John Hume
1937 – 2020 · aged 83
Irish politician from Northern Ireland (1937–2020)
- Born
- 18 Jan 1937 · Derry
- Died
- 3 Aug 2020 · Derry
Life timeline
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- 18 Jan 1937BornBorn in Derry
- 1969 – 1972RoleMember of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
- 1979 – 1984RoleMember of the European Parliament
- 1979 – 2001RoleLeader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 1983 – 1987RoleMember of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1984 – 1989RoleMember of the European Parliament
- 1987 – 1992RoleMember of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1989 – 1994RoleMember of the European Parliament
- 1992 – 1997RoleMember of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1994 – 1999RoleMember of the European Parliament
- 1995AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
- 1995AwardPeace Prize of Hesse
- 1997 – 2001RoleMember of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1998 – 2000RoleMember of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly
- 1998AwardNobel Peace Prize
- 1998AwardSeán MacBride Peace Prize
- 1999 – 2004RoleMember of the European Parliament
- 2001 – 2005RoleMember of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 2001AwardGandhi Peace Prize
- 2001AwardOfficer of the Order of Saint-Charles
- 2002AwardCommander of the Order of Saint-Charles
- 2003AwardHonorary citizen of Palermo
- 2007AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Rennes 2
- 2008AwardHonorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin
- 2012AwardKnight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- 3 Aug 2020DiedDied in Derry
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1937 – 2020).
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
Biography
John Hume (18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. A founder and leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume served in the Parliament of Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly including, in 1974, its first power-sharing executive; the European Parliament and the United Kingdom Parliament. Seeking an accommodation between Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism, and soliciting American support, he was both critical of British government policy in Northern Ireland and opposed to the republican embrace of "armed struggle". In their 1998 citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised Hume as an architect of the Good Friday Agreement. For his own part, Hume wished to be remembered as having been, in his earlier years, a pioneer of the credit union movement.
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