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1939 Nov, 6

Leonardo Quisumbing

Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist
Leonardo A. Quisumbing (November 6, 1939 – January 20, 2019) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.

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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.