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1942  The inaugural transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma   

1942  1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma.   

1942  Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies   

1943  German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw.   

1943  Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting   

1943  Nazi officer Jergen Stroop reports to his superiors that the Warsaw ghetto is no longer in existence. According to his calculations 7000 Jews have been killed in street fighting, 30000 have been deported to Treblinka and 5-6000 have perished in flames   

1943  -17th] RAF bombs Möhne and Eder (Battle of Ruhr).   

1944  Military police attack gypsies   

1944  Rabbi Weissmandl sends out pleas to bomb camp and rail lines - based on his "Auschwitz Protocol" - a 31 page report from escapees' eyewitness accounts of Rudolph Verba and Alfred Wetzler.   

1944  The inaugural of 180000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz.   

1944  1st of 180000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz.   

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78   

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei   

1945  Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa   

1946  The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens.   

1948  CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is are discovered in Greece   

1948  Chaim Weizmann elected inaugural President of Israel.   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza.   

1948  Israel issues its inaugural postage stamps.   

1949  William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies   

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies.   

1954  Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61   

1955  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title   

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo.   

1955  Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown.   

1955  Debra Winger, American film actress is born.   

1955  James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY.   

1956  Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China.   

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia.   

1957  Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1404.18 MPH   

1957  US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT   

1958  Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  Walter Irwin flies 2259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter.   

1958  Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49.   

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1558  Andreas of austria: Bohemia cardinal/gov of netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard digby: English conspirator   

1609  Ferdinand: Austria, cardinal of spain/governor of netherlands   

1641  Dudley north: Financier/economist   

1659  Campegius vitringa: Dutch theologist   

1710  William talbot: 1st earl talbot, english politician   

1718  Maria gaetana agnesi: Italian mathematician   

1748  Antonius van alphen: Apostolic vicar of de bosch   

0942  Death of Saadiah gaon: Head of talmudic academy of sura,   

1265  Death of Saint simon stock: English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Pieter appelmans: Flemish architect/master builder,   

1569  Dirk willems: Anabaptist martyr   

1620  Death of William adams: English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Andrzej bobola: Polish jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Thomas wriothesley: 4th earl of southampton, english statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  Death of Pietro da cortona: [berrettini], painter/architect,