2015 Event Concerns over security in the Asia-Pacific region are raised after a U.S. surveillance flight identifies artillery on one of the man-made islands under development by China in the South China Sea 2015 Event Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Arab leaders will be combining their military resources to combat violence in the region; Saudi Arabia has already led joint forces in airstrikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen 2015 Event A small treasure of 2,300-year-old coins and jewelry is found in a cave in the Galilee region of Israel; the items date from the time of Alexander the Great 2014 Event Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event A second round of heavy snow hits the northeastern U.S., with the Buffalo, New York region accumulating over five feet of snow; seven related deaths have been reported and at least 20 travelers have been stranded 2014 Event The Spanish region of Catalonia holds a referendum on independence, despite the ruling by the Spanish court that the vote is unconstitutional; though the government did not interfere with the vote, it will not recognize the results 2014 Event An independence referendum for the Spanish region of Catalonia has been cancelled after the nation's constitutional court accepted the case for legal decision, effectively suspending the move until a ruling is given 2014 Event The Spanish region of Catalonia plans to hold a referendum on independence; the Spanish government is moving to challenge the legality of such a move in the nation's Constitutional Court 2014 Event In the face of signs that Russian troops and equipment are aiding rebels in eastern Ukraine, the E.U. proposes further sanctions against Russia; President Vladimir Putin denies the charges while calling for independent statehood of the region 2014 Event Vladimir Putin visits Crimea today for the first time since annexing the region; the visit coincides with a holiday celebrating the U.S.S.R. victory in the Second World War 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale strikes 58 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile; though larger than the 6.7 quake on March 16th, scientists expect an even stronger quake in this region in the future 2013 Event After the People's Republic of China expands its air zone, South Korea responds by expand its air defense zone, causing rising tensions in the region 2013 Event North and South Korea agree to reopen the jointly-operated Kaesong Industrial Region 2013 Event In California, NASA launches a space probe to observe the Sun; the probe is referred to as the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS 2013 Event The Canterbury Region of New Zealand experiences the worst flooding in 20 years; Leeston and Lyttelton are the towns hardest hit 2013 Event The defense ministry of China accuses the United States of increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific region by increasing its military presence and supporting Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines in long-term territorial disputes with the country 2013 Event In Doha, Qatar, hundreds of delegates meet as Qatar pledges $500 million in aid to rebuild Sudan's Darfur, a region racked by a decade-long conflict 2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 2012 Event Accused of spying, Sudan arrest four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Sudan 2011 Event In Georgia's region of South Ossetia, voters go to the polls for a presidential election and referendum 2011 Event A Chinese scientist conducting research on the Tibetan Plateau is reported missing from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's Muztagh Ata glacier 2011 Event A clash occurs in the disputed border region of Cambodia and Thailand; thousands evacuate 2010 Event Vanuatu experiences a 7.3 magnitude earthquake; a tsunami warning is issued for the region and later cancelled after a minor tsunami occurred 2010 Event One of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region 2010 Event Rival clashes between nomadic groups in the Darfur region of Sudan kills at least 48 people 2010 Event Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people 2010 Event The World Food Programme announces it will suspend operations in Somalia due to increased instability in the region 2009 Event Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang 2008 Event NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands in the polar region on Mars 1965 Event Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1957 Event Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR 1957 Event Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR 1941 Event 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1934 Event Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region 1932 Event Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR 1930 Event Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted 1928 Event Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957) 1926 Event Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943) 1926 Event Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR 1925 Event Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR 1925 Event Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR 1925 Event Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR) 1922 Event South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR 1920 Event Chuvash Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR 1896 Event George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon 1793 Event Pro-royalist uprising in Vendee region of France
