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| 1991 | Award Mitchel, Joni |  |
| Joni Mitchel is inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame
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| 1942 | Battle of Rzhev Model, Otto Moritz Walter |  |
| Rzhev Begins to attack the Russians in order to hold Rzhev & stop the Russian advance
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| Rzhev Traps a large number of Russian units, the line is closed with 26,000 Russians dead
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| 1807 | Battle of Waltersdorf Ney |  |
| Waltersdorf French corps under Ney decisively defeat a Prussian army during Napoleon's Friedland campaign
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| 1804 | Birth Runeberg, Johan Ludvig |  |
| Birth of Johan Ludvig Runeberg
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| 1938 | Birth Guare, John |  |
| Birth of John Guare, playwright
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| 1723 | Birth Neefe, Christian Gottlob |  |
| Birth of Christian Gottlob Neefe, omposer, conductor & tutor of Beethoven
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| 1840 | Birth Dunlop, John Boyd |  |
| Birth of John Boyd Dunlop
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| 1914 | Birth Hodgkin, Alan |  |
| Birth of Alan Hodgkin
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| 1935 | Birth Harvey, Alex |  |
| Birth of Alex Harvey
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| 1788 | Birth Kisfaludy, Karoly |  |
| Birth of Karoly Kisfaludy
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| 1807 | Campaign Friedland Ney |  |
| Friedland French corps under Ney decisively defeat a Prussian army during Napoleon's Friedland campaign
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| 1905 | Captain Ataturk |  |
| Damascus Appointed Captain in the 5th Army, Damascus
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| 1419 | Capture Henry V |  |
| Mantes Captures Mantes
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| 1782 | Capture Grillon |  |
| Minorca Captures all of Minorca except for Port Mahon
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| 1991 | Constitution Barre, Siad |  |
| Khartoum Sudan decrees a federal system in order to end 7 years of civil war
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| 1685 | Death Scott |  |
| Hague, The Present at the death of Charles II
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| 1948 | Death Blaskowitz, Johannes von |  |
| Nuremburg Death of Johannes Blaskowitz, commits suicide
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| 1985 | Diplomacy Pinochet, Augusto Jos RamĒn |  |
| The USAhalts its loan to Chile due to human rights abuse
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| 1985 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| Gibraltar Free movement between Spain & Gibraltar returns
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| 2003 | Diplomacy Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud |  |
| Iran makes an offer of negotiation with the USAthat covers Nuclear matters and Iran's support for Palestinian groups resisting Israeli occupation, the offer is spurned by the Bush administration
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| 2006 | Diplomacy Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud |  |
| Iran says it will no longer allow snap inspections of its Nuclear sites, after the UN Nuclear watchdog vote to report Tehran to the Security Council
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| 1972 | Diplomacy Meir, Golda |  |
| the USA agrees to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel
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| 2007 | Economy Bush, George Walker |  |
| President Bush says the $2.9 trillion budget will eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 without increasing taxes
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| 1939 | Exile of Franco Bahamonde Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo |  |
| The Republican Government retreats into France
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| 1939 | Exile of Negrin Negrin, Juan |  |
| Government politicians flee to France
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| 1939 | Exile Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo |  |
| Government politicians begin fleeing to France
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| 1985 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson |  |
| The USAhalts its loan to Chile due to human rights abuse
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| 1811 | Health George III |  |
| The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent
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| 1989 | Invasion of Afghanistan Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich |  |
| Russia announces that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan
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| 1742 | Invasion of Bohemia Frederick II the Great |  |
| Bohemia 1st day of the invasion of Bohemia
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| Bohemia French & Bavarian armies fail to assist Prussia
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| 1940 | Invasion of Finland Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Paris Attends the Supreme War Council where it is decided to help Finland against Russia
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| 1941 | Invasion of Libya Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen |  |
| Lands the Afrika Korps in Libya to support the Italians
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| 1941 | Invasion of Libya Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea |  |
| Rommel lands in Libya with the Afrika Korps to support the failed Italian invasion
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| 1940 | Invasion of Norway Chamberlain, Neville |  |
| Narvik The British Chiefs-of-Staff set 20th March as the date for a landing at Narvik
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| 1940 | Invasion of Sweden Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Paris Attends the Supreme War Council which decides to control the Swedish iron-ore fields
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| 1811 | Legislation George III |  |
| The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent
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| The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent
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| 1811 | Legislation George IV |  |
| The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent
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| The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent
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| 1644 | Lieutenant Cromwell, Oliver |  |
| London Signs the Covenant enabling him to take up the position of Lieutenant Colonel
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| London Signs the Covenant enabling him to take up the position of Lieutenant Colonel
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| 2006 | Nuclear Warfare Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud |  |
| Iran says it will no longer allow snap inspections of its Nuclear sites, after the UN Nuclear watchdog vote to report Tehran to the Security Council
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| 1515 | Parliament Henry VIII |  |
| London Opening of Henry VIII's 3rd Parliament
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| 1979 | Prime Minister Bazargan, Mehdi |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Iran
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| 1998 | Purchase Minnesota Vikings Clancy, Tom |  |
| Minnesota Tom Clancy signs agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million
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| 1811 | Regency George IV |  |
| Appointed Regent for George III during his bout of insanity
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| 1955 | Resignation Mendes-France, Pierre |  |
| Paris The Government falls over the question of North-African insurgency
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| 1992 | Scandal Ashdown, Paddy |  |
| Admits affair with secretary
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| 1757 | Siege of Calcutta Clive, Robert |  |
| Calcutta The Nawab marches again on Calcutta but is surprised by a dawn attack by the British
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| 1757 | Siege of Calcutta Siraj-Ud-Daulah |  |
| Calcutta The Nawab marches again on Calcutta but is surprised by a dawn attack by the British
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| 1898 | Siege of Havana McKinley, William |  |
| Havana The Spanish sink the USAbattleship Maine which triggers off the Spanish-American War
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| 1885 | Siege of Khartoum Gladstone, William Ewart |  |
| Khartoum After Gordon's death Gladstone resigns
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| 1960 | Speech Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| London Makes maiden speech in Parliament
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| 1818 | Succession Charles XIV |  |
| Stockholm The Crown Prince Jean Bernadotte becomes the first Bernadotte King
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| 1948 | Suicide Blaskowitz, Johannes von |  |
| Nuremburg Commits suicide after being indicted as a war criminal before being brought to trial
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| 1136 | Treaty of Durham Stephen |  |
| Durham David I is granted Carlisle and Doncaster, with Carlisle went much of Cumberland and the honour of Lancaster
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| 1136 | Treaty of Durham David I |  |
| Durham David I is granted Carlisle and Doncaster, with Carlisle went much of Cumberland and the honour of Lancaster
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| 1948 | Trial Blaskowitz, Johannes von |  |
| Nuremburg Commits suicide after being indicted as a war criminal before being brought to trial
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| 1983 | Trial Barbie, Klaus |  |
| Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
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| 1988 | Trial Noriega, Manuel |  |
| Indicted by the USAof taking millions of dollars in bribes from drug traficers
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| 2003 | United Nations Powell, Colin |  |
| Fails to gain support from UN Security Council members France, Germany & Russia
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