** Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April ( Laos )

** Laos

** Pi Mai Lao ( Lao: ປ ີ ໃໝ ່ Songkan ) in Laos

** Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt is initiated to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.

** International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos signed in Geneva, Switzerland

** Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations simultaneously, after several years of moratorium on admitting new members that began during the Korean War.

** The Kingdom of Laos gains its independence from the French Army.

** History of Laos

** Photisarath, King of Laos ( b. 1501 )

** The Buddhist areas of Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand are identified as separate from other civilizations, but Huntington believes that they do not constitute a major civilization in the sense of international affairs.

** Laos 3 October 1893

** Travels in Cambodia and Part of Laos: the Mekong Exploration Commission report ( 1866-1868 ), volume 1 ( White Lotus Press, 1996 )

** A pictorial journey on the old Mekong: Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan: the Mekong Exploration Commission report ( 1866-1868 ), volume 3 ( White Lotus Press, 1998 )

** Ichthyophis laosensis-Upper Laos Caecilian

** Region ( R Helvetica ): Confirmed common in ticks in Sweden, Switzerland, France and in Laos

** Literature of Laos

** Laos ( The Ministry of Finance of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ).

** Katu ( Low Katu, Laos )

** Bru ( Laos and Thailand )

** Theravada Buddhism: Cambodia, parts of China, Laos, mainly northern parts of Malaysia, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, as well as parts of Vietnam.

** Haos in Laos ( Skopje )

** After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.

** The United States recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia.

** Namibia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Iran recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Sierra Leone recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Zimbabwe recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Costa Rica recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** The Polish government recognizes Solidarity.

** Burundi recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** North Korea recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Togo recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Rwanda recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Treaty of Moscow ( 1920 ): Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

** American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a " proclamation of neutrality " which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.

** The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states.

** Charles de Gaulle accepts Algerian independence ; France recognizes it the next day.

** Guinea recognizes East Germany.

** Ethiopia recognizes the People's Republic of China.

** Singapore is expelled from the Federation of Malaysia, which recognizes it as a sovereign nation.

** São Tomé and Príncipe recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Equatorial Guinea recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Cambodia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Lesotho recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Zambia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).