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| 1934 |
| | | Mohammed Ali Jinnah becomes president of the Muslim League in India | |
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| 1935 |
| | | The people of the rich mining district of the Saar vote to merge with Germany | |
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| 1935 |
| | | George Gallup founds the American Institute of Public Opinion and becomes the pioneer of modern polling techniques | |
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| 1938 March 9 |
| | | The Austrian chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg, defies Hitler by announcing a referendum on his country's independence | |
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| 1938 April 24 |
| | | The Sudeten German National Socialist Party demands secession from Czechoslovakia, in keeping with Hitler's plans for the Sudetenland | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Voters in both Germany and Austria give massive approval for Hitler's annexation of Austria | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Robert Menzies, leader of the United Australia Party, becomes Australia's prime minister | |
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| 1939 September 4 |
| | | Jan Smuts defeats J.B.M. Hertzog in a vote on neutrality, and takes Hertzog's place as South African premier | |
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| 1940 October |
| | | President Roosevelt, campaigning for a third term, asssures Americans that he will not send their sons to fight in Europe's war | |
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| 1940 November 5 |
| | | F.D. Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third US presidential term, albeit it with a considerably reduced share of the vote | |
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