King Hassan II quits League post
1986 — King Hassan II of Morocco resigned as President of the Arab League due to the adverse reaction from some Arab countries to his surprise summit with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Hassan had been President of the Arab League, which includes 21 nations and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, since a summit in September 1982. It was during that summit in Fez, Morocco, when the Arab leaders agreed on their basic conditions for peace with Israel — an Israeli withdrawal from lands seized during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and recognition of the PLO. Hassan asked Peres during their talks if he would agree to those two conditions. The King said Peres refused. The King resigned following the unfavourable reactions received from his hosting of Peres.
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1795 - Spain signs peace treaty with France, ceding its part of Santo Domingo.
1839 - The first Opium War between China and Britain begins
1866 - The first successful trans-Atlantic telegraph cable between England and the US is completed.
1909 - Orville Wright tests the US Army’s first aeroplane.
1940 - Bugs Bunny makes his first appearance in the Warner Bros cartoon A Wild Hare.
1949 - The world’s first jet-propelled airliner, the British De Havilland Comet, makes its maiden flight.
1953 - An armistice is signed at Panmunjom to end the Korean War.
1954 - Britain and Egypt agree on terms to end 72 years of British control of the Suez Canal.
1955 - After 17 years of occupation by troops from four countries, Austria regains its sovereignty.
1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Tanaka Kakuei is arrested and later convicted for accepting bribes from US Lockheed Corporation.
1980 - The deposed Shah of Iran dies at a military hospital outside Cairo at the age of 60.
1985 - Uganda President Milton Obote’s civilian government is ousted in a swift military coup.
1990 - Belarus declares its independence from Soviet Union.
1996 - A pipe bomb explodes during the Atlanta Olympics, killing one and injuring more than a 100.
2000 - Kuwait signs a deal for the purchase of natural gas from Qatar’s giant north field.
2002 - At least 78 people are killed when a Ukrainian airforce Sukhoi Su-27 jet smashes into crowds watching the finale of an air show in Ukraine.
2008 - Egyptian filmmaker Yousuf Shaheen dies at the age of 83.
2010 - A Lufthansa cargo plane crashes on landing at Riyadh airport, its two pilots survive with minor injuries.
2012 - A giant bell rang out to start an unusual opening ceremony for the Olympics London 2012 Games.
2014 - Italian Vicenzo Nibali claims the Tour the France title.
2015 - Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam dies of a heart attack in Shillong.
