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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6--Moving with speed, the Senate Finance Committee applied the blue pencil today to the House-approved Excess Profits Tax and Amortization...
RAF bombs Berlin for 3 hrs, Regensburg harbor on Danube River, Cap Griz Nez, Stettin and other mil objectives in Germany
Antonescu announces Rumanian territorial cessions ended
Cable Raincoat Co employes to end strike to aid work on govt contracts, Boston
O'Dwyer charges LaGuardia had Judge T Downs commit Probationary Patrolman A F L D'Alessandro as disguised criminal to spy on C Farley charged with murder of Patrolman N C Moreno; LaGuardia claims Farley and his alleged accomplice were dismissed after confessing; O'Dwyer claims they were indicted
1940Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Dario Argento is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. His influential work in the horror and giallo genres during the 1970s and 1980s has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".
1940Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)[â ]
Abdurrahman Wahid, more colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from office in 2001. A long time leader within the Nahdlatul Ulama organization, he was the founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB). He was the son of Minister of Religious Affairs Wahid Hasyim, and the grandson of Nahdatul Ulama founder Hasyim Asy'ari. Due to a visual impairment caused by glaucoma, he was blind in the left eye and partially blind in his right eye. He was the first president of Indonesia to have had physical disabilities.
1940JosĂ© FĂ©lix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (born 1888)[â ]
José Félix Estigarribia Insaurralde was a Paraguayan military officer and politician who served as the 34th President of Paraguay from 1939 until his death in a plane crash on 7 September 1940. He is most remembered for his role as commander in chief of the Paraguayan Army during the Chaco War, which resulted in an upset victory for Paraguay.
1940Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.[â ]
Southern Dobruja or South Dobruja, also the Quadrilateral, is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising Dobrich and Silistra provinces, part of the historical region of Dobruja. It has an area of 7,412 square km and a population of 358,000.
1940World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.[â ]
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.