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| 1954 | 1st 4 Minute Mile Bannister, Roger |  |
| 1st person to run the mile in under 4 minutes
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| 1954 | 4 Minute Mile Bannister, Roger | |
| 1st person to run the mile in under 4 minutes
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| 1808 | Abdication Ferdinand VII | |
| 18 Supreme Governing Juntas are established in the provinces ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII
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| Abdication of his father, Charles IV
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| Ferdinand VII is forced to abdicate by Napoleon
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| 1910 | Accession Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Attends a meeting of the Privy Council to discuss the accession of George V
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| 1935 | Anniversary George V | |
| Celebrates his Silver Jubilee
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| 1622 | Battle of Bad Wimpfen Tserclaes, Johann | |
| Bad Wimpfen Helps defeat George-Frederick of Baden-Durlach
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| 1942 | Battle of Bataan Parker, George Marshall | |
| Corregidor The USAsurrenders to the Japanese on Corregidor after the surrender of Bataan
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| 1529 | Battle of Ghagra Babur | |
| Ghagra Babur defeats the Afghan Chiefs in the Battle of Ghagra
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| 1757 | Battle of Prague Frederick II the Great | |
| Prague Frederick II the Great defeats the Austrians & lays siege to Prague
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| 1622 | Battle of Wimpfen Tserclaes, Johann | |
| Wimpfen Victorious at the battle of Wimpfen against Georg Fredrick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
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| 1856 | Birth Freud, Sigmund | |
| Freiberg Rep Birth of Sigmund Freud
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| Freiburg Rep Birth of Sigmund Freud
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| 1758 | Birth Massena, Andre | |
| Nice Birth of Andre Massena
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| 1758 | Birth Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| Birth of Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore Robespierre
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| 1953 | Birth Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Edinburgh Birth of Anthony Blair, son of a barrister & university lecturer
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| 1998 | Blair Brown Relations Brown, Gordon | |
| Relations betrween Blair & Brown appear particularly strained when Alistair Campbell reportedly describes the Chancellor as "psychologically flawed"
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| 1942 | Capture Homma, Masaharu | |
| Corregidor The Japanese capture Corregidor
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| 1942 | Capture Yoshihito | |
| Corregidor The Japanese complete their capture of the Phillipines
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| 1994 | Channel Tunnel Mitterand, Francois | |
| President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel
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| 1994 | Channel Tunnel Elizabeth II | |
| President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel
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| 1808 | Constitution Ferdinand VII | |
| 18 Supreme Governing Juntas are established in the provinces ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII
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| 1471 | Death Beaufort, Henry | |
| London Death of Edmund Beaufort, beheaded by the Yorkists
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| 1910 | Death Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Death of Edward VII, during a Constitutional crisis
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| 1910 | Death Edward VII | |
| London Death of Edward VII, during the Constitutional crisis facing the House of Lords
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| 1930 | Death Carden, Sackville Hamilton | |
| Lymington Death of Sackville Hamilton Carden
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| 1338 | Declaration of War Edward III | |
| Cancels the truce with France after the attack on Portsmouth & the Isle of Wight
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Galtieri, Leopoldo | |
| Argentine junta rejects Peruvian peace plan
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| The Junta rejects the Peruvian peace plan for a 2nd time
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| 1994 | Diplomacy Mitterand, Francois | |
| President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel
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| 1873 | Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| A military convention between Germany & Russia
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| 1939 | Diplomacy George VI | |
| Leaves for Canada
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Argentine junta rejects Peruvian peace plan
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| 1959 | Diplomacy JĒnsson, Emil | |
| Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
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| 1983 | Diplomacy Begin, Menachem | |
| Israel accepts the USAproposal for mutual withdrawal from Lebanon of Israel & Syria
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| 1997 | Economy Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Chancellor Gordon Brown gives the Bank of England the freedom to set interest rates
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| The Bank of England is made independent & free to set interest rates
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| 1997 | Economy Brown, Gordon | |
| Chancellor Gordon Brown gives the Bank of England the freedom to set interest rates
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| 1986 | Election Botha, Pieter | |
| Wins an overwhelming majority in the white-only election
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| 1471 | Execution Beaufort, Henry | |
| London Beheaded by the Yorkists
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| 1981 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Expels all Libyan Diplomats due to Libya's support for terrorists
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| 1983 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Israel accepts the USAproposal for mutual withdrawal from Lebanon of Israel & Syria
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| 1983 | Occupation Begin, Menachem | |
| Israel accepts the USAproposal for mutual withdrawal from Lebanon of Israel & Syria
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| 1661 | Parliament Charles II | |
| London Opens the Cavalier Parliament, 1st legal Parliament in 20 yrs
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| 1728 | Reform Walpole, Robert | |
| Disenfrachises the Irish Roman Catholics
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| 1910 | Reform Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| A 6 month political truce is called due to George VI's inexperience
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| 1997 | Reform Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Bank of England is made independent & free to set interest rates
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| 1997 | Reform Brown, Gordon | |
| The Bank of England is made independent
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| 1916 | Resignation Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Armentieres Gives his Officers a farewell lunch at Armentieres
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| Armentieres Holds a farewell luncheon for the officers of his batallion
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| 1644 | Siege of Lincoln Montagu | |
| Lincoln Captures Lincoln
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| 1429 | Siege of Orleans Joan of Arc | |
| Orleans French troops attack the southern fortresses, St-Jean-le-Blanc is gained without a fight, followed by a successful assault against the English in Les Augustins
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| 1757 | Siege of Prague Frederick II the Great | |
| Prague Frederick II the Great defeats the Austrians & lays siege to Prague
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| Prague Marshal Daun goes to the relief of Prague with 60,000 troops
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| 1970 | Siege of Siagon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Saigon In Saigon over the past week, 450 civilians are killed during Viet Cong terrorist raids throughout the city, the highest weekly death toll to date
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| 1644 | Siege of York Montagu | |
| York Gathers together a force of 27,000 outside York
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| 1905 | Strike Nicholas II | |
| Tsarkoe Selo Prince Troubetskoi visits the Tsar saying revolution is underway
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| 1905 | Strike Troubetskoi | |
| Tsarkoe Selo Prince Troubetskoi visits the Tsar saying revolution is underway
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| 1808 | Supreme Governing Juntas Ferdinand VII | |
| 18 Supreme Governing Juntas are established in the provinces ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII
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| 1646 | Surrender Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London The surrender of the King to the Scots in Newark is announced in Parliament
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| 1945 | Surrender Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Surrenders to the Americans
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