|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
Independent
|
|
|
2009 Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82
1996 Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1995 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV 1993 Independent President candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics 1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States 1991 Estonia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. itself independent 1991 Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R. 1990 Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president 1990 "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London 1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs 1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms 1986 1st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing 1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao 1984 Brunei becomes independent of U.K. 1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa 1980 National Black Independent Party forms 1980 Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity 1979 Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe 1979 St. Vincent and Grenadines becomes independent of U.K. (National Day) 1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal 1972 Charlie Haas, born in Houston, Texas, Charles Doyle 'Charlie' Haas II, professional wrestler, wrestles for World Wrestling Entertainment, previously teamed with brother, Russ, on independent circuit, winning JAPW Tag Team Championship 1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh 1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 Rhodesia becomes independent republic 1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 1963 Zanzibar becomes independent from UK 1963 Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth 1962 Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria 1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule 1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent 1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent 1961 Tanganyika becomes independent within British Commonwealth 1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France 1959 Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea 1957 Hamid Karzai, born in Karz, Afghanistan, Pashtun of the Popalzai tribe, Sunni Muslim, politician, Independent Party, 12th President of Afghanistan 1956 Sudan becomes independent 1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Aleksander Kwasniewski, born in Bialogard, Poland, served as President of Poland 1995 - 2005, post-communist socialist politician, independent party, Chairman European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation 2008 1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union 1950 Independent republic of South Molukkas declared 1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands 1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy 1944 John Suchet, British TV journalist, Independent TV News 1942 U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1939 British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 1938 Leonid Kuchma, born in Chaikyne, Ukraine, statesman, politician, President of independent Ukraine 1994 - 2005 1934 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1932 Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in New York City 1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independent 1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent 1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) 1926 Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1923 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation 1922 Ecuador becomes independent 1920 Lithuania and U.S.S.R. sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep 1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown 1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent 1917 Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent 1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis 1893 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1888 Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1871 Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent 1859 South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth" 1856 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art 1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy 1832 Greece becomes independent republic 1822 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US 1813 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain 1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent 1803 Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent 1784 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" 1775 Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent 1707 Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rakoczi II 1558 Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland 1032 Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |