Mar 12 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail

Mar 11 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer

Mar 20 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany

Mar 10 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis

Mar 21 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500

Mar 01 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang The of Manchuria

Mar 08 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars

Mar 22 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000)

Mar 04 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated

Mar 07 Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal

Mar 02 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha

Mar 10 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner

Mar 07 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines

Mar 23 US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945

Mar 17 Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gömbös sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome)

Mar 26 Driving tests introduced in Britain

Mar 07 Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region

Mar 03 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol

Mar 05 Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX)

Mar 10 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)

Mar 24 US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945

Mar 10 The birth of Fou Ts Ong, Chinese pianist

Mar 16 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act

Mar 12 Acting President Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia

Mar 15 US Information Service opens

Mar 29 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt

Mar 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)

Aug 06 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915

Aug 03 Three days of anti-Jewish rioting in Constantine, Algeria leave 23 Jews killed and 35 wounded. The pogroms are traced to Radio-Berlin and Radio-Stuttgart Nazi broadcasts.

Aug 16 The Post office issues 2 cent stamp to commemorate 150th anniversary of founding of New Brunswick

Aug 01 Paul Von Hindenburg dies at 86, Hitler takes over presidency

Aug 01 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour

Aug 14 Millionaire brewer John Labatt abducted at gunpoint by three men, who asked for a ransom of $150,000, which the kidnappers never received; released unharmed three days later; first recorded kidnapping for ransom in Canada.

Aug 16 US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)

Aug 02 Death of Hindenberg. Hitler becomes head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Hitler proclaims himself "Fuehrer" and forces all military personnel to swear allegience to him.

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