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| 1934 |
| | | The Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is assassinated by Nazis in a coup that fails | |
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| 1936 |
| | | In response to the gang violence of Oswald Mosley's black-shirted thugs, a Public Order Act in the UK bans political uniforms | |
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| 1936 |
| | | A rebellion by Spanish troops in Morocco is soon led by Francisco Franco and sparks the Spanish Civil War | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Francisco Franco is elected head of state of the insurgent Nationalist Spain, at this time controlling only a fraction of the country | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Febreristas, a newly formed left-wing group, seize power in Paraguay | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington effectively launches the US civil rights movement | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Algerian nationalist Ferhat Abbas produces a manifesto demanding independence from France | |
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| 1943 March 20 |
| | | Mao Zedong becomes official leader of the Chinese Communist Party, as the elected Chairman of the Central Committee and the Politburo | |
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| 1944 |
| | | An uprising in Guatemala brings in a revolutionary junta and a left-wing programme of reform | |
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| 1944 |
| | | from July - more than 5000 Germans, among them Rommel, die because of the Stauffenberg plot | |
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