1993 Event U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti 1980 Event Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname 1969 Event General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup 1961 Event John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam 1954 Event Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested 1948 Birthday Jim Bailey, NCAA punter, most punts in season-101, Virginia Miltary Academy 1916 Event Dutch government ends all miltary engagements 1913 Death Suarez, Mexican vice president, assassinated in a miltary coup 1802 Event Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1655 Event England and France sign miltary and economic treaties