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
1996 Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies
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
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 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 in Fiji Islands under lt col 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
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 milt regime gives amnesty to military/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 gen Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees
1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
1981 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy
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 Gen Busch, President Guevara flees
1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees
1978 Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
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
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 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 Gen 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
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 maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
1971 "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey
1971 Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada
1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government
1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
1970 Cambodia military coup under Gen 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 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 Gen Suharto breaks out
1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
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
1964 Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted
1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
1964 Military coup of Gen 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 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 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 Gen 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 Natl 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 J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed
1946 International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian
1943 Military coup in Bolivia
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
1941 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
1940 Sec 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 Gen Franco/begins Spanish civil war
1936 Military coup in Japan
1935 Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane
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
1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war
1927 International allies military command in Germany disbands
1926 Lithuanian military state under gen Augustine Woldemaras
1926 Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1926 U.S. military intervenes in Nicaragua
1925 Military putsch under Gen Theodorus Pangulos in Greece
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 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer
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 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
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, Neth-Indies
1902 Hendrik J Kruls, Neth, 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 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 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
1850 Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use
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
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
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
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
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
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