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Government - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1384-08-16 |
The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them (equal to act of destroying stamped government documents - by law necessitated one hundred floggings). However Hongwu Emperor decides to pardon them. |
1431-01-09 |
Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. |
1502-02-25 |
Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine |
1519-05-09 |
Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government |
1567-11-10 |
Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots |
1570-07-25 |
Battle at Arnay-le-Duc Bourgundy: Huguenots-French government army |
1597-02-05 |
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. |
1608-06-01 |
Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-government |
1619-02-20 |
Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague for alleged crimes against the federal government |
1621-06-25 |
French government army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle |
1627-01-31 |
Spanish government goes bankrupt |
1633-10-08 |
Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its first government |
1641-07-06 |
Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army |
1649-03-11 |
The Frondeurs (French rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil. |
1659-10-12 |
English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals |
1659-10-13 |
Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-government |
1665-06-12 |
England installs a municipal government in New York City |
1676-05-10 |
Bacon's Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government |
1712-11-02 |
Suriname government gives French hijacker Jacques Cassard, ƒ682,800 |
1715-11-13 |
Battle of Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government forces halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar |
1720-10-10 |
French government proclaims strike on banknotes |
1725-05-21 |
The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky. |
1742-02-02 |
British Walpole government resigns |
1746-02-10 |
English Pelham government resigns |
1752-09-03 |
Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives |
1767-05-14 |
British government disbands Americans import duty on tea |
1772-08-19 |
Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 |
1774-06-01 |
Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed |
1775-11-11 |
Mohawk military leader Joseph Brant goes to London to solicit more support from the government and to persuade the Crown to address past Mohawk land grievances in exchange for their participation as allies in the impending war |
1782-04-19 |
John Adams secures Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government and house he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became first American embassy. |
1783-12-18 |
British King George III dissmisses government of Portland |
1783-12-19 |
British government of William Pitt the Younger forms |
1787-06-20 |
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. |
1787-07-06 |
French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax |
1789-09-13 |
1st loan to US government (from NYC banks) |
1792-06-13 |
King Louis XVI dissmisses French government |
1792-07-31 |
Cornerstone laid for 1st US government building: US Mint in Philaelphia |
1794-03-27 |
The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. |
1795-10-26 |
The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. |
1795-11-20 |
Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday |
1796-05-10 |
French government arrest 10 utopists |
1798-07-14 |
US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government |
1799-01-14 |
Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets |
1800-07-10 |
The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent. |
1806-11-15 |
1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue |
1808-01-26 |
Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. |
1809-02-20 |
US Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state |
1809-07-16 |
La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva. The first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo |
1810-05-25 |
The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina |
1818-03-18 |
Congress approves 1st pensions for government service |
1818-10-19 |
US Government & Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty |
1821-10-08 |
The government of General José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy. |
1823-01-03 |
Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico. |
1825-02-12 |
Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government & migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 |
1829-08-08 |
French government of De Polignac forms |
1829-08-25 |
President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses |
1830-10-04 |
Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands |
1833-01-01 |
British government demands Falkland islands |
1834-01-03 |
The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City. |
1834-07-05 |
Provisional government forms in Oregon Country |
1835-04-18 |
William Lamb (Lord Melbourne) forms British government |
1835-06-19 |
New Orleans gives US government Jackson Square to be used as a mint |
1835-11-24 |
Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government |
1836-05-07 |
The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain. |
1839-03-09 |
Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours |
1843-02-02 |
US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee |
1843-07-05 |
Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country |
1846-02-19 |
Texas state government formally installed in Austin |
1847-01-04 |
Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. |
1848-03-11 |
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government. |
1849-09-18 |
De Kempenae's Dutch government resigns |
1849-11-01 |
Dutch government of Thorbecke forms |
1849-11-16 |
A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. |
1850-04-01 |
SF County government established |
1852-10-16 |
Dutch government recognize Catholics right to organize |
1853-04-17 |
Thorbecke government resigns |
1853-04-19 |
Netherlands Van Hall government forms |
1855-02-05 |
British government of Palmerston forms |
1855-02-24 |
US Court of Claims forms for cases against government |
1857-02-24 |
1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government |
1858-03-18 |
Dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns |
1858-08-02 |
Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown |
1858-12-16 |
Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island |
1859-02-16 |
The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch. |
1859-04-06 |
US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform |
1860-02-16 |
Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government resigns |
1860-06-23 |
Congress establishes Government Printing Office |
1861-03-02 |
Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington |
1861-03-04 |
US President Lincoln opens government Printing Office |
1861-03-16 |
Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain |
1861-05-16 |
Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium |
1861-06-06 |
Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers |
1861-08-19 |
Confederacy Congress allies with government of MO |
1861-11-20 |
Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government. |
1862-01-22 |
Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20 |
1862-02-10 |
Dutch 2nd government of Thorbecke forms |
1862-08-04 |
US government collects its 1st income tax |
1866-02-10 |
Dutch government of Frans van der Putte forms |
1866-05-18 |
French government of De Putte resigns |
1866-05-28 |
Dutch government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms |
1866-07-30 |
New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150. |
1868-02-29 |
1st British government of Disraeli forms |
1868-05-15 |
Dutch government of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls |
1868-06-04 |
Van Bosse/Fock government begins |
1868-06-25 |
US President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr day |
1868-12-02 |
1st British government of Disraeli resigns |
1868-12-09 |
1st British government of Gladstone forms |
1869-08-15 |
The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto. |
1870-03-04 |
On command of Louis Riel, Thomas Scott is executed by a firing squad. Riel rejects all appeals and requests to intervene in an attempt to demonstrate to the Canadian government that the Metis must be taken seriously |
1870-03-30 |
Florida territorial government established. |
1872-03-11 |
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture. |
1873-03-03 |
US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively |
1873-09-18 |
Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of 1873 and the Long depression |
1874-01-17 |
Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction |
1876-11-01 |
New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved. |
1877-11-01 |
Dutch government of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns |
1878-06-11 |
DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974) |
1878-07-17 |
Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with H.G. Elliott ceding sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government, Southern Africa |
1879-08-20 |
Government Kappeijne of Coppello resigns |
1880-09-23 |
Jules Ferry forms French government |
1881-11-05 |
French government-Ferry resigns |
1881-11-14 |
Leon Gambetta forms French government |
1882-01-26 |
France government of Gambetta falls |
1883-02-21 |
2nd French government of Ferry begins |
1883-04-23 |
John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government |
1884-11-08 |
German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1885-02-25 |
US Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds |
1885-03-03 |
Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government) |
1885-03-19 |
Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask |
1885-03-21 |
2nd French government of Ferry resigns |
1885-05-12 |
The Battle of Batoche concludes. Louis Riel and and the Metis defeated by Frederick Middleton, leds to collapse of Provincial Government of Saskatchewan and surrender of Riel |
1885-06-24 |
British government of Salisbury forms |
1886-01-27 |
1st British government of Salisbury resigns |
1886-02-12 |
2nd British government of Salisbury forms |
1886-07-28 |
British Salisbury government forms |
1888-02-24 |
Louisville, Ky becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot |
1890-01-01 |
Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government. |
1891-08-21 |
Dutch Mackay government resigns |
1892-02-23 |
1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr Penn |
1892-08-15 |
4th & last British government of William Gladstone forms |
1893-11-29 |
Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government. |
1894-01-13 |
Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops |
1894-03-03 |
4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns |
1894-07-02 |
Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers |
1894-08-31 |
The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act passed by Richard Seddon's Liberal government, making New Zealand the first country in the world to outlaw strikes in favour of compulsory arbitration |
1895-06-21 |
British Roseberry government falls |
1895-06-29 |
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government. |
1896-02-25 |
Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea |
1897-07-27 |
Dutch government of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns |
1897-12-14 |
