World War II - Battle of the Java Sea
Time: Friday Feb 27, 1942
Place: Java Sea
Details: Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, on 27 February 1942, in the battle of the Java Sea.
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Sunday Feb 27, 1250 - Cairo, Egypt


German revolutions of 1848–1849-An assembly of people from Baden adopted a resolution demanding a bill of rights
Sunday Feb 27, 1848 - Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)


Second Boer War-Siege lasting
Tuesday Feb 27, 1900 - Ladysmith, South Africa


Adolf Hitler-Barred from public speaking
Friday Feb 27, 1925 - Germany


Adolf Hitler-Reichstag building was set on fire
Monday Feb 27, 1933 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-The Reichstag fire
Monday Feb 27, 1933 - Berlin, Germany


Spanish Civil War-United Kingdom and France recognized the Franco regime
Sunday Feb 27, 1938 - Spain


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Monday Feb 27, 1939 - Spain


Alan Turing-Holding Initial Committal Proceedings for the trial
Wednesday Feb 27, 1952 - England


Raúl Castro-Commander in the Cuban Revolution
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Leaning Tower of Pisa-Government efforts towards The Tower
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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
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Pope John Paul II-Study for the priesthood
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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
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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
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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.


World War II-Battle of Rabaul
Friday Jan 23, 1942 - Rabaul, New Britain


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


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
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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
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Fido (dog)-Central square of Luco di Mugello
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Heinrich Himmler-Generalplan Ost
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Alan Turing-Turing Devised a Technique Termed Turingery
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World War II-First Battle of El Alamein
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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