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1932
1st Female Senator
Caraway, Hattie
      1st woman elected to the USASenate
1932
1st Female Senator
Caraway, Hattie
      1st woman elected to the USASenate
1922
Arrest
Hitler, Adolf
      Adolf Hitler sentenced to three months
1977
Arrest
Davoud, Abu
      Released from prison
1871
Battle of Le Mans
Frederick Charles
   Le Mans   Defeats General Chanzy
1945
Battle of Oder River
Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef
   River Oder   The Soviets launch an attack on the Baranov Bridgehead & cross the River Oder
1912
Birth
Roberto, Holden Alvaro
      Birth of Holden Alvaro Roberto
1893
Birth
Goering, Herman
   Rosenheim   Birth of Herman Goering, in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, the son of a colonial official
1926
Birth
Botha, Pieter
      Birth of Pieter Botha
1944
Birth
Frazier, Joseph William
   Beaufort   Birth of Joseph William Frazier
1962
Chopper
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
   Saigon   USAhelicopters ferry 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers to sweep an NFL stroghold
1998
Cloning
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton
      19 European countries sign an agreement banning human cloning
      19 European countries sign an agreement banning human cloning
1919
Conference of Paris
Paderewski, Ignace
   Paris   Heads the Polish delegation at the Paris Peace Conference
1924
Constitution
Kai-Shek, Chiang
      The Kuoamintang allows Communists to join it
1915
Constitution
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
   Washington   The USAHouse of Representatives rejected a proposal to give woment the vote
1938
Crisis
Gruhn, Eva
      Hitler attends the wedding of von Blomberg to Eva Gruhn, allegedly a former prostitute
1938
Crisis
Hitler, Adolf
      Hitler attends the wedding of von Blomberg to Eva Gruhn, allegedly a former prostitute
2003
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Galtieri, Leopoldo
      Death of Leopoldo Galtieri
1519
Death
Maximilian I
   Wels Castle   Death of Maximilian I
1841
Death
Birbeck, George
   London   Death of George Birbeck
1991
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Bush, George Herbert Walker
   Washington   Congress agrees the go-ahead for the war
1938
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Schuschnigg, Kurt von
   Vienna   Austria recognizes the Franco Government in Spain
1954
Diplomacy
Elizabeth II
   Wellington   Opens the NewZealand Parliament
   Wellington   Opens the NewZealand Parliament
1938
Diplomacy
Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo
      Austria recognizes the Franco Government in Spain
1999
Diplomacy
Clinton, William Jefferson Bill
      The USAimposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop Nuclear weapons and missiles
1773
Discovery of Antarctica
Cook, James
      1st person to cross the Antarctic circle
   Antarctica   1st person to cross the Antarctic circle
1906
Election
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry
      First day of polling during the general election
1932
Election
Caraway, Hattie
      1st woman elected to the USASenate
1989
Exile of Amin Dada
Amin Dada, Idi
      Amin gets as far as Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where Zairian President Mobutu forces him to return to SaudiArabia
1948
Fast
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
      Threatens to starve if the Government does not pay œ44 million owed to Pakistan
1948
Fast
Nehru, Jawaharlal
      Gandhi threatens to starve if the Government does not pay œ44 million owed to Pakistan
2003
Governor
Yuqun, Han
   Shandong   Appointed Governor of Shandong, acting
1999
Impeachment
Clinton, William Jefferson Bill
      President Clinton sends Paula Jones a cheque for $850,000 sexual harassment settlement
1982
Invasion of Falklands
Galtieri, Leopoldo
   Falklands, The   The Argentine Joint Armed Forces committee beings planning military invasion of Islands
1940
Invasion of Norway
Chamberlain, Neville
   Narvik   The War Cabinet decides not to act against German iron ore supplies from Narvik
1943
Iskra
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich
   Lake Ladoga   Launches Operation "Iskra" with the Leningrad garrison moving south along Lake Ladoga
1915
Legislation
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
   Washington   The USAHouse of Representatives rejected a proposal to give woment the vote
1938
Marriage
Blomberg, Werner von
      A marriage used by Hitler to cause a scandal & take over command of the armed forces
      Marries Erna Gruhn (sometimes referred to as "Eva" or "Margarete"), a 26-year-old typist
1999
Nuclear Warfare
Clinton, William Jefferson Bill
      The USAimposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop Nuclear weapons and missiles
1563
Parliament
Bacon, Nicholas
   London   Emphasises the shortage of Church ministers
1989
President
Bush, George Herbert Walker
      President-elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar
1950
Prime Minister
Pasha, Mustafa an-Nahas
      Appointed Prime Minister of Egypt
1976
Prime Minister
Nordli, Odvar
      Appointed Prime Minister of Norway
1972
Resignation
Rahman, Mujibar
      Resigns in order to become Prime Minister
1642
Safety Royal Familly
Charles I
   Windsor Castle   The Royal familly move from Hampton Court to Windsor Castle
1999
Scandal
Clinton, William Jefferson Bill
      Clinton pays $850,000 to end legal action by former Arkansas employee, Paula Jones's, who accused him of sexual misconduct
1999
Scandal
Jones, Paula
      Clinton pays $850,000 to end legal action by former Arkansas employee, Paula Jones's, who accused him of sexual misconduct
1995
Security Belfast
Mayhew, Patrick
   Belfast   Announces British troops will no longer carry out daylight street patrols in Belfast
1940
Siege of Narvik
Chamberlain, Neville
   Narvik   The War Cabinet decides not to act against German iron ore supplies from Narvik
1905
Strike
Nicholas II
   Warsaw   Strikers in Warsaw loot & burn shops, 93 are killed by Russian troops
1875
Succession
Kuang Hsu
      Succeeds as Emperor of China
1950
Wafd Government
Pasha, Mustafa an-Nahas
   Cairo   Forms the Wafd Government which includes all ministers dismissed in 1944

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