Emilio Aguinaldo signs the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, to end hostilities and dissolve his government, in exchange for amnesty and "$800,000 (Mexican)" as an indemnity |
1898-02-23 |
In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism & wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus |
1898-06-23 |
Emilio Aguinaldo issues a decree replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary government, with himself as President |
1898-11-02 |
French government of Dupuy forms |
1899-01-24 |
Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms |
1899-09-08 |
British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa |
1900-01-27 |
Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, write formal notes of protest demanding that the Chinese Government stop the Boxes and other groups leading attacks on Westerners and Christians. |
1900-01-31 |
The final report of the USA's Philippine Commission is released, favouring territorial government for the islands with home rule in local affairs, but with US assumptions of ultimate responsibility for the government. |
1900-03-10 |
Regents for the King of Uganda and leading chiefs sign a treaty with Great Britain agreeing to the organization of the government, taxation, courts, military, and other functions of their country, which is under British protection. |
1900-03-18 |
Japan uses its influence over the government of Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a concession for a naval station at the Korean Port of Masampo, a step in the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war |
1900-06-06 |
US Congress pass an act authorizing a civil code and government for the territory of Alaska after gold discoveries bring lawlessness and disorder to the area |
1900-06-14 |
Hawaiian Territorial Government begins |
1900-07-23 |
The Canadian government reviews immigration policy, prohibiting criminals and paupers from landing in Canada |
1900-11-07 |
In Canada, the Liberal Government led by Wilfrid Laurier retains its majority |
1901-02-02 |
Mexican government troops are ambushed by Yaqui Indians, 100 killed |
1901-02-27 |
A General Committee of National Liberal Federation meets and adopts a resolution deploring the continuation of the war in South Africa and condemning the British Government's insistence on unconditional surrender by the Boers |
1901-04-05 |
Under threats from the Ottoman Turkish Government, Bulgaria is forced to arrest the leaders of the Macedonian Committee |
1902-02-17 |
A general strike in Barcelona and nearby towns leads to government-troop reprisals that leave 40 dead |
1902-07-01 |
US Congress passes the Philippines Government Act, providing that the Philippines be governed by a commission appointed by the President, with consent from the senate; Filipinos are to be treated as citizens of their land, no the USA |
1902-07-04 |
Civil government is established in the Philippines by a proclamation from US president Roosevelt, who offers a general amnesty to insurgents |
1902-11-21 |
The Canadian government appoints a commission to consider revising, classifying, and consolidating the many public statutes passed over the years |
1902-12-07 |
Britain and Germany issue an ultimatum to Venezuela demanding that President Cipriano Castro pay claims for damages caused during his takeover of the government in 1899 |
1902-12-13 |
British and German ships begin to bombard the Venezuelan forts after President Castro refuses to comply with an ultimatum demanding that he claims for damages caused during his takeover of the government in 1899; Castro asks US President Roosevelt to arbitrate |
1902-12-18 |
British parliament passes the Education Act, which will come to be regarded as the most important legislation of Balfour's government |
1903-02-18 |
Kuyper government launches anti strike laws |
1903-02-23 |
The Sultan agrees to an Austro-Russian plan to reform the government of Macedonia in yet another effort to stifle the rising disorder among the rival Bulgarian |
1903-03-18 |
Following through on its attacks on Roman Catholic institutions, the French Government dissolves the Catholic religious orders |
1903-04-06 |
In Holland, railroad and dock workers go out on strike, but the government passes anti-strike bills, calls out troops, and promptly ends the strike on the 13th April |
1903-06-29 |
British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo |
1903-07-17 |
The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party meets, first in Brussels and then London because their leaders have been forced into exile by the Russian Government |
1903-08-12 |
The Japanese Minister to Russia presents a note to the Russian Government protesting against its failure to evacuate Manchuria |
1904-04-26 |
John C Watson leads the first Labour Government of Australian when Alfred Deakin resigns; Watson himself will resign in August |
1904-04-27 |
The Australian Labor Party under Chris Watson becomes the first Labour government in the world |
1904-07-28 |
Interior Minister of Russia, Vyacheslav Plehve is assassinated; as leader of the most reactionary elements of government, he was hated for his repressive policies |
1904-11-18 |
General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup. |
1905-01-18 |
French government of Combes falls |
1905-01-27 |
Maurice Rouvier forms government in France |
1905-04-01 |
SOS first adopted as a morse distress signal ( · · · — — — · · · ) by German government |
1905-05-08 |
In Russia, the Union of Unions organizes under the chairmanship of Paul Miliukov and joins liberal groups demanding parliamentary government and universal suffrage |
1905-07-03 |
Kuyper government forms in Holland |
1905-08-17 |
Dutch government of De Master begins |
1905-12-04 |
British government of Balfour resigns |
1905-12-11 |
British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms |
1906-11-06 |
Chinese Government ministries are reorganized as part of the movement towards constitutional government; but in fact the Manchu princes retain control and there is little gain for the Chinese people |
1906-12-05 |
British government of Balfour resigns |
1906-12-06 |
The British grant Transvaal self-government |
1906-12-12 |
Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish government member, appointed Sec of Commerce |
1907-01-12 |
Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal |
1907-02-07 |
Conservative coalition take over Reichstag in Germany after rallying conservatives against the threat of a socialist government |
1907-02-11 |
De Master's Dutch government resigns |
1907-03-22 |
The new Boer government in the Transvaal passes an Asiatic Registration Bill, that restricts immigration from India |
1907-04-12 |
Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns |
1907-05-01 |
Belgium government of De Trooz forms |
1907-05-02 |
Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government |
1907-06-14 |
Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers |
1907-07-01 |
The Orange River Colony, known as the Orange Free State, is granted self-government by the British |
1907-12-21 |
Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget |
1908-02-11 |
Heemskerk's government begins in Holland |
1908-06-23 |
The USA suspends diplomatic relationships with Venezuela after the refusal of Cipriano Castro's government to compensate Americans for injuries suffered in the uprising of 1899 |
1908-11-12 |
Andrew Fisher assumes the position of prime minister for what turns out to be a short-lived second Labour government, Australia |
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 |
1910-02-01 |
Dragoumis government forms in Greece |
1911-01-01 |
South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government |
1911-01-03 |
The Government of India announces that emigration to Natal, Southern Africa, is prohibited with effect from 1 July |
1911-06-08 |
Belgium government of Schollaert falls |
1911-06-17 |
Belgium government of De Broqueville forms |
1911-06-28 |
Joseph Caillaux forms government in France |
1911-09-02 |
Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government |
1912-01-10 |
Caillaux government in France resigns |
1912-07-31 |
US government prohibits movies & photos of prize fights (censorship) |
1912-08-24 |
US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government |
1912-10-14 |
Cretan representatives are admitted to the Greek assembly; in doing so the Greek Government challenges the Turkish Government |
1913-01-21 |
Aristide Briand forms French government |
1913-01-23 |
The Young Turks lead a coup d'etat against the Turkish Government |
1913-06-01 |
The Serbian government concludes a ten-year treaty with Greece against Bulgaria; Serbia wishes to pursue Macedonian aspirations with Greece's help |
1913-06-14 |
The South African Government pass the Immigration Act, which restricts the entry and free movement of Asians; it leads to widespread agitation and rioting by resident Indians, led by Gandhi |
1913-06-16 |
South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act, which restricts purchase or lease of land by native Africans |
1913-07-21 |
The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law |
1913-08-29 |
Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government |
1913-09-23 |
Women protests take place in the Free State, South Africa, led by Charlotte Maxeke, resisting government attempts to impose passes on women; passes are burnt in front of the municipal offices |
1913-12-02 |
Government -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription |
1914-03-18 |
White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China |
1914-07-27 |
Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government. |
1914-08-02 |
Belgian government receives German ultimatum |
1914-08-05 |
Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money |
1914-08-07 |
French government awards King Albert of Belgium the Great Cross |
1914-12-10 |
French government returns to Paris |
1914-12-26 |
The US Government protests British interference with American merchant ships at sea, but this same day the German announce they will treat food as contraband, subject to seizure; this will weaken America's protest |
1915-05-17 |
Last liberal British government of Asquith falls |
1915-05-26 |
H. H. Asquith forms a coalition government in the United Kingdom |
1915-06-15 |
US government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo |
1915-07-03 |
After exploding a bomb in the US Senate reception room the previous day, Erich Muenter, an instructor in German at Cornell University, shoots JP Morgan for representing the British government in war contract negotiations |
1915-11-06 |
Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government |
1915-12-12 |
Aristide Briand forms French war government |
1916-01-10 |
In retaliation for President Wilson's recognition of the Carranza government, members of Pacho Villa's revolutionary army take 17 American mining engineers from a train and shoot 16 of them in cold blood |
1916-03-31 |
Dutch government ends all military engagements |
1916-05-15 |
Claiming that the USA must act to quell dangerous disorder, the government orders US Marines to land in Santo Domingo; the American occupation will continue until 1924 |
1916-06-06 |
With the death of Yuan Shikai, who has ruled much of China since 1912, the central government virtually collapses in the face of warlords who assert themselves, including Sun Yat-Sen |
1916-09-30 |
Eleftherios Venizelos announces he is forming a Provisional Government in Crete as an alternative to the one in Athens; he is determined to bring Greece into the war on the side of the Allies |
1916-10-19 |
France extends formal recognition of the Provisional Government in Crete proclaimed Eleftherios Venizelos |
1916-10-28 |
