1795 War of the First Coalition: French cavalry captures 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns near the port of Den Helder - rare instance of cavalry capturing a fleet.
1920 Dutch refuse to turn over ex-Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany to allies.
1945 World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
1973 US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War.
2002 "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in Federal Bureau of Investigation custody.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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