— about 55 years ago
Date | Event |
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1503-01-20 |
Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs |
1506-04-30 |
Philip of Burgundy & England sign trade agreement |
1507-06-05 |
England & Netherlands sign trade agreement |
1536-02-18 |
France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel |
1654-04-21 |
England & Sweden sign trade agreement |
1654-09-25 |
England & Denmark sign trade agreement |
1668-10-23 |
Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade |
1703-12-27 |
England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement |
1714-06-26 |
Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement |
1725-05-01 |
Spain & Austria sign trade treaty |
1734-12-13 |
England & Russia sign trade agreement |
1749-11-02 |
English Ohio Trade Company forms first trading post |
1775-03-19 |
Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement |
1775-05-17 |
American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. |
1778-09-04 |
City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels |
1784-02-22 |
1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from NY |
1784-03-05 |
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade. |
1785-09-10 |
Prussia signs trade agreement with US |
1786-09-26 |
Britain & France sign trade agreement |
1788-05-09 |
British parliament accepts abolition of slave trade |
1789-05-12 |
William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in UK House of Commons, reasons the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice |
1792-05-16 |
Denmark abolishes slave trade |
1806-11-21 |
Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England |
1807-03-02 |
Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808 |
1807-03-25 |
British Parliament abolishes slave trade |
1811-02-11 |
President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years |
1813-10-23 |
The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom). |
1824-03-17 |
Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement |
1826-06-20 |
Siam and Britain sign trade/peace treaty |
1826-11-15 |
Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura |
1827-01-01 |
Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java |
1828-01-05 |
1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad) |
1830-10-01 |
General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam |
1834-03-18 |
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. |
1850-09-20 |
Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue |
1853-07-14 |
Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan |
1858-07-29 |
Treaty of Amity and Commerce/Harris Treaty signed between US & Japan opening Japanese ports to trade |
1858-08-18 |
Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement |
1862-06-07 |
The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade. |
1867-04-25 |
Tokyo opens for foreign trade |
1872-06-14 |
Trade unions are legalised in Canada. |
1900-01-02 |
John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. |
1900-02-27 |
In London, the Trade Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet, resulting in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern Labour Party in 1906 |
1901-03-14 |
Germany's Chancellor von Bulow declares that the agreement Germany signed with England in October 1900, to restrain foreign aggression and maintain open trade, does not apply to Manchuria |
1901-07-22 |
British House of Lords, in its role as court, rules trade unions can be sued for actions of its members - in Taff Vale Case |
1904-06-21 |
Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) |
1905-02-25 |
The Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingenwas, a Dutch social-democratic trade union, forms |
1905-03-31 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits Tangier, Morocco and proclaims Germany's support of Moroccan independence and equal opportunity for all powers to trade there |
1905-09-06 |
General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) |
1906-11-21 |
China prohibits opium trade |
1909-02-18 |
Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps |
1914-09-26 |
Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce |
1915-03-16 |
Federal Trade Commission organizes |
1916-07-20 |
Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds |
1916-07-26 |
The US Protests the 'Blacklist' issued by the British forbidding trade with some 30 US firms |
1916-09-26 |
Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions |
1917-12-31 |
Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members |
1918-01-02 |
Dodgers trade Casey Stengel & Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes & Mamaux |
1918-12-21 |
Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore & Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell & Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters & $15,000 |
1919-02-01 |
Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert |
1922-03-31 |
Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam |
1922-05-24 |
Russian-Italian trade agreement signed |
1924-03-03 |
German & Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed |
1924-04-08 |
South African State pass the Industrial Conciliation Act No 11: the act provided for job reservation, excluded blacks from membership of registered trade unions,and prohibited registration of black trade unions |
1924-08-08 |
British-Russian trade agreement signed |
1924-08-17 |
French-German trade agreement signed |
1924-10-28 |
French-Russian trade agreement signed |
1924-12-02 |
British-German trade agreement signed |
1924-12-09 |
Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed |
1925-10-12 |
German-Russian trade agreement signed |
1925-11-26 |
Netherlands & Germany sign trade agreement |
1926-08-05 |
French & German trade agreement signed |
1926-12-20 |
Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring |
1929-06-03 |
1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light) |
1931-05-14 |
Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration. |
1931-06-15 |
Poland & USSR sign friendship & trade treaty |
1932-04-05 |
Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions |
1932-10-19 |
British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union |
1932-10-24 |
British government signs trade treaty with USSR |
1932-12-17 |
Cards trade Jim Bottomley to Reds for Estel Crabtree & Ownie Carroll |
1933-05-02 |
In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions |
1933-05-06 |
Italy & USSR sign trade agreement |
1933-05-22 |
World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated |
1933-11-17 |
United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade |
1937-08-06 |
US & USSR sign trade treaty |
1937-10-15 |
Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri |
1938-11-18 |
Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. |
1939-01-13 |
Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco |
1940-01-15 |
German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church) |
1940-03-28 |
Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. |
1942-05-22 |
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed. |
1943-12-30 |
Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps & cash |
1945-10-03 |
World Federation of Trade Unions forms; CIO a member |
1947-12-10 |
USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement |
1948-01-01 |
General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective |
1949-10-19 |
A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton |
1949-10-19 |
Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds |
1949-10-29 |
White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox |
1953-12-01 |
Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen |
1954-01-30 |
Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR |
1954-11-18 |
Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal |
1955-02-09 |
US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO |
1955-11-15 |
Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement |
1956-05-23 |
World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, SF |
1956-12-13 |
Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires |
1957-02-21 |
Dodgers (Fort Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises |
1957-05-16 |
Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade |
1957-06-15 |
Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran |
1957-10-15 |
Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players |
1958-05-13 |
The trade mark Velcro is registered. |
1959-02-27 |
Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players |
1959-02-28 |
NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players |
1959-12-11 |
Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri |
1960-01-04 |
European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm |
1960-01-30 |
Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands |
1960-04-17 |
Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn |
1960-09-30 |
West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany |
1961-02-27 |
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. |
1962-02-03 |
President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs |
1963-06-25 |
Curnick Ndlovu, South African Trade Unionist and African National Congress Leader, is arrested |
1964-01-18 |
Plans for World Trade Center announced (NYC) |
1966-12-08 |
A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith |
1968-02-01 |
World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi |
1968-03-03 |
In a blockbuster trade, the Toronto Maple Leafs send hall of fame forward Frank Mahovlich to the rival Detroit Red Wings |
1968-03-27 |
Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF |
1968-07-05 |
Phila 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to LA Lakers |
1968-11-23 |
Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson |
1969-04-01 |
Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals |
1970-01-15 |
Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's) |
1970-10-05 |
Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross |
1970-12-23 |
NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m) |
1971-06-11 |
US ends ban on China trade |
1972-02-25 |
Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise |
1972-03-22 |
Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle |
1972-04-05 |
Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub |
1972-05-11 |
Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash |
1972-11-27 |
Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses |
1972-11-28 |
LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels |
1973-06-12 |
Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer |
1973-07-31 |
ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to NY Nets |
1973-09-10 |
NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis |
1973-10-25 |
Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock & Vic Harris |
1973-10-25 |
SF Giants trade Willie McCovey to SD Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell |
1973-12-05 |
Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade |
1973-12-05 |
Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall |
1973-12-11 |
Ron Santo becomes 1st to invoke no-trade clause of 10-year-1-club vet |
1973-12-11 |
West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czech |
1974-04-05 |
Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) |
1974-04-26 |
Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw |
1974-08-01 |
Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to NY Nets |
1974-10-22 |
Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds |
1974-10-23 |
Cubs trade Billy Williams to A's for Manny Trillo, Knowles & Locker |
1974-11-02 |
Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May |
1975-01-14 |
USSR breaks trade agreement with US |
1975-06-16 |
Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber & Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players |
1975-08-21 |
US lightens trade embargo against Cuba |
