1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks

1934 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang The of Manchuria

1937 Governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles

1937 The first permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)

1937 US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day

1939 Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe 1886-1960 opens first Trans Canada Air Lines transcontinental passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver

1940 12th Academy Awards "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat &Vivien Leigh win

1940 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published

1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book

1941 German troops invade Bulgaria

1941 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp

1941 The first US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville TN

1942 Extermination begins at Sobibor.

1942 HMS EXETER sunk, East Indies, north west of Surabaya in Java Sea by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force.

1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java

1942 Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews

1942 Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia

1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided

1943 The Canadian Women's Army Corps is founded as part of the Canadian forces; CWACs have full military titles and hold commissions.

1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns

1944 The Canadian government ends meat rationing.

1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic

1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten

1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi

1945 FDR announces success of Yalta Conference

1945 Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander

1945 Hitler orders the destruction of all Germany; it is unworthy of surviving him. His order mandates the destruction not only of military installations, but also of all stores, industries, and transportation and communication installations. Nothing is to fall into enemy hands.

1945 Major Frederick A. Tilston Cdn.(The Essex Scottish Regimetn) wins the Victoria Cross at Hochwald, Germany

1945 US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach

1946 British Govt takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years

1946 Operation Frostbite--USS Midway with elements of Air Group 74 on board, and accompanied by three destroyers, left Norfolk to conduct cold weather tests in Davis Strait. In the period 7-22 March, these units with World War II type aircraft and the newer F8F Bearcat, the combination prop and jet FR-1 Fireball, and the HNS-1 helicopter.

1946 Panamá accepts its new constitution

1947 International Monetary Fund began operations

1949 Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years.

1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the Presidency of National China on Formosa

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