Lee Buck Trevino is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The Masters Tournament was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "the Merry Mex" and "Supermex", both affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers.

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1939World War II: A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland, the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet, while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes.^[†]

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.

1939The Soviet Union establishes the Finnish Democratic Republic puppet state in Terijoki.^[†]

The Finnish Democratic Republic, also known as the Terijoki Government, was a short-lived puppet government of the Soviet Union in occupied Finnish territory from December 1939 to March 1940.

Headlines from December 1, 1939

Two British Destroyers and a Submarine In Norwegian Port for Repairs After Battle

First Lady Visits Dies Committee To Hear Youth Congress Defended; MRS. ROOSEVELT LISTENS TO A WITNESS AT DIES HEARING

CAJANDER NOW OUT; Premier Assailed by the Soviet Quits Despite a Vote of Confidence TANNER MAY GET JOB Russian Ultimatum Said to Ask Surrender on Pain of Worse Blow... Soviet Threat Broadcast Tanner Heads Social Democrats FINNS' CABINET OUT; TRUCE PLEA LIKELY

FRENCH VOTE TO LET DALADIER RUN WAR; Decree Power Extended for Duration of Conflict After 12-Hour Debate No Criticism of War's Course Oppose His Own Proposal FRENCH VOTE TO LET DALADIER RUN WAR Explains Conduct of War Hope of Dissension "Vain" Praises American Decision" Security Must Be Organized

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