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| 1941 | Alliance Roosevelt, Franklin Delano |  |
| Washington SAends the Lend-Lease Bill to Congress
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| Washington The Lend Lease Act provides for the USAto lend Britain & her Allies war materials
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| 1938 | Anschluss Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Vienna Forced to drop the plebiscite on union with Germany
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| Salzburg Germany closes the border at Salzburg
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| Vienna Hitler threatens to invade Austria
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| Vienna Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier
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| 1938 | Anschluss Hitler, Adolf | |
| Austrian Nazis in Government appeal to Hitler to restore order
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| Austrian Nazis take to the streets in Austria & appeal to Hitler to restore order
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| Berlin Makes an ultimatum to Schuschnigg forbidding his referendum on union with Germany
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| Mussolini indicates that he will not intervene to save Austria
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| 1938 | Anschluss Chamberlain, Neville | |
| While Ribbentrop is at Chequers Hitler announces the Anschluss
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| 1935 | Armament Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Moves that increased arms budgets is at variance with the League of Nations
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| 2007 | Arrest Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is arrested and beaten following a prayer meeting in the Harare suburb of Highfields
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| 1916 | Birth Wilson, James Harold | |
| Huddersfield Birth of Harold Wilson
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| 1985 | Burial Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Moscow Attends Chernenko's funeral in Moscow
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| 1918 | Censorship Mehmed VI | |
| Military & political press censorship is abolished to promote Pan-Turanianism & aids attacks on Allies
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| 1645 | Commander Goring, Thomas | |
| Goring gets a commission as commander-in-chief of all western forces and so can only receive orders directly from the King
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| 1658 | Constitution Cromwell, Oliver | |
| The Upper House will consist of 70 members nominated by Cromwell
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| 1949 | Death Giraud, Henri-Honore | |
| Dijon Death of Henri-Honore Giraud
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| 1955 | Death Fleming, Alexander | |
| Death of Alexander Flemming
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| 1938 | Demonstrations Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Austrian Nazis take to the streets in Austria & appeal to Hitler to restore order
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| 1971 | Demonstrations Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Belfast Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Chamberlain, Neville | |
| While Ribbentrop is at Chequers Hitler announces the Anschluss
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| 1966 | Election Wilson, James Harold | |
| 1st day of the election campaign, Labour have a 9% lead in the polls
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| 1992 | Election Major, John Roy | |
| Announces the date of the general election
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| 2007 | Election Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is arrested and beaten following a prayer meeting in the Harare suburb of Highfields
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| 1985 | General Secretary Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow The Communist Party plenum ratify Gorbachev's succession
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| 1939 | Independence Sidor, Karol | |
| Bratislava Rep 2 members of the German Government arrive with 5 Generals & demand Slovak independence
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| 1990 | Independence Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Lithuania Lithuania becomes the 1st republic to declare independence
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| Moscow Lithuania declares independence in accordance with it's Constitution of 1938
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| 1945 | Independence Bao Dai | |
| Proclaims independence within the Japanese Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
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| 1938 | Invasion of Austria Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Hitler threatens to invade Austria
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| Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier
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| 1938 | Invasion of Austria Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin German troops are prepared to invade Austria
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| 1938 | Invasion of Bohemia Hitler, Adolf | |
| Bohemia An ultimatum is drafted on Hitler's orders by Keitel calling the Czechs to surrender
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| Berlin Decides to issue an ultimatum to annex Bohemia & Moravia
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| 1471 | Invasion of England Edward IV | |
| Flushing Sals with an army of Burgundians & Englishmen & 14 ships provided by Hanseatic towns
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| 1975 | Invasion of Vietnam Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| Leads to a speedy collapse of resistance in the sth & an end to the war
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| Thieu decides to abandon all of the highlands, except the Ban Me Thuot region
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| 1941 | Lend Lease Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| USACongress passes the Lend-Lease Act.
