2012 Event The film 'Chinese Zodiac' featuring martial arts star Jackie Chan, will be the last film made by the action star 2012 Event Ahead of court martial, suspect U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is formally charged with turning over a massive cache of classified documents to Wikileaks 2011 Event After days of protests, martial law is declared in Xilinhot, a city located in Inner Mongolia 1990 Event China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) 1989 Event China declares martial law in Beijing 1987 Event Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 1983 Event Poland's Prime Minister Januzelski lifts martial law 1983 Event Polish government ends 19 months of martial law 1982 Event Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland 1981 Event Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists 1980 Event Afghanistan declares martial law 1972 Event Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law 1972 Event Marcos declares martial law in Philippines 1969 Event Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1968 Death Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 1967 Event Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1963 Event Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Birthday Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts 1961 Event Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery 1960 Birthday Robin Shou, martial arts actor, Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja 1954 Birthday Jackie Chan, martial art actor, Rumble in the Bronx 1946 Event Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 1940 Birthday Chuck Norris, Carlos Ray, born in Oklahoma, martial arts actor, Missing in Action 1927 Birthday Martial Solal, composer 1916 Event U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic 1916 Event British court martial (Easter uprising) 1912 Event Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1902 Birthday Anthony Asquith, British director, Carrington V C, Court martial, 1886 Birthday Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer, martial law 1869 Event Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1778 Event 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass
