1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years 1815 Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes 1902 Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea 1933 President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany who forms a government with Franz von Papen 1939 Adolf Hitler threatens Jews during his speech to the German Reichstag (Parliament) 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse 1965 State funeral for Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in London; at the time, the world's largest ever state funeral | 
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