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This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January 1939 January 1 Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: The Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. The Jews name change decree. With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. Launch of the Third Soviet Five Year Plan. January 5 – Pioneering U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead, eighteen months after her disappearance. January 6 – Otto Hahn's discoveries in the field of nuclear fission are published in Naturwissenschaften. January 7 – French physicist Marguerite Perey identifies francium, the last chemical element first discovered in nature. January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. January 23 – "Dutch War Scare": Admiral Wilhelm Canaris of the Abwehr leaks misinformation to the effect that Germany plans to invade the Netherlands in February, with the aim of using Dutch air-fields to launch a strategic bombing offensive against Britain. The "Dutch War Scare" leads to a major change in British policies towards Europe. January 24 – 1939 Chillán earthquake: An earthquake in Chile kills an estimated 30,000 people and razes about of land. January 25 – Refik Saydam forms the new (11th) government of Turkey. January 26 Spanish Civil War: Spanish Nationalist troops, aided by Italy, take Barcelona.

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1963

January 1963 January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.

1976

January 1976 January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. January 27 The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. The First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara.

1978

January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government.