2015 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges that the country is aiding the forces of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad with military expertise and equipment; Putin states that troops may also be sent in the future to help fight against ISIL 2015 Event Officials from North Korea and South Korea meet to discuss issues that have led to recent hostile incidents along the border; South Korea is currently conducting military exercises with the United States, which North Korea claims is a threat 2015 Event Philippine President Benigno Aquino announces that his nation will enter a 'visiting forces' agreement with Japan, which will allow Japanese usage of Philippine military bases for activities such as refueling 2015 Event Commercial space company SpaceX has been approved as a contractor to the U.S. military for satellite launches; SpaceX will compete for contracts against the Boeing-Lockheed Martin United Launch Alliance, currently the primary military launch provider 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an 'occupied force' 2015 Event Russia accuses the U.S. of potentially 'destabilizing' Ukraine by sending paratroopers to train reserve military forces; though a cease fire agreement between Ukrainian pro-government and Russian-backed rebel forces is in place, fighting continues 2015 Event Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi meets with U.S. President Barack Obama, focusing on the fight against ISIS militants; Obama agrees to send humanitarian aid but makes no commitment regarding military supplies or assistance 2015 Event Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Arab leaders will be combining their military resources to combat violence in the region; Saudi Arabia has already led joint forces in airstrikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama will seek approval from Congress to add force in the fight against ISIS militants; the current U.S. military campaign began without Congressional approval, raising concerns that Obama exceeded the limits of his authority 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi make progress in the areas of defense and nuclear trade; the countries plan to cooperate on defense issues, military manufacturing initiatives and nuclear power development 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, a key member of the military arm of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab, surrenders to police; the group seeks to take over the U.N.-supported Somali government 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event In a potential attempt to claim sovereignty, China is building an island in the South China Sea in an area claimed by several nations; sources speculate that the island may be used to support an airstrip and military activities 2014 Event Swedish officials release a photo of U-boat tracks along the sea floor as proof that a foreign submarine breached the nation�s waters; the search began after the military detected Russian-language distress calls and spotted an unidentified vessel 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama provides authorization for military reserves to be sent to West Africa if needed to help respond to the Ebola epidemic; the president also does not see the need to ban travelers from West Africa from entering the U.S. 2014 Event President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will increase its support for forces fighting the advances of the Islamic State militant group; air power, military training and other aid will be provided, but U.S. troops will not be sent to battle 2014 Event India has put the INS Kolkata into service; the battleship, built locally, is the second to be commissioned this year and signals the nation's intent to update its military in response to concern regarding China's growth 2014 Event 705 military troops will be sent to Iraq by the U.S. to assist in planning assistance to groups affected by the advance of Islamist State militants; President Barack Obama states that the troops will not be involved in combat 2014 Event The U.S. and the European Union impose additional sanctions on Russia, focusing on restrictions related to the nation's military, energy, and financial sectors 2014 Event Arseny Yatseniuk, prime minister of Ukraine, submits his resignation in frustration over inaction of the parliament to address energy needs and military funding 2014 Event Hamas rejects a peace deal brokered by Egypt and agreed to by Israel; Israel warned that the rejection could result in military action to stop rocket attacks from Palestinian militants 2014 Event Japan updates its constitution to allow self-defense forces to assist in defending allied nations that come under attack. The change does not extend to assisting in other external military conflicts. 2014 Event Russia supplies Iraq with military aircraft to help the government fight insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq; the U.S. has readied military assistance, but it has not yet been delivered 2014 Event The U.S. is pressing Iraq to put a new government into place as soon as possible in order to keep the nation from being torn apart by sectarian violence; the U.S. plans to send military advisors but not direct military assistance at this time 2014 Event The U.S. may cooperate with Iran in identifying options to address the violence in Iraq, though such options would not include military aid; President Barack Obama has sent 257 troops to Baghdad to provide additional security for the U.S. embassy 2014 Event A U.S. aircraft carrier is being repositioned in the Persian Gulf in the event that President Barack Obama decides to authorize military aid in the current internal Iraqi conflict; the president has stated that he will not send in ground troops 2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2014 Event The Nigerian government announces that it has located the 270-plus girls abducted by terrorist group Boko Haram, but it cannot rescue the girls yet due to fears that the abductors will kill them if the military attempts a direct confrontation 2014 Event Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha has become interim leader of Thailand in a military coup today; the military has thrown out part of the constitution, imposed a curfew and placed media and Internet communication under its control 2014 Event President Obama promises that the U.S. will not take military action in Ukraine in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea 2014 Event Prince Harry initiates The Invictus Games, a sporting competition for wounded members of the military 2013 Event The robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics is purchased by Google for an undisclosed amount; previously contracted by the U.S. military 2013 Event A resolution authorizing limited U.S. military intervention in Syria is approved by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee 2013 Event Prior to being transferred to house arrest, former Egyptian President is released from prison and transferred to a military hospital 2013 Event The French military's M51 missile test fails when the missile self-destructs in midair 2013 Event No casualties are reported after a U.S. military Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes near the South Korean border with North Korea 2013 Event The defense ministry of China accuses the United States of increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific region by increasing its military presence and supporting Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines in long-term territorial disputes with the country 2013 Event Attracting NATO criticism, Russia conducts unscheduled military exercises in the Black Sea 2013 Event Days after a new U.S.