1932 NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges)

1939 German army invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II.

1939 Nazi troops invade Poland, beginning WWII.

1939 Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes"

1939 WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig

1941 Jews in all of the Third Reich are required to wear the yellow Star of David.

1941 Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear

1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)

1948 Communist's form the North China People's Republic

1948 UN's World Health Organization forms

1949 The first network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers

1950 West Berlin granted a constitution

1951 US, Australia &New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty

1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory

1957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400

1961 USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia

1962 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran

1962 UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion

1968 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting

1969 Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris

1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain

1972 Bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.

1972 The O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers.

1973 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

1973 George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title

1975 Gunsmoke goes off the air

1975 NBC-TV broadcasts its last Monday Night Baseball game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.

1975 NYC transit fare rises from 35. to 50.

1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-197

1976 Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray)

1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold

1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia

1979 Debbie Boone &Gabriel Ferrer wed in LA

1979 LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask

1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings

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