1917 Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, the Cheka forms, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Vladimir Lenin.
1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early, having served only nine months of five-year sentence for "Beer Hall Putsch"
1944 Battle of Bastogne: Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
1957 Elvis Presley receives his draft notice to join the US Army for national service.
1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
1963 Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners.
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