THE TERRORISM CALENDAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 110
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 1, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
Directorate of Confidential
Intelligence
OFFICE OF GLOBAL ISSUES IOGI)
PROCUCT ION GROUP
ROOM 3G00
HQS
The Terrorism
Calendar
1
r
I
Confidential
GI 85-10051
March 1985
Copy 0024
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1) Intelligence
1
The Terrorism
Calendar
1
1
I
This publication was prepared by
Office of Global Issues, with
contributions from the National Security Agency.
Comments and queries are welcome and may be
directed to the Chief, Terrorism Analysis Branch,
Terrorism and Narcotics Analysis Division, OGI, on
Confidential
GI 85-10051
March 1985
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
t-onnaennai
a
e
1
I
Preface
Information available
as of 31 December 1984
was used in this report.
Calendar
The Terrorism
This reference aid, formatted as a weekly datebook for 1985, shows
holidays and anniversary dates of historical events that are of known or po-
tential significance for terrorists or for groups that engage in terrorism. It
is intended to alert government analysts and policymakers concerned with
terrorism to the potential for political violence as these dates approach.
Certain holidays and anniversaries hold special significance for some
terrorist groups-especially those with an ethnic base. Such a group would
be likely to time a terrorist operation to coincide with one of these dates.
Although significant dates have been included for almost every country,
their citation is not intended to imply that terrorist attacks are to be
expected on any of these dates. The dates are intended to serve as reference
points should other information begin to accumulate indicating planning
for organized violence.
Three types of dates are included: 25X1
? National holidays or important historical events.
? Dates of important terrorist attacks or counterterrorist successes.
? Dates known to be important to terrorists or insurgents, such as founding
anniversaries, "martyrdoms," and trials.
Confidential
GI 85-10051
March 1985
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
December 1984-
January 1985
Terrorism is politically motivated, premedi-
tated violence perpetrated against noncom-
batant targets by subnational groups or clan-
destine state agents. International terrorist
acts involve the citizens or territory of more
than one country.
31
Afghanistan
Nigeria
Philippines
1964
1983
1968
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan founded
Coup overthrows Shagari regime
Founding of Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist
Cameroon
1960
Independence Day
Cuba
1959
Liberation Day (day Batista government fell)
Haiti
1804
Independence Day
Palestinians
1965
Palestinian revolution; founding of Fatah
Sudan
1956
Independence Day (proclamation of republic)
Western Samoa
1962
Independence Day
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
3 Thursday
4 Friday
Armenians 1984 Conviction of US citizen of Armenian descent for assassinating Turkish Consul General
in Los Angeles on 28 January 1982
1948 Independence Day
1974 Constitution of socialist republic adopted
5 Saturday
6 Sunday
I
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
January 1985
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
e
A
1
10 Thursday
11 Friday
Albania 1946 Proclamation of republic
Yugoslavia 1984 Suicide of two ethnic Albanian irredentists in Pristina, Kosovo, to avoid arrest
12 Saturday
Tanzania 1964 Zanzibar Revolution Day (people's republic established)
13
Ghana 1972 National Redemption Day (anniversary of coup)
Togo 1967 Liberation Day (military coup)
I
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
January 1985
JANUARY
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
14 Monday
15
Egypt 1918 Birthday of Jamal `Abd al-Nasir
Ireland 1922 Founding of Irish Free State
16
Benin 1977 Liberation Day; Martyrs' Day (repulsion of invasion by mercenary troops from Gabon)
Iran 1979 Shah-Burning Day (departure of Shah from Iran)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
17 Thursday
Colombia 1974 Nineteenth of April Movement (M- 19) steals sword of Simon Bolivar from Bogota
Museum
18 Friday
Egypt, Israel 1974 Disengagement Agreement
19 Saturday
Sunday
Guinea-Bissau 1973 National Heroes' Day (commemorating assassination of Amilcar Cabral, founder of
ruling party-PAIGC)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
January 1985
S
M T
W T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
21 Monday
United States 1985 Public celebration of presidential inauguration
22 Tuesday
Iran
1946
Kurdish Republic Day
Kurdish regions
1945
Qazi Muhammed uprising
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
1498
Discovery Day
Ukraine
1918
Independence Day
23
L JANUARY
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
t
24 Thursday
25 Friday
26 Saturday
India 1950 Republic Day
Romania 1918 Birthday of President Ceausescu
Tunisia 1978 Black Thursday (anniversary of labor riots)
27 Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
January-
February 1985
28
Australia
Cuba
Italy
Rwanda
1788 Australia Day
1853 Birthday of Jose Marti
1982 Freeing of Red Brigades' captive US Army Brigadier General Dozier
1961 Proclamation of the republic
30
West Germany 1933 Accession to power by Nazi Party
Northern Ireland 1972 Bloody Sunday (13 killed and 16 wounded during demonstration in Derry)
FEBRUARY
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
31 Thursday
Guatemala 1980 The People's Front of 31 January (FP-31), a front organization of the Guerrilla Army of
the Poor (EGP), takes its name from this date, on which some of its members occupied the
Spanish Embassy
I Friday
2 Saturday
3 Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
February 1985
F-----
M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
L 24 25 26 27 28
Monday
5
Burma 1960 Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Revolution Day
Colombia 1958 Founding of National Liberation Army (%LN)
6
Lebanon 1984 Fall of West Beirut to Muslim militias
Pakistan 1981 Founding of Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
February 1985
