Oct 20 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes

Oct 18 Hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men.

Oct 01 The Channel ports are in Allied hands

Jul 27 The first British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)

Jul 15 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb

Jul 31 The birth of Geraldine Chaplin, Actress and daughter of Charlie

Jul 12 Near Sheep Mountain, Idaho a 6.1 earthquake was recorded

Jul 20 Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life

Jul 25 The first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)

Jul 06 In Hartford, Connecticut, a fire broke out under the big top of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, killing 167 people and injuring 682. Two-thirds of those who perished were children

Jul 21 US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders

Jul 06 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn

Jul 21 Invasion and recapture of Guam begins.

Jul 20 Abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers.

Jul 23 US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II

Jul 03 Goose Bay Newfoundland, the temperature hits 37.8 C; Labrador's hottest day on record.

Jul 24 Russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp.

Jul 22 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation

Jul 20 Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention

Jul 08 Naval bombardment of Guam begins.

Jul 30 Naval Task Force lands Army troops near Cape Opmarai, New Guinea.

Jul 09 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance. 168 die. (Hartford Conn)

Jul 25 The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins.

Jul 05 Harry Crosby takes first rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight

Jul 24 Following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian.

Jul 27 US regains possession of Guam from Japanese

Jul 01 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank

Jul 17 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322

Jul 20 US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II

Jul 21 American marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam

Jul 07 Horthy stops Hungarian deportations. Captain Rothmund of the Swiss Alien Police modifies on paper severe regulations concerning refoulement (sending back refugees).

Mar 30 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg

Mar 16 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death

Mar 04 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy

Mar 18 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary

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