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Algeria

43 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Algeria, 1830 CE to 2010 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

19th century

1 entry, 1830 CE to 1830 CE

20th century

12 entries, 1954 CE to 1997 CE

  • 1954November 1 – The movement towards Algerian independence from France starts with the founding of the National Liberation Front.Algeriasource
  • 1954September 9 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The shock destroyed Orléansville, left 1,243–1,409 dead, and 5,000 injured.Algeriasource
  • 1954April 7 – Louisa Hanoune, politician and head of Algeria's Parti des Travailleurs (PT), or Workers' Party.Algeriasource
  • 1960February 29: Khaled, Algerian raï musicianAlgeriasource
  • 19621 July: the Algerian Évian Accords referendum, 1962Algeriasource
  • 1962February 2: Mustapha Moussa (Algerian boxer)Algeriasource
  • 19929 February – Algerian Civil War: State of emergency announced by the government.Algeriasource
  • 199229 June – Mohamed Boudiaf, politician (born 1919)Algeriasource
  • 1993Tlemcen National Park is established.Algeriasource
  • 1995August 10 - Saïd Benrahma, footballerAlgeriasource
  • 1997June 5 – Algerian legislative elections, 1997Algeriasource
  • 1997September 5–6 – Beni-Messous massacreAlgeriasource

21st century

30 entries, 2003 CE to 2010 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 2003May 27 – A destructive aftershock of the Boumerdès earthquake affected the Algiers-Boumerdes-Reghaia area with a maximum intensity of VI (Strong), leaving nine dead and 200 injured.Algeriasource
  • 2005Algeria refuses entry to four Moroccan journalists working for the Moroccan Sahara Foundation NGO, expelling them to Rome. The move follows increased Morocco-Algeria tensions over the Western Sahara.Algeriasource
  • 2005Joint US-Algerian naval exercises, codenamed "Barbary Thunder", involving such vessels as the USS Nashville.Algeriasource
  • 2005Finance Minister Mourad Medelci announces plans to cut foreign debt by $1 billion this year "if the positive financial position of the country continues". The debt currently stands at $21.4 billion, having fallen 7.7% over 2004.Algeriasource
  • 2005General Electric announces plans to build Africa's largest water desalination plant to supply Algiers.Algeriasource
  • 2006March 12 – Abdelhak Layada, one of the founders of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), is released from prison due to the February 28, 2006, national reconciliation charter decree of application.Algeriasource
  • 2007April 11: Several explosions in Algiers, Algeria, leave 23 dead and dozens of people injured.Algeriasource
  • 2008May 29: Abdelmalek Sayeh, chairman of the Algerian national office of drug taking and addiction fighting, cited foreign countries as using Algeria's youth for consumption of drugs like heroin and cocaine from Colombia. Sayeh stated that Algerian young people are being used to traffick cannabis from Morocco to Libya, Tunisia, the Middle East, and western and eastern Europe.Algeriasource
  • 2008May 22: Ghaleb Abdullah Moussa is appointed as the new Catholic Church Archbishop of Algiers by Pope Benedict XVI. El Khabar,Algeriasource
  • 2008November 4: Algeria announced that it will cut 71,000 daily barrels of its oil exports among the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC. Following a recent meeting the oil cartel agreed to reduce its exports by a collective 1.5 Goilbbl a day, beginning on November 1.Algeriasource
  • 2008June 2: The Russian Irkut (company) Corporation delivered 2 Su 30 MKA Flanker multi-role fighters to Algeria. By the terms of a 2006 contract amounting to $2.5 billion, Irkut is scheduled to deliver 28 Su 30 MKA fighters to Algeria by 2010. Irkut is part of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).Algeriasource
  • 2008June 25: Algeria is experiencing a shortage of 25 important medicines including those which treat blood pressure, gynecology, and heart disease.Algeriasource
  • 2008July 1: A court in Oran overturned the 2006 defamation conviction of a reporter and her newspaper supervisor. Salima Tiemcani and Omar Belhouchet were each fined approximately $790 after an investigation into drug trafficking in the western region of Algeria, which was considered defamatory. The overturning of their sentence after an appeal filed on June 7 is a first in the annals of Algerian justice.Algeriasource
  • 2008July 17: The Algerian national gendarmerie announced that there were 11,336 road accidents in the first half of 2008. These accounted for 1,600 deaths and 19,396 injuries. The figures revealed a significant increase in road accidents when compared with the first half of 2007. The mortality rate rose 7.24%, injuries jumped 7.99%, and the number of road accidents went up by 5%.Algeriasource
  • 2008September 26: The government of Algeria donated $2 million in aid to Cuba to assist the Cuban people recover from the devastation left following the passage of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike.Algeriasource
  • 2009June 1: Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Chakib Kelil, says that hydrocarbons revenues in 2009 will likely vary between $40 and $45 billion. He estimates that oil prices may reach $70 to $75 per barrel in 2010 if the United States and European economies recover. Until the conclusion of this year Kelil surmises oil prices will stabilize between $60 and $65 per barrel.Algeriasource
  • 2009February 25: Nigeria and Algeria began talks in Abuja about completing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement would implement the Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline, which will transport gas from Nigeria to be delivered to Mediterranean and European gas markets. The gas line will also pass through Niger and Algeria.Algeriasource
  • 2009June 20: Algeria's initial case of swine flu has been detected at Houari Boumediene Airport. The sick woman is an Algerian national who resides in Frankfurt, Germany and came to Algiers from Miami, Florida. She was conveyed to El Kettar Hospital for treatment.Algeriasource
  • 2009February 18: Al-Jazeera aired a recording by members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in which they claim to have kidnapped two Canadian diplomats, one of them a former advisor to Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The men were abducted in Niger in December 2008. Salah Abu Mohammed, spokesman for the Algerian/North African group, also claimed responsibility for the capture of four European tourists in January 2009. The four were kidnapped in Mali, and are a British citizen, two Swiss, and a German.Algeriasource
  • 2009December 9: The Algerian army destroyed 5,700 mines from the pre-Algerian independence era, in November 2009. The mines, most of them raised by the French arm], were part of a demining program, which continues 47 years after Algerian independence. As of November 30, 2009, 426,599 mines, 358,515 antipersonnel mines, 65,873 anti-group mines, and 2,211 illuminating mines had been eliminated in the operation.Algeriasource
  • 2010March 23: Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates arrived in Algiers on March 22 for a working visit. He pointed to Algeria's water and renewable energy sectors as attractive investment opportunities.Algeriasource
  • 2010September 7: Algerian publisher, Barzakh Editions, will receive the Principal Prince Claus Award of 100,000 Euros on December 17, 2010. The business is one of ten other laureates to be honored at the Royal Palace (Amsterdam).Algeriasource
  • 2010November 26: Algeria is clamping down on imports of books which preach the very conservative Salafist branch of Islam. It is part of a move to dissuade the growing popularity of the ideology.Algeriasource
  • 2010October 12: Terramin Australia Ltd reported that its Algerian zinc mine will be among the six largest zinc mines in the world. The cost to construct it will be $589 million. The firm is based in Adelaide, South Australia and will take 57 months to complete its venture.Algeriasource
  • 2010January 19: A report transmitted by the Pasteur Institute to the Algerian Ministry of Health, Population, and Hospital Reform stated the results of their technical and administrative report on the H1N1 vaccine Arepanrix. Produced by Glaxo Smith Kline, and imported to Algeria, the four lots were approved by the Pasteur Institute.Algeriasource