2014 Event Continued rain in the Hiroshima province of Japan poses a risk of additional landslides, which have caused the death of at least 42 people to date 2014 Event A meeting between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan has been canceled following a Pakistani official's meeting with separatists in Kashmir province, a disputed territory claimed by both nations 2014 Event China's Yunnan Province is hit by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake; 367 people perished, and over 1,880 were injured 2014 Event A case of bubonic plague in the Chinese province of Gansu prompts quarantines in parts of the city of Yumen; while outbreaks are rare, the disease can be contracted by contact with fleas from wild rodents 2013 Event In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead 2013 Event The Philippines' central province of Leyte suffers a loss of potentially 10,000 people when Typhoon Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia on November 8, 2013; it is the deadliest typhoon ever recorded 2013 Event The Chinese province of Fujian faces heavy rains and flooding from Typhoon Fitow 2013 Event Pakistan's Balochistan province experiences a 6.8-magnitude earthquake four days after the area was struck by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that resulted in over 515 deaths 2013 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung explodes, causing nearly 6,000 people in the country's North Sumatra province to flee 2013 Event In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the governor of the Riyadh Province, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, member of the House of Saud, dies at age 72 2012 Event Chinese authorities arrest a Tibetan monk and his nephew in Sichuan province, for inciting 8 self-immolation protests against Chinese rule 2012 Event After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province 2012 Event In the Najran Province of Saudi Arabia, a man is beheaded on charges of sorcery and witchcraft 2012 Event The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors 2012 Event In China, violent rainfalls and flooding in the Hunan Province destroy a bridge and 3,500 homes, causing Pinhjiang County to evacuate 28,000 people 2012 Event The Vietnamese government asks for help from the World Health Organization after an outbreak of an unidentified fatal disease occurs in Quang Ngai Province 2011 Event In Pakistan's South Waziristan province, 13 militants in a compound are believed to have been killed by U.S. drone missiles 2011 Event The Tiangong 1 space laboratory announces it has scheduled to launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's Gansu Province 2011 Event In China, a fire in a coal mine in Shandong Province leaves at least 36 people trapped underground 2011 Event A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2011 Event North Korea raises concerns regarding nuclear testing; reports show they have dug tunnels at a nuclear test site located in Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province 2010 Event The death toll from the Gansu province flooding and landslide disaster rises to 702 with 1,100 people missing 2010 Event Ongoing flooding and landslides in Gansu Province, China, kill 127 people and result in 2,000 missing 2010 Event A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 230 people and injuring 2010 Event A suicide bomb attack in Geresh, Helmand Province, Afganistan kills ten people and injures 7 2010 Event Six people are killed by a remotely operated bomb while travelling in southern Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province 2010 Event A 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China, destroys at least 100 homes, injures 11 and kills one person 2010 Event A suicide bomber kills 20 people at a market in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province 1996 Death Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of province of Quebec 1970 - 1976, 1985 - 1993, dies at 63 1995 Event 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal 1995 Death Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1990 Event Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province 1978 Event Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 1978 Event Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house 1974 Event Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1973 Birthday Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper, Kwazulu for E Province 1972 Event 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars 1969 Event Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China 1951 Event Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal 1950 Birthday Leon Frissen, born in Beek, Netherlands, Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands, or Queen's Commissioner 1949 Event Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province 1948 Event Orissa province accedes to India 1947 Event Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland 1946 Event Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland 1940 Birthday Nong Duc Manh, born in Na Ri District, Bac Kan province, Vietnam, Vietnamese Politician 1936 Event Orissa constituted a province of British India 1934 Birthday Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General, Province of Canterbury 1932 Event Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR 1931 Event Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol 1920 Event Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland 1897 Event Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony 1887 Birthday Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, President of Nationalist China 1873 Event Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province 1871 Event British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province 1870 Event Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created 1870 Event Manitoba becomes a province of Canada 1848 Event German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg 1824 Death Louis XVIII SX, earl of Province/king of France (1814-24), dies 1732 Birthday Martha Washington, born in the Province of Virginia, 1st American First Lady, 1789 - 1797 1566 Event Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht 1556 Event Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China 1524 Event Duke van Bourbon occupies Province
