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Yemen
2000 USS Cole bombed in the port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors

1996 Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies

1994 South Yemen secedes from Yemen

1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen

1994 Abdullah Al-Sallal, President of Yemen (1962-67), dies

1990 North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen

1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market

1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen

1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president

1986 South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents

1982 Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die

1979 War between North and South Yemen begins

1978 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution

1977 Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen

1974 Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, suspends constitution

1971 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

1970 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution

1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen

1968 Uprising in South Yemen

1967 Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence

1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from UK

1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain

1967 British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen

1967 Yemen president Sallal flees

1965 Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen

1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen

1962 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)

1962 Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71

1961 Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen

1958 Yemen announces it would join the United Arab Republic

1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam

1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel

1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel

1926 Italy signs treaty with Yemen



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