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Sunday, 09 August 2026
1930 The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty eight years. 
1931 in Nicaragua a 5.6 earthquake occurred 2450 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes
1931 The great Knute Rockne died in a plane crash.
1931 Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1931 Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43.
1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall.
1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine.
1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer (S African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961)
1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps.
1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler
1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88.
1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49).
1938 Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet/critic (New Guide), dies at 78
1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany takes any action against it
1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany (and so it begins)
1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR is recorded as becoming 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa.
1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco.
1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway.
1943 Christopher Walken, american actor is born
1943 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, results in the deaths of 326
1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
1944 Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine.
1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
1945 Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie", premieres in New York NY.
1945 US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa.
1945 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63.
1946 Belgian government of Acker, forms.
1946 Belgian govt of Acker, forms
1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe.
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