Jul 07 Einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.

Jul 07 U.S. Forces Occupy Iceland During World War II, the neutral United States moved closer to war with Germany when U.S. forces landed on Iceland to take over its garrisoning from the British

Jul 01 TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC

Jul 10 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA

Jul 30 HMS CACHALOT, sunk after a collision NW of Benghazi, eastern Libya - rammed by Italian torpedo boat 'Papa'.

Jul 27 Japanese forces land in Indo-China

Jul 07 United States armed forces arrive in Iceland

Jul 16 100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash

Jul 04 Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin

Jul 19 President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee

Jul 01 Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial

Jul 19 The first US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala)

Jul 12 Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.

Jul 31 Heydrich is appointed by Goering to carry out the Final Solution.

Jul 19 British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign

Jul 30 Japanese aircraft bomb USS Tutuila (PR-4) at Chungking, China; First Navy ship damaged by Axis during World War II.

Jul 15 Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)

Jul 07 Sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See

Mar 31 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa

Mar 21 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

Mar 30 German counter offensive in North-Africa

Mar 26 HMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing

Mar 27 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years

Mar 14 Xavier Cugat and his Orchestraestra record "Babalu"

Mar 07 Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid

Mar 28 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy

Mar 24 British troops defeat British Somalia

Mar 01 "Captain America" appears in a comic book

Mar 07 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)

Mar 24 German troops occupy El Agheila Libya

Mar 03 Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Göring in Berlin

Mar 01 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp

Mar 07 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Mar 12 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands

Mar 22 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation

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