1975-12-11 |
Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis & Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich |
1976-04-02 |
A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez & Paul Mitchell |
1976-06-15 |
Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman |
1976-11-05 |
Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen & $100,000 to A's for mgr Chuck Tanner |
1977-01-11 |
Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner |
1977-05-26 |
George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center |
1977-06-15 |
NY Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry |
1977-12-14 |
Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash |
1978-01-25 |
Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award) |
1978-03-15 |
A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players & $390,000 |
1978-04-03 |
European market & China signs trade agreement |
1978-06-10 |
Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis |
1978-11-10 |
Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison & Griffin |
1979-02-03 |
Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players |
1980-03-01 |
CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established |
1980-08-31 |
Poland's Solidarity trade union federations forms and is offically recognised by the Polish goverment |
1980-10-31 |
Polish government recognizes Solidarity trade union |
1981-01-23 |
Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana & Joe Rudi |
1981-08-08 |
At a summit South African Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws |
1982-02-08 |
Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey) |
1982-02-11 |
Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through |
1982-10-10 |
US imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union |
1983-06-15 |
Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen & Rick Ownbey |
1983-08-19 |
Dodgers trade Dave Stewart & Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut |
1984-05-25 |
Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner |
1984-06-28 |
Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year old daughter, Katryn, are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola |
1984-12-05 |
A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo |
1984-12-05 |
Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher |
1985-02-01 |
Cards trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to Giants for Jack Clark |
1985-09-15 |
Yanks trade Jim Deshaies to Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro |
1986-02-28 |
European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade |
1986-06-29 |
Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver |
1986-07-09 |
Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson |
1986-08-17 |
Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones & pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen & outfielder Dave Henderson |
1987-02-03 |
Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton |
1987-02-19 |
US President Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland |
1987-04-03 |
Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers |
1988-01-02 |
Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement |
1988-08-09 |
Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions |
1988-10-12 |
Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations |
1988-12-04 |
Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers |
1988-12-30 |
Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US |
1989-05-25 |
Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson |
1989-06-21 |
Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia |
1989-07-16 |
South Africa's largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, holds its third annual congress and intensifies its campaign against apartheid |
1989-07-29 |
White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher & Sam Sosa |
1989-07-31 |
Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets |
1990-05-11 |
NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt |
1990-12-05 |
Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter |
1990-12-24 |
Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones |
1991-06-25 |
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa |
1991-10-04 |
NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier |
1992-01-01 |
Europe breaks down trade barriers |
1992-04-27 |
NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent |
1992-06-17 |
Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns |
1992-07-13 |
The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and Congress of South African Trade Union, outlines a mass action plan for August |
1992-08-12 |
Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
1992-08-27 |
Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent & Ryan Thompson |
1993-01-01 |
12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone |
1993-02-26 |
2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die |
1993-07-31 |
A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays |
1994-01-01 |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect |
1994-01-10 |
Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs |
1994-02-03 |
President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam |
1994-03-04 |
4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center |
1994-06-06 |
CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard-drugs trade |
1995-02-14 |
The Portland Trail Blazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Houston Rockets, who end up winning the 1995 NBA Championship |
1996-11-23 |
The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization. |
1997-01-01 |
The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre. |
1997-03-25 |
Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & Justice |
1997-07-31 |
A's trade Mark McGwire to St Louis Cardinals |
1997-08-05 |
Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial |
1997-08-13 |
Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the NY Yankees |
