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| 1431 | Arrest Joan of Arc |  |
| Rouen Joan of Arc's trial begins, overseen by pro-English clergy paid by the English Government
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| 2004 | Arrest Hussein, Saddam | |
| Hussein is given prisoner-of-war status
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| 1917 | Battle of Somme, 1st Haig, Douglas | |
| Somme The British capture trenches east of Beaumont Hamel
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| 1735 | Birth Jervis, John | |
| Meaford Birth of John Jervis, Meaford, Staffordshire
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| 1944 | Birth Page, James Patrick "Jimmy" | |
| Hounslow Birth of James Patrick "Jimmy" Page
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| 1844 | Birth Umberto I | |
| Birth of Umberto I, son of Victor Emannuel II
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| 1913 | Birth Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Yorba Linda Birth of Richard Mulhouse Nixon, 25 miles sth of Los Angeles in a 2 story farmhouse
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| 1916 | Campaign Gallipolli Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| Gallipoli The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
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| Gallipolli The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
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| 1958 | Chancellor Heathcoat Amory, Derick | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
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| 1918 | Conference of Brest Litovsk Trotsky, Leon | |
| Brest Litovsk Plays for time but would capitulate if Germany gave an ultimatum
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| Brest Litovsk The Brest negotiations resume with Trotsky heading the Russian delegation
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| 1910 | Constitution Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Leven Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"
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| 1986 | Crisis Heseltine, Michael | |
| London Michael Heseltine resigns from Cabinet during the Westland crisis
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| 1986 | Crisis Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Michael Heseltine resigns as a result of the Westland Helicopter crisis
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| 1967 | Death Ruby, Jack | |
| Death of Jack Ruby, from a blood clot in the lungs
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Galtieri, Leopoldo | |
| The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff
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| 1925 | Diplomacy Stressman, Gustav | |
| German note sent to France suggesting western security pact
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| German note sent to France suggesting western security pact
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff
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| 1909 | Discovery of Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| Edward VII Plat Names the area where they stop as King Edward VII Plateau
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| South Pole Names the area where they stop as King Edward VII Plateau
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| South Pole Shackleton stops at 88 degrees 23'S, 111 miles short of the Sth Pole
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| 1910 | Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Leven Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"
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| 2005 | Election Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| Abbas is elected with 62% of the vote as the new president of the Palestinian Authority
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| 1927 | Exile of Stalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| Has Trotsky exiled
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| 1954 | Expulsion Blacks Malan, Daniel Francois | |
| Johannesburg Africa 60,000 Africans are moved to the Meadowlands development 13 miles from Johannesburg
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| Johannesburg Africa Final phase of the expulsion of black Africans from their homes in Johannesburg
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| 1955 | Expulsion Blacks Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Johannesburg Africa Decides that there is no alternative to armed & violent resistance
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| 1950 | Government McCarthy, Joseph | |
| Alleges that 205 Communists are working in the State Department
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| 1959 | Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Alaska becomes the 49th state of the Union
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| 1918 | Grand Fleet Beatty, David | |
| Establishes the Grand Fleet Strategy
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| 1910 | House of Lords Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Leven Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly"
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| 1909 | Independence Taft, William Howard | |
| Washington Colombia signs a convention with the USA recognizing Panama
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| 1873 | Invasion of France Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| German occupation forces begin to evacuate France following the death of Napoleon III
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| 1873 | Invasion of France Germany Thiers, Louis Adolphie | |
| German occupation forces begin to evacuate France following the death of Napoleon III
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| 1982 | Invasion of Georgia Galtieri, Leopoldo | |
| South The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff
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| 1987 | Karbala 5 Hussein, Saddam | |
| Basra Iraq counterattacks with the objective of capturing Basra
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| 1971 | Kidnap Jackson, Geoffrey | |
| Kidnapped by Uruguyan terrorists
