2015 Event Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asserts Japan's continued pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons as the city of Nagasaki commemorates the 70th anniversary of its destruction by atomic bombing 2015 Event Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, calls upon world leaders to free the world of nuclear weapons during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer 2013 Event Saudi Arabia's government agrees to give Lebanon $3 billion to strengthen Lebanon's army and purchase weapons from France 2013 Event Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents 2013 Event Syria's chemical weapons arsenal requires an eradication site; Belgium rejected being a candidate for the destruction, suggesting the stockpile should be destroyed close to Syria 2013 Event The Organization on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reports it has completed the inspection of 21 out of 23 chemical weapons sites across Syria, resulting in the destruction of over 1,000 metric tons of toxic agents and munitions 2013 Event An agreement is made between the U.S. and Russia to draw up a UN Security Council resolution to eliminiate chemical weapons in Syria 2013 Event Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, states he will grant international weapons inspectors access to chemical weapons sites, but rebels may make the sites unreachable 2013 Event In a report sent to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Syria claims it has fully disclosed information regarding its chemical weapons program 2013 Event The UN Security Council receives alleged proof of chemical weapons use by Syrian militants from Russia 2013 Event France drafts a resolution for the Syrian government to turn over its stockpiles of chemical weapons in 15 days 2013 Event Upon concluding their search for chemical weapons in Syria, UN inspectors leave Damascus 2013 Event Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Special Envoy to Syria, says international law states that any action in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons must be decided by the UN Security Council 2013 Event As the U.S. prepares an alleged imminent attack on Syria, Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, denies that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons 2013 Event Syria's government allows UN weapons inspectors to visit the site outside of Damascus suspected of a chemical weapons attack during the conflict 2013 Event UN inspectors arrive in Damascus to determine whether chemical weapons were used in the Syrian conflict 2013 Event 'Le Monde' reports the Assad regime in Syria continues to use chemical weapons 2013 Event The world's first plastic gun, produced by a 3-D printer by Defense Distributed fires successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials fear plastic weapons would not be detected at airport screenings 2013 Event The People's Republic of China and the U.S. agree to work towards eliminating nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula 2013 Event The Arms Trade Treaty, the first-ever bill to regulate the global trade in conventional weapons, is passed by the U.N. General Assembly 2012 Event U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, says America 'is ready' to attack Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons 2012 Event Sweden's media reports the country is helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of a weapons factory 2011 Event The 2011 Syrian uprising continues as Turkey seizes a Syrian ship that is possibly carrying weapons to the Syrian Army 2010 Event According to China, a report submitted to the U.N. Security Council on violation of the Darfur weapons embargo is ridden with flaws and vaguely worded 2010 Event The U.S. government determines China is helping Iran bypass U.N. sanctions and is helping them improve their missile technology and develop nuclear weapons 2010 Event Japan's Mayor Tomihisa Taue appeals to eliminate nuclear weapons at the 65th anniversary commemoration of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki 2010 Event The U.S. threatens to impose sanctions on North Korea, continuing its attempt to halt perceived nuclear weapons ambitions 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2010 Event Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 2006 Event North Korea conducts first atomic weapons test 2005 Event North Korea announces that it has nuclear weapons 2003 Event United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction 1998 Event Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India 1994 Event House passes the assault weapons ban 1991 Event U.S.S.R. reduces nuclear weapons arsenal 1991 Event U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq 1991 Event Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact 1989 Event Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons 1989 Event 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) 1989 Event Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons 1989 Event International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris 1985 Event Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons 1983 Event Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe 1983 Event U.S. bishops condemn nuclear weapons 1983 Event House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R. 1982 Event Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1979 Event U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons 1974 Event Israel and Egypt sign weapons accord 1972 Event U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons 1971 Event U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons 1970 Event 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons) 1967 Event U.S.S.R. ratifies treaty with England and U.S. banning nuclear weapons in space 1967 Event Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed 1966 Event U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space 1963 Event French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons 1962 Event Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons 1960 Event French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons 1960 Event French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1958 Event 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) 1958 Event U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same 1958 Event West German parliament desires German atomic weapons 1957 Event Tunisia refuses Russian weapons 1955 Event President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1950 Event Chiang Kai-shek asks U.S. for weapons 1948 Event U.N. reject Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1935 Event Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1926 Death John M Brown, U.S. weapons constructer, dies 1912 Event Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1855 Birthday John M Browning, U.S., weapons manufacturer 1776 Event France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
