THE TERRORISM CALENDAR

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March 1, 1985
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Intelligence The Terrorism Calendar Project number ~?~ -9/' - I W M J 67) Page numbers le 6 Total number of copies ? Dissem Date-, Fre-5) EXtra conies 2 Record Ctr ~- ` Z117 Confidential GI 85-10051 March 1985 Copy 0859 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Calendar The Terrorism. Office of GlobalIssues, 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 25X1 25X1 25X1 Confidential GI 85-10051 March 1985 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 The Terrorism Calendar Preface This reference aid, formatted as a weekly datebook for 1985, shows Information available holidays and anniversary dates of historical events that are of known or po- as of 31 December 1984 tential significance for terrorists or for groups that engage in terrorism. It was used in this report. 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: ? 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 December 1984- January 1985 31 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. Monday Afghanistan 1964 People's. Democratic Party of Afghanistan founded Nigeria 1983 Coup overthrows Shagari regime Philippines 1968 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 2 Tunisia 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 Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Thursday 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 Friday Saturday Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 7 Monday Cambodia 1979 Vietnamese invasion overthrows Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot 8 Tuesday South Africa 1912 Founding of African National Congress (ANC) Wednesday 4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 11 Albania 1946 Proclamation of republic Yugoslavia 1984 Suicide of two ethnic Albanian irredentists in Pristina, Kosovo, to avoid arrest 13 Ghana 1972 National Redemption Day (anniversary of coup) Togo 1967 Liberation Day (military coup) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 14 Monday 15 Tuesday Egypt 1918 Birthday of Jamal `Abd al-Nasir Ireland 1922 Founding of Irish Free State 16 Wednesday Benin 1977 Liberation Day; Martyrs' Day (repulsion of invasion by mercenary troops from Gabon) Iran 1979 Shah-Burning Day (departure of Shah from Iran) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 20 Guinea-Bissau 1973 National Heroes' Day (commemorating assassination of Amilcar Cabral, founder of ruling party-PAIGC) Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 January 1985 21 United States 1985 Public celebration of presidential inauguration 22 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 Iran 1946 Kurdish Republic Day Kurdish regions 1945 Qazi Muhammed uprising St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1498 Discovery Day Ukraine 1918 Independence Day 23 Wednesday i Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 24 Thursday Romania 1859 Union Day 25 Friday 26 Saturday India 1950 Republic Day Romania 1918 Birthday of President Ceausescu Tunisia 1978 Black Thursday (anniversary of labor riots) 27 Sunday 9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 January- February 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 28 Monday Australia 1788 Australia Day Cuba 1853 Birthday of Jose Marti Italy 1982 Freeing of Red Brigades' captive US Army Brigadier General Dozier Rwanda 1961 Proclamation of the republic 29 Tuesday 30 West Germany 1933 Accession to power by Nazi Party Northern Ireland 1972 Bloody Sunday (13 killed and 16 wounded during demonstration in Derry) Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 Nauru 1968 Independence Day 1 Friday Iran 1979 Return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran from exile in Paris 2 Saturday 3 Sunday 11 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 February 1985 4 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 Angola 1961 Beginning of armed struggle against Portugal Sri Lanka 1948 Independence Day 5 Tuesday Burma 1960 Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Revolution Day Colombia 1958 Founding of National Liberation Army (ELN) 6 Wednesday Lebanon 1984 Fall of West Beirut to Muslim militias Pakistan 1981 Founding of Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 7 Thursday Grenada 1974 Independence Day 8 Friday 9 Saturday 10 Sunday 13 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 February 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 11 Monday Iran 1979 Revolution Day; "Eleventh Dawn" (the I 1 th day of the revolution is considered the day of victory over the old regime) 12 Tuesday 13 Wednesday Cyprus 1975 Declaration of establishment of Turkish Federated State of Cyprus Zaire 1961 Death of Patrice Lumumba Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 14 Thursday 15 Colombia 1966 Death of National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla leader and priest Camilo Torres 16 Lithuanian SSR 1918 Independence. Day Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 February 1985 18 The Gambia 1965 Independence Day 19 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 Egypt, Israel 1980 Exchange of ambassadors Nepal 1952 King Tribhuan Memorial Day Poland 1947 People's republic established 20 Burma Chinese world Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 22 Qatar 1972 Coup d'etat that brought Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani to power Romania 1948 Founding of Romanian Workers' Party St. Lucia 1979 Independence Day 23 Brunei 1984 National Day Guyana 1970 Republic Day 24 Czechoslovakia 1948 First Communist government Ghana 1966 Liberation Day (overthrow of Nkrumah) Thursday Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 February- March 25 Kuwait 1948 Independence Day Pakistan 1985 National Assembly elections scheduled Suriname 1980 Day of Liberation and Renewal 27 Armenians 1984 Death of terrorist Gouger Migirdic Yanikian of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) Dominican Republic 1844 Independence Day Western Sahara 1976 Anniversary of the Saharan Democratic Arab Republic (Polisario government-in-exile) 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 28 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 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) 3 Morocco Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 March 1985 4 Colombia 1982 Effective date of United States-Colombia extradition treaty 6 Ghana 1957 Independence Day Kurdish regions 1975 Algerian Accord between Iran and Iraq abandoning support of the Kurds 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 7 Thursday 10 Kurdish regions 