Exactly 100 years after writing those words, to the very month, Amtrak's flagship high-speed rail line, the Acela Express, opened between Boston and Washington, DC. 1986 - Another Liberal Party man, Jose Azcona del Hoyo, elected president after the law was changed to stipulate a maximum one-term presidency. But the earliest item we have is a 1953 booklet Electricity in Your Garden detailing electrically warmed frames, hotbeds and cloches and electrically heated greenhouses, issued by the British Electrical Development Association. 1963 - Colonel Osvaldo Lopez Arellano takes power after leading a coup. Amazon admits some drivers do urinate in bottles, 'We found a baby on the subway - now he's our son', French tycoon Bernard Tapie attacked in home, 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal', Dublin women charged for refusing hotel quarantine. The extravagant privacy requirements of the super-rich, Cuba's rap battle with dissidents. In 1900, an American civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000. 1981 - Roberto Suazo Cordova of the centrist Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) is elected president, leading the first civilian government in more than a century. But a much longer forecast made in 1900 by a relatively unknown engineer has been recirculating in the past few days. 2009 December - Congress rejects proposal that Mr Zelaya be allowed to return to office. 1988 February - An Amnesty International report alleges an increase in human rights violations by armed forces and right-wing death squads. 1989 February - Summit of Central American presidents in El Salvador reaches agreement on demobilisation of Nicaraguan Contras based in Honduras. 1932-49 - Honduras under right-wing National Party of Honduras (PNH) dictatorship led by General Tiburcio Carias Andino. 2003 December - Honduras - along with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua - agrees on a free trade agreement with the US. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 2016 March - Former President Rafael Callejas pleads guilty to two counts of bribery and fraud related to the FIFA corruption scandal. VideoCuba's rap battle with dissidents, Amazon admits some drivers do urinate in bottles1, 'We found a baby on the subway - now he's our son'2, French tycoon Bernard Tapie attacked in home3, Famous Indian music gurus accused of sexual assault5, Lorry boss apologises over Taiwan train crash6, State of emergency over Florida toxic water leak7, 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal'8, The Myanmar beauty queen standing up to the military9, Dublin women charged for refusing hotel quarantine10. They will be abandoned because unnecessary.". 2003 December - Honduras - along with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua - agrees on a free trade agreement with the US. The two most notorious street gangs in Honduras - the Mara Salvatrucha and the Mara Dieciocho - agree a truce, promising to end the violence which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Death squads are allegedly used to eliminate subversive elements. Read about our approach to external linking. Read about our approach to external linking. Constitution comes into effect in 1788. 2014 May - In the first extradition of a Honduran to the United States, Honduras hands over a wanted suspected drug lord Carlos Arnoldo Lobo. The countries fought over the disputed frontier in 1969. There weren't many people that far-sighted. Read about our approach to external linking. 1525 - Spain begins conquest of Honduras, which is accomplished only in 1539 after bitter struggles with the native population and rivals representing Spanish power centres in Mexico, Panama and Hispaniola. 1998 October - Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras. 1990 January - Rafael Callejas sworn in as president; proceeds to introduce neo-liberal economic reforms and austerity measures. 1992 - International Court of Justice gives ruling establishing new boundaries between Honduras and El Salvador. 2006 April - Free trade deal with the US comes into effect. VideoAdopting in the age of opioids, Waiting for the tourists to come back to Greece, Famous Indian music gurus accused of sexual assault, The woman who refuses to be defeated by Covid, The Myanmar beauty queen standing up to the military. 1997 - Carlos Flores of the Liberal Party elected president; pledges to restructure armed forces. 1995 July - First military officers charged with human rights abuses. 2015 April - Congress passes a law offering special protection to journalists, human rights activists and judicial workers with the establishment of a panel under the justice to investigate threats. Maybe the end of the mosquito and the house fly is something to look forward to in 2100? Although coloured lights and electric currents did not take off, they were probably experimented with. 2015 June - Tens of thousands of Hondurans march in the capital, demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez over opposition claims he received millions of dollars from the country's public health system for his 2013 election campaign. However, many cities do have pedestrian zones in their historic centres. "Trains will run two miles a minute normally. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 2001 January - Honduran Committee for the Defence of Human Rights says more than 1,000 street children were murdered in 2000 by death squads backed by the police. "Strawberries as large as apples will be eaten by our great-great-grandchildren.". 2004 December - Suspected gang members massacre 28 bus passengers in the northern city of Chamalecon. "There will be no C, X or Q in our everyday alphabet. 1821 - Honduras gains independence from Spain but becomes part of Mexico. Now please either âDownload a Scheduleâ or âView a Daily Scheduleâ below. As is customary at the start of a new year, the media have been full of predictions about what may happen in the months ahead. 2010 January - Mr Zelaya goes into exile in the Dominican Republic. President Manuel Zelaya says a lack of international support to tackle chronic poverty forced him to seek aid from Venezuela. 2014 June - The US boosts aid and speeds up deportations to cope with the growing number of migrants from Central America. 