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T
IMELINE OF
S
IGNIFICANT
E
VENTS IN
Y
EMENI
H
ISTORY
 
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1918 to 1919
– the Ottoman Empire is on the losing side in the First World War;Ottoman forces withdraw from Yemen.
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1918 to 1920
– Yemeni leader Imam Yahya conquers southern portions of the country,leaving the port city of Aden in British control.
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1934
– Imam Yahya signs treaties with Britain and Saudi Arabia establishing the bordersof the Yemeni state in the south and the north respectively.
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1948
– Imam Yahya is assassinated; his son Ahmad becomes Imam.
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1955
– Imam Ahmad survives an assassination attempt.
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1958
– North Yemen joins Egypt and Syria in the Union of Arab States
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1962
– In September, Imam Ahmad dies and is succeeded by his son, al-Badr.
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1962
– Army officers overthrow Imam al-Badr and establish the Yemen Arab Republic(YAR). Colonel Abdullah Sallal becomes president.
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1967
– The British pull out of Aden and southern Yemen is formed. Southern Yemen islater named the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY).
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1973
– An oil boom leads many Yemenis to the Gulf states to find employment,providing a steady stream of remittances to Yemen.
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1975
– North Yemen conducts its first nation-wide elections
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1978
– Ali Abdullah Saleh becomes president of the YAR following the murder of hispredecessor.
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1990
– In May, the YAR in the north and the PDRY in the south unite to form theRepublic of Yemen.
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1990
– In August, Iraq invades Kuwait. Yemen sides with Iraq, and Saudi Arabia sendshundreds of thousands of Yemeni workers back to Yemen.
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1994
– Only four years after unity, civil war breaks out between the northern andsouthern parts of Yemen.
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1999
– President Saleh wins reelection with approximately 92% of the vote.
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