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Agnes marries Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Agnes marries Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
A mercenary force of 20,000 takes Pilsen for the Protestants
Cracks are made in the walls and the Protestant soldiers pour into the city, after several hours of close hand-to-hand combat, all of the town is in Mansfelds hands. After capturing the city, Mansfeld demanded 120,000 golden guldens as war reparations and an additional 47,000 florins for sparing the city and not burning it to the ground
Marries Sophia Dorothea, daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick
Marries George I
Death of Clive Plessey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption
The Federal constitution goes into effect
Orders the confiscation of British merchandise in French territory. Declares the British isles to be in a state of blockade
The Federal constitution goes into effect
Advises English constituencies to vote Conservative
Advises English constituencies to vote Conservative
The motor party maintains its pace after the breakdowns and reaches the rendezvous six days early, where the main party catches up on 21 November.
Motor party meets Scott's main party ahead of schedule.
Using a route along the previously unknown Axel Heiberg Glacier Amundsen arrives at the edge of the Polar Plateau after a four-day climb
The expedition arrives at the edge of the Polar Plateau
Royal Naval Air Service aircraft raid the Zeppelin base and hydrogen facilities at Friedrichshafen.
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Member of 7th Company, 1st Reserve Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment
The Gerard Cooreman Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.
Beatty orders the German flag lowered at sunset after the High Seas Fleet enters Allied custody.
Beatty's assembled Grand Fleet meets the German force and escorts it toward the Firth of Forth.
Begins the Leon Delacroix Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.
As Grand Fleet commander, Beatty receives the German High Seas Fleet for internment in the Firth of Forth.
The Supreme Council accepts a statute whose Galician demarcation joins the proposed Polish eastern line to the Czechoslovak frontier in the Carpathians.
Is killed during the Croke Park shooting.
Participates in attacks on British intelligence targets.
Is killed when shots are fired at the match crowd.
Is killed in Dublin Castle after the day's violence.
Is killed in Dublin Castle custody.
IRA intelligence operations kill British intelligence officers in Dublin.
Commands IRA men in the morning operations.
The killings intensify the political crisis of the independence war.
British administration is shaken by the Dublin violence.
Faces criticism over Crown forces in Ireland.
Is killed when Crown forces open fire at Croke Park.
Witnesses panic as the crowd flees the shooting.
Takes part in IRA operations against intelligence targets.
British command faces crisis after the day's violence.
Is killed in custody at Dublin Castle that night.
Is among the officers killed in the morning attacks.
Supports IRA command during the Dublin operations.
Dies in the violence at Croke Park.
Is killed during attacks on British intelligence personnel.
Crown forces enter the ground during the football match.
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term
Answers Commons questions on payments and administration concerning appointed Poor Law guardians.
60 former aides of Carol II are exected
60 former aides of Carol II are exected
Leads the German capture of Rostov
Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill
Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill
Takes over the defence of north France & the construction of the Atlantic Wall
Appointed Supreme Axis Commander in Italy
Appointed Supreme Axis Commander in Italy
Arrives in Cairo with Madame Chiang for meetings with Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
Opens the case for the prosecution of alleged war criminals
Truman appoints General Marshall special representitive to China
National Assembly elections begin under the new constitutional framework; the Communist Party does not participate.
Philip is to be known as HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Becomes Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos
Burns supervises UNEF elements entering Port Said and taking positions between opposing forces.
Hammarskjold's emergency force begins moving into Port Said as withdrawal arrangements advance.
Harrison is deported from Hamburg for being under age
China announces a unilateral ceasefire after its major offensives against Indian positions.
China announces a unilateral ceasefire after the major phase of the Sino-Indian War.
Nellie Connally, then the First Lady of Texas, turned around to Kennedy, who was sitting behind her, and commented, "Mr. President, you cant say Dallas doesnt love you"
At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President is pronounced dead
Kennedys death is officially announced by White House Acting Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC)
Dr. Burkley observes both the head wound and a wound to the back of the President, and determines the head wound was the cause of death
Around midnight after the evening of November 21, Ruby met Chicago businessman Lawrence Meyers and Meyers' relatives at the Bon Vivant Room of the Dallas Cabana.
Ruby distributed Carousel Club membership cards on November 21 as part of his routine promotional activity before the assassination.
On November 21, Ruby paid the rent for the Carousel Club premises while conducting routine business before President Kennedy arrived in Dallas.
On November 21, 1963, Oswald asked Buell Wesley Frazier for a ride to Irving, saying that he wanted to collect curtain rods.
Ruby ate dinner with his friend and financial backer Ralph Paul between about 9:45 and 10:45 p.m. on November 21.
Ruby consulted an attorney on November 21 about continuing problems with federal tax authorities and his nightclub tax liabilities.
Oswald spent the evening of November 21 at the Paine home, attempted to reconcile with Marina, watched television, and retired around 9 p.m.
