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4th Jan

1933
Alliance
Hitler, Adolf
   Cologne   It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
   Cologne   It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
   Cologne   Meets Papen at von Schroeder's home
   Cologne   Meets Papen at von Schroeder's home
1642
Arrest
Charles I
   London   Enters Parliament to arrest 5 MP's for treason who find refuge in the City of London
   London   Says of Pym, Holles, Hampden, Haselrig & Strode, "the birds have flown"
1642
Arrest
Hampden, John
   London   Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown"
1642
Arrest
Haselrig, Arthur
   London   Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown"
1642
Arrest
Holles, Denzil
   London   Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown"
1642
Arrest
Pym, John
   London   Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown"
1642
Arrest
Strode, William
   London   Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown"
1932
Arrest
Gandhi, Indira Nehru
      Arrested by the British
1917
Battle of Putna
Falkenhayn, Eric von
   Putna   Begins the first day of the Battle of Putna
1920
Birth
Colby, William Egan
      Birth of William Egan Colby
1675
Burial
Hyde
   Westminster Abbey   Buried in Westminster Abbey
1675
Burial
Hyde, Edward
   Westminster Abbey   Buried in Westminster Abbey
1917
Capture
Mackensen, August von
   Gurgueti   Captures Gurgueti
   Romanul   Captures Romanuli
2007
Central Command
Fallon, William
      William Fallon succeeds Gen. John Abizaid as the head of Central Command in Iraq
1916
Commander
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
      Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers
      Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers
   London   Appointed Commander with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
2007
Commander
Petraeus, David
      Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is named the top Commander in Iraq
1958
Commonwealth
Hillary, Edmund Percival
   South Pole Zealand   Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the NewZealand section
2004
Constitution
Karzai, Hamid
      A presidential system and a national assembly, and equal rights to women
      Signs the new Constitution
      The country is renamed, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
1882
Constitution
Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von
   Berlin   Passes a Royal Edict proclaiming the Emperor's responsibility for Government policy
1990
Death
Camargo, Alberto Lleras
      Death of Alberto Lleras Camargo
1958
Death
Williams, Ralph Vaughan
      Death of Vaughan Williams
1825
Death
Ferdinand I
      Death of Ferdinand I
1999
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Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro
      A new policy by the USA would let millions more dollars flow to Cubans and allow more direct flights, mail service, and trade
1989
Diplomacy
Bush, George Herbert Walker
      The USANavy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
1999
Diplomacy
Clinton, William Jefferson Bill
      A new policy would let millions more dollars flow to Cubans and allow more direct flights, mail service, and trade
1493
Discovery of America
Colombus, Christopher
      Colombus sets sail from Haiti & returns to Spain
1909
Discovery of Pole
Shackleton, Ernest Henry
   South Pole   Writes, "The end is in sight...we are weakening rapidly"
1999
Economy
Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro
      A new policy by the USA would let millions more dollars flow to Cubans and allow more direct flights, mail service, and trade
2008
Election
Saakashvili, Mikhail
      Mikhail Saakashvili wins 52.% of the vote over his nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze, who tallies 27%.
2008
Election
Kibaki, Mwai
   Kiambaa   After incumbent President Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner in the presidential election over opposition candidate Raila Odinga, who had a wide lead in preliminary results, about 50 Kikuyu who seek refuge in a church in Kiambaa at the hands of a mob
1717
Exile
James Francis Edward
      The Triple Alliance forces James Edward Stuart to leave France
1933
Government
Hitler, Adolf
      Hitler & Papen meet in the House of the banker Schroder to form a joint Government
1999
Governor
Turnbull, Charles
   Virgin Islands   Sworn in as Governor of Virgin Islands
2006
Health
Olmert, Ehud
      Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke, leaving the leadership of Israel and the new Kadima party in the hands of Ehud Olmert
2006
Health
Sharon, Ariel
      Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke, leaving the leadership of Israel and the new Kadima party in the hands of Ehud Olmert
1948
Independence
Attlee, Clement Richard
   London   Burma becomes an independent republic
1948
Independence
Nu, U
      Chosen as Independence Day by Burmese Astrologers
1939
Jewish Emigration
Goering, Herman
      Hermann Goering Appoints Reinhard Heydrich as Head of Jewish Emigration
1939
Jewish Emigration
Heydrich, Reinhard
      Hermann Goering Appoints Reinhard Heydrich as Head of Jewish Emigration
2003
Leader House of Commons
Reid, John
   London   Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
1916
Lieutenant
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
   London   Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel
1642
Long Parliament
Charles I
   London   After his failure to capture the five members, and fearing for his family's lives, Charles leaves London for Oxford,most of the royalist members of Parliament left to join him there where they form the Oxford Parliament
1932
National Congress
Gandhi, Indira Nehru
      The National Congress of India is declared illegal
1917
Neutrality
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
   Washington   Says "There will be no war...it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in"
1925
NSDAP
Hitler, Adolf
      Hitler begins his political comeback by meeting with new ministers and President of Bavaria
1642
Oxford Parliament
Charles I
   Oxford   After his failure to capture the five members, and fearing for his family's lives, Charles leaves London for Oxford,most of the royalist members of Parliament left to join him there where they form the Oxford Parliament
1957
President
Raab, Julius
      Appointed President of Austria
1966
President
CandĦa, Alfredo Ovando
      Appointed President of Bolivia, 2nd term
1996
Prime Minister
Ganzouri, Kamal
      Appointed Prime Minister of Egypt
1917
Prime Minister
Magn£sson, J˘n
      Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland
1979
Prime Minister
Bakhtiar, Shahpur
      Appointed Prime Minister of Iran
1991
Rebellion
Barre, Siad
   Khartoum   Announces plans to have peace talks with the rebels
1933
Reichstag
Papen, Franz von
   Cologne   It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
   Cologne   It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
   Cologne   Meets Hitler at von Schroeder's home
   Cologne   Meets Hitler at von Schroeder's home
1999
Resignation
Omirou, Yiannakis
      Resigns after his party, the Socialist Party, quit the governing coalition
1977
River Ganges
Hillary, Edmund Percival
   River Ganges Zealand   Leads a jetboat expedition, titled "Ocean to Sky", from the mouth of the Ganges River to its source
2005
Senator
Obama, Barack Hussein
      Obama becomes the fifth African American Senator in USAhistory, and the third to have been popularly elected
      Obama is sworn in as a Senator
1958
South Pole
Hillary, Edmund Percival
   South Pole Zealand   First to reach the Pole since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912, the first motor vehicles to reach the Pole
   South Pole Zealand   Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the NewZealand section
1642
Speaker
Lenthall, William
   London   Lenthall falls on his knees and replies to Charles I "May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here"

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