1991 Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
1988 Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva
1988 U.N. votes 151-2 (Isr and U.S.) to move PLO debate to Geneva, British abstains
1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86
1986 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA)
1986 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
1986 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA)
1982 Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95
1982 Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland)
1979 Jayna Cronin Geneva, New York, dance skater, & Dreger-1997 Natl-13th
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva
1970 Marc Rosset, Geneva Switz, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles
1969 U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
1969 Jaimie Dawson, Geneva, Switzerland, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB)
1968 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.)
1968 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)
1968 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.)
1968 Lorraine Olivia, Geneva, Illinois, playmate, Nov, 1990
1964 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva
1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
1957 Kate Burton, born in Geneva, Switzerland, actress, Ice Storm, August
1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy
1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam
1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
1947 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva
1934 Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
1932 Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries
1928 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva
1927 Robert Abernethy, Geneva Switz, Newscaster, NBC News Encore
1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1924 League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva
1920 League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva
1920 League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1916 Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary 'Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
1909 C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1961-65
1895 Michel Simon, born in Geneva, Switzerland
1890 Frank Martin, born in Geneva, Switzerland, composer, In Terra Fax
1880 Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer, MacBeth
1864 Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva
1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1816 Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
1622 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55
1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1558 Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland
1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
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