2014 Event Separatists in Eastern Ukraine hold elections in Donetsk and Luhansk; Russia will recognize the elected leaders, but Ukraine and Western nations declare the elections illegitimate 2013 Event Major bushfires that have endangered lives and destroyed homes cause Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales to declare a state of emergency 2013 Event Flooding in New Zealand's district of Whanganui causes authorities to declare a state of emergency 2012 Event The 'immediate and severe' fiscal emergency declared by the U.S. city San Bernardino, California, allows it to declare bankruptcy without negotiating with creditors 2012 Event After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy 2012 Event Clashes between Buddhists and Muslims occurs in western Burma, causing the area to declare a state of emergency 2011 Event In Peru, protests over a mining project persist in four provinces, causing the country to declare a state of emergency 2011 Event The U.S. officially ends its Don't ask, don't tell military policy, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation 2010 Event India is crippled as trade unions declare a general strike to protest a hike in fuel prices 2010 Event The 2010 Canterbury earthquake leads the town of Christchurch, New Zealand, to declare a curfew and state of emergency 2010 Event Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government declare a ceasefire in northern Yemen 1991 Event Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia 1991 Event Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital 1989 Event Vice President Bush is 1st since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself president 1975 Event Comoros declare independence from France 1960 Event Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence 1960 Event Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence 1958 Event West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan 1945 Event U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany 1941 Event Germany and Italy declare war on US 1941 Event U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1939 Event Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany 1939 Event Netherlands and Belgium declare neutrality 1939 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1938 Event England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1917 Event U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I 1917 Event President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 1914 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1913 Event Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria 1912 Event Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war 1899 Event South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1854 Event During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1825 Event Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1804 Event Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France 1803 Event Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent 1784 Event Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1777 Event People of New Connecticut, Vermont, declare independence from England 1775 Event Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain 1774 Event 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights, Philadelphia 1747 Event Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women 1675 Event New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians 1620 Event French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII 1528 Event England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1378 Event Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)
