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* June 14 - [[Francisco Franco]] orders an occupation of the Tangier International Zone. | * June 14 - [[Francisco Franco]] orders an occupation of the Tangier International Zone. | ||
* July 10 - The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is passed, establishing [[Vichy France]] as a client state of Nazi Germany. [[Philippe Pétain]] is named Chief of State and is given dictatorial powers. | * July 10 - The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is passed, establishing [[Vichy France]] as a client state of Nazi Germany. [[Philippe Pétain]] is named Chief of State and is given dictatorial powers. | ||
* July 22 - [[Fumimaro Konoe]] is named Prime Minister of Japan for the second time. | |||
* August - [[Lehi]] is founded by [[Avraham Stern]] after breaking away from the [[Irgun]]. | |||
* August 21 - [[Leon Trotsky]] is assassinated in Mexico City by NKVD agent [[Ramón Mercader]], acting on orders from [[Joseph Stalin]]. | * August 21 - [[Leon Trotsky]] is assassinated in Mexico City by NKVD agent [[Ramón Mercader]], acting on orders from [[Joseph Stalin]]. | ||
* September 7 - Beginning of [[the Blitz]]. | * September 7 - Beginning of [[the Blitz]]. | ||
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* October 23 - [[Adolf Hitler]] meets with Francisco Franco to discuss a possible alliance with Spain. | * October 23 - [[Adolf Hitler]] meets with Francisco Franco to discuss a possible alliance with Spain. | ||
* October 28 - [[Benito Mussolini]] launches an invasion of Greece. | * October 28 - [[Benito Mussolini]] launches an invasion of Greece. | ||
* Unknown - [[A.O. Neville]] steps down as Chief Protector of the Aborigines. | |||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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* July 6 - [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] | * July 6 - [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] | ||
* July 15 - [[Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.]] | * July 15 - [[Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.]] | ||
* August 24 - [[Gordon Baum]] | |||
* August 26 - [[Michel Micombero]] | * August 26 - [[Michel Micombero]] | ||
* September 10 - [[Robert Anthony Buell]] | * September 10 - [[Robert Anthony Buell]] | ||
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=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* May 29 - Leonardo Henrichsen | |||
* July 16 - Daniel L. Simmons | |||
* September 6 - Hugo Spadafora | * September 6 - Hugo Spadafora | ||
* October 8 - John Lennon | * October 8 - John Lennon | ||
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Events[edit]
- January 4 - Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany.
- March 13 - End of the Winter War.
- March 13 - Former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Michael O'Dwyer is assassinated in Caxton Hall, Westminster, England by the Indian revolutionary Udham Singh.
- March 30 - Wang Jingwei declares the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China to be the legitimate Chinese state, and pledges its allegiance to the Empire of Japan.
- April to May - The Katyn Massacre is perpetrated by the NKVD.
- April 9 - The Nazi Party launches Operation Weserübung, invading Denmark and Norway. Vidkun Quisling proclaims a new collaborationist regime in Norway.
- May 20 - Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp is opened in occupied Poland, near the town of Oświęcim.
- May 23 - The British Union of Fascists is dissolved.
- June 14 - Francisco Franco orders an occupation of the Tangier International Zone.
- July 10 - The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is passed, establishing Vichy France as a client state of Nazi Germany. Philippe Pétain is named Chief of State and is given dictatorial powers.
- July 22 - Fumimaro Konoe is named Prime Minister of Japan for the second time.
- August - Lehi is founded by Avraham Stern after breaking away from the Irgun.
- August 21 - Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader, acting on orders from Joseph Stalin.
- September 7 - Beginning of the Blitz.
- September 9 - African-American man Austin Callaway is lynched by a gang of six white supremacists in LaGrange, Georgia.
- September 14 - Ion Antonescu and the Iron Guard declare the formation of the National Legionary State to govern Romania, and allign themselves with the Axis Powers.
- September 22 - Imperial Japan begins an invasion of French Indochina.
- September 30 - A gang of Hitler Youth members burn down the Great Synagogue of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France.
- October 10 - Fulgencio Batista is elected President of Cuba.
- October 12 - The Taisei Yokusankai is founded.
- October 23 - Adolf Hitler meets with Francisco Franco to discuss a possible alliance with Spain.
- October 28 - Benito Mussolini launches an invasion of Greece.
- Unknown - A.O. Neville steps down as Chief Protector of the Aborigines.
Births[edit]
Villain births[edit]
- January 1 - Clifford Olson
- January 12 - Bob Hewitt
- February 2 - Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
- February 16 - Kim Jong-il
- June 7 - Samuel Little
- June 16 - Neil Goldschmidt
- July 6 - Nursultan Nazarbayev
- July 15 - Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.
- August 24 - Gordon Baum
- August 26 - Michel Micombero
- September 10 - Robert Anthony Buell
- September 23 - Michel Temer
- September 27 - Lawrence Bittaker
- October 27 - John Gotti
- November 23 - Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.
- Unknown - Ali Hassan Salameh
Victim births[edit]
- May 29 - Leonardo Henrichsen
- July 16 - Daniel L. Simmons
- September 6 - Hugo Spadafora
- October 8 - John Lennon
Deaths[edit]
Villain deaths[edit]
- February 4 - Nikolai Yezhov & Mikhail Frinovsky
- August 3 - Vladimir Jabotinsky
- August 21 - Leon Trotsky
- September 23 - Robert Hichens
- November 17 - Eric Gill
Victim deaths[edit]
- March 30 - Michael O'Dwyer
- July 6 - Jack Avery
- September 9 - Austin Callaway