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2009 North Korea announces a successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong, the U.N. Security Council condems the test
2005 Peter W. Rodino, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council, died at 95 of heart failure 1997 Baseball's Executive Council suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner 1995 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at 64 1994 Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64 1992 U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia 1992 U.N. Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia 1992 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79 1992 U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya 1991 U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 1991 U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution 1991 U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq 1990 U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq 1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq 1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1990 U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq 1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches 1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor 1985 U.N. Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" 1985 Eugene Carson Blake, Secretary-General World Council of Churches, dies at 78 1985 Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent 1983 Grenada general Hudson Austin forms "revolutionary council" 1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds 1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces 1982 U.N. Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands 1982 Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case 1981 U.N. Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl 1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89 1980 U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is it's capital 1980 U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1980 CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established 1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten 1977 U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa 1976 U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term 1976 U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org 1973 Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War 1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1972 Philip Potter appointed Secretary-General of World council of Churches 1971 U.N. Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General 1971 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council 1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 1970 Jon Lieber, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1970 U.S. casts their 1st United Nations Security Council veto (Support England) 1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions 1967 U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1967 David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84 1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission 1966 European DX Council forms in Copenhagen, shortwave listeners 1965 Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council 1965 U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia 1965 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened 1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe 1964 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1964 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome 1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar 1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council 1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome 1963 Pope Paul opens 2nd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State 1963 NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City 1962 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII 1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council 1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council 1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters 1958 U.N. Security council sends observers to Lebanon 1958 Paul Weller, guitar, Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council 1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 1958 Fiona Reynolds, director/Council for Protection of Rural England 1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League 1957 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded 1956 Canadian Football Council forms 1955 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands 1954 Aleksander Kwasniewski, born in Bialogard, Poland, served as President of Poland 1995 - 2005, post-communist socialist politician, independent party, Chairman European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation 2008 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 1954 Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 1953 Albert W. Dent, elected president of National Health Council 1953 U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council 1951 Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators 1951 Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 1951 Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South Africa Council of Churches 1950 National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms 1950 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time 1949 Council of Europe forms 1949 Statue of Council of Europe drawn 1949 Security Council of United Nations recommends membership for Israel 1949 U.N. Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia 1948 Special Council of Annulment convicts F. Weinreb for collaboration 1948 World Council of Churches forms under W Fisherman It Hooft 1948 World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries 1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time 1947 Luke Rittner, Secretary-General, Arts Council 1947 Rosie Barnes, born in Nottingham, England, born Rosemary Susan Allen, politician, founding member of the Social Democratic Party, served the Council for Social Democracy, charity organizer 1946 Belgian Council of State forms 1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting 1945 Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl 1945 Larry Craig, born in Council, Idaho, Representative-R-Idaho 1981 - 1991, Senator-R-Idaho 1991 - 2009 1945 Timothy Mason, consultant, British Arts Council 1945 Andrew Stein, President of New York City council, D 1944 Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy 1944 Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council 1942 Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms 1942 Carol Bellamy, Planfield, New Jersey, City Council Pres-D-NYC, 1978-85 1941 New York City Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens 1941 Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council 1941 Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen 1940 British Council receives British Charter 1940 German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State 1940 Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council 1938 John Weston, born in England, diplomat, UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council, 1992 - 1995, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1995 - 1998 1937 Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1935 Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 1935 SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam 1933 Earl of Cranbrook, CEO, Nature Conservancy Council 1932 David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council 1931 Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council 1931 Raymond Miquel, chairman, Scottish Sports Council 1931 Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council 1930 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches 1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1930 David Staple, joint President, Council of Churches for British and Ireland 1929 Rosemary Camp, president, Council for British Archaeology 1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State 1926 Italian Great Fascist Council forms 1926 China asks for a seat in the Security council 1925 Edward Fursdon, British Major-General, defense council 1925 Colin Spedding, CEO, Council of Science and Technology Institutes 1925 Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, National Security Council 1925 Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1923 Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist, Council of Economic Advisers 1922 David Orr, deputy chairman, Inchcape, CEO, British Council, Unilever 1921 Philip A. Potter, Dominica Secretary-General World council of Churches 1917 Belgium Council of Flanders established 1916 John Jacob Rhodes, born in Council Grove, Kansas, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands 1912 National Council of Young Israel convenes 1912 Heinz Galinski, President, Central council for Jews in Germany 1912 Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies 1912 Peter Menzies, CEO, British Electricity Council 1910 Lord Richardson, president, General Medical Council 1909 Peter W. Rodino, born in Newark, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council 1908 Christian GK Baeta, Togolese chairman, International Mission Council 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1907 Paul O'Dwyer, President of City Council, D-NYC 1906 Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Secretary-General of World council of Churches, 1966-72 1905 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1898 National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY 1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1888 P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council 1887 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, President of United Nations Security Council, 1950 1885 Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State 1884 Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man 1882 David Cohen, Dutch historian/chairman, Jewish Council 1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria 1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria 1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies 1822 Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council, 1885-97 1818 Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 1804 Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64 1796 Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 1795 Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris 1793 Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange 1784 Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 1740 Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO, Council of 500 1731 Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67 1716 Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council 1682 Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1673 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council 1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council 1629 Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va 1576 Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten 1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente 1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years 1562 Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon 1562 3rd sitting of Council of Trente opens 1558 Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies 1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State 1551 Council of Trente resumes 1550 Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente 1549 Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna 1545 Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opens 1545 Pope Paul III opens council of Trente 1544 Pope Paul III opens council of Trente 1517 Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen 1512 5th Lateran Council (18th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen 1511 Council to Pisa opens 1438 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara 1431 Council of Basel opens 1415 Council of Konstanz 1414 Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens 1409 Council of Pisa closes 1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V 1409 Council of Pisa opens 1386 Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders 1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna 1312 2nd council of Vienna 1311 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens 1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens 1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens 1215 Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen 1215 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1179 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus 870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople 869 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens 842 Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches 787 2nd Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor 680 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens 553 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens 454 Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch (council of Efeze), dies 451 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens 431 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens 325 Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity 325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor |
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