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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1933 | |
| 2 | 1934 | |
| 3 | 1935 | |
| 4 | 1936 | - 1936: UK - Edward VIII, ruler of England 1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Eldest son of George V.
- 1936: UK - BBC starts regular TV broadcasts
- 1936: USA - Dale Carnegie Publishes How to Win Friends and Influence People
- 1936: Germany - Nazi Olympics in Berlin
- 1936: Spain - Spanish Civil War Begins. Germany and Italy help rebels against government, Soviet Union aids government, as do International Brigade with volunteers from European countries and US during period to 1939
- 1936: UK - Arabs attack Jews and British troops and police, riots, strikes, outbursts of great violence, Jews attack Arabs and British, disorder continues through beginning of World War II
- 1936: USA - Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine.
- 1936: USA - Samuel Colt patents the Colt revolver.
- 1936: Germany - Hitler and Mussolini make Rome-Berlin Axis agreement to conduct aggression together, followed by German agreement with Japan which Italy signs later
- 20 Jan 1936: UK - Death of King George V
- 12 May 1936: UK - George VI, ruler of England 1936-1952. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of George V, Duke of York; married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
- 16 Nov 1936: UK - Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin learns Edward VIII wants to marry twice-divorced Mrs.Simpson and will abdicate if necessary, public storm breaks on 2- 3 December, King abdicates on 5 December, announces 10 December, Abdication Act rushes through 11 December; Duke of York (father of Queen Elizabeth II) becomes George VI
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| 5 | 1937 | |
| 6 | 1938 | |
| 7 | 1939 | |
| 8 | 1940 | |
| 9 | 1941 | |
| 10 | 1942 | |
| 11 | 1943 | |
| 12 | 1944 | - 1944: France - D-Day landings
- 1944: France - First German V1 and V2 Rockets Fired
- 1944: Berlin, Germany - Hitler Escapes Assassination Attempt
- 1944: USA - The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
- 1944: USA - Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
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| 13 | 1945 | |
| 14 | 1946 | |
| 15 | 1947 | |
| 16 | 1948 | |
| 17 | 1949 | |
| 18 | 1950 | |
| 19 | 1951 | |
| 20 | 1952 | |
| 21 | 1953 | |
| 22 | 1954 | |
| 23 | 1955 | |
| 24 | 1956 | |
| 25 | 1957 | |
| 26 | 1958 | |
| 27 | 1959 | |
| 28 | 1960 | |
| 29 | 1961 | |
| 30 | 1962 | |
| 31 | 1963 | |
| 32 | 1964 | |
| 33 | 1965 | |
| 34 | 1966 | |
| 35 | 1967 | |
| 36 | 1968 | |
| 37 | 1969 | |
| 38 | 1970 | |
| 39 | 1971 | |
| 40 | 1972 | |
| 41 | 1973 | |
| 42 | 1974 | |
| 43 | 1975 | |
| 44 | 1976 | |
| 45 | 1977 | |
| 46 | 1978 | |
| 47 | 1979 | |
| 48 | 1980 | |
| 49 | 1981 | |
| 50 | 1982 | |
| 51 | 1983 | |
| 52 | 1984 | |
| 53 | 1985 | |
| 54 | 1986 | |
| 55 | 1987 | |
| 56 | 1988 | |
| 57 | 1989 | |
| 58 | 1990 | |
1933 - 1990 (56 years)