{"slug": "john-howard", "label": "John Howard", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51330", "qid": "Q51330", "description": "Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1929, 2007], "span_label": ["1929 CE", "2007 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "australian-labor-party", "label": "Australian Labor Party", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "national-party-of-australia", "label": "National Party of Australia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "liberalnational-coalition", "label": "Liberal–National Coalition", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "liberal-party-of-australia", "label": "Liberal Party of Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "stanley-bruce", "label": "Stanley Bruce", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-scullin", "label": "James Scullin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bob-hawke", "label": "Bob Hawke", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – 1929 Australian federal election: The Labor Party, led by James Scullin, defeats the Nationalist/Country Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. Scullin will be sworn in on October 22. Notably, this is the first occasion in Australian political history where a sitting prime minister loses his own seat (the second being John Howard in 2007).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#October", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1939, "year_label": "1939 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372426050#July–August", "title": "1939", "revid": 1372426050, "section": "Births › July–August"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – 1987 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Labor government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Liberal Party led by John Howard and the National Party led by Ian Sinclair.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#July", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – 1996 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by John Howard defeats the Labor government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating. Howard was sworn in on March 11.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#March", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 10", "text": "10 May – Prime Minister John Howard announces new gun control measures, which involve the banning of automatic and semi-automatic weapons, self-loading rifles, shotguns and pump-action shotguns, as well as tightening of other gun laws. A nationwide register will be established, along with requirements for a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm, minimum standards for storage and mail order sales controls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356328933#May", "title": "1996 in Australia", "revid": 1356328933, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – 1998 Australian federal election: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition government is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#October", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10 – 2001 Australian federal election: The Coalition government, led by John Howard, is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#November", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 5", "text": "5 April – At the Council of Australian Governments Meeting in Canberra, Prime Minister John Howard concedes ground to the States on human embryo research.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365576445#April", "title": "2002 in Australia", "revid": 1365576445, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – 2007 Australian federal election: The Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd defeats the Liberal/National Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Howard. Rudd would be sworn in on December 3.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#November", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › November"}}]}