2011 Event Canada declares that because its country would face large penalties for treaty violations, it is withdrawing itself from the Kyoto Protocol 1988 Event Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan 1968 Event Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact 1963 Event U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba 1959 Event Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse 1943 Event Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe 1943 Event Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa