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| 1327 | Abdication Edward II |  |
| London The Archbishop of Canterbury announces in Westminster hall that Edward II is deposed
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| 1975 | Agreement Alvo Neto, Antonio Agostinho | |
| Alvo Goes to Portugal & agrees to form a coaltion Government with Roberto & Savimbi
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| 1919 | Assassination Liebknecht, Karl | |
| Berlin Murdered while under arrest
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| 1919 | Assassination Luxemburg, Rosa | |
| Berlin Murdered while under arrest
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| 0069 | Assassination Galba | |
| Assassinated by the Praetorian Guards
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| Rome Assassinated by the Praetorian Guards
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| Assassinated in a plot led by Otho
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| Rome Assassinated in a plot led by Otho
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| Galba & his heir are assassinated & Otho is proclaimed master of Rome
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| Rome Galba & his heir are assassinated & Otho is proclaimed master of Rome
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| Galba's head is cut off & paraded around the Castra Praetoria
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| Rome Galba's head is cut off & paraded around the Castra Praetoria
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| 0069 | Assassination Gallus, Appius Anius | |
| Helps Otho to murder the Emperor Galba
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| Rome Helps Otho to murder the Emperor Galba
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| 1971 | Aswan Dam Sadat, Anwar | |
| Aswan Dam Officially opens the Aswan Dam
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| 1943 | Battle of Basrat Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Basrat Rommel tries to halt the 8th 200 miles east of Tripoli but retreats to Tripoli
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| 1943 | Battle of Basrat Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Basrat Rommel tries to halt the 8th 200 miles east of Tripoli but retreats to Tripoli
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| 1945 | Battle of Bulge, The Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Ardennes Final day of the Battle of the Bulge, gives way to the Allied advance
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| 1915 | Battle of Dardanelles Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Dardanelles A plan to create a supply link to the Russian front & secure the Balkan states
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| Dardanelles The War Council accepts Churchill's idea for a naval expedition to the Dardanelles
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| 1918 | Birth Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| Beni Mor Born to a middle class family in Beni Mor in Southern Egypt
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| 1809 | Birth Proudhon, Joseph | |
| Birth of Joseph Proudhon
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| 1863 | Birth Marx, Wihelm | |
| Cologne Born in Cologne, son of a teacher
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| 1878 | Birth Stanley, Frederick Arthur | |
| Birth of Frederick Arthur Stanley
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| 1893 | Birth Novello, Ivor | |
| Birth of Ivor Novello
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| 1923 | Birth Teng-hui, Lee | |
| Taipei Birth of Teng-hui
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| 1929 | Birth King, Martin Luther | |
| Atlanta Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., born to teacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael Luther King
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| 2008 | Bombing of Gaza Olmert, Ehud | |
| Gaza An Israeli strike kills Several Palestinians in Gaza, as many as 20 Palestinians, many member of Hamas, die in the attack
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| Gaza Israel closes all border crossings into the Gaza Strip in response to the Palestinian attacks, aid and fuel shipments are affected by the border closing
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| Gaza The Israeli operation is in retaliation to the firing of Qassasm rockets and mortar bombs into Israeli towns by Palestinian militants
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| 2003 | Chief Minister Shinde, Sushil Kumar | |
| Maharashtra Appointed Chief Minister of Maharashtra
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| 1890 | Composition Tchaikovsky, Peter | |
| St Petersburg 1st performance of, "Sleeping Beauty"
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| 1919 | Death Liebknecht, Karl | |
| Berlin Death of Karl Liebknecht, murdered while under arrest
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| 1919 | Death Luxemburg, Rosa | |
| Berlin Murdered while under arrest
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| 1994 | Death Nilsson, Harry | |
| Death of Harry Nilsson
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| 2007 | Death Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim al- | |
| Death of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, executed
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| 2005 | Defection Jackson, Robert | |
| Wantage Jackson defects from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party
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| 1973 | Diplomacy Meir, Golda | |
| Vatican 1st Israeli head of state to be received by the Pope
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| Vatican Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at the Vatican
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| 1985 | Election Neves, Trancredo | |
| Elected Prime Minister of Brazil, 1st civilian in 21 yrs
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| 1936 | Election Valladares, Manuel Portela | |
| A Popular Front electoral platform is agreed
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| 1945 | Evacuation Adlershorst Hitler, Adolf | |
| Adlershorst Hitler evacuates his HQ at Adlershorst
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| 2007 | Execution Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim al- | |
| Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, the half-brother of Saddam Hussein who was also sentenced to death for his role in the 1982 execution of Shiites in Dujail, is decapitated by the noose during his execution
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| 1642 | Exile of Digby Digby | |
| Forced into exile to Holland to avoid arrest by Parliament
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| 1948 | Fast Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand | |
| The Indian Government agrees to Gandhi's demands & pays Pakistan œ44 million
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| 1948 | Fast Nehru, Jawaharlal | |
| The Indian Government agrees to Gandhi's demands & pays Pakistan œ44 million
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| 1991 | General Secretary Meguid, Esmat Abdel | |
| Appointed General Secretary of the Arab League
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| 2008 | Hamas Olmert, Ehud | |
| Gaza An Israeli strike kills Several Palestinians in Gaza, as many as 20 Palestinians, many member of Hamas, die in the attack
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| 1936 | Health George V | |
| Begins an illness which ends in his death
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| 1674 | Impeachment Bennett, Henry | |
| Charged by the Commons with "popery"
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| Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain
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| 2005 | Inauguration Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| Ramallah Abbas is formally sworn in as the President of the Palestinian National Authority in a ceremony held in the West Bank town of Ramallah
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| 1916 | Independence Valera, Eamon de | |
| Dublin The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established
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| 1955 | Independence Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Moscow Recognizes the Independence of West Germany
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| 1945 | Invasion of Germany Hitler, Adolf | |
| Adlershorst Hitler evacuates his HQ at Adlershorst
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| 1991 | Invasion of Kuwait Hussein, Saddam | |
| Fails to meet the UN deadline for withdrawal from Kuwait
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| 1991 | Major General Musharraf, Pervez | |
| Promoted to the rank of Major General
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| 2001 | National Security Adviser Rice, Condoleezza | |
| Rice headed Chevron's committee on public policy until she resigned on January 15, 2001, to become National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
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| 1989 | National Security Council Rice, Condoleezza | |
| From 1989 through March 1991 serves in President Bush's administration as Director then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President
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| 1944 | Overlord Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Normandy Montgomery's plans for D-Day are approved by the Allies
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| 1944 | Overlord Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Normandy The Allies agree the plans for D-Day
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| 1648 | Parliament Charles I | |
| London Following his treaty with the Scots Parliament renounces allegiance to Charles I
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| 1797 | Partition Catherine II the Great | |
| St Petersburg Russia, Prussia and Austria sign an act that terminates the Lithuanian-Polish state
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| 1973 | Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Halts the USAoffensive in Vietnam
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| 1790 | Rebellion Christian, Fletcher | |
| Leads the rebellion of the Bounty
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| 1970 | Rebellion Gowon, Yabudu | |
| Biafra Accepts the surrender of the Biafran commanders
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| Biafra Biafra capitulates, ending Civil War Civil war in Nigeria that had lasted for three years
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| Biafra Most countries in Africa support the central Government since all feare a similar breakup in their own countries, the British, Italians and the Soviet Union supplied the central Government with arms, while the French supplied the Biafrans
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| 1944 | Rebellion Tito, Josip Broz | |
| Drvar Moves his HQ to Drvar
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| Drvar Moves his HQ to Drvar
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| Jajce The Germans launch an offensive against Tito's partisans & drive them out of their HQ
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| Jajce The Germans launch an offensive against Tito's partisans & drive them out of their HQ
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| 1674 | Resignation Bennett, Henry | |
| Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain
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| 1926 | Resignation Marx, Wihelm | |
| Dr Marx leaves office
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| 1996 | Resignation Papandreou, Andreas | |
| Athens Resigns as the Prime Minister of Greece, due to ill health
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| 2003 | Resignation Deshmukh, Vilasrao | |
| Maharashtra Resigns as Chief Minister of Maharashtra
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| 0069 | Rome Germania War Gallus, Appius Anius | |
| Defends the Italian border against the advancing legions of the Rhine
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| 1970 | Rule of Biafra Gowon, Yabudu | |
| Biafra Biafra capitulates, ending Civil War Civil war in Nigeria that had lasted for three years
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| 1963 | Rule of Katanga Tshombe, Moise-Kapenda | |
| Katanga Surrenders Katanga, the breakaway Congo state
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| 1797 | Rule of Poland Catherine II the Great | |
| St Petersburg Russia, Prussia and |
