World War II - Battle of the Coral Sea
Time: Tuesday May 5, 1942
Place: Coral Sea
Details: In early May 1942, Japan initiated operations to capture Port Moresby by amphibious assault and thus sever communications and supply lines between the United States and Australia. The planned invasion was thwarted when an Allied task force, centered on two American fleet carriers, fought Japanese naval forces to a draw in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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On This Day - 5 May
Roman Empire-Galerius died
Friday May 5, 311 - Serdica (Present-Day Sofia, Bulgeria)
Roman Empire-Licinius entered into an agreement with Maximinus Daza to share the eastern provinces between them
Friday May 5, 311 - Roman Empire
George Washington-Joined the Continental Congress in Philadelphia
Friday May 5, 1775 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Napoleon-Death
Saturday May 5, 1821 - Longwood House, Saint Helena
Ottoman Empire-Convention of Kütahya
Sunday May 5, 1833 - Kütahya, Ottoman Empire
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World War II-Battle of Madagascar
Tuesday May 5, 1942 - Madagascar
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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
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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.