1998 Jose Maria de Areilza, Sp minister of foreign affairs (1975-76), dies
1998 First Lady Hilary Clinton blames charges that President Clinton had affairs part of a vast right-wing conspiracy
1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
1994 Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
1993 Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
1993 Jiri Hajek, Czech lawyer/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
1993 Israeli min of Foreign affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord
1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position
1988 Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
1988 Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
1988 Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92
1987 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
1986 Pierre Wigny, Belg minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81
1983 Joseph Mazzello, actor, Internal Affairs
1983 Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch min of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88
1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R.
1982 George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs
1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
1980 Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
1979 Israeli minister of Foreign affairs Moshe Dayan resigns
1977 U.S. minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed
1977 Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as min of Foreign affairs
1968 British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns
1966 Christian A Herter, U.S. Min of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at 71
1962 John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko
1962 Cubans minister of Foreign affairs Raul Castro arrives in Moscow
1958 Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
1957 Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs, VVD
1956 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1956 Ad P Melkert, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, 1994-
1955 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87
1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
1953 GDR Min of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"
1950 Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1947 Brit Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office
1944 Elske Terveld, Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs, PvdA
1943 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76
1942 Michiel Patijn, Dutch asst sect of state of Foreign affairs, 1994-
1940 Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
1940 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
1938 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, CDA
1937 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
1937 Elihu Root, U.S. min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91
1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Adm
1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister, Paupa and New Guinea
1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
1931 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs
1930 Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs
1930 Lou A de Graaf, Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs, VDA
1929 Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs, ARP
1929 Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British, Lab, spokesperson on Home Affairs
1929 Gyula Andrassy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68
1927 James Eberle, British admiral/director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
1927 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs, FDP
1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K.
1922 Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs
1921 Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs
1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
1911 Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs
1909 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Foreign Affairs, 1956-68
1909 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1961-67
1906 English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
1903 Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
1902 Richard A. Butler, England, Dutch min of Finance/Foreign affairs
1899 U.S. min of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note"
1898 Theophilus E. Donges, South African minister of Internal Affairs
1894 Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs, 1939-46, /diplomat
1894 Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
1893 James G Blaine, U.S. minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62
1892 Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs, 1938-39
1891 Antoine Pinay, French premier, 1952, /minister of Foreign affairs
1891 Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47
1889 Pierre-tienne Flandin, French premier, 1934-35, and minister of Foreign affairs
1884 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs, 1940
1881 Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour and Foreign affairs
1877 Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs, 1929-..
1874 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, 1918-27
1867 Hobart Bosworth, born in Marietta, Ohio, actor, Woman of Affairs, Big Parade
1866 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs, 1913-18
1865 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
1861 George HG earl of Aberdeen, Engl min of Foreign affairs, dies at 76
1861 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs, 1910-16
1861 Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74
1860 Gyula Andrassy, Jr., Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, 1918-20
1854 Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs
1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70
1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier
1845 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 69
1843 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs
1837 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66
1835 Willem F Roell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67
1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71
1830 James G Blaine, U.S., minister of foreign affairs
1827 George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57
1824 Bureau of Indian Affairs established
1824 U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs
1816 Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs
1816 Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Min Foreign Affairs, 1852-53
1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs
1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs, 1831
1797 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
1793 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/min of Internal Affairs, 1848-49
1789 Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State
1789 Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, State Department
1784 John Jay becomes 1st U.S. Secretary of State (foreign affairs)
1784 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English minister of Foreign affairs
1784 Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
1780 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs
1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
1770 Nikita P. Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs
1763 John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs
1762 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch count/minister of Foreign affairs
1754 Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs
1647 Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs
1616 Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
1550 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
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