Aug 09 HMAS Canberra sunk in battle of Savo Island

Aug 07 American marines begin assault on Guadalcanal

Aug 20 The birth of Isaac Hayes, American film actor

Aug 29 American Jewish conference meets in New York to discuss agenda of Jewish Unity (Rescue vs. Zionist program).

Aug 13 The Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet directed that an Aircraft Experimental and Developmental Squadron be established at NAS Anacostia.

Aug 20 Dim-out regulations implemented in SF

Oct 02 First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago

Oct 11 Battle of Cape Esperance begins: In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).

Oct 24 Start of second El Alamein battle, Egypt

Oct 29 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia

Oct 16 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India

Oct 13 The birth of Paul Simon, singer (Simon and Garfunkel)

Oct 01 Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight

Oct 02 RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic

Oct 26 The birth of Bob Hoskins, British actor of stage and screen

Oct 12 US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance

Oct 23 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt

Oct 26 The U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet is sunk in the WWII Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

Oct 29 Alaska highway completed

Oct 11 Battle of Cape Esperance begins In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).

Oct 28 Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)

Oct 03 Launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)

Jul 15 First deportees sent to Auschwitz come from Germany and Holland.

Jul 20 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress

Jul 14 Captain Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the second of two Victoria Crosses in Egypt

Jul 30 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)

Jul 15 Sgt. Keith Elliott 22 NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at

Jul 22 Start of battle of the Kokoda Track, Papua

Jul 11 First medical experiments are performed at Auschwitz.

Jul 04 The birth of Prince Michael of Kent

Jul 24 The Bureau of Aeronautics issued a Planning Directive calling for procurement of four Sikorsky helicopters for study and development by Navy and Coast Guard aviation forces.

Jul 17 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15

Jul 22 Beginning of Warsaw ghetto "Aktion." 6,000 to 7,000 a day are deported to Treblinka.

Jul 19 Himmler sends a secret directive to SS Lieutenant General F.W. Kinger ordering the "resettlement" of the entire Jewish population of the General Government, to be completed by December 31.

Jul 09 The birth of Richard Roundtree, American actor

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