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| 1959 | Air Crash Menderes, Adnan |  |
| Menderes survives an air crash
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| 1461 | Arrest Neville |  |
| York Captured by the Lancastrians at the battle of St Albans & held at York
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| 1905 | Assassination Kaliev, Ivan |  |
| Assassinates Grand Duke Sergei
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| 1905 | Assassination Serge |  |
| Moscow The Tsar's uncle is assassinated
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| 1545 | Battle of Ancrum Moor Evans, Ralph |  |
| Ancrum Moor Death of Ralph Evans, in battle at the head of a defeated English force of 3,000
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| 1545 | Battle of Ancrum Moor Douglas, Archibald |  |
| Ancrum Moor Defeats an English Army taking revenge for the annulment of the treaty of Greenwich
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| 1855 | Battle of Eupatoria Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich |  |
| Eupatoria Defeated by the Turks & the Allied siege line draw closer
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| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd Beaufort, John |  |
| St Albans Helps defeat the Yorkists
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| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd Henry VI |  |
| St Albans Escapes from the field of Battle & rejoins his wife & the Lancastrian forces
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| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd Margaret |  |
| St Albans Defeats the Yorkists but fails to take advantage of the victory & capture London
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| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd Neville |  |
| St Albans Captured by the Lancastrians & held at York
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| 1900 | Battle of Tugela River Byng |  |
| River Tugela Fights at the battle of Tugela
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| 1900 | Battle of Tugela River Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| River Tugela Fights at the battle of Tugela
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| 1478 | Birth More, Thomas |  |
| Birth of Thomas More
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| 1519 | Birth Francis of Guise |  |
| Bar le Duc Birth of Francis II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale
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| 1951 | Birth Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al |  |
| Birth of Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al-Tikriti
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| 0282 | Birth Constantine I the Great |  |
| Naissus Birth of Constantine I the Great, eldest son of Constantius I
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| 1941 | Birth Pitney, Gene |  |
| Hartford Birth of Gene Pitney
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| 1919 | Cheka DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich |  |
| Announces changes in running the Cheka
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| 2008 | Credit Crunch Brown, Gordon |  |
| Alistair Darling announces that Northern Rock will be nationalised
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| 1905 | Death Serge |  |
| Moscow The Tsar's uncle is assassinated
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| 1947 | Diplomacy George VI |  |
| Cape Town 1st time a reigning British Sovereign had step foot on Sth African soil
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| Cape Town Arrives at Duncan Dock received by the Governor-General, Prime Minister & the Cabinet
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| 1874 | Election Disraeli, Benjamin |  |
| The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats
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| The Conservatives win a majority of 83, its 1st majority since 1841
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| 1874 | Election Gladstone, William Ewart |  |
| The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats
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| The Conservatives win a majority of 83
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| 1986 | European Union Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| London Signs act providing for greater EC economy & social integration from 1992
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| 1646 | Exile of Charles II Charles II |  |
| Penndennis After Cromwell's victory at Torrington Charles retreats to Penndennis Castle
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| 1568 | Homage Selim II |  |
| Constantinople Agrees to pay Maximilian II an annual "present" of 30,000 ducats
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| 1961 | Invasion of Cuba Kennedy, John Fitzgerald |  |
| Kennedy asked Asks advisors whether the toppling of Castro might be related to weapon shipments and if it was possible to claim the real targets were modern fighter aircraft and rockets which endangered America's securit
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| 1904 | Invasion of Korea Kuroki |  |
| River Yalu The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River
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| River Yalu The Japanese army begins debarkation
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| 2008 | Nationalization Brown, Gordon |  |
| Alistair Darling announces that Northern Rock will be nationalised
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| 2008 | Nationalization Darling, Alistair |  |
| Alistair Darling announces that Northern Rock will be nationalised
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| 1547 | Peerage Seymour, Edward |  |
| Created Duke of Somerset, 1st
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| 1967 | Prime Minister Sato, Eisaku |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term
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| 1934 | Rebellion Dollfuss, Engelbert |  |
| Vienna Crushes a socialist rebellion
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| 1866 | Rebellion Russell |  |
| London Habeas Corpus is suspended in Ireland
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| 2000 | Rebellion Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich |  |
| Chechnya Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians
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| Chechnya Russia is accused by human rights groups and refugees of brutality toward Chechens in camps
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| 2003 | Reform Livingstone, Ken |  |
| London Traffic levels fall 25% on the 1st day of the congestion charge
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| 1919 | Reform DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich |  |
| Announces changes in running the Cheka
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| 2000 | Rule of Chechnya Kalamanov, Vladimir |  |
| Chechnya Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians
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| 2000 | Rule of Chechnya Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich |  |
| Chechnya Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians
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| 1900 | Siege of Kimberley French, John Denton Pikstone |  |
| Kimberley Leads the flank march to relieve Kimberley
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| 1461 | Siege of London Neville Kingmaker, Richard |  |
| London Defeated intercepting Queen Margaret's troops advancing towards London
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| 1904 | Siege of Port Arthur Kuroki |  |
| River Yalu The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River
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| 1649 | Succession Cartaret, George de |  |
| Saint Helier George Carteret has Charles proclaimed King in Saint Helier, after the execution of his father, Charles I
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| 1918 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk Hoffman, Maximilian |  |
| Brest Litovsk Notifies the Russians that military operations will resume on 18 February
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| Brest Litovsk Treats the breakdown of negotiations as an end of the armistice
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| 1815 | Treaty of Ghent Madison, James |  |
| Washington President James Madison exchanges ratification papers with a British diplomat in Washington
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| 1545 | Treaty of Greenwich Douglas, Archibald |  |
| Ancrum Moor Defeats an English Army taking revenge for the annulment of the treaty of Greenwich
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