2012 February - Fire in the overcrowded Comayagua prison kills 358. When Watkins was making his predictions, it would have taken a week for a picture of something happening in China to make its way into Western papers. Winter will be turned into summer and night into day by the farmer, said Watkins, with electric wires under the soil and large gardens under glass. Organisation of American States (OAS) suspends Honduras. "Huge forts on wheels will dash across open spaces at the speed of express trains of today.". 2004 May - Prison fire at San Pedro Sula kills more than 100 inmates, many of them gang members. "'Photographs will be telegraphed' reads strikingly like how we access information from the web," says Mr Tucker. Honduras and neighbouring El Salvador inaugurate their newly-defined border. 1783 - Britain accepts loss of colonies by virtue of Treaty of Paris.. 1787 - Founding Fathers draw up new constitution for United States of America. In December of that year, at the start of the 20th Century, John Elfreth Watkins wrote a piece published on page eight of an American women's magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, entitled What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years. Electric currents applied to the soil will make valuable plants to grow larger and faster, and will kill troublesome weeds. VideoAdopting in the age of opioids, Waiting for the tourists to come back to Greece, Famous Indian music gurus accused of sexual assault, The woman who refuses to be defeated by Covid, The Myanmar beauty queen standing up to the military. 2010 May - "Truth commission" begins investigating Mr Zelaya's removal from office in 2009, and concludes it was a coup. In 1900, a civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000. All the latest news about Honduras from the BBC. The extravagant privacy requirements of the super-rich, Cuba's rap battle with dissidents. Late 19th-early 20th century - US becomes economically involved in Honduras, with the United Fruit Company controlling two-thirds of banana exports by 1913. Lorry boss apologises over Taiwan train crash. 2010 November - International Criminal Court investigates allegations of human rights abuses during the 2009 coup. All the latest news about Honduras from the BBC. VideoCuba's rap battle with dissidents, Amazon admits some drivers do urinate in bottles1, 'We found a baby on the subway - now he's our son'2, French tycoon Bernard Tapie attacked in home3, Famous Indian music gurus accused of sexual assault5, Lorry boss apologises over Taiwan train crash6, State of emergency over Florida toxic water leak7, 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal'8, The Myanmar beauty queen standing up to the military9, Dublin women charged for refusing hotel quarantine10. Non è possibile visualizzare una descrizione perché il sito non lo consente. The figure is too high, says Nilsson, but at least Watkins was guessing in the right direction. The two countries recently agreed their maritime boundaries after a long-running dispute. Lots of larger varieties of fruit have been developed in the past century, but Watkins was over-optimistic with regard to strawberries. © 2021 BBC. 1988 August - Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Honduran government guilty of "disappearances" of Honduran citizens between 1981 and 1984. Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China has barred the broadcasting of BBC World News on the mainland claiming that it has done a "slew of falsified" reporting on issues such as human rights violations in Xinjiang based on interviews of victims surviving "re-education camps. But armed forces chief General Gustavo Alvarez retains considerable power and Honduras becomes embroiled in various regional conflicts. "Wireless telephone and telegraph circuits will span the world. It was picked up and caused some excitement on Twitter. This upsets Nicaragua, which claims some of the area as its own. 1999 December - Honduras and Nicaragua agree to halt ground troop deployments and pull out naval forces from the Caribbean sea pending resolution of a border dispute. 2012 May - Thousands march to protest wave of violence against journalists - more than 20 of whom have been killed in the past three years. Express trains one hundred and fifty miles per hour.". And he correctly forecast elevated roads and subways. 1982-83 - General Alvarez responds to increasing political unrest by ordering the detention of trade union activists and left-wing sympathisers. The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern California and the world. The Honduran Congress approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Cafta) in March 2005. 1999 - Armed forces placed under civilian control. 2002 January - Honduras re-establishes diplomatic ties with Cuba which it severed in 1961 when Cuba was expelled from Organisation of American States. 2000 June - Supreme Court rules that atrocities committed during 1980s are not covered by amnesty of 1987. This showed major foresight, says Mr Nilsson. Incumbent Juan Orlando Hernandez is declared winner. Patrick Tucker from the World Future Society, based in Maryland in the US, thinks Watkins might even be hinting at a much bigger future breakthrough. Hundreds of juvenile gangs - or maras - operate in Honduras. 2010 February - Government says it has restored diplomatic ties with 29 countries following its isolation after the coup. How did he do? "There will probably be from 350,000,000 to 500,000,000 people in America [the US].". 2009 June - President Manuel Zelaya is removed by the military and forced into exile. "Electricity certainly features in plant propagation. Watkins had unerring accuracy here, says Mr Nilsson - the average American man in 1900 was about 66-67ins (1.68-1.70m) tall and by 2000, the average was 69ins (1.75m). US-run camps for training Salvadorans in counterinsurgency are set up on Honduran territory. 2003 May - Congress votes to send troops to Iraq, making Honduras the first Central American country to authorise a deployment. He says armed forces will play greater role in fighting crime. 1980 - General Paz signs peace treaty with El Salvador. "Americans will be taller by from one to two inches.". "Ready-cooked meals will be bought from establishment similar to our bakeries of today.". And right-wing death squads are allegedly used to eliminate subversive elements however, many cities do have zones. 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