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| 2008 | 314 Riots Jintao, Hu |  |
| The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also known as the 314 Riots in China, began with demonstrations on March 10, 2008 (Tibetan Uprising Day), the 49th anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Beijing's rule
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| 1938 | Anschluss Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th
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| 1922 | Arrest Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand | |
| Chauri Chaura Gandhi is arrested then tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years imprisonment
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| 1969 | Arrest Ray, James Earl | |
| London Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later
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| 1948 | Assassination Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| Prague Rep Dies by suicide or murder, then a Communist putsch leads to Soviet power in Czech
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| 1971 | Assassination Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Belfast 3 off-duty soldiers are murdered in a public house near Belfast
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| 1969 | Assassination Ray, James Earl | |
| London Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later
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| 1098 | Battle of Edessa Baldwin I | |
| Edessa The citizens of Edessa gave Baldwin control of the city
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| 1590 | Battle of Ivry Tserclaes, Johann | |
| Ivry Fights at the battle of Ivry
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| 1947 | Birth Campbell, Avril Phaedra | |
| Port Alberni Birth of Avril Phaedra Campbell
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| 1964 | Birth Elizabeth II | |
| London Birth of Edward, gives birth to Prince Edward
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| 1629 | Birth Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| Birth of Alexis I Mikhaylovich, son of Tsar Michael & Eudoxia
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| 1945 | Bombing of Tokyo Hirohito | |
| Tokyo 2 million have been made homeless in Tokyo
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| 1945 | Commander Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West
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| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West
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| 1661 | Constitution Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of France, appoints himself
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| 1812 | Constitution Ferdinand VII | |
| Ferdinand VII repudiates the liberal Constitution
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| The Cortes passes a liberal Constitution under a hereditary monarch
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| 1952 | Coup d'Etat Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Havana Batista fears that Barquin would oust him and his followers, and when it becomes apparent that Batista had little chance of winning the election he stages a Coup
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| Havana Holds power with the backing of a nationalist section of the army as a "provisional president" for the next two years
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| 1990 | Coup d'Etat Avril, Prosper | |
| Forced to resign during a Coup d'etat
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| 1910 | Death Lueger, Karl | |
| Death of Karl Lueger
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| 1948 | Death Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| Prague Rep Death of Jan Garrigue Masaryk
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| 1985 | Death Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich | |
| Moscow Death of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, dies of emphysema age 73
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| 1624 | Declaration of War James I | |
| London Declares war on Spain after the Commons has granted funds
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| 2008 | Demonstrations Jintao, Hu | |
| The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also known as the 314 Riots in China, began with demonstrations on March 10, 2008 (Tibetan Uprising Day), the 49th anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Beijing's rule
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| 1971 | Demonstrations Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Jews demanding emigration occupy offices of the Supreme Soviet
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| 2008 | Demonstrations Gyatso, Tenzin | |
| The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also known as the 314 Riots in China, begin with demonstrations on March 10, 2008 (Tibetan Uprising Day), the 49th anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Beijing's rule
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| 1939 | Diplomacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin The Czech President Hacha dismisses the Slovak Government from office
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| 1952 | Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Russia proposes a 4 power conference on the unification & rearmament of Germany
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| 1908 | Discovery of Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| Mount Erebus Climbs Mt Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano
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| 2003 | Economy Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The FTSE-100 slumps to an 8 yr low
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| 2003 | Economy Brown, Gordon | |
| The FTSE-100 slumps to an 8 yr low
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| 1971 | Election Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had leads her Indian National Congress to a landslide majority in the Parliament of India in the elections, and after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, her popularity is meteoric
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| 1931 | Expulsion Mosley Mosley, Oswald Ernald | |
| London Expelled from the Labour Party for seeking to form a new Party
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| 1985 | General Secretary Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party
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| Moscow Appointed President of Russia
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| Moscow The Politburo vote to appoint Gorbachev as Chernenko's successor
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| 1955 | Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to Nuclear weapons in the event of war
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| 1981 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Announces plan to link welfare benits to work requirements
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| 1591 | Governor Tserclaes, Johann | |
| Dun Appointed Governor of Dun on the River Meuse
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| Dun Appointed Governor of Dun on the River Meuse
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| Villefranche Appointed Governor of Villefranche
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| Villefranche Appointed Governor of Villefranche
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| 1971 | Indian National Congress Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had leads her Indian National Congress to a landslide majority in the Parliament of India in the elections, and after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, her popularity is meteoric
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| 1938 | Invasion of Austria Hitler, Adolf | |
| Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th
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| 1939 | Invasion of Bohemia Hitler, Adolf | |
| Bohemia The remainder of Czechoslovakia is occupied, 10-16 March
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| 1939 | Invasion of Czech Hitler, Adolf | |
| Bohemia Allied appeasement ends when Germany occupies the remainder of Czech, Bohemia-Moravia
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| 1863 | Marriage Edward VII | |
| London Marries Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark
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| 1918 | Michael Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von | |
| Issues the operaion Michael order
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| 1945 | Mobilization Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| Vinnitsa Konev's units join Zhukov near Vinnitsa threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army
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| 1927 | NSDAP Hitler, Adolf | |
| Hitler's public speaking ban is lifted
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| 1955 | Nuclear Warfare Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to Nuclear weapons in the event of war
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| 1629 | Parliament Charles I | |
| London Charles raises money by fines imposed by star Chamber & selling monopolies
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| London Parliament does not open again for 11 yrs
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| 1985 | Politburo Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich | |
| Moscow 1st at the politburo meeting to propose Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko
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| 1946 | President Guti‚rrez, Tom s Monje | |
| Appointed President of Bolivia
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| 1947 | President Garaiz bal, Jos‚ Enrique Hertzog | |
| Appointed President of Bolivia
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| 1952 | President Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Appointed President of Cuba, 3rd term
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| 1985 | President Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Appointed President of the Supreme Soviet
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| 1985 | President Tikhonov, Nikolai | |
| Supports the proposal for Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko
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| 1971 | Prime Minister MacMahon, William | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Australia
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| 1939 | Prime Minister Sidor, Karol | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the Slovak Government
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| 1661 | Prime Minister Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of France, appoints himself
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| 1951 | Prime Minister Queuille, Henri | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of France, 3rd term
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| 2004 | Prime Minister Karamanlis, Costas | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Greece
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| 1948 | Prime Minister Ashida, Hitoshi | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan
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| 1939 | Rebellion Hacha, Emil | |
| Slovakia Rep Dismisses the Slovak Government from office
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| Slovakia Rep Dismisses the Slovak Government from office
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| 1804 | Resignation Addington, Henry | |
| London Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| 1990 | Resignation Avril, Prosper | |
| Forced to resign during a Coup d'etat
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| Forced to resign during a Coup d'etat
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| 2005 | Retirement Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
