18 September 1933 |
Persia apologizes to Britain |
Persia apologizes to Britain after Persian sailors take down the Union Jack flag.
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1 September 1937 |
The Chinese government apologies to the U.S. for bombing the American ship |
The Chinese government apologies to the U.S. for bombing the American ship President Hoover and offers to pay reparations. The next day, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek adds his personal apologies to the formal apology of the Chinese government.
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24 December 1937 |
Japan-USA Japan to pay reparations for attacking the U.S. |
Japan apologizes and agrees to pay reparations for attacking the U.S. gunboat Panay.
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November 1947 |
USA-Haiti US Embassy in Haiti apologizes |
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti apologizes for an incident in Mississippi, in which the Haitian secretary of agriculture was not allowed to stay at a hotel hosting a conference to which he had been invited to because he was black.
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19 July 1948 |
USA- Czechoslovakia allegations of spying |
The U.S. demands an apology from Czechoslovakia over allegations of spying.
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26 October 1948 |
USA-Mexico Mexican farm labourers |
Mexico accepts an apology from the U.S. State Department for recently allowing several thousand Mexican farm laborers to cross the Texas border, in violation of an agreement between the two countries.
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26 May 1950 |
Israel- United Nations murder of mediator |
Israel agrees to apologize to the United Nations for the murder of mediator Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden in Jerusalem in 1948.
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27 September 1951 |
West Germany-Israel compensation for Israel |
West German Chancellor Konrad Andenauer declares that West Germany will compensate Israel for material losses and will negotiate other reparations. (Israel and West Germany sign the Luxembourg Agreement in 1952 to crate the reparations program.)
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7 August 1952 |
Argentina-USA bombing of US information Service Office |
Argentina apologizes to the U.S. after the bombing of a U.S. Information Service Office.
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22 December 1952 |
The USA-Israel unauthorized flight over Jerusalem |
The U.S. apologizes to Israel over an unauthorized flight by U.S. aircraft over the Israeli portion of Jerusalem.
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December 1953 |
Israel-Netherlands Spinoza excommunication |
Israeli PM David Ben-Gurion calls for overturning the excommunication of Spinoza by the Amsterdam Jewish community in 1656.
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1955 |
USA-Japan U.S. pays $2 million in restitution for a 1954 nuclear test |
The U.S. pays $2 million in restitution for a 1954 nuclear test that accidentally exposed the Japanese fishing vessel the Lucky Dragon to radiation some 80 miles away from the test site on the Bikini Atoll.
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6 January 1955 |
The commander of a U.S. Naval base- Trinidad Cabinet Ministers |
The commander of a U.S. Naval base apologizes to Trinidad for an incident involving two cabinet ministers.
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14 February 1955 |
The Mayor of Miami apologizes to a group of African Americans |
The Mayor of Miami apologizes after a group of African Americans are ejected from a Republican dinner.
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18 August 1955 |
Indian-Foreign Missions and Consulates Attacks by demonstrators |
Indian Prime Minister Nehru apologizes and expresses deep regret to foreign missions and consulates in New Delhi that were attacked by Indian demonstrators and offers to pay full compensation for damage.
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11 May 1956 |
Britain - Soviet Union |
Great Britain apologizes to the Soviet Union for the Royal navy spying on Soviet warships.
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4 October 1960 |
Soviet Union-USA Demand for U.S. apology for spying |
At the United Nations, Soviet Premier Khrushchev demands that the U.S. apologize for recent spying activity, which he termed “unprecedented treacherous acts,” before there can be any improvement in Soviet-U.S. relations.
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1963 |
USA -African Americans compensation for the exploitation and humiliation of the Negro in American down through the centuries |
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. writes, “No amount of gold could provide adequate compensation for the exploitation and humiliation of the Negro in American down through the centuries.” Yet he calls for compensation for unpaid wages.
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9 May 1964 |
South Vietnam-Cambodia straying into Cambodian territory |
South Vietnam apologizes for its troops “unintentionally straying” into Cambodian territory yesterday during military action against the Communist forces.
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1965 |
Japan-South Korea issue apology” for Japan’s 36-year colonial rule. |
A joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea includes “twenty vague words of apology” for Japan’s 36-year colonial rule.
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17 February 1965 |
Japan-South Korea Relations |
In South Korea, Japanese Foreign Minister Shinna Etsusaburo expresses “sincere regret” and “deep remorse” over the “unfortunate period” in relations between the two countries.
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18 March 1965 |
USA Alabama apologizes to Civil Rights Demonstrators |
The sheriff of Montgomery County, Alabama apologizes for routing 600 civil rights demonstrators with horses and clubs yesterday.
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28 October 1965 |
Catholic church Jewish condemnation |
In a declaration entitled “Nostra Aetate,” the Second Vatican Council reverses the traditional condemnation of Jews as the murderers of Jesus
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31 August 1966 |
Arkansas Governor- 25 Africans refused service at a cafe |
Arkansas Governor Orval E. Faubus apologizes after 25 Africans are refused service at a cafe.
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10 June 1967 |
Israel-U.S. Attack on the spy ship the U.S.S. Liberty |
Israel apologizes to the U.S. for attacking the spy ship the U.S.S. Liberty in the eastern Mediterranean two days earlier. Thirty-four people were killed and 171 were wounded in the attack, which was apparently a case of mistaken identity during the Six Days War. Israel later agrees to pay $12.7 in damages.
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