Mar 02 Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
Mar 15 Saudi Arabia began producing oil, a natural resource that would transform a virtual dust bowl of a nation into one so wealthy that King Faisal's main problem was what to do with too much money
Mar 11 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria
Mar 03 A world record for the indoor mile run was set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Glenn Cunningham made the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.
Mar 18 President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies
Mar 16 Noël Coward's musical "Operette", premieres in London
Mar 13 "Anschluss," annexation of Austria to the Third Reich.
Mar 03 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
Mar 11 A world record for the indoor mile run was set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Glenn Cunningham made the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.
Mar 13 Nazi Germany invade Austria, making it a German Reich province
Mar 02 Landslides &floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles CA)
Mar 17 The birth of Rudolf Nureyev, World renowned Russian ballet dancer
Mar 07 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
Mar 19 Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
Mar 12 Germans enter Vienna, and 183,000 Jews in Austria fall under Nazi control. Within one month, 500 Jews commit suicide.
Mar 12 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
Mar 11 German troops enter Austria
Aug 07 2 die in a New York subway accident
Aug 26 Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL
Aug 18 FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US and Canada
Aug 10 Temperatur reaches 119 degrees F in Pendleton, Oregon. - New state record
Aug 25 The birth of Frederick Forsyth, British Author
Aug 29 The birth of Elliot Gould, American actor
Aug 21 The birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter
Aug 17 Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
