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1934 Bradman scores 128 NSW v Victoria, 96 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes. 
1936 Heatherfield, coaster, 500 tons. Ran ashore in a fog at Whitby, Yorkshire. Crew rescued by breeches buoy
1939 Fascist Franco conquers Barcelona.
1939 Federal Hall National Monument established
1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind".
1939 Franco conquers Barcelona
1939 Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard
1940 Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
1942 In this year, Italian supreme command formally claims dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1942 The inaugural US force in Europe during WWII goes ashore in Northern Ireland.
1942 U.S. troops land in Northern Ireland to support the Allied effort during WWII
1942 Wartime Prices and Trade Board brings in sugar rationing; 12 ounces per person per week
1942 1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83.
1943 Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies.
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp.
1945 Soviet troops arrive at Auschwitz to discover 7600 survivors and 648 corpses. Most of the prisoners in Auschwitz had been sent out on a death march on Jan 18.
1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die.
1947 Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
1948 Executive Order981, which puts an end to segregation in US Armed Forces, is signed.
1948 Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65
1949 USS Norton Sound, inaugural guided-missile ship, launches inaugural guided missile, Loon.
1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting.
1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
1950 India is recorded as becoming a democratic republic within the Commonwealth.
1950 India is recorded as becoming a republic as new President Rajendra Prasad takes the oath of office.
1950 India is recorded as becoming a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion
1950 Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1952 Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58.
1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland.
1954 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80.
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