This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January January 1 Nazi Germany Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. Coming into effect of: The Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938; the Working Hours Regulations. The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting came into effect. The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. With his traditional call to the New Year, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addressed the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). The rest of the world In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. First Vienna New Year's Concert. The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. Texas A&M became the US champion in college football. The Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi, along with his family, leaves Italy to move to exile in the United States. In Finland The densely populated settlement of Vähäheikkilä is abolished and transferred from the municipality of Kaarina to the city of Turku. The National Pension Act enters into force in Finland. Launch of the Third Soviet Five Year Plan. In the proposal of the Congregation of the Mosaic, the Swedish government approves the acceptance of about 1,000 Jews from Germany as refugees in transit. The parish is responsible for them and visa requirements are introduced for all non-Nordic refugees in country. January 5 – Pioneering US aviator Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead, eighteen months after her disappearance. January 6 – Naturwissenschaften publishes Otto Hahn's discoveries in the field of nuclear fission. January 7 – French physicist Marguerite Perey identifies francium, the last chemical element first discovered in nature. January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. January 23 – "Dutch War Scare": Admiral Wilhelm Canaris of the Abwehr leaks misinformation to the effect that Germany plans to invade the Netherlands in February, with the aim of using Dutch air-fields to launch a strategic bombing offensive against Britain.