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1999 Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama

1993 President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill

1992 New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train

1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates

1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin

1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital

1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees

1988 Namphy takes control of Haitian government

1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS

1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled

1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men

1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays, AIDS

1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway

1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers

1976 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act

1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels

1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan

1972 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control

1970 NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins

1968 Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited

1968 Jason Patric, actor, Speed 2 Cruise Control

1966 Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself," as "terribly obscene"

1966 Margaret Sanger, U.S. feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86

1966 Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control

1965 Kevin Dillon, New York, actor, Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon

1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control

1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands

1962 U.N. gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea

1962 Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control

1962 Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control

1960 U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally

1960 Claudia Udy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, actress, Out of Control, Nightforce

1958 U.S.S.R. abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany

1958 Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies

1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control

1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands

1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer, Clash-Complete Control

1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party

1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks

1951 NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts

1950 President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike

1948 Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee

1948 Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa

1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia

1947 U.S. control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends

1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike

1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years

1945 Netherlands and Denmark liberated from Nazi control

1945 Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army

1944 Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)

1944 Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)

1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves

1943 U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japs

1941 US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II

1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis

1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends

1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific

1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties

1938 Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts

1937 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)

1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration

1930 Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control

1928 Piero Angelo, Italian writer, Control

1925 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage

1925 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office

1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government

1921 National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League

1921 After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty

1921 Dr. Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London)

1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran

1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)

1916 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln)

1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control

1916 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control

1915 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years

1915 Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army

1915 Japan claims economic control of China

1912 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control

1906 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides

1904 U.S. acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million

1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt

1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to U.S. control

1887 Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao

1879 Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent

1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections

1869 Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control U.S. gold market

1862 Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound

1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53

1858 Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan, Control of the Tropics

1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic

1824 Interstate commerce comes under federal control

1818 U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country

1772 Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720

1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal

1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania

1668 England takes control of Bombay India

1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control

1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control

636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire



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