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1993 Wells Root, U.S. screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
1990 Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, freed in South Africa 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 1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1918 Nelson Mandela, born in Qunu, South Africa, political prisoner, ANC, President, 1994- 1915 John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp 1913 Stewart Granger, James Stewart, London, actor, Prisoner of Zenda 1901 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' 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 1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 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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