1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile.
1917 Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris.
1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6.
1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe.
1942 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 Germans die.
1980 George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids.
1990 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize.
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