World War II - Battle of Rabaul
Time: Friday Jan 23, 1942
Place: Rabaul, New Britain
Details: The Battle of Rabaul, also known by the Japanese as Operation R, was fought on the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea, on 23 January and February 1942. It was a strategically significant defeat of Allied forces by Japan.
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Holy Roman Empire-Ferdinand II of Aragon death
Sunday Jan 23, 1516 - Madrigalejo, Extremadura


Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States
Tuesday Jan 23, 1849 - U.S.


Second Boer War-Battle of Spion Kop
Tuesday Jan 23, 1900 - Ladysmith, South Africa


Igor Stravinsky-1st Marriage
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Max Planck-Erwin (His son) was hanged
Tuesday Jan 23, 1945 - Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany


Alan Turing-Turing's House was Burgled
Wednesday Jan 23, 1952 - England


Indira Gandhi-The Prime Minister of India
Sunday Jan 23, 1966 - New Delhi, India


1973 oil crisis-1954 operating agreement between a consortium of oil companies and Iran will not be renewed
Tuesday Jan 23, 1973 - Iran


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Java (programming language)-Java 1.0
Tuesday Jan 23, 1996 - U.S.


Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (2000)
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Brexit-Cameron announced in his Bloomberg speech that a Conservative government would hold an in-or-out referendum on EU membership
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Mohamed Salah-To Chelsea
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Uber-Uber launches its first product in East Africa
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OnePlus-Partnering with Lazada Indonesia
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Donald Trump-Maduro announced that Venezuela was breaking ties with the United States following Trump's announcement of recognizing Juan Guaidó
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Brexit-The withdrawal agreement received the backing of the constitutional committee in the European Parliament
Thursday Jan 23, 2020 - Brussels, Belgium


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John Landen Birth
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January 1942


Atlantic Charter-Declaration by United Nations
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.


World War II-Declaration by United Nations
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.


United Nations-United Nations Declaration
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.


World War II-German first
Jan, 1942 - U.S., United Kingdom and U.S.S.R.


The Holocaust-Vyacheslav Molotov sent out diplomatic notes about German atrocities
Tuesday Jan 6, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.


World War II-100-250 km from Moscow
Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.


Stephen Hawking-Birth
Thursday Jan 8, 1942 - Oxford, England


Shep (American dog)-Shep was run over by a train
Monday Jan 12, 1942 - Fort Benton, Montana, U.S.


Hirohito-The Emperor pressed Sugiyama four times to launch an Attack on Bataan
Tuesday Jan 13, 1942 - Tokyo, Japan


Muhammad Ali Clay-Birth
Saturday Jan 17, 1942 - Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.


Frank Sinatra-Dorsey Eventually relented
Monday Jan 19, 1942 - U.S.


Adolf Hitler-The records of the Wannsee Conference
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Germany


Christmas Island-The First Attack by The Japanese on The Island
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - West White Beach, Christmas Island


Heinrich Himmler-Himmler in charge of Jews Extermination
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Germany


The Holocaust-Wannsee Conference
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Berlin, Germany
1942


Pope John Paul II-Study for the priesthood
1942 - Karkow, Poland


Computer-The First "automatic electronic digital computer"
1942 - Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.


Antibiotic-The penicillin G
1942 - United Kingdom


Antibiotic-The Chemical Structure of Penicillin was First Proposed
1942 - United Kingdom


Atlantic Charter-Declaration by United Nations
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.


Antibiotic-The Term Antibiotic was First Used
1942 - U.S.


Warren Buffett-Education
1942 - Rose Hill Elementary School, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.


World War II-Declaration by United Nations
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.


United Nations-United Nations Declaration
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.


World War II-German first
Jan, 1942 - U.S., United Kingdom and U.S.S.R.


World War II-Operation Sledgehammer
1942 - U.S.


The Holocaust-Vyacheslav Molotov sent out diplomatic notes about German atrocities
Tuesday Jan 6, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle created the Normandie-Niemen squadron
1942 - France


World War II-100-250 km from Moscow
Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.


Stephen Hawking-Birth
Thursday Jan 8, 1942 - Oxford, England


Shep (American dog)-Shep was run over by a train
Monday Jan 12, 1942 - Fort Benton, Montana, U.S.


