{"slug": "qatar", "label": "Qatar", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846", "qid": "Q846", "description": "country in West Asia", "entries": 14, "years": 10, "span": [1952, 2025], "span_label": ["1952 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-arab-emirates", "label": "United Arab Emirates", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kuwait", "label": "Kuwait", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bahrain", "label": "Bahrain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oman", "label": "Oman", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yemen", "label": "Yemen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan", "label": "Jordan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "osama-bin-laden", "label": "Osama bin Laden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bali", "label": "Bali", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "argentina-national-football-team", "label": "Argentina national football team", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Al Arabi sports and association football club is founded in Qatar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#March–April", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created among Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#May", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November", "text": "A tape of Osama bin Laden was broadcast on by the Arabic-language al-Jazeera satellite television channel based in Qatar. On the tape, he warned U.S. allies that they would be targets of new attacks if they continued to back the United States. He also hailed attacks in Bali, Kuwait, Yemen and Jordan and the Moscow theatre siege a month earlier. The cassette was handed to an Al Jazeera television correspondent in Islamabad by an unidentified man who disappeared immediately.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652183#November", "title": "2002 in Afghanistan", "revid": 1372652183, "section": "November"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – The UN Climate Change Conference in Qatar agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#December", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Qatar withdraws from OPEC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#January", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – The border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#January", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 12", "text": "12 January – Egypt reopens its airspace to Qatari aircraft, and will allow the resumption of direct flights between the countries, which have been suspended since 2017.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266152538#Events", "title": "2021 in Qatar", "revid": 1266152538, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 19", "text": "19 September – Kabul Airlift: A Qatar Airways charter flight carrying 200 passengers, including Afghans and Americans, departs from Kabul International Airport to Qatar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266152538#Events", "title": "2021 in Qatar", "revid": 1266152538, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 13", "text": "13 March – The Transitional Military Council of Chad meets with 44 different armed rebel and opposition groups, including the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad, and the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development in Doha, Qatar for peace talks. The President of Chad, Mahamat Déby, hopes that the talks will be the first step towards agreeing on a new constitution and holding free elections.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243703811#Events", "title": "2022 in Chad", "revid": 1243703811, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 25", "text": "25 March – The U.S. State Department cancels meetings with the Taliban leadership in Doha, Qatar, dealing with the Afghan economy, in response to the Taliban barring high-school girls from returning to school.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364242781#Events", "title": "2022 in Qatar", "revid": 1364242781, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20–December 18 – The 2022 FIFA World Cup is held in Qatar and won by Argentina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#November", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations after relations were suspended during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#June", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 2", "text": "2 February – Lesotho at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships: Lesotho competes in Doha, Qatar with one athlete in swimming. No medals are won.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319902374#February", "title": "2024 in Lesotho", "revid": 1319902374, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Iran launches missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraq in response to the previous day's strikes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#June", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › June"}}]}