General Historical Events
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January 23
*The Moscow show trials began as Stalin made examples of disloyal and prominent party members.
February 8
*In Spain, Franco captured Malaga.
April 26
*The unarmed Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by German bombers, which dropped explosives and incendiaries for three hours while Heinkel fighter planes strafed the surrounding fields, killing civilians trying to escape.
June 3
*The Spanish Civil War continued, in spite of the death of General Mola in a plane crash.
June 12
*In Moscow, Marshal Tukhachevski and seven generals were shot for treason.
July 2
*The aviatrix Amelia Earhart disappeared on a flight from New Guinea to Howland Island.
July 16
*The Buchenwald concentration camp was opened near Weimar. Over the next eight years, 56,500 people would die in its gas chambers.
August 11
*General Bake Sidqi, Dictator of Iraq, was assassinated by a Kurd.
October 11
*In the Spanish Civil War, Gijon fell to Franco.
October 28
*The Spanish government moved from Valencia to Barcelona.
*The Moscow show trials began as Stalin made examples of disloyal and prominent party members.
February 8
*In Spain, Franco captured Malaga.
April 26
*The unarmed Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by German bombers, which dropped explosives and incendiaries for three hours while Heinkel fighter planes strafed the surrounding fields, killing civilians trying to escape.
June 3
*The Spanish Civil War continued, in spite of the death of General Mola in a plane crash.
June 12
*In Moscow, Marshal Tukhachevski and seven generals were shot for treason.
July 2
*The aviatrix Amelia Earhart disappeared on a flight from New Guinea to Howland Island.
July 16
*The Buchenwald concentration camp was opened near Weimar. Over the next eight years, 56,500 people would die in its gas chambers.
August 11
*General Bake Sidqi, Dictator of Iraq, was assassinated by a Kurd.
October 11
*In the Spanish Civil War, Gijon fell to Franco.
October 28
*The Spanish government moved from Valencia to Barcelona.
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*Walt Disney's animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered.
*The Hindenburg dirigible exploded while attempting to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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