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{{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.}} | {{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.}} | ||
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.