1618 English adventurer, writer and courtier Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against King James I of England.
1863 International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
1918 German sailors refuse to obey orders to fight British naval forces and lead a revolt in the naval ports of Wilhelmshaven, beginning the German Revolution.
2015 China announces the end of their one-child policy after 35 years.
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