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| 1926 | 1st Flight North Pole Byrd, Richard Evelyn |  |
| North Pole Helps complete the 1st flight over the North Pole
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| 1946 | Abdication Victor Emmanuel III | |
| Victor Emmanuel III abdicates
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| Rome Victor Emmanuel III abdicates
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| 1938 | Alliance Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Moscow Will help Czech against Germany if Romania & Poland allow passage of Russian troops
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| 1912 | Armament Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Weymouth Present for the King's inspection of the Fleet
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| 1671 | Arrest Blood, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Thomas Blood is arrested for attempting to steal the crown jewels & released
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| 1978 | Assassination Moro, Aldo | |
| Moro's body is found in a parked car in Rome
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| Rome Moro's body is found in a parked car in Rome
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| 1918 | Award Hitler, Adolf | |
| Awarded for courage beyond the call of duty
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| 1915 | Battle of Arras Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| Arras First day of the Arras Offensive
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| 1796 | Battle of Lodi Napoleon I | |
| Lodi Drives the Austrians out of Lombardy
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| 1849 | Battle of Palestrina Garibaldi, Guisseppe | |
| Palestrina Defeats the Neapolitans at Palestrina
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| 1846 | Battle of Resca de la Palma Taylor, Zacharay | |
| Resca d'Palma Defeats the Mexicans
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| 1962 | Beatles, The Harrison, George | |
| The Beatles finally sign a record contract with Parlophone Records after having been turned down by many labels
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| 1962 | Beatles, The Lennon, John Winston | |
| The Beatles finally sign a record contract with Parlophone Records after having been turned down by many labels
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| 1962 | Beatles, The McCartney, Paul | |
| The Beatles finally sign a record contract with Parlophone Records after having been turned down by many labels
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| 1976 | Beider Meinhof Group Meinhof, Ulrike | |
| Stuttgart An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr
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| Stuttgart Death of Ulrike Meinhof. found dead in her cell
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| 1866 | Birth Gokhale, Gopal Krishna | |
| Gokhale Birth of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India
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| 1982 | Bombing of Beirut Begin, Menachem | |
| Jerusalem Israeli jets raid PLO bases south of Beirut
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| 1969 | Bombing of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| News of the secret bombing of Cambodia is leaked to the New York Times
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| 1941 | Capture Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Diego Suarez The British march into Diego Suarez in Madagascar after just 2 days fighting
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| 1936 | Capture Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea | |
| Proclaims Italy's annexation of Abyssinia
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| 1944 | Capture Stalin, Joseph | |
| Crimea Russia recaptures Crimea by taking Sevastopol
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| 1640 | Capture Keith | |
| Aberdeen Captures Aberdeen for the Covenantors
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| 1940 | Chief of Staff Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of XIX Corps
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| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of XIX Corps
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| Appointed Commander of XIX Corps
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| 1940 | Chief Whip Margesson, David | |
| London Informs Chamberlain that the Commons favours Churchill as Chamberlain's successor
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| 1645 | Civil War England Gordon | |
| Auldearn Helps Montrose defeat Hurry at Auldearn
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| 1645 | Civil War England Hurry, John | |
| Auldearn Hurry is defeated & 2,000 to 3,000 Covenanters perish in the battle
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| Auldearn Hurry tries to surprise Montose but is trapped by MacDonald & defeated by Montrose
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| 1645 | Civil War England MacDonald, Alasdair | |
| Auldearn Hurry tries to surprise Montose but is trapped by MacDonald & defeated by Montrose
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| 1793 | Commander Custine | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
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| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
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| 1671 | Crown Jewels Blood, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Thomas Blood is arrested for attempting to steal the crown jewels & released
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| 1888 | Death Wilhelm I | |
| Berlin Dies in Berlin age 90 & succeeded by his 57 year old son Friedrich Wilhelm
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| 1986 | Death Norgay, Tenzing | |
| Everest Death of Tenzing Norgay
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| 1950 | Declaration of Schuman Schuman, Robert | |
| The "Schuman declaration", considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union, later known as Europe Day
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| 1970 | Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Nixon visits the Lincoln Memorial demonstration
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Moscow Rumania & Poland refuse to allow passage of Russian troops
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| Moscow Will help Czech against Germany if Romania & Poland allow passage of Russian troops
