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Cyprus

1985 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus 1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed 1978 Korina Nikolaou, Miss Cyprus Universe 1997 1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus 1978 EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus 1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus 1977 Makarios III, [Michail Mouskos], archbishop/president (Cyprus), dies at 63 1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus 1975 Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus 1975 Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation 1974 U.N. affirms independence of Cyprus 1974 ... Davies, U.S. ambassador on Cyprus, murdered 1974 Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus 1974 Turkey invades Cyprus 1974 Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees 1974 Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75 1968 Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus 1967 Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus 1964 Melinda McGraw, Nicosa Cyprus, actress, Macenzie-Pursuit Of Happiness 1964 U.N. troops arrive on Cyprus 1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 1964 Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus 1963 Greek and Turks riot in Cyprus 1960 U.N. General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations) 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1959 Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus 1959 Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus 1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends 1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years 1959 Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence 1958 British parachutists lands on Cyprus 1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits U.S. 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles 1955 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus 1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus 1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece 1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus 1931 George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus, 1988-93 1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony 1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus 1913 Makarios III, [Michail Moeskos], archbishop/president Cyprus 1898 Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus 1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes 1205 Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies

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