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Possible gang murders and other activities of Mafia and its branch, Unione Sicilione, seen in connection with opium ring indictments
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Argentina protest to Ger against treatment of S Vaccarezza and family disclosed
RAF revealed to have accidentally bombed The Hague Mar 3 in attempted attack on nearby V-bomb sites; many casualties; Brit inquiry under way
1945Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (born 1881)[†]
Vincent Hugo Bendix was an American inventor and industrialist. Vincent Bendix was a pioneer and leader in both the automotive and aviation industries during the 1920s and 1930s.
1945Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (born 1866)[†]
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil was a Turkish author, poet, and playwright. A part of the Edebiyat-ı Cedide movement of the late Ottoman Empire, he was the founder of and contributor to many literary movements and institutions, including his flagship Servet-i Fünun journal. He was a strong critic of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II, which led to the censorship of much of his work by the Ottoman government. His many novels, plays, short stories, and essays include his 1899 romance novel Aşk-ı Memnu, which has been adapted into an internationally successful television series of the same name.
1945World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.[†]
Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to disrupt Japanese shipping.