1933 The Reichstag, German parliament building, destroyed by fire; possibly set by the Nazis, who blame and execute Martin van der Lubbe, a Dutch Communist.
1942 Battle of Java Sea began: 13 US warships sunk and 2 Japanese.
1990 Final day of the rum ration in the Royal New Zealand Navy.
2012 Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor.
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