<Tr> <Td> 1936 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Simpson, Wallis Wallis Simpson </Th> <Td> 1896--1986 </Td> <Td> In 1936, Simpson's relationship with King Edward VIII led the king to abdicate his thrones in order to marry her . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Kai - shek, Chiang Chiang Kai - shek </Th> <Td> 1887--1975 </Td> <Td> Chiang was Premier of the Republic of China at the outbreak of the Second Sino - Japanese War in 1937 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> Mei - ling, Soong Soong Mei - ling </Th> <Td> 1898--2003 </Td> <Td> Soong was wife of Chiang Kai - shek from 1927 until his death in 1975 . Addressed as Madame Chiang Kai - Shek by the magazine, she was recognized together with her husband as "Man & Wife of the Year". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Hitler, Adolf Adolf Hitler </Th> <Td> 1889--1945 </Td> <Td> As German Chancellor, Hitler oversaw the unification of Germany with Austria and the Sudetenland in 1938, after the Anschluss and Munich Agreement respectively . </Td> </Tr>

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