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2005 Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836
2000 Gulf Air flight 72 crashes near Bahrain, killing 143 1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution 1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured 1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over" 1991 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1991 Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1991 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf 1991 U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis 1991 Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to Persian gulf 1990 U.S. forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf 1990 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf 1990 U.S. begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf 1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories 1990 U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 1990 U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1990 Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf 1988 U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 1987 U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf 1987 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf 1987 Netherlands routes 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 France and Great Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 U.S. began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf 1987 U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1986 U.S. and Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra 1985 Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die 1979 Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt 1979 Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled, world's worst oil spillage 1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1978 Enoch Light, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices 1970 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 1970 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1967 Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 1966 U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1965 Glen Hnatiuk, Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer, 1992 Mississippi Gulf 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational 1964 U.S. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution 1964 North Vietnamese torpedos U.S. ships Gulf of Tonkin 1964 North Vietnam fires on a U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational 1963 John Elliot, Bristol CT, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Miss Gulf Coast 1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1957 Jim Woodward, Wilmington, Delaware, Nike golfer, 1994 Miss Gulf Coast-50th 1956 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba 1951 Dick Mast, born in Bluffton, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1990 Mississippi Gulf Coast 1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard 1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1944 U.S. Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1944 Gulf of Leyte battle begin 1944 U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje 1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula) 1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula 1943 Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye 1943 Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126 1943 U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje 1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General 1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith 1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die 1870 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1857 Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1849 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras 1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) 1515 Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz 1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 |
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