2015 Event Divers have retrieved one of two black boxes from Air Asia Flight 8501, which crashed on December 28th during its flight from Indonesia to Singapore; the second black box has been found nearby, but debris must first be moved in order to access it 2014 Event Indonesia's search team finds plane wreckage and the remains of three people who were aboard AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared on December 28th; the findings confirm that the flight crashed in the waters between Indonesia and Singapore 2014 Event Rescuers continue searching for missing AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared en route to Singapore from Indonesia on December 28th; the plane carried 162 people 2014 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again, with pyroclastic flows streaming down the volcanic slope; the activity has caused the evacuation of 22,000 people from the danger zone around Sinabung 2013 Event At a World Trade Organization meeting, a trade agreement called the Bali Package is reached; the agreement will lower global trade barriers and will simplify trade deals to better enable poorer states in Bali, Indonesia to sell their goods 2013 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung explodes, causing nearly 6,000 people in the country's North Sumatra province to flee 2011 Event Australia bans live cattle exports to Indonesia for up to six months in response to reports of cruel treatment at Indonesian slaughterhouses 2011 Event A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's southeastern island of Sulawesi 2011 Event A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2010 Event Indonesia's Mount Bromo spews ash, forcing the closure of a nearby airport 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people 2009 Event 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 2009 Event A magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off the coast of Indonesia, setting off a tsunami alert which is then withdrawn 2009 Event Panic ensues when an earthquake strikes off the Bali coast in Indonesia, causing few injuries and little material damage 2009 Event At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 2006 Event Java, Indonesia suffers a 6.3 magnitue earthquake, killing more than 6,000 1996 Death Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at 72 1993 Death French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88 1989 Death Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90 1988 Event Meteorite exploded above Indonesia 1976 Event Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor 1976 Event East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 1975 Event Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor 1971 Event Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia 1970 Birthday Yayuk Basuki, Yogyakarta Indonesia, tennis star, 1996 Hobart doubles 1970 Death Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68 1968 Event Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia 1967 Event Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia 1967 Event Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 1966 Death Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57 1966 Event General Suharto forms government in Indonesia 1966 Event Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution 1965 Event Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia 1965 Event Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia 1965 Event Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies 1965 Event Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto 1964 Event Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN 1964 Event Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees 1963 Death Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier (Indonesia), dies at 52 1963 Event Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia 1963 Event Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1963 Event Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations 1962 Event Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored 1962 Event Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea 1962 Event Netherlands and Indonesia accord over New-Guinea 1962 Event Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1962 Event General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea 1960 Event Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands 1960 Event President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament 1960 Event Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia 1959 Event Indonesia restores constitution 1958 Event Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia 1958 Event Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia 1958 Event Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 1957 Event Indonesia proclaims end to state of war 1957 Event Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions 1956 Event Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands 1956 Event Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union 1955 Event Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia 1955 Event Indonesia government of Harahap forms 1955 Event Ali Sastroamidjojo of Government resigns in Indonesia 1953 Event Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia 1952 Birthday Pritawi Sudarmo, Indonesia, astronaut 1950 Event Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia 1950 Event Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN 1950 Event Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands 1950 Event President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia 1950 Event Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia 1949 Event 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia 1949 Event Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia 1949 Event United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands 1949 Event Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia 1949 Event Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier 1949 Event Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state 1949 Event Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire 1949 Event U.N. Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia 1948 Event Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia 1948 Event Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election 1948 Birthday Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ 1948 Event Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire 1947 Event Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1947 Event Indonesia begins 1st political election 1946 Event Netherlands and Indonesia sign cease fire 1946 Event Netherland and Indonesia sign cease fire 1946 Event Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia 1945 Event Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands 1945 Event 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes 1944 Event Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 1944 Event 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death 1935 Birthday Willibrordus S Rendra, Indonesia, poet, Ballad orang-orang tertjina 1934 Event Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) 1928 Event Indonesian child laws enfoced in Bahasa Indonesia 1927 Event Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia 1924 Birthday Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia 1921 Birthday Suharto, general/president Indonesia, 1967- 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1912 Birthday Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer, Toe the Line 1911 Birthday Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier of Indonesia 1909 Birthday Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia, 1945-47 1907 Birthday Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer, Orestes 1901 Birthday Achmed Sukarno, born in Java, Prime Minister of Indonesia, 1945 - 1967 1888 Birthday Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet, Melatiknoppen 1886 Birthday Willem Drees, Prime Minister of Netherland, PvdA, 1948 - 1958, Indonesia, AOW 1816 Event 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
