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1994 Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed
1993 Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life 1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize 1990 U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties 1989 General Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin 1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer 1986 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested 1985 Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea 1983 Benigno S Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50 1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1977 Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition 1965 Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris 1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies 1946 Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel 1946 Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1946 Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties 1944 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn 1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer 1943 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples 1943 Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter 1943 Opposition group Zwaantje forms in Delfzijl 1943 Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown 1943 Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing 1942 W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded 1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands 1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp 1932 Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader; assassinated 1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1913 Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1910 U.S. supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua 1898 Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 1891 Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya opposition leader/1st premier, 1963-78 1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1795 Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned |
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