2014 Event Julia Pierson, the first female director of the U.S. Secret Service, resigns after an 18-month tenure during which several security breaches occurred, including the recent daytime intrusion of the White House by a man armed with a knife 2013 Event At Belgium's Brussels Airport, armed robbers steal untraceable, raw diamonds worth $50 million from a plane within minutes, and without alarming passengers 2012 Event An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces 2011 Event In North Korea, Kim Jong-un is given the tile of Supreme Commander of North Korea's armed forces 2011 Event The U.S. declares it will no longer observe the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 2011 Event In the United Kingdom, the British Armed Forces announce plans to eliminate 11,000 jobs 2011 Event President Hosni Mubarak relinquishes power to the head of the Higher Military Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi 2010 Event FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2009 Event President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia 2009 Event Joao Bernardo Vierira, President of Guinea-Bissau is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau 2005 Event IRA issues a statement ordering the end to the armed campaign against the British 1994 Event Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed 1994 Event 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum, Sudan 1988 Event Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1984 Death Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 1976 Event Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1964 Event Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 1955 Event Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1954 Event U.S. Armed Forces end segregation of races 1951 Event Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg 1948 Event President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces 1948 Event Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1946 Birthday Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel 1945 Event 1 armed outfielder, St. L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 1945 Event Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1944 Event Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard 1944 Event Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1943 Event Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka 1943 Event William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 Event National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services 1942 Event "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts 1941 Event Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation 1940 Event 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime 1940 Event Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces 1940 Event British merchant vessel fleet is armed 1933 Event U.S. forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere 1930 Birthday John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces 1918 Event "Stars and Stripes," weekly U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, 1st published 1914 Event Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster 1913 Birthday Frances Langford, born in Lakeland, Florida, singer, Armed Forces Hour, Star Time 1905 Birthday Bill Raisch, one armed actor, Fred Johnson-Fugitive 1880 Event 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South Africa 1874 Event Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction 1862 Event Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains 1810 Birthday Clark Mills, U.S., sculptor, Freedom, Armed Liberty 1794 Event Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 1794 Event Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers
