1927 Communist uprising in West Java

1928 The first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio

1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant

1930 Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever

1930 Stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era.

1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH

1932 Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws

1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison

1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective

1934 International Telecommunication Union established

1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto

1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM

1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey"

1936 The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune

1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua

1937 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain

1937 US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio

1941 Formal opening of CBC News Service in canada

1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages

1941 Russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff

1942 US & 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis

1943 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel

1943 Negro League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown

1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army

1944 The first feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY

1945 France is admitted to the United Nations.

1945 France joins the UN

1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels

1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god

1946 ENIAC, US first computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert

1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic

1947 Benelux agress to work related issues

1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry

1948 Bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the 3rd Test vs India

1948 Britain nationalizes its railways

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