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Jackson and Hatch oppose Dem campaign book sales as violation; Vandenberg lauds Hatch impartiality, Sen
Ital reptd captured with German bomber crew
trial jurors chosen
Sen reopens debate; bill assailed by Sens Norris, Clark and Vandenberg, defended by Burke; Lee offers pay rise amendment; Labor's Non-Partisan League demonstrates against bill
Rieber resigns as chmn
1940Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (died 2000)[†]
William Clifford Musselman was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.
1940World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force.[†]
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.