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Germany issues White Book on Polish documents on events leading to war
Comment on U S steel orders for foreign shipyards including recent one from Italy
Roosevelt issues statement on Welles visit; text; reveals scant immediate peace prospect; illus of Welles in conf with Reynaud
Sen McCarran offers proposal to cut excise tax power on 4 products from trade pact sphere, Sen
Anglo-French Sup War Council plans to end German trade
1940Norman Gifford, English cricketer[†]
Norman Gifford is a retired English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. Gifford played county cricket for Worcestershire, and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs, and represented England in fifteen Test matches and two One Day International between 1964 and 1985.
1940Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and educator[†]
Jerry Ray Lucas is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State University, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1940Hans Ragnemalm, Swedish lawyer and judge (died 2016)[†]
Hans Olof Ragnemalm was a Swedish lawyer, judge, and professor emeritus of public law.
1940David Earle Bailey, American Episcopal priest (died 2024)[†]
David Earle Bailey was an American Episcopalian clergyman who was bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland, a missionary diocese of the Episcopal Church. He was consecrated bishop on August 7, 2010.
1940Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1876)[†]
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish Unionist politician. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1932 to 1935.
1940Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.[†]
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th century and has been described as The Asian Holocaust, in reference to the scale of Japanese war crimes against Chinese civilians, similar to the European ones. It is known in the Republic of China and People's Republic of China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.