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February 27 – A group of Anabaptists, led by Jan Matthys, seize Münster in Westphalia and declare it "The New Jerusalem", begin to exile dissenters and forcibly baptize all others.

1994 in Afghanistan

While maintaining a low profile in a council in Kandahar, the Taliban declare that their goal is to disarm all factions and create a united, Islamic government in Afghanistan.

2012 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony

Heinz Fischer, the President of Austria declare the Games open before the Olympic Hymn was played while the Olympic flag was raised.

511th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Aircraft contributed significantly to destruction of hundreds of enemy vehicles and many of their occupants on Highway 80, 26–27 February 1991, directly leading to President George H. W. Bush's decision to declare a cessation of hostilities on the next day.

Andrés Granier Melo

The Coalition for the Good of All and its candidate César Raúl Ojeda himself questioned the results of the election before the Federal Electoral Tribunal, that on December 27, 2006 emitted its resolution, declaring seven polling stations annulled, but ratifying the triumph of Granier, and to declare that the Coalition for Good of All failed to show that there were any irregularities.

Apotex Inc. v. Wellcome Foundation Ltd.

The Court rejected a challenge by the generic drug manufacturers Novopharm and Apotex to declare Glaxo Wellcome's patent for AZT, an AIDS-fighting drug, invalid.

Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

On October 11, 2013 a Airbus A-320 (registration N492TA) the aircraft 8:20 AM local time,made an emergency landing, of the airline TACA presence to declare emergency smoke in the cockpit.

Awaaz Foundation

Awaaz Foundation successfully filed public interest litigation to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wildlife corridor as an eco sensitive area.

Battle of Wevelinghoven

As Hessian troops marched towards Grevenbroich, which belonged to Jülich, Duke Wolfgang William feared that an occupation of Grevenbroich by the Hessians would be seen by the Imperial side as an opportunity to declare the neutrality of Jülich-Berg as null and void.

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rawalpindi

The main object of the Board is to conduct examinations of SSC & HSSC and declare their results.

Chateau Colline

With support from the Los Angeles Conservancy, tenants, led by Vidala, organized an effort to declare the building an historic monument in order to prevent its demolition.

Christopher Helt

He stated of the case, "They move principals around like it's a Barnum & Bailey circus … When there's a problem, they blame it on the principals. The principals have become the Oliver Norths for everything that's wrong with Chicago public schools." The Chicago Tribune wrote that, in response to the suit, CPS CEO Paul Vallas said he would "declare an educational crisis at the school and seek the permanent removal of the principal and the local school council".

Connah's Quay High School

When Prince Andrew, Duke of York visited the school to declare the new block officially open, the opening ceremony was interrupted by a fire alarm caused by a hot tea urn.

Constitution of Canada

Primarily, these are the Orders in Council, which give the government the authority to declare war, conclude treaties, issue passports, make appointments, make regulations, incorporate, and receive lands that escheat to the Crown.

Constitution of Malta

On July 27, 1960, the Secretary of State for the Colonies declared to the British House of Commons the wish of Her Majesty’s Government to reinstate representative government in Malta and declare that it was now time to work out a new constitution where elections could be held as soon as it was established.

Dalnegorsk

This led the Blacksmith Institute to declare Dalnegorsk and neighboring Rudnaya Pristan as one of the ten worst polluted places on earth.

Declaration of Pillnitz

The National Assembly of France interpreted the declaration to mean that Leopold was going to declare war; radical Frenchmen who called for war, such as Jacques Pierre Brissot, used it as a pretext to gain influence and declare war on 20 April 1792, leading to the campaigns of 1792 in the French Revolutionary Wars.

Declared monuments of Hong Kong

The Antiquities Authority (the Secretary for Development) may declare a building facing a demolition risk a proposed monument, thus providing the building with immediate protection against demolition.

Dellums v. Bush

1141 (1990), was a D.C. Federal District Court decision by United States District Judge Harold H. Greene, denying the plaintiffs, members of Congress, a preliminary injunction against President George H.W. Bush to stop implementation of his orders directing the United States military to fight in Iraq without first obtaining a declaration of war from Congress, the only branch Constitutionally mandated to declare war.

Deposition of Romulus Augustulus

When the Ostrogothic queen Amalasuntha, a Byzantine ally, was executed by her chosen successor Theodahad in 535, the Eastern Emperor, Justinian, did not hesitate to declare war.

Diocese of Edinburgh

Scottish bishops were under pressure to declare their allegiance to William of Orange over the Stuart King James VI.

Don Sanche

That and the reminiscent passages of Paer led Emil Haraszti, a music critic, to declare that the opera was not by Liszt at all but a production by Paer only.