Hirohito-The Emperor pressed Sugiyama four times to launch an Attack on Bataan
Tuesday Jan 13, 1942 - Tokyo, Japan


Muhammad Ali Clay-Birth
Saturday Jan 17, 1942 - Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.


Frank Sinatra-Dorsey Eventually relented
Monday Jan 19, 1942 - U.S.


Adolf Hitler-The records of the Wannsee Conference
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Germany


Christmas Island-The First Attack by The Japanese on The Island
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - West White Beach, Christmas Island


Heinrich Himmler-Himmler in charge of Jews Extermination
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Germany


The Holocaust-Wannsee Conference
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Berlin, Germany


Stan Lee-Joining the army
1942 - U.S.


Second Sino-Japanese War-Mission 204
Feb, 1942 - China


World War II-Battle of Singapore
Sunday Feb 8, 1942 - Singapore


The Holocaust-Szlama Ber Winer escaped from the Chełmno concentration camp
Feb, 1942 - Poland


World War II-The Bombing of Darwin
Thursday Feb 19, 1942 - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia


World War II-Battle of the Java Sea
Friday Feb 27, 1942 - Java Sea


Josip Broz Tito-The Second Proletarian Brigade
Sunday Mar 1, 1942 - Yugoslavia


Christmas Island-A Japanese Naval Group Shelled The Island
Saturday Mar 7, 1942 - Christmas Island


Christmas Island-The Mutiny of The Indian Troops
Tuesday Mar 10, 1942 - Christmas Island


Labor day-Significant workers' strike
1942 - Bahamas


Penicillin-The first patient was treated for streptococcal sepsis with US-made penicillin produced by Merck & Co.
Saturday Mar 14, 1942 - U.S.


Indira Gandhi-Marriage
Wednesday Mar 25, 1942 - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India


Christmas Island-The Island Surrendered To The Japanese Fleet
Tuesday Mar 31, 1942 - Christmas Island


World War II-Indian Ocean raid
Tuesday Mar 31, 1942 - Indian Ocean and Ceylon


Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-World War II service
Wednesday Apr 1, 1942 - Virginia, U.S.


Penicillin-People began using it to treat infections
1942 - U.S.


Penicillin-The chemical structure of penicillin was first proposed
1942 - Oxford, England, United Kingdom


World War II-Battle of Yenangyaung
Saturday Apr 11, 1942 - Yenangyaung, Burma


Second Sino-Japanese War-The Battle of Yenangyaung
Wednesday Apr 15, 1942 - Yenangyaung, Burma


Anna May Wong-New Chinese Recipes
1942 - U.S.


Anna May Wong-Anti-Japanese propaganda
1942 - U.S.


World War II-Doolittle Raid
Saturday Apr 18, 1942 - Greater Tokyo Area, Japan


Ronald Reagan-National Duty
Saturday Apr 18, 1942 - U.S.


John F. Kennedy-PT-109
Friday Apr 24, 1942 - Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands


World War II-Japan's next plan
Apr, 1942 - Japan


World War II-Battle of the Coral Sea
Tuesday May 5, 1942 - Coral Sea


World War II-Battle of Madagascar
Tuesday May 5, 1942 - Madagascar


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower accompanied Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold
May, 1942 - London, England, United Kingdom


World War II-Operation Fredericus
Tuesday May 12, 1942 - Izium and Barvinkove, Kharkov Oblast, U.S.S.R.


Second Sino-Japanese War-The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
Friday May 15, 1942 - Zhejiang, China - Jiangxi, China


World War II-Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign
Friday May 15, 1942 - Zhejiang, Jiangxi, China


Audrey Hepburn-Uncle's execution
1942 - Netherlands


Winston Churchill-Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in London
Wednesday May 20, 1942 - London, England, United Kingdom


Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski birth
Friday May 22, 1942 - Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A


Joseph Goebbels-The German city of Cologne was bombed
May, 1942 - Cologne, Germany


World War II-Battle of Gazala
Tuesday May 26, 1942 - Gazala, near Tobruk, Libya


Winston Churchill-Churchill contacted Roosevelt
Wednesday May 27, 1942 - United Kingdom


John Maynard Keynes-Rewarded for his service with a hereditary peerage
Jun, 1942 - England


World War II-Aleutian Islands Campaign
Wednesday Jun 3, 1942 at 07:50:00 AM - Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska, U.S.


