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Beirut


1994 Maronite church near Beirut bombed, 10 killed

1991 U.S. hostage Jesse Turner released from 5 years in captivity in Beirut

1988 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut

1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut

1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon

1986 U.S. writer Edward A. Tracy kidnap in Beirut

1986 U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut

1986 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed

1986 Battles in Beirut; 53 killed

1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon

1985 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut

1985 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon

1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut

1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut

1984 Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23

1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut

1984 Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut

1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army

1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut

1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead

1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut

1983 Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 241 U.S. personnel in Beirut

1983 U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport

1983 U.S. Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut

1983 Airport of Beirut reopens

1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut

1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut

1982 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut

1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon

1982 Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut

1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut

1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces

1982 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut

1981 Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut

1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed

1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed

1978 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut

1976 Syrian army conquerors Beirut

1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million

1971 Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles

1968 Israeli assault on Beirut Airport

1964 Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed

1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP

1947 Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland

1932 Delphine Seyrig, born in Beirut, Lebanon, actress, Freak Orlando, Reperages

1925 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France

1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut

1882 Opera "Parsifal" is produced (Beirut)

1882 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut

1839 British troops under Gen Charles Napier occupy Beirut

1110 Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath



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