2015-11-10

Daniel Fleetwood, First 'Star Wars' Fan to See 'The Force Awakens,' Dead at 32