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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 Czechoslovakian 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 Senator 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 Colonel General 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 military 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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