Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (d. 2013)
Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers (22 October 1939 – 6 December 2013) was a French writer and poet. He was born on 22 October 1939 in Versailles and died on 6 December 2013.
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In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. - 1Apr
Francisco Franco
Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender. - 6Sep
Nazi Germany
World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany. - 14Dec
Soviet Union
Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. - 24Dec
Pope Pius XII
World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.