1997 Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference"
1997 U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
1996 Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of Pres
1994 Bangladesh government of Zia resigns
1994 Italian government of Berlusconi resigns
1994 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
1994 Irish government of Reynolds resigns
1994 Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
1994 Ingvar Carlsson forms Swedish government
1994 Estonia government of Laar flees
1994 Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns
1994 Swedish government of Bildt resigns
1994 Kirgizie government resigns
1994 Bulgarian government of Berov falls
1994 Wim Cook government forms in Neth
1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with 5 neo-fascists
1994 Aruba government of Oduber falls
1994 South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland
1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government
1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru
1994 "Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances
1994 Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
1994 Italian government of Ciampi resigns
1994 Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA
1994 "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances
1993 Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms
1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
1993 Slowakije government of Meciar forms
1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters resigns
1993 Greek government of Papandreou forms
1993 Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns
1993 Japan Hosokawa government begins
1993 Polish government of Suchocka falls
1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists
1993 French government of Balladur forms
1993 Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns
1992 Italian government of Amato forms
1991 Colombian government negotiate with M-19-guerrilla
1991 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
1991 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by U.S. government
1990 Tanzania government of Malecela forms
1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe
1990 Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and incoming government agree to truce
1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest
1989 Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
1989 Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls
1989 Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government
1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard
1988 South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"
1988 Namphy takes control of Haitian government
1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
1988 Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms
1988 Italy government of De Mita forms
1987 7th Belgium government of Martens forms
1987 Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan government official, dies at 88
1987 6th Belgium government of Martens falls
1986 Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1986 Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
1986 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
1986 Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials
1986 2nd government of Lubbers sworn in
1986 Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices
1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government
1986 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda
1985 6th Belgium government of Martens forms
1985 Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government
1985 French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior
1985 French government adopts equal electoral system
1985 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
1984 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
1984 Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed
1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989
1984 Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles
1983 Federal government shut down
1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
1983 Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
1983 Chad government troops reconquer Abeche
1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1982 Olof Palme forms Swedish government
1982 Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns
1982 Bolivian government resigns
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1981 Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms
1981 Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls
1981 Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO
1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns
1981 2nd government of Agt forms
1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
1981 French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists
1981 Belgium Eyskens government forms
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1981 Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns
1981 U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer
1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity
1980 Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity
1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms
1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics
1980 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1979 Brit government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring
1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns
1979 Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler
1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario
1979 Italian government of Cossiga begins
1979 Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal
1979 Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
1979 Belgium's Martens government forms
1979 British government of Callaghan falls
1978 Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government
1978 Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms government
1978 Israeli Government approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace
1978 Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government
1978 Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
1978 Sweden's Falldin government falls
1978 Portugal government of Da Costa falls
1978 Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government
1978 Israeli government votes to 'strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
1978 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey
1977 Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms
1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government
1977 Belgium government of Tindemans forms
1977 Morarji Desai forms government in India
1977 Dutch Den Uyl government falls
1977 Uyl government falls
1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis
1975 British government sends troops to Belize
1975 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain
1975 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord
1975 Argentine government falls
1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
1974 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government
1974 Rumor's government in Italy resigns
1974 Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
1974 Canada government of Trudeau falls
1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms
1974 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey
1974 Belgium government of Leburton falls
1973 Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms
1973 Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support
1973 John Lennon sues U.S. government to admit FBI is tapping his phone
1973 Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece
1973 VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!)
1973 Dutch government of Uyl forms
1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms
1972 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government
1972 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1972 Chile president Allende forms new government
1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam
1972 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
1972 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
1971 Biesheuvel government forms
1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
1971 Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil
1970 Polish government proclaims price rise
1970 Dutch Antilles: government of Petronia falls
1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government
1970 Italian Rumor government resigns
1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher
1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo
1969 U.S. government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1969 Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners
1969 Palme government forms in Sweden
1969 Italian Rumor government resigns
1969 French government of Couve de Murville resigns
1969 Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns
1969 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1969 Suriname government of Pengel resigns
1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru
1968 Couve de Murville forms government in France
1968 Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms
1968 Canadians must get government permission to export silver
1968 Czech government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek
1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
1967 Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus
1967 British government devalues pounds from U.S. equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.
1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1967 Dutch De Young government forms
1967 1st black government installed in Bahamas
1966 Dutch government of Zijlstra forms
1966 Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
1966 South African government bans Beatle records
1966 Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in U.S.S.R.