Under Vikram Sarabhai's leadership, India launches its first sounding rocket from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
The President and Mrs. Kennedy arrived in Fort Worth on the evening of November 21 and stayed overnight at the Hotel Texas.
At about 9 p.m. on November 21, Paine went into the garage to paint children's blocks and noticed that the garage light was already on.
Paine testified that she was certain she had not left the garage light on after dinner on the evening before the assassination.
Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied President Kennedy to Houston during the Texas trip and attended public events before the party continued to Fort Worth.
The Ninth Kuomintang National Congress renews his party leadership as Taiwan balances economic development with continuing security confrontation across the strait.
Hosty later testified that he conducted no active investigative work on the Oswald case between November 5 and the assassination.
Ruby conferred about a peace bond on November 21 that resulted from a dispute and fight involving one of his striptease performers.
Secret Service agent Clint Hill rides on the left front running board of the car behind the Presidential limousine, after the shot that hit the President in the back, Hill jumped off and to overtake the limousine
One Texas School Book Depository employee, Jack Dougherty, saw Oswald arrive inside the Texas School Book Depository, he claimed that Oswald had nothing in his hands
Oswald asked Buell Wesley Frazier, a co-worker, for a ride to Irving, saying he had to pick up some curtain rods, the next morning, after leaving $170 and his wedding ring, he returned to Dallas with Frazier, carrying a long paper bag with him
Linnie Mae Randle, Fraziers sister, sees Oswald at their house before their journey to the Texas School Book Depository
Mrs. Kennedy joined the President during the first stop of the Texas trip in San Antonio on November 21.
Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied President Kennedy when he left Washington on November 21, 1963, for a two-day political trip through Texas.
One Texas School Book Depository employee, Jack Dougherty, saw Oswald arrive inside the Texas School Book Depository, he claimed that Oswald had nothing in his hands
Linnie Mae Randle, Fraziers sister, sees Oswald at their house before their journey to the Texas School Book Depository
Oswald unexpectedly returned to the Paine home on Thursday, November 21, rather than making his customary Friday trip to Irving.
McCone returned from Vietnam more discouraged about the war and increasingly doubtful that South Vietnamese leadership could carry its share of the burden.
Ruby spoke with Dallas County Assistant District Attorney William F. Alexander on November 21 about insufficient-funds checks written by one of Ruby's friends.
Signs the Air Quality Act of 1967, expanding federal air-pollution authority.
Tells US audiences that progress is being made in Vietnam
Tells US audiences that the war is showing progress
Pilots the command module during the burn that sends Apollo 12 from lunar orbit toward Earth.
A man with a knife attempts to injure Pope Paul VI at Manila Airport
Commands the joint task force for the Son Tay raid
US forces raid Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam to rescue prisoners of war
US forces raid Son Tay prison camp to rescue prisoners of war
Commands the ground assault force during the Son Tay raid
Commands the ground assault force in the Son Tay prisoner rescue raid
Includes former Unionist PM Brian Faulkner as Chief Executive, SDLP leader Gerry Fitt as Deputy Chief Executive & SDLP leader John Hume as Minister for Commerce & alliance leader Oliver Napier
Includes former Unionist PM Brian Faulkner as Chief Executive, SDLP leader Gerry Fitt as Deputy Chief Executive & SDLP leader John Hume as Minister for Commerce & alliance leader Oliver Napier
Includes former Unionist PM Brian Faulkner as Chief Executive, SDLP leader Gerry Fitt as Deputy Chief Executive & SDLP leader John Hume as Minister for Commerce & alliance leader Oliver Napier
Includes former Unionist PM Brian Faulkner as Chief Executive, SDLP leader Gerry Fitt as Deputy Chief Executive & SDLP leader John Hume as Minister for Commerce & alliance leader Oliver Napier
H.R.
Haldeman's personal notes on the meeting indicate that the break-in was the subject under discussion. Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in initial testimony about the tape, said, "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward.
Haldeman.
I caught on to that fairly fast.
I don't think I'm so stupid as to erase what's on a tape." Later she tried to explain that she had accidentally re-recorded 5 minutes of the tape, while transcribing it, but only 5 minutes, not 18 1/2.
She demonstrated how she probably had recorded over the tape with her foot on the transcription pedal located beneath her typewriter as she reached awkwardly for the phone. Suspicions arose that Nixon was destroying evidence
The White House reported that two of the subpoenaed tapes were missing, and that one that was dated just 3 days after the Watergate burglary contained an erasure of 18 1/2 minutes during a conversation between the President and
H.R.
Haldeman's personal notes on the meeting indicate that the break-in was the subject under discussion. Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in initial testimony about the tape, said, "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward.
Haldeman.
I caught on to that fairly fast.
I don't think I'm so stupid as to erase what's on a tape." Later she tried to explain that she had accidentally re-recorded 5 minutes of the tape, while transcribing it, but only 5 minutes, not 18 1/2.
