2015 Event Negotiations break down between Greece's leftist Syriza government and the European Union regarding issuance of additional bailout funding; Greece has a deadline of tomorrow to repay USD $336 million of its existing debt 2012 Event Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian leftist protest leader is charged with plotting 'mass disorder', facing a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted 2006 Event Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela 2005 Event Bolivia elects leftist Evo Morales president 1994 Event Leftist coalition wins Marcedonia parliamentary election 1990 Event Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and incoming government agree to truce 1983 Event Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard 1976 Event Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1975 Event Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases 1968 Event Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City 1968 Event Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) 1968 Event 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin 1921 Birthday Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel
