2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate. José Ramos-Horta was born on 26 December 1949 in what is now Timor-Leste. José Ramos-Horta is remembered as a politician, lawyer and legal counselor, a citizen of Timor-Leste. Positions held included Prime Minister of East Timor and President of East Timor.
Before and after
- from 6 December 1949 to 1 January 1958La Violencia
- 8 December 1949Founding of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
- 21 December 1949Birth of Thomas Sankara
- 25 December 1949Birth of Nawaz Sharif
- 26 December 1949Birth of José Ramos-Horta
- 1950Discovery of the Ishango bone
- from c. 1950s to 1970sDecolonisation of Africa
- c. 1950sInvention of Holter monitor
- c. 1950sRise of pop art
More in Wars, politics & history
- 6 August 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- from 6 October 1973 to 26 October 1973Yom Kippur War
- from January 1978 to February 1979Iranian Revolution
- from 22 September 1980 to 20 August 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 3 November 20202020 United States presidential election
- 7 October 2023Gaza genocide
The era
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