Momentous Dates

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2004

July 17 Rustam Kasimzhanov of Uzbekistan becomes World Chess champion
July 9 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan is established
June 17 Tashkent hosts a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit
April 29 Oliy Majlis holds 14th session of second convocation
April Soros Foundation is forced to close
January 13 Uzbek Airways' Yak-40 airplane crash kills 37 people, including UN Resident-Coordinator in Uzbekistan
January 3 First ever defeat for Uzbekistan's Artur Grigorian - WBO champion since 1996

2003

December 11-12 Oliy Majlis holds 13th session of second convocation
December 11 President appoints new Prime Minister
December 8 2004 announced as the Year of Kindness and Compassion
August 29-30 Oliy Majlis holds 12th session of second convocation
August 28 Uzbekistan becomes Islamic Development Bank member
June 2 Tashkent and Budapest become sister-cities
May 4-5 Uzbekistan hosts EBRD annual meeting
April 24-25 Uzbekistan holds eleventh session of Parliament of second convocation
April 14-15 Uzbek-American Joint Security Cooperation Consultations

2002

December 12-13 Uzbekistan holds tenth session of Parliament of second convocation
December 3 President Karimov announces amnesty before Constitution Day
November 1 Uzbekistan marks 2700th anniversary of Shahrisabz
August 29-30 Uzbekistan holds ninth session of Parliament of second convocation
June 13 Uzbekistan withdraws from GUUAM
May Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Angola
April 4-5 Uzbek parliament holds eighth session
April 1 Increase of wages by 15%
January 28-29 First U.S.-Uzbekistan Joint Security Cooperation Consultations (JSCC)
January 27 National referendum on bicameral parliament and change of the presidential term
January 15 Uzbekistan reopens consulate in Mazar-e Sharif
January 5 Artur Grigorian wins 15th WBO title

2001

December 6-7 Uzbek Parliament holds seventh session
August Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Paraguay
August 29-30 Uzbek parliament holds sixth session
July 22 Iroda Tulyaganova wins her third WTA title
July 15 Iroda Tulyaganova wins her second WTA title
June Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic ties with Costa-Rica
May 31 An honorary consulate of Sweden opens in Tashkent
May 20 First Uzbekistan Open Golf Championship
May 11-12 Fifth session of Oliy Majlis
February 8 Uzbekistan establish diplomatic relations with the Union of Myanmar

2000

December 14 Second Uzbek parliament holds fourth session
November 25 Artur Grigorian becomes 13-times WBO champion
October 1 Mukhammadkodir Abdullaev wins only gold Olympic medal for Uzbekistan in Sydney. Uzbekistan takes 41st place
September 15 U.S. Department of State includes IMU to the list of "Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations"
September 10-17 Seventh President's Cup - ATP Tour
August 30 Second Parliament holds third session
August 28 President announces amnesty on Independence Day
August 28 Asian Olympic Council holds the seesion of its Executive Committee in Tashkent
June 18 Iroda Tulyaganova wins first WTA title
May 25-26 Second Parliament holds second session
May 12 Opening of memorial complex for victims of repressions "Shahidlar hotirasi"
January 22
and February 11
Second Parliament holds its first session
January 22 President Islam Karimov's Inauguration
January 9 Presidential Elections

1999

December 5 Parliamentary Election
November 6 Uzbekistan celebrates 1000th anniversary of "Alpomysh" legend
November 5 Uzbekistan celebrates 800th anniversary of Jaloliddin Manguberdi, a hero and state leader from Khorezm
October Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Sri-Lanka
September 27 Motorola opens its office in Tashkent and first JV with a CIS country
September 13-18 Tennis: ATP President's Cup (80 players from 26 countries
September 3 Opening of Tashkent Islamic University
September 3 Uzbekistan Airways accepts its first Boeing 757-200
August 28 Four-Star Hotel Sheraton Tashkent opens
August 19-20 Parliament holds 15th session
August 15 Uzbek military jets bomb terrorist locations in Kyrgyzstan
August 1 Increase of wages by 1.4-fold
July 29 Cosmonaut Solijon Sharipov awarded the Order "For Great Merits"
July 19-20 Meeting of "6+2 Group" to discuss conflict in Afghanistan
May 24-25 Second Commission of the USA-Uzbekistan Joint Commission
May 24 President Karimov awarded FILA Gold Necklace
May 24 President Karimov announces amnesty
April 29-May 2 First Kurash World Championship
April 14-15 Oliy Majlis holds 14th session
March 2 May 9 renamed into Day of Memory and Honors
January 13 President designates January 14 as the Day of Frontier Troops
January 4 National-Democratic party of "Fidokorlar" established

1998


December 24 Oliy Majlis holds 13th session
December Lowest cotton harvest in 20 years
December 3 Minimum wages increased
December 1 Presidential decree on amnesty
November 6 President Karimov awarded UNESCO medal named after Avicenna
November 6 The 155th session of UNESCO
October 24 Artur Grigorian becomes seven-times WBO champion
October 24 Uzbekistan marks 1200th jubilee of Ahmad Al-Farghoni
October 23 Uzbekistan marks 1225th jubilee of Imam Al-Bukhari
October 22 Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations with Lebanon
October NOC President receives IOC silver medal
September 28 ADB opens office in Tashkent
September 22 Uzbekistan hosts NATO military exercises
August 28 Uzbekistan becomes a member of the Agreement of Laws on Trade Marks
August 28 Oliy Majlis 12th session
July 29 Rate of dollar exceeds 100 soums (100.24)
July 8 Flood in Shakhimardan
June 30 Flight to Paris inaugurated
June 28 Flight to Dakka inaugurated
May 22 Uzbek mountaineers conquered Everest
February 26 First session of the Uzbek-American Joint Commission
February 3 Tashkent and Central Asian Eparchy awards President Karimov First Degree Order of Prince Daniil, an award of the Russian Orthodox Church
January 30 Oliy Majlis awards President Karimov Order of Amir Temur for his 60th jubilee
January 26 President Karimov is honorary member of Russian Plekhanov Economic Academy
January 21 First ethnic Uzbek from Kyrgyzstan Salidzhan Sharipov flies to space

