2011 Event Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, commented that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of 'Islamic awareness' 2011 Event Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announces he will leave politics soon after the Presidential elections are held 1995 Death Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at 40 in jail 1987 Event Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba 1985 Event Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers 1959 Event Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair 1954 Event Tunisian government of M'zali, resigns 1953 Death Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered 1952 Event Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government 1881 Event French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