Iran 1979 Revolution Day; "Eleventh Dawn" (the 11th day of the revolution is considered the day of
victory over the old regime)
13
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Cyprus
1975
Declaration of establishment of Turkish Federated State of Cyprus
Zaire
1961
Death of Patrice Lumumba
FEBRUARY
S
M T
W T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
Thursday
15 Friday
Colombia 1966 Death of National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla leader and priest Camilo Torres
17
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
February 1985
19
Egypt, Israel 1980 Exchange of ambassadors
Nepal 1952 King Tribhuan Memorial Day
Poland 1947 People's republic established
20
Burma
Chinese world
FEBRUARY
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
21 Thursday
22
Qatar
Romania
St. Lucia
1972 Coup d'etat that brought Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani to power
1948 Founding of Romanian Workers' Party
1979 Independence Day
Friday
23
Brunei 1984 National Day
Guyana 1970 Republic Day
24
Czechoslovakia 1948 First Communist government
Ghana 1966 Liberation Day (overthrow of Nkrumah)
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
February-
MARCH
March
S
M T
W T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
25
Monday
Kuwait
1948
Independence Day
Pakistan
1985
National Assembly elections scheduled
Suriname
1980
Day of Liberation and Renewal
26 Tuesday
27 Wednesday
Dominican Republic
1844
Death of terrorist Gouger Migirdic Yanikian of Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
Independence Day
Western Sahara
1976
Anniversary of the Saharan Democratic Arab Republic (Polisario government-in-exile)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
A
1
28 Thursday
El Salvador 1977 Founding of the Popular League of 28 February (LP-28), commemorating the killing by
security forces of leftists demonstrating in San Salvador against alleged election fraud
1 Friday
Bulgaria 1878 Independence Day
2
El Salvador 1972 Founding of People's Revolutionary Army (ERP)
Libya 1977 Establishment of Jamahiriyah (Masses' State)
Morocco 1956 Independence Day (termination of Treaty of Fez)
Saturday
3 Sunday
Morocco 1961 Accession of King Hassan to throne
I
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
March 1985
6
Ghana 1957 Independence Day
Kurdish regions 1975 Algerian Accord between Iran and Iraq abandoning support of the Kurds
MARCH
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
7 Thursday
8 Friday
9 Saturday
10 Sunday
Kurdish regions 1979 Death of Kurdish leader Mulls Mustafa Barzani
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
March 1985
12
Mauritius 1968 Independence Day
Turkey 1880 Birthday of Ataturk
13
Grenada 1979 Coup d'etat by Maurice Bishop
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
t
14 Thursday
Japan 1975 Chukaku-ha (Nucleus Faction) Secretary General Honda assassinated by rival radical
groups
15 Friday
Angola 1962 Founding of National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA)
16 Saturday
Armenians 1921 Signing of Soviet-Turkish border treaty that ended Armenian hopes of establishing a
separate independent state
17 Sunday
Ireland St. Patrick's Day (Ireland's national day)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
March 1985
20
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Colombia
1981
Death of M-19 terrorist Carmenaa London ("La Chiqui")
Tunisia
1956
Independence Day
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
21 Thursday
"International Day of Solidarity With the Struggle of the Arab People of Palestine
Against Israeli Aggressors"
22 Friday
Arab League 1945 Founding of Arab League (original members: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi
Arabia, and Syria)
23 Saturday
Pakistan 1956 Pakistan Day (founding of Islamic Republic of Pakistan)
24
Argentina 1976 President Isabel Peron ousted by Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla
El Salvador 1980 Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero assassinated by rightists
Northern Ireland 1972 Beginning of direct rule by the British Government
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
March 1985
MARCH
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 i
31 ---
25 Monday
El Salvador
1980
Greece
1821
Iraq
1932
Saudi Arabia
1975
26
US Embassy attacked by Popular Liberation Forces (FPL) in response to assassination of
Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero the previous day; since then, FPL attacks have in
general been more frequent between 25 March and 6 April than during rest of year
Greek Revolution Memorial Day (celebrating beginning of independence from Turkey)
Independence Day
Assassination of King Faisal and accession of King Khalid
Tuesday
Bangladesh
1971
Independence Day
Egypt, Israel
1978
Peace agreement ratified
27 Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
28 Thursday
El Salvador 1980 Government expropriates plantations; Salvation Movement of 28 March (MS-28) takes
its name from this event
Italy 1980 Four members of Red Brigades die in shootout with Carabinieri in Genoa
Libya 1970 UK Evacuation Day (day British forces turned over bases and departed)
Palestinians National Day
29 Friday
30
Palestinians 1976 Day of the Homeland
Turkey 1974 Death of terrorist Mahir Cayan, member of Turkish People's Liberation Party
Saturday
31 Sunday
v
I
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
April 1985
APRIL
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
Monday
Armenians
Cyprus
El Salvador
The month of April is dedicated by Armenian groups to the memory of the massacre of
Armenians by Turks during 1915-18
1955 EOKA (National Organization of the Cypriot Struggle) Day (beginning of guerrilla
struggle for Greek Cypriot independence)
1970 Founding of Popular Liberation Forces (FPL)
1980 US Cultural Center in San Salvador bombed and strafed by FPL
1981 Rocket and gun attack on US Embassy by FPL
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
1
I
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
4 Thursday
Hungary
1945
Liberation Day
NATO
1950
NATO established
Pakistan
1979
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto executed; the Pakistani terrorist group AI-Zulfikar is named for him
Senegal
1960
