2013 Event Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Bucharest, Romania. The Premier will attend the China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders' meeting as a guest of the Prime Minister 2013 Event Guinness World Records records the largest flag ever made, by a village in Romania; the flag of Romania weighs five tons and used 44 miles of thread 2012 Event Prime Minister Victor Ponta, of the Social Liberal Union, is nominated by Romanian President, Traian Basescu, to form a new government after Romania holds its parliamentary election later this December 2012 Event Romania's USL, or Social-Liberal Union Leader, Victor Ponta, becomes Prime Minister of Romania 2012 Event Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc and his entire cabinet resign due to major social and political unrest in the country 2007 Event Romania joins the European Union 1996 Event 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 1994 Event Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup 1994 Event U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup 1994 Death Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81 1990 Event Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) 1989 Death Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed 1989 Death Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed 1989 Event After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu 1989 Event Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) 1986 Event Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women) 1977 Birthday Anca Barna, Cluj, Romania, tennis star, semifinals 1995 ITF Poland 1977 Event Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541 1976 Birthday Diana Maria Urdareanu, Miss Romania Universe 1997 1975 Death Chivu Stoica, Stoica Chivu, premier of Romania 1955 - 1961, dies at 66 1974 Birthday Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star 1974 Birthday Adrian Voinea, born in Focsani, Romania, tennis star, 1995 Malta 1974 Birthday Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island 1972 Event 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2) 1971 Event 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2) 1971 Birthday Mihai Apostal, born in Bucharest, Romania, Canadian kayaker 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Mihai Bagiu, born in Timisoara, Romania, U.S. gymnast 1996 Olympics 1969 Event 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0) 1969 Event President Nixon visits Romania 1967 Event Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania 1967 Birthday Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player, Barcelona 1967 Birthday Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player, PSV 1965 Event Romania adopts constitution 1965 Birthday Melita Ruhn, born in Romania, horse vaulter 1980 Olympics bronze 1965 Event Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1964 Birthday Emilia Eberle, Romania, gymnast, won Olympic silver in 1980 1962 Birthday Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, born in Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 Birthday Nadia Comaneci, born in Romania, gymnast, 5 Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics, 3 Silver Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1976 Olympics 1958 Event Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania) 1958 Death Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74 1957 Birthday Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008 1957 Death Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies 1956 Birthday Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg 1955 Event Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania 1955 Event Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1955 Birthday Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star 1953 Death Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59 1952 Birthday Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler, Olympic-1980 1952 Birthday Doemitri Dorin Prunariu, Romania, cosmonaut, Soyuz 40 1951 Birthday Nicu Ceausescu, born in Romania, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds 1950 Birthday Maricica Puica, born in Romania, 2K runner, world record 1950 Birthday Radu Voina, born in Romania, team handball, Olympic-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80 1950 Birthday Adrian Cosma, born in Romania, team handball 1976 Olympics silver 1947 Event King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne 1947 Event Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania 1946 Birthday Ilie Nastase, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis player, U.S. Open 1972 1946 Death Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 1945 Birthday Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist, Enesco 1st prize-1967 1945 Event U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania 1945 Event King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government 1944 Death Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide 1944 Event Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania 1944 Event King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu 1944 Event Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1944 Event Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania 1944 Birthday Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1942 Event USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 1942 Birthday Dumitru Dediu, Romania, cosmonaut, Soyuz 40 backup 1941 Event 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania 1941 Event Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Event Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani 1941 Event Romania breaks relations with Netherlands 1941 Event 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania 1941 Event 6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania 1940 Death Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist 1940 Event Romania signs Driemogendheden pact 1940 Event German troops occupies Romania 1940 Event Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania 1940 Event Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union 1940 Event Soviet Army attacks Romania 1939 Death Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered 1939 Event Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania 1939 Event Poland's president Moscicki and Prime Minister Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania 1939 Birthday Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1939 Death Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard 1938 Event Fascist coup in Romania, fails 1938 Death Corneliu Codreanu, Romania fascist/putschist (Iron Guard), dies 1938 Event King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga 1937 Event Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania/begins spread of Judaism 1937 Birthday Yehuda Yannay, born in Romania, composer, film maker, performance artist, international figure in contemporary music 1936 Birthday Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1934 Event U.S.S.R. and Romania regain diplomatic relations 1934 Event Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) 1933 Death Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered 1933 Event Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard 1932 Birthday Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1932 Birthday Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1929 Event Romania and Vatican sign concord 1929 Event U.S.S.R., Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact 1928 Birthday Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 1928 Birthday Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64 1928 Event 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 1927 Birthday Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1927 Death Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61 1926 Birthday Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century 1924 Birthday Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs 1922 Birthday Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania 1922 Birthday Iannis Xenakis, Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician 1921 Birthday Michael I, King of Romania, 1927-30, 40-47 1920 Event Romania annexes Bessarabia 1920 Event Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania 1919 Event Romania annexes Transylvania 1917 Event Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1916 Event Bulgaria declares war on Romania 1916 Event Germany declares war on Romania 1916 Event Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary 1916 Death Elisabeth OL, Carmen Sylva, Queen of Romania, dies at 72 1914 Death Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies 1914 Birthday Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator, New Yorker 1913 Birthday Lucien Goldmann, Romania/French sociologist/philosopher, Le dieu cache 1913 Event Romania declares war on Bulgaria 1910 Event Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk 1908 Birthday Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania, 1955-61 1904 Birthday Johnny Weissmuller, born in Timisoara, Romania, actor 'Tarzan', 100m swimmer, 5 Gold Medals 1924 and 1928 Olympics 1903 Birthday Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader 1902 Birthday John Houseman, Bucharest Romania, actor, Kingsfield-Paper Chase 1902 Event U.S. protests anti-semitism in Romania 1902 Birthday Magda [Helena] Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania 1901 Birthday Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president 1900 Birthday Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1899 Birthday George Calinescu, Romania, literature, Enigma Otilei 1897 Event Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania 1893 Birthday Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, Romania, actor, 10 Commandments 1893 Birthday Charles II, King of Romania, 1930-40 1893 Birthday Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania 1893 Birthday Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister, 1945-52 1890 Death Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69 1886 Birthday Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1919 1883 Event Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty 1882 Event May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania 1877 Event Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1875 Birthday Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914-27 1875 Birthday Stefan O Iosif, Romania, poet, Beautiful Irine 1873 Death Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 1871 Birthday Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania 1871 Birthday Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/president of Romania 1865 Birthday Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania 1862 Event Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza 1847 Birthday Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian 1843 Birthday Elisabeth OL, queen of Romania/poet, Rumanische Dichtungen 1842 Birthday Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey, lost Romania and Serbia 1839 Birthday Carol I, King of Romania, 1881-1914 1821 Birthday Vasile Alecsandri, born in Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat 1821 Birthday Ion Bratianu, Lib, premier of Romania, 1876-88 1820 Birthday Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia, Wallachia and Romania 1819 Birthday Nicolae Filimon, Romania, writer/critic, Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi 1802 Birthday Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician, non-Euclidean geometry 1802 Birthday Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer, Gramatica 1788 Birthday Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician 1317 Event Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists 506 Event King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out