1966 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund
1966 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns
1966 Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism
1965 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine
1965 British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
1965 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine
1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white
1965 U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1965 Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government
1965 Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
1965 Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government
1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1965 Dutch Marijnen government resigns
1965 Dutch Government of Marijnen falls
1965 Turkish government of Uerguplu forms
1964 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
1964 Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark
1964 German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
1964 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo
1964 Papandreou Government takes power in Greece
1964 1st government report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health
1963 Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea
1963 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
1963 Alec Douglas-Home forms British government
1963 Dutch government of Marijnen forms
1963 Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government
1963 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
1963 Greek government of Pipinolis forms
1963 Greek government of Karamanlis resigns
1963 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname
1962 Canada government orders changing nickel back to round shape
1962 Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
1962 Inonu Government forms in Turkey
1962 Laos Suvanna Phuma forms government
1962 Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government
1961 British government begins decimal coin system
1961 U.S. government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith
1961 Finland's Miettunen government forms
1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns
1961 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1961 Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12 year government jubilee
1960 De Quay's Dutch government falls
1960 Italian government of Fanfani forms
1960 Italian Government Tambroni, resigns
1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
1960 Italian government Tambroni forms
1960 Italian government of Segni falls
1959 Ben-Gurion's Israeli government resigns
1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French government
1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama
1959 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
1959 Antonio Segni forms Italian government
1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns
1959 U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government
1958 Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco
1958 2nd Dutch Beel government forms
1958 4th (last) Dutch government of Drees falls
1958 Finnish government of Fagerholm, resigns
1958 Belgium government of Eyskens and Lilar forms
1958 Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
1958 Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
1958 General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq
1958 J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname
1958 Dutch Government of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers
1958 Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
1958 French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French government
1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1958 South Africa government disallows ANC
1958 Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
1957 Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns
1957 Felix Gaillard forms government in France
1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
1957 Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand
1957 Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
1957 Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
1957 South Africa government approves race separation in universities
1957 French government of Mollet resigns
1957 Adone Zoli forms Italian government
1957 Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia
1957 Italian government of Segni resigns
1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government
1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns
1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns
1956 Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact
1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1956 British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus
1956 Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
1956 Jordan government of Samir resigns
1956 French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 Indonesian government of Harahap resigns
1956 French government of Mollet forms
1956 Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad
1956 Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan
1955 Turkish government of Menderes forms
1955 Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1955 Turkish government of Menderes resigns
1955 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1955 Indonesia government of Harahap forms
1955 Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government
1955 Ali Sastroamidjojo of Government resigns in Indonesia
1955 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy
1955 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government
1955 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
1955 Dutch Government of Drees resigns
1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus
1955 Edgar Faure forms French government
1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms
1954 Japanese government of Joshida, resigns
1954 Tunisian government of M'zali, resigns
1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala
1954 Pierre Mendes-France forms French government
1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
1954 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
1954 Italy's Fanfani government resigns
1954 Fanfani forms Italian government
1953 U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
1953 Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski
1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
1953 Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government
1953 French government of Mayer resigns
1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
1953 Rene Mayer forms French government
1952 French government of Pinay, resigns
1952 Czech government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata
1952 Dutch government refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian)
1952 General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier
1952 Willem Drees forms new Dutch government
1952 Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government
1952 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government
1952 Belgian Pholien government resigns
1952 French Plevin government falls
1951 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1951 Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms
1951 Government of Drees takes power
1951 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms
1951 French government of Pleven dissolves
1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns
1950 U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps
1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government
1950 Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants
1950 Rene Pleven forms French government
1950 President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government