Australian government holds a national referendum seeking support for the proposal of compulsory conscription; it is rejected |
1916-11-01 |
Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government. |
1916-12-07 |
British government of David Lloyd George forms |
1916-12-11 |
David Lloyd George forms British war government |
1917-01-16 |
The Greek Government accepts reparations for Allied losses sustained in recent actions in Greece |
1917-02-17 |
In Australia, Nationalist Party takes over a coalition government |
1917-03-01 |
U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. |
1917-05-20 |
Turkish government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa |
1917-09-15 |
Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky's Provisional government |
1917-10-30 |
British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration |
1917-11-07 |
October Revolution (Oct 25 OS) in Russia, Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace, overthrowing Provisional Government |
1917-11-10 |
New bolshevik government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during October Revolution |
1917-12-15 |
World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Russian Bolshevik government and the Central Powers. |
1917-12-26 |
Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I |
1918-05-16 |
The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense. |
1918-07-14 |
Dutch government reclaims South seas |
1918-09-09 |
Dutch government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms |
1918-10-10 |
Baden's Geisz forms government |
1919-03-31 |
Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann |
1919-04-10 |
Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos. |
1919-04-13 |
The Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. |
1919-06-20 |
German government of Scheideman resigns |
1919-06-21 |
Bauer forms German government |
1919-06-23 |
Nitti government forms in Italy |
1920-01-19 |
Alexandre Millerand forms French government |
1920-04-23 |
The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. |
1920-08-10 |
Turkish government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate |
1920-12-05 |
Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece. |
1920-12-23 |
Government of Ireland Act / Home Rule Act passed partitioning Ireland |
1920-12-29 |
Yugoslav government bans communist party |
1921-03-03 |
The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, est. by the South African Government, proposes a system of voluntary repatriation and segregation of Indians and prohibit Indians from buying agricultural land in a specified area along the coast |
1921-07-27 |
2nd government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms |
1922-01-01 |
Coal miners in the Transvaal, South Africa, embark on a strike in response to a wage cut, which quickly escalated into a large-scale revolt against the government, known as the Rand Rebellion. |
1922-02-09 |
Italian government of Bonomi falls |
1922-04-14 |
Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin |
1922-06-29 |
France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes." |
1922-09-18 |
2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Netherlands |
1922-09-30 |
Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece |
1922-10-06 |
Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslavakia |
1922-10-23 |
Conservative Andrew Bonar Law forms government in United Kingdom |
1922-10-26 |
Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists & Benito Mussolini |
1922-10-28 |
Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government |
1922-10-30 |
Benito Mussolini forms government in Italy |
1922-11-22 |
Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government |
1923-03-25 |
British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy |
1923-06-15 |
Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post & railroad strike |
1923-08-13 |
Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of German coalition government |
1923-09-26 |
Stresemann government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied |
1923-10-06 |
2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms |
1923-10-10 |
Saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government |
1923-10-19 |
Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Völkischer Beobachter |
1923-10-26 |
Dutch Government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck resigns |
1923-10-29 |
Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxon |
1923-11-09 |
Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees |
1923-11-23 |
Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD |
1923-11-30 |
Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms |
1923-12-10 |
Polish government of Grabski forms |
1924-01-15 |
3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms |
1924-01-22 |
Government of Stanley Baldwin resigns in Great Britain |
1924-01-23 |
Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain |
1924-02-01 |
Ramsay MacDonald's incoming Labour government formally recognizes the Soviet Union |
1924-02-07 |
Benito Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with USSR |
1924-02-27 |
Belgium's Theunis government falls |
1924-03-06 |
British Labour government cuts military budget |
1924-03-11 |
3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins |
1924-03-27 |
New French government of Poincaré begins |
1924-05-26 |
German government of Marx resigns |
1924-09-18 |
Government routes 7 Provinces to Peking |
1924-09-28 |
French government names Gen Serrail gov-gen of Syria |
1924-10-07 |
Greek government of Dikalekopoulis forms |
1924-10-08 |
British Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald falls to Conservatives |
1924-11-04 |
British Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald resigns |
1925-01-15 |
Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP |
1925-01-30 |
Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople |
1925-02-26 |
Jihad against Turkish government |
1925-03-12 |
British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement |
1925-06-16 |
The Union Government rejects a round-table conference with India on the grounds that it will constitute interference in South African affairs |
1925-07-11 |
Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government |
1925-08-04 |
1st Dutch Colijn government forms |
1925-11-11 |
Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement |
1925-11-28 |
7th French government of Briand sworn-in |
1925-12-05 |
German government of Luther falls |
1926-01-20 |
2nd German government of Luther begins |
1926-02-25 |
Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords |
1926-03-04 |
De Geer government in Netherlands takes office |
1926-05-13 |
German government of Luther falls |
1926-05-17 |
German government of Marx takes power |
1926-05-20 |
Belgian government of Jaspar takes power |
1926-05-25 |
Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic. |
1926-06-06 |
Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms |
1926-06-07 |
Swedish government of Ekman forms |
1926-06-15 |
7th French government of Briand falls |
1926-06-23 |
8th government of Briand van France forms |
1926-07-16 |
Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc |
1926-07-19 |
2nd French government of Herriot, forms |
1926-07-23 |
French government of Poincaré forms |
1926-07-26 |
Philippines government asks USA for a plebiscite on independence |
1926-10-15 |
Austria government of Seipel, forms |
1926-12-14 |
Danish Madsen government forms |
1926-12-17 |
German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army |
1927-01-19 |
British government decides to send troops to China |
1927-01-28 |
Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls |
1927-01-29 |
4th German government of Marx forms |
1927-03-17 |
US government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty |
1927-04-17 |
Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier |
1927-04-18 |
Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China |
1928-07-20 |
The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians. |
1928-09-28 |
US acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek |
1928-11-11 |
France's 5th government of Poincaré forms |
1929-04-01 |
Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls |
1929-05-19 |
General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government |
1929-06-05 |
Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain |
1929-07-23 |
The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words. |
1929-08-07 |
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch government |
1929-10-03 |
British Labour government recovers diplomatic relations with USSR |
1929-10-22 |
French government of Briand falls |
1929-10-22 |
James H Scullin forms Australia government |
1929-11-25 |
Belgian government of Jaspar falls |
1930-02-17 |
French government of Tardieu falls |
1930-08-07 |
Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government |
1930-09-25 |
Austrian government of Vaugoin forms |
1930-11-03 |
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24. |
1930-12-03 |
Otto Ender forms Austrian government |
1930-12-04 |
French government of Tardieu falls |
1930-12-13 |
Theodore Steeg forms French government |
1931-01-22 |
French government of Steeg falls |
1931-02-14 |
Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls |
1931-05-21 |
Belgian government of Jaspar falls |
1931-06-16 |
Austrian government of Ender falls |
1931-09-10 |
Lord Cecil of British government says War was never so improbable |
1931-09-22 |
In New Zealand, the Coalition Government forms to combat the Depression (their lack of success led to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935) |
1931-12-12 |
Japanese government of Imukai forms |
1932-01-12 |
France's Laval government falls |
1932-04-05 |
Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. |
1932-05-10 |
Government declares "Wilhelmus" as the Netherlands' national anthem |
1932-06-14 |
German government of von Papen forms |
1932-07-09 |
The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution |
1932-09-12 |
German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved |
1932-09-22 |
Hungarian government of Károlyi falls |
1932-10-04 |
Anti-semite Julius Gombos forms new government in Hungary |
1932-10-18 |
Belgium government of Renkin falls |
1932-10-19 |
British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union |
1932-10-24 |
British government signs trade treaty with USSR |
1932-10-31 |
Greek government of Venizelos falls |
1932-11-17 |
German government of von Papen resigns |
1932-12-14 |
French government of Herriot falls |
1933-01-28 |
French government of Paul Boncour falls |
1933-01-28 |
German government of Von Schleicher falls |
1933-01-30 |
Adolf Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen |
1933-01-31 |
French government of Daladier takes power |
1933-02-01 |
Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname |
1933-04-22 |
Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address |
1933-05-26 |
2nd emergency Dutch government of Colijn forms |
1933-06-19 |
Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations |
1933-08-07 |
The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day. |
1933-09-08 |
Spain's 2nd government of Azaña forms |
1933-09-12 |
Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government |
1933-10-08 |
Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government |
1933-10-26 |
French government of Serraut forms |
1933-12-01 |
Rudolf Hess & Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government |
1933-12-17 |
Spain's 2nd government of Lerroux forms |
1933-12-30 |
Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service |
1934-01-27 |
French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair) |
