Anniversaries 2023

JANUARY

4th January 1948 Burma (now Myanmar) celebrates independence from Britain

21st January 1998  Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

30th January 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated

FEBRUARY

4th February 1948  Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence 

11th February 2013  Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation

16th February 1923  The Tomb of Tutankhamen is opened up in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt

MARCH

19th March 2003 Air war against Iraq begins

20th March 2003  Land war against Iraq begins

APRIL

8th April 2013  Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

14th April 2003  Scientists unveil completed map of human genome

24th April 2013 Rana Plaza building collapses in Bangladesh

MAY

14th May 1948 State of Israel declared

21st May 1998   Indonesian president Suharto resigns after more than 30 years in power

JUNE

1st June 1973 Greek military regime abolishes the monarchy

24th June 1948 Berlin blockade begins

26th June 1948 Berlin airlift begins

JULY

17th July 1998  Russia re-buries the remains of the Tsar Nicholas II and his family

AUGUST  

7th August 1998  United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed

SEPTEMBER

1st September 1923 Massive earthquake hits Japan

5th September 2013 Nelson Mandela dies

11th September 1973  Salvador Allende toppled by Chile coup

OCTOBER

 6th October 1973  Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel

24th October 2003  Concorde makes its last commercial flight

NOVEMBER  

 23rd November 2013  Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze resigns after mass protests against election 

DECEMBER  

6th December 1998  Venezuela elects new president, Hugo Chavez