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1997 Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales 1996 Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45 1995 Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 1992 Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R. 1992 Farm Aid V 1991 U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti 1990 Farm Aid IV concert 1988 U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras 1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason 1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1986 World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal 1986 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert 1985 Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert 1985 "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief 1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1977 President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights 1971 North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks 1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund 1965 U.S.S.R. and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact 1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania 1957 U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid 1954 President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1953 U.S. give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid 1953 U.S. stops aid to Persia 1953 Netherlands end Marshall aid 1952 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale in Elmsford, New York 1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1950 President Truman promises aid to Taiwan 1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1949 Christopher John Seward, aid worker 1948 Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine 1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) 1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1947 General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews 1944 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots 1942 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms 1934 Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid, CDA 1933 German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis 1932 Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer, Han de Wit goes in development aid 1922 Brian Young, Chairman, Christian Aid 1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act 1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1912 Dave O'Brien, Big Springs, Texas, actor, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid 1899 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid 1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1879 Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone 1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo 1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" 1833 Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 1812 U.S. passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) 1793 Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized 1788 Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston 1778 France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty 1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden 1585 English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland 1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth 1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion 1575 King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots

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