1934-01-30 |
1st theatrical presentation sponsored by US government, NYC |
1934-02-08 |
Gaston Doumergue forms new French government |
1934-02-13 |
Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialist party |
1934-02-16 |
Commission of Government is sworn in as form of direct rule for the Dominion of Newfoundland. |
1934-04-28 |
Spanish government of Samper forms |
1934-08-07 |
US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" |
1934-11-20 |
New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers) |
1935-03-25 |
1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns |
1935-07-31 |
3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in |
1936-01-22 |
French Laval government falls |
1936-03-14 |
Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue |
1936-05-13 |
Quiroga government takes office in Spain |
1936-05-22 |
Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. |
1936-05-26 |
1st government of Zealand in Belgium ends |
1936-06-13 |
2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms |
1936-07-14 |
1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government |
1936-07-24 |
Generals Mola & Cabanellas form Spanish anti-government |
1936-10-20 |
Spanish government moves to Barcelona |
1936-11-09 |
Albanian government of Frasheri falls |
1936-11-18 |
Germany & Italy recognize Spanish government of Francisco Franco |
1937-06-04 |
Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France |
1937-06-21 |
French People's front government-Blum falls |
1937-10-25 |
Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money |
1937-10-31 |
Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona |
1937-12-01 |
Japan recognizes Franco government |
1937-12-24 |
Dutch government recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia |
1938-01-21 |
Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance |
1938-02-27 |
Britain & France recognize Franco government in Spain |
1938-04-10 |
2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France |
1938-04-23 |
Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government |
1938-09-26 |
Hitler issues ultimatum to Czech government, demanding Sudenten Land |
1939-01-24 |
Spanish government moves to Figueras |
1939-02-06 |
Spanish government flees to France |
1939-02-09 |
Belgian Spaak government falls |
1939-02-21 |
Belgian government of Pierlot forms |
1939-02-27 |
Belgian government of Pierlot falls |
1939-04-01 |
US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war. Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain |
1939-04-10 |
Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews |
1939-04-18 |
Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government |
1939-06-29 |
4th Dutch government of Colijn falls |
1939-07-25 |
5th & last Dutch government of Colijn, forms |
1939-07-28 |
5th Dutch government of Colijn falls |
1939-08-10 |
2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats) |
1939-09-18 |
Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania |
1939-11-28 |
Soviet government revokes Russian-Finnish non-aggression treaty |
1940-01-23 |
Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile |
1940-03-19 |
French government of Daladier falls |
1940-04-10 |
Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government" |
1940-04-29 |
Norwegian King Haakon & government flee to Britain |
1940-05-05 |
Norwegian government in exile forms in London |
1940-05-21 |
Reynaud forms French government |
1940-06-10 |
French government moves to Bordeaux |
1940-06-16 |
Communist government installed in Lithuania |
1940-07-05 |
Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy government in France |
1940-07-11 |
Marshall Henri Petain, French hero of World War One, becomes head of the collaborative Vichy government of France. |
1940-08-07 |
Churchill recognizes De Gaulle government in exile |
1940-09-03 |
Dutch government in exile of Gerbrandy forms in London |
1940-09-04 |
Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile |
1940-09-25 |
German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government |
1940-10-03 |
France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status |
1941-01-02 |
World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort. |
1941-04-12 |
Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalarn consults with Hitler |
1941-05-30 |
British Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government |
1941-09-17 |
The New Zealand Labour Party abolish the death penalty (It is reintroduced by the National government in 1950 before being finally removed from the statute book in 1961) |
1941-09-23 |
General de Gaulle forms government in exile in London |
1941-10-12 |
Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow |
1941-11-15 |
Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier |
1941-12-08 |
London: Dutch government declares war on Japan |
1941-12-11 |
Dutch government in London declares war on Italy |
1942-02-01 |
2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms |
1942-06-09 |
Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government |
1942-06-14 |
French government of Reynaud resigns |
1942-07-10 |
Netherland's government in exile (London) recognizes Soviet Union |
1942-08-05 |
British government cancels agreement of Munich |
1942-09-29 |
French Government in exile of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich |
1942-10-07 |
US & British government announce establishment of United Nations |
1942-12-01 |
The Beveridge Report is published by the British government unveiling plans for a post-war welfare state |
1943-01-09 |
Japanese government in Java limits sale & use of motorcars |
1943-04-27 |
Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London |
1943-09-15 |
Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy |
1943-11-08 |
France arrests government of Lebanon after they abolish the French mandate |
1943-11-22 |
France officially recognises the independence of Lebanon, releasing the imprison Lebanese government |
1943-11-29 |
Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce, Bosnia |
1943-12-04 |
Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar |
1943-12-27 |
France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government |
1944-03-13 |
USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government |
1944-04-14 |
Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government |
1944-04-26 |
Papandreou government in Greece forms |
1944-07-12 |
US government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle |
1944-08-31 |
French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris |
1944-09-01 |
Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns |
1944-10-16 |
Hungary: Horthy government falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier |
1944-11-03 |
Pro-German government of Hungary flees |
1944-12-07 |
General Radescu forms Romanian government |
1945-01-03 |
Greek General Plastiras forms government |
1945-01-20 |
The Hungarian Provisional Government concludes an armistice with the USSR, US, and Britain, agree to pay reparations and to join the war against Germany |
1945-02-13 |
Gerbrandy Dutch government refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy |
1945-02-23 |
2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London |
1945-03-02 |
King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government |
1945-03-07 |
Yugoslavia government of Tito forms |
1945-05-01 |
Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government |
1945-06-24 |
Schermerhorn government forms |
1945-06-28 |
Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets |
1945-07-26 |
Japanese government disregards US ultimatum |
1945-08-08 |
USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea |
1945-10-30 |
US government announces end of shoe rationing |
1945-11-14 |
Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government |
1946-01-20 |
F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government |
1946-03-01 |
British government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years |
1946-03-14 |
Belgian government of Spaak forms |
1946-03-20 |
Belgian government of Spaak resigns |
1946-03-31 |
Belgian government of Acker forms |
1946-04-01 |
Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP) |
1946-04-18 |
US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government |
1946-06-22 |
Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop 'hooliganism' by Whites |
1946-06-29 |
British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv |
1946-07-02 |
Dutch Beel government forms |
1946-07-03 |
1st Dutch government of Beel forms |
1946-07-10 |
Belgian government of Acker resigns |
1946-08-03 |
Belgian government of Huysmans forms |
1946-08-23 |
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Land (state) of Schleswig-Holstein. |
1946-09-02 |
Nehru forms government in India |
1946-11-28 |
French government of Bidault resigns |
1946-12-03 |
US government asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain |
1947-02-01 |
Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of christian-dems & communists |
1947-03-12 |
Belgian government of Huysmans resigns |
1947-03-19 |
Belgian government of Spaak forms |
1947-05-07 |
Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt |
1947-05-31 |
Italian government of Gasperi forms |
1947-07-19 |
Prime Minister of shadow Burma government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members assassinated by armed paramilitaries |
1947-09-08 |
British government sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis |
1947-11-23 |
French government of Schumann forms |
1948-03-09 |
Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia |
1948-05-05 |
Belgian government of Spaak resigns |
1948-05-26 |
South Africa elects a nationalist government under D.F. Malan with an apartheid policy |
1948-07-19 |
French government of Schuman, resigns |
1948-08-06 |
Willem Drees forms Socialist government (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) in the Netherlands |
1948-08-07 |
1st Dutch government of Beel resigns |
1948-11-19 |
Belgian government of Spaak, forms |
1948-11-26 |
Belgian government of Spaak resigns |
1948-11-30 |
Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin |
1948-12-24 |
Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship |
1949-02-14 |
Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses |
1949-05-17 |
British government recognises Republic of Ireland (previously Irish Free State) |
1949-06-01 |
British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence |
1949-10-15 |
Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government |
1949-12-08 |
Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa |
1950-01-01 |
Dutch government raises all wages 5%, minimally fl. 5 per week |
1950-01-01 |
The state of Ajaigarh is ceded to the Government of India. |
1950-01-06 |
Britain recognizes Communist government of China |
1950-02-07 |
Georges Bidault forms French government |
1950-02-12 |
Sen Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees |
1950-03-17 |
Belgian government of Eyskens resigns |
1950-03-23 |
Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government |
1950-04-18 |
Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations |
1950-04-24 |
Pres Harry Truman denies there are communists in US government |
1950-06-24 |
French government of Bidault resigns |
1950-07-13 |
René Pleven forms French government |
1950-09-12 |
Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants |
1950-09-19 |
Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government |
1950-11-16 |
UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps |
1951-01-24 |
Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns |
1951-02-28 |
French government of Pleven dissolves |
1951-03-13 |