1979 Death of Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 March 1985 12 Mauritius 1968 Independence Day Turkey 1880 Birthday of Ataturk 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 14 Thursday Japan 1975 Chukaku-ha (Nucleus Faction) Secretary General Honda assassinated by rival radical groups Armenians 1921 Signing of Soviet-Turkish border treaty that ended Armenian hopes of establishing a separate independent state Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 March 1985 20 Colombia 1981 Death of M-19 terrorist Carmaza Londono ("La Chiqui") Tunisia 1956 Independence Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1718192021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 21 Kurdish regions Palestinians "International Day of Solidarity With the Struggle of the Arab People of Palestine Against Israeli Aggressors" South Africa 1960 "Sharpeville Massacre" of black demonstrators by security forces Arab League 1945 Founding of Arab League (original members: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria) 23, 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 25 Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 March 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 25 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) Monday El Salvador 1980 Greece 1821 Iraq 1932 Saudi Arabia 1975 26 Tuesday Bangladesh 1971 Independence Day Egypt, Israel 1978 Peace agreement ratified Independence Day Assassination of King Faisal and accession of King Khalid Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 30 Palestinians 1976 Day of the Homeland Turkey 1974 Death of terrorist Mahir Cayan, member of Turkish People's Liberation Party 31 Sunday Brazil 1964 President Goulart ousted by military coup Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 Armenians Cyprus El Salvador 2 Tuesday 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 3 Guinea Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86TOO586ROO0200180010-9 4 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 6 Thursday Friday 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 Sunday 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86TOO586ROO0200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 Wednesday Israel, Lebanon 1973 Israeli raid on Beirut Yugoslavia 1941 Proclamation of Croatian independence Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 11 Thursday Uganda 1979 Liberation Day (fall of Idi Amin) 12 Liberia 1980 National Redemption Day (celebrates coup overthrowing Tolbert government) 13 International 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 April 1985 15 Ireland 1916 Easter Uprising North Korea 1912 Birthday of Kim Il Sung 16 Jerusalem, West Bank Palestinian Prisoners' 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 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 11 others; start of siege by British security forces Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 18 Thursday 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 19 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 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 April 1985 24 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 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 25 Thursday 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 April- 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 29 Monday Colombia 1967 Founding of People's Liberation Army (EPL) 30 Tuesday 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 United Kingdom 1980 Iranian Embassy seized by radicals; hostages eventually rescued by Special Air Service team 1 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 Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 2 Thursday Argentina, United Kingdom 5 Ethiopia 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 May 1985 8 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 Czechoslovakia 1945 Liberation Day 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 1983 Anti-Pinochet protests put down forcefully by government 1984 Wave of bombings against government targets Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 May 1985 13 Vatican City 1981 Attempt on life of Pope John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Agca 14 Israel 1948 Republic Day (declaration of independence) Middle East 1948 Beginning of first Arab-Israeli War Paraguay 1811 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 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 16 Thursday 17 Friday Norway 1814 Constitution Day (independence day) 18 Saturday 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 Sunday Cuba 1895 Death of Jose Marti Vietnam Ho Chi Minh's birthday 41 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 May 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 Cameroon 1972 Declaration of republic Saudi Arabia 1927 Independence Day Western Sahara 1973 Polisario begins armed struggle 21 Muslim world Ramadan (month of fasting) begins 22 SriLanka 1972 Republic Day Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 23 Thursday China 1951 Tibet declared to be under Chinese sovereignty West Germany 1949 Proclamation of federal republic 24 Friday 25 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 May- June 1985 27 Buddhist world Birthday of Gautama Buddha 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 28 France, French Caribbean 1983 Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance (ARC) surfaces with 17 coordinated bombings Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 South Africa 1910 Union Day (four provinces merged to form Union of South Africa) 1961 Proclamation of republic 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 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 Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 4 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 6 India 1984 Army storms Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar Israel, Lebanon 1982 Israeli forces invade Lebanon 7 Chad 1982 Hissene Habre seizes N'djamena Greece 1975 Republican constitution adopted 8 Palestinians 1967 Founding of Palestinian terrorist group Sa'iga (Thunderbolt) 9 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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, United Kingdom 1982 Argentine surrender ends Falklands conflict El Salvador 1975 Founding of Armed Forces of National Resistance (FARN) 15 Saturday El Salvador 1979 Japan, United States 1960 Nicaragua 1979 Communist Party, under Soviet and Cuban pressure, adopts policy of armed struggle; its fighting elements are called Armed Forces of Liberation (FAL) Signing of Japan-United States Security Treaty. Violent protests by leftist opponents