2015 Event Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasizes that the country's recent nuclear agreement with the West does not change its opposition to the U.S. and to American policies in the Middle East 2015 Event The Greek Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the nation's next president; Pavlopoulos, preferred by the SYRIZA party, was chosen over opposition party nominee Nicos Alivizatos 2014 Event Private car scheduling service Uber has been meeting with opposition as it rapidly expands into cities around the world; complaints range from insufficient driver background checks to violation of rules protecting existing transportation services 2014 Event Afghan officials have signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence 2013 Event A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties 2013 Event Russian politician Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition figure, registers as candidate for Mayor in Moscow's September's election 2013 Event Iceland's center-right opposition party is set to return to power after the country's parliamentary election results are finalized 2013 Event China reports it will open the South China Sea's Paracel Islands to tourism before the May Day holiday. Vietnam voices strong opposition this move, as ownership of the Islands is in dispute 2013 Event In Greece, Nicos Anastasiades, leader of Cyprus's main opposition Disy party, wins the Presidential race 2012 Event Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner 2012 Event Belarus holds parliamentary elections; the opposition boycotts the vote, claiming it is undemocratic 2012 Event Mass protests take place in Tamil Nadu, India, as opposition to the Kudankulam nuclear power project grows 2012 Event Imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is moved to a hospital after a political compromise, ending her hunger strike 2012 Event Following political reforms in Myanmar, Australia relaxes sanctions on the country, including by-elections earlier this month where opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won more than a dozen seats 2012 Event The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged; he calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest 2012 Event On Australia Day nearly 200 indigenous protesters surround a restaurant in Canberra, trapping Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, opposition leader inside 2011 Event Despite protests by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kaliba is sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 Event During the 40th anniversary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a bomb kills one person and clashes break out between security and opposition protesters 2011 Event Opposition MP Peter Slipper replaces Harry Jenkins as speaker of the Australian House of Representatives 2011 Event Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye is placed under house arrest, after vowing to continue protests against the rising cost of living 2011 Event Rebel leader Yoweri Museveni continues his 30-year rule after being re-elected President of Uganda; the opposition claims the election was a 'sham' 2011 Event In Iran, opposition leaders plan a nationwide anti-government rally in an attempt to replicate the success of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution 2010 Event Despite concern from the opposition, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declares he will pass laws by decree for the next six to eighteen months 2010 Event Known as Africa's female Mandela, Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda's opposition leader, is arrested on charges of forming a terrorist organization 2010 Event Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of Kim Jong-il, states his opposition to North Korea's succession plan to transfer power to his younger brother, Kim Jong-un 2010 Event Despite considerable opposition, Christine O'Donnell is elected as the Republican Party candidate for Delaware 2010 Event Senior Rwandan opposition politician Andre Kagwa Rwisereka is found, after reported missing, with his head nearly severed off 2010 Event Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months 2010 Event The second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu results in more than 20 civilian deaths 1994 Event Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed 1993 Event Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life 1991 Event Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize 1990 Event U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties 1989 Event General Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin 1987 Event Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer 1986 Event Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested 1985 Event Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea 1983 Death Benigno S Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50 1983 Event Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 1980 Event South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1977 Event Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition 1965 Death Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris 1963 Death Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies 1946 Event Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel 1946 Event Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1946 Event Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties 1944 Death Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn 1944 Event Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer 1943 Event Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples 1943 Event Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter 1943 Event Opposition group Zwaantje forms in Delfzijl 1943 Event Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown 1943 Event Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing 1942 Death W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded 1940 Event 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands 1940 Event Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp 1932 Birthday Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader; assassinated 1925 Birthday Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip 1914 Event Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1913 Birthday Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1910 Event U.S. supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua 1898 Birthday Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 1891 Birthday Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya opposition leader/1st premier, 1963-78 1868 Event Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1795 Event Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned
