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| 1194 | Arrest Richard I the Lionheart |  |
| London The Regents of England buy Richard's freedom for ś100,000
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| 1871 | Birth Ebert, Friedrich |  |
| Heidelberg Birth of Friedrich Ebert
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| 1916 | Birth Ewart, Gavin Buchanan |  |
| Birth of Gavin Buchanan Ewart
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| 1918 | Birth Wisdom, Norman |  |
| Birth of Norman Wisdom
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| 1941 | Birth Steel, John |  |
| Birth of John Steel, rock drummer Animals
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| 1910 | Birth Krige, Uys |  |
| Birth of Uys Krige
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| 1948 | Birth Cooper, Alice |  |
| Detroit Birth of Alice Cooper, Vincent Furnier
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| 1950 | Birth Dunn, James |  |
| Birth of James Dunn, USAvocalist Stylistics
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| 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
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| 1942 | Capture Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen |  |
| Cyrenaica Completes the capture of Cyrenaica
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| 2000 | Chancellor Schussel, Wolfgang |  |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria
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| 1938 | Chief of the High Command Keitel, Wilhelm |  |
| Appointed Chief of the High Command of the Armed forces, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
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| 1938 | Commander Goering, Herman |  |
| Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 1938 | Commander Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Wehrmacht
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| 1945 | Conference of Yalta Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
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| Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
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| 1945 | Conference of Yalta Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" represented by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
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| Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
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| Yalta It is agreed that the pro-soviet Polish Government in exile will govern most of Poland
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| Yalta Stalin agrees to invade Japan 3 months after the defeat of Germany
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| 1945 | Conference of Yalta Roosevelt, Theodore |  |
| Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" represented by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
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| Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
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| 1904 | Constitution Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich |  |
| Moscow Authorizes Gapon's Assembly
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| 1938 | Crisis Blomberg, Werner von |  |
| Discredited by a marriage to a prostitute & forced to resign
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| Used by Hitler for him to take control of the armed forces
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| 1938 | Crisis Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Blomberg is forced to resign
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| 2007 | Death Bauer, Jos‚ Carlos |  |
| Death of Jos‚ Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer
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| 1505 | Death Joan of Valois |  |
| Death of Joan of Valois
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| 1976 | Death Britten, Benjamin |  |
| Death of Benjamin Britten
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| 1982 | Death Harvey, Alex |  |
| Death of Alex Harvey, Scottish musician
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| 1617 | Death Elsevier, Louis |  |
| Death of Louis Elsevier
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| 1994 | Death Jansen, Han |  |
| Death of Han Jansen
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| 1995 | Death Wiersma, Roel |  |
| Death of Roel Wiersma
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| 0211 | Death Septimus Severus |  |
| York Dies at Eboracum, York, during his invasion of Britain
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| 2007 | Death Olitski, Jules |  |
| Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor
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| 1977 | Death Halliday, Brett |  |
| Death of Brett Halliday, American writer
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| 1983 | Death Carol, Sue |  |
| Death of Sue Carol
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| 1983 | Death Carpenter, Karen |  |
| Death of Karen Carpenter, heart attack caused by anorexia nervosa
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| 2007 | Death McNair, Barbara |  |
| Death of Barbara McNair, American singer and actress
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| 1933 | Decree Presidential Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Berlin Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
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| 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
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| 1971 | Diplomacy Sadat, Anwar |  |
| Sadat offers a full peace 'agreement' including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders
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| 1971 | Diplomacy Meir, Golda |  |
| Sadat offers a full peace 'agreement' including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders
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| 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
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| 1817 | Discovery of Ancient Honours Scott, Walter |  |
| Edinburgh Discovers Scotland's ancient honours in Edinburgh Castle, not seen since Charles II
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| 1938 | Dismissal Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Berlin Conservatives such as Blomberg, Fritsch & Neurath appointed by Hindenburg are removed
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| 1938 | Dismissal Neurath, Constantin Freiher von |  |
| Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Foreign Minister
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| 1938 | Dismissal Papen, Franz von |  |
| Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Ambassador to Austria
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| 1975 | Election Heath, Edward Richard George |  |
| Margaret Thatcher wins 130 votes, Ted Heath 119 & Hugh Fraser 16, 1st round
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| 1716 | Exile of Erskine Erskine, John |  |
| Sets sail for France with James Edward
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| 1716 | Exile James Francis Edward |  |
| James Edward is forced to return to France
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| 2000 | Federal Vice Chancellor Riess-Passer, Susanne |  |
| Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor
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| 1938 | Fuehrer Chancellor of Germany Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Berlin Appoints von Ribbentrop Foreirgn Minister
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| Berlin Assumes the leadership of the Ministry of War
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| 1972 | Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| The 6th round of the SALT talks begins in Vienna
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 1520 | Marriage Boleyn, Mary |  |
| Mary Boleyn, former mistress of Henry VIII, marries William Carey
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| 1520 | Marriage Carey, William |  |
| Henry VIII attends the marriage of Thomas Boleyn's daughter Mary to William Carey
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| 1520 | Marriage Henry VIII |  |
| Henry VIII attends the marriage of Thomas Boleyn's daughter Mary to William Carey
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| 1938 | Minister Funk, Walther |  |
| Appointed Minister of the Ministry of Economics
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| 1938 | Minister Ribbentrop, Joachim von |  |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| 1918 | Mobilization Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich |  |
| The White Army begins the "Ice March"
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| 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
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| 1972 | Nuclear Warfare Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| The 6th round of the SALT talks begins in Vienna
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| 1973 | Paris Peace Accords Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| Paris The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace |