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1932_11
Section: December (2): December 1 – Germany returns to the World Disarmament Conference after the others powers agree to accept gleichberechtigung "in principle". Henceforward, it is clear that Germany will be allowed to rearm beyond the limits imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. December 3 – Hindenburg names Kurt vo...
1933_0
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.
1933_0
Section: January (2): January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. January 28 – "Pakistan Declarat...
1933_1
Section: February (2): February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin. February 3 – Adolf Hitler gives a secret speech to his military leaders, outlining his plans to rearm Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and to adopt a policy of Lebensraum in eastern Europe. February ...
1933_2
Section: March (2): March 2 – King Kong: The original King Kong film, starring Fay Wray and directed by Merian C. Cooper, debuts in New York City. The movie is the first feature film to use stop-motion animation models. March 3 – 1933 Sanriku earthquake: A powerful earthquake and tsunami hit Honshū, Japan, killing appr...
1933_3
Section: April (2): April 1 – The recently elected Nazis (under Julius Streicher) organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany. April 2 – As a member of the English cricket team touring New Zealand, 1933, batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs in a test match at Eden Park, Auckland. Apri...
1933_4
Section: May (2): May 2 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler prohibits trade unions. May 3 In the Irish Free State, Dáil Éireann abolishes the oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to be named director of the United States Mint. May 5 – The detection by Karl Jansky of radio wave...
1933_5
Section: June (2): June – The Holodomor famine-genocide in Ukraine reaches its peak, with 30,000 deaths from human-made starvation each day. The average life expectancy for a Ukrainian male born this year is 7.3 years. June 5 – The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States use of the gold standard, by enacting a joint ...
1933_6
Section: July (2): July 1 The London Passenger Transport Board begins operation. Business Plot: Smedley Butler becomes involved in a coup attempt led by Gerald MacGuire against the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt which fails (according to his testimony in 1934). July 4 – Gandhi is sentenced to ...
1933_7
Section: August (2): August 1 – The Blue Eagle emblem of the National Recovery Administration in the United States is displayed publicly for the first time. August 2 – The White Sea–Baltic Canal, Stalin's 227 km ship canal constructed using forced labour in the Soviet Union, opens, connecting the White Sea with Lake On...
1933_8
Section: September (2): September 12 Alejandro Lerroux forms a new government in Spain. Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury (London), conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction. September 26 – 1933 Tampico hurricane: A hurricane destroys the town of Tampico, Mexico. Subsections (...
1933_9
Section: October (2): October 1 – Engelbert Dollfuss, leader of the Fatherland's Front in Austria, is seriously injured in a failed assassination attempt. October 7 – Air France is formed by the merger of five French airline companies, beginning operations with 250 planes. October 10 – 1933 United Airlines Boeing 247 m...
1933_10
Section: November (2): November 5 – Spanish Basque people vote for autonomy. November 8 New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed. Mohammad Zahir Shah becomes King of Afghanistan at the age of ...
1933_11
Section: December (2): December 5 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition in the United States, making production and sale of alcohol legal in the U.S. December 17 – The first NFL Championship game in American football is played. The Chicago Bears defeat the New...
1934_0
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1934th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 934th year of the 2nd millennium, the 34th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1930s decade.
1934_0
Section: January (2): January 2 – Wael Zwaiter, Palestinian writer (d. 1972) January 4 – Rudolf Schuster, 2nd President of Slovakia January 5 – Eddy Pieters Graafland, Dutch football goalkeeper (d. 2020) January 7 Charles Jenkins, American sprinter Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 20...
1934_1
Section: February (2): February 7 – Eddie Fenech Adami, 10th Prime Minister of Malta and 7th President of Malta February 10 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (d. 2024) February 11 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian military dictator (d. 2017) John Surtees, British racing driver (d. 2017) February 12 – Anne Krueger, American eco...
1934_2
Section: March (2): March 1 – Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983) March 4 – Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001) March 5 – Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist and Nobel laureate (d. 2024) March 6 – Milton Diamond, American sexologist and professor of anatomy and reproductive biology (d. 2024) March 9 Yuri Gagarin...
1934_3
Section: April (2): April 1 Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist Pascal Rakotomavo, 10th prime minister of Madagascar (d. 2010) April 2 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007) April 3 Pina Pellicer, Mexican actress (d. 1964) Jane Goodall, British zoologist April 5 – Roman Herzog, 9th President of Germany (d. 2017...
1934_4
Section: May (2): May 3 Henry Cooper, British boxer (d. 2011) Frankie Valli, American musician (The Four Seasons) May 4 – Tatiana Samoilova, Russian actress (d. 2014) May 9 Alan Bennett, British playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author Lee Hong-koo, South Korean politician, 26th Prime Minister of South Korea May 21 ...
1934_5
Section: June (2): June 1 – Pat Boone, American actor and singer June 4 – Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan conservationist and author (d. 2018) June 5 – Chennupati Vidya, Indian politician and social worker (d. 2018) June 6 – King Albert II of Belgium June 7 Philippe Entremont, French concert pianist. Koloa Talake, 7th pr...
1934_6
Section: July (2): July 1 Ilselil Larsen, Danish actress Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008) July 3 – Stefan Abadzhiev, Bulgarian footballer (d. 2024) July 5 – Adriana Roel, Mexican actress (d. 2022) July 7 Raphael Owor, Ugandan physician, pathologist, academic and medical researcher Kedarnath Singh, India...
1934_7
Section: August (2): August 2 – Valery Bykovsky, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2019) August 3 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political and rebel leader (d. 2002) August 5 – Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (d. 2019) August 6 – Edmond Simeoni, Corsican politician and nationalist (d. 2018) August 11 – Viktor Tolmachev, Russian engineer (d...
1934_8
Section: September (2): September 1 – Léon Mébiame, Gabonese politician (d. 2015) September 4 Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) Juraj Herz, Slovak film director, actor, and scenic designer (d. 2018) Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer ("Trololo") (d. 2012) Zaid ibn Shaker, 3-time prim...
1934_9
Section: October (2): October 5 – Angelo Buono, American serial killer (d. 2002) October 7 – Amiri Baraka, African-American poet, playwright and activist (d. 2014) October 9 Jacobo Majluta Azar, 47th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1996) Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer October 12 – Abd Al-K...
1934_10
Section: November (2): November 1 – Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004) November 2 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis champion November 5 – Kira Muratova, Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress (d. 2018) November 9 Ingvar Carlsson, twice prime minister of Sweden Hamilton Green, 4th prim...
1934_11
Section: December (2): December 1 – Billy Paul, African-American singer (d. 2016) December 3 – Viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2017) December 5 – Joan Didion, American novelist (d. 2021) December 8 – Alisa Freindlich, Soviet and Russian actress December 9 Judi Dench, English actress Junior Wells, American harmon...
1935_0
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1935th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 935th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1930s decade.
1935_0
Section: January (2): January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, ...
1935_1
Section: February (2): February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Pronto...
1935_2
Section: March (2): March 1 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt: Nikolaos Plastiras, Anastasios Papoulas and other Venizelists lead a coup against the People's Party government in Greece. The attempt is suppressed by March 11, and the leaders condemned to death for treason. İsmet İnönü forms the new government in Turkey (th...
1935_3
Section: April (2): April 11 – The 1935 Danish general election is held, resulting in Thorvald Stauning becoming the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. April 14 – Dust Bowl: "Black Sunday", the great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest (...
1935_4
Section: May (2): May 13 – T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") is involved in a motorcycle accident, near his home in Dorset, England, resulting in his death a few days later. May 14 – Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proves to be their last victory for 99 matches,...
1935_5
Section: June (2): June 9 – He–Umezu Agreement: China's Kuomintang government concedes Japanese military control of north-eastern China. June 10 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith. June 12 – The Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia ends. June 13 ...
1935_6
Section: July (2): July 1 – RMS Mauretania (1906) sails from Southampton to Rosyth to be broken up. July 22 – Inauguration of the Brazilian radiophonic program A Voz do Brasil. July 25–August 20 – The seventh and last congress of the Comintern is held. Subsections (0):
1935_7
Section: August (2): August 2 – The Government of India Act is passed by the British Parliament, making provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India" and a degree of autonomy. August 13 – An estimated 250 people are killed when a dam bursts near Ovada, Italy. August 14 – United States President Franklin D....
1935_8
Section: September (2): September 2 – 1935 Labor Day hurricane: The strongest hurricane ever to strike the United States landfalls in the Upper Florida Keys as a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds, killing 423. September 3 – English driver Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first person to drive an automobile at 300 mil...
1935_9
Section: October (2): October 2–3 – The Second Italo-Ethiopian War begins, as Italian General Emilio De Bono invades Ethiopia. October 6 – The wreckage of the RMS Lusitania is discovered. October 10 – A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg, Germany. As a result of this catastrophe, woode...
1935_10
Section: November (2): November 3 – A Greek monarchy referendum is held by self-proclaimed Regent Georgios Kondylis. Almost 98% of the votes favor restoration of the monarchy, although the referendum's integrity is dubious. November 14 – 1935 United Kingdom general election: Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin returns to of...
1935_11
Section: December (2): December 10 – Hanshin Tigers, a well known professional baseball club of Japan, is founded in Osaka. December 12 The Lebensborn program in support of Nazi eugenics is founded by Heinrich Himmler in Germany. The De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill-on-Sea, designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermaye...
1936_0
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1936th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 936th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1930s decade.
1936_0
Section: January (2): January 2 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician and actor (d. 1992) January 6 Darlene Hard, American tennis player (d. 2021) Alejandro Maldonado, 37th President of Guatemala Julio María Sanguinetti, 2-time President of Uruguay January 8 – Robert May, Australian scientist (d. 2020) J...
1936_1
Section: February (2): February 3 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer February 4 – David Brenner, American actor and comedian (d. 2014) February 6 Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player, coach (d. 2009) Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter (d. 2013) February 9 – Clive Swift, British actor...
1936_2
Section: March (2): March 4 Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (d. 1968) Kim Yong-chun, North Korean soldier, politician (d. 2018) Aribert Reimann, German composer (d. 2024) March 5 Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) Dean Stockwell, American actor (d. 2021) March 6 Marion Barry, African-American civil ...
1936_3
Section: April (2): April 1 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, 2-time President of Switzerland (d. 1998) Leo Posada, Cuban baseball player (d. 2022) April 7 – Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav princess, Serbian princess, Serbian presidential candidate April 9 Gloria Grosso, Italian former politician Valerie Solanas, Ameri...
1936_4
Section: May (2): May 1 – Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (d. 2006) May 2 Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress Engelbert Humperdinck (b. Arnold George Dorsey), British singer May 4 – El Cordobés, Spanish matador May 5 – Trần Đức Lương, 5th President of Vietnam May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin, African-American singer (d. 2014) Ma...
1936_5
Section: June (2): June 2 – Volodymyr Holubnychy, Soviet Olympic athlete (d. 2021) June 3 – Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby union player (d. 2017) June 4 Bruce Dern, American actor Nutan Samarth, Indian actress (d. 1991) June 8 James Darren, American actor and singer (d. 2024) Kenneth G. Wilson, American Nobel Prize-win...
1936_6
Section: July (2): July 1 – Antonio Salines, Italian actor and director (d. 2021) July 4 – Günter Vetter, Austrian politician (d. 2022) July 5 Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 2020) Shirley Knight, American actress (d. 2020) Sir James Mirrlees, Scottish-born economist, ...
1936_7
Section: August (2): August 1 Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-born French fashion designer (d. 2008) Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi, Tunisian consort, 5th First Lady of Tunisia (d. 2019) August 4 – Joaquim Roriz, Brazilian politician (d. 2018) August 12 Kjell Grede, Swedish film director (d. 2017) André Kolingba, President of Cen...
1936_8
Section: September (2): September 1 – Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist (d. 1988) September 2 – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer and author (d. 2016) September 3 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (d. 2019) September 4 – Kamuta Latasi, 4th Prime Minister of Tuvalu September...
1936_9
Section: October (2): October 1 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958) October 3 – Steve Reich, American composer October 5 – Václav Havel, Czech playwright, writer and politician, 10th President of Czechoslovakia and 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011) October 6 – Lin Yu-lin, Taiwanese billionaire re...
1936_10
Section: November (2): November 3 – Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player November 4 Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (d. 2021) C. K. Williams, American poet (d. 2015) November 5 Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (d. 2000) Uwe Seeler, German football player and manager (d. 2022) November 8 – Virna Lisi, I...
1936_11
Section: December (2): December 4 – América Alonso, Venezuelan actress (d. 2022) December 5 – James Lee Burke, American author December 7 – Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician December 8 – David Carradine, American actor, director and martial artist (d. 2009) December 9 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli...
1937_0
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1937th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 937th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1930s decade.
1937_0
Section: January (2): January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. January 15 – Spanish Civ...
1937_1
Section: February (2): February 8 – Spanish Civil War: Falangist troops take Málaga. February 8–27 – Spanish Civil War – Battle of Jarama: Nationalist and Republican troops fight to a stalemate. February 16 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon in the United States. February 19 Airliner VH-UHH (Stinson) go...
1937_2
Section: March (2): March 10 (dated March 14 (Passion Sunday)) – The encyclical Mit brennender Sorge ("With burning concern") of Pope Pius XI is published in Germany in the German language. Largely the work of Cardinals von Faulhaber and Pacelli, it condemns breaches of the 1933 Reichskonkordat agreement signed between...
1937_3
Section: April (2): April 1 Aden becomes a British crown colony. The Bombing of Jaén is carried out in Spain, by the Condor Legion of the Nazi German Luftwaffe. April 9 – The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London; it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. April 12 – Frank Whittle ground-tests th...
1937_4
Section: May (2): May 6 – Hindenburg disaster: In the United States, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew on board, 13 passengers and 22 crew die, as well as one member of the ground crew. May 7 – Spanish Civil War: The German ...
1937_5
Section: June (2): June – Picasso completes his painting Guernica. June–July – The Dáil Éireann debates and passes the new draft Constitution of Ireland, which is then submitted for public approval by plebiscite. June 3 – Wallis Simpson marries the Duke of Windsor, the former Edward VIII, in France. June 8 The Dáil Éir...
1937_6
Section: July (2): July 1 The Gestapo arrests pastor Martin Niemöller in Germany. In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945. July 2 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear after taking off from New Guinea, during Earhart's attempt to become t...
1937_7
Section: August (2): August 2 – The Marijuana Tax Act in the United States is a significant bill on the path that will lead to the criminalization of cannabis. It was introduced to the U.S. Congress by Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry Anslinger. August 5 – The Soviet Union commences one of the lar...
1937_8
Section: September (2): September 2 – The Great Hong Kong Typhoon kills an estimated 11,000 persons. September 5 – Spanish Civil War: The city of Llanes falls to the Falangists. September 7 – CBS broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the Hollywood ...
1937_9
Section: October (2): October 1 – The Marihuana Tax Act becomes law in the United States. October 2–8 – Parsley Massacre: Under the orders of President Rafael Trujillo, Dominican troops kill thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic. October 3 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese troops advance toward Nanj...
1937_10
Section: November (2): November 5 – World War II: In the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people (recorded in the Hossbach Memorandum). November 6 – Italy joins the Anti-Comintern Pact. November 9 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese...
1937_11
Section: December (2): December 1 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Nanjing begins. December 4 – The Dandy comic is first published in Scotland; it continued until 2012 as a physical publication, then online until 2013. December 11 – Italy withdraws from the League of Nations. December 12 USS Panay incident: Ja...
1938_0
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1938th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 938th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1930s decade.
1938_0
Section: January (2): January 1 – State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapse...
1938_1
Section: February (2): February 4 Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. Gene...
