1997 "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show," premieres on Fox TV
1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives)
1993 Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns
1993 Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast
1993 Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88
1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release "Ebony and Ivory" in the U.K.
1981 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record "Ebony and Ivory"
1975 Claude N'Goran, born in Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
1975 Shannon Kavanaugh, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, Ivory Soul
1974 Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60
1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market
1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France
1960 Dr. Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast
1960 Ivory Coast adopts constitution
1960 Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoore, gains independence from France
1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence
1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
1958 Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color
1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian
1953 Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer, Jerusalem
1928 James Ivory, producer/director, Howard's End, Remains of the Day
1914 Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker
1905 Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory coast, 1960-93
1893 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten
1892 Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1889 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap
1872 Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton Ohio, poet and novelist, Oak and Ivory
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