2014 Event Ukrainian rebels honor the government's week-long cease-fire; peace talks were also initiated between the separatists, the ambassador to Russia and an ex-president of the Ukraine standing in for the current administration 2014 Event Lupita Nyong'o, Oscar winner for best supporting actress in '12 Years a Slave', will join Lancome as its newest brand ambassador 2014 Event A report from the U.S. Senate on the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, determines that the attack was 'likely preventable' 2013 Event Journalist Lara Logan of CBS is suspended after admitting that portions of her '60 Minutes' Benghazi attack report covering the death of U.S Ambassador Christopher J. Stevens, were false 2013 Event The U.S. Ambassador is summoned by Germany over suspicions that the U.S. monitored the cell phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel 2013 Event A report in Le Monde prompts the Foreign Minister of France, Laurent Fabius, to summons the U.S. ambassador over allegations that the U.S. spied on millions of French phone conversations 2013 Event The new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is sworn in by Vice President, Joe Biden 2013 Event The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands 2012 Event Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says Islam should join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2012 Event Only two days after being named to his new post, Shinichi Nishimiya, the newly-appointed Japanese ambassador to China is hospitalized after collapsing in Tokyo 2012 Event The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists; U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed as well as three others; the Cairo embassy was also attacked 2012 Event U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, says America 'is ready' to attack Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons 2011 Event In Cairo, protesters storm the Israeli embassy and force the Israeli ambassador to Egypt to flee 2010 Event The U.N. environment agency appoints actor Don Cheadle Goodwill Ambassador at a ceremony in Rwanda to mark World Environment Day 2010 Event Timothy Torlot, British ambassador to Yemen, survives an attempted suicide bombing 2010 Event According to Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, relations between the U.S. and Israel are the worst in 35 years 2003 Death Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001, died from complications from an appendectomy 2002 Death Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 1997 Event 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam 1997 Death Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76 1996 Event "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1995 Event "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1995 Event "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances 1995 Event "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances 1994 Event Dutch Ambassador to U.S. christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton) 1991 Death Marietta Tree, ambassador (U.N. Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 1991 Event Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union 1990 Event U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait 1990 Event Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 1990 Event U.S. Ambassador tells Iraq, U.S. won't take sides in Iraq - Kuwait dispute 1990 Event U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador 1989 Death Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies 1989 Event "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 176 performances 1988 Death William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1988 Event "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 176 performances 1988 Death Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies 1988 Event "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 46 performances 1988 Event "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances 1987 Event "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 177 performances 1987 Event "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 177 performances 1987 Event "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances 1987 Event "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances 1986 Death Chester Bowles, U.S. senator/ambassador, dies at 85 1985 Event "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances 1985 Event "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances 1984 Death Ellsworth Bunker, U.S. ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) 1983 Death Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered 1982 Event "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador New York City after 6 perf 1982 Event "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador New York City for 6 performances 1982 Event Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians 1982 Death Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies 1981 Event Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1981 Event China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1980 Event "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador New York City after 149 performances 1980 Event "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 149 performances 1979 Event Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage 1979 Event "Eubie!" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 439 performances 1979 Event Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador 1979 Event Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador 1979 Death ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered 1979 Death Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated in Holland 1979 Death Adolph Dubs, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered 1978 Event "Eubie!" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 439 performances 1977 Event U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1977 Event Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon 1976 Event Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN 1976 Birthday Nwankwo Kanu, born in Owerri, Nigeria, professional soccer player, member of the Igbo, UNICEF ambassador, most decorated soccer player in history 1976 Death Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated 1976 Death Francis E Meloy, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed 1976 Death J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1975 Event "Me and Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 453 performances 1975 Death Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris 1975 Event "Me and Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 453 performances 1975 Event Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain 1975 Birthday Angelina Jolie, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award winning movie, 'Girl, Interrupted', works with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador 1974 Event 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague 1974 Death ... Davies, U.S. ambassador on Cyprus, murdered 1974 Event U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check 1973 Event Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1973 Death Cleo Noel, U.S. ambassador to Sudan, assassinated 1972 Event "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 9 performances 1972 Event "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 9 performances 1970 Event Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar 1970 Event "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 119 performances 1970 Event "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 119 performances 1969 Event "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances 1969 Event "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 110 performances 1968 Death John Gordon Mein, U.S. ambassador in Guatemala, dies 1967 Death William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador in U.S.S.R., dies at 76 1965 Death Adlai Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to UN/president candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies 1965 Event Patricia R. Harris named 1st U.S. black female ambassador (Luxembourg) 1964 Event General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1962 Event Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1959 Death Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 1957 Event 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel 1956 Death Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 1955 Death Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1954 Death Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian United Nations ambassador, dies at 70 1952 Event Czechoslovakian government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata 1949 Event Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman U.S. ambassador 1949 Event Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US 1949 Event 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) 1948 Event Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir 1944 Death Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide 1944 Death Pierre Vienot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1943 Event 1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated 1943 Event Averell Harriman named U.S. ambassador to Moscow 1943 Event Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker 1939 Birthday Piet R Stoffelen, Dutch ambassador/MP, PvdA 1939 Event Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech 1939 Event Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1936 Death Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid 1935 Death Jules M Cambron, French Governor-General to Algeria/ambassador, dies 1935 Birthday Juliet Campbell, British ambassador, to Luxembourg 1934 Birthday Robin McLaren, British ambassador, China 1934 Event Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1933 Event 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R., W.C. Bullitt, begins service 1933 Death Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1933 Event Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold 1932 Birthday Rodric Braithwaite, British ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1932 Birthday Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1977 - 1979, Mayor-D-Atlanta 1930 Birthday John Robson, British ambassador, Norway 1930 Birthday Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador, to U.S. 1929 Birthday John Morgan, British ambassador, to Mexico 1929 Birthday Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador, in Netherlands 1928 Birthday Evan G. Galbraith, born in Ohio, United States Ambassador to France under President Ronald Regan, investment banker 1928 Birthday Shirley Temple Black, California, actress, Heidi, ambassador, UN 1927 Birthday Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador, to UK 1927 Birthday William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 Death Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered 1927 Birthday Daniel Patrick Moynihan, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001 1926 Birthday Jeanne Kirkpatrick, U.S. ambassador to UN 1926 Birthday Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, R 1926 Birthday John Graham, British ambassador to NATO 1926 Birthday Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador, Uruguay 1924 Event Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador 1921 Birthday Oliver Wright, British Ambassador, To U.S. 1921 Event Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St. New York City 1919 Birthday Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, U.S. ambassador to Belgium, 1977-81 1918 Death Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies 1915 Birthday Angier Biddle Duke, New York City, U.S. Ambassador, Spain 1915 Birthday John Freeman, British politician, Labour, ambassador/TV host 1911 Birthday James Marjoribanks, British ambassador 1910 Death Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies 1908 Birthday Arthur J. Goldberg, born in Illinois, United Nations ambassador and Supreme Court justice, 1962 - 1965 1908 Birthday Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain 1906 Birthday Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador, Leurres et Lueurs 1906 Birthday Greta Nissen, actress, Ambassador Bill 1905 Birthday Lord Franks, British ambassador, to U.S. 1904 Birthday George F. Kennan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. ambassador, to Moscow 1903 Birthday Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador, to Vatican 1902 Birthday Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator-R, ambassador, Vice President candidate 1960 1901 Birthday Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador 1901 Birthday Chester Bowles, born in Massachusetts, ambassador and writer, Conscience of a Liberal 1896 Birthday Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles 1896 Event Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1893 Event Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain 1893 Event Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the U.S. rank of ambassador 1891 Birthday W Averell Harriman, U.S., Gov-D-NY, ambassador to U.S.S.R., 1943-46 1891 Birthday William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1887 Event Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from U.S. (to Turkey) 1886 Birthday Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 1881 Birthday Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to U.S., 1940-46 1873 Birthday Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo, 1921-39 1860 Birthday Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican 1860 Event 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington 1852 Birthday Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1845 Birthday Jules M Cambon, French Governor-General of Algeria/ambassador 1844 Birthday Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, Dream 1831 Birthday Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia 1793 Death Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies 1783 Death Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64 1777 Event English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag 1755 Event French ambassador recalled from London 1713 Birthday Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland 1703 Death Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies 1671 Death Hugues de Lionne marquis de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies 1654 Death Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76 1611 Birthday Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome 1578 Birthday Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople, 1611-39 1518 Event Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther