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| 1486 | Lord Lieutenant Tudor, Jasper | |
| Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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| 1965 | Market Time Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 1st day of Operation-Market Time-USA, results in the North Vietnamese shifting to the more difficult land route along the Ho Chi Minh trail
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| Joint effort between the USANavy & South Vietnamese Navy to disrupt North Vietnamese sea routes used to funnel supplies into the South
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| 1531 | Marriage Charles V | |
| Writes Thomas More an appreciative letter for his support of Queen Catherine
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| 1649 | Peace Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Peace between the frondeurs, rebels, & the French court
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| 1967 | Pink Floyd Barrett, Roger Keith "Syd" | |
| Pink Floyd release "Arnold Layne", written by Barrett
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| 1967 | Pink Floyd Barrett, Syd | |
| "Arnold Layne" is released backed by "Candy And A Currant Bun"
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| 1967 | Pink Floyd Waters, Roger | |
| "Arnold Layne" is released backed by "Candy And A Currant Bun"
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| 1981 | President Pinochet, Augusto Jos RamĒn | |
| Appointed Prseident of Chile
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| 1990 | President Alwyn, Patricio | |
| Appointed President of Chile
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| 1990 | President Landsbergis, Vytautus | |
| Appointed President of Lithuania
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| 1844 | Prime Minister Kanaris, Constantine | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Greece, 1st term
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| 1939 | Rebellion Durcansky, Ferdinand | |
| Slovakia Rep Calls the Slovak Hinka Guard to rise up against the newly formed Slovak Government
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| Slovakia Rep Calls the Slovak Hinka Guard to rise up against the newly formed Slovak Government
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| 1939 | Rebellion Hacha, Emil | |
| Slovakia Rep Martial law is declared in Slovakia
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| Slovakia Rep Martial law is declared in Slovakia
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| 1938 | Referendum Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Vienna A referendum to decide union with Germany is canceled after an ultimatum from Hitler
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| Vienna Faced by German occupation agrees with President Miklas to call off the plebiscite
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| 1658 | Reform Cromwell, Oliver | |
| The Upper House will have 70 members nominated by Cromwell to balance the Commons
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| 1915 | Reprisals Order Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| The Reprisals Order, in which Britain bans all 'neutral' parties from trading with Germany
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| 1915 | Reprisals Order Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| The Reprisals Order, in which Britain bans all 'neutral' parties from trading with Germany
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| 1938 | Resignation Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Vienna Forced to resign by Hitler & have himself replaced by Seyss-Inquart as Chancellor
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| 1990 | Resignation Pinochet, Augusto Jos RamĒn | |
| Hands power over to Patricio Alwyn
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| 1926 | Resignation Valera, Eamon de | |
| Resigns as head of Sinn Feinn
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| 1911 | Resignation Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| Stolypin resigns as Prime Minister
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| 0417 | Roman Catholic Church Zosimus | |
| Appointed Bishop of Rome
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| Rome Appointed Bishop of Rome
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| 1846 | Rule of Jammu Singh, Gulab | |
| Jammu Under the treaty of Surrender Gulab Singh receives the principality of Kashmir
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| 1846 | Rule of Kashmir Singh, Gulab | |
| Kashmir Under the treaty of Surrender Gulab Singh receives the principality of Kashmir
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| 1645 | Siege of Taunton Goring, Thomas | |
| Taunton Goring's men lay siege to Taunton
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| 1846 | Treaty of Surrender Russell | |
| Nearly half of the Sikh kingdom is taken over by the British
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| 1846 | Treaty of Surrender Singh, Gulab | |
| Nearly half of the Sikh kingdom is taken over by the British
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| Under the treaty of Surrender Gulab Singh receives the principality of Jammu
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| Under the treaty of Surrender Gulab Singh receives the principality of Kashmir
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| 1991 | Trial Papandreou, Andreas | |
| Athens A trial commences against the former Prime Minister on charges of bribery
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| 1976 | Vote Confidence Wilson, James Harold | |
| London Passes a vote of confidence in the Commons after defeated motion the previous day
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