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*[[September 15]] – [[Fredrick W. Twyman]], sixty-six, former mayor, a member of the present city commission, and long a leader in civic and commercial development, died at 10:35 o’clock this morning at his home on Rugby Road, after an extended illness. | |||
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Revision as of 00:08, 27 September 2022
World events
- December 31 – the Reichsministerium fur Volksaufklaerung und Progaganda published the Liste des schädlichen und unerwünschten Schrifttums. This list of "damaging and undesirable writing" included authors, living and dead, whose works were banned from the Reich because of their Jewish descent, pacifist or communist views, or suspicion thereof. Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany systematically destroyed an estimated 100 million books throughout occupied Europe.
Events
At the 1938 commencement exercises in June, the University officially dedicated Alderman Library.[1]
Deaths
- September 15 – Fredrick W. Twyman, sixty-six, former mayor, a member of the present city commission, and long a leader in civic and commercial development, died at 10:35 o’clock this morning at his home on Rugby Road, after an extended illness.
Images
- ↑ Web. SIX MOMENTS IN UVA HISTORY, AS DOCUMENTED BY NEWLY EXPANDED DIGITAL ARCHIVE, UVA Today, THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, June 23, 2016, retrieved Feb. 10, 2021.
- ↑ Web. Jefferson’s Clock To Tick Off Hours Again After Long Silence, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, Monday January 31, 1938, retrieved August 19, 2022, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm. Print. page 1.