2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2013 Event 'Le Monde' reports the Assad regime in Syria continues to use chemical weapons 2011 Event In Cambodia, the three most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity 2011 Event The Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil announces Muammar Gaddafi's regime has collapsed 2011 Event Resolution 1970 is adopted by the U.N. Security Council; the resolution imposes sanctions on the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi 2011 Event Inspired by the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, nearly 5,000 of Algerians protest their regime, calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be removed 2011 Event Anti-government protesters in Yemen call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down from his regime; Ali has ruled the country since 1978 2011 Event Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2011 Event Egypt's people vow to continue demonstrating until President Mubarak's regime falls 1994 Death Karel Kryl, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime, dies at 49 1988 Event Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime 1988 Event South African apartheid regime bans the UDF 1987 Event 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1986 Event General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile 1983 Event Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1981 Event Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime 1977 Death Tibor Dery, writer, wrote satire on Hungarian communist regime, primary work, 'The Unfinished Sentence', dies at 82 1973 Event Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests 1973 Event Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed 1967 Event Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou 1967 Event Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship 1953 Event Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime 1951 Death Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies 1950 Event President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1950 Event U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime 1949 Event Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa 1945 Event Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1944 Birthday Karel Kryl, born in Kromenz, Czechoslovakia, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime 1944 Event De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists 1941 Event Japan Tojo regime forms 1941 Event Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq 1939 Event France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain 1937 Event Italian regime bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians 1936 Event French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime 1933 Event Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno 1933 Event German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work 1927 Event Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated 1927 Event Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal 1919 Event British regime forbids Sinn Fein Dail 1917 Event Kerenski regime declares Russian republic 1916 Event U.S. invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1914 Event Belgian regime forms at St. Adresse at Le Havre 1914 Event General von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux 1906 Event U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba 1904 Event King Peter I of Sweden named nationalist regime 1894 Birthday Tibor Dery, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, wrote satire on Hungarian communist regime, primary work, 'The Unfinished Sentence' 1856 Birthday Henri POBJ Petain, French marshal, Verdun/Vichy regime 1830 Death Anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime, dies at 73 1794 Event France revolutionary regime begins trials 1760 Event Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) 1756 Birthday Anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime
