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** WWI: A conscription crisis in Canada leads to passage of the Military Service Act.
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** WWI: Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the Allies.
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** WWI: Third Battle of Gaza: United Kingdom forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
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** Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Robert Polhill, who had been held hostage since January 1987.
** U. S. President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev meet in Helsinki to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis.
** Imia-Kardak crisis: A Greek flag is hoisted on a small rocky island named Imia ( Greek ) / Kardak ( Turkish ).
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** The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis culminates in the ouster of the Lord President of Malaysia, Salleh Abas.
** Iraq disarmament crisis: The U. N. Security Council passes Resolution 715, which demands that Iraq " accept unconditionally the inspectors and all other personnel designated by the Special Commission ".
** October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
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** Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister.
** Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U. S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all oil imports into the United States from Iran.
** Beatrice, Queen of Portugal in the 1383 – 1385 crisis and Queen-consort of John I of Castile ( b. 1372 )
** Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
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