2006 North Korea conducts first atomic weapons test
2006 Han Myung-sook elected Prime Minister of South Korea
2005 North Korea announces that it has nuclear weapons
2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings
2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200
2002 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128
2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil'
2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
1994 Kim II Sung, President of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82
1994 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
1994 Hana bridge is Seoul Korea crashes, 32+ die
1994 North Korea signs pact to end their nuclear projects
1994 Chung Il Kwon, PM of S Korea (1964-70), dies
1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed
1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1991 U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia
1991 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea
1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea
1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
1988 South Korea adopts constitution
1987 Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea
1987 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
1983 Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
1982 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death
1980 Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea
1977 Lee EunHee, Miss Korea Universe 1997
1977 North Korea shoots down U.S. helicopter, killing 3
1977 U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia
1975 Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II
1975 Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Seoul
1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea
1973 Chan Ho Park, born in Kong Ju City, Korea, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1972 Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea
1970 S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed
1970 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1969 Morena Corwin, Seoul, Korea, playmate, Sep, 1992
1969 North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea
1968 82 members of U.S. intelligence ship 'Pueblo' released by North Korea
1968 North Korea releases Pueblo crew
1968 Grace Kim, Korea, tennis star
1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea
1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
1967 Pearl Sinn, born in Seoul, Korea, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th
1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1966 Myong Hui Choe, born in North Korea, gymnist, Olympic-1980
1963 Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea
1963 124 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party
1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1960 South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea
1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea
1958 Debbie Green, born in South Korea, volleyball player 1984 Olympics silver
1953 Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters
1953 U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact
1953 North Korea and United Nations sign armistice
1953 Communist offensive in Korea
1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
1952 Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die
1952 Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war
1952 Chinese offensive in Korea
1952 U.S. airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu, Korea
1952 Communist offensive in Korea
1952 Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, U.S. U.S. table tennis player 1992 Olympics
1951 Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
1951 Dutch Korea volunteers win U.S. Collective Unit Citation
1951 U.N. arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
1951 U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1951 U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
1951 U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea
1951 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea
1951 United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1951 U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea
1951 Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo, Olympic-1976
1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
1950 U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea
1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1950 Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
1950 U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
1950 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
1950 U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
1950 U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
1950 U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
1950 During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea
1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea
1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1950 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea
1950 U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops
1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1950 Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea
1950 U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea
1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
1949 U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1948 People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed
1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
1948 Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea
1948 North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea
1948 Kyung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, Korea, violinist, Chung Sisters
1947 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
1946 Ho-Jun Li, Korea PR, rifle, Olympics gold 1972
1945 Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies
1945 U.S. invades Japanese-held Korea
1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
1945 U.S.S.R. establishes a communist government in North Korea
1944 Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65
1944 Myung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, South Korea, cellist, Chung Sisters
1938 Shin Geum Dan, born in North Korea, 400m/800m runner, 1962 world record
1932 Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea, 1988-93
1932 Nam June Paik, born in Seoul, Korea, video artist, Medium is the Medium
1917 Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1917 Chung Hee Park, general/president of S Korea, 1961-79, assassinated
1912 Kim II Sung, President of North Korea, 1945-94
1910 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
1896 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea
1895 Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. general in WW II, China, Nicaragua, Korea, NATO
1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
1879 Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher
1653 Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea
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