2015 Event Debt rating company Moody's downgrades Greece to a Caa3 rating after the country misses its $1.6 billion payment to the IMF; Greek citizens will vote July 5th on whether to accept austerity conditions in exchange for bailout funds 2015 Event A Dutch court ruling binds the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% within 5 years in comparison to 1990 levels; plaintiffs argued that citizens must be protected from climate change, which threatens the low-lying nation 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to delay deportation of about 4 million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for at least 5 years and have children who are legal residents or U.S. citizens 2014 Event The World Health Organization reports that the rate of Ebola infection is slowing in Liberia, with hospitals now at less than full capacity; the slowdown is attributed to a campaign to educate citizens on safe burial practices 2014 Event United Nation member states agree to a resolution aiming to prevent their citizens from joining or supporting militant groups, particularly the Islamic State, in Iraq and Syria 2014 Event Scottish citizens reject independence of Scotland from the U.K.; 45 percent voted for and 55 percent voted against independence in a national referendum 2013 Event Vietnam evacuates 600,00 citizens as Typhoon Haiyan heads towards the country 2013 Event In an effort to curb obesity rates, the United Arab Emirates offers its citizens one gram of gold for every kilogram of weight they lose 2011 Event In Koblenz, Germany, 45,000 citizens wait to return home after bomb squads diffuse World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years 2011 Event For the third straight week, hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside China's embassy in Hanoi against disputed areas in the South China Sea 2011 Event The U.S. Department of State issues a global travel alert to all U.S. citizens, warning of enhanced potential for anti-American violence 2011 Event China announces it may station troops in North Korea to protect its citizens and investment projects 1994 Event Moslem fundamentalists kidnap and behead 16 citizens in Algeria 1993 Event Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey 1991 Event Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad 1990 Event HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague 1990 Event Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens 1989 Event 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 1985 Event Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens 1982 Event Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days 1977 Event U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia 1974 Event Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold 1973 Event Japan allows its citizens to own gold 1966 Event U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1964 Event Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1962 Event New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1959 Event Citizens of Deerfield, Illinois block building of interracial housing 1954 Event 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 1944 Event 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis 1940 Event Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald 1938 Event Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1934 Event Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st U.S. city to fingerprint its citizens 1924 Event Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens 1922 Event Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens 1919 Birthday Lady Ricketts, CEO, National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux 1902 Birthday Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist, Carnaval of the Citizens 1896 Event Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens 1861 Event Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession 1858 Event U.S. citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan 1857 Event Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens 1830 Death David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 1816 Event Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders 1794 Event Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 1789 Event French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1785 Birthday David Walker, Wilmington, North Carolina, abolitionist, Appeal to Colored Citizens 1775 Event Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain 1774 Event Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence 1487 Event Citizens of Leeuwarden Netherlands rebel against ban on foreign beer
