6 Mar 1933
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- Troops of the Chinese 620th and 621st Regiments ambushed Japanese troops near Beiping, China, slowing the advance but failing to stop it. ww2dbase [First Battle of Hebei | Beiping | CPC]
- Franklin Roosevelt mandated a bank holiday, originally planned for four working days, to ease the run on US banks. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | CPC]
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