Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926)

A. N. R. Robinson

Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who served as the third President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 to 2003 and the third Prime Minister from 1986 to 1991. He is known for his resilience within the government, resigning from Eric Williams’ administration in 1970 promoted by the State of Emergency imposed on Black Power protests, and is recognized for his proposal that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court. He is also remembered for being held hostage during the 1990 Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt, during which he ordered the army to “attack with full force” while being held at gunpoint.

Born

1926

December 16

Died

2014

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1920s

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533 The Digest, the great collection of all Roman jurists' law, is issued together with a new official law textbook for legal schools, The Institutes.
714 Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
755 An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
1431 Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.

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The world in 1926

When A. arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013) Chuck Berry 1926–2017 American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926)

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