2015 Event Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to address the African Union, which includes 54 nations as members; the president emphasized the importance of growing economies, reducing corruption, increasing education, and instituting democracy 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2014 Event In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2013 Event A controversial bill passes in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies; the bill regulates the distribution of royalties generated from oil exploration, with 75% of funds directed to education only 25% of the funds going to health 2013 Event Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, resigns after she is stripped of her doctorate degree for plagiarism by the University of Dusseldorf 2012 Event After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province 2012 Event In Haiti, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced plans to pay for a new education fund with a new 'sin' tax on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling 2012 Event Richard Dawkins, an atheist, ethologist and evolutionary biologist, approves of British education secretary Michael Gove's plan of sending free King James Bibles to every state school 2012 Event In Montreal, Canada, over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes 2011 Event In Bogota, Columbia, 200,000 people protest government cuts in education 2011 Event In Santiago, the Chilean capitol, tens of thousands of students protest for increased education expenditure 2011 Event In Afghanistan, the Taliban drop their ban on education for females due to a 'cultural change' 2010 Event University students in England and Wales protest the government's plan to increase tuition fees and make higher education funding cuts 2010 Event At least 80 schoolgirls attending different Kunduz schools are poisoned this week; an inquiry is launched and the Taliban, opposed to female education, deny any involvement 2010 Event The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is passed by the U.S. House of Representatives 1994 Event Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism 1993 Death Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP Assistant Secretary of Education 1973 - 1975, dies at 77 1993 Death Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered 1992 Event Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education 1987 Death L. T. Coggeshall, medical scientist and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1956 - 1958, dies at 86 1982 Event Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1981 Death Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1979 Event President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education 1979 Event Congress' final approval to create Department of Education 1975 Event President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped 1971 Death Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch Minister of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57 1968 Event "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances 1968 Event "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances 1966 Event Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1962 Event Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1961 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor 1958 Event National Defense Education Act was signed 1956 Death Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 1956 Death Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 1954 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1954 Event School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1953 Event California introduces sales tax, for education 1953 Event Department of Health, Education and Welfare created 1953 Event Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare 1953 Event Department of Health, Education and Welfare established 1950 Death Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 1947 Birthday Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education 1947 Birthday Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1945 Birthday Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education and MP, CDA 1944 Birthday Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education 1943 Birthday William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988, drug tsar 1941 Event Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory 1939 Birthday Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education 1939 Event NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund 1938 Birthday William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988 1937 Birthday Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education 1936 Birthday Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education, 1979-82 1934 Birthday John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, Liberal MP 1934 Birthday David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science 1933 Birthday Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education, D66 1933 Death Albert Gyorgy Earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education, dies at 86 1932 Event Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Event Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders 1931 Birthday Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education, VVD 1930 Birthday Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985- 1920 Death Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1919 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education 1916 Birthday Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education 1911 Event Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point 1911 Event Hungarian education is only taught in German 1906 Birthday Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education 1906 Event Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1905 Birthday Jack Longland, British director of education, Derbyshire 1902 Birthday Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58 1900 Event Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1900 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law 1900 Event Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect 1895 Event Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education 1890 Birthday Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education 1889 Death Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 1888 Birthday Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1887 Birthday Helen Parkhurst, U.S. educator, Education on the Dalton plan 1879 Event Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1876 Event Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years 1874 Event New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1871 Birthday Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education, 1939-4- 1870 Event Compulsory education proclaimed in England 1869 Birthday Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts, VVD 1867 Event U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education 1867 Event Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1867 Death Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 1865 Event Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865 1865 Event Hawaiian Board of Education formed 1857 Birthday Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education 1854 Birthday Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator, Theory of Education 1851 Birthday Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1846 Birthday Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education 1843 Birthday Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education 1843 Death Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 1838 Birthday Henry B. Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts, historian, writer, Education of Henry Adams 1830 Birthday Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education 1828 Birthday Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1822 Birthday Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1820 Birthday Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women 1813 Birthday Jozsef Eotvos, Hungarian Minister of Education, 1848 1808 Event African Benevolent Society (education) forms 1806 Birthday Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education 1804 Birthday Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education 1800 Birthday Catherine Beecher, educator, championed higher education for women 1792 Birthday Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education 1777 Birthday Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat 1763 Birthday Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education 1717 Event Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs 1642 Event 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts 362 Event Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws
