1993 Wells Root, U.S. screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
1982 Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas
1971 Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue," premieres in New York City
1971 George Jackson, U.S. prisoner, shot to death at 29
1958 Ronald Colman, British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 67
1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies of heart attack at 73
1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
1948 C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85
1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner
1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government
1939 Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner
1926 Lionel Jeffries, actor, Fanny, Prisoner of Zenda
1924 Jane Greer, Washington D.C., actress, Prisoner of Zenda, Clown
1921 Gene Saks, New York, actor and director, One and Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave
1918 Nelson Mandela, born in Qunu, South Africa, political prisoner, ANC, /President, 1994-
1913 Stewart Granger, [James Stewart], London, actor, Prisoner of Zenda
1894 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau
1884 Stuart Holmes, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Prisoner of Zenda
1879 Lewis Stone, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Prisoner of Zenda
1863 President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot
1863 C[harles] Aubrey Smith, born in London, England, actor, Prisoner of Zenda
1802 Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Heros
1703 Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies
1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
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