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1933 - New York Yankees commit 7 errors in one game but beat Boston 16-12.

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1936 - Birth of Sylvain Saudan; skiier (60-degree descent).

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1938 - Birth of Romy Schneider in Vienna, Austria; actress (Bloodline, Death Watch).

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1938 - Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100 feet of microfilm).

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1938 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sends Adolf Hitler's demands to Czechoslovakia.

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1938 - Czechoslovakia orders general mobilization.

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1938 - France orders partial mobilization.

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1939 - Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6; Brooklyn Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-4.

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1939 - Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at age 83.

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1940 - Japanese forces march into northern French Indochina, taking Tonkin Province quickly.

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