1997-08-13 |
SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels |
1998-01-08 |
World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life |
1998-02-06 |
Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers |
1999-04-07 |
The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. |
2000-06-23 |
The Cotonou Agreement, a trade and aid framework, is signed in Cotonou, Benin |
2001-05-21 |
French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. |
2001-09-07 |
The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron's bid to buy Texaco |
2001-09-11 |
Two passenger planes hijacked by terrorists crashes into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both & death of 2,752 people |
2001-11-13 |
Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar. |
2001-12-11 |
The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization. |
2001-12-27 |
The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States. |
2002-01-01 |
Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei. |
2002-06-28 |
In South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Treatment Action Campaign table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council |
2003-06-27 |
The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day. |
2004-03-23 |
Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India. |
2004-07-04 |
The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks) |
2005-09-01 |
Seven members and former members of the AFL-CIO form a new trade union organization, the Change to Win Federation. |
2005-11-30 |
The Boston Bruins trade captain Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks |
2006-04-27 |
Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City. |
2006-07-06 |
The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years. |
2007-06-08 |
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. |
2008-07-23 |
Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member. |
2009-01-13 |
Global shipping experiences a drop in trade, as exports from South Korea dropping an annualised 30%, with Taiwan and Japan experiencing a 42% and 27% drop respectively |
2009-07-04 |
The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks. |
2012-03-12 |
China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade |
2012-04-30 |
The unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become the tallest building in New York |
2012-05-01 |
China and Russia sign $15 billion dollar trade deal |
2012-08-22 |
Russia and Vanuatu become members of the World Trade Organization |
2012-09-26 |
Greek trade unions call a general strike to protest austerity measures |
2013-03-29 |
UN regulation of international arms trade is blocked by North Korea, Iran, and Syria |
2013-04-02 |
The UN General Assembly approves the first Arms Trade Treaty |
2014-11-04 |
More than 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, New York's 104-storey World Trade Center re-opens for business in Manhattan |
2016-03-15 |
Donald Trump: Disappearing middle class needs better deal on trade |
2016-04-25 |
President Obama defends controversial EU trade deal |
2016-09-15 |
US lifts decades-long trade sanctions against Myanmar |
2017-01-24 |
Japan trade minister says will keep stressing importance of TPP to US |
2017-07-26 |
Survivors of Texas truck where 10 immigrants died seek to trade testimony for visas |
2017-08-23 |
China July trade with North Korea slows from June as coal ban bites |
2018-03-03 |
US dollar outlook darkens as trade war looms |
2018-03-23 |
China urges US against taking trade relations to 'dangerous place' |
2018-03-23 |
China strikes back in trade spat, aims tariffs at $3 billion US goods |
2018-04-05 |
China envoy says takes 'two to tango' in resolving trade dispute with US |
2018-07-25 |
Trump to provide $12 billion in aid to farmers to ease trade pain |
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1759-08-24 |
William Wilberforce, Kingston upon Hull, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade |
1838-03-18 |
Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903) |
1866-06-13 |
Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Trade scholarship) |
1884-10-10 |
Ernest M. Poate, A Trade Secret |
1891-06-26 |
Alma Platt, The Trade-Ins |
1892-07-29 |
Karel L Baars, Dutch actor (White Slaves Trade) |
1892-11-19 |
Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician (d. 1970) |
1894-08-23 |
James La Guma, Bloemfontein, South African political activist and trade unionist |
1898-08-11 |
Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist |
1904-05-06 |
Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974) |
1909-05-10 |
Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist |
1911-09-01 |
Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman (CNV)/trade union leader |
1912-11-21 |
Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist |
1912-12-01 |
Minoru Yamasaki, architect (World Trade Center, NY) |
1913-03-06 |
David Bowman, trade unionist |
1913-03-29 |
Jack Jones, British trade unionist (CH) |
1915-02-24 |
Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist |
1916-10-30 |
Kurt Hübner, Death Is My Trade |
1919-04-02 |
Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader |
1920-05-20 |
William Simpson, British trade union leader |
1920-06-15 |
George Ernest Leslie, trade union official |
1922-08-12 |
Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader (NVV/VARA) |
1922-08-23 |
Jack Boddy, British trade union leader |
1924-07-30 |
James Kitchens, Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes |
1925-02-20 |
Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader |
1925-04-25 |
Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist |
1926-03-12 |
David Oliver Williams, trade unionist (COHSE) |
1927-03-11 |
Ron Todd, British trade unionist |
1928-03-22 |
Ed Macauley, Trade Robberies |
1928-08-20 |
Theodor Kotulla, Death Is My Trade |
1929-09-18 |
June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist |
1930-08-27 |
