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1925  Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58.   

1926  Denmark begins unilateral disarmament   

1928  In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people   

1930  Mahatma Gandhi began a march to the sea, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India.   

1930  Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax.   

1932  The so-called "Swedish Match King", Ivar Kreuger, commits suicide in Paris, leaving behind a financial empire that turns out to be worthless   

1932  Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide.   

1933  FDR announces the "New Deal."   

1933  FDR conducts his inaugural "fireside chat"   

1933  FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"   

1934  Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail   

1934  Acting Pres Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia.   

1935  England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages.   

1937  Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93.   

1938  Germans enter Vienna, and 183000 Jews in Austria fall under Nazi control. Within one month, 500 Jews commit suicide   

1938  Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)   

1939  Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies.   

1940  Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus.   

1940  Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus   

1941  German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands   

1941  Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72   

1942  British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal   

1942  Brian O'Hara, Lead singer with the 'Fourmost' group is born   

1942  Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76.   

1943  Soviet troops liberate Wjasma.   

1945  Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy   

1945  New York is the inaugural to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment.   

1945  The British Empire celebrates its inaugural British Empire Day.   

1945  USSR returns Transylvania to Romania.   

1945  Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp.   

1945  30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers.   

1946  Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland.   

1946  Liza Minnelli, American actress is born   

1946  Philip Merivale, dies at 59   

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1270  Charles of valois: Son of philip iii of france   

1336  Eduard: Duke of gelre (1361-71) husband of catharina of bayern   

1479  Giuliano de' medici: Monarch of florence   

1515  Caspar othmayr: Composer   

1607  Paul gerhardt: German hymnist   

1613  André le nôtre: French landscape architect   

1620  Johann heinrich hottinger: Swiss philologist and theologian   

1626  John aubrey: English antiquary and writer   

0417  Innocent i: Italian pope (401-417),   

0604  Gregory i the great: Pope (590-604),   

1209  Death of Djamal al-din abu mohammed iljas nizami: Persian poet,   

1289  King demetre ii of georgia: King demetre ii of georgia (b. 1259)   

1374  Death of Emperor go-kogon of japan: Emperor go-kogon of japan (b. 1336)   

1447  Shah rukh: Ruler of persia and transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  Dionysius the carthusian/van rijkel: Dutch scholastic theologist,   

1496  Death of Johannes de lapide: [johan heynlin], german philosopher,