2nd Dutch government of Drees forms |
1951-03-17 |
Government of Drees takes power |
1951-04-18 |
Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms |
1951-05-15 |
The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum. |
1951-10-07 |
David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government |
1951-12-04 |
Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government. |
1952-01-07 |
French Plevin government falls |
1952-01-09 |
Belgian Pholien government resigns |
1952-03-01 |
Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns |
1952-03-08 |
Antoine Pinay forms French government |
1952-04-09 |
Hugo Ballivian's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines |
1952-04-12 |
Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government |
1952-06-30 |
Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government |
1952-09-01 |
Willem Drees forms new Dutch government |
1952-09-07 |
General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier |
1952-10-21 |
Dutch government refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian) |
1952-12-06 |
Czech government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata |
1952-12-22 |
French government of Pinay, resigns |
1953-01-08 |
René Mayer forms French government |
1953-04-02 |
Raab forms his 1st government in Austria |
1953-05-21 |
French government of Mayer resigns |
1953-05-31 |
Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government |
1953-08-13 |
US President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee |
1953-09-26 |
Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski |
1953-09-28 |
Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 |
1953-09-29 |
US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China |
1954-01-18 |
Fanfani forms Italian government |
1954-01-30 |
Fanfani government of Italy resigns |
1954-02-09 |
Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy |
1954-04-07 |
German government refuses to recognize DDR |
1954-04-12 |
Belgian Van Houtte government resigns |
1954-04-22 |
Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government |
1954-06-18 |
Pierre Mendèsforms French government |
1954-06-27 |
CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala |
1954-07-06 |
Tunisian government of M'zali, resigns |
1954-08-01 |
In South Africa, The Natives Resettlement Act empowers the Government to remove Africans from any area within and next to the magisterial district of Johannesburg; less than a year after the Act was passed Sophiatown residents were forcefully removed to Meadowlands in Soweto |
1954-08-04 |
The Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Hafeez Jullundhry and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla. |
1954-12-07 |
Japanese government of Joshida resigns |
1955-01-22 |
Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms |
1955-02-08 |
The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants. |
1955-02-23 |
Edgar Faure forms French government |
1955-04-01 |
EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus |
1955-04-04 |
British government signs military treaty with Iraq |
1955-05-17 |
Dutch government of Drees resigns |
1955-05-29 |
Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns |
1955-05-30 |
Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government |
1955-06-22 |
Antonio Segni forms government in Italy |
1955-07-24 |
Ali Sastroamidjojo of government resigns in Indonesia |
1955-08-01 |
Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government |
1955-08-11 |
Indonesia government of Harahap forms |
1955-11-02 |
David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government |
1955-11-29 |
Turkish government of Menderes resigns |
1955-11-30 |
Argentine government disbands Peronistic party |
1955-12-08 |
Turkish government of Menderes forms |
1956-01-09 |
Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan |
1956-01-14 |
Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad |
1956-01-31 |
French government of Mollet forms |
1956-03-03 |
Indonesian government of Harahap resigns |
1956-04-11 |
French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria |
1956-04-12 |
Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon |
1956-05-10 |
French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria |
1956-05-20 |
Jordan government of Samir resigns |
1956-05-21 |
Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms |
1956-05-28 |
Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus |
1956-06-07 |
Singapore government of Marshall resigns |
1956-06-08 |
Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government |
1956-08-07 |
British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt |
1956-08-29 |
French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis |
1956-10-23 |
Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4). |
1956-11-01 |
Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact |
1957-02-18 |
Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government. |
1957-03-14 |
Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns |
1957-04-10 |
Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns |
1957-04-25 |
Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government |
1957-05-06 |
Italian government of Segni resigns |
1957-05-11 |
Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia |
1957-05-19 |
Adone Zoli forms Italian government |
1957-05-21 |
French government of Mollet resigns |
1957-05-22 |
South Africa government approves race separation in universities |
1957-05-29 |
Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns |
1957-08-25 |
Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao |
1957-09-21 |
Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand |
1957-09-30 |
French government of Mauroy resigns due to Algeria |
1957-12-30 |
Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns |
1958-02-15 |
Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra |
1958-03-13 |
Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia |
1958-03-14 |
South Africa government prohibits the African National Congress |
1958-04-16 |
French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis |
1958-04-18 |
Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia |
1958-05-13 |
Pierre Pflimlin forms French government |
1958-05-28 |
French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle |
1958-06-16 |
Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia |
1958-06-30 |
Dutch government of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers |
1958-07-05 |
J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname |
1958-07-14 |
General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq overthrowing the monarchy |
1958-09-20 |
Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo) |
1958-11-04 |
Belgian government of Eyskens resigns |
1958-11-06 |
Belgium government of Eyskens & Lilar forms |
1958-12-04 |
Finnish government of Fagerholm resigns |
1958-12-11 |
4th (last) Dutch government of Drees falls |
1958-12-22 |
2nd Dutch Beel government forms |
1958-12-23 |
Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco |
1959-01-07 |
US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government |
1959-01-26 |
Italy government of Fanfani resigns |
1959-02-15 |
Antonio Segni forms Italian government |
1959-02-20 |
The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. |
1959-03-03 |
Brit government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis |
1959-03-28 |
11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama |
1959-05-29 |
Charles de Gaulle forms French government |
1959-06-05 |
The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in. |
1959-06-16 |
In South Africa, Apartheid government efforts to remove Black people from Cato Manor close to the Durban city center to Kwa Mashu, a newly established black township on the outskirts, is met with violent resistance. |
1959-07-05 |
Ben-Gurion's Israeli government resigns |
1960-02-24 |
Italian government of Segni falls |
1960-03-25 |
Italian government Tambroni forms |
1960-04-17 |
American Samoa sets up a constitutional government |
1960-05-27 |
Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey |
1960-06-08 |
Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann |
1960-06-25 |
Somaliland is granted independence by British government |
1960-07-19 |
Italian government Tambroni, resigns |
1960-07-26 |
Italian government of Fanfani forms |
1960-08-01 |
Islamabad declared as the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan. |
1960-12-23 |
De Quay's Dutch government falls |
1961-03-27 |
Belgium government of Eyskens resigns |
1961-04-11 |
Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns |
1961-05-01 |
Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain |
1961-06-29 |
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference in protest of the racial policies of the South African government |
1961-07-14 |
Finland's Miettunen government forms |
1961-11-06 |
US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith |
1962-01-01 |
Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium |
1962-06-12 |
Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government |
1962-06-23 |
Suvanna Phuma forms government in Laos |
1962-06-25 |
Inonu government forms in Turkey |
1962-09-29 |
Algerian government of Ben Bella forms |
1962-11-08 |
Canada government orders changing nickel back to round shape |
1963-04-27 |
"Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname |
1963-06-11 |
Greek government of Karamanlis resigns |
1963-06-19 |
Greek government of Pipinolis forms |
1963-06-24 |
Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government |
1963-06-24 |
Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain |
1963-06-26 |
Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government |
1963-07-13 |
Indian government announces it will cut last remaining links with South Africa by refusing landing facilities to South African aircraft |
1963-07-24 |
Dutch government of Marijnen forms |
1963-10-04 |
Gambia achieves full internal self-government |
1963-10-20 |
Alec Douglas-Home forms British government |
1963-12-04 |
Aldo Moro forms Italian government (1963-1968) |
1963-12-17 |
Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea |
1964-01-11 |
1st government report warning by US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous |
1964-02-18 |
Papandreou government takes power in Greece |
1964-02-27 |
The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. |
1964-06-26 |
Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo |
1964-08-02 |
Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees |
1964-09-09 |
German DR government allows short visits to West Germany |
1964-09-25 |
Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark |
1964-12-20 |
Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government |
1965-02-20 |
Turkish government of Uerguplu forms |
1965-02-26 |
Dutch government of Marijnen falls |
1965-02-27 |
Dutch Marijnen government resigns |
1965-04-29 |
Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam |
1965-07-27 |
Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government |
1965-09-03 |
Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic |
1965-09-24 |
Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government |
1965-11-14 |
US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam |
1965-12-01 |
South Africa government says children of white fathers are white |
1965-12-17 |
British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia |
1965-12-17 |
Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine |
1965-12-22 |
Belgian government shuts 6 coal mines |
1966-01-08 |
Georges Pompidou re-appointed French Prime Minister and forms new government |
1966-01-09 |
Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism |
