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2007 Romania joins the European Union
1996 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 1994 Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup 1994 U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup 1994 Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81 1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) 1989 Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed 1989 Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed 1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu 1989 Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) 1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women) 1977 Anca Barna, Cluj, Romania, tennis star, semifinals 1995 ITF Poland 1977 Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541 1976 Diana Maria Urdareanu, Miss Romania Universe 1997 1975 Chivu Stoica, Stoica Chivu, premier of Romania 1955 - 1961, dies at 66 1974 Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star 1974 Adrian Voinea, born in Focsani, Romania, tennis star, 1995 Malta 1974 Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island 1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2) 1971 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2) 1971 Mihai Apostal, born in Bucharest, Romania, Canadian kayaker 1996 Olympics 1971 Mihai Bagiu, born in Timisoara, Romania, U.S. gymnast 1996 Olympics 1969 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0) 1969 President Nixon visits Romania 1967 Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania 1967 Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player, Barcelona 1967 Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player, PSV 1965 Romania adopts constitution 1965 Melita Ruhn, born in Romania, horse vaulter 1980 Olympics bronze 1965 Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1964 Emilia Eberle, Romania, gymnast, won Olympic silver in 1980 1962 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, born in Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 Nadia Comaneci, born in Romania, gymnast, 5 Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics, 3 Silver Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1976 Olympics 1958 Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania) 1958 Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74 1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies 1956 Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg 1955 Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania 1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1955 Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star 1953 Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59 1952 Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler, Olympic-1980 1952 Doemitri Dorin Prunariu, Romania, cosmonaut, Soyuz 40 1951 Nicu Ceausescu, born in Romania, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds 1950 Maricica Puica, born in Romania, 2K runner, world record 1950 Radu Voina, born in Romania, team handball, Olympic-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80 1950 Adrian Cosma, born in Romania, team handball 1976 Olympics silver 1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne 1947 Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania 1946 Ilie Nastase, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis player, U.S. Open 1972 1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 1945 Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist, Enesco 1st prize-1967 1945 U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania 1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government 1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide 1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania 1944 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu 1944 Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania 1944 Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 1942 Dumitru Dediu, Romania, cosmonaut, Soyuz 40 backup 1941 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania 1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani 1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherlands 1941 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania 1941 6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania 1940 Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist 1940 Romania signs Driemogendheden pact 1940 German troops occupies Romania 1940 Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania 1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union 1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania 1939 Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered 1939 Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania 1939 Poland's president Moscicki and Prime Minister Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania 1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1939 Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard 1938 Fascist coup in Romania, fails 1938 Corneliu Codreanu, Romania fascist/putschist (Iron Guard), dies 1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga 1937 Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania/begins spread of Judaism 1937 Yehuda Yannay, born in Romania, composer, film maker, performance artist, international figure in contemporary music 1936 Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1934 U.S.S.R. and Romania regain diplomatic relations 1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) 1933 Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered 1933 Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard 1932 Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1932 Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1929 Romania and Vatican sign concord 1929 U.S.S.R., Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact 1928 Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 1928 Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64 1928 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 1927 Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1927 Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61 1926 Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century 1924 Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs 1922 Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania 1922 Iannis Xenakis, Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician 1921 Michael I, King of Romania, 1927-30, 40-47 1920 Romania annexes Bessarabia 1920 Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania 1919 Romania annexes Transylvania 1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania 1916 Germany declares war on Romania 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary 1916 Elisabeth OL, Carmen Sylva, Queen of Romania, dies at 72 1914 Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies 1914 Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator, New Yorker 1913 Lucien Goldmann, Romania/French sociologist/philosopher, Le dieu cache 1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria 1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk 1908 Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania, 1955-61 1904 Johnny Weissmuller, born in Timisoara, Romania, actor 'Tarzan', 100m swimmer, 5 Gold Medals 1924 and 1928 Olympics 1903 Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader 1902 John Houseman, Bucharest Romania, actor, Kingsfield-Paper Chase 1902 U.S. protests anti-semitism in Romania 1902 Magda [Helena] Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania 1901 Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president 1900 Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1899 George Calinescu, Romania, literature, Enigma Otilei 1897 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania 1893 Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, Romania, actor, 10 Commandments 1893 Charles II, King of Romania, 1930-40 1893 Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania 1893 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister, 1945-52 1890 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69 1886 Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1919 1883 Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty 1882 May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1875 Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914-27 1875 Stefan O Iosif, Romania, poet, Beautiful Irine 1873 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 1871 Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania 1871 Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/president of Romania 1865 Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania 1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza 1847 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian 1843 Elisabeth OL, queen of Romania/poet, Rumanische Dichtungen 1842 Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey, lost Romania and Serbia 1839 Carol I, King of Romania, 1881-1914 1821 Vasile Alecsandri, born in Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat 1821 Ion Bratianu, Lib, premier of Romania, 1876-88 1820 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia, Wallachia and Romania 1819 Nicolae Filimon, Romania, writer/critic, Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi 1802 Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician, non-Euclidean geometry 1802 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer, Gramatica 1788 Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician 1317 Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists 506 King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out |
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