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Word: 16th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bydgoszcz, a Polish industrial city, indignant burghers started a lawsuit to establish the Polishness of 16th Century Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, whom Nazi historians now claim as a German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 17, 1939 | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

...been defeated only once in 13 starts-and is Fordham's best batter to boot. Against Yale last week Right-hander Borowy performed in routine fashion: he struck out ten men, allowed only four hits, shut out his opponents 5-to-0 for Fordham's 16th victory of the season. In three years at Fordham (against Grade A competition) Junior Borowy has chalked up 27 victories in 28 starts-a record that looked pretty good to the World Champion New York Yankees with whom he is reputed to have signed (with a bonus of $10,000 for signing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: College Baseball | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...antiphons; 10,000 palms were strewn on the church steps; El Caudillo walked into the church under a white silk canopy held up by six priests. Before the high altar on which was placed a crucifix commemorating the great Hispano-Venetian naval victory at Lepanto in the 16th Century, the General surrendered his sword to Isidoro Cardinal Goma y Tomás, Catholic Primate of Spain, gave thanks for his victory "over the enemies of truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Ceremonial | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Church bells rang from swastika-decorated churches as the day began. The Reich's Cabinet ministers swore anew to their "faith in the word of Adolf Hitler." Nazi Party leaders gathered in the Sportspalast to renew their oaths of loyalty. The 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, in which Corporal Hitler once served, got out a photographic album of the regiment's World War history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Aggrandizer's Anniversary | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Rose Hill, Va., Mr. & Mrs. Steve Pace have lived to see their 16th child married. Last week the Paces, nearing their 74th birthdays, announced the imminent birth of child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Joke | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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