of the treaty were common on this date through the 1960s Somoza regime National Guard kills 185 insurrectionists near US Embassy 16 Sunday South Africa 1976 Riots in Soweto 49 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 17 Monday France 1983 Mysterious disappearance of Corsican separatist leader Guy Orsoni East and West Germany 1953 Berlin uprising 18 Tuesday Egypt 1953 Evacuation Day (anniversary of proclamation of republic) 19 Wednesday Algeria 1965 Revolutionary Recovery Day (overthrow of Ahmed Ben Bella) Kuwait 1961 Independence Day Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 20 Thursday Muslim world Id al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) 23 Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 June 1985 North and South Korea 1950 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning Korean war Mozambique 1964 Founding of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) 1975 Independence Day 26 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 Madagascar 1960 Independence Day Somalia 1960 Independence Day (northern region) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 27 Djibouti 1977 Independence Day Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 July 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 1 Monday 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 2 Tuesday Vietnam 1976 Unification of North and South Vietnam into Socialist Republic of Vietnam 3 Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 4 Thursday Israel, Uganda, Palestinians 1976 Israeli raid on airport at Entebbe frees hostages from PFLP skyjackers 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 6 Comoros 1975 Declaration of Independence Malawi 1964 Independence Day 1966 Republic Day 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) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 July 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 10 Monday Tuesday Wednesday The Bahamas 1973 Independence Day Mauritania 1978 Armed Forces Day (commemorates military coup) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 14 France 1789 Bastille Day Iraq 1958 Republic Day (Army coup d'etat that overthrew monarchy and established republic) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 July 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 15 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 17 Afghanistan 1973 Republic Day (date Muhammad Daoud led military coup overthrowing his cousin King Zahir Shah and establishing republic) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 18 Spain 1936 Uprising Day (beginning of civil war); Generalissimo Franco's Day Uruguay 1830 Proclamation of republic 20 Thursday 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 Belgium 1831 Independence Day Northern Ireland 1972 Bloody Friday-20 Provisional IRA bombings in Belfast kill I 1 and injure 120 Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 July 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 22 Monday 1944 Liberation Day 1952 People's republic established 23 Tuesday 1952 Military coup ousts King Farouk 1974 Resignation of military junta; return of government to civilian rule 1970 Accession Day of Sultan Qaboos 24 Wednesday Ecuador, Venezuela 1783 Birthday of Simon Bolivar Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 25 Thursday 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 Friday 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 Saturday 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) Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 July- August 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 29 Monday 1966 Coup d'etat by Cot. Yakubu Gowon overthrows military government of Major General Agniyi-Ironsi and establishes Federal Military Government 1975 Coup d'etat by Brig. Murtala Ramat Muhammad overthrows General Gowon and establishes Federal Executive Council 30 Tuesday 31 Wednesday Spain, France St. Ignatius' Day (patron saint of Basques) 1969 Founding of Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 1 Thursday 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 Tunisia 1903 President Bourguiba's birthday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 August 1985 5 The Bahamas, Grenada, 1962 Emancipation Day (independence from United Kingdom) Jamaica 6 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 Bolivia 1825 Independence Day United Arab Emirates 1966 Accession Day of Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan at-Nayhan, Emir of Abu Dhabi Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 9 Northern Ireland 1971 Internment without trial introduced Singapore 1965 Independence Day (secession from Federation of Malaysia) 11 Chad 1960 Independence Day Jordan 1952 Accession Day for King Hussein Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 August 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 12 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 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Bahrain 1971 Independence Day Pakistan 1947 Independence Day 1977 Anniversary of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq's military takeover Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 15 Bangladesh 1975 Military coup and assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Burma 1939 Burmese Communist Party 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 Sunday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 August 1985 19 Czechoslovakia 1968 Invasion by Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops 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 Morocco 1953 King's and People's Revolution Senegal 1960 Independence Day (withdrawal from Mali Federation) 21 Wednesday Afghanistan 1919 Independence Day Philippines 1983 Assassination of Benigno Aquino by government security forces Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 23 25 France 1944 Liberation Day Uruguay 1825 Independence Day Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 27 Muslim world Id al-Adha (commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son) Northern Ireland 1979 Assassination of Earl Mountbatten by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 29 Thursday Czechoslovakia 1944 Slovak nationalist uprising 31 Malaysia 1957 Freedom Day; Malaysia Day (independence from United Kingdom) Poland 1980 Solidarity trade union founded Trinidad and Tobago 1962 Independence Day 1 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 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 8 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) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 September 1985 9 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 