1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile.
1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested and accused of espionage in France.
1917 Dutch exotic 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 Hideki Tojo appointed Prime Minister of Imperial Japan.
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