2015 Event The Japanese Diet enacts a defense policy allowing the nation's troops to aid allies in conflicts that also threaten Japan; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe supports the law, but it is opposed by many who wish to maintain the country's pacifist constitution 2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2015 Event Aid response to the Nepal earthquake has been hindered due to runway damage at the country's main airport in Kathmandu, requiring airport closure to large jets; the death toll from the disaster has risen to over 7,000 2015 Event Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi meets with U.S. President Barack Obama, focusing on the fight against ISIS militants; Obama agrees to send humanitarian aid but makes no commitment regarding military supplies or assistance 2015 Event Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale calls for aid after Cyclone Pam decimates homes throughout this nation of over 60 islands, resulting in at least 8 deaths; the full impact of the Category 5 storm is not yet known 2015 Event The U.S. will support the Ukraine in its fight against separatist militants by providing $75 million in non-lethal aid in the form of drones, ambulances and radios; Humvees will also be sent under a separate agreement 2014 Event The U.S. will end its 1960 embargo and reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba; the agreement took place after an exchange of three Cuban spies for aid worker Alan Gross and an unnamed American spy 2014 Event The U.N. World Food Program stops assistance to over 1.7 million Syrian refugees in the nations adjoining Syria; the program has provided over $800 million in aid but lacks funds to continue this support 2014 Event President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will increase its support for forces fighting the advances of the Islamic State militant group; air power, military training and other aid will be provided, but U.S. troops will not be sent to battle 2014 Event Thomas Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cautions that the Ebola epidemic will soon be uncontrollable unless more workers are found to aid in treatment of victims and burial of contagious bodies 2014 Event Over 250 Russian trucks enter embattled eastern Ukraine without permission to deliver humanitarian aid; NATO questions the true intent of the convoy, claiming that Russia has used deceptive 'aid' convoys in other conflicts 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia and returned to the U.S. for treatment, have been released and declared fully recovered 2014 Event The European Union will assist Iraq in fighting Islamic State militants; European nations and the Union are sending arms in addition to humanitarian aid 2014 Event The U.S. may cooperate with Iran in identifying options to address the violence in Iraq, though such options would not include military aid; President Barack Obama has sent 257 troops to Baghdad to provide additional security for the U.S. embassy 2014 Event A U.S. aircraft carrier is being repositioned in the Persian Gulf in the event that President Barack Obama decides to authorize military aid in the current internal Iraqi conflict; the president has stated that he will not send in ground troops 2013 Event As long-term federal unemployment benefits expire, leaving 1.3 million unemployed Americans without aid, lawmakers discuss bipartisan legislation to extend unemployment benefits 2013 Event In Doha, Qatar, hundreds of delegates meet as Qatar pledges $500 million in aid to rebuild Sudan's Darfur, a region racked by a decade-long conflict 2012 Event After last months extensive flooding, North Korea asks the United Nations for food aid 2011 Event North Korea places requests with its worldwide embassies to appeal for aid to feed its population 2010 Event Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus claims innocence while being investigated for diverting millions of dollars of aid money from Grameen Bank 2010 Event The U.S. announces it will provide an additional $500 million to aid Pakistan to help rebuilding efforts after major floods ravaged the country 2010 Event The U.S. pledges $10 million in foreign aid money to help victims of the Pakistan floods 2010 Event The U.K. will increase aid to poor nations, including a 40% increase in Afghanistan, while reducing aid to 'powerhouses' like Russia, China and other eastern European countries 2010 Event Germany and the European Union deny planning a 20 - 25 billion euro financial aid plan for Greece 2010 Event United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake 1997 Event Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales 1996 Death Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45 1995 Death Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 1992 Death Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 1992 Event World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R. 1992 Event Farm Aid V 1991 Event U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti 1990 Event Farm Aid IV concert 1988 Event Sports Aid - jogging to feed the world 1988 Event U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras 1987 Death Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason 1987 Event U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1986 Event World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal 1986 Event 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert 1985 Event Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert 1985 Event "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief 1983 Event Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1977 Event President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights 1971 Event North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam 1969 Event Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund 1968 Event National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks 1966 Event South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund 1965 Event U.S.S.R. and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact 1965 Event People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1965 Event West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania 1957 Event U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid 1954 Event President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1953 Event U.S. give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid 1953 Event U.S. stops aid to Persia 1953 Event Netherlands end Marshall aid 1952 Event 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale in Elmsford, New York 1950 Event President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1950 Event President Truman promises aid to Taiwan 1950 Event North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1949 Birthday Christopher John Seward, aid worker 1948 Event Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine 1948 Event Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) 1948 Event Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1947 Event General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews 1944 Event Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots 1942 Event National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms 1934 Birthday Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid, CDA 1933 Event German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis 1932 Event Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Birthday Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer, Han de Wit goes in development aid 1922 Birthday Brian Young, Chairman, Christian Aid 1916 Event Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act 1914 Event Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1912 Birthday Dave O'Brien, Big Springs, Texas, actor, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid 1899 Event Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid 1894 Event Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1879 Event Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone 1877 Event Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo 1847 Event Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" 1833 Birthday Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 1812 Event U.S. passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) 1793 Event Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized 1788 Birthday Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston 1778 Event France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty 1656 Event Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden 1585 Event English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland 1585 Event English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands 1578 Event Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion 1575 Event King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots
