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1.4 November-December

November 10 - In San Francisco, California, a necrophiliac serial killer named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then rapes his 9th victim, a boardinghouse landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds.
November 10 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan
November 15 - The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations (it was formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA).
November 24 - The village of Rocquebillier in French Riviera is almost destroyed in a massive hail
November 25 - Death penalty re-established in Italy
November 27 - Vesuvius erupts
November 27 - In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins.
December 2 - British prime minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to general strike
December 3 - Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on December 14 she is found in Harrogate hotel
December 25 - In Japanese History, end of the Taisho period and beginning of the Showa Era and the period of Japanese expansionism

1.5 unknown dates

League of Nations Slavery Convention abolishes all types of slavery
Afghanistan declares monarchy
Lebanon becomes a republic
Eamon de Valera organizes Fianna Fáil
The short-lived Western Australian Secession League founded

2 Year in topic

3 Births

3.1 January

January 3 - George Martin, "5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records, later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
January 5 - Maria Schell, actress
January 8 - Soupy Sales, comedian
January 11 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
January 12 - Ray Price, country music singer
January 14 - Tom Tryon , actor, novelist (d. 1991)
January 14 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress
January 17 - Moira Shearer , actress, dancer
January 19 - Fritz Weaver , actor
January 20 - David Tudor, pianist and composer
January 20 - Patricia Neal, actress
January 21 - Steve Reeves, actor (d. 2000)
January 26 - Ralph Brance , baseball star
January 27 - Fritz Spiegl, journalist (d. 2003)

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