On this day in 1990, Romania's ambassador to the UN called for the Ceaucescus to be extradited back to Bucharest.

On this day in 1990, the Swiss government announced it was granting Romania's request to extradite the Ceaucescus.

On this day in 1990, deposed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, who along with his wife Elena had escaped Bucharest seven days earlier, was arrested in Switzerland while attempting to secure political asylum at the North Korean embassy in Geneva.

On this day in 1989, just minutes before they were to have been executed by a firing squad, deposed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu and his wife Elena were rescued by Securitate agents loyal to Ceaucescu; the next day the Ceaucescus fled to Switzerland, where they registered under assumed names in a Geneva hotel and made preparations to seek political asylum in North Korea.

On this day in 1990, Nicolae Ceaucescu and his wife Elena committed suicide while in police custody.

On this day in 1990, Swiss authorities opened an inquiry into the suicide of Nicolae and Elena Ceaucescu.

On this day in 1990, the former Securitate agent who had organized the Ceaucescus' escape from Romania was arrested in London.                                                                              

On this day in 1990, Swiss police completed their inquiry into the suicides of Nicolae and Elena Ceaucescu.

Their final report confirmed coroners' preliminary findings that the deposed Romanian dictator and his wife had hanged themselves while their guards were changing shifts.

On this day in 1990, opening arguments were heard in the trial of the mastermind of the Ceaucescus' escape from Romania.