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| 1839 | Birth Cezanne, Paul |  |
| Birth of Paul Cezanne
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| 1955 | Birth Rattle, Simon | |
| Birth of Simon Rattle
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| 1807 | Birth Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Birth of Robert Edward Lee
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| 1809 | Birth Poe, Edgar Allen | |
| Birth of Edgar Allan Poe
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| 1932 | Birth Wilson, Robert Anton | |
| Birth of Robert Anton Wilson
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| 1978 | Bombing of Belfast Mason, Roy | |
| Belfast The IRA bomber suspects are rounded up
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| 1991 | Bombing of Dhahran Hussein, Saddam | |
| Dhahran Iraq launches Scud missiles against Riyadh & Dhahran
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| 1991 | Bombing of Israel Hussein, Saddam | |
| Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel
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| 1991 | Bombing of Riyadh Hussein, Saddam | |
| Riyadh Iraq launches Scud missiles against Riyadh & Dhahran
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| 1955 | Capture Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Yikiang Chinese Communists capture the island of Yikiang from the Nationalists
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| 1942 | Commander Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Appointed Commander of the 9th Army
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| Appointed Commander of the 9th Army
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| 1918 | Conference of Paris Clemanceau, Georges | |
| Paris Elected Chairman of the Peace Conference
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| 1871 | Constitution Wilhelm I | |
| Declared Emperor of a united German Reich in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles
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| 1793 | Death Louis XVI | |
| Paris The appeal against Louis' death sentence is turned down
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| 1963 | Death Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| London Unexpected death of Gaitskell
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| 1985 | Death Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| Death of Wilfrid Brambell
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| 1915 | Demands 21 Okuma | |
| China is forced to accept Japan's 21 Demands
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| China must allow Japanaes "advisors" into every stratum of Government activity
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| China must allow Japanese part ownership of its heavy industries
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| China must cease leasing coastal ports
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| China must grant Japanese control over Manchuria & Shantung
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| Japan issues the 21 Demands to China, grievances to be settled under threat of war
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| 1905 | Demonstrations Sviatopolk-Mirskii | |
| St Petersburg Allows the demonstration but forbids demonstrators to go near the Winter Palace
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| 1973 | Diplomacy Meir, Golda | |
| Israel and Egypt sign a weapons accord
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| 1974 | Diplomacy Eban, Abba | |
| Israel and Egypt sign a weapons accord
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| 1915 | Diplomacy Okuma | |
| Japan issues the 21 Demands to China, grievances to be settled under threat of war
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| 1905 | Dismissal Sviatopolk-Mirskii | |
| Moscow Dismissed as Minister of the Interior after demonstrations in St Petersburg
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| 2008 | Economy Bush, George Walker | |
| Bush proposes a $145 billion stimulus package, responding to a crisis in the housing market and rising oil prices, president says a combination of tax cuts for individuals and businesses will "provide a shot in the arm" to the economy
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| 1999 | Election Mitchell, Keith | |
| The New National Party wins 62% of the vote, all 15 seats
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| 1793 | Execution Louis XVI | |
| Paris The appeal against Louis' death sentence is turned down
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| 1985 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Reagan says the USAwill not take part in World Court ruling on Nicaraguan charges
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| 1905 | Governor Trepov, Vladimir Federovich | |
| St Petersburg Appointed Governor General of St Petersburg
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| 1944 | Health Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert | |
| Collapses & enters hospital suffering from exhaustion, depression & an inflamed knee
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| 1950 | Independence Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| Hanoi Ho Chi-Minh's Vietminh is recognized as the legitimate Government of Vietnam by China
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| 1966 | Invasion of Vietnam McNamara, Robert | |
| Receives news the Nth Vietnamese will infiltrate 4,500 men a month into Sth Vietnam
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| 1943 | Iskra Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Lake Ladoga Links up with the Volkhov front to repel the Germans after their siege of Leningrad
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| 2007 | KBE Hillary, Edmund Percival | |
| Created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
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| 1486 | Marriage Elizabeth of York | |
| London Honours a promise made to the Yorkists who defected from Richard III
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| London Marries Henry VII, unites the Houses of Lancaster & York and unites rival Lancastrian & Yorkist factions
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| London Parliament itself, on behalf of the people, petitions Henry VII to carry out his promise to marry Elizabeth of York
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| London Taken from the Tower of London to marry Henry VII
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| 1486 | Marriage Henry VII | |
| London Marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV
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| London Unites the Houses of Lancaster & York
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| 1905 | Minister Bulygin | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior
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| 1987 | ONZ Hillary, Edmund Percival | |
| Created a member of the Order of NewZealand (ONZ)
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| 1967 | Party Leader Thorpe, Jeremy | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party
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| 1918 | Peace Trotsky, Leon | |
| Trotsky breaks off the peace negotiations
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| 1843 | Performance Verdi Verdi, Giuseppe | |
| 1st performance of, "Il Trovatore"
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| Rome 1st performance of, "Il Trovatore"
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| 1884 | Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo, Antonio | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Spain, 4th term
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| 1988 | Prize Whitbread Nolan, Christopher | |
| Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year
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| 1944 | Rebellion Waldheim, Kurt | |
| Informs superiors there are 25,000 armed rebels in Greece helped by 4,000 Italians
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| Informs superiors there are 25,000 armed rebels in Greece helped by 4,000 Italians
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| 1966 | Resignation Menzies, Robert | |
| Canberra Resigns as Prime Minister of Australia
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| 1983 | Rule of Namibia Viljoen, Marais | |
| Namibia Africa SouthAfrica dissolves the National Assembly in Namibia & rules it from Pretoria
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| 2007 | Scott Base Hillary, Edmund Percival | |
| Calls for the British Government to contribute to the upkeep of Scott's and Shackleton's huts
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| 1942 | Siege of Moscow Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Moscow Consolidates the front during the retreat from Moscow
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| 1911 | Siege of Sydney St Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Gives evidence at the Sydney St inquest
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| 1701 | Succession Frederick III | |
| Berlin The Elector of Brandenburg becomes King of Prussia
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| 1871 | Succession Wilhelm I | |
| Versailles Succeeds as Emperor of Germany
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| 1918 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk Trotsky, Leon | |
| Brest Litovsk Hoffman demands the German occupation of Poland, Lithuania, White Russia & Latvia
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| Brest Litovsk Trotsky obtains a 10 day adjournment to return to Petrograd for further instructions
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| 1960 | Trial Lumumba, Patrice mery | |
| Not coincidentally, the trial's start date is also the first day of a round-table conference in Brussels to finalize the future of the Congo
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| 1871 | Unification Wilhelm I | |
| Versailles Declared Emperor of a united German Reich in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles
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