1996 Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies
1996 Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final
1995 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
1995 Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51)
1995 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)
1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77
1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union
1994 European Campaign against Racism "All different, All equal" begins
1994 Norway votes against joining European Union
1994 Sweden agrees to join European Union
1994 European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria
1994 Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
1994 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel
1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone
1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
1991 Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
1990 Gelindo Bordin sets European marathon record (2:14:02)
1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq
1990 European court rules pension rights for both men and women
1990 Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
1988 Netherlands soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against U.S.S.R.)
1988 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
1987 Turkey asks to join European market
1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ
1986 Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community
1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley's Comet Flyby)
1984 France wins soccer's European Cup
1984 Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates
1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
1983 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10
1983 Marlies Gohr runs female European record 100m (10.81)
1983 Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF)
1982 Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1980 Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
1979 Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open
1979 Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament
1979 European Market accepts Greece as member
1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created
1978 EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System
1978 Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
1978 European market and China signs trade agreement
1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate European Women's Golf Open
1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
1976 Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04)
1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open
1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership
1975 European Space Agency, ESA, forms
1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
1973 Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year
1972 Danish population votes for European Common Market membership
1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
1972 Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec)
1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
1972 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
1972 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market
1972 Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ
1972 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers
1970 Tina Fischer, Bad Nauheim Germany, golfer, European Amat champ 1994
1969 Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8)
1969 Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior
1968 1st European lung transplant
1968 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy
1968 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite
1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington D.C. by U.S. and 6 European nations
1967 Norway requests European Common Market membership
1967 Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
1966 European DX Council forms in Copenhagen, shortwave listeners
1965 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
1965 Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61
1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
1963 Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77
1962 Greece enters European Common Market
1962 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
1961 Frank Bruno, British boxer, European champ
1961 Christine Bridged, Australian European class yachter 1996 Olympics
1961 England applies for membership in European Common Market
1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
1959 Dale Reid, born in Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer, European Solheim Cup team
1958 European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
1958 Treaties establish European Economic Community (Common Market)
1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market)
1955 Christine Oddy, British member European parliament
1954 Beverly D'Angelo, Columbus Ohio, actress, Vacation, European Vacation
1954 Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament
1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
1952 European Parliament forms in Strasbourg
1952 European Defense Community forms
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community
1950 European Payment Union forms in Paris
1950 French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1950 Joe Bugner, Hungarian/British/Australian boxer, European Champ 1971
1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1947 General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews
1946 Andre Bolhuis, hockey player (World Cup 1973, European Cup 1978
1944 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany
1942 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces
1941 European reservists on Java mobilizes
1940 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
1939 Leon Britain, vice president, Commission of European Communities
1939 Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews
1939 Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews
1938 Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)
1937 Jacques Santer, President, European Commission
1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
1934 Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0)
1933 Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist, 8x European Champion at Derny-drive
1927 Simone Veil, President European parliament, France
1925 Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95
1925 Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
1912 Rene Gabriels, Belgian billiard pro, 7 World/9 European championships
1911 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)
1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip
1907 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ, Oly-silver-1928
1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
1904 Richard P Blackmur, Massachusetts, critic/poet, Good European
1902 Jean Rey, Belgium, President of European Commission, 1967-70
1881 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Seville, Spain (European record)
1875 Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist
1759 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
1714 Rainieri De Calzabigi, Italian's literary, 1st European Lottery
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established
1644 1st European peace congress opens in Munster
1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
1573 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
1540 Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so
1518 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan
1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
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