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1936 - January-March. January 7-10 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: In the Battle of Ganale Doria, General Graziani attacks troops under Ras Desta Damtew guarding southern Ethiopia; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee. January 15 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 16 - Serial killer Albert Fish executed in Sing Sing January 20 - Death of George V of the Unite ...

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1954 - January. January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands war reparations from East Germany January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 17 - In Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas, Tito's second-in-command, is relieved of his dut ...

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1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). January 9 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's for the first time. January 10 - The United States and the Va ...

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1976 - January. January 8 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) January 10 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910) January 12 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890) January 23 - Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, writer, and activist (b. 1898) January 30 - Mance Lipscomb, American singer (b. 1895) 1976 - February. February 1 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ...

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1875 - January - April. January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected governor William Irwin. March 3 - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris March 3 - The first organized indoor game of ice hockey was played between two pick-up teams at the Victoria S ...

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1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1939 - Events. January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 13 - Black Friday: 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bushfires. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq mi razed January 26 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and ...

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Jose Arguelles (b. 1939) is the New Age spiritual leader for the Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of Time. He holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Aesthetics from the University of Chicago, and has taught at numerous colleges, including Princeton University and the San Francisco Institute of Art. He has gained notoriety for the Harmonic Convergence event, and his mystical book about the Maya calendar, The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology. After Mayan Factor's financial success, Jose and his wife L ...

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See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. 1998 in literature - Events. November 18 - Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award with her novel Charming Billy. Following the death of Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, there is a gap of several months before a successor is appointed. 1998 in literature - New books. About a Boy - Nick Hornby African Exploits - Roy Ma ...

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Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four. The first was Christina (born June 11, 1939), whom Crawford adopted in 1940 while she was single. The second was Christopher (born April 1941), whom Joan adopted in June of that year. In 1942, Christopher's biological mother found out where he was and managed to get him back. The third child was an 8-year-old named Phillip Terry, Jr. (born 1935), whom Joan and then husband Phillip Terry adopted in April 1943, but did not keep. The fou ...

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1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. See 1696. 1903 - Events. January 1 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India January 6 - Mileva Maric married Albert Einstein. February 11 - The Oxnard Strike of 1903 represents the first time in U.S. h ...

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1939 - January-March. January 2 - Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) January 23 - Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903) January 24 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867) January 28 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) February 10 - Pope Pius XI (b. 1857) February 11 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874) February 12 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (b. 1868)See also:

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1939 - January. January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 13 - Black Friday: 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bushfires. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq mi razed January 26 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided ...

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1939 - January. January 2 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist January 2 - John McBon, Argentianian Tv Star Ed the Repairman January 3 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player January 6 - Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2002) January 10 - Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976) January 10 - Bill Toomey, American athlete January 11 - Ann Heggtveit, Canadian skier January 17 - Maury Povich, American talk show host January ...

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