2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2015 Event Officials from North Korea and South Korea meet to discuss issues that have led to recent hostile incidents along the border; South Korea is currently conducting military exercises with the United States, which North Korea claims is a threat 2015 Event Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been ordered to withdraw to their home bases by President Vladimir Putin; the move comes ahead of meetings between Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko 2014 Event President Xi Jinping of China begins a visit to India today to discuss strengthening economic relations and potentially resolving disputes regarding segments of the border between the two nations 2014 Event A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Event In an effort to address the flood of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas border, Governor Rick Perry sends 1,000 National Guard troops to provide border security 2014 Event The Obama administration requests $3.7 billion to address a flood of children crossing the U.S. border unaccompanied by adults; the children are to be returned to their home countries 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama requests $2 billion for emergency measures to address illegal immigration and enhance security at the border with Mexico; thousands of children have been caught in the last 8 months crossing the border without adults 2013 Event In an effort to improve bilateral relations between China and Inda, the two countries come together to sign a new border defense agreement 2013 Event No casualties are reported after a U.S. military Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes near the South Korean border with North Korea 2013 Event The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, asserts he will have the International Court of Justice in The Hague solve the border dispute between Bolivia and Chile 2012 Event Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2012 Event Accused of spying, Sudan arrest four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Sudan 2012 Event A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the border of Mexico's states Guerrero and Oaxaca 2012 Event India and China agree to build a functional plan to address border issues 2011 Event A clash occurs in the disputed border region of Cambodia and Thailand; thousands evacuate 2011 Event A Border Collie has reportedly learned 1022 words and can act in accordance with the citation of those words 2010 Event A sophisticated tunnel used by drug smugglers between Tijuana, Mexico and Otay Mesa, California, is discovered by U.S. Border Patrol 2010 Event Archaeologists at a site on the Egypt-Gaza border unearth parts of a possible hidden city believed to be over 2,000 years old 2010 Event Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq 2010 Event Mexico's lead investigator of the 72 corpses found near the U.S. Texas border at Tamaulipas, has been missing for two days 2010 Event Mexican Naval Infantry discover 72 corpses near the U.S. Texas border, believed to be migrants from Central America and South America murdered by a drug cartel 2010 Event A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria 2009 Event A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing 1996 Event Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic) 1994 Event Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border 1993 Event Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 1991 Death June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 1991 Event Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown 1990 Event U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1989 Event Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1989 Event Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG 1988 Event Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1987 Event Allan Border scores 205 vs. New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter 1987 Event Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed 1986 Event Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs 1986 Event Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1986 Event Border completes twin Test tons (140 and 114*) vs. New Zealand 1985 Event Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire) 1984 Event Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) 1984 Death Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies 1984 Event Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings 1982 Event Spain reopens border with Gibraltar 1980 Event Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan 1980 Event Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1980 Event Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan 1979 Event Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed 1978 Event Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG 1977 Event Libyan-Egyptian border fights 1977 Event Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW vs. Qld) 1976 Event Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia 1974 Event Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out 1969 Event Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute 1968 Event Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards 1968 Death Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 1968 Event Israeli-Jordan border fight 1967 Event Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38 1967 Event Indian/Chinese border fights 1967 Event Israeli/Syrian border fights 1967 Event Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1965 Event India and Pakistan border fights 1965 Event Israeli/Jordanian border fights 1965 Event India and Pakistan border fights 1965 Event India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1964 Event In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1963 Event Algeria and Morocco border conflict 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1957 Event Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire 1955 Birthday Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia 1950 Event East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border 1948 Event Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border 1945 Event U.S. 5th army reaches Swiss border 1944 Event Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border 1939 Event 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border 1939 Death Zane Grey, U.S. western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67 1939 Event Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1930 Event Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute 1929 Event Russian-Chinese border fights 1914 Event French troops withdraw 10 km from German border 1911 Event U.S. sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1906 Birthday Howard Petrie, Beverly, Massachusetts, actor, Border River, Bounty Hunter 1904 Event Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated 1900 Event President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique 1887 Birthday Hobart Cavanaugh, U.S., actor, Border Town, Black Angel 1878 Birthday Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force 1842 Event U.S. - Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1834 Birthday Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1818 Event 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada 1818 Event Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