Independence Day
Syria
1947
Founding of Bath Party
5 Friday
6 Saturday
Jewish world
Pesach (first day of Passover)
Philippines
1978
Anti-Marcos demonstration; the terrorist group April 6 Liberation Movement takes its
name from this event
7
Christian world
Easter Sunday
Ireland
1916
Beginning of insurrection that led to independence
Libya
1976
Student revolution
Yugoslavia
1963
Republic Day (adoption of current constitution)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
April 1985
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
Monday
Tuesday
10
Israel, Lebanon 1973 Israeli raid on Beirut
Yugoslavia 1941 Proclamation of Croatian independence
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
11 Thursday
Uganda 1979 Liberation Day (fall of Idi Amin)
12 Friday
Liberia 1980 National Redemption Day (celebrates coup overthrowing Tolbert government)
13 Saturday
Solar New Year (Buddhist, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Hindu, Sikh, Sinhalese, and Tamil
cultures)
Jewish world Last day of Passover
Lebanon 1975 Phalange militiamen attack bus, triggering Lebanese Civil War
14
Orthodox Greeks Easter Sunday
Hungary 1849 Independence Day
Latin America 1890 Pan-American Day (first international conference of American states)
Niger 1974 Accession of President Kountche
Spain 1931 Founding of Second Republic
Togo 1967 Assumption of presidency by Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
April 1985
15
Ireland 1916 Easter Uprising
North Korea 1912 Birthday of Kim II Sung
16
Jerusalem, West Bank Palestinian Prisoners' Day
APRIL
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
17
Cambodia 1975 Liberation Day (Khmer Rouge victory)
Cuba 1961 Air Defense Day (Air Force success against Bay of Pigs invaders)
Libya, United Kingdom 1984 Libyan radicals fire on protesters outside People's Bureau in London, killing a police-
woman and wounding I I others; start of siege by British security forces
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
18
Ireland
1949
Inauguration of the republic
Israel
Commemoration of the Holocaust
Lebanon
1983
US Embassy bombed by Islamic Jihad
Panama, United States
1978
US ratification of Panama Canal Treaty
Zimbabwe
1980
Independence Day
Thursday
19 Friday
Colombia
1970
On this day the populist National Popular Alliance (ANAPO) does poorly in national
elections. Three years later, ANAPO extremists found the 19th of April Movement
(M- 19) to try to take by force what they could not gain by ballot
Cuba
1961
Day of Victory at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)
Namibia
1960
Founding of South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
Sierra Leone
1971
Proclamation of the republic
South Korea
1960
Unrest triggered by student uprising forces President Syngman Rhee to resign and leave
the country. Usually commemorated by student demonstrations
20 Saturday
Greece
1967
National Resistance Day (anniversary of military coup)
Haiti
1971
Jean Claude Duvalier installed as president for life upon death of his father, Francois
Duvalier
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0 1
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
April 1985
S
M T
W T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
22 Monday
23 Tuesday
24
Wednesday
Armenians
1915
National Day of Sorrow (commemorating Turkish massacre)
Dominican Republic
1965
Beginning of civil war
The Gambia
1970
Republic Day
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
25
Egypt, Israel 1982 Sinai Day (Israeli withdrawal)
Italy 1945 Liberation Day
Portugal 1974 Revolution Day; Liberty Day (celebrates military coup that overthrew rightist govern-
ment and paved the way for democratically elected government). Leftwing terrorist group
Popular Forces of 25 April (FP-25) takes its name from this date
26
Jordan 1949 Transjordan becomes Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Tanzania 1964 United Republic of Tanzania formed through union of Republic of Tanganyika and
People's Republic of Zanzibar
27
Afghanistan 1978 Conservative Daoud regime ousted by leftwing coup
Austria 1945 Second Republic established
Sierra Leone 1961 Independence Day
Togo 1960 Independence Day
28
Colombia 1983 Death in plane crash of M-19 leader Jaime Bateman
Dominican Republic 1965 US military intervention
Iraq 1937 Birthday of Saddam Hussein
I
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
April-
May 1985
MAY
Guatemala 1981 Bombing of storage tank of US oil company in Guatemala City by FP-31
1982 Bombing of US fast-food restaurant in Guatemala City by FP-31
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
United Kingdom 1980 Iranian Embassy seized by radicals; hostages eventually rescued by Special Air Service
team
Wednesday
El Salvador The first week of May contains several dates of import to leftwing and rightwing
elements; consequently, political violence tends to peak during this period
Peru 1980 Destruction of electoral material in Chuschi, Cangallo Province, marks beginning of
armed struggle by Sendero Luminoso; anniversary is commemorated throughout May
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
I
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday
S Sunday
Ethiopla
1941
Liberation Day
Netherlands
1945
Liberation Day
Northern Ireland
1981
Death of Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member Bobby Sands in hunger strike
Paraguay
1954
Coup against elected government of President Federico Chavez by Gen. Alfredo
Stroessner Mattiauda
I
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
May 1985
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
East Germany 1945 Liberation Day
El Salvador 1979 Police fire into crowd on steps of San Salvador cathedral who are demonstrating
solidarity with leftwing activists that had occupied French and Costa Rican Embassies on
4 May; at least 25 demonstrators are killed
Libya 1984 Armed dissidents attack Qadhafi's Azizziya barracks
West Germany 1945 Capitulation of Third Reich
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
9 Thursday
Albania
1945
Victory Day
Poland
1945
Victory Day
Romania
1881
Independence Day
USSR
1945
Victory Day
West Germany
1976
Suicide in prison of Ulrike Meinhof, founding member of Red Army Faction (RAF)
Yugoslavia
1945
