2012 Event President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power 1997 Event David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Ft. Worth Texas 1996 Death Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91 1993 Event 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8 1968 Event New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted 1959 Birthday Keith Allen Clearwater, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1987 Colonial National 1957 Event Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open 1955 Birthday Danny Joe Pohl, born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1986 Colonial 1953 Event French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy 1952 Event General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia 1946 Event Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia 1942 Event KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1941 Event 45th U.S. Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft. Worth 1934 Event Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya 1933 Event Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno 1933 Event Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators 1933 Event Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname 1926 Event Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution 1925 Event French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco 1915 Death Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 1914 Death Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Death Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1909 Death Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 1909 Birthday Foley Newns, British colonial administrator 1904 Birthday Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor 1904 Event Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1895 Death John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 1892 Event National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded 1879 Event Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1856 Death Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68 1852 Birthday Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa 1849 Birthday Albert J-BJ Thos, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo 1844 Birthday Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo. 1838 Death Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 1838 Death Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 1827 Death Harman W. Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54 1823 Death Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74 1821 Birthday John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director. 1819 Event Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra 1790 Event Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village 1788 Birthday Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director 1774 Event 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights, Philadelphia 1774 Event 1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart 1773 Birthday Harman W. Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director 1771 Birthday Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director, Suriname 1771 Birthday Arnold A. Buyskes, Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director 1760 Event Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) 1758 Event English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York 1744 Birthday John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist 1738 Birthday John Singleton Copley, Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist 1714 Death Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56 1690 Event Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money 1681 Event English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1676 Event 1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass 1668 Death Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies 1663 Event 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia) 1658 Birthday Antoine Cadillac, french colonial governor of America 1657 Birthday Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch colonial director 1646 Event Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1630 Event 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 1619 Birthday John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder, Cape Colony
