1998 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95
1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence
1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1988 Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbogadottir elected (90+%)
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
1986 Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland
1985 Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1976 Solveig Lilja Gudmundsdottir, Miss Iceland Universe 1997
1975 Iceland moves International boundary from 50 to 200 miles
1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1965 Bjork, Iceland, singer, Like Someone in Love
1964 Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress, Katrina-Santa Barbara
1952 Sveinn Bjornsson, Danish 1st President of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70
1949 Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
1947 Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder, Iceland Frozen Foods
1946 M C Walker, CEO, Iceland Frozen Foods
1945 Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut, STS 85
1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland
1944 Iceland adopts constitution
1942 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk
1942 Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
1941 1st U.S. destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland
1941 U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1939 Indrid Einarsson, Iceland playwright dies at 87
1935 Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
1930 Vigdis Finnbogadottir, president of Iceland, 1980-
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 Jon Trausti, [Gudmundur Magnusson], Iceland author (Godir), dies
1915 Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor, Iceland Symph 1964-65
1902 Halldor Laxness, born in Iceland, novelist, Salka Valka, Nobel 1955
1901 Tomas Gudmundsson, Iceland, poet
1899 Jon Leifs, Iceland, composer and conductor
1898 Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author, Kristun/d into Hamravik
1881 Sveinn Bjornsson, 1st president of Iceland, 1944-52, /poet, Figur ild
1858 Porsteinn Erlingsson, Iceland, poet, Pyrnar
1852 Gestur Palsson, Iceland writer, Verdandi, Ritsafn
1851 Indrid Einarsson, Iceland playwright, Nyjarsnottin
1811 Jon Sigurdsson, born in Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
1783 Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000
1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
930 World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established
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