1667 - The Anglo Dutch War ends with the Peace of Breda
1875 - Death of Andrew Johnson, Democratic president after the assassination of President Lincoln.
1914 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany rejects a British offer of mediation in the Austro Serbian crisis as insolence.
1919 - The Weimar Republic is established in Germany, named after the town in which the new german constitution was formulated.
1932 - The Nazi party doubles its representation in the Reichstag.
1965 - Cigarette commercials are banned on British television
1979 - Nigeria seizes British oil installations in a bid to persuade Margaret Thatcher to take a tough line on apartheid.
1990 - In Trinidad, Muslim rebels release prime minister A.R Robinson but continue to hold teir other hostages in port of Spain's television station.
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