1966-02-10 |
Harmel government in Belgium resigns |
1966-02-23 |
Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government |
1966-03-17 |
South Africa government bans Defense & Aid Fund |
1966-03-18 |
General Suharto forms government in Indonesia |
1966-03-19 |
Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins |
1966-05-04 |
Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR |
1966-06-22 |
South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the South African government |
1966-08-03 |
South African government bans Beatle records |
1966-10-14 |
Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer |
1966-11-21 |
Dutch government of Zijlstra forms |
1967-01-16 |
1st black government installed in Bahamas |
1967-04-04 |
Dutch De Young government forms |
1967-04-06 |
Premier Georges Pompidou forms new French government |
1967-04-25 |
Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland |
1967-05-23 |
Government bans submarines near South Africa |
1967-05-27 |
Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. |
1967-06-01 |
Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC |
1967-11-18 |
British government devalues pound from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40 |
1967-11-30 |
The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War. |
1967-12-29 |
Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus |
1968-02-07 |
Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls |
1968-04-08 |
Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms |
1968-05-14 |
Czech government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubček |
1968-06-02 |
Canadians must get government permission to export silver |
1968-06-17 |
Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms |
1968-07-12 |
Couve de Murville forms government in France |
1968-07-13 |
French government-Couve de Murville forms |
1968-10-01 |
The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS). |
1968-10-09 |
Government seizes oil fields in Peru |
1969-01-24 |
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Brian Faulkner resigns from the Northern Ireland cabinet in protest at the policies of Prime Minister Terence O'Neill and the lack of 'strong government' |
1969-01-26 |
Minister of Health and Social Services William Morgan resigns from the Northern Ireland government |
1969-02-13 |
Suriname government of Pengel resigns |
1969-04-23 |
The Unionist Parliamentary Party votes by 28 to 22 to introduce universal adult suffrage in local government elections in Northern Ireland; the demand for 'one man, one vote' had been one of the most powerful slogans of the civil rights movement |
1969-05-25 |
Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup |
1969-06-05 |
Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns |
1969-06-18 |
A report published by the International Commission of Jurists on the British government's policy in Northern Ireland is critical of both the British government and the Northern Ireland government |
1969-06-23 |
French government of Couve de Murville resigns |
1969-07-04 |
Italian Rumor government resigns |
1969-10-14 |
Palme government forms in Sweden |
1969-10-18 |
Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners |
1969-12-01 |
US government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II |
1970-01-03 |
Marxist government takes over in Congo |
1970-03-01 |
White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain |
1970-03-18 |
Two-week US postal strike begins; it is against the government and is the largest wildcat strike in US history |
1970-05-06 |
Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch sacks two ministers in the Irish government over allegations of illegal arms importation |
1970-06-20 |
British government of Edward Heath forms (with Margaret Thatcher in the Cabinet) |
1970-07-06 |
Italian Rumor government resigns |
1970-07-23 |
A ban on parades and public processions until January 1971 is announced by the Stormont government (North Ireland Parliament) |
1970-08-26 |
Minister of Home Affairs Robert Porter resigns from the Stormont government (North Ireland parliament) |
1970-09-07 |
Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan. |
1970-09-16 |
King Hussein of Jordan forms military government |
1970-12-09 |
Dutch Antilles: government of Petronia falls |
1970-12-12 |
Polish government proclaims price rise |
1971-02-04 |
Government exhibit under construction in Brazil collapses, kills 65 |
1971-03-12 |
Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army |
1971-03-16 |
Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway. |
1971-03-20 |
Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark resigns in protest at what he views as a limited security response by the British government |
1971-04-05 |
In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. |
1971-06-13 |
In defiance of a government ban, members of the Orange Order march through the mainly Catholic town of Dungiven, County Londonderry causing a riot |
1971-07-06 |
Barend Biesheuvel government forms in Netherlands |
1971-07-31 |
Venezuela's Hydrocarbons Reversion Law mandates gradual transfer to government ownership of all "unexploited concession areas" by 1974 and "all their residual assets" by 1983 |
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 |
1971-09-26 |
MP David Bleakley resigns in protest over the introduction of Internment and the lack of any new political initiatives by the Northern Ireland government |
1971-10-27 |
Gerard Newe becomes the first Catholic to serve in any Northern Ireland government since 1920; Newe was appointed to try to improve community relations |
1971-11-16 |
The US increase air activity to support the Cambodian government as fighting neared Phnom Penh |
1971-11-30 |
The government of the Republic of Ireland states that it will take the allegations of brutality against the security forces in Northern Ireland to the European Court of Human Rights |
1971-12-01 |
Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. |
1972-01-21 |
Belgian government of Eyskens-Cools forms |
1972-01-31 |
Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana |
1972-02-09 |
Brit government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike |
1972-03-30 |
Northern Ireland's Government and Parliament dissolved by the British Government and 'direct rule' from Westminster is introduced |
1972-04-19 |
British Prime Ministe rEdward Heath confirms that a plan to conduct an arrest operation, in the event of a riot during the march on 30 January 1972, was known to British government Ministers in advance |
1972-05-04 |
Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam |
1972-06-14 |
Members of the NI Social Democratic and Labour Party hold a meeting with representatives of the Irish Republican Army in Derry; the IRA representatives outline their conditions for talks with the British Government |
1972-06-17 |
Chile president Allende forms new government |
1972-07-07 |
Secret Talks Between IRA and British Government: Gerry Adams is part of a delegation to London for talks with the British Government |
1972-10-27 |
OPEC approves plan providing for 25 percent government ownership of all Western oil interests operating within Kuwait, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia |
1972-11-22 |
Belgium government of Eyskens resigns |
1972-11-27 |
Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government |
1973-01-26 |
Belgium government of Leburton forms |
1973-02-28 |
Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders |
1973-04-18 |
US Government ends Mandatory Oil Import Program, established in 1959 by President Eisenhower |
1973-05-11 |
Dutch government of Uyl forms |
1973-05-11 |
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed. |
1973-08-08 |
US vice-president Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. Vowed not to resign. |
1973-10-08 |
Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece |
1973-10-24 |
John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone |
1973-11-09 |
Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support |
1973-12-01 |
Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea |
1973-12-20 |
Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms |
1973-12-24 |
District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. |
1974-01-01 |
With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa. |
1974-01-19 |
Belgium government of Leburton falls |
1974-01-25 |
Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey |
1974-01-29 |
Kuwait announces 60 percent government participation in BP-Gulf concession |
1974-02-28 |
Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms |
1974-04-25 |
Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government |
1974-05-08 |
Canada government of Trudeau falls |
1974-05-18 |
Nigeria announces 55 percent government participation in all oil concessions |
1974-06-03 |
Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government |
1974-06-06 |
A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy. |
1974-06-10 |
Rumor's government in Italy resigns |
1974-06-18 |
Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government |
1974-11-23 |
60 Ethiopia government officials executed |
1974-12-27 |
FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party |
1975-02-10 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army agrees to a truce and ceasefire with the British government and the Northern Ireland Office; Seven "incident centres" are established in nationalist areas to monitor the ceasefire and the response of the security forces |
1975-05-24 |
Dutch government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16 |
1975-06-06 |
Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established |
1975-07-06 |
Argentine government falls |
1975-07-20 |
India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship. |
1975-07-27 |
The British government closes its consulate in Angola following increasing fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola and South African troops |
1975-08-01 |
38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord |
1975-09-24 |
OPEC announces a 15% increase in government per barrel revenues |
1975-09-27 |
Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain |
1975-10-01 |
Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles |
1975-11-05 |
British government sends troops to Belize |
1976-09-09 |
New Zealand government establishes the country's first centralised electronic database through the Wanganui Computer Act, raising questions about the state's ability to gather information on its citizens |
1976-09-21 |
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet. |
1976-11-19 |
Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal. |
1976-12-16 |
Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis |
1977-03-22 |
Dutch Den Uyl government falls |
1977-03-22 |
Uyl government falls |
1977-03-28 |
Morarji Desai forms government in India |
1977-06-03 |
Belgium government of Tindemans forms |
1977-06-20 |
Menahem Begin forms Israeli government |
1977-08-09 |
The military-controlled Government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress. |
1977-09-30 |
Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns |
1977-12-19 |
Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms |
1978-01-02 |
Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey |
1978-01-08 |
Israeli government votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai |
1978-01-26 |
Mario Soares forms Portuguese government |
1978-06-15 |
Belgian government resigns |
1978-07-23 |
Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas |
1978-09-14 |
Portugal government of Da Costa falls |
1978-10-05 |
Sweden's Fälldin government falls |
1978-10-11 |
Belgium government of Tindemans resigns |