1950 Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations
1950 Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77
1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government
1950 Belgian government of Eyskens resigns
1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees
1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China
1949 Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government
1949 British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
1949 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland
1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship
1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
1948 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns
1948 Belgian government of Spaak, forms
1948 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns
1948 French government of Schuman, resigns
1948 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy
1948 Belgian government of Spaak resigns
1948 Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
1947 French government of Schumann, forms
1947 British government sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis
1947 Italian government of Gasperi forms
1947 Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt
1947 Belgian government of Spaak, forms
1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of christian-dems and communists
1946 U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1946 French government of Bidault, resigns
1946 Nehru forms government in India
1946 Belgian government of Huysmans, forms
1946 Belgian government of Acker, resigns
1946 1st Dutch government of Beel forms
1946 Dutch Beel government forms
1946 British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv
1946 U.S. recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government
1946 Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP)
1946 Belgian government of Acker, forms
1946 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns
1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms
1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government
1945 Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
1945 U.S. government announces end of shoe rationing
1945 U.S.S.R. establishes a communist government in North Korea
1945 Japanese government disregards U.S. ultimatum
1945 Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets
1945 Schermerhorn government forms
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government
1945 Yugoslavia government of Tito forms
1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government
1945 2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London
1945 Gerbrandy British government refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy
1945 Greek General Plastiras forms government
1944 General Radescu forms Romanian government
1944 Pro-German government of Hungary flees
1944 Hungary: Horthy government falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier
1944 Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns
1944 French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris
1944 Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy
1944 U.S. government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle
1944 Papandreou government in Greece forms
1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government
1944 U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government
1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
1943 Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr. Ribar
1943 Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia
1943 France arrests government of Lebanon
1943 Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy
1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government
1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London
1943 John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies
1943 Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars
1942 U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations
1942 Government of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich
1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich
1942 Netherland's government in exile, London, recognizes Soviet Union
1942 French government of Reynaud resigns
1942 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government
1942 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms
1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
1941 London: Dutch government declares Japan the war
1941 Anthony G Kroller, entrepreneur/government advisor, dies
1941 Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier
1941 Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
1941 General de Gaulle forms government in exile in London
1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941 Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler
1940 France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status
1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
1940 Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile
1940 Netherlands government in exile of Gerbrandy forms London
1940 Timothy Wood, British government asst whip
1940 Churchill recognizes De Gaulle government in exile
1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France
1940 Communist government installed in Lithuania
1940 French government moves to Bordeaux
1940 Reynaud forms French government
1940 Norwegian government in exile forms in London
1940 Norwegian King Haakon and government flees to England
1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
1940 French government of Daladier, falls
1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile
1939 Soviet government revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty
1939 Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania
1939 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats)
1939 5th Dutch government of Colijn falls
1939 5th and last Dutch government of Colijn, forms
1939 4th Dutch government of Colijn falls
1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government
1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
1939 U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain
1939 Belgian government of Pierlot falls
1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms
1939 Belgian Spaak government falls
1939 Spanish government flees to France
1939 Spanish government moves to Figueras
1938 Hitler issues ultimatum to Czech government, demanding Sudenten Land
1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France
1938 Britain and France recognize Franco government in Spain
1938 Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance
1937 Dutch government recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia
1937 Japan recognizes Franco government
1937 Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona
1937 Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money
1937 Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France
1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1936 Albanian government of Frasheri falls
1936 Spanish government moves to Barcelona
1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government
1936 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms
1936 1st government of Zealand in Belgium ends
1936 Quiroga government takes office in Spain
1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue
1936 French Laval government falls
1935 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in
1935 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
1934 New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers)
1934 U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
1934 Spanish government of Samper forms
1934 Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party
1934 Gaston Doumergue forms new French government
1934 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by U.S. government, New York City
