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Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) - Scarecrow Press

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1962 German Federal Republic: Courts rule that <strong>Gypsies</strong> were<br />

persecuted for racial reasons. Norway: Government Gypsy Committee<br />

established.<br />

1963 Ireland: Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Commission on Itinerancy published.<br />

Italy: Opera Nomadi education scheme set up. Yugoslavia: <strong>Gypsies</strong><br />

move to Shuto Orizari after Skopje earthquake.<br />

1964 Ireland: Itinerant Action Group set up.<br />

1965 France: Communauté Mondiale Gitane banned. Comité International<br />

Tzigane set up. Italy: Pope Paul VI addresses some 2,000 <strong>Gypsies</strong><br />

at Pomezia.<br />

1966 United Kingdom: Gypsy Council set up.<br />

CHRONOLOGY OF GYPSY HISTORY • xxix<br />

1967 Finland: National Gypsy Association established.<br />

1968 England and Wales: Caravan Sites Act: Councils to build sites.<br />

Holland: All districts must build caravan sites.<br />

1969 Bulgaria: Segregated schools are set up for <strong>Gypsies</strong>. Europe:<br />

Council <strong>of</strong> Europe Assembly passes a positive resolution on <strong>Gypsies</strong>.<br />

Yugoslavia, Macedonia: Abdi Faik elected a member <strong>of</strong> Parliament.<br />

1970 Norway: Report published on proposed work with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gypsies</strong>.<br />

United Kingdom: National Gypsy Education Council established.<br />

1971 United Kingdom: First World Romany Congress held near London.<br />

Advisory Committee on <strong>the</strong> Travelling People starts work in Scotland.<br />

1972 Czechoslovakia: Sterilization program for <strong>Gypsies</strong> begins.<br />

France: Band known as Los Reyes (later <strong>the</strong> Gypsy Kings) founded.<br />

Sweden: Stockholm’s Finska Zigenarförening founded. United Kingdom:<br />

Romany Guild founded.<br />

1973 German Federal Republic: Three <strong>Gypsies</strong> shot by farmer in Pfaffenh<strong>of</strong>en.<br />

Scandinavia: Nordiska Zigenarrådet set up to link organizations.<br />

Yugoslavia, Macedonia: Radio broadcasts in Romani start from<br />

Tetovo.<br />

1975 Europe: Council <strong>of</strong> Europe Committee <strong>of</strong> Ministers adopts a<br />

positive resolution on nomads. Hungary: The first issues <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> magazine<br />

Rom som [I Am a Romany] appear.

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