Edith Kramer

Though Kramer and her fellow pioneer of American art therapy, Margaret Naumburg, had a similar goal of combining art and psychology, their beliefs took a different path where Kramer began to declare that it was art as therapy, and Naumburg instead promoted art in therapy.

Euanthe sanderiana

In 2004, there had been a motion in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to declare the "Waling-waling" as the country's national flower, replacing the Sampaguita.

Fatal Terrain

The crew is captured by the Chinese, but are returned to the US after Sun surrenders to the Americans at Kadena Air Base and threatened to reveal the Chinese plan for recapturing Taiwan, causing Beijing to declare a ceasefire.

George II of Georgia

Aghsartan I, king of Kakheti, went to the sultan to declare his submission, and in token of loyalty embraced Islam, thus winning a Seljuk protection against the aspirations of the Georgian crown.

Giuseppe Cei

Later his aerobatic performances in Paris, riding a Farman biplane, led the French President Armand Fallières to declare him Le roi de l'air ("The King of the Air").

High Diving Hare

4: Having been verbally hit with "fightin' words", Bugs dares Sam to "step over this line" (in a gag similar to one from Bugs Bunny Rides Again), sending Sam down for the splash again (but not before springing back up briefly to declare: "I hate you!")

History of the Jews in Slovakia

After World War I and the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, Jews earned the right to declare themselves a separate nationality, and prospered in industry and cultural life, holding more than one-third of all industrial investments.

Hugh Lanning

Lanning has played a major role in persuading trade unions in Britain to declare solidarity with the Palestinians and to support the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement.

John Colenso

In the 1979 film Zulu Dawn, Colenso is portrayed by Freddie Jones, as a sympathetically principled critic of the decision to declare war on Cetshwayo and the Zulus.

Kennelly–Heaviside layer

In Tim Powers supernatural spy novel "Declare" the Heaviside layer is the realm of the "spirits of the upper air".

Language legislation in Belgium

There had been much commotion in 1872, when Jozef Schoep refused to pay a fine of 50 francs for not wanting to declare the birth of his son in French to the municipal administration of Molenbeek.

Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Some writers declare that they know nothing of its origin and history; others, on the contrary, trace it back to the translation of the Holy House (1294); others, to Pope Sergius I (687); others, again, to Gregory the Great or to the 5th century; while others go as far back as the earliest ages of the Church, and even Apostolic times.

Mark Schwiebert

In March 2006, when U.S. Representative Lane Evans announced his retirement, Mayor Schwiebert was the second candidate to declare his candidacy to succeed the Congressman.

Mataiasi Ragigia

Mary Chapman, Parliament's Secretary-General, revealed, however, that Ragigia had written to Parliamentary Speaker Pita Nacuva to explain his absence on mainly medical grounds, and that Nacuva would wait for the report of the next medical examination before making a decision on whether to declare Ragigia's seat vacant.

MCC tour of Australia in 1965–66

Parks and Dave Allen had hit 53 runs for the six wicket when Smith asked his manager Billy Griffiths when he should declare, Griffiths said "Now" and their 156/5 left Western Australia 274 minutes to make 301 runs for victory.

Michael Neubert

In April 1990 he visited Gruinard Island to declare the island safe after World War II Anthrax experiments.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

The second Commissioner was Elizabeth Filkin (1999–2002), whose first case involved Peter Mandelson and a large loan which he had failed to declare in the Register of Members' Interests.

People's Television

Junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratkalin requested Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to declare emergency in Bangkok on 28 March 2007 in response to the protests.

Premier of the People's Republic of China

In 1989, then Premier Li Peng, in cooperation with the then Chairman of the Central Military Commission Deng Xiaoping, was able to use the office of the Premier to declare martial law in Beijing and order the military crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

President of Nepal

Under the Interim Constitution adopted in January 2007, all powers of governance were removed from the King of Nepal, and the Nepalese Constituent Assembly elected in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare a republic.

Steve Soboslai

In the weeks leading up to the release of Punchline's new EP So Nice To Meet You, word broke that Soboslai would be on the television show "Mobbed" (aired 1/04/12) to declare his romantic feelings for a long-distance friend in the form of a musical flash mob.

Tobacco industry in Malawi

In 2002, Malawi experienced heavy flooding, causing President Bakili Muluzi to declare a state of national emergency.

Tossa de Mar

In 1989 Tossa de Mar was the first place in the world to declare itself an Anti-Bullfighting City.

Victorinus

The presence of Placidianus inspired the city of Augustodunum Haeduorum to abandon Victorinus and declare its intention to declare for Claudius Gothicus.

Wolfgang Ilgenfritz

In 2001, Ilgenfritz was one of several Members of European Parliament to declare their personal financial interests on their personal parliamentary websites as part of a campaign led by the European Voice.


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