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||1931: Otto Wallach dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1931: Otto Wallach dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1935: Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.  With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennas, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar. Pic.
File:Radar_memorial_plaque_at_Daventry.jpg|link=Robert Watson-Watt (nonfiction)|1935: Physicist and engineer [[Robert Watson-Watt (nonfiction)|Robert Watson-Watt]] gives the first demonstration of radar in an experiment near near Daventry, England using two receiving antennas.


||1936: In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. Pic.
||1936: In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. Pic.

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