-South Korea military pact, North Korea issues new threats to strike targets in Hawaii, Guam, South Korea and the U.S. mainland 2013 Event The U.S. military used B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea; in response, North Korea threatens to attack America's military bases in Japan 2013 Event Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 2012 Event A truth commission created by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff convenes to investigate the country's military dictatorship 2012 Event South Korea announces that it plans to sign a pact with Japan that encourages the sharing of sensitive military intelligence 2012 Event Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Tahrir Square against continuing military rule in Egypt 2012 Event The IAEA announces that Iran has denied access to the Parchin military complex where they believe suspicious nuclear activities are taking place 2012 Event Iran initiates new military exercises as tensions rise over the country's nuclear program 2012 Event According to Israel's military chief, the country is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights 2012 Event While conducting military exercises in the Persian Gulf, Iran successfully test-fires two long-range missiles 2011 Event In Cairo, thousands of Egyptian women demonstrate against military police for abuse against female demonstrators in Tahir Square 2011 Event The English town Wooten Bassett is re-named with the prefix 'Royal', honoring its role in repatriating British military personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan 2011 Event The U.S. officially ends its Don't ask, don't tell military policy, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation 2011 Event The South Korean military has police clear protesters from the building site of its new naval base in Jeju-do 2011 Event Venezuelans celebrate 200 years of independence from Spain with a military parade and parties in the streets 2011 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, founder of the militant Islamist group Al-Quaeda was killed by American military operatives 2011 Event In London, England, international leaders take part in a conference focused on military action and the future of Libya 2011 Event Libya's military operations are now under the NATO control 2011 Event Libya's military claims it will stop fighting Sunday to allow the rebels to turn themselves in 2011 Event Leaders from the G8 pass the issue of military intervention in Libya onto the United Nations Security Council 2011 Event President Hosni Mubarak relinquishes power to the head of the Higher Military Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi 2011 Event North and South Korean officials meet for working-level military talks, the first Korean dialogue in eight months 2011 Event Russia began searching for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit 2010 Event NATO nations reach an agreement to begin handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghanistan military by 2014 2010 Event For the first time in two years, South Korea and North Korea reach an agreement to hold working-level military talks 2010 Event FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2010 Event U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 Event Over 92,000 classified documents detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan are released by Wikileaks; this is the largest leak in U.S military history 2010 Event Buildings across Bangkok are set on fire by red shirt protesters after the military stormed a protest camp in the center of the city 2010 Event Muslim fundamentalists in northern Algeria kill an army colonel and a military commander of Bejaia 2009 Event More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary 2009 Event Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar, is overthrown. New President, Andry Rajoelina, is appointed by the military 2009 Event After two years of trying to maintain order, Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia 2005 Event Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation 2004 Event American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000 2003 Event Iranian Revolutionary Guard military flight crashes into the Sirach Mountains, killing 275 1998 Event U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Event Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 1997 Death Enrique Peralta Azurdia, military President of Guatemala in 1963 - 1966, dies 1996 Death Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies 1996 Death Ernesto Geisel, military president of Brazil 1974 - 1979, dies at 89 1996 Death Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80 1996 Death Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies 1995 Event Belgium ends military conscript 1994 Death Jerome Bert Weisner, military Scientist/Disarmer, dies at 79 1994 Death Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 1994 Event Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees 1994 Event Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases 1993 Event Military coup by Burundi President Ndadaye/525,000 Hutu's flee 1992 Event Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163 1992 Death Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies 1991 Death Hanson Baldwin, U.S. military historian, dies at 88 1991 Event Military transport plane crashes at Djakarta, 133 dies 1991 Event Failed military coup in Mali 1991 Event U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1991 Event Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested 1990 Event Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds 1990 Event U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq 1990 Event U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1990 Event President Bush calls up military reserves 1990 Event Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) 1989 Event Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends 1989 Event Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1988 Event STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) 1988 Event Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance 1988 Event Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Death Khalil al-Wazir, PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos 1988 Event 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1987 Event 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy 1987 Event Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic 1987 Event Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1987 Event U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1987 Event Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) 1986 Event Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 1986 Event Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan 1985 Death Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered 1984 Event Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya 1983 Event Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup 1983 Event Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Event Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees 1983 Event Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1982 Event New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 1982 Event Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1982 Event Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname 1981 Event Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees 1981 Event Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy 1980 Event Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees 1980 Event Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1980 Death Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 1980 Event Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president 1980 Event U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1979 Event Bolivia military coup under General Busch, President Guevara flees 1979 Event Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1979 Death Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/military governor of Teheran, executed 1978 Event Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule 1978 Event Bolivia military coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees 1978 Event Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees 1978 Event South Africa military goes into Angola 1978 Event Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1978 Event Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1976 Death J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1976 Event Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1976 Event Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military 1976 Event 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy 1976 Event Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves 1975 Death Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority 1944 - 1946, dies at 73 1975 Event Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies 1975 Event Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed 1975 Death Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 1975 Event Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman 1975 Event Military coup by General Mohammed/President Jakubu Gowon fired 1975 Event Chad military coup by General Odingar 1975 Event Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails 1974 Event Greek military dictatorship collapses 1974 Event Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees 1974 Event Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt 1974 Event Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed 1973 Event Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos 1973 Event Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 1973 Event Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees 1973 Event Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 1973 Event U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military 1973 Event U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1972 Birthday Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse 1972 Event Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 1972 Event Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana 1971 Event Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out 1971 Event Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry 1971 Event Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1971 Event "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey 1971 Event Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 1970 Event Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 1970 Event Jordan king Hussein forms military government 1970 Event U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia 1970 Event Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania 1970 Event Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1970 Event Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 1970 Death Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 1969 Event Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia 1969 Death Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies 1969 Event Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup 1968 Event Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees 1968 Event Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted 1968 Event Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru 1968 Event Off duty Dutch military permitted to wear regular clothing 1968 Event Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) 1967 Event Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 1967 Event Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed 1966 Event USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 1966 Event Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out 1966 Event Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad 1966 Event Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government 1966 Event Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic 1965 Event Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown 1965 Birthday Yahya Jammeh, born in Kanilai, Gambia, politician, President of Gambia, controlled the country as a result of a bloodless military coup, elected September 1996 1965 Event Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 1965 Event People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1965 Event Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control 1965 Event West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania 1965 Event South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1964 Event Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted 1964 Event President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military 1964 Event Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1963 Event 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 Event Failed military coup in Syria 1963 Event Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1962 Event Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen 1962 Event Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees 1961 Event Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 1961 Event John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 Event Military coup in El Salvador 1960 Event Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1959 Event Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) 1959 Event Iraq terminates military assistance pact with U.S. due to neutrality 1959 Event Iran and U.S. sign economic / military treaty 1958 Event Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA 1958 Event General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq 1957 Event Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat 1957 Event U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid 1957 Event 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va 1956 Event Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1956 Death Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head military intelligence Netherlands-Indies, dies at 52 1956 Event Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R. 1955 Birthday Caleb Carr, born in Manhattan, New York City, author, military historian, wrote, 'The Italian Secretary', 'Casing the Promised Land', 'The Alienist' 1955 Event British government signs military treaty with Iraq 1955 Event Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1954 Event Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact 1954 Event Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1954 Event Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months 1954 Event Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months 1954 Event Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay 1953 Event Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military 1953 Event Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia 1952 Event Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1951 Event Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria 1951 Event 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated 1951 Event General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1950 Event President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1950 Event U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1950 Event Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane 1949 Event Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria 1949 Event National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense 1949 Event International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment 1948 Event 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated 1947 Event Military coup discovered in France 1946 Event Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die 1946 Death J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed 1946 Event International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals 1946 Event International military tribunal in Tokyo begins 1945 Event British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz 1944 Birthday Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian 1943 Event Military coup in Bolivia 1942 Event military all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1942 Event 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1942 Event Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough 1941 Event Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1940 Event Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in U.S. history 1939 Event Estonia accepts Soviet military bases 1939 Event Great Britain and Poland sign military pact 1938 Death Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77 1937 Event Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1936 Birthday Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO 1936 Event Military uprising under General Franco/begins Spanish civil war 1936 Event Military coup in Japan 1935 Event Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane 1935 Event Military coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador 1934 Birthday Yakubu Gowon, born in Kanke, Nigeria, politician, General, Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria 1966 - 1975 1934 Event Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria 1933 Event Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup 