2015 Event Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, calls upon world leaders to free the world of nuclear weapons during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 2015 Event Greece misses its $1.8 billion debt payment to the IMF after a bailout extension request was denied; Greek leaders had rejected making reforms in exchange for the funds, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is now willing to negotiate 2015 Event World leaders at the latest G7 meeting reinforce their commitments to reduce carbon-based emissions, reaffirm support for sanctions against Russia in light of the Ukraine conflict, and discuss issues related to Greece's debt load 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the Summit of the Americas in Panama for talks aimed at thawing relations; the historic meeting marks the first interaction in decades between top leaders of the two nations 2015 Event Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Arab leaders will be combining their military resources to combat violence in the region; Saudi Arabia has already led joint forces in airstrikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen 2014 Event Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement have been denied permission to travel to the mainland; the men sought to fly to Beijing to present their grievances to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 2014 Event The G-20 summit in Australia ends with a commitment by leaders of the 20 nations to take steps to raise their collective GDP by $2 trillion over the next four years; critics say that proposed measures are not specific enough to achieve this goal 2014 Event Separatists in Eastern Ukraine hold elections in Donetsk and Luhansk; Russia will recognize the elected leaders, but Ukraine and Western nations declare the elections illegitimate 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Central American leaders, asking their assistance in curbing the flood of children attempting to immigrate; Obama asserted that children without proper documentation would be returned to their home countries 2014 Event World leaders gather in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day; Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine 2014 Event U.S. telecom company Sprint is in talks to purchase T-Mobile U.S.; the combined company will be better able to compete against market leaders Verizon and AT&T 2014 Event Pope Francis invites Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to pray with him for peace; both leaders accept the invitation 2014 Event African leaders meet in Paris to discuss ways to fight Boko Haram, the Islamist group that kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls over a month ago in Nigeria; the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been seen as slow to respond to the situation 2014 Event Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2014 Event Leaders from around the world attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland 2013 Event Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Bucharest, Romania. The Premier will attend the China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders' meeting as a guest of the Prime Minister 2013 Event President of China, Xi Jinping addresses leaders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, vowing to strengthen ties with Africa 2012 Event In Oslo, Norway, leaders of the European Union accept the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize 2012 Event The United Kingdom freezes 100 million pounds of assets of Syrian leaders 2012 Event In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit 2012 Event World leaders discuss nuclear security during a summit in Seoul, South Korea 2012 Event Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announces that Iran is willing to discuss its nuclear program with other leaders 2011 Event An emergency meeting to discuss the European sovereign debt crisis is held by leaders of the European Union 2011 Event To avoid further fighting, Libya's Transitional Council extends the deadline to surrender for tribal leaders in Sirte 2011 Event The news of Osama bin Laden's death is received positively by international leaders, including Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari 2011 Event In London, England, international leaders take part in a conference focused on military action and the future of Libya 2011 Event Leaders from the G8 pass the issue of military intervention in Libya onto the United Nations Security Council 2011 Event In Iran, opposition leaders plan a nationwide anti-government rally in an attempt to replicate the success of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution 2011 Event In Vietnam, 1,400 members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam gather to vote for new leaders 2010 Event While world leaders back Africa's Alassane Ouattara as the Ivory Coast presidential election winner, a swearing-in ceremony is held for Laurent Gbagbo in Cote D'Ivoire 2010 Event Leaders of the twenty largest economies meet for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada 2009 Event Cuban and Venezuelan leaders sign over $3.2 billion worth of trade and cooperation agreements 1993 Event Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1991 Event Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital 1990 Event 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia 1985 Event Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement 1985 Event Junta leaders Videla and Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires 1985 Event Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders 1979 Event 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young 1975 Event 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord 1973 Event Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders 1957 Event Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders 1949 Event 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition 1949 Event Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China 1946 Event 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials 1946 Event 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg 1946 Event British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv 1946 Event 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1945 Event 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany 1944 Event U.S. leaders meet in Belgium 1944 Event 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death 1941 Event Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council 1940 Event Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces 1938 Event British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine 1938 Event Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union 1937 Event U.S.S.R. executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues 1925 Birthday Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1915 Event Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders 1905 Birthday Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, U.S. trombonist/actor, Meet Band Leaders 1869 Event National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. 1817 Event Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon 1742 Event German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor 1687 Event Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders 1146 Event European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