1934 French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
1933 Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service
1933 Spain's 2nd Government of Lerroux forms
1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government
1933 French government of Serraut forms
1933 Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government
1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government
1933 Spain's 2nd government of Azana forms
1933 2nd emergency Dutch government of Colijn forms
1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
1933 Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
1933 French government of Daladier takes power
1933 Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen
1933 French government of Paul Boncour falls
1933 German government of Von Schleicher falls
1932 French government of Herriot falls
1932 German government of von Papen, resigns
1932 Greek government of Venizelos falls
1932 British government signs trade treaty with U.S.S.R.
1932 British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union
1932 Belgium government of Renkin falls
1932 Anti-semite Julius Gombos forms new government in Hungary
1932 Hungarian government of Karolyi falls
1932 German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved
1932 German government of von Papen forms
1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem
1932 Nigel Lawson, British government official, The Power Game
1932 France's Laval government falls
1931 Japanese Government of Imukai forms
1931 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable
1931 Austrian government of Ender falls
1931 Belgian government of Jaspar falls
1931 Spanish Government of General Damasco Berenguer falls
1931 French government of Steeg falls
1930 Theodore Steeg forms French government
1930 French government of Tardieu falls
1930 Otto Ender forms Austrian government
1930 Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
1930 Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
1930 Don Conicannon, government minister
1930 French government of Tardieu falls
1929 Belgium government Jaspar falls
1929 French government of Briand falls
1929 James H. Scullin forms Australia government
1929 British Labour government recovers diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.
1929 Nigel Althaus, British government broker
1929 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch government
1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain
1929 General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government
1929 Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls
1928 France's 5th government of Poincare forms
1928 U.S. acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek
1928 U.S. recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
1928 Albert Booth, British government minister
1927 Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
1927 U.S. government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty
1927 4th German government of Marx forms
1927 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls
1927 British government decides to send troops to China
1926 German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army
1926 Danish Madsen government, forms
1926 Austria government of Seipel, forms
1926 Canadian government of MacKenzie King forms
1926 Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence
1926 France government of Poincare, forms
1926 2nd French government of Herriot, forms
1926 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
1926 8th government of Briand van France forms
1926 7th French government of Briand falls
1926 Swedish government of Ekman forms
1926 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms
1926 Belgian government of Jaspar takes power
1926 German government of Marx takes power
1926 German government of Luther falls
1926 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office
1926 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords
1926 2nd German government of Luther begins
1925 German government of Luther falls
1925 7th French government of Briand sworn-in
1925 Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement
1925 1st Dutch Colijn government forms
1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government
1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government
1925 Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople
1925 Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP
1924 British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns
1924 British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Communists
1924 Greek government of Dikalekopoulis, forms
1924 French government names Gen Serrail Governor-General of Syria
1924 Government routes 7 Provinces to Peking
1924 German government of Marx resigns
1924 New French government of Poincare begins
1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins
1924 British Labour government cuts military budget
1924 Belgium's Theunis government falls
1924 Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with U.S.S.R.
1924 New British MacDonald government recognizes U.S.S.R.
1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain
1924 Baldwin government resigns in England
1924 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
1923 Polish government of Grabski, forms
1923 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms
1923 Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD
1923 Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees
1923 Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Volkischer Beobachter
1923 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government
1923 2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms
1923 Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied
1923 Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government
1923 Reginald Prentice, British government minister
1923 Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post and railroad strike
1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige
1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
1922 Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government
1922 Mussolini forms government in Italy
1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government
1922 Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini
1922 Conservative A Bonar forms new government in England
1922 Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslavakia
1922 Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece
1922 2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Neth
1922 Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin
1922 Italian government of Bonomi falls
1921 2nd government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
1920 Yugoslav government bans Communist Party
1920 Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
1920 Alexandre Millerand forms French government
1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
1919 Nitti government forms in Italy
1919 Bauer forms German government
1919 German government of Scheideman resigns
1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
1918 Baden's Geisz forms government
1918 Dutch government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
1918 Dutch government reclaims South seas
1918 Faye Glenn Abdellan, U.S. government official, health services
1917 Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I
1917 New soviet government suspends freedom of press (temporary)
1917 British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
1917 Provisional government of Russia forms, Republic proclaimed
1917 Turkish government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa
1916 David Lloyd George forms British war government
1916 British government of David Lloyd George forms
1916 Dutch government ends all miltary engagements
1915 Aristide Briand forms French war government
1915 Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government
1915 U.S. government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
1915 H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
1915 Last liberal British government of Asquith falls
1914 French government returns to Paris
1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money
1914 Belgian government receives German ultimatum
1914 Clifford Irving, Chairman, Isle of Man Government
1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China
1913 Government -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government
1913 Aristide Briand forms French government
1912 U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government
1912 U.S. government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights
1912 Caillaux government in France resigns
1911 Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government
1911 Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister
1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France
1911 Belgium government of De Broqueville forms
1911 Belgium government of Schollaert falls
1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1910 Dragoumis government forms in Greece
1908 Lord Renton, QC/British government minister
1908 Heemskerk's government begins in Holland
1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget
1907 Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers
1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government
1907 Belgium government of De Trooz forms
1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns
1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
1906 Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish government member, appointed Sec of Commerce
1905 British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms
1905 British government of Balfour resigns
1905 Dutch government of De Master begins
1905 Kuyper government forms in Holland
1905 Maurice Rouvier forms government in France
1905 Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO, Houston Post
1905 French government of Combes falls
1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
1903 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws
1900 Hawaiian Territorial Government begins
1899 British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa
1899 David Eli Lilienthal, U.S. government organizer, Wisconsin
1899 Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms
1898 In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus
1897 Dutch government of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns
1896 Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea
1895 British Roseberry government falls
1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1894 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns
1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
1892 4th and last British government of Gladstone forms
1892 1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr Penn
1891 Dutch Mackay government resigns
1889 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official, Everybody's Business
1888 Louisville, Kentucky becomes 1st government in U.S. to adopt Australian ballot
1886 English Salisbury government forms
1886 2nd British government of Salisbury forms
1886 1st British government of Salisbury resigns
1885 British government of Salisbury forms
1885 2nd French government of Ferry resigns
1885 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask
1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government)
1885 U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds
1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
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