A King, Charles I, was beheaded in 1649 for his authoritarianism, his military missteps, and for starting the English Civil War, a rare occurrence in England.

Henry Greathead, an inventor, put the world's first lifeboat to the test in the water in 1790.

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President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany in 1933, which marked the start of the Nazi party's ascent.

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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler foresaw the extinction of Jews in Europe in the event of a second world war in 1939.

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The largest maritime catastrophe in history occurred in 1945 when a Soviet submarine sank the German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff, killing 9,000 people.

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Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by Nathuram Godse in 1948.

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American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.'s home was bombed in 1956.

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