2014 Event Lebanon's new Prime Minister Tammam Salam declares that he has been able to form a new cabinet, breaking the 10-month impasse between Hezbollah and Sunni rival parties; Salam intends to hold presidential elections on time 2013 Event Saudi Arabia's government agrees to give Lebanon $3 billion to strengthen Lebanon's army and purchase weapons from France 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI visits Lebanon 2012 Event Lebanon passes a ban prohibiting smoking in closed public places 2010 Event Abd-al-Rahman Awad, the suspected leader of Fatah al-Islam, the radical Sunni Islamist group, is fatally shot and killed by Lebanon 2006 Event U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon 2006 Event Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers 2005 Event Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation 1994 Event Lebanon drops relations with Iran 1994 Death Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64 1993 Event Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 1992 Death Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies 1991 Event Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio 1990 Event Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari) 1990 Event Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months 1989 Event Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon 1989 Death Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon 1989 Event Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 1989 Death Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered 1988 Event Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1987 Death Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 1987 Death Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 1987 Event Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon 1987 Death Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65 1987 Event Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1986 Event French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released 1986 Event 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon 1985 Event American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon 1985 Event David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1984 Event U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force 1984 Event Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut 1983 Event PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1983 Event U.S. jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1983 Event Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1983 Event Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1983 Event Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns 1983 Event U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1983 Event Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty 1983 Event Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon 1982 Death Saad Sayd, Abu Walid, Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies 1982 Event U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1982 Event Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon 1982 Event Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 1982 Death Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb 1982 Event Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon 1982 Event U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon 1982 Event David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon 1982 Event Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon 1982 Event 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1982 Event Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1981 Event Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1978 Event Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon 1978 Event Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 1976 Event Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon 1976 Death Francis E Meloy, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed 1976 Event Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1973 Birthday Dalida Chammai, Miss Lebanon Universe 1997 1971 Birthday Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles 1967 Birthday Serj Tankian, born in Beirut, Lebanon, singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist, political activist, Grammy-Award winning band, System of a Down 1966 Event WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon 1961 Event Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon 1960 Birthday Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1958 Event President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 1958 Event U.N. Security council sends observers to Lebanon 1953 Birthday Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tennessee, actress, Tiffany-General Hospital 1950 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact 1949 Death Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1948 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1947 Birthday Bechir Gemayel, President Lebanon, 8/23-9/14, 1982 1947 Birthday Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/U.S. hostage held in Lebanon, 1985-91 1947 Birthday Jimmy Duncan, born in Lebanon, Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1988 - 1946 Event French troops leave Lebanon 1943 Event France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government 1943 Event Lebanon declares independence from French administration 1943 Event France arrests government of Lebanon 1941 Event Lebanon gains independence from France 1941 Event Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria 1935 Birthday Michel Aoun, born in Haret Hreik, Lebanon, Lebanese soldier and politician 1932 Birthday Delphine Seyrig, born in Beirut, Lebanon, actress, Freak Orlando, Reperages 1926 Event Lebanon adopts constitution 1921 Birthday Rashid Karami, Lebanon, 10 time PM: 1955..87 of Lebanon 1920 Event France creates Lebanon 1916 Event 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 1905 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) 1900 Birthday Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon 1889 Birthday Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright 1883 Birthday Kahlil Gibran, born in Lebanon, mystic poet, The Prophet, Broken Wings
