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2007 BBC journalist Alan Johnston is freed by Palestinian kidnappers
1993 Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed 1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal 1990 U.S. hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians 1990 Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, freed in South Africa 1989 South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed 1989 German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland 1989 Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed 1989 German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed 1987 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed 1985 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut 1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa 1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 1983 U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1982 Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed 1982 U.S. General Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy 1981 Argentina ex-president Isabel Peron freed 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed 1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran 1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed 1979 Algerian ex-president Ben Bella freed 1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1977 Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad 1976 Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail 1975 Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland 1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail 1974 Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed 1972 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed 1972 West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed 1971 John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed 1970 French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia 1970 RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin 1970 Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed 1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1965 Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42 1961 Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya 1961 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo 1960 Isadore Freed, composer, dies at 60 1960 Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola 1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico 1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal 1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens 1958 Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio 1958 WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits 1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison 1956 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed 1954 Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to New York City for WINS radio 1954 WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show 1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed 1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison 1946 Roger Freed, baseball player 1945 Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed 1945 Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) 1945 Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis 1945 Coevorden freed from nazis 1945 Almelo Netherlands freed 1945 Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army 1945 Manila freed from Japanese 1945 Warsaw freed by Soviet army 1944 Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed 1944 Zeeuws and Flanders freed 1944 Tholen Island freed 1944 Hertogenbosch and Tilburg freed from nazi occupation 1944 Riga Latvia freed 1944 Gulpen, Meerssen and Maastricht freed 1944 Noorbeek and Mheer freed 1944 Sammellager Drancy freed 1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison 1944 Gandhi freed from prison 1943 Corsica freed by Free French 1939 Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail 1939 U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) 1934 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail 1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation) 1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1922 Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll" 1919 Bert Freed, New York City, actor, Rufe-Shane 1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed 1900 Isadore Freed, composer 1894 Arthur Freed, American Producer 1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) 1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1824 Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia 1793 Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed 1783 Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule 1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower 1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed 1526 Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief 1526 French king Francois I freed from Spain 1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre |
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