1942 French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so the Germans cannot seize them.
1944 4,000 shells detonate in RAF arms depot at Fauld, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; village of Hanbury destroyed, at least 70 people killed.
1945 Trial against Dutch Fascist NSB leader Anton Mussert begins (later convicted and executed by firing squad)
1951 Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon, Korea.
1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany.
1967 French President Charles de Gaulle said 'Non!' to British entry to the European Common Market for the second time.
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