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1935 - Birth of Ken Kesey; author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

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1937 - The head of Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore is dedicated in Black Hills, South Dakota.

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1937 - First NFL game in Washington, DC; Washington Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3.

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1938 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain meets with the Cabinet. He states that Adolf Hitler appears to be "a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word".

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1938 - Birth of Paul Benedict in Silver City, New Mexico, USA; actor (Harry - The Jeffersons).

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1939 - Birth of David Souter in Weir, New Hampshire, USA; Supreme Court Justice (1990-).

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1939 - (0400 hours) Russian armies cross the entire eastern frontier of Poland, claiming the Polish State no longer exists, and "to protect our own interests and to protect the White Russian and Ukranian minorities".

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1939 - Polish President Ignaz Moscicki and a government party of 57 cross into Rumania.

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1939 - The Germany Army captures the citadel of Brest-Litovsk, Poland, taking 600 prisoners.

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1939 - German forces capture the Polish town of Kutno.

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