IT CHANGED THE WORLD
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-23_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands before a portrait of George Marshall in the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.</a>)  George Marshall became <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-23_DJ_26a.jpg" target="_blank">Chief of Staff</a> of a 200,000 man army on this date, when WWII began; by war's end, the number was 8 million'
September 1, 1939