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2006 U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon
2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers 2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation 1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran 1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64 1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 1992 Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies 1991 Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio 1990 Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari) 1990 Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months 1989 Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon 1989 Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon 1989 Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 1989 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered 1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1987 Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 1987 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon 1987 Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65 1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1986 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released 1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon 1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon 1985 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1984 U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force 1984 Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut 1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1983 U.S. jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1983 Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns 1983 U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty 1983 Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon 1982 Saad Sayd, Abu Walid, Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies 1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1982 Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon 1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 1982 Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb 1982 Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon 1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon 1982 David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon 1982 Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon 1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1978 Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon 1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 1976 Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon 1976 Francis E Meloy, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1973 Dalida Chammai, Miss Lebanon Universe 1997 1971 Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles 1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon 1961 Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon 1960 Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 1958 U.N. Security council sends observers to Lebanon 1953 Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tennessee, actress, Tiffany-General Hospital 1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact 1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1947 Bechir Gemayel, President Lebanon, 8/23-9/14, 1982 1947 Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/U.S. hostage held in Lebanon, 1985-91 1947 Jimmy Duncan, born in Lebanon, Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1988 - 1946 French troops leave Lebanon 1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government 1943 Lebanon declares independence from French administration 1943 France arrests government of Lebanon 1941 Lebanon gains independence from France 1941 Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria 1935 Michel Aoun, born in Haret Hreik, Lebanon, Lebanese soldier and politician 1932 Delphine Seyrig, born in Beirut, Lebanon, actress, Freak Orlando, Reperages 1926 Lebanon adopts constitution 1921 Rashid Karami, Lebanon, 10 time PM: 1955..87 of Lebanon 1920 France creates Lebanon 1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) 1900 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon 1889 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright 1883 Kahlil Gibran, born in Lebanon, mystic poet, The Prophet, Broken Wings |
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