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2010 Event - The declaration of Victor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine is suspended by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine

1993 Event - British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination

1991 Event - U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration

1980 Event - U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is it's capital

1959 Event - U.N. adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights

1957 Event - Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, D.C.

1948 Event - U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1948 Event - U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights

1945 Event - Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender

1942 Event - Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration

1942 Event - U.S. and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis

1941 Event - Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war

1931 Event - Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)

1920 Event - Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate

1917 Event - Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

1917 Event - British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration

1898 Event - President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration

1886 Event - Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga

1863 Event - Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Baha'i Feast of Ridvan (Jalal 13, 20)

1848 Birthday - Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05, Balfour Declaration

1844 Event - Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)

1839 Event - Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed

1832 Death - Charles Carroll, large landowner, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 95

1821 Death - William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 86

1820 Death - William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92

1817 Death - Thomas McKean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 83

1814 Death - Elbridge Gerry, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 70

1814 Death - Robert Treat Paine, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 83

1813 Death - Benjamin Rush, physician and abolotionist, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 67

1813 Death - Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66

1813 Death - George Clymer, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 73

1811 Death - William Williams, U.S. merchant and signer, Declaration of Independence, dies at 80

1811 Death - Samuel Chase, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 70

1806 Death - James Smith, Irish / U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 87

1806 Death - George Wythe, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 79

1804 Death - Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1803 Death - Matthew Thornton, Irish / U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 88

1802 Death - Francis Lewis, Welsh / U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 89

1800 Death - Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50

1799 Death - William Paca, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 58

1798 Death - George Read, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 65

1798 Death - James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 55

1798 Death - Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 71

1797 Death - Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 71

1797 Death - Carter Braxton, U.S. boer/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 61

1797 Death - Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer, signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1796 Death - Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 64

1795 Death - Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician and judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 65

1794 Death - Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1793 Death - John Hancock, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 56

1793 Death - Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 72

1790 Death - Lyman Hall, U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 66

1790 Death - William Hooper, U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 48

1788 Death - John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 47

1787 Death - Arthur Middleton, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 44

1785 Death - William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55

1785 Death - Stephen Hopkins, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 78

1784 Death - Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge/singer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55

1781 Death - Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50

1779 Death - Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 49

1779 Death - George Ross, U.S. judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49

1779 Death - John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68

1778 Death - Philip Livingston, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1776 Event - Formal signing of Declaration of Independence

1776 Event - Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York

1776 Event - Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette"

1776 Event - Declaration of Independence - U.S. gains independence from Britain

1776 Event - 1st vote on Declaration of Independence

1776 Event - Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to U.S. Congress

1776 Event - Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights

1776 Event - Continental Congress create a committee to draft Declaration of Independence

1776 Event - Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence

1776 Event - Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress

1775 Event - Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent

1774 Event - Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence

1765 Event - Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties

1756 Birthday - John Trumbull, U.S. painter, Declaration of Independence

1749 Birthday - Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, attorney/signer Declaration of Independence

1749 Birthday - Thomas Lynch, signer, Declaration of Independence

1746 Birthday - Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence

1745 Birthday - Benjamin Rush, Byberry, Pennsylvania, physician, general and signer, Declaration of Independence

1742 Birthday - James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence

1742 Birthday - Arthur Middleton, signer, Declaration of Independence

1742 Birthday - William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence

1741 Birthday - John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence

1741 Birthday - Samuel Chase, judge, signed Declaration of Independence

1740 Birthday - William Paca, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence

1739 Birthday - George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1738 Birthday - Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence

1737 Birthday - Charles Carroll, signed Declaration of Independence

1737 Birthday - John Hancock, patriot, 1st to sign Declaration of Independence

1736 Birthday - Carter Braxton, U.S. farmer/signer, Declaration of Independence

1734 Birthday - William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence

1734 Birthday - Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer/signer Declaration of Independence

1734 Birthday - Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1733 Birthday - George Read, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence

1732 Birthday - Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer, signed Declaration of Independence

1731 Birthday - William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence

1731 Birthday - Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer, Declaration of Independence

1730 Birthday - Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence

1730 Birthday - George Ross, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence

1730 Birthday - Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant, Declaration of Independence signer

1730 Birthday - William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer

1729 Birthday - Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician/judge/signer Declaration of Independence

1728 Birthday - Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer, Declaration of Independence

1727 Birthday - William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence

1726 Birthday - Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence

1726 Birthday - Oliver Wolcott, Ct-Gov, signed Declaration of Independence

1726 Birthday - Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence

1726 Birthday - Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence

1724 Birthday - Lyman Hall, U.S. physician, signed Declaration of Independence

1723 Birthday - John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence

1721 Birthday - Roger Sherman, signer, Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

1716 Birthday - Philip Livingston, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1713 Birthday - Francis Lewis, signer, Declaration of Independence

1707 Birthday - Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence

1687 Event - King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church

1686 Event - English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence

1676 Event - Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"

1672 Event - King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence

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