1938_2
Section: March (2): March 1 – Lee Byung-chul establishes a trucking business in Daegu, Korea, which he names Samsung Trading Co, the forerunner to Samsung. March 3 The Santa Ana River in California, United States, spills over its banks during a rainy winter, killing 58 people in Orange County, and causing trouble as fa...
1938_3
Section: April (2): April 10 Édouard Daladier becomes prime minister of France. He appoints as Foreign Minister a leading advocate of the policy of appeasement, Georges Bonnet, effectively negating Blum's reassurances of March 14. In a result that astonishes even Hitler, the Austrian electorate in a national referendum...
1938_4
Section: May (2): May 5 The Vatican recognizes Francisco Franco's government in Spain. General Ludwig Beck, Chief of the German Army's General Staff, submits a memorandum to Hitler opposing Fall Grün (Case Green), the plan for a war with Czechoslovakia, under the grounds that Germany is ill-prepared for the world war l...
1938_5
Section: June (2): June 5 & 7 – The 1938 Yellow River flood is created by the Nationalist government in central China, breaching embankments during the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War, in an attempt to halt the rapid advance of Japanese forces. The flood kills at least 400,000, covers and destroys thousands...
1938_6
Section: July (2): July – The Mauthausen concentration camp is built in Austria. July 1 – The South African Press Association is established, with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pretoria. July 3 The steam locomotive Mallard sets the world speed record for steam, by reaching 125.88 mph on t...
1938_7
Section: August (2): August – In the face of overwhelming Japanese military pressure, Chiang Kai-shek withdraws his government to Chungking. August 10 – At a secret summit with his leading generals, Hitler attacks General Beck's arguments against Fall Grün, winning the majority of his senior officers over to his point ...
1938_8
Section: September (2): September – The European crisis over German demands for annexation of the Sudeten borderland of Czechoslovakia becomes increasingly severe. September 5 – Czechoslovakian President Edvard Beneš invites mid-level representatives of the Sudeten Germans Hradčany Palace, to tell them he will accept w...
1938_9
Section: October (2): October – The Imperial Japanese Army largely overruns Canton. October 1 – German troops march into the Sudetenland. The Polish government gives the Czech government an ultimatum, stating that Trans-Olza region must be handed over within twenty-four hours. The Czechs have little choice but to compl...
1938_10
Section: November (2): November 2 – Arising from The Munich Agreement, Hungary is "awarded" the Felvidek region of South Slovakia and Ruthenia. November 7 – Ernst vom Rath, the Third Secretary at the German Embassy in Paris, is assassinated by Herschel Grynszpan. November 9 – Holocaust – Kristallnacht: In Germany, the ...
1938_11
Section: December (2): December – Adolf Hitler is Time magazine's "Man of the Year", as the most influential person of the year. December 1 – Slovakia is granted the status of an autonomous state, under Catholic priest Fr. Joseph Tiso. December 6 – German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop visits Paris, where he i...
1939_0
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade. This year also marks the start of the S...
1939_0
Section: January (2): January 1 Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: The Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. The Jews name change decree. With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Fü...
1939_1
Section: February (2): February 6 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain states in the House of Commons that any German attack on France will be automatically considered an attack on Britain. In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet'...
1939_2
Section: March (2): March – The 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine ends. March 1 – An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explosion on the outskirts of Osaka kills 94. March 2 – Pope Pius XII (Cardinal Pacelli) succeeds Pope Pius XI to become the 260th pope, holding office until 1958. March 3 – In Durban, South Africa...
1939_3
Section: April (2): April 1 – The Spanish Civil War comes to an end when the last of the Republican forces surrender. April 3 Adolf Hitler orders the German military to start planning for Fall Weiß, the codename for the invasion of Poland. Refik Saydam forms the new government in Turkey (12th government; Refik Saydam h...
1939_4
Section: May (2): May 3 – Vyacheslav Molotov succeeds Maxim Litvinov, as Soviet Foreign Commissar. May 6 – German anti-Nazi Carl Friedrich Goerdeler tells the British government that the German and Soviet governments are secretly beginning a rapprochement, with the aim of dividing Eastern Europe between them. Goerdeler...