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| 1908 | Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Dundee Elected Member of Parliament for Dundee with a Liberal majority 2,709
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| 1950 | European Coal & Steel Community Schuman, Robert | |
| Proposes the creation of the EuropeanCoal & Steel Community, dubbed "St Schuman's Day"
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| 1950 | European Union Schuman, Robert | |
| The "Schuman declaration", considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union, later known as Europe Day
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| 1719 | Invasion of Britain Butler, James | |
| Advises invaders in Scotland to proceed saying they will be supported by Spain
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| 1941 | Invasion of Madagascar Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Diego Suarez The British march into Diego Suarez in Madagascar after 2 days fighting
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| 1941 | Ironclad Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Diego Suarez The British march into Diego Suarez in Madagascar after just 2 days fighting
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| 1828 | Legislation Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Acts of indemnity are passed annually
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| The Test & Corporation Acts dating from Charles II are repealed
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| 1973 | Nuclear Warfare MacMahon, William | |
| Australia and NewZealand institute proceedings in the International Court of Justice against French atmospheric testing of Nuclear weapons in the South Pacific
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| 1973 | Nuclear Warfare Mesmer, Pierre | |
| Australia and NewZealand institute proceedings in the International Court of Justice against French atmospheric testing of Nuclear weapons in the South Pacific
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| 1972 | Nuclear Warfare Kirk, Norman | |
| Australia and NewZealand institute proceedings in the International Court of Justice against French atmospheric testing of Nuclear weapons in the South Pacific
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| 1448 | Peerage Woodville, Richard | |
| Created Baron Rivers by Henry VI
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| 1950 | Plan Schumann Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Paris The French & German coal, iron & steel industries are placed under a single authority
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| Paris The Schumann Plan is launched in Paris
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| 1994 | President Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Appointed President of Sth Africa by the 1st session of the National Assembly
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| 1986 | Prime Minister Brundtland, Gro Harlem | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Norway, 2nd term
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| 1881 | Prime Minister Scanlen, Thomas Charles | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
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| 1918 | Rebellion Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Kolpino Bolshevik troops open fire on workers protesting at food shortages in the town of Kolpino
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| 1828 | Reform Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London The Test & Corporation Acts dating from Charles II are repealed
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| 1991 | Reform Major, John Roy | |
| London The Government uses the Parliament Act to pass the War Crimes Bill
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| 1939 | Resignation Chamberlain, Neville | |
| London Appeals for unity & invites Greenwood & Attlee to join the Government with him as PM
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| 1940 | Resignation Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Bournemouth Sends a letter to Chamberlain saying Labour will not serve under Chamberlain
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| 1940 | Resignation Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Chamberlain prefers Halifax as PM but he cannot run the Government from the Lords
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| 1950 | Schuman Plan Schuman, Robert | |
| The "Schuman declaration", considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union, later known as Europe Day
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| 1941 | Siege of Diego Suarez Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Diego Suarez The British march into Diego Suarez in Madagascar after 2 days fighting
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| 1992 | Siege of Sarajevo Mladic, Ratko | |
| Sarajevo Assumes the post of Chief of Staff/Deputy Commander of the Second Military District Headquarters of the JNA in Sarajevo
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| 1944 | Siege of Sevastopol Stalin, Joseph | |
| Sevastopol Russia recaptures Crimea by taking Sevastopol
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| 1946 | Succession Umberto II | |
| Succeeds as King of Italy
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| 1945 | Surrender Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Signs act of military surrender to the Allies
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| 1945 | Surrender Stalin, Joseph | |
| Berlin German commanders sign unconditional surrender, ends the war in Europe
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| 1945 | Surrender Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Prague German forces in Prague surrender to the Soviet Army
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| 1832 | Treaty of Payne's Landing Jackson, Andrew | |
| Washington Seminole Chiefs cede land in Florida & agree to move west of the Mississippi River
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| 1974 | Trial Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington The House Judiciary Committee opens impeachment hearings on Nixon
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| 1940 | XIX Corps Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| Composed of 1st, 2nd & 10th Panzer divisions & an elite regiment "Grossdeutschland"
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