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2009 At the 21st NATO Summit, new Secretary General, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is appointed

1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China

1997 NATO invites Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic to join

1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO

1996 Mike Jeremy Boorda, commandant (NATO), commits suicide at 57

1994 Manfred Worner, German general/Secretary-General of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59

1988 Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71

1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels

1984 Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO

1982 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO

1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO alliance

1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO

1979 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at 82

1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium

1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/secretary-general (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73

1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO

1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary-General of NATO

1971 Joseph Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO

1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as Secretary-General of NATO

1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO

1961 Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as Secretary-General of NATO

1961 NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign

1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it

1956 Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO

1955 German Federal Republic joins NATO

1955 West Germany joins NATO

1954 West Germany joins NATO

1954 U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO

1954 U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO

1953 West Germany applies to NATO

1950 General Eisenhower named NATO commander

1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)

1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect

1949 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)

1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.)

1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty ratified

1936 Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO

1936 John Shalikashvili, Polish/US general, NATO

1934 Manfred Worner, German General/Secretary-General, NATO, 1988-94

1932 Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO

1932 Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992

1926 John Graham, British ambassador to NATO

1911 Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general, NATO

1907 Lauris Norstad, U.S. gen, NATO commander and CEO, Owens-Corning Fiberglass

1899 Alfred M. Gruenther, U.S., commanding general of NATO, 1953-56

1899 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/Secretary-General of NATO, 1957-61

1897 Dirk U Stikker, director, Heineken, Dutch foreign minister/NATO

1895 Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. general in WW II, China, Nicaragua, Korea, NATO

1888 Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet, Melatiknoppen


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