Spouse
1911
Jul 26
| 1911 • Sun Yat-sen is elected the Provisional President of the Republic of China. |
1937
Mar 5
Age: 25y
| 1937 • The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) comes into force. The Irish Free State becomes "Ireland", and Éamon de Valera becomes the first Taoiseach (prime minister) of the new state. A Presidential Commission (made up the Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann, and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency, pending the popular election of the first President of Ireland in June 1938. The new constitution prohibits divorce. |
1998
Jan 1
Age: 86y
| 1998 • Khmer Rouge leaders apologize for the post-Vietnam War genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s. |
2004
May 25
Age: 92y
| 2004 • Scientists in South Korea announce the cloning of 30 human embryos. |