Victory Day
10 Friday
Jordan Arab Resistance Day
11 Saturday
1983 Anti-Pinochet protests put down forcefully by government
1984 Wave of bombings against government targets
1
12 Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
May 1985
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
13 Monday
Vatican City 1981 Attempt on life of Pope John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Agca
14
Tuesday
Israel
1948
Republic Day (declaration of independence)
Middle East
1948
Beginning of first Arab-Israeli War
Paraguay
1811
Independence Day
15 Wednesday
Palestinians 1948 Palestine Day (end of UN mandate); 15 May Organization, founded in 1979 by remnant
of Special Operations Group of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),
takes its name from this event
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
16 Thursday
17 Friday
Norway 1814 Constitution Day (independence day)
18
Northern Ireland
1981
Death of Provisional IRA hunger striker Raymond McCreesh
Peru
1980
Beginning of Sendero Luminoso armed struggle
South Korea
1980
Civilian uprising in Kwangju against military rule. Usually marked by student demon-
strations
19
Cuba 1895 Death of Jose Marti
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh's birthday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
May 1985
20
Cameroon 1972 Declaration of republic
Saudi Arabia 1927 Independence Day
Western Sahara 1973 Polisario begins armed struggle
MAY
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Monday
21 Tuesday
22 Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
23 Thursday
China 1951 Tibet declared to be under Chinese sovereignty
West Germany 1949 Proclamation of federal republic
I
24 Friday
I
25
Saturday
Africa
1963
African Freedom Day; Day of Africa (founding of Organization of African Unity)
Argentina
1810
Beginning of revolution against Spain
Bermuda
1967
Bermuda Day (Constitution adopted)
'
Colombia
1965
Founding of Communist Party of Colombia/Marxist-Leninist (PCC/ML), the now-
defunct parent organization of the terrorist group People's Liberation Army (EPL)
Jordan
1923
Independence Day
1946
Constitutional monarchy established
I
Sudan
1969
26 Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
May-
June 1985
28
France, French Caribbean 1983 Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance (ARC) surfaces with 17 coordinated bombings
JUNE
S M T W T F S
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
t
1
I
30
Afghanistan
1919
Independence from Great Britain achieved
Bangladesh
1981
Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
Dominican Republic
1961
Liberty Day (assassination of Gen. Raphael Trujillo)
Israel
1972
Massacre at Lod Airport by members of Japanese Red Army
Nigeria
1967
Declaration of Independence by Biafra
31 Friday
South Africa 1910 Union Day (four provinces merged to form Union of South Africa)
1961 Proclamation of republic
1 Saturday
Cameroon
1972
Proclamation of republic
Greece
1973
Proclamation of republic
Kenya
1963
Madaraka Day (beginning of self-government)
Palestinians
1976
During this month, Syria entered the civil conflict in Lebanon on the side of the Christian
Phalange and against the Palestinians and their Muslim allies; in response, Palestinian
renegade Abu Nidal renamed his terrorist group (then based in Iraq) the Black June
Organization and began attacking Syrian targets
2 Sunday
Italy 1946 Date of referendum in which Italian voters chose republican form of government
West Germany 1967 Leftist student Benno Ohnesorg killed during demonstration in West Berlin. The terrorist
group 2 June Movement (remnants of which eventually joined the Red Army Faction-
RAF) takes its name from this incident
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
June 1985
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Monday
Tuesday
Ghana
1979
Jerry Rawlings takes power for the first time
Israel, Lebanon
1982
First Israeli bombing of Beirut
Tonga
1970
Independence Day
Wednesday
Egypt
1975
Reopening of Suez Canal
Honduras
1965
Constitutional republic reestablished
Middle East
1967
Beginning of Six-Day War
Seychelles
1977
Liberation Day (overthrow of President Mancham by Albert Rene)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
6
India 1984 Army storms Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar
Israel, Lebanon 1982 Israeli forces invade Lebanon
Thursday
1 9 Sunday
Oman
1965
Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (PFLO) begins armed struggle
South Africa
1983
Three African National Congress (ANC) terrorists hanged
Sudan
1969
Proclamation of southern autonomy
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
June 1985
10
Argentina 1829 Malvinas Day (date from which Argentina claims sovereignty over Falklands)
Portugal Portugal Day
11
Libya 1970 Evacuation Day (transfer of US bases)
12
Hungary 1948 Founding of Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Philippines 1898 Independence Day (proclamation of republic)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
I
13 Thursday
North Yemen 1974 Coup by Col. Ibrahim al-Hamidi (accession of Second Corrective Movement)
Saudi Arabia 1982 Death of King Khalid and accession of King Fahd
14 Friday
Argentina, 1982 Argentine surrender ends Falklands conflict
United Kingdom
15 Saturday
El Salvador 1979 Communist Party, under Soviet and Cuban pressure, adopts policy of armed struggle; its
fighting elements are called Armed Forces of Liberation (FAL)
Japan, United States 1960 Signing of Japan-United States Security Treaty. Violent protests by leftist opponents of
the treaty were common on this date through the 1960s
16 Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
June 1985
17
France
East and West
Germany
19
Algeria 1965 Revolutionary Recovery Day (overthrow of Ahmed Ben Bella)
Kuwait 1961 Independence Day
JUNE
S M T W T F S
2 .3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
I
1
20
Muslim world Id al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)
22
South Yemen 1969 Coup by National Liberation Front
I
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
June 1985
North and South 1950 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning Korean war
Korea
Mozambique 1964 Founding of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO)