1978-10-20 |
Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government |
1978-10-25 |
Israeli government approves "in principle", a draft compromise peace |
1978-11-06 |
Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms government |
1978-12-29 |
Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government |
1979-01-16 |
Shah leaves Iran on vacation, never to return; Bakhtiar government established by the Shah to preside until unrest subsides |
1979-03-28 |
British government of Callaghan falls |
1979-04-03 |
Belgium's Martens government forms |
1979-06-01 |
The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power. |
1979-06-07 |
Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns |
1979-08-01 |
Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal |
1979-08-04 |
Italian government of Cossiga begins |
1979-08-05 |
Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario |
1979-11-01 |
US Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler |
1979-11-05 |
Iran government of Bazargan resigns |
1979-11-15 |
British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt, art advisor to the Queen, as 4th man in Soviet spy ring |
1980-01-25 |
Dutch government demands boycott of Olympics |
1980-04-09 |
Belgium's Marten's government resigns |
1980-05-18 |
Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms |
1980-09-26 |
Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla" |
1980-10-07 |
Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns |
1980-10-22 |
4th government of Martens forms in Belgium |
1980-10-24 |
Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity |
1980-10-31 |
Polish government recognizes Solidarity trade union |
1981-02-01 |
French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq |
1981-03-05 |
US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer |
1981-04-02 |
Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns |
1981-04-06 |
Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo |
1981-04-07 |
Belgium Eyskens government forms |
1981-06-06 |
A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed. |
1981-06-23 |
French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists |
1981-06-28 |
74 government officials die in attack in Iran |
1981-09-11 |
2nd government of Van Agt forms in Netherlands |
1981-10-14 |
Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner. |
1981-10-16 |
2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns |
1981-12-02 |
Spanish government requests membership in NATO |
1981-12-13 |
Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists |
1981-12-16 |
Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls |
1981-12-22 |
Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms |
1982-02-02 |
Government troops and Muslim fundamentalists battle in Hamah, Syria |
1982-06-25 |
South African President P.W. Botha issues a new Proclamation again placing Ingwavuma under government control |
1982-07-19 |
Bolivian government resigns |
1982-09-03 |
Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns |
1982-10-07 |
Olof Palme forms Swedish government |
1983-02-23 |
The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos. |
1983-04-28 |
Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead |
1983-05-16 |
Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government. |
1983-05-24 |
Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students |
1983-07-12 |
Chad government troops reconquer Abéché |
1983-07-21 |
Polish government ends 19 months of martial law |
1983-10-09 |
4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma |
1983-11-10 |
Federal government shut down |
1984-04-06 |
Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. |
1984-06-01 |
Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles |
1984-07-11 |
Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989 |
1984-09-13 |
Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed |
1984-10-04 |
US government closes down due to budget problems |
1984-11-14 |
Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city. |
1985-01-03 |
Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews |
1985-04-03 |
French government adopts equal electoral system |
1985-07-20 |
The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. |
1985-08-26 |
French government denies knowledge of attack on Rainbow Warrior |
1985-09-15 |
Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government |
1985-11-28 |
6th Belgium government of Martens forms |
1986-01-01 |
South African Government closes its borders with Lesotho, cutting off important food and fuel supplies, after Lesotho refuses to sign a non-aggression pact. |
1986-01-25 |
General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda |
1986-03-20 |
Jacques Chirac forms French government |
1986-07-07 |
Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices |
1986-07-13 |
Zola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games, a direct consequence of Britain's refusal to support economic sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa |
1986-07-14 |
2nd government of Lubbers sworn in |
1986-08-21 |
Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials |
1986-10-01 |
New Zealand's Labour Government introduces a Goods and Services Tax (GST), adding 10% to the cost of most goods and services |
1986-10-16 |
US government closes down due to budget problems |
1986-10-17 |
Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government |
1986-10-27 |
The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. |
1986-11-11 |
Suriname government proclaims gold purification |
1987-06-08 |
New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power |
1987-10-15 |
6th Belgium government of Martens falls |
1987-10-21 |
7th Belgium government of Martens forms |
1987-10-23 |
Dutch government gives Fokker's Aircraft Ÿ212 million credit |
1988-04-13 |
Italy government of De Mita forms |
1988-05-09 |
Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms |
1988-05-29 |
Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq dismisses government and disbands parliament |
1988-06-19 |
Namphy takes control of Haitian government |
1988-07-29 |
South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" |
1988-12-30 |
Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard |
1989-02-06 |
Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government |
1989-04-29 |
2nd government of Lubbers falls |
1989-05-09 |
Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press |
1989-05-10 |
Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin |
1989-06-29 |
The National Party adopts a five year programme of its objectives which included a political "reform" plan to give South Africa's Black majority a role in national as well as local government spheres; the African National Congress (ANC) said that it would consider nothing less than a one-man, one-vote system |
1989-07-20 |
Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest |
1989-12-16 |
Protest breaks out in Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor, László Tőkés. |
1990-04-19 |
Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce |
1990-06-25 |
Anti-government riots break out in Lusaka, Zambia |
1990-11-01 |
Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe |
1990-11-09 |
Tanzania government of Malecela forms |
1991-01-20 |
Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south. |
1991-01-25 |
Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government |
1991-06-04 |
1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania |
1991-06-30 |
South Africa Government repeal the 1913 Native Land Act, an important part of the system of Apartheid (Racially Based Land Measures Act) |
1991-10-30 |
Colombian government negotiate with M-19-guerrilla |
1992-01-22 |
Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. |
1992-06-28 |
Italian government of Amato forms |
1993-03-23 |
Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns |
1993-03-30 |
French government of Balladur forms |
1993-04-28 |
Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists |
1993-05-28 |
Polish government of Suchocka falls |
1993-08-06 |
Japan Hosokawa government begins |
1993-09-21 |
Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns |
1993-10-13 |
Greek government of Papandreou forms |
1993-10-28 |
Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters resigns |
1993-11-10 |
Slovakian government of Vladimír Mečiar forms |
1993-11-25 |
Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls |
1993-12-04 |
A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels. |
1993-12-28 |
Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms |
1994-01-06 |
"Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances |
1994-01-11 |
Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA |
1994-01-13 |
Italian government of Ciampi resigns |
1994-01-27 |
Romanian social democrats form government with anti-Semites |
1994-02-06 |
"Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 perfs |
1994-02-16 |
Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru |
1994-03-16 |
Moravcik forms Slovakia government |
1994-03-22 |
South African government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland |
1994-04-17 |
Aruba government of Oduber falls |
1994-05-10 |
Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with 5 neo-fascists |
1994-08-22 |
Wim Cook government forms in Netherlands |
1994-09-04 |
Bulgarian government of Berov falls |
1994-09-05 |
Kirgizia government resigns |
1994-09-19 |
Swedish government of Bildt resigns |
1994-09-22 |
Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns |
1994-09-26 |
Estonia government of Laar flees |
1994-10-07 |
Ingvar Carlsson forms Swedish government |
1994-11-08 |
Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms |
1994-11-17 |
3rd Germany government of Kohl forms |
1994-11-17 |
Irish government of Reynolds resigns |
1994-11-20 |
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (localized fighting resumed the next year). |
1994-12-22 |
Italian government of Berlusconi resigns |
1994-12-29 |
Bangladesh government of Zia resigns |
1995-11-10 |
In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces. |
1995-12-05 |
The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. |
1996-05-06 |
Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war |
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. |
1997-08-21 |
US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out |
1997-10-27 |
Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference" |
1998-08-14 |
Winnie Mandela sued by the South Africa government |
1998-08-20 |
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. |
1999-01-20 |
The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés. |
1999-09-08 |
United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories. |
1999-10-22 |
Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. |
1999-11-27 |
The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. |
2000-02-07 |
Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan. |
2001-03-06 |
US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham establishes the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, a 2-million-barrels government-owned reserve to be used in emergency circumstances |
2001-06-18 |
Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India. |
2001-08-10 |
US and UK reject a proposal by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to permit the Iraqi government to use $1 billion per year to fund infrastructure improvements and to increase oil production capacity |
2001-12-22 |
Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai. |
2002-03-04 |
Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions. |
2002-04-04 |
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. |
2002-12-08 |