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower returned to Washington
Wednesday Jun 3, 1942 - Washington D.C., U.S.


World War II-Battle of Midway
Thursday Jun 4, 1942 - Midway Atoll, U.S.


Hirohito-The Battle of Midway
Thursday Jun 4, 1942 - Midway Atoll


Penicillin-Just enough US penicillin was available to treat ten patients
Jun, 1942 - U.S.


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was flotilla leader HMS Wallace
Jun, 1942 - United Kingdom


Shep (American dog)-Funeral
Jun, 1942 - Fort Benton, Montana, U.S.


Richard Nixon-Lieutenant Junior Grade In The U.S Naval Reserve
Monday Jun 15, 1942 - U.S.


Winston Churchill-Churchill had returned to Washington
Wednesday Jun 17, 1942 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Marilyn Monroe-1st Marriage
Friday Jun 19, 1942 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower returned to London as Commanding General, European Theater of Operations
Tuesday Jun 23, 1942 - London, England, United Kingdom


Winston Churchill-Churchill returned to Britain
Thursday Jun 25, 1942 - United Kingdom


Fido (dog)-Central square of Luco di Mugello
1942 - Central square of Luco di Mugello, Tuscany, Italy


World War II-Case Blue
Sunday Jun 28, 1942 - Voronezh and Rostov to Stalingrad, Kuban, Caucasus, U.S.S.R.


Heinrich Himmler-Generalplan Ost
Jul, 1942 - Germany


Alan Turing-Turing Devised a Technique Termed Turingery
Jul, 1942 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom


World War II-First Battle of El Alamein
Wednesday Jul 1, 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt


John Maynard Keynes-Baron Keynes, of Tilton, in the County of Sussex
Tuesday Jul 7, 1942 - England


The Holocaust-Over 107,000 Dutch Jews were deported
Jul, 1942 - Netherlands


John F. Kennedy-First Command
Sunday Jul 12, 1942 - U.S.


The Holocaust-Resistance groups were formed
Jul, 1942 - Poland


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Promotion to lieutenant
Thursday Jul 16, 1942 - United Kingdom


The Holocaust-Polish leaders in Warsaw had learned about the mass killing of Jews in Auschwitz
Jul, 1942 - Poland


Hirohito-The American advance through the Solomon Islands
Aug, 1942 - Solomon Islands


World War II-Operation Pedestal
Monday Aug 3, 1942 - Mediterranean Sea near Malta


World War II-Operation Watchtower
Friday Aug 7, 1942 - Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-The Quit India speech
Saturday Aug 8, 1942 - Mumbai, India


Winston Churchill-Churchill was in Moscow
Wednesday Aug 12, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R. (Present-Day Moscow, Russia)


The Holocaust-Germans began building additional camps and gas chambers
1942 - Poland


Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Marriage
Monday Aug 17, 1942 - Virginia, U.S.


Winston Churchill-Churchill returned to Cairo
Monday Aug 17, 1942 - Cairo, Egypt


Operation Mincemeat- Battle of Alam el Halfa
Aug, 1942 - Egypt


World War II-Dieppe Raid
Wednesday Aug 19, 1942 - Dieppe, France


Adolf Hitler-Battle of Stalingrad
Sunday Aug 23, 1942 - Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Then Volgograd, Russia)


World War II-Battle of Stalingrad
Sunday Aug 23, 1942 - Stalingrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Volgograd, Russia)


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's older son was murdered
Wednesday Aug 26, 1942 - Italy


Hong Kong independence-First Opium War
Saturday Aug 29, 1942 - Hong Kong, China


World War II-Battle of Alam el Halfa
Sunday Aug 30, 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt


Hirohito-Emperor Hirohito signed an imperial rescript condemning to death American fliers
Sep, 1942 - Tokyo, Japan