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2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 1994 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra 1958 Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 1958 Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1949 General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra 1948 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra 1947 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra 1943 H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed 1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra 1921 Marilyn Maxwell, actress, East of Sumatra 1904 Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants 1903 Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders 1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1869 Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra 1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch military Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 1843 Cornelis PJ Elout, military/president of West Sumatra, dies at 47 1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra 1816 Dutch regain Sumatra 1795 Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra |
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