1933 Day of Potsdam in Nazi Germany, a ceremony to open the new Reichstag after the fire in February; Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg shake hands in public.
1939 Nazi Germany demands the return of Danzig (Gdańsk) from Poland.
1943 Assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler fails.
1945 1st Japanese kamikaze "flying bombs" (MXY-7 Ohka) attack Okinawa.
1963 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed.
1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall.
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemnation.
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