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  Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
  Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich
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Arrest
Richard I the Lionheart
   London   The Regents of England buy Richard's freedom for ś100,000
1871
Birth
Ebert, Friedrich
   Heidelberg   Birth of Friedrich Ebert
1916
Birth
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan
      Birth of Gavin Buchanan Ewart
1918
Birth
Wisdom, Norman
      Birth of Norman Wisdom
1941
Birth
Steel, John
      Birth of John Steel, rock drummer Animals
1910
Birth
Krige, Uys
      Birth of Uys Krige
1948
Birth
Cooper, Alice
   Detroit   Birth of Alice Cooper, Vincent Furnier
1950
Birth
Dunn, James
      Birth of James Dunn, USAvocalist Stylistics
1915
Blockade of Britain
Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von
      Germany declares submarine blockade of Britain, with all approaching ships considered targets, the start of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
1942
Capture
Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen
   Cyrenaica   Completes the capture of Cyrenaica
2000
Chancellor
Schussel, Wolfgang
   Vienna   Appointed Chancellor of Austria
1938
Chief of the High Command
Keitel, Wilhelm
      Appointed Chief of the High Command of the Armed forces, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
1938
Commander
Goering, Herman
   Berlin   Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1938
Commander
Hitler, Adolf
   Berlin   Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Wehrmacht
1945
Conference of Yalta
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
   Yalta   A meeting of "the big 3" by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
   Yalta   A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
1945
Conference of Yalta
Stalin, Joseph
   Yalta   A meeting of "the big 3" represented by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
   Yalta   A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
   Yalta   It is agreed that the pro-soviet Polish Government in exile will govern most of Poland
   Yalta   Stalin agrees to invade Japan 3 months after the defeat of Germany
1945
Conference of Yalta
Roosevelt, Theodore
   Yalta   A meeting of "the big 3" represented by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
   Yalta   A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
1904
Constitution
Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
   Moscow   Authorizes Gapon's Assembly
1938
Crisis
Blomberg, Werner von
      Discredited by a marriage to a prostitute & forced to resign
      Used by Hitler for him to take control of the armed forces
1938
Crisis
Hitler, Adolf
      Blomberg is forced to resign
2007
Death
Bauer, Jos‚ Carlos
      Death of Jos‚ Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer
1505
Death
Joan of Valois
      Death of Joan of Valois
1976
Death
Britten, Benjamin
      Death of Benjamin Britten
1982
Death
Harvey, Alex
      Death of Alex Harvey, Scottish musician
1617
Death
Elsevier, Louis
      Death of Louis Elsevier
1994
Death
Jansen, Han
      Death of Han Jansen
1995
Death
Wiersma, Roel
      Death of Roel Wiersma
0211
Death
Septimus Severus
   York   Dies at Eboracum, York, during his invasion of Britain
2007
Death
Olitski, Jules
      Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor
1977
Death
Halliday, Brett
      Death of Brett Halliday, American writer
1983
Death
Carol, Sue
      Death of Sue Carol
1983
Death
Carpenter, Karen
      Death of Karen Carpenter, heart attack caused by anorexia nervosa
2007
Death
McNair, Barbara
      Death of Barbara McNair, American singer and actress
1933
Decree Presidential
Hitler, Adolf
   Berlin   Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
1972
Deportation
Lennon, John Winston
      In a secret memo, Senator Strom Thurmond suggests to Attorney General John Mitchell that John Lennon, whom the Government suspects of consorting with "known radicals," be deported
1971
Diplomacy
Sadat, Anwar
      Sadat offers a full peace 'agreement' including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders
1971
Diplomacy
Meir, Golda
      Sadat offers a full peace 'agreement' including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders
1989
Diplomacy
Shevardnadze, Eduard
      Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze wraps up four days of high-level talks in China, the first visit by a Soviet foreign minister in three decades
1817
Discovery of Ancient Honours
Scott, Walter
   Edinburgh   Discovers Scotland's ancient honours in Edinburgh Castle, not seen since Charles II
1938
Dismissal
Hitler, Adolf
   Berlin   Conservatives such as Blomberg, Fritsch & Neurath appointed by Hindenburg are removed
1938
Dismissal
Neurath, Constantin Freiher von
   Berlin   Dismissed by Hitler as Foreign Minister
1938
Dismissal
Papen, Franz von
   Berlin   Dismissed by Hitler as Ambassador to Austria
1975
Election
Heath, Edward Richard George
      Margaret Thatcher wins 130 votes, Ted Heath 119 & Hugh Fraser 16, 1st round
1716
Exile of Erskine
Erskine, John
      Sets sail for France with James Edward
1716
Exile
James Francis Edward
      James Edward is forced to return to France
2000
Federal Vice Chancellor
Riess-Passer, Susanne
   Vienna   Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor
1938
Fuehrer Chancellor of Germany
Hitler, Adolf
   Berlin   Appoints von Ribbentrop Foreirgn Minister
   Berlin   Assumes the leadership of the Ministry of War
1972
Government
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
      The 6th round of the SALT talks begins in Vienna
2006
IAEA
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
      The IAEA votes 27-3 to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, After the vote, Iran announces its intention to end voluntary co-operation with the IAEA beyond basic Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requirements
1973
ICCS
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
   Paris   The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam & South Vietnam
   Paris   Under the terms of the peace agreement the ICCS is to establish regional and sub-regional administrations based in the demilitarised zone below the Seventeenth Parallel
1973
ICCS
Thieu, Nguyen van
   Paris   The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam & South Vietnam
   Paris   Under the terms of the peace agreement the ICCS is to establish regional and sub-regional administrations based in the demilitarised zone below the Seventeenth Parallel
1520
Marriage
Boleyn, Mary
      Mary Boleyn, former mistress of Henry VIII, marries William Carey
1520
Marriage
Carey, William
      Henry VIII attends the marriage of Thomas Boleyn's daughter Mary to William Carey
1520
Marriage
Henry VIII
      Henry VIII attends the marriage of Thomas Boleyn's daughter Mary to William Carey
1938
Minister
Funk, Walther
      Appointed Minister of the Ministry of Economics
1938
Minister
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
      Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs
1918
Mobilization
Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich
      The White Army begins the "Ice March"
2006
Nuclear Warfare
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
      The IAEA votes 27-3 to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, After the vote, Iran announces its intention to end voluntary co-operation with the IAEA beyond basic Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requirements
1972
Nuclear Warfare
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
      The 6th round of the SALT talks begins in Vienna
1973
Paris Peace Accords
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
   Paris   The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace</