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Events

February 13 - Béla Imrédy resigns as Prime Minister of Hungary.
March 7 - Armand Călinescu is named Prime Minister of Romania.
March 7 - Khorloogiin Choibalsan declares himself Prime Minister of Mongolia after ousting previous Prime Minister Anandyn Amar in an NKVD-backed purge.
March 15 - The Arrow Cross Party is founded.
April 1 - The Spanish Civil War ends. Francisco Franco and his fascist Falange de las J.O.N.S successfully abolish the Second Spanish Republic and declare the formation of a new Spanish State.
May 22 - The "Pact of Steel" is signed by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, formally creating the Axis Powers.
June 10 - James A. Colescott replaces Hiram Wesley Evans as Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
June 24 - Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Prime Minister of Siam, renames the country Thailand.
August - End of the Great Palestinian Revolt.
August 23 - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is signed between the Nazi Party and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, mandating peace between the two parties.
August 25 - The Irish Republican Army bombs the city of Coventry in England, killing 5 people and injuring 70.
September 1 - The Action T4 euthanasia program is first launched by the Nazi Party, with Schutzstaffel officers Karl Brandt and Philipp Bouhler placed in charge of the program.
September 1 - Adolf Hitler orders a full-scale invasion of Poland, marking the official beginning of World War II.
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.
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.
November 30 - The Soviet Union invades Finland, beginning the Winter War.
Unknown - The Einsatzgruppen death squads are used for the first time.

Births

Villain births

January 1 - Billy Reid
January 31 - Jerry Brudos
February 8 - Jose Maria Sison
February 15 - Robert Hansen
March 5 - Peter Woodcock
April 19 - Ali Khamenei
April 24 - Ernst Zündel
May 21 - Roger Kibbe
June 12 - Bobby Jack Fowler
July 16 - Barry Seal
September 24 - Patrick Kearney
October 18 - Lee Harvey Oswald
November 6 - David Parker Ray
November 27 - Laurent-Désiré Kabila
December 18 - Dean Corll
December 26 - Phil Spector

Victim births

April 2 - Marvin Gaye
October 15 - Joy Pittman
November 6 - Michael Schwerner

Deaths

Villain deaths

January 13 - Arthur Barker
February 26 - Stanislav Kosior
March 7 - Armand Călinescu
June 16 - Robert Nixon

Victim deaths

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 * June 10 - [[James A. Colescott]] replaces [[Hiram Wesley Evans]] as Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
 * June 24 - [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]], Prime Minister of Siam, renames the country Thailand.
+* August - End of the Great Palestinian Revolt.
 * August 23 - The [[Vyacheslav Molotov|Molotov]]-[[Joachim von Ribbentrop|Ribbentrop]] Pact is signed between the Nazi Party and the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], mandating peace between the two parties.
 * August 25 - The [[Irish Republican Army]] bombs the city of Coventry in England, killing 5 people and injuring 70.