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April 1920<\/td>\nWith the end of World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Allies give France a mandate over Greater Syria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 1, 1920<\/td>\nFrance divides Greater Syria into Syria and Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1926<\/td>\nLebanon draws up its constitution, dividing power between major religious groups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nLebanon gains independence from France, whose troops withdraw completely in 1946<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nCivil war; U.S. sends troops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nArab-Israeli War; Lebanon does not participate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nIsrael raids Beirut International Airport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nOnset of Lebanon’s civil war<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nSyrian forces enter Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nIsrael invades Lebanon, withdrawing later that year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nCreation of Hezbollah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 6, 1982<\/td>\nIsrael invades Lebanon again<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 18, 1983<\/td>\nTruck bomb destroys U.S. Embassy in Beirut (63 dead)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 23, 1983<\/td>\nTruck bombs explode in U.S. Marine and French Paratrooper barracks (298 dead).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nArab League-sponsored Taif Agreement, brokered in Saudi Arabia, leads to end of civil war and reinforces Syria’s direct role in Lebanese affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nAfter more than 100,000 deaths, civil war finally ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nIsrael withdraws troops from southern Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nU.N. Security Council passes Resolution 1559, calling for the withdrawal of all remaining foreign forces from Lebanon and the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 14, 2005<\/td>\nAnti-Syrian prime minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated by a car bomb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 21, 2005<\/td>\nTens of thousands rally at the site of Hariri’s assassination, calling for an end to the Syrian occupation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 8, 2005<\/td>\nHalf a million demonstrate in Beirut in favor of Syria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 14, 2005<\/td>\nApproximately one million demonstrate in Beirut in favor of Lebanese independence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 2005<\/td>\nSyrian troops withdraw from Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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