1975 Independence Day
26
Madagascar 1960 Independence Day
Somalia 1960 Independence Day (northern region)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
S M T W T F S
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
27 Thursday
Djibouti 1977 Independence Day
28 Friday
29 Saturday
Seycbelles 1976 Independence Day
30 Sunday
Zaire 1960 Independence Day
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
July 1985
Argentina
1974
Death of President Juan Peron
Burundi, Rwanda
1962
Independence Day
Canada
1867
Dominion Day
Ghana
1960
Republic Day
Peru
Since 1980, for unknown reasons, Sendero Luminoso terrorists have attacked foreign
targets during July at a rate roughly triple that of the rest of the year
Somalia
1960
Republic Day; Independence Day (southern region)
M T
JULY
W T F S
I 2
3
456
8 9
10
11 12 13
15 16
17
18 19 20
22 23
24
25 26 27
29 30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
t
1
1
Israel, Uganda,
1976
Israeli raid on airport at Entebbe frees hostages from PFLP skyjackers
Palestinians
Philippines
1946
Republic Day (date on which Philippines became independent republic)
United States
1776
Independence Day
5
Algeria
1962
Independence Day
Cape Verde
1975
Independence Day
Pakistan
1977
Coup by Gen. Zia Ul-Haq (over-throwing the regime of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto)
Rwanda
1973
Coup by Maj. Gen. Juvenal Habyvarimana inaugurates Second Republic
Venezuela
1811
Independence Day
7
1964 Independence Day
1966 Republic Day
Thursday
Sunday
Equatorial Guinea
1973
National Day (based on constitution that granted virtually unlimited powers to President
Macie; constitution was abrogated when he was overthrown by his nephew, Colonel
Obiang)
Solomon Islands
1978
Independence Day
Yugoslavia
Uprising Day (state holiday in Socialist Republic of Serbia)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
July 1985
9
Argentina 1816 Independence Day
Morocco 1929 Birthday of King Hassan II
10
The Bahamas 1973 Independence Day
Mauritania 1978 Armed Forces Day (commemorates military coup)
JULY
S M T W T F S-
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
r
1
1
1
1
1
I
11 Thursday
Mongolia 1921 Revolution Day (celebrates independence from China)
12
Kiribati
1979
Independence Day
Northern Ireland
1690
Orangemen's Day (Protestants march to commemorate victory in Battle of the Boyne)
Sao Tome and Principe
1975
Independence Day
13 Saturday
Yugoslavia Uprising Day (state holiday in Socialist Republic of Montenegro)
14 Sunday
France
1789
Bastille Day
Iraq
1958
Republic Day (Army coup d'etat that overthrew monarchy and established republic)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
July 1985
JULY
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
15 Monday
Cyprus 1974 Coup by Greek Army officers
Italy 1983 Four members of Italian counterterrorist team convicted of mistreating Red Brigades
prisoners captured during rescue of General Dozier
Afghanistan 1973 Republic Day (date Muhammad Daoud led military coup overthrowing his cousin King
Zahir Shah and establishing republic)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
r
18 Thursday
Spain
1936
Uprising Day (beginning of civil war); Generalissimo Franco's Day
Uruguay
1830
Proclamation of republic
19 Friday
Nicaragua 1979 Sandinista provisional Junta of National Reconstruction assumes office
20
Colombia
1810
Independence Day
Cyprus
1974
Turkish Cypriot Peace and Freedom Day (commemorates intervention by Turkish forces)
Sri Lanka
1983
Sinhalese backlash sparked by terrorist acts of extremist Tamil separatists leaves
hundreds of Tamils dead and thousands homeless
21 Sunday
Belgium
1831
Independence Day
Northern Ireland
1972
Bloody Friday-20 Provisional IRA bombings in Belfast kill I I and injure 120
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
July 1985
1944 Liberation Day
1952 People's republic established
23
Egypt, Ubyl
1952
Military coup ousts King Farouk
Greece
1974
Resignation of military junta; return of government to civilian rule
1970
Accession Day of Sultan Qaboos
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
t
t
r
1
r
1
1
25
Netherlands
1648
Independence Day
Sri Lanka
1983
Killing of Tamil prisoners in Colombo's Welikade jail exacerbates communal hatred
Tunisia
1957
Proclamation of republic
26
Argentina
1952
Death of Eva Peron
Cuba
1953
Day of National Rebellion (attack on Moncada Barracks by 26th of July Movement)
Egypt
1956
Nationalization of Suez Canal
Liberia
1847
Independence Day
Maldives
Independence Day
27
Austria 1955 Restoration of sovereignty under postwar Four Powers' Agreement
North Korea 1953 Korean Victory Day (date of armistice)
Yugoslavia Uprising Day (state holiday in Socialist Republics of Croatia and Bosnia)
28 Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
July-
August 1985
S
MT
W T
F
S---
1
2
3
4
5 6
7 8
9
10
11
12 13
14 15
16
17
18
19 20
21 22
23
24
25
26 27
28 29
30
31
29 Monday
Nigeria 1966 Coup d'etat by Col. Yakubu Gowon overthrows military government of Major General
Aguiyi-lronsi and establishes Federal Military Government
1975 Coup d'etat by Brig. Murtala Ramat Muhammad overthrows General Gowon and
establishes Federal Executive Council
30 Tuesday
Vanuatu 1980 Independence Day
31 Wednesday
Spain, France St. Ignatius' Day (patron saint of Basques)
1969 Founding of Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
1
1
a
1
1
f
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1 Thursday
Benin 1960 Independence Day
Switzerland 1291 Independence Day
Italy 1980 Bologna train station bombed; neofascist Armed Revolutionary Nuclei believed
responsible
3
Burkina 1983 Coup overthrowing previous military regime (led to 1984 renaming of Upper Volta)
Cyprus 1977 Death of President Makarios
Equatorial Guinea 1979 Coup d'etat (Macias regime overthrown)
1980 National Day
Niger 1960 Independence Day
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
August 1985
M T W T F S
The Bahamas, Grenada, 1962 Emancipation Day (independence from United Kingdom)
Jamaica
6
Bolivia 1825 Independence Day
United Arab Emirates 1966 Accession Day of Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nayhan, Emir of Abu Dhabi
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
7 Wednesday
