Person report

★13 Mar 1920
The Kapp Putsch briefly ousted the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.

★21 Nov 1922
Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, albeit for only one day.

★09 Mar 1925
The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan.

★18 May 1936
In a crime that shocked Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover Kichizo Ishida, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days until her arrest.

★01 Jun 1942
Second World War: The crews of three Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarines scuttled their boats and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.

★02 Dec 1956
Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba.

★17 Sep 1962
NASA announced the Next Nine astronauts selected for the purpose of landing on the moon.

★28 Mar 1979
British Prime Minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a motion of no confidence by the House of Commons after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the "Winter of Discontent".

★22 Jun 1979
Former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.

★22 Sep 1980
The Iraqi Air Force launched surprise airstrikes on ten Iranian airfields, starting the Iran–Iraq War.

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