2006 Donald Rumsfeld resigns as U.S. Secretary of Defense
1995 Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, PM of Defense of Spain (1977-81), dies at 83
1995 Les Aspin, U.S. sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
1995 Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies
1995 Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
1993 Lee Aspen resigns as secretary of defense
1992 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
1991 JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
1991 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama"
1990 Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1990 Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies
1990 Gerhard Schroder, West German minister of Defense, dies at 79
1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1989 Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils
1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
1988 North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial
1988 Franz Josef Strauss, German FR min of defense (1956-62), dies at 73
1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1983 U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI)
1981 Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66
1975 Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department
1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
1973 Philippe Boucher, born in St. Apollinaire, California, NHL defense, Los Angeles Kings, Oly-G-98
1972 Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1971 Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63
1970 Peter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies at 73
1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund
1960 US and Japan sign joint defense treaty
1958 National Defense Education Act was signed
1958 U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense
1957 U.S.S.R. fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
1957 Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
1957 Procter and Gamble-director N McElroy becomes U.S. Min of Defense
1955 Egypt and Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty
1955 Bantubonke Holomisa, minister of Defense of Transkei, 1988-
1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect
1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance
1955 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72
1954 Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
1953 U.S. and Spain sign defense treaty (4 U.S. bases in Spain)
1952 European Defense Community forms
1951 U.S. and Philippines sign mutual defense pact
1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense)
1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
1949 Natl Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense
1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. secretary of defense
1947 U.S. Department of Defense forms
1947 Department of Defense forms
1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense
1946 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP, Secretary of State for Defense
1945 Joris J C Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister, 1994-, VVD
1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Min of Defense/PM (1942-45), executed at 58
1944 German defense line in Italy collapsed
1944 Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense, PvdA
1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years
1941 Dick Cheney, Rep-R-Wyo, Bush's secretary of defense, 1989-93, vice president
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission
1940 General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense
1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
1940 U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York
1939 NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund
1939 Peter Duffell, Brits lt-general/minister of Defense
1939 Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president, Childrens Defense Fund
1938 Les Aspin, Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93, /Minister of Defense, 1993-94
1938 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1937 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense, CDA
1937 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense
1936 Johnnie Cochran, attorney, O. J. Simpson defense attorney
1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget
1936 Barry Wilson, deputy chief, British Defense Staff
1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
1936 Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen, Deputy chief of defense
1936 A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense, PvdA
1935 Wynand Breytenbach, South African under minister of Defense, 1986-
1934 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79
1934 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1933 Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO, Shell, and Minister of Defense, VVD
1933 Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense, 1986, /MP
1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
1932 David Bolton, director, British Royal United Service for Defense
1931 Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense
1931 Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense, D66
1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1930 Frank Carlucci, National Security Adviser/Sec of Defense, 1987-89
1930 John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces
1930 Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense, 1980-
1925 Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen, defense council
1925 Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense
1924 Michael Gow, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP, Lab, /British defense secretary
1923 Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense, 1991 coup
1922 Melvin R Laird, Rep-R-Mich, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
1920 Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General, 1973, /Sec of Defense, 1973
1919 Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
1919 William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8
1917 Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981-87
1917 J. A. Mommersteeg, Dutch assistant secretary of Defense, KVP
1916 Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Sec of Defense, 1961-68, head World Bank
1916 National Defense Act establishes ROTC
1915 Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense, 1956-62
1915 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense
1915 Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-..
1914 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense, 1971-73
1914 Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, Defense of Violeta Parra
1911 Ferdinand J. Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense, soc dem
1910 Gerhard Schroder, German minister of Defense
1906 Clark M Clifford, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968-69
1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia
1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus
1897 V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
1897 Peter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense
1896 Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II, [OS-Dec 2]
1887 Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier, 1942-45
1874 Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54
1865 Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg
1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
1857 Clarence Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1854 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense, 1916-17
1833 Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty
1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1673 Netherlands and Denmark signs defense treaty
1628 Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
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