Mar 20 Paul Reynoud becomes French premier
Mar 29 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
Mar 26 The birth of James Caan, American actor
Mar 07 The Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles.
Mar 16 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
Mar 15 Göring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
Mar 01 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published
Mar 03 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
Mar 13 Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
Mar 19 French government of Daladier, falls
Mar 01 12th Academy Awards "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat &Vivien Leigh win
Mar 01 12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat &Vivien Leigh win
Mar 14 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen TX
Mar 07 Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain
Mar 12 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
Mar 02 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
Mar 23 All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland
Mar 27 Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice
Mar 23 First radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS
Mar 19 Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt
Mar 31 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
Mar 18 In the Brenner Pass in the Alps, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, and Benito Mussolini, leader of Fascist Italy, meet to discuss Italy’s imminent entrance into World War II in an alliance with Germany
Aug 13 Air crash in Canberra kills three UAP ministers and Chief of the General Staff
Aug 25 The first parachute wedding (how do you kiss the bride?)
Aug 08 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
