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* September 17 - [[Joseph Stalin]] launches an invasion of Poland in an attempt to counter the Nazi invasion.

* September 21 - Armand Călinescu is assassinated in Bucharest by members of the [[Iron Guard]].

* September 27 - [[Heinrich Himmler]] establishes the Reich Main Security Office (RHSA) to serve as an umbrella organization for Nazi Germany's intelligence agencies, including the [[Gestapo]]. [[Reinhard Heydrich]] is appointed as the RHSA's inaugural director.

* September 27 - [[Heinrich Himmler]] establishes the [[Reich Main Security Office]] (RHSA) to serve as an umbrella organization for Nazi Germany's intelligence agencies, including the [[Gestapo]]. [[Reinhard Heydrich]] is appointed as the RHSA's inaugural director.

* October 26 - [[Jozef Tiso]] declares the formation of the [[Slovak Republic]], with himself as president and [[Vojtech Tuka]] as prime minister.

* November 16 - [[Al Capone]] is released from Alcatraz, due to deteriorating health caused by syphilis.

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* February 15 - [[Robert Hansen]]

* March 5 - [[Peter Woodcock]]

* April 13 - [[Joseph Maskell]]

* April 19 - [[Ali Khamenei]]

* April 24 - [[Ernst Zündel]]

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* October 15 - Joy Pittman

* November 6 - Michael Schwerner

* December 18 - Paul Lee Stine

== Deaths ==

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 * September 17 - [[Joseph Stalin]] launches an invasion of Poland in an attempt to counter the Nazi invasion.
 * September 21 - Armand Călinescu is assassinated in Bucharest by members of the [[Iron Guard]].
-* September 27 - [[Heinrich Himmler]] establishes the Reich Main Security Office (RHSA) to serve as an umbrella organization for Nazi Germany's intelligence agencies, including the [[Gestapo]]. [[Reinhard Heydrich]] is appointed as the RHSA's inaugural director.
+* September 27 - [[Heinrich Himmler]] establishes the [[Reich Main Security Office]] (RHSA) to serve as an umbrella organization for Nazi Germany's intelligence agencies, including the [[Gestapo]]. [[Reinhard Heydrich]] is appointed as the RHSA's inaugural director.
 * October 26 - [[Jozef Tiso]] declares the formation of the [[Slovak Republic]], with himself as president and [[Vojtech Tuka]] as prime minister.
 * November 16 -  [[Al Capone]] is released from Alcatraz, due to deteriorating health caused by syphilis.
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 * February 15 - [[Robert Hansen]]
 * March 5 - [[Peter Woodcock]]
+* April 13 - [[Joseph Maskell]]
 * April 19 - [[Ali Khamenei]]
 * April 24 - [[Ernst Zündel]]
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 * October 15 - Joy Pittman
 * November 6 - Michael Schwerner
+* December 18 - Paul Lee Stine
 == Deaths ==