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2009 Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar, is overthrown. New President, Andry Rajoelina, is appointed by the military
2009 After two years of trying to maintain order, Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia 2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation 2004 American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000 2003 Iranian Revolutionary Guard military flight crashes into the Sirach Mountains, killing 275 1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 1997 Enrique Peralta Azurdia, military President of Guatemala in 1963 - 1966, dies 1996 Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies 1996 Ernesto Geisel, military president of Brazil 1974 - 1979, dies at 89 1996 Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80 1996 Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies 1995 Belgium ends military conscript 1994 Jerome Bert Weisner, military Scientist/Disarmer, dies at 79 1994 Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 1994 Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees 1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases 1993 Military coup by Burundi President Ndadaye/525,000 Hutu's flee 1992 Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163 1992 Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies 1991 Hanson Baldwin, U.S. military historian, dies at 88 1991 Military transport plane crashes at Djakarta, 133 dies 1991 Failed military coup in Mali 1991 U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1991 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested 1990 Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds 1990 U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq 1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1990 President Bush calls up military reserves 1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) 1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends 1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) 1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance 1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Khalil al-Wazir, PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos 1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1987 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy 1987 Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic 1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1987 U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1987 Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) 1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 1986 Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan 1985 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered 1984 Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya 1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup 1983 Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees 1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1982 New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 1982 Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname 1981 Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees 1981 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy 1980 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees 1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 1980 Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president 1980 U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1979 Bolivia military coup under General Busch, President Guevara flees 1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1979 Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/military governor of Teheran, executed 1978 Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule 1978 Bolivia military coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees 1978 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees 1978 South Africa military goes into Angola 1978 Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1978 Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1976 Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military 1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy 1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves 1975 Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority 1944 - 1946, dies at 73 1975 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies 1975 Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed 1975 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 1975 Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman 1975 Military coup by General Mohammed/President Jakubu Gowon fired 1975 Chad military coup by General Odingar 1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails 1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses 1974 Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees 1974 Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt 1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed 1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos 1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 1973 Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees 1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 1973 U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military 1973 U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1972 Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse 1972 Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana 1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out 1971 Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry 1971 Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1971 "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey 1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government 1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia 1970 Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania 1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1970 Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 1969 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia 1969 Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies 1969 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup 1968 Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees 1968 Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted 1968 Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru 1968 Off duty Dutch military permitted to wear regular clothing 1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) 1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 1967 Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed 1966 USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 1966 Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out 1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad 1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government 1966 Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic 1965 Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown 1965 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control 1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania 1965 South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1964 Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military 1964 Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 Failed military coup in Syria 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen 1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees 1961 Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 1961 John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 Military coup in El Salvador 1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1959 Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) 1959 Iraq terminates military assistance pact with U.S. due to neutrality 1959 Iran and U.S. sign economic / military treaty 1958 Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA 1958 General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq 1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat 1957 U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid 1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1956 Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head military intelligence Netherlands-Indies, dies at 52 1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R. 1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1954 Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact 1954 Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months 1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months 1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay 1953 Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military 1953 Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia 1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria 1951 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated 1951 General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1950 U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane 1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria 1949 National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense 1949 International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment 1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated 1947 Military coup discovered in France 1946 Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die 1946 J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed 1946 International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals 1946 International military tribunal in Tokyo begins 1945 British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz 1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian 1943 Military coup in Bolivia 1942 military all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1942 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1942 Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough 1941 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1940 Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in U.S. history 1939 Estonia accepts Soviet military bases 1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact 1938 Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77 1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1936 Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO 1936 Military uprising under General Franco/begins Spanish civil war 1936 Military coup in Japan 1935 Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane 1935 Military coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador 1934 Yakubu Gowon, born in Kanke, Nigeria, politician, General, Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria 1966 - 1975 1934 Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria 1933 Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup 1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri 1932 Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992 1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 1927 International allies military command in Germany disbands 1926 Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras 1926 Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal 1926 U.S. military intervenes in Nicaragua 1925 Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece 1925 Idi Amin, born in Uganda, military dictator, president of Uganda, assumed role of Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, attempted to annex Kagera, Tanzania 1925 Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1924 Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil 1924 British Labour government cuts military budget 1923 Sun Yat Sen founds military academy 1923 Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war 1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer 1920 Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1917 Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military 1917 Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee 1917 Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military 1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1917 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician 1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years 1916 Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription) 1915 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) 1915 Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross 1915 U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 1915 Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces 1915 Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer 1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I 1915 Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine 1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany 1914 Earl Cadogan, British large landowner, Military Cross 1913 Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mexican president, assassinated in military coup at 39 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 British-Russian military intervention in Persia 1909 Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army 1909 U.S. military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time 1908 Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup 1904 Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Netherlands-Indies 1902 Hendrik J Kruls, Netherlands, general/chief military authority, 1944-46 1902 U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends 1893 Russia signs military accord with France 1888 Italy and Spain sign military covenant 1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan 1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence 1883 Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty 1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany 1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1881 Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty 1877 Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 1868 Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida 1864 President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service 1864 Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery 1863 1st military draft by U.S., exemptions cost $100 1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, born in Italy, writer and military hero, Intruder 1863 1st U.S. wartime military conscription bill enacted 1862 Ulysses S. Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi 1861 Lexington Kentucky - Union military camp forms in neutral state 1861 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor 1859 John W Fortescue, military historian 1856 R G Nivelle, French military man 1855 Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 1855 Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use 1853 Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/U.S. military man, murdered 1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1850 Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use 1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch military Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 1849 Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, military governor, Paris 1843 Cornelis PJ Elout, military/president of West Sumatra, dies at 47 1831 Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy 1829 Royal Military Chapel forms 1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60 1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 1810 Andreas Hofer, military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 1802 U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York 1797 Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews 1797 Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra 1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician 1795 Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra 1792 U.S. establishes military draft 1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1785 Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) 1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1775 1st military hospital approved 1767 Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1755 England and Russia sign military agreement 1753 Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty 1752 George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1752 Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna 1747 England and Netherlands sign military treaty 1745 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg 1743 Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer 1742 Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant 1741 Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich 1726 Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty 1716 England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty 1707 Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty 1703 Archibald Campbell, Scottish military man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 1673 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands 1670 France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty 1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord 1662 Netherlands and France sign military covenant 1655 New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service 1655 Netherlands and Brandenburg sign military treaty 1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 1625 Netherlands and England sign military treaty 1608 Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military 1583 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher 1582 Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII 1581 Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52 1575 King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots 1572 France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant 1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 1557 Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies 1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1527 Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded 554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines military governor in Italy |
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