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1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism
1993 Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP Assistant Secretary of Education 1973 - 1975, dies at 77 1993 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered 1992 Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education 1987 L. T. Coggeshall, medical scientist and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1956 - 1958, dies at 86 1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1979 President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education 1979 Congress' final approval to create Department of Education 1975 President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped 1971 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch Minister of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances 1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1962 Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor 1958 National Defense Education Act was signed 1956 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 1956 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1954 School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1953 California introduces sales tax, for education 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare created 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare established 1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 1947 Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education 1947 Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1945 Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education and MP, CDA 1944 Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education 1943 William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988, drug tsar 1941 Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory 1939 Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education 1939 NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund 1938 William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988 1937 Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education 1936 Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education, 1979-82 1934 John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, Liberal MP 1934 David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science 1933 Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education, D66 1933 Albert Gyorgy Earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education, dies at 86 1932 Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders 1931 Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education, VVD 1930 Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985- 1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education 1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education 1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point 1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German 1906 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education 1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1905 Jack Longland, British director of education, Derbyshire 1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58 1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law 1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect 1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education 1890 Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education 1889 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 1888 Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1887 Helen Parkhurst, U.S. educator, Education on the Dalton plan 1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1876 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years 1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education, 1939-4- 1870 Compulsory education proclaimed in England 1869 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts, VVD 1867 U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education 1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865 1865 Hawaiian Board of Education formed 1857 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education 1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator, Theory of Education 1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1846 Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education 1843 Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education 1843 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 1838 Henry B. Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts, historian, writer, Education of Henry Adams 1830 Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education 1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women 1813 Jozsef Eotvos, Hungarian Minister of Education, 1848 1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms 1806 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education 1804 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education 1800 Catherine Beecher, educator, championed higher education for women 1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education 1777 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat 1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education 1717 Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs 1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts 362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws |
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