She demonstrated how she probably had recorded over the tape with her foot on the transcription pedal located beneath her typewriter as she reached awkwardly for the phone. Suspicions arose that Nixon was destroying evidence
The White House reported that two of the subpoenaed tapes were missing, and that one that was dated just 3 days after the Watergate burglary contained an erasure of 18 1/2 minutes during a conversation between the President and
The White House acknowledges missing subpoenaed recordings and an eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap in a June 20, 1972 conversation with H. R. Haldeman.
H.R.
Haldeman's personal notes on the meeting indicate that the break-in was the subject under discussion. Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in initial testimony about the tape, said, "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward.
Haldeman.
I caught on to that fairly fast.
I don't think I'm so stupid as to erase what's on a tape." Later she tried to explain that she had accidentally re-recorded 5 minutes of the tape, while transcribing it, but only 5 minutes, not 18 1/2.
She demonstrated how she probably had recorded over the tape with her foot on the transcription pedal located beneath her typewriter as she reached awkwardly for the phone. Suspicions arose that Nixon was destroying evidence
The White House reported that two of the subpoenaed tapes were missing, and that one that was dated just 3 days after the Watergate burglary contained an erasure of 18 1/2 minutes during a conversation between the President and
Directs the Home Office response after the Birmingham pub bombings.
Two bombs explode in Birmingham pubs, killing twenty-one people and injuring many others.
The 1st commercial flight of the Anglo-French Concorde jet is from London to Bahrain
The 1st commercial flight of the Anglo-French Concorde jet is from London to Bahrain
Ayatollah Khomeini says the US backed the occupation of the Great Mosque in Mecca
Ayatollah Khomeini says the US backed the occupation of the Great Mosque in Mecca
A mob in the Pakistani capital burns the US Embassy to the ground, killing a marine
A mob in the Pakistani capital burns the US Embassy to the ground, killing a marine
Releases Foolish Behaviour, continuing his late-1970s and early-1980s commercial run.
Russia & the US agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the US agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets President Reagan to speed up arms control & renew cultural relations
Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the USA agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won"
Paias Wingti becomes Prime Minister after a parliamentary vote
Somare loses office after a successful no-confidence motion
Pink Floyd release the live album Delicate Sound of Thunder
Pink Floyd release "Delicate Sound Of Thunder"
Milos Jakes is replaced by puppet politician Karel Urb nek as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Milos Jakes is replaced by puppet politician Karel Urb nek as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Mobilizes Kuwaiti resources during government exile.
Chairs a thirty-five-member advisory body supporting liberation efforts.
The Constituent Assembly adopts Romania's democratic constitution.
Military dissidents try to overthrow President Perez
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton
Holbrooke brokers the Dayton negotiations that end the Bosnian War and create a new constitutional framework for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Izetbegovic accepts the Dayton peace framework after years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Initials the agreement ending the Bosnian War.
Initials the peace agreement while representing Serbian and Bosnian Serb interests.
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov
The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic
Following NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, Milosevic joins the Presidents of Bosnia and Croatia in a peace agreement at the US sponsored talks at Dayton, Ohio
Held in the shadow of the massacre in the Srebrenica safe zone, and the indictments against the main military and Government leaders of Bosnian Serbs before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic with Bosnian Foreign Minis.
The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic
The war is ended by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio
The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton
The NATO-led IFOR (Implementation Force) as responsible for implementing military aspects of the Dayton Accords and deployed on the Twentieth December 1995, taking over the forces of the UNPROFOR
The NATO-led IFOR (Implementation Force) as responsible for implementing military aspects of the Dayton Accords and deployed on the Twentieth December 1995, taking over the forces of the UNPROFOR
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
Releases The Ghost of Tom Joad, returning to sparse storytelling about migration, poverty and displacement.
The NATO-led IFOR (Implementation Force) as responsible for implementing military aspects of the Dayton Accords and deployed on the Twentieth December 1995, taking over the forces of the UNPROFOR
Leads a Commons motion opposing a proposed windfall tax on privatised utilities.
Bush creates a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Sept 11, 2001
Leaves Likud and forms Kadima after the Gaza disengagement controversy.
The IAEA convenes a forum on experience relevant to creating a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East.
Mugabe resigns after military intervention and the beginning of parliamentary impeachment proceedings.
Supports the Saudi G20 presidency and its economic agenda.
Chairs the G20 leaders' summit during Saudi Arabia's presidency.
North Korea launches a military reconnaissance satellite.
Goita appoints Abdoulaye Maiga to lead the transitional government.
Announces Russia used a new Oreshnik missile against Ukraine
Francois-Marie Arouet, later known as Voltaire, is born in Paris.
Birth of Benedict XV, Giacomo della Chiesa
Death of Clive Plessey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption
Dr. Burkley signs President Kennedys death certificate
Dies after leading Laos since the revolutionary era
Fredericks army is defeated by an Austron Army led by Daun
Fredericks army is defeated by an Austron Army led by Daun
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