1932 Event Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri 1932 Birthday Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992 1927 Event Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 1927 Event International allies military command in Germany disbands 1926 Event Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras 1926 Event Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal 1926 Event U.S. military intervenes in Nicaragua 1925 Event Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece 1925 Birthday Idi Amin, born in Uganda, military dictator, president of Uganda, assumed role of Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, attempted to annex Kagera, Tanzania 1925 Event Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1924 Event Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil 1924 Event British Labour government cuts military budget 1923 Event Sun Yat Sen founds military academy 1923 Birthday Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war 1920 Death 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 1920 Death Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer 1920 Birthday Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1917 Event Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military 1917 Event Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee 1917 Event Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military 1917 Event 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1917 Birthday Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician 1916 Event Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years 1916 Death Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 1916 Event Britain's military service act enforced (conscription) 1915 Event 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) 1915 Birthday Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross 1915 Event U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 1915 Event Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces 1915 Birthday Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer 1915 Event 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I 1915 Event Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine 1914 Event Turkey signs military pact with Germany 1914 Birthday Earl Cadogan, British large landowner, Military Cross 1913 Death Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mexican president, assassinated in military coup at 39 1910 Birthday Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 Event British-Russian military intervention in Persia 1909 Event Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army 1909 Event U.S. military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time 1908 Event Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup 1904 Birthday Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Netherlands-Indies 1902 Birthday Hendrik J Kruls, Netherlands, general/chief military authority, 1944-46 1902 Event U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends 1893 Event Russia signs military accord with France 1888 Event Italy and Spain sign military covenant 1887 Event Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan 1887 Birthday Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence 1883 Event Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty 1883 Event Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany 1881 Event Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1881 Event Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty 1877 Event Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 1868 Event Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida 1864 Event President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service 1864 Event Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery 1863 Event 1st military draft by U.S., exemptions cost $100 1863 Birthday Gabriele D'Annunzio, born in Italy, writer and military hero, Intruder 1863 Event 1st U.S. wartime military conscription bill enacted 1862 Event Ulysses S. Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi 1861 Event Lexington Kentucky - Union military camp forms in neutral state 1861 Event 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor 1859 Birthday John W Fortescue, military historian 1856 Birthday R G Nivelle, French military man 1855 Death Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 1855 Event Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use 1853 Death Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/U.S. military man, murdered 1851 Birthday 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 1850 Event Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use 1849 Death Andreas Michiels, Dutch military Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 1849 Birthday Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, military governor, Paris 1843 Death Cornelis PJ Elout, military/president of West Sumatra, dies at 47 1831 Event Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy 1829 Event Royal Military Chapel forms 1826 Death Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60 1819 Death Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 1810 Death Andreas Hofer, military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 1802 Event U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York 1797 Event Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews 1797 Birthday Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra 1796 Birthday Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician 1795 Birthday Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra 1792 Event U.S. establishes military draft 1789 Event Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1785 Event Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) 1783 Event Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1782 Death Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 1778 Event 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1775 Event 1st military hospital approved 1767 Birthday Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1755 Event England and Russia sign military agreement 1753 Event Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty 1752 Birthday George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1752 Event Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna 1747 Event England and Netherlands sign military treaty 1745 Birthday Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg 1743 Birthday Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer 1742 Event Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant 1741 Event Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich 1726 Event Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty 1716 Event England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty 1707 Event Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty 1703 Death Archibald Campbell, Scottish military man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 1673 Birthday Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands 1670 Event France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty 1667 Event France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord 1662 Event Netherlands and France sign military covenant 1655 Event New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service 1655 Event Netherlands and Brandenburg sign military treaty 1648 Death Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 1625 Event Netherlands and England sign military treaty 1608 Birthday Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military 1583 Birthday Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher 1582 Birthday Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII 1581 Death Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52 1575 Event King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots 1572 Event France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant 1567 Death Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 1557 Death Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies 1547 Birthday Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1527 Death Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 1489 Death Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded 554 Event Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines military governor in Italy