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| 1918 | Manifesto White Army Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich | |
| Issues the White Army Manifesto
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| 1540 | Marriage Anne of Cleves | |
| Anulled because of Anne's contract to the son of the Duke of Lorraine
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| London Henry VIII annuls the marriage because it was without his consent
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| Hever Castle Receives a generous settlement, including Hever Castle, home of Henry's former in-laws, the Boleyns
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| 1996 | Minister Meza, Tomas Castillo | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense
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| 1917 | Mobilization Theobald, Bethmann Hollweg von | |
| Silesia At a GHQ meeting agrees to unrestricted submarine warfare
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| 1986 | Nuclear Warfare Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Announces a 15 yr timetable for the abolition of all Nuclear weapons
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| 1522 | Pope Adrian VI | |
| Vatican Appointed Pope, Florensz Boeyens, the Cardinal of Utrecht
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| 1828 | Prime Minister Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain by George IV
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| 1414 | Rebellion Henry V | |
| St Giles Field Lollards try to capture Henry V his troops arrest them as they approach the City
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| 2000 | Rebellion Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Chechnya Rebels attack Russian positions in Argun, Shali and Gudermes as Russia continues a bombing halt for the Orthodox Christmas
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| 1875 | Rebellion Alfonso XII | |
| Barcelona Alfonso XII lands at Barcelona but the rebellion continues
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| 1988 | Reform Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 1st advertisement in a Soviet newspaper appears in Izvestiya
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| 1992 | Republic Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina Karadzic, Radovan | |
| The Bosnian Serb Assembly proclaims the Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 1957 | Resignation Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| London Eden resigns as Prime Minister
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| 1957 | Resignation Elizabeth II | |
| London Publicly announces Eden's resignation
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| London Publicly announces Eden's resignation
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| 1986 | Resignation Heseltine, Michael | |
| London Michael Heseltine resigns from Cabinet during the Westland crisis
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| 1986 | Resignation Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Michael Heseltine resigns from Cabinet during the Westland crisis
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| 1792 | Rule of Bessarabia Catherine II the Great | |
| Bessarabia Under the treaty of Jassy Russia returns Bessarabia to Turkey
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| 1792 | Rule of Crimea Catherine II the Great | |
| Jassy The treaty of Jassy legitimizes Russian claima to the Crimea
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| 1861 | Rule of Mississippi Lincoln, Abraham | |
| Mississippi Mississippi becomes the 2nd state to secede from the Union
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| 1792 | Rule of Moldavia Catherine II the Great | |
| Moldavia Under the treaty of Jassy Russia returns Moldavia to Turkey
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| 1910 | Speech Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Leven Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"
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| 1972 | Strike Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 1st day of the miners strike
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| 1905 | Strike Gapon, George | |
| St Petersburg 200 are killed by Cossacks
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| St Petersburg Leads a peaceful demonstration to hand a petition to the Tsar
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| 1878 | Succession Umberto I | |
| Succeeds as King of Italy
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| 1569 | Succession Mary of Scots | |
| Writes she would rather die than resign her crown
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| 1918 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk Joffe, Adolf Abromovich | |
| Brest Litovsk Heads the Russian peace Treaty negotiations which are resumed
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| 1792 | Treaty of Jassy Catherine II the Great | |
| Jassy A pact between the Russian and Ottoman Empires ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 and confirming Russia's increasing dominance in the Black Sea
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| Jassy Russia retains all conquered territory east of the Dniester River
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| Jassy Russia returns Moldavia & Bessarabia to Turkey
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| Jassy Signed by Grand Vizier Yusuf-Pasha and Prince Bezborodko (who had succeeded Prince Potemkin as the head of the Russian delegation upon the latter's death)
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| Jassy The treaty of Jassy legitimizes Russian claima to the Crimea
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| Jassy The treaty recognizes Russia's 1783 annexation of the Crimean Khanate and transfers Yedisan to Russia making the Dniester the Russo-Turkish frontier in Europe
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| 1431 | Trial Joan of Arc | |
| Rouen Joan of Arc's trial begins, overseen by pro-English clergy paid by the English Government
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| 1918 | White Army Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich | |
| Issues the White Army Manifesto
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