| 1154 |
|
Henry II is crowned king of England. |
| 1562 |
|
The French Wars of Religion between the Huguenots
and the Catholics begins with the Battle of Dreux. |
| 1793 |
|
French troops recapture Toulon from the British. |
| 1862 |
|
Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest begins tearing
up the railroads in Union generals Grant and Rosecrans rear, causing considerable
delays in the movement of Union supplies. |
| 1900 |
|
The French Parliament votes amnesty for everyone
involved in the Dreyfus Affair. |
| 1909 |
|
American socialist women denounce suffrage as a
movement of the middle class. |
| 1941 |
|
Japanese land on Hong Kong and clash with British
troops. |
| 1941 |
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Adolf Hitler assumes the position of commander
in chief of the German army. |
| 1942 |
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The British advance 40 miles into Burma in a drive
to oust the Japanese from the colony. |
| 1944 |
|
During the Battle of the Bulge, American troops
begin pulling back from the twin Belgian cities of Krinkelt and Rocherath in front
of the advancing German Army. |
| 1945 |
|
Congress confirms Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. delegate
to the United Nations. |
| 1950 |
|
The North Atlantic Council names General Dwight
D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of Western European defense forces. |
| 1959 |
|
Reputed to be the last civil war veteran, Walter
Williams, dies at 117 in Houston. |
| 1974 |
|
Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as vice president
of the United states after a House of Representatives vote. |
| 1982 |
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Four bombs explode at South Africa's only nuclear
power station in Johannesburg. |
| 1984 |
|
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese
Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement that committed Britain to return Hong Kong
to China in 1997 in return for terms guaranteeing a 50-year extension of its capitalist
system. Hong Kong was leased by China to Great Britain in 1898 for 99 years. |
| 1998 |
|
President Bill Clinton is impeached. The House
of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Clinton,
charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice.
Clinton was the second president in American history to be impeached. |
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