Battle of Singapore
Time: Sunday Feb 8, 1942
Place: Singapore
Details: The fighting in Singapore lasted from 8 to 15 February 1942, after the two months during which Japanese forces had advanced down the Malayan Peninsula.
‹ Earlier in historyMission 204Feb, 1942 Later in history ›Szlama Ber Winer escaped from the Chełmno concentration campFeb, 1942
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Tuesday Jan 8, 2013 - Singapore
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Tuesday Jun 12, 2018 - Singapore
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Thursday Sep 14, 2017 - Singapore
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1999 - Singapore
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1992 - Singapore
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Monday Jan 14, 2013 - Singapore
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2003 - Singapore
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Saturday Nov 3, 2001 - Singapore
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Monday Sep 8, 2003 - Singapore
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Wednesday Sep 13, 2017 - Singapore
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Friday Aug 11, 2017 - Singapore
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Friday Sep 11, 2015 - Singapore
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Friday Aug 25, 2017 - Singapore
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Monday Oct 2, 2017 - Singapore
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February 1942
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Feb, 1942 - Poland
World War II-The Bombing of Darwin
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1942
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1942 - United Kingdom
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1942 - United Kingdom
Atlantic Charter-Declaration by United Nations
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.
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1942 - U.S.
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1942 - Rose Hill Elementary School, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
World War II-Declaration by United Nations
Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.
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Thursday Jan 1, 1942 - U.S.
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Jan, 1942 - U.S., United Kingdom and U.S.S.R.
World War II-Operation Sledgehammer
1942 - U.S.
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Tuesday Jan 6, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.
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Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.
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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.
World War II-Battle of Rabaul
Friday Jan 23, 1942 - Rabaul, New Britain
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The Holocaust-Szlama Ber Winer escaped from the Chełmno concentration camp
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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
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Saturday Mar 7, 1942 - Christmas Island
Christmas Island-The Mutiny of The Indian Troops
Tuesday Mar 10, 1942 - Christmas Island
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Saturday Mar 14, 1942 - U.S.
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Wednesday Mar 25, 1942 - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Tuesday Mar 31, 1942 - Christmas Island
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Tuesday Mar 31, 1942 - Indian Ocean and Ceylon
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Wednesday Apr 1, 1942 - Virginia, U.S.
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1942 - U.S.
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1942 - Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Wednesday Apr 15, 1942 - Yenangyaung, Burma
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1942 - U.S.
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1942 - U.S.
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Saturday Apr 18, 1942 - Greater Tokyo Area, Japan
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Saturday Apr 18, 1942 - U.S.
John F. Kennedy-PT-109
Friday Apr 24, 1942 - Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands
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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
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May, 1942 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Tuesday May 12, 1942 - Izium and Barvinkove, Kharkov Oblast, U.S.S.R.
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Friday May 15, 1942 - Zhejiang, China - Jiangxi, China
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Friday May 15, 1942 - Zhejiang, Jiangxi, China
Audrey Hepburn-Uncle's execution
1942 - Netherlands
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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
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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.
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Thursday Jun 4, 1942 - Midway Atoll, U.S.
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Thursday Jun 4, 1942 - Midway Atoll
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Jun, 1942 - U.S.
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Jun, 1942 - United Kingdom
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Jun, 1942 - Fort Benton, Montana, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Lieutenant Junior Grade In The U.S Naval Reserve
Monday Jun 15, 1942 - U.S.
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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
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Sunday Jun 28, 1942 - Voronezh and Rostov to Stalingrad, Kuban, Caucasus, U.S.S.R.
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Jul, 1942 - Germany
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Jul, 1942 - England
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Jul, 1942 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Wednesday Jul 1, 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt
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Tuesday Jul 7, 1942 - England
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Jul, 1942 - Netherlands
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Sunday Jul 12, 1942 - U.S.
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Jul, 1942 - Poland
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Promotion to lieutenant
Thursday Jul 16, 1942 - United Kingdom
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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
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Sunday Aug 23, 1942 - Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Then Volgograd, Russia)
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Sunday Aug 23, 1942 - Stalingrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Volgograd, Russia)
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Wednesday Aug 26, 1942 - Italy
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Saturday Aug 29, 1942 - Hong Kong, China
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Sunday Aug 30, 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt