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May 17th, 1939 (WEDNESDAY)

GERMANY: The 1939 census is taken. Supplementary questions are asked bearing on race, so that the Statistical Office can compile its survey of the Jewish population.

CANADA: HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive at the start of a tour of North America.

Their Majesties disembark at Wolfe's Cove from the Canadian Pacific ship Empress of Australia to start a month-long royal visit to Canada; the first by a reigning British monarch; addresses citizens of Quebec in fluent French. The tour is designed to repair and enhance British-Canadian relations, as war clouds again gather in Europe.

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