1939_5
Section: June (2): June 3 – The Soviet government offers its definition of what constitutes "aggression", upon which the projected Anglo-Soviet-French alliance will come into effect. French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet accepts the Soviet definition of aggression at once. The British reject the Soviet definition, esp...
1939_6
Section: July (2): July 4 – The Neuengamme concentration camp becomes autonomous. July 6 – The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed by the Nazis. July 8 – The Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boat Yankee Clipper inaugurates the world's first heavier-than-air North Atlantic air passenger service...
1939_7
Section: August (2): August 2 – The Einstein–Szilard letter is signed by Albert Einstein, advising President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt of the potential use of uranium to construct an atomic bomb. It is delivered on October 11 and leads to the first meeting on October 21 of the Advisory Committee on Ura...
1939_8
Section: September (2): September 1 – Beginning of WWII: Opening shots of World War II and invasion of Poland: At 4:45 Central European Time, under cover of darkness, the German WWI-era battleship Schleswig-Holstein quietly slips her moorings at her wharf in Danzig Harbor, drifts into the center of the channel, and com...
1939_9
Section: October (2): October 6 – WWII: The Battle of Kock ends the Polish Campaign. Polish resistance moves underground. October 7 – WWII: British Royal Navy cruiser HMS Emerald departs Plymouth in convoy for Halifax, Nova Scotia, carrying £2M in gold bar to be used for purchase of military materiel in North America, ...
1939_10
Section: November (2): November 1–2 – WWII: Physicist Hans Ferdinand Mayer writes the Oslo Report on German weapons systems, and passes it to the British Secret Intelligence Service. November 4 – WWII: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939,...
1940_0
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade. A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calen...
1940_0
Section: January (2): January 4 – WWII: Luftwaffe Chief and Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany, in his capacity as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan. January 6 – WWII: Winter War – General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Soviet forces. January 7 – WWII: Win...
1940_1
Section: February (2): February 2–11 – Scheduled dates for the 1940 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to Sapporo, Japan). February 1 – WWII: Winter War – Soviet forces launch a major assault on Finnish troops occupying the Karelian Isthmus. ...
1940_2
Section: March (2): March 5 – Katyn massacre: Members of the Soviet Politburo (Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Mikhail Kalinin, Kliment Voroshilov and Lavrentiy Beria) sign an order, prepared by Beria, for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs. March 11 – Ed Ri...
1940_3
Section: April (2): April 3 – WWII: Operation Weserübung – German ships set out for the invasion of Norway. April 4 – Neville Chamberlain, UK Prime Minister, in what proves to be a tragic misjudgment, declares in a major public speech that Hitler has "missed the bus". April 7 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first A...
1940_4
Section: May (2): May 10 – WWII: The Battle of France begins. German forces invade the Low Countries: The Battle of the Netherlands begins. The Battle of Belgium begins. The Invasion of Luxembourg begins. The British invasion of Iceland begins. With the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill becomes Prim...
1940_5
Section: June (2): June 1 – WWII: Rear Admiral Sir W. Frederic Wake-Walker's flagship, the destroyer Keith, is sunk by Stukas at Dunkirk. June 3 WWII: Paris is bombed by the Luftwaffe for the first time. The Holocaust: Franz Rademacher proposes the Madagascar Plan. The Weather Bureau is transferred to the United States...
1940_6
Section: July (2): July 1 – The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens for business, built with an 8-foot (2.4 m) girder and 190 feet (58 m) above the water, as the third-longest suspension bridge in the world. July 2 – WWII: British-owned SS Arandora Star, carrying civilian internees and POWs of Italian and German origin f...
1940_7
Section: August (2): August 1 – WWII: British submarine HMS Spearfish is sunk in the English Channel, by what is much later discovered to be a mine. August 3 – The Lithuanian SSR is annexed into the Soviet Union, followed by the Latvian SSR on August 5 and the Estonian SSR August 6, just seven weeks after their occupat...