15 entries on 14 dates · the books disagree on 2
September 1975
Tuesday, 2 September 1975
The Lebanese war · Added from the books
Fedayeen stab to death the Christian owner of a Ta'labaya wheat mill and his two sons.
At Ta'labaya near Zahleh, a Christian wheat-mill owner and his two sons were knifed to death by intruding fedayeen.
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February 1978
September 1982
February 1983
Wednesday, 2 February 1983
The Lebanese war · 111101 entry in the original chronology
The aggressions didn't spare the Multinational Force. Reacting to the anti-French attacks, the President of the French Republic, Francois Mitterand, ordered the reinforcement of the French contingent in Lebanon.
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February 1984
Thursday, 2 February 1984
The Lebanese war · 111101 entry in the original chronology
The schools closed their doors in the Eastern sector of the capital due to the blind shelling of Beirut and its suburbs.
Other date in the books: Wednesday, 1 February 1984
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September 1984
Sunday, 2 September 1984
The Lebanese war · Added from the books
Jumblatt inaugurates a memorial to the PSP's dead at Beiteddine.
Beiteddine palace, seat of Walid Jumblatt's Civil Administration of the Mountain, hosted a lavish commemoration of the Mountain War, at which he unveiled a big memorial to PSP martyrs on its esplanade.
Art and memory- memorial After 1983 Walid Jumblatt reshaped Beiteddine, renamed the 'People's Palace': Emir Bashir's tomb was razed, poems to Bashir Jumblatt replaced inscriptions praising the emir, and PSP martyrs got a memorial in 1984.
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September 1986
Tuesday, 2 September 1986
The Lebanese war · 111101 entry in the original chronology
The first meeting of the Dialog Committee was held at the Beirut racecourse. The ten members of the government met for the first time since November 1985. The Ministers decided to elaborate a new National Pact.
What the books addThe meetings produced no agreement (Hanf).
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February 1987
February 1988
February 1990
Friday, 2 February 1990
The Lebanese war · Added from the books
The Sarba garrison and the Jounieh naval base fall to the Lebanese Forces.
Within a few days Geagea held the whole coast of the Christian enclave. Sarba and the Jounieh naval base capitulated to his militia; the smaller army unit in Beirut harbour went to West Beirut and joined General Lahoud.
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September 2004
Thursday, 2 September 2004
After the war · From the books
UN Security Council Resolution 1559 demands the withdrawal of foreign forces.
The Franco-American resolution, passed by nine votes with six abstentions, required every foreign force to leave, every militia to disarm and the presidential election to proceed free of outside interference. Walid Jumblatt sided with the opposition, most of it Christian.
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February 2006
Thursday, 2 February 2006
Since 2005 · From the books
The Shiite ministers return to the cabinet.
Their boycott, begun after Tueni's assassination, ended after some seven weeks.
Sources differ: Abirached's dates imply a boycott of about seven weeks; Picard's chapter speaks of several months.
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September 2006
September 2007
Sunday, 2 September 2007
Since 2005 · From the books
The army takes control of Nahr al-Bared.
The army regained the camp after more than three months of fighting.
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