Ivory Coast 1960 Independence Day
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
t
1
1
t
I
r
1
8 Thursday
Friday
10 Saturday
11
Chad 1960 Independence Day
Jordan 1952 Accession Day for King Hussein
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
August 1985
S MT W T F S
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Monday
Northern Ireland 1689 Protestant commemorative marches mark day apprentice boys locked gates of Derry
against James II's forces
13
Central African Republic 1960 Independence Day
Cuba 1927 Fidel Castro's birthday
14
Bahrain 1971 Independence Day
Pakistan 1947 Independence Day
1977 Anniversary of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq's military takeover
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
Bangladesh 1975 Military coup and assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Burma 1939 Burmese Communist Patty established
Congo 1960 Independence Day (overthrow of Youlou regime)
India 1947 Independence Day
North and South Korea 1945 Liberation Day
17
Gabon 1960 Independence Day
Indonesia 1945 Independence Day (proclamation of republic)
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
August 1985
20
Morocco 1953 King's and People's Revolution
Senegal 1960 Independence Day (withdrawal from Mali Federation)
21
Afghanistan 1919 Independence Day
Philippines 1983 Assassination of Benigno Aquino by government security forces
AUGUST
S M T W T F S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
t
1
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
22 Thursday
23 Friday
24 Saturday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
August-
September 1985
26
Hong Kong
1945
Liberation Day
Namibia
1966
Namibia Day (South-West Africa came under UN control)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
t
1
1
1
t
29 Thursday
Czechoslovakia 1944 Slovak nationalist uprising
30 Friday
31 Saturday
Malaysia 1957 Freedom Day; Malaysia Day (independence from United Kingdom)
Poland 1980 Solidarity trade union founded
Trinidad and Tobago 1962 Independence Day
1 Sunday
Central African Republic 1981 Coup brings Kolingba regime to power
Ethiopia 1961 Eritreans begin armed struggle
Libya 1969 Coup overthrows monarchy
1973 Oil companies nationalized
Palestinians 1970 During this month, the Jordanian Army drove the Palestinian guerrillas out of the
country because they would not stop attacking Israel from Jordanian soil; in response, the
largest group, Fatah, established the covert Black September Organization, best known
for its attack on the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
September 1985
2
South Africa Settlers' Day
Vietnam 1945 Independence Day
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Monday
Tuesday
Belgium
1944
Liberation Day
Peru
1982
Death of Sendero Luminoso leader Edith Lagos
Qatar
1971
Independence Day
4
Chile 1970 Election of President Salvador Allende
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
t
t
5 Thursday
Senegal
1960
Declaration of republic
West Germany
1972
Munich Olympics massacre: Black September Organization kills 11 Israelis; five Arab
terrorists and a West German policeman also die
6 - ~- Friday
Palestinians 1970 Beginning of four-day multiple airline hijacking by PFLP: US plane destroyed in Cairo;
second US plane, Swissair DC-8, and British DC-8 all destroyed in Jordan; attempted
hijacking of El Al plane
Swaziland 1973 Independence Day
7 Saturday
Brazil 1822 Independence Day
8 Sunday
India 1982 Death of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the "Lion of Kashmir"
Lithuanian SSR 1918 National Day (beginning of independence from Russia during period between world wars)
73
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
September 1985
9
Bulgaria 1944 Liberation Day
China 1976 Death of Mao Zedong
North Korea 1948 National Day
Belize 1798 National Day (Battle of St. George's Bay)
Guinea-Bissau 1974 Republic Day (independence from Portugal)
Turkey 1922 Founding of Turkish Communist Party
SEPTEMBER
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
11
Chile 1973 Anniversary of coup overthrowing Allende by military junta led by Augusto Pinochet
Ethiopia 1952 Return of Eritrea from Italian and British control under UN resolution
Philippines Birthday of President Ferdinand Marcos
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
Thursday
1
1
t
t
1
14
Lebanon 1982 Death of Phalangist leader and Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel
Muslim world Hejira (New Year)
Costa Rica, 1821 Independence Day
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Nicaragua
Jewish world Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Lebanon 1982 Israeli invasion of Muslim West Beirut
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
September 1985
16
Mexico 1810 Independence Day
Papua New Guinea 1975 Independence Day
Lebanon 1982 Massacre in Shatila and Sabra refugee camps (17 September Organization takes its name
from this event)
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
St. Christopher 1983 Independence Day
and Nevis
20 Friday
Lebanon 1984 Bombing of US Embassy annex
21
Belize
1981
Independence Day
Malta
1964
Independence Day
Philippines
1972
Martial law established
22
Iran, Iraq
1980
Outbreak of Iran-Iraq war
Mali
1960
Independence Day (proclamation of republic)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
September 1985
23
New Zealand 1907 Dominion Day
Saudi Arabia 1932 Unification of the kingdom
1964 National Day
SEPTEMBER
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 1 0 I t 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
Monday
24 Tuesday
25
Egypt, Jordan 1984 Resumption of diplomatic relations
Jewish world Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Mozambique 1964 Revolution Day
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
f
26
North Yemen 1962 Proclamation of republic (anniversary of revolution)
South Yemen National Day
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
September-
October 1985
30
Botswana 1966 Independence Day
Indonesia 1965 Abortive Communist coup
China 1949 National Day (Communist victory over Nationalist forces)
Cyprus 1960 Independence Day
Indonesia Pancasila Day (celebrates five-point national ideology, which is opposed by conservative
