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8 October 1997 |
International Red Cross-the Holocaust |
George Willemin of the International Red Cross apologizes for the organization’s “moral failure” for keeping silent during the Holocaust.
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10 October 1997 |
Chicago City Council Apology-Catherine O’Leary and her cow The great fire of 1871 |
A Chicago City Council committee supports a resolution absolving Catherine O’Leary and her cow for blame for allegedly starting the great fire of 1871.
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14 October 1997 |
Britain-India Amritsar (India) massacre |
Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain pays homage and contrition for the 1912 Amritsar (India) massacre.
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November 1997 |
Russia apologizes for the mistakes of the Bolshevik Revolution, |
Russian President Boris Yeltsin apologizes for the mistakes of the Bolshevik Revolution, on its 80th anniversary.
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January 1998 |
Britain-Northern Ireland “Bloody Sunday” massacre in Northern Ireland |
British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologizes for the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” massacre in Northern Ireland.
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January 1998 |
Japan-Britain Japan’s treatment of British POWs |
Japanese Prime Minister Ryutara Hashiomoto offers his “heartfelt apology” to the British government and expresses “Deep remorse” for Japan’s treatment of British POWs in World War II.
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January 1998 |
France- the “judicial error” of the Dreyfus affair |
French President Jacques Chirac apologizes for the “judicial error” of the Dreyfus affair on the 100-year anniversary of Emile Zola’s “J-accuse.”
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7 January 1998 |
Canada-Mistreatment of indigenous peoples |
The Canadian government formally apologizes for its historic mistreatment of indigenous peoples.
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20 February 1998 |
Anglican Church of Australia participation in removing aboriginal children |
The Anglican Church of Australia apologizes for its participation in the policy of forcibly removing aboriginal children from their mothers.
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March 1998 |
USA-Slavery |
In Uganda, President Clinton says that “European Americans received the fruits of the slave trade. And we were wrong in that.”
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16 March 1998 |
Catholic Church-the Holocaust |
The Vatican apologizes for its silence and inaction during the Holocaust.
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25 March 1998 |
USA Inaction during the Rwanda genocide |
U.S. President Clinton apologizes for inaction during the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
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April 1998 |
USA Mayor Rudolph Giuliani apologizes to the family of Yankel Rosenbaum, |
In the name of all New Yorkers, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani apologizes to the family of Yankel Rosenbaum, a Hasidic man killed during the 1991 Crown Heights riots, and to the Hasidic community for the allegedly inadequate police response to the riots. In the course of the apology, Giuliani also criticizes the family of a child whose death in an automobile sparked the riots.
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22 April 1998 |
South Korean compensation from Japan for “comfort women” |
South Korean President Kim Dae Woo announces that the South Korean government will end its efforts to gain official compensation from the Japanese government for “comfort women” but will still seek an official apology and will not prevent individuals from seeking compensation.
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27 April 1998 |
Japan court dismisses claims from Korean “comfort women” |
A Japanese court dismisses claims from Korean “comfort women” for an official apology and compensation, saying that even though the women had suffered greatly, the Japanese government was under no legal obligation to provide either an apology or compensation.
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27 April 1998 |
The Germany-Bombing the Spanish village of Guernica |
The German Parliament formally apologizes for bombing the Spanish village of Guernica on behalf of Gen. Francisco Franco on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.
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May 1998 |
Japan apologizes to Britain for World War II |
Japanese Emperor Akihito apologizes to Britain for World War II.
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May 1998 |
Australian “sorry books” for wrongs done to Aboriginal Australians |
Australian citizens sign “sorry books” for past wrongs done to Aboriginal Australians.
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26 May 1998 |
Australia inaugural national Sorry Day, Aboriginal Australians |
Australia holds its inaugural national Sorry Day, on the one-year anniversary of parliament tabling the “Bringing Them Home” report on the forcible removal of Aboriginal Australians.
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July 1998 |
Russia reburies the remains of the Romanov family |
In what Russian President Boris Yeltsin regards as a humane act of repentance, Russia reburies the remains of the Romanov family at a ceremony in the Petropavlovsky Cathedral in St. Petersburg, on the 80th anniversary of their execution by Bolshevik forces
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August 1998 |
Ireland IRA blast in Omagh that killed 28 people |
The “Real IRA,” a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army opposed to Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement, admits responsibility for a blast in Omagh that killed 28 people and injured 220 others but not for the casualties, which it blames on authorities that supposedly did not heed the group’s warnings.
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August 1998 |
Northern Ireland IRA apologizes for violence and killings |
The Irish Republican Army apologizes for violence and killings in the course of its struggle for liberty and pledges to end its 23-year terror campaign.
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October 1998 |
The United Church of Canada apology to former students of Indian residential schools |
The United Church of Canada apologizes to former students of Indian residential schools.
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October 1998 |
Japan- South Korean apology” for inflicting “heavy damage and pain” on Koreans |
Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi gives visiting South Korean President Kim Dae Jung a written statement saying that Japan “expressed deep remorse and extended a heartfelt apology” for inflicting “heavy damage and pain” on Koreans.
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October 1998 |
Argentina-Falklands War |
Argentinian President Carlos Menem expresses regret over the Falklands War.
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