The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day" - To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba. |
2002-12-27 |
Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya. |
2003-03-17 |
British Cabinet Minister Robin Cook, resigns over government plans for the war with Iraq. |
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). |
2003-09-18 |
The United Kingdom's Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, receives Royal Assent. |
2003-11-18 |
In England, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective |
2004-04-08 |
Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. |
2004-05-28 |
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become Prime Minister of Iraq's interim government. |
2004-06-28 |
Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. |
2004-07-21 |
The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces. |
2004-11-07 |
War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. |
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. |
2005-01-21 |
In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots. |
2005-03-12 |
Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government. |
2005-03-14 |
Cedar Revolution, where over one and a million Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and against the government, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. |
2005-03-26 |
The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk. |
2005-04-07 |
The Head of government of the Federal District, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, faces an impeachment process at the Mexican Congress. |
2005-11-06 |
The military junta of Myanmar (Burma) begins moving its government ministries from Yangon to Pyinmana. |
2005-12-04 |
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage. |
2006-03-28 |
At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law. |
2006-05-01 |
The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow. |
2006-05-05 |
The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army |
2006-05-18 |
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. |
2006-12-05 |
Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji. |
2006-12-10 |
One million Lebanese opposition supporters gather in downtown Beirut, calling for the government to resign. |
2007-04-26 |
Queen's Pier is officially closed by the Hong Kong Government, after a bitter struggle by conservationists, in order to facilitate land reclamation in Hong Kong's Central district |
2007-09-18 |
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution. |
2007-11-24 |
Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government. |
2008-09-07 |
The US Government takes control of the two largest largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
2008-09-21 |
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel formally resigns from office, effective as soon as his successor Tzipi Livni has successfully assembled a new government. |
2009-01-01 |
The government of the Republic of China adopts Hanyu Pinyin as its official Chinese romanization (before this time, the most commonly used was Tongyong Pinyin. |
2009-04-15 |
Even though official government sources state that Argentina's GDP will actually grow this year, private consulting firms state that Argentine economy has actually been in recession since October 2008 |
2009-05-18 |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. |
2009-07-23 |
The Bank of Canada announces the end of the recession even though it remains nascent and still dependent on government stimulus money |
2009-09-12 |
The 9-12 Project organized multiple marches and demonstrations across the USA to protest government spending. |
2009-11-20 |
The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009; Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound |
2010-06-09 |
Hungary leaves the recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures |
2010-09-09 |
A court in the Philippines orders Imelda Marcos to repay the government almost $280,000 for funds taken from the National Food Authority by Ferdinand Marcos in 1983 |
2011-01-25 |
It is announced today that the UK economy suffered a shock contraction of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010, which has been widely blamed on the severe winter weather in December and austere budget cuts implemented by the coalition government increasing fears that the UK is heading for a double-dip recession |
2011-02-25 |
In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921. |
2011-07-22 |
Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. |
2012-01-19 |
FBI shuts down Megaupload.com for alleged copyright infringement, hacker group Anonymous responds by attacking government and entertainment industry websites |
2012-03-22 |
Largest protest in Quebec's history occurs in Montreal with over 200,000 people marching against government tuition hikes and for free access to post-secondary education |
2012-03-30 |
Spanish Government cuts 27 Billion Euros from its budget in one of its toughest austerity driver in history |
2012-05-15 |
Greece's fifth attempt to a form a coalition government fails and new June elections are scheduled |
2012-06-19 |
Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party in Greece, forms a coalition government |
2012-07-18 |
Syrian suicide bombing kills three high profile government officials, including Syria's Minister of Defence |
2012-09-17 |
United States and Japanese government officials agree to put a second missile defence system in Japan |
2012-11-26 |
10 children are killed and 15 people are injured after a Syrian government Jet drops a cluster bomb on a playground |
2012-12-23 |
200 civilians are killed by Syrian government warplanes in Helfaya, Syria |
2013-01-08 |
2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels |
2013-03-01 |
14 people are killed in the Lahad Datu standoff between Malaysian government and rebel forces |
2013-03-28 |
143 rebels and 20 government troop are killed in conflict in Pibor County, Sudan |
2013-03-28 |
Banks in Cyprus re-open after having been closed for two weeks; the government agrees a 10 billion euro bailout deal with the EU and IMF |
2013-04-13 |
20 civilians are killed by the government bombing of Saraqib, Idlib |
2013-08-23 |
UN inspectors are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site of a chemical massacre |
2013-09-07 |
14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus |
2013-09-09 |
18 people are killed in conflict between government and Boko Harem troops in Borno State, Nigeria |
2013-10-01 |
A partial United States federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending |
2013-10-16 |
The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a Bi-partisan deal in the Senate |
2014-02-27 |
Republic of Crimea announces a referendum & ousts its regional government |
2014-05-22 |
Royal Thai Armed Forces launch a coup d'état against the caretaker government of Thailand |
2014-09-20 |
New Zealand's National Government wins a 3rd term in the elections despite allegations of corruption and revelations about state surveillance |
2014-11-15 |
The parents of 43 Mexican students who disappeared start a nationwide bus tour in protest at the government's handling of the case |
2016-02-29 |
Indian Government Announces Steps to Double Farmers' Incomes |
2016-02-29 |
NY judge backs Apple in encryption fight with government |
2016-03-13 |
Helicopters kill 17 as Yemen government moves against Aden militants |
2016-05-26 |
Texas to sue to stop US government's transgender bathroom policy |
2016-07-16 |
US urges support of Turkey government as world watches coup |
2016-09-16 |
UN Blames Syrian Government for Obstructing Aid to Aleppo |
2017-05-04 |
US House passes bill to fund government through September |
2018-01-20 |
US government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate |
2018-01-21 |
US Senate to continue working to end government shutdown |
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Government - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1804-05-12 |
Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish government in Canada (or 1904) |
1872-04-09 |
Leon Blum, French premier (People's front government) |
1876-08-29 |
Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949) |
1882-03-04 |
Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (d. 1941) |
1889-03-08 |
Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business) |
1899-07-08 |
David Eli Lilienthal, US government organizer (Wisconsin) |
1905-01-19 |
Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO (Houston Post) |
1907-01-16 |
Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004) |
1908-08-12 |
Lord Renton, QC/British government minister |
1911-07-15 |
Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister |
1914-05-24 |
Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man government) |
1918-03-13 |
Faye Glenn Abdellan, US government official (health services) |
1922-08-12 |
Lord Colinbrook, British government minister |
1923-07-16 |
Reginald Prentice, British government minister |
1928-05-28 |
Albert Booth, British government minister |
1929-09-28 |
Nigel Althaus, British government broker |
1930-05-16 |
Don Conicannon, government minister |
1932-03-11 |
Nigel Lawson, British government official (The Power Game) |
1939-11-04 |
Michael Meacher, TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism |
1940-04-23 |
Michael Copps, American Federal Government official |
1940-08-13 |
Timothy Wood, British government asst whip |
1942-10-15 |
Jim Leach, The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis |
1943-02-04 |
Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira |
1944-07-20 |
Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy |
1948-10-05 |
Grant Jeffrey, Shadow Government |
1952-03-15 |
Howard Koh, American state government official |
1957-07-10 |
Cindy Sheehan, TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism |
1974-02-11 |
Alex Jones, TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism |
1984-03-03 |
Tim Fox, We're the Government -- and You're Not |
1989-12-19 |
Elly Brindle, My Government and I |
Government - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1940-01-02 |
Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer, linguist and academic and outspoken critic of the South African National Party government's Bantu Education policy, marries Priscilla Phyllis Ntantla. |
Government - Notable Deaths
Government - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1637-08-13 |
Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies |
1676-10-18 |
Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29 |
1704-10-28 |
John Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of government), dies at 72 |
1825-05-20 |
Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788) |
1841-11-30 |
Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73 |
1943-01-24 |
John Burns, British minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies |
1949-06-26 |
Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876) |
1950-03-30 |
Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 |
1965-07-23 |
Frank Meredith, Government Agents vs Phantom Legion |
1980-01-08 |
Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 |
1987-10-21 |
Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan government official, dies at 88 |
1995-09-14 |
Maurice K. Goddard, American state government official (b. 1912) |
2003-02-13 |
Walt Rostow, U.S. government official (b. 1916) |
2005-01-03 |
JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936) |
2012-05-11 |
Grant Jeffrey, Shadow Government |
2015-10-21 |
Michael Meacher, TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism |
2017-12-06 |
Christine Keeler, Cold War showgirl who nearly toppled British government, dies aged 75 |