Muslims)
1960 Independence Day
1963 Republic Day
1936 Generalissimo Franco assumes power
1939 Caudillo Day
1975 Four policemen killed in Madrid by First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
(GRAPO)
1976 GRAPO claims responsibility for a series of coordinated bombings
2
Guinea 1958 Independence Day (proclamation of republic)
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 II 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
t
3 Thursday
Iraq 1932 Independence Day
4 Friday
Lesotho 1966 Independence Day (day Moshoeshoe II took oath of office as king for life)
5 Saturday
Portugal 1910 Proclamation of republic
6 Sunday
Egypt Armed Forces Day
1981 Assassination of President Anwar Sadat
Israel, Arab world 1973 Arab-Israeli war
Shiite world Ashura (commemorates assassination of Imam Hasan)
Thailand 1976 Military coup against civilian rule; police storm Thammasat University
81
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
October 1985
OCTOBER
7
Botswana 1966 Independence Day
East Germany 1949 Republic Day
Libya 1970 Fascist Evacuation Day (departure of last Italian settlers)
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Monday
8 Tuesday
Argentina 1895 Birthday of Juan Peron
Cuba 1967 Heroic Guerrilla Day (death of Che Guevara in Bolivia)
9 Wednesday
Burma, North and 1983 North Korean commandos detonate massive bomb in Rangoon in attempt to assassinate
South Korea South Korean President, killing 19 South Korean and Burmese officials
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
1
t
1
10 Thursday
Bolivia 1982 Siles government assumes power
El Salvador 1980 Founding of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)
Taiwan 1911 Anniversary of revolution that led to founding of Republic of China
11 Friday
North Yemen 1977 Assassination of President Col. Ibrahim Mohammed el Hamadi
Panama 1968 Revolution that brought Omar Torrijos to power
1972 Constitution Day
South Africa "International Day of Solidarity With South African Political Prisoners"
Yugoslavia 1943 Uprising Day (anniversary of founding of Macedonian Liberation Army; holiday in
Socialist Republic of Macedonia)
12 Saturday
Chile 1965 Movement of Revolutionary Left (MIR) founded
Equatorial Guinea 1968 Independence Day
United Kingdom 1984 Bombing by Provisional IRA of Conservative Party conference in Brighton
13 Sunday
FUi 1970 Independence Day
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
October 1985
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
OCTOBER
S M T W T F S
14
Madagascar 1958 Proclamation of republic
South Yemen 1967 Independence Day
Thailand 1973 Overthrow of military dictatorship and return to civilian rule
Zaire 1930 Birthday of President Mobutu Sese Seko
15
Tunisia 1962 Evacuation Day (final departure of French troops from Bizerte)
Monday
Tuesday
16 Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I Thursday
18 Friday
Greece 1981 Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK) wins elections
West Germany 1977 West German commandos storm PFLP-hijacked Lufthansa plane in Mogadishu, Soma-
lia, freeing all hostages; imprisoned RAF terrorists Andreas Baader, Jan Karl Raspe, and
Gudrun Ensslin subsequently commit suicide
19 Saturday
Grenada
1983
Execution of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop by leftists seizing power
South Africa
1977
Crackdown on black-consciousness organizations
20
Guatemala
1944
Revolution overthrowing Ubico regime and leading to postwar period of reform
Mongolia
1921
Independence Day
I
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
October 1985
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
21
Somalia 1969 Anniversary of revolution that brought Siad Barre to power
23
Hungary 1956 Revolt against Soviet occupation
Lebanon 1983 Bombing by Islamic Jihad of US and French components of the Multinational Force-
299 killed
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
a
1
1
24
Zambia
Popular Resistance Day; Suez Day
1964 Independence Day
Thursday
25 Friday
Grenada 1983 US intervention
26
Austria
1955
Revolution Day (departure of last post-World War II occupation forces)
Iran
Birthday of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Palestinians
1974
Rabat summit conference decides PLO is sole representative of Palestinians
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
October-
November 1985
28
Cyprus
Spain
29
Cyprus
Middle East
Turkey
Turkish Republic Day (observed by Turkish Cypriot community)
1956 Israel, France, and the United Kingdom capture Suez Canal
1923 Independence Day (proclamation of republic)
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
31 Thursday
India 1984 Assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards
Iran 1980 Reza Pahlavi declares himself Shah of Iran in exile
Turkey In late October and November, terrorist activities by the leftwing group Dev Yol have
been more numerous than in other months; attacks in 1982 and 1983 appear to have been
made in protest of a referendum and an election during November of those years
1
Algeria 1981 Revolution Day
Antigua and Barbuda 1981 Independence Day
Friday
2 Saturday
Palestinians 1917 Balfour Day (anniversary of declaration committing Britain to set up Jewish homeland in
Palestine)
3
Dominica
1978
Independence Day
Italy
1918
National Unity Day
Panama
1903
Independence Day
South Korea
1929
Students' Day (student protests against Japanese rule in Kwangju)
89
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
November 1985
4
Ecuador 1983 Founding of Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
Iran 1979 Seizure of US Embassy by student radicals
1963 Exile of Ayatollah Khomeini to Turkey
5
United Kingdom 1605 Guy Fawkes Day (Catholic plot to bomb Parliament thwarted)
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
6
Morocco 1979 Green March Day (anniversary of march by unarmed Moroccan citizens into Spanish
Sahara)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
7 Thursday
Communist world 1917 Great October Socialist Revolution
8 Friday
9 Saturday
West Germany 1938 Reichskristallnacht (Crystal Night-outbreak of anti-Jewish violence)
1974 Death of RAF terrorist Holger Meins from hunger strike
10 Sunday
Turkey 1938 Death of Kemal Ataturk
91
