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Events on Tuesday 26 December 1939 1
1939Erzincan earthquakeA massive earthquake devastates eastern TurkeyA magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck eastern Anatolia in severe winter weather and destroyed the city of Erzincan. About 33,000 people died. It is one of the deadliest earthquakes in Turkish history.