2006 United States population reaches 300 million people
1998 U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1988 Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime
1988 1/3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy
1988 U.N. estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
1983 U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!)
1982 China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership
1974 World Population Year begins
1972 Danish population votes for European Common Market membership
1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1970 U.S. population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
1969 U.S. population reaches 200 million
1963 Netherland population hits 12,000,000
1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000
1963 Algerian population accepts constitution
1962 U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec
1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1941 Nazi execute entire Jewish population of Grodz, Lithuania
1941 Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated
1940 U.S. population at 131,669,275
1919 Norwegian population agrees to prohibition
1908 Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined, population explosion
1898 Alfred Sauvy, French statistician, Affluence and Population
1863 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
1850 U.S. population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))
1820 U.S. population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
1810 U.S. Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%)
1800 U.S. population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%)
1790 1st U.S. census, population of 3,939,214
1788 Vizille France population demands local parliament
1781 Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population
1766 Thomas Malthus, England, population expert, Law of Malthus
1643 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population
1517 Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen
1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
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