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2009 The 5th Summit of the Americas takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, thirty-four heads of government attend
2009 At the 21st NATO Summit, new Secretary General, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is appointed 1997 U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1992 World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs 1987 Gorbachev arrives in U.S. for a summit meeting 1987 Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit 1986 Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland 1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles 1978 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit 1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit 1975 Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89 1975 Billy Walsh, Summit, New Jersey, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit 1973 Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine 1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey 1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest 1945 U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1924 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit 1919 Warren Stevens, Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania, actor, Richard Boone Show 1919 Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1914 Vance Packard, Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, author, Hidden Persuaders 1864 Battle of Summit Point, VA 1861 Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV 1822 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain |
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