Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
Gail E. Haley (born November 4, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator. She has won the annual awards for children's book illustration from both the American and British librarians, for two different picture books.
She won the 1971 Caldecott Medal for A Story a Story (Atheneum Books, 1970), which she retold from an African folktale,
and the 1976 Kate Greenaway Medal for The Post Office Cat, her own historical fiction about a London post office.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. - 1 Apr
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. - 6 Sep
Nazi Germany
World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany. - 14 Dec
Soviet Union
Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. - 24 Dec
Pope Pius XII
World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

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