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| 1917 | Abdication Nicholas II |  |
| Issues his abdication manifesto
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| Nicholas' abdication manifesto is made public
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| 1191 | Alliance Richard I the Lionheart | |
| London Tancred reciprocates by giving Richard 4 ships & 15 galleys
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| 1812 | Alliance Stewart | |
| Leads the coalition against Napoleon & prevents Allies dealing separately with France
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| 1492 | Alliance James IV | |
| Concludes an Alliance with France against England
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| 1935 | Armament Baldwin, Stanley | |
| Signs a White Paper to modernize equipment & increase estimates
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| 1813 | Award Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Awarded the Order of the Garter
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| Awarded the Order of the Garter
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| 1941 | Barberossa Hitler, Adolf | |
| Salonika Paul of Yugoslavia is invited to the Berghof & offered Salonika for German support
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| 1238 | Battle of Sit River Yurii II | |
| River Sit Mongol hordes defeat the army of Vladimir-Suzdal
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| River Sit Yurii II is killed at the battle of the River Sit
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| 1963 | Birth Newsted, Jason Curtis | |
| Battle Creek Birth of Jason Curtis Newsted
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| 1941 | Claymore Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Lofoten Island Churchill launches Operation Claymore, a naval raid against the Lofoten Islands
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| 1849 | Constitution Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Enacts a new centralised & absolute Austrian Constitution
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| Vienna Enacts a new centralised & absolute Austrian Constitution
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| 1980 | Constitution Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| After a campaign marked by intimidation from all sides, mistrust from security forces and reports of full ballot boxes found on the road, the Shona majority is decisive in electing Mugabe to head the first Government as Prime Minister
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| 1461 | Coronation Edward IV | |
| Westminster Abbey Crowned King after the battle of Towton & founds the House of York, 1461-85
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| 1967 | Death Mossadeq, Muhammad | |
| Ahmad Abad Death of Muhammad Mossadeq
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| 1238 | Death Yurii II | |
| River Sit Death of Yurii II, killed at the battle of River Sit
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| 1191 | Diplomacy Richard I the Lionheart | |
| Gives Tancred the sword of Arthur King of the Britains as a symbol of their Alliance
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| 1212 | Diplomacy John | |
| London Knights Alexander & renews his 1209 agreement with William of Scots
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| 1941 | Diplomacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| Hitler applies pressure on Yugoslavia to join the Tripartite Pact
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| Berchtesgaden Hitler demands from Prince Paul that German troops pass through Yugoslavia to Greece
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| 1946 | Diplomacy Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| A Treaty of Alliance is signed with France
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| 1941 | Diplomacy Paul | |
| Berchtesgaden Hitler demands from Prince Paul that German troops pass through Yugoslavia to Greece
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| 1961 | Director Peace Corps Shriver Shriver, Sargent | |
| Appointed Director of the Peace Corps
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| 1493 | Discovery of America Pinzon, Martin | |
| Palos Returns to Palos where Colombus' fleet had set out before landing in America
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| 1455 | Dismissal Richard | |
| Calais Dismissd as Captain of Calais bt Henry VI
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| 2008 | Economy Gaddafi, Muammar Abu Minyar al- | |
| Gadaffi announces his intention to dissolve the country's existing administrative structure and disburse oil revenue directly to the people, the plan includes abolishing all ministries, except those of defense, internal security, and foreign affairs
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| 1907 | Election Botha, Louis | |
| Transvaal Africa The Het Volk, including many English-speaking allies, win the election
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| 2008 | Election Huckabee, Mike | |
| John McCain secures the 2008 USARepublican Party presidential nomination after winning primary elections in Texas, Vermont, Ohio, and Rhode Island
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| 1980 | Election Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| After a campaign marked by intimidation from all sides, mistrust from security forces and reports of full ballot boxes found on the road, the Shona majority is decisive in electing Mugabe to head the first Government as Prime Minister
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| ZANU allies itself with the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in the Patriotic Front (PF), the two parties adopting the names ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU respectively, but they split after achieving majority rule
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| ZANU win 57 out of 80 Common Roll seats in the new parliament, with the 20 white seats all going to the Rhodesian Front
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| 1646 | Exile of Charles II Charles II | |
| St Mary's Lands at St Mary's in the Scilly Isles exactly one year since leaving Oxford
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| 1987 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Addresses the Nation on the Iran Contra affair
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| 2000 | Health Obuchi, Keizo | |
| Obuchi is hospitalized & forced to rest
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| 1837 | Inauguration Buren, Martin van | |
| Washington Inaugurated President of the USA, 8th
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| 1885 | Inauguration Cleveland, Stephen Grover | |
| Washington Inaugurated President of the USA, 22nd President
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| 1921 | Inauguration Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| Washington Kisses the same bible used in the inauguration of George Washington
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| 1933 | Inauguration Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Inaugurated President of the USA
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| 1812 | Minister Stewart | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister under Lord Liverpool
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| 1917 | Monarchy Michael | |
| Moscow Michael's renunciation of the throne is made public
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| 1215 | Oath John | |
| London Makes an Oath to the Pope as a Crusader to gain the support of Innocent III
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| 1514 | Parliament Henry VIII | |
| London Henry VIII's 2nd Parliament closes
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| 1857 | Parliament Temple, Henry John | |
| London Parliament is dissolved after The Queen agrees to Parlmerston's request
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| 1917 | Police Department Lvov | |
| Moscow The Police Department is abolished
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| 1880 | President Garfield, James Abram | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 20th President, Garfield takes office
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| 1974 | Prime Minister Wilson, James Harold | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
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| 2000 | Prime Minister Aoki, Mikio | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan due to the ill health of Obuchi
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| 1907 | Prime Minister Botha, Louis | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the Transvaal
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| 1899 | Prime Minister Silvela y de le Vielleuze, Francisco | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Spain
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| 1980 | Prime Minister Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| After a campaign marked by intimidation from all sides, mistrust from security forces and reports of full ballot boxes found on the road, the Shona majority is decisive in electing Mugabe to head the first Government as Prime Minister
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| Mugabe, whose political support came from his Shona-speaking homeland in the north, attemptes to build Zimbabwe on a basis of an uneasy coalition with his Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) rivals
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| 1935 | Publication Simon | |
| Rearmament of "statement relating to Defense", recognizes the need to rearm
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| 1965 | Quote Lennon Lennon, John Winston | |
| "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity"
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| 1908 | Resignation Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| London Resigns as Prime Minister of Britain
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| 1974 | Resignation Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Coalition negotiations with leaders of the Liberal Party fail & Heath resigns as Prime Minister & is replaced by Harold Wilson & a minority Labour Government
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| No Party wins an election majority & negotiations with the Liberals break down
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| 1990 | Resignation Walker, Peter | |
| Announces he will leave the Cabinet in May & not contest the general election
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| 1851 | Senator Davis, Jefferson | |
| Davis enters his new term as senator from Mississippi
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| 1941 | Siege of Lofoton Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Lofoton A commando raid destroys fish oil processing plants in Lofoton, northern Norway.
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| 1461 | Succession Edward IV | |
| Declared King of England by Parliament
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| Succeeds as King of England
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| 1152 | Succession Frederick I Barbarossa | |
| Named Emperor by Conrad III to end the feud between the Guelph & Ghibelline
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| 1921 | Vice President Coolidge, Calvin | |
| Washington Inaugurated Vice President of the USA
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| 1980 | ZAPU Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Mugabe, whose political support came from his Shona-speaking homeland in the north, attemptes to build Zimbabwe on a basis of an uneasy coalition with his Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) rivals
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