2006 U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon
2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers
2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation
1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran
1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon
1992 Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies
1991 Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
1990 Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari)
1990 Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
1989 Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
1989 Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
1989 Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
1989 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered
1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border
1987 Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81
1987 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87
1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1987 Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1986 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released
1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon
1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon
1985 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1984 U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
1984 Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon
1983 Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
1983 U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1983 Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
1982 Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1982 Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon
1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon
1982 Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb
1982 Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon
1982 David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon
1982 Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon
1978 Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon
1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon
1976 Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon
1976 Francis E Meloy Jr, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed
1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
1973 Dalida Chammai, Miss Lebanon Universe 1997
1971 Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles
1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon
1961 Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon
1960 Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle
1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1958 U.N. Security council sends observers to Lebanon
1953 Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tennessee, actress, Tiffany-General Hospital
1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact
1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel
1947 Bechir Gemayel, President Lebanon, 8/23-9/14, 1982
1947 Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/U.S. hostage held in Lebanon, 1985-91
1946 French troops leave Lebanon
1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
1943 Lebanon declares independence from French administration
1943 France arrests government of Lebanon
1941 Lebanon gains independence from France
1941 Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria
1932 Delphine Seyrig, born in Beirut, Lebanon, actress, Freak Orlando, Reperages
1926 Lebanon adopts constitution
1921 Rashid Karami, Lebanon, 10 time PM: 1955..87 of Lebanon
1920 France creates Lebanon
1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
1900 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon
1889 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright
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