John Daly, British trade union leader |
1930-12-10 |
Clayton K Yeutter, Nebraska, US trade rep/Republican Natl chairman |
1931-08-13 |
Roy Evans, general sect (British Iron & Steel Trade Confederation) |
1932-08-11 |
Sam McCluskie, trade unionist |
1933-08-02 |
Alan Tuffin, trade union leader |
1936-01-28 |
Bill Jordan, British trade unionist |
1936-08-28 |
Harry McLevy, trade Unionist |
1936-10-02 |
Connie Dierking, Trade Robberies |
1937-08-02 |
Alan Tuffin, trade union leader |
1937-08-30 |
Charles Southwood, I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin |
1938-03-28 |
Genco Erkal, The Market: A Tale of Trade |
1939-04-10 |
Daniel Oliver, NYC, CEO (Federal Trade Commission) |
1940-01-21 |
Eberhard Weber, Death Is My Trade |
1940-02-25 |
Hector MacKenzie, trade unionist |
1940-02-25 |
Ron Santo, shortstop (Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade) |
1940-09-29 |
Jimmy Knapp, trade unionist |
1942-09-22 |
Dick Pickering, trade unionist |
1942-9-01 |
Trade Martin, Stormy Monday |
1943-04-06 |
Harry Conroy, trade unionist |
1944-01-28 |
John Edmonds, British trade unionist |
1944-12-19 |
Tim Reid, Trade |
1945-04-06 |
Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist |
1945-06-27 |
Omar Badsha, Durban, South Africa, South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist |
1949-06-11 |
George Willig, stuntman (climbed World Trade Center in 1977) |
1951-04-24 |
Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator |
1952-10-23 |
Razame de la Crackers, World Trade Center |
1956-02-09 |
Mike Kenn, Trade Robberies |
1961-06-09 |
Jakob Claussen, Trade |
1961-9-14 |
Reynold Mainse, Trade of Innocents |
1963-07-14 |
Robert Black, Leather Trade Solos |
1964-06-15 |
Konstantin Kröning, The Market: A Tale of Trade |
1967-06-12 |
Juan Marsh, Even Trade |
1967-11-13 |
Randi Ingerman, Phila Pa, actress (Trade Winds) |
1967-11-26 |
William Jimeno, World Trade Center |
1968-02-09 |
Rosario Zinnanti, Division-Trade |
1969-12-14 |
Angel Jager, Rough Trade |
1970-05-18 |
Tim Woodruff, World Trade Center |
1970-08-29 |
Christian Clarke, World Trade Center |
1971-12-18 |
Romona Faria, The Trade Off |
1972-04-01 |
Tony Lazzari, Leather Trade Solos |
1972-11-29 |
Chris Mascarelli, Trade In |
1972-12-07 |
Daniel Gottschalk, Trade |
1973-06-05 |
Shannon Keith, Skin Trade |
1975-03-02 |
Matthew Watson, Cambodia: The Virginity Trade |
1975-04-19 |
Michael Atilano, World Trade Center |
1976-02-26 |
David Michael Fordham, World Trade Center |
1977-05-17 |
Mikhail Nayfeld, Trade Day |
1977-05-23 |
Jaime Ramirez, Trade |
1977-12-28 |
La Avery, Trade In |
1979-02-13 |
Rachel Luv, The Skin Trade |
1979-08-07 |
Tayanç Ayaydin, The Market: A Tale of Trade |
1980-06-29 |
Sean R. Walsh, Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center |
1981-9-15 |
Buckley W. Morgan, World Trade Center |
1982-03-02 |
Michael Pettengill, World Trade Center |
1982-03-05 |
Clint Higgins, Fair Trade |
1982-10-23 |
Al Richard Unser, Trade |
1984-03-16 |
Matt Weiss, World Trade Center |
1984-07-31 |
Gavin Barclay, Tricks of the Trade |
1984-12-20 |
Paul Lowry Jr., Trade |
1986-01-10 |
Julie DeConcini, Trade In |
1986-07-17 |
Patrick Chavis, Rules Of The Trade |
1988-10-05 |
Amanda Saphire Billingham, World Trade Center |
1992-02-19 |
Paulina Gaitan, Trade |
1994-06-07 |
Morgan Flynn, World Trade Center |
1996-07-09 |
Sylvain LeVasseur-Portelance, Trade Ya |
2002-04-11 |
Alexa Gerasimovich, World Trade Center |
Date | Event |
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1969-09-08 |
Polish politician and trade-union organizer Lech Walesa (25) weds Danuta Golos (20) |
Date | Event |
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1927-05-05 |
Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies |
1932-07-22 |
Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71 |
1932-07-22 |
Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71 |
1935-02-01 |
Ernest M. Poate, A Trade Secret |
1942-12-14 |
Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61 |
1953-11-09 |
Dylan Thomas, author-poet (Adv in skin trade), dies in NY at 39 |
1970-11-08 |
Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician (b. 1892) |
1971-01-02 |
Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, South African trade unionist, dies at 62 |
1972-04-15 |
Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64 |
1974-08-14 |
Raymond Budd, South African trade unionist |
1983-01-07 |
August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 |
1989-11-08 |
Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67 |
1992-02-27 |
Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80 |
1994-09-13 |
Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies |
1995-09-15 |
Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63 |
1995-11-30 |
June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist, dies at 66 |
1995-12-24 |
Harry McLevy, trade unionist, dies at 59 |
1995-12-28 |
Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 |
1996-02-09 |
Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80 |
1996-03-03 |
David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 |
1996-10-10 |
Dick Pickering, trade unionist, dies at 54 |
1996-11-17 |
Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45 |
1996-11-27 |
George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76 |
1996-12-09 |
Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84 |
2001-10-20 |
Theodor Kotulla, Death Is My Trade |
2002-08-24 |
James Kitchens, Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes |
2005-01-19 |
Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924) |
2007-08-23 |
Kurt Hübner, Death Is My Trade |
2007-09-03 |
Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939) |
2009-04-08 |
Charles Southwood, I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin |
2011-11-08 |
Ed Macauley, Trade Robberies |
2013-12-29 |
Connie Dierking, Trade Robberies |
2016-04-30 |
Trade fair organiser Paul Schall dies aged 76 |
2017-02-06 |
Former leftist trade unionist Fong Swee Suan dies, aged 85 |