Feb 15 Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces

Feb 23 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood CA

Feb 11 On this day, the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, as well as the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, escape from the French port of Brest and make a mad dash up the English Channel to safety in German waters. Very embarrassing for the Royal Navy

Feb 12 Three German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany much to the frustration of the Royal Navy

Feb 05 Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett &Gene Moore

Feb 15 German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery

Feb 24 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)

Apr 10 Japanese capture Bataan and 36,000 troops.

Apr 06 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto

Apr 14 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2501 Lohja

Apr 01 Department of Munitions & Supply puts gasoline on coupon rationing; national speed limit of 64 km an hour proclaimed.

Apr 09 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan

Apr 18 James H Doolittle bombed Tokyo & other Japanese cities

Apr 11 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized

Apr 13 RCAF's 417 Fighter Squadron heads for Egypt to join Desert Air Force.

Apr 04 RCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour

Apr 24 The birth of Barbra Streisland, American singer and actress

Apr 18 "Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts

Apr 18 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup

Apr 30 The first submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi

Apr 05 HMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers.

Apr 26 Colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria

Apr 27 Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300

Apr 01 First Naval Air Transportation Service (NATS) squadron for Pacific operations commissioned

Apr 05 HMS CORNWALL And HMS DORSETSHIRE sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese carrier divebombers, 190 men lost from 'Cornwall', 234 from 'Dorsetshire'

Apr 06 General Andrew G.L. (Andy) McNaughton forms the First Canadian Army in Britain with five divisions, two armored brigades, and 3 other divisions slated for home defence.

Apr 09 HMS HERMES sunk in the Indian Ocean off south east coast of Ceylon by Japanese carrier dive-bombers.

Apr 03 ADM Nimitz named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, a joint command, and retained his other title, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet

Apr 28 Nightly "dim-out" begins along the East Coast

Apr 15 George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta

Apr 30 The Toronto Stock Exchange Index hits wartime low of 84.8 on news of German victories.

Nov 08 WWII Operation Torch begins as U.S. and British forces land in French North Africa.

Nov 12 North Africa west of Algiers is subdued by Allied forces.

Nov 13 Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18

Nov 28 Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA

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