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Biographies
 Aberhart, William
 Alcala Zamora, Niceto
 Alegria, Ciro
 Aleixandre, Vicente
 Armfield, James Christopher
 Attlee, Clement Richard
 Baldwin, Stanley
 Baldwin of Bewdley, 1st, Stanley
 Beck, Ludwig
 Benes, Eduard
 Ben-Gurion, David
 Blair, Eric Arthur
 Blomberg, Werner von
 Bragg, William Henry
 Braun, Eva
 Brooke, Alan Francis
 Budenny, Semyon Mikhaylovich
 Canaris, Wilhelm Franz
 Canetti, Elias
 Channon, Henry
 Chapaprieta, Joaquin
 Christie, Agatha
 Ciano
 Clough, Brian
 Clynes, John Robert
 Cooper, Alfred Duff
 Croce, Benedetto
 Curtin, John Joseph Ambrose
 Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale
 Desai, Morarji Ranchodji
 Dimitrov, Georgi Mikhailovich
 Doenitz, Karl
 Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick
 Earhart, Amelia
 Eden, Robert Anthony
 En-Lai, Chou
 Faisall II
 Farinacci, Roberto
 Farnsworth, Philo
 Fisher, John
 Flandin, Gaston-Pierre-Etienne
 Forester, Cecil Scott
 Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo
 Fritsch, Werner Freiherr
 Fromm, Friedrich
 Gamelin, Maurice Gustave
 Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
 Gardiner, James Garfield
 George II
 George V
 Gershwin, George
 Gil Robles, Jose Maria
 Goering, Herman
 Gombos, Julius
 Goodman, Benny
 Graves, Robert
 Greenwood, Arthur
 Guderain, Heinz
 Haile Selassie I
 Harvey, Alex
 Henderson, Nevile Meyrick
 Henlein, Konrad
 Hertzog, James
 Hierl, Konstantin
 Hitler, Adolf
 Hoare, Samuel
 Hogg
 Hughes, Howard
 Hussein I
 Inonu, Ismet
 Jinnah, Mohammed Ali
 Jodl, Alfred
 Joliet-Curie, Irene
 Kai-Shek, Chiang
 Kamenev, Lev Borisovich
 Kandelaki, David
 Kang, Kao
 Karajan, Herbert von
 Keisuke, Okada
 Keitel, Wilhelm
 Kennard, Howard
 Kenyatta, Jomo
 Kesselring, Albrecht
 Khan III, Aga
 Knox, Geoffrey
 Koscialkowski-Zyndram, Marian
 Kreisky, Bruno
 Krosigk, Lutz Graf Schwerin von
 Kuo-t'ao, Chang
 Laval, Pierre
 Lawrence of Arabia, Thomas Edward
 Lawton, Tommy
 Lerroux, Alejandro
 Lung, Ho
 MacArthur, Douglas
 MacDonald, James Ramsey
 MacMillan, Maurice Harold
 Marcks, Erich
 Menzies, Robert
 Messerschmitt, Willy
 Model, Otto Moritz Walter
 More, Thomas
 Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea
 Nicolson, Harold
 Ortiz, Roberto
 Orwell, George
 Owens, James Cleveland "Jesse"
 Penaranda Castillo, Enrique
 Pilsudski, Josef Klemens
 Presley, Elvis Aaron
 Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilyevich
 Raeder, Erich
 Rakosi, Matyas
 Rakovsky, Khristian Georgiyevich
 Rama VII
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 Reitlinger, Gerald
 Reynaud, Paul
 Ribbentrop, Joachim von
 Richter, Charles
 Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen
 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
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 Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
 Stalin, Joseph
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 Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro
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 Teh, Chu
 Terboven, Josef
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 Terragosa, Joaquin Chapaprieta y
 Tse-Tung, Mao
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 Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich
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 Weizmann, Chaim Azriel
 Wilder, Gene
 Williams, Ralph Vaughan
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 Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
 Yamamoto, Isoroku
 Yoshida, Tetsuro
 Yukawa, Hideki
 Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich
 Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich
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   1st Flight Hawaii California   Earhart, Amelia
  11th Jan   1st person to fly solo from Hawaii to California
   Abdication   Rama VII
     Abdication of Rama VII
   Adviser   MacArthur, Douglas
     Appointed Military Adviser to the Philippines
   Alliance   Laval, Pierre
  7th Jan Paris   A settlement between Abyssinia & Italy
  7th Jan Paris    Parts of Abyssinia are ceded to Italy, the ensuing outcry forces Hoare to resign
  7th Jan Paris   Signed by Samuel Hoare & Pierre Laval
  2nd May Paris   Signs the Franco-Soviet pact, guaranteeing mutual assistance over 5 years
   Alliance   Hitler, Adolf
  11th April Magiorre   A conference at Maggiore attended by Italy, Britain & France
  11th April Magiorre   The Stresa Front is formed which condemns Germany's violations of Versailles
   Alliance   Hoare, Samuel
   London   Large parts of Abyssinia are ceded to Italy, an outcry forces Hoare to resign
   London   Signed by Hoare & Laval, to settle dispute between Abyssinia & Italy
   Alliance   Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea
     Mussolini & Laval declare arms limitations & mutual support
   Rome   Mussolini & Laval declare arms limitations & mutual support
   Alliance   Stalin, Joseph
   April Moscow   The USSR & Czech sign a mutual assistance & non-aggression pact
   April Moscow   The USSR & France sign a mutual assistance & non-aggression pact
   Ambassador   Ribbentrop, Joachim von
   Berlin   Appointed Ambassador-General
   Ambassador   Henderson, Nevile Meyrick
   London   Appointed Ambassador to Argentina
   Ambassador   Kennard, Howard
   London   Appointed Ambassador to Poland
   Anniversary   George V
  6th May   Celebrates his Silver Jubilee
   Armament   Hitler, Adolf
   Mar Berlin   Announces the peace time strength of the German army will be 1/2 million
   Mar Berlin   Hitler restores conscription
  9th Mar Berlin   The Allies are informed about the existence of a German airforce
  16th Mar Berlin   Announces abrogation of the treaty of Versailles
  16th Mar Berlin   Announces expansion of the Army to 36 Divs
  16th Mar Berlin   The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the treaty of Versailles
   Armament   Krosigk, Lutz Graf Schwerin von
     The Minister of Finance is allowed to raise credits to rearm Germany
   Armament   Attlee, Clement Richard
  11th Mar   Moves that increased arms budgets is at variance with the League of Nations
   Armament   Baldwin, Stanley
  4th Mar   Signs a White Paper to modernize equipment & increase estimates
  18th Mar   The Government protests about Germany's conscription & existence of the Luftwafe
  18th June   German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain
   Arrest   Kreisky, Bruno
   Jan   Arrested & convicted of high treason
   Arrest   Rakosi, Matyas
     Imprisoned for life
   Attorney   Menzies, Robert
   Canberra   Appointed Attorney-General
   Birth   Armfield, James Christopher
  21st Sep Blackpool   Birth of James Chris topher Armfield
   Birth   Channon, Henry
  9th Oct   Birth of Henry Paul Guinness Channon
   Birth   Clough, Brian
  21st Mar Middlesbrough   Birth of Brian Clough, born at number 11 Valley Road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, the son of a local sweet factory worker, and the fifth of eight children
   Birth   Harvey, Alex