Bulgaria 1944 Liberation Day China 1976 Death of Mao Zedong North Korea 1948 National Day 10 Tuesday 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 11 Wednesday 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 12 14 Lebanon 1982 Death of Phalangist leader and Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel 15 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 Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 September 1985 16 17 Lebanon 1982 Massacre in Shatila and Sabra refugee camps (17 September Organization takes its name from this event) Monday Tuesday 18 Wednesday Chile 1810 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 19 Thursday St. Christopher 1983 Independence Day and Nevis 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 September 1985 23 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 New Zealand 1907 Dominion Day Saudi Arabia 1932 Unification of the kingdom 1964 National Day 24 Tuesday Ghana 1979 Inauguration of Third Republic 25 Wednesday Egypt, Jordan 1984 Resumption of diplomatic relations Jewish world Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Mozambique 1964 Revolution Day Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 26 North Yemen 1962 Proclamation of republic (anniversary of revolution) South Yemen National Day Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 September- 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 30 Botswana Indonesia 1 China Cyprus Indonesia 1949 National Day (Communist victory over Nationalist forces) 1960 Independence Day 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 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 3 Iraq Thursday 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 Monday Botswana 1966 Independence Day East Germany 1949 Republic Day Libya 1970 Fascist Evacuation Day (departure of last Italian settlers) 8 Argentina 1895 Birthday of Juan Peron Cuba 1967 Heroic Guerrilla Day (death of Che Guevara in Bolivia) 9 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 Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 10 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 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 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 Fiji Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 October 1985 OCTOBER 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 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 Tuesday 16, Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 17 Thursday 18 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 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 October 1985 21 Somalia 1969 Anniversary of revolution that brought Siad Barre to power 23 Hungary Lebanon 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 1956 Revolt against Soviet occupation 1983 Bombing by Islamic Jihad of US and French components of the Multinational Force- 299 killed Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 24 Egypt Popular Resistance Day; Suez Day Zambia 1964 Independence Day 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 27 Czechoslovakia 1918 Independence Day Thursday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 October- November 1985 28 Cyprus Greek National Day (observed by Greek Cypriot community) Spain 1982 Socialist victory in general election 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 Turkish Republic Day (observed by Turkish Cypriot community) 1956 Israel, France, and the United Kingdom capture Suez Canal 1923 Independence Day (proclamation of republic) Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 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 Algeria 1981 Revolution Day Antigua and Barbuda 1981 Independence Day 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) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 November 1985 4 Ecuador 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 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Thursday West Germany 1938 Reichskristallnacht (Crystal Night-outbreak of anti-Jewish violence) 1974 Death of RAF terrorist Holger Meins from hunger strike Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 November 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 11 Monday 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 Tuesday Wednesday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 14 15 Brazil 1889 Proclamation of republic Cyprus 1983 Turkish Cypriot unilateral declaration of independence Greece 1973 Student uprising at Athens Polytechnic University (terrorist group 17 November Movement takes its name from this incident) Thursday Friday Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 November 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 18 Monday Latvian SSR National Day Morocco 1955 Independence Day Oman 1940 Sultan Qaboos bin Said's birthday 19 Tuesday Ireland 1798 Death of Wolfe Tone, first Irish revolutionary (annual nationalist pilgrimage) Mali 1968 Liberation Day 20 Wednesday Colombia 1983 Mexico 1910 Saudi Arabia 1979 Spain 1936 1975 Passage of amnesty law and legalization of 19th of April Movement (M-19) Anniversary of revolution overthrowing Diaz regime Occupation of Grand Mosque in Mecca by conservative Muslims inspired by Iran Death of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera (founder of Falange) Death of Gen. Francisco Franco and accession of King Juan Carlos Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 21 Thursday 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 24 Kuwait 1965 Amir Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah ascends throne Zaire 1965 Revolution Day (Second Congolese Republic established) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 November- DECEMBER December 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 Monday 25 Greece 1973 Coup leading to end of military rule Muslim world 571 Birth of Prophet Mohammad Suriname 1975 Independence Day 26 Tuesday Mongolia 1924 Founding of republic United States, Iraq 1984 Renewal of diplomatic relations 27 Wednesday Philippines Birthday of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino 96 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP86T00586R000200180010-9 28 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 Israel 1947 Proclamation Day Palestinians 1947 International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People (anniversary of partition) Yugoslavia 1945 Republic Day 30 Barbados 1966 Independence Day Benin 1975 National Day South Yemen 1967 Independence Day 1970 Constitution promulgated 1 Iceland 1918 Independence Day Portugal 1640 Independence Day Thailand 1942 Founding of 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