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'''1916''' | |||
[[File:Sykes-Picot Map.png|thumb|Map of the Sykes-Picot agreement|240x240px]] | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1916|month=05|day=16|event=[[Great Britain]] and [[France]] sign the [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]], planning to partition former [[Ottoman]] territory despite promises from the British of establishing independant Arab states.}} | |||
'''1943''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1943|month=05|day=16|event=The [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] ends.}} | |||
'''1966''' | '''1966''' | ||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1966|month=05|day=16|event=Beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]]}} | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1966|month=05|day=16|event=Beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]] in the [[People's Republic of China]]}} | ||
'''1974''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1974|month=05|day=16|event=[[Josip Broz Tito]] is elected president of [[Yugoslavia]] for life.}} | |||
'''1997''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1997|month=05|day=16|event=Anti-Communist and [[CIA]] supported leader of the [[Congo]] [[Mobutu Sese Suko]] flees the country.}} | |||
Latest revision as of 21:34, 12 May 2024
1916
- Great Britain and France sign the Sykes–Picot Agreement, planning to partition former Ottoman territory despite promises from the British of establishing independant Arab states.
1943
- The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
1966
- Beginning of the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China
1974
- Josip Broz Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia for life.
1997
- Anti-Communist and CIA supported leader of the Congo Mobutu Sese Suko flees the country.