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2003 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001, died from complications from an appendectomy
2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 1997 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam 1997 Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76 1996 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1995 "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1995 "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances 1995 "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances 1994 Dutch Ambassador to U.S. christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton) 1991 Marietta Tree, ambassador (U.N. Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 1991 Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union 1990 U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait 1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 1990 U.S. Ambassador tells Iraq, U.S. won't take sides in Iraq - Kuwait dispute 1990 U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador 1989 Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies 1989 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 176 performances 1988 William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1988 "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 176 performances 1988 Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies 1988 "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 46 performances 1988 "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances 1987 "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 177 performances 1987 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 177 performances 1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances 1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances 1986 Chester Bowles, U.S. senator/ambassador, dies at 85 1985 "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances 1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances 1984 Ellsworth Bunker, U.S. ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) 1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered 1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador New York City after 6 perf 1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador New York City for 6 performances 1982 Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians 1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies 1981 Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1980 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador New York City after 149 performances 1980 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 149 performances 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage 1979 "Eubie!" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 439 performances 1979 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador 1979 Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador 1979 ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered 1979 Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated in Holland 1979 Adolph Dubs, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered 1978 "Eubie!" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 439 performances 1977 U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon 1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN 1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated 1976 Francis E Meloy, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed 1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1975 "Me and Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 453 performances 1975 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris 1975 "Me and Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 453 performances 1975 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain 1974 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague 1974 ... Davies, U.S. ambassador on Cyprus, murdered 1974 U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1973 Cleo Noel, U.S. ambassador to Sudan, assassinated 1972 "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 9 performances 1972 "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 9 performances 1970 Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar 1970 "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 119 performances 1970 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 119 performances 1969 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances 1969 "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 110 performances 1968 John Gordon Mein, U.S. ambassador in Guatemala, dies 1967 William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador in U.S.S.R., dies at 76 1965 Adlai Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to UN/president candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies 1965 Patricia R. Harris named 1st U.S. black female ambassador (Luxembourg) 1964 General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1962 Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1959 Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 1957 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel 1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 1955 Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1954 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian United Nations ambassador, dies at 70 1952 Czechoslovakian government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata 1949 Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman U.S. ambassador 1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) 1948 Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir 1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide 1944 Pierre Vienot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1943 1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated 1943 Averell Harriman named U.S. ambassador to Moscow 1943 Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker 1939 Piet R Stoffelen, Dutch ambassador/MP, PvdA 1939 Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech 1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid 1935 Jules M Cambron, French Governor-General to Algeria/ambassador, dies 1935 Juliet Campbell, British ambassador, to Luxembourg 1934 Robin McLaren, British ambassador, China 1934 Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1933 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R., W.C. Bullitt, begins service 1933 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1933 Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold 1932 Rodric Braithwaite, British ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1932 Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1977 - 1979, Mayor-D-Atlanta 1930 John Robson, British ambassador, Norway 1930 Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador, to U.S. 1929 John Morgan, British ambassador, to Mexico 1929 Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador, in Netherlands 1928 Evan G. Galbraith, born in Ohio, United States Ambassador to France under President Ronald Regan, investment banker 1928 Shirley Temple Black, California, actress, Heidi, ambassador, UN 1927 Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador, to UK 1927 William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered 1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001 1926 Jeanne Kirkpatrick, U.S. ambassador to UN 1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, R 1926 John Graham, British ambassador to NATO 1926 Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador, Uruguay 1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador 1921 Oliver Wright, British Ambassador, To U.S. 1921 Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St. New York City 1919 Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, U.S. ambassador to Belgium, 1977-81 1918 Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies 1915 Angier Biddle Duke, New York City, U.S. Ambassador, Spain 1915 John Freeman, British politician, Labour, ambassador/TV host 1911 James Marjoribanks, British ambassador 1910 Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies 1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65 1908 Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain 1906 Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador, Leurres et Lueurs 1906 Greta Nissen, actress, Ambassador Bill 1905 Lord Franks, British ambassador, to U.S. 1904 George F. Kennan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. ambassador, to Moscow 1903 Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador, to Vatican 1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator-R, ambassador, Vice President candidate 1960 1901 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador 1901 Chester Bowles, born in Massachusetts, ambassador and writer, Conscience of a Liberal 1896 Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles 1896 Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1893 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain 1893 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the U.S. rank of ambassador 1891 W Averell Harriman, U.S., Gov-D-NY, ambassador to U.S.S.R., 1943-46 1891 William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1887 Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from U.S. (to Turkey) 1886 Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 1881 Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to U.S., 1940-46 1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo, 1921-39 1860 Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican 1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington 1852 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1845 Jules M Cambon, French Governor-General of Algeria/ambassador 1844 Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, Dream 1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia 1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies 1783 Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64 1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag 1755 French ambassador recalled from London 1713 Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland 1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies 1671 Hugues de Lionne marquis de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies 1654 Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76 1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome 1578 Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople, 1611-39 1518 Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther |
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