1854 The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1918 Adolf Hitler receives the Iron Cross first class for bravery on the recommendation of his Jewish superior, Lieutenant Hugo Gutmann.
1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US
1942 First train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz.
1943 British premier Winston Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada.
1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified.
1972 Uganda dictator Idi Amin orders the expulsion of 50,000 Asians with British passport from Uganda.
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