1932: China's last emperor is Japanese puppet
Henry Pu
Yi, who reigned as the last emperor of
China from 1908 to 1912, becomes regent of the
Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Enthroned as the emperor Hsüan-T'ung at the age of three, he was forced to abdicate four years later in Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution. He took the name of Henry and continued to live in Beijing's Forbidden City until 1924, when he was forced into exile. He settled in Japanese-occupied Tianjin, where he lived until his installment as the puppet leader of
Manchuria in 1932. In 1934, he became K'ang Te, emperor of
Manchukuo, and he held the Title= until he was captured by Soviet troops in the final days of
World War II. In 1950, Pu Yi returned to China and was imprisoned until Chinese leader
Mao Zedong granted him amnesty in 1959. After his release, he worked in a mechanical repair shop in Peking.
1994
IRA terrorists launch a mortar attack on Heathrow Airport, in London - all the missiles failed to explode.1990
East and West
German officials begins talks on reunification.
1987
Iran accuses
Iraq of using chemical bombs in Gulf war.
1976
42 skiers are killed when a cable car plunges to ground in north
Italy. 1969
Lt. General Moneim Riad, chief of state of Egypts armed forces, is killed during Israeli - Egyptian gun battle across
Suez Canal. 1961
Laika becomes the first dog in space when the Russians launch Sputnik 9.1956
Britain deports Archbishop Makarios from
Cyprus for actively fostering terrorism.
1952
World's first legal sex change operation takes place in Copenhagen.1950
Timothy Evans is hanged for the murder of his wife at 10 Rillington Place in London.. Three years later John Christie admits to killing her and several other women.1946
33 football fans are killed when a wall collapses at the Bolton Wanderers ground.1942
World War II:
Japan complete the conquest of the Dutch island of Java in
Indonesia. 1937
First publication of George Orwell's 'The Road To Wigan Pier'.1932
Eamon de Valera becomes President of the
Irish Free State.
1862
American Civil War: the Battle of Hampton Roads - the first battle between
ironclad ships.
1822
Dentist Charles Graham patents false teeth in the USA.1796
Napoleon
Bonaparte marries society beauty Josephine de Beauharnais.
1715
Portugal ratifies the Peace of Utrecht, ending its war with
Spain. 1562
Kissing in public is banned in Naples, contravention being punishable by death. 1943
Bobby Fischer, USA chess champion.1934
The first man in space, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, is killed in a plane crash aged 34.1918
American author Micky Spilane.1892
Novelist Victoria Mary Sackville-West.1763
English political journalist William Corbett.