1997

December 30 "Ustoz" foundation established
December 25 Tenth session of Parliament
December 3 Amnesty for Constitution Day
October 2 Uzbekistan's Professional Boxing Federation becomes WBA member
October 7 55th plenary session of the International Cotton
Advisory Committee (ICAC)
September 18-20 First NATO-sponsored military exercises
September 9-14 First ATP-Tour in Uzbekistan
President's Cup
September First International Music Festival
"Sharq Taronalari" - "Sounds of the East" (Samarkand)
August 29 Ninth session of Parliament
August 22 Start-up of Bukhara oil refinery
June 13-20 UNESCO marks Khiva and Bukhara's 2500th anniversary
April 25 Eighth session of Parliament
January 7 "UMID" Youth Foundation established

1996

December 1-4 OSCE summit
1996 Hotel Intercontinental opens in Tashkent
November 24 First Uzbekistan-owned Boeing-767
October 18 Fourth Summit of Turkic-speaking states
October 18 State Museum of Temurid History opens
October 2 American Business Center opens office in Tashkent
September 1 The museum of Olympic Glory opens in Tashkent
August 29 Uzbek parliament institutes the order of "Buyuk Hizmatlari uchun"
August 29 Uzbek parliament awards President Karimov with the order of "Mustaqillik"
August 26 Uzbek parliament institutes the order of "Amir Temur"
July 19 Start-up of UzDaewoo automobile plant
Jule 1 UNESCO opens office in Tashkent
June 27 Open Society Institute opens office in Tashkent
June 21 Uzbekistan-EU Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation
May 7 World Intellectual Property Organization awards President Karimov with a gold medal
April 26 Order of Amir Temur instituted
April 24 Fifth session of Parliament
February 6 President Karimov awarded IOC Gold Medal
January 25 President Karimov becomes honorary member of the California-based International Academy for Sceinces, Education, Industry and Arts

1995

December 26 1996 to be proclaimed as the Year of Amir Temur
September Uzbekistan joins ADB as 56th member
September 2 First Central Asian Games held in Tashkent
August 31 The order of Mekhnat Shukhrati and the Medal of Shon-Sharaf instituted
June 9 Democratic party of "Milliy Tiklanish" established
June 4 First Uzbek flight to Athens
March 31 First Uzbek flight to New York City
May 25 Start-up of Zarafshan-Newmont gold processing plant
March 26 President Islam Karimov's first presidential term extended till 2000
February 23 Oliy Majlis holds first session
February 18 Social-Democratic party of "Adolat" established

1994

December 25 Uzbekistan holds first parliamentary elections
November 17 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican
July 13 Uzbekistan joins NATO's Partnership for Peace program
July 1 New currency - Soum - introduced
May 30 First President's Cup tennis tournament
May 5 Uzbek Parliament institutes the title of National Hero and awards President Karimov with it
March 19 Uzbekistan declares 1994 as the Year of Mirzo Ulughbek
1994 OSCE opens office in Tashkent
February 25 Uzbekistan wins first ever Olympic gold medal. Lina Cheryazova, free-style, Lillehammer, Norway

1993

Uzbekistan joins World Intellectual Property Organization
November 13Temporary soum-coupons issued to replace Soviet roubles
Uzbekistan joins World Tourism Organization
October 26Uzbekistan joins UNESCO
October 24United Nations opens office in Tashkent
March 30Embassy of Germany opens in Tashkent
January 1Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Czech Republic

1992

December 10 National Anthem - Lyrics by Abdulla Oripov
Music by Mutavakkil Burkhonov
December 8 Uzbekistan Constitution adopted
October 13 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Afghanistan (Rabbani's government)
July 10 Party of "Vatan Taraqqiyoti" founded
July 2 State Emblem
June 23Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Indonesia
May 10 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic ties with Iran
April 27 Uzbekistan joins EBRD
March 27 President designates Iyd-al-Fitr and Iyd-al-Adha as national holidays
March 23 Uzbekistan joins International Olympic Committee
March 18 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic ties with India
March 16 U.S. Embassy opens in Tashkent
March 2 Uzbekistan is a UN member
February 19 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States
February 18 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with the Great Britain
February 16-17 Uzbekistan joins ECO
1992 Uzbekistan joins FILA (International Amateur Wrestling Federation)
January 31 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea
January 30 Uzbekistan joins OSCE
January 23 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam
January 4 Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with China
January 4 First President Islam Karimov takes an oath

1991

December 29 First presidential elections (Islam Karimov wins with 86%)
November 18 Flag day
November 15 People's Democratic Party founded
August 31 Independence from U.S.S.R
August 31 The 12th Supreme Council calls for a 6th special session
February 14 The 12th Supreme Council calls for a 4th special session
March 24, 1990 Presidency instituted

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