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- The Spanish Nationalists captured Ronda, Spain. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
- Charles Hippolyte Noguès was made the Resident-General of French Morocco, replacing Marcel Peyrouton. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Horst Wessel was completed. ww2dbase [Horst Wessel | CPC]
- A TB-3-4AM-34FRN aircraft, piloted by A. B. Yumashev, broke the payload-to-altitude record by carrying a 10,000-kilogram load to the altitude of 6,605 meters. ww2dbase [TB-3 | CPC]
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