16 Apr 1934
China
China
- Chinese 36th Division captured Yangi Hissar, Xinjiang, China, killing all surviving Uyghur defenders of the originally 500-strong garrison. Khotanlik separate leader Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra was captured and executed. ww2dbase [Xinjiang Wars | Yangi Hissar, Xinjiang | CPC]
- Wernher von Braun completed his thesis "Solution to the Problem of the Liquid Propellant Rocket", but it was kept a secret by the German Army. It would not be published until 1960. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Wernher von Braun | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | CPC]
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