|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
| Crisis |
|
|
2008 Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis
1991 U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis 1991 Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories 1986 South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends 1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis 1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" 1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline") 1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis 1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests 1972 President Marcos ends emergency crisis in Philippines 1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike 1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest 1962 Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases 1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis 1962 Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 1962 Adlai Stevenson speaks at United Nations about Cuba crisis 1962 John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba 1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1961 Timothy Geithner, born in Brooklyn, New York, United States Secretary of the Treasury, under President Barack Obama, served as President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, charged with directing financial crisis of December 2007 1959 President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua 1959 Shelley Burch, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, One Life to Live, Identity Crisis 1959 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis 1958 Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed 1958 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria 1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis 1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes 1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1956 Richard Eden, actor, Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop 1955 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1952 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya 1950 U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat 1950 Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis 1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, 'Crisis - Last Days of the Carter Presidency' 1931 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague 1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis 1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed 1917 Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High 1912 Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor, Major-Soap, Crisis 1910 1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois 1910 Signe Hasso, actress, QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis 1869 Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1776 Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" 1714 Richard Steele publishes "Crisis," defending Hanoverian success |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |