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- Feb 3 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus')
- Jun 18 American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, landing at Burry Port, Wales
- Aug 27 Kellogg-Briand Pact, 60 nations agree to condemn 'recourse to war for the solution of international controversies'.
- Aug 30 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
- Sep 15 Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza
- Oct 2 "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", known as Opus Dei, founded by Saint JosemarĂa Escrivá
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- Jan 2 Photographer Ansel Adams (25) weds Virginia Best in Yosemite Valley
- Mar 6 Industrialist Oskar Schindler (19) weds Emilie Schindler (20) in Svitavy, Czech Republic
- Jun 16 New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (26) weds stage actress Frances Eileen Hutt
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