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
November 1985
NOVEMBER
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
11
Angola 1975 Independence Day
Colombia 1957 Declaration of war on central government by People's Liberation Army (EPL)
Mauritania 1984 Coup that brought current regime to power
Zimbabwe 1965 Independence Day
13
Syria 1970 Hafiz al-Assad assumes power
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97ROO694ROO0400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
I
14 Thursday
Jordan 1935 King Hussein's birthday
15
Brazil 1889 Proclamation of republic
Cyprus 1983 Turkish Cypriot unilateral declaration of independence
Friday
16 Saturday
17
Greece 1973 Student uprising at Athens Polytechnic University (terrorist group 17 November
Movement takes its name from this incident)
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
November 1985
18
Latvian SSR National Day
Morocco 1955 Independence Day
Oman 1940 Sultan Qaboos bin Said's birthday
19
Ireland
Mali
NOVEMBER
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
20
Colombia
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Spain
1910 Anniversary of revolution overthrowing Diaz regime
1979 Occupation of Grand Mosque in Mecca by conservative Muslims inspired by Iran
1936 Death of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera (founder of Falange)
1975 Death of Gen. Francisco Franco and accession of King Juan Carlos
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
1
21
Grenada 1973 Bloody Sunday (deaths of New Jewel Movement members)
Libya 1949 Proclamation Day (UN resolution on Libyan independence)
22
Lebanon 1943 Independence Day
Spain 1975 Proclamation of Juan Carlos as King
Thursday
Friday
23 Saturday
24
Kuwait 1965 Amir Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah ascends throne
Zaire 1965 Revolution Day (Second Congolese Republic established)
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
November-
December 1985
25
Greece
Muslim world
Suriname
26
Mongolia
United States, Iraq
1973 Coup leading to end of military rule
571 Birth of Prophet Mohammad
1975 Independence Day
DECEMBER
S M T WT F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
28 Thursday
Albania 1912 Independence Day
1944 Liberation Day
Burundi 1966 Proclamation of republic
Chad 1958 Proclamation of republic
Indonesia 1975 Fretilin declares East Timor independent
Lebanon 1936 Founding of Phalange Party
Mauritania 1960 Independence Day
Panama 1821 Independence from Spain
29 Friday
Israel 1947 Proclamation Day
Palestinians 1947 International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People (anniversary of partition)
Yugoslavia 1945 Republic Day
30 Saturday
Barbados :966 Independence Day
Benin 1975 National Day
South Yemen 1967 Independence Day
1970 Constitution promulgated
Sunday
Iceland 1918 Independence Day
Portugal 1640 Independence Day
Thailand 1942 Founding of Thai Communist Party
Yugoslavia 1918 First independent state constituted
97
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
December 1985
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Monday
El Salvador
1980
Murder of four American nuns by government troops
Laos
1975
National Day (proclamation of republic)
United Arab Emirates
1971
Abu Dhabi National Day (federation of independent emirates took effect)
3
Peru 1934 Birthday of Sendero Luminoso leader Abimail Guzman
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
7
Burma 1920 National Day (marks student uprising against British rule)
Ivory Coast 1960 Independence Day
8
Greece 1974 Declaration of parliamentary republic
Suriname 1982 Execution of 15 opposition leaders
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
December 1985
DECEMBER
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Monday
1961 Independence Day
1962 Republic Day
10
Angola 1956 Founding of Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
Middle East 1966 Founding of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
11
Burkina 1958 Republic Day
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
1
1
1
1
12 Thursday
Europe 1979 NATO decision to modernize nuclear forces by installing Pershing II and ground-
launched cruise missiles
Kenya 1963 Independence Day
1964 Republic Day
Kuwait 1983 Bombing of US Embassy and other facilities by members of Iraqi Dawa Party
13 Friday
Malta 1974 Republic Day
14 Saturday
15 Sunday
101
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
December 1985
16
Bahrain 1961 Accession of Shaykh Isa bin Salman Al Kalifah
1971 Independence Day
Bangladesh 1971 Victory Day (de facto independence)
1972 Republican constitution becomes effective
South Africa 1961 Founding of military arm of African National Congress (ANC), Umkonto we Sitzwe
17
Bhutan 1907 National Day
18
Niger 1958 Republic Day
DECEMBER
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 1
1
1
1
1
t
I
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
19 Thursday
20 Friday
21 Saturday
Ireland 1948 Proclamation of republic
Nepal 1923 Independence Day
Palestinians 1967 Founding of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
22 Sunday
103
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
December 1985
23
Egypt 1956 Victory Day (withdrawal of foreign forces from Port Said and Suez)
24
Libya 1951 Independence Day
25
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Afghanistan
1979
Beginning of occupation by Soviet troops
Christian world
Christmas
Pakistan
1876
Quaid-i-Azam's birthday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
r
1
1
1
26 Thursday
China 1893 Mao Zedong's birthday
27 Friday
Indonesia 1949 Transfer of sovereignty from Netherlands
28 Saturday
Latin America Equivalent of US April Fools' Day-traditionally sees many hoaxes and bomb threats
29 Sunday
105
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
December 1985
30
Philippines 1896 Execution of national hero Jose Rizal
31
Nigeria
Philippines
1983 Coup overthrowing Shagari regime
1968 Founding of Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist
DECEMBER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Monday
Tuesday
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0
Confidential
Confidential
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/10/07: CIA-RDP97R00694R000400510001-0