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1998
Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
1994
U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti
1992
Slovak parliament asks for self rule
1990
1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss
1987
Turkey asks to join European market
1984
Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"
1981
Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
1978
Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government
1976
Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1975
Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (18) asks for political asylum
1975
Czech tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City
1973
Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic"
1971
International Court of Justice asks South-Africa to pull out of Namibia
1970
After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
1967
Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
1965
Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
1964
Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty
1963
Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1963
Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
1961
John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp
1957
Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
1955
Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1954
Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1954
Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra
1950
Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1950
U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops
1950
North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1950
Chiang Kai-shek asks U.S. for weapons
1948
Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
1946
U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1943
Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1942
Col-gen Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender
1942
Free-Poland and Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes
1942
Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
1940
France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
1936
Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1927
President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
1926
Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence
1926
Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
1926
China asks for a seat in the Security council
1922
Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help
1918
Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1917
President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1914
Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby
1909
Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
1906
Cuba's 1st president Tomas Estrada Palma asks for U.S. intervention
1898
President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1894
Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
1889
Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood
1864
President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1863
Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in New York
1861
Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers and another 18,000 seamen
1831
John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
1808
Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
1776
George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1660
English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
1634
Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaeao"
1606
Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt"
1577
Pope Gregory XIII asks renewal of ecclesiastical hymns
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