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1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism

1993 Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP asst sect of Education (1973-75), dies at 77

1993 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered

1992 Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education

1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education

1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78

1979 President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education

1979 Congress' final approval to create Department of Education

1975 President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped

1971 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57

1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances

1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances

1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

1962 Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas"

1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor

1958 National Defense Education Act was signed

1956 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84

1956 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87

1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision

1954 School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education

1953 California introduces sales tax, for education

1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare created

1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare

1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare established

1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60

1947 Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education

1945 Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education and MP, CDA

1944 Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education

1943 William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985-88, /drug tsar

1941 Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory

1939 Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education

1939 NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund

1938 William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985-88

1937 Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education

1936 Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education, 1979-82

1934 John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, /Liberal MP

1934 David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science

1933 Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education, D66

1933 Albert Gyorgy Earl Apponyi, Hung minister of Education, dies at 86

1932 Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid

1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders

1931 Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education, VVD

1930 Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985-

1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education

1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education

1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point

1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German

1906 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education

1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail

1905 Jack Longland, British director of education, Derbyshire

1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58

1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber

1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law

1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect

1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education

1890 Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education

1889 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83

1888 Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India

1887 Helen Parkhurst, U.S. educator, Education on the Dalton plan

1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education

1876 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years

1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law

1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education, 1939-4-

1870 Compulsory education proclaimed in England

1869 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts, VVD

1867 U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education

1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South

1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74

1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865

1865 Hawaiian Board of Education formed

1857 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education

1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator, Theory of Education

1846 Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education

1843 Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education

1843 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65

1830 Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education

1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice

1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women

1813 Jozsef Eotvos, Hungarian Minister of Education, 1848

1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms

1806 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education

1804 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education

1800 Catherine Beecher, educator, championed higher education for women

1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education

1777 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat

1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education

1717 Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs

1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts

362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws



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