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* February 18 - End of the [[Rape of Nanking]]. | * February 18 - End of the [[Rape of Nanking]]. | ||
* May 25 - [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] bombs the city of Alicante, killing between 275 and 393 people and injuring a thousand. | * May 25 - [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] bombs the city of Alicante, killing between 275 and 393 people and injuring a thousand. | ||
* August 16 - The final victim of the [[Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run]] is discovered on East 9th Street in the Kingsbury Run neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The victim, a male, has never been identified. | |||
* November 9 to 10 - The [[Nazi Party]] launches the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' ("Night of Broken Glass") [[pogrom]] against Jewish citizens of Germany. The attacks, carried out primarily by the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'', result in the destruction of over 7,000 Jewish businesses, 30,000 Jewish men being arrested and incarcerated in [[concentration camp]]s, and at least 91 deaths. The event is considered to be the official beginning of [[the Holocaust]]. | * November 9 to 10 - The [[Nazi Party]] launches the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' ("Night of Broken Glass") [[pogrom]] against Jewish citizens of Germany. The attacks, carried out primarily by the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'', result in the destruction of over 7,000 Jewish businesses, 30,000 Jewish men being arrested and incarcerated in [[concentration camp]]s, and at least 91 deaths. The event is considered to be the official beginning of [[the Holocaust]]. | ||
* November 17 - [[Joseph Stalin]] declares the [[Great Purge]] to be over. | * November 17 - [[Joseph Stalin]] declares the [[Great Purge]] to be over. | ||
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Events
- January 5 - Josip Broz Tito is named General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
- February 18 - End of the Rape of Nanking.
- May 25 - Falange de las J.O.N.S bombs the city of Alicante, killing between 275 and 393 people and injuring a thousand.
- August 16 - The final victim of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run is discovered on East 9th Street in the Kingsbury Run neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The victim, a male, has never been identified.
- November 9 to 10 - The Nazi Party launches the Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogrom against Jewish citizens of Germany. The attacks, carried out primarily by the Sturmabteilung, result in the destruction of over 7,000 Jewish businesses, 30,000 Jewish men being arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps, and at least 91 deaths. The event is considered to be the official beginning of the Holocaust.
- November 17 - Joseph Stalin declares the Great Purge to be over.
- December 16 - Plaek Phibunsongkhram is named Prime Minister of Siam and subsequently establishes a military dictatorship.
Births
Villain births
- January 2 - Ian Brady
- January 6 - John Patler
- January 30 - Islam Karimov
- February 21 - Stanislava Juoniene
- April 29 - Bernard Madoff
- May 3 - Omar Abdel Rahman
- July 28 - Alberto Fujimori
- November 2 - Pat Buchanan & David Lane
- November 24 - Charles Starkweather
- December 31 - Marien Ngouabi
Victim births
Deaths
Villain deaths
- March 15 - Alexei Rykov
- August 1 - Andrei Bubnov
- August 29 - Leonid Zakovsky & Béla Kun
- September 24 - Joe Ball
- October 29 - Jane Toppan
- December 7 - Anna Marie Hahn
Victim deaths
- August 23 - Ricardo Moreno Cañas & Carlos Echandi