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September 28, 1939

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Headlines from September 28, 1939

The International Situation

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A Russian ship was torpedoed off the Estonian coast yesterday and with it, possibly, Estonia's hopes of escaping Soviet domination. With Moscow's ominous announcement of the sinking ...

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Notable Births

Stuart Kauffman

1939Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic[†]

Stuart Alan Kauffman is an American medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Calgary. He is currently emeritus professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Systems Biology. He has a number of awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Wiener Medal.

Historical Events

World War II

1939World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

Siege of Warsaw (1939)

1939World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.[†]

The siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army.