2014 Event North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae; Bae was imprisoned for two years after arrest for missionary actions, while Miller was detained in April for 'hostile acts' after tearing up his visa and requesting asylum 2012 Event Imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is moved to a hospital after a political compromise, ending her hunger strike 1996 Death Nicu Ceausescu, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds, dies at 45 in Vienna, Austria 1981 Event Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament 1977 Event Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in East Germany 1951 Birthday Nicu Ceausescu, born in Romania, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds 1917 Event Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft 1912 Birthday Jura Soyfer, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, writer, political journalist, imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp, wrote the Dachau song with composer Herbert Zipper 1901 Birthday Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' 1898 Event In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1892 Birthday Martin Niemoller, clergyman, German Protestant, ; imprisoned by Hitler 1802 Event Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France 1795 Event Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned 1777 Event de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress 1756 Event 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 1625 Event 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem 1567 Event Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland 1549 Event Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned 1421 Event Jews of Austria imprisoned and